#oc: westie hale

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WIP Whenever: "I Owe Todd Howard My Soul" Edition

Westie Hale and her dog on the road, circa 2287

I was tagged by @wanderingaldecaldo. Thank you.

I'd like to tag @olath124, @byberbunk2069 and @gloryride. As always, no obligation to respond.

There have been numerous developments in the aggravateddurian world since I was last tagged to do one of these something like two months ago.

Things Done Changed

Firstly, I'm taking an indefinite hiatus from Cyberpunk 2077, having exhausted my passion. I may come back to it one day, but for now I'm considering that chapter closed.

My Cyberpunk OCs are either being left in stasis, or versions of them may make their way into my original science fiction universe Freerunners, which I have been writing the fully detailed universal encyclopedia of. Whether that gets released, God knows.

Secondly, I have made progress with a story I'm calling Iron Guardians, a fanfic set in the Fallout universe around the same time as Fallout 4.

But War, War Never Changes

Iron Guardians is set in both the Commonwealth and the northern state of New Hampshire, and follows an ensemble of characters united by circumstance from all walks of life: an idealistic pre-war soldier frozen by the Enclave, a caravan-owning Canadian ghoul trader and his one-eyed sniper compatriot, a jaded Minuteman defector who fled the Commonwealth to save his life, and last, but not least, a Vault Dweller from the West and her trusted, combat armour-wearing canine companion.

The tone of Iron Guardians may shift between lighthearted and grim depending on the chapter. After all, the wasteland is a harsh and unforgiving place, and places like the Nashua Free City are the few sanctuaries, islands in a sea of ruin and despair. But sometimes, the wild wasteland can be a wacky place.

I'll be keeping story stuff related to Iron Guardians on my Fallout sideblog @iron-guardians, but any Fallout 4 VP I take will appear here. Doing VP in Fallout 4 has been made significantly harder with the Next-Gen Update (thanks Todd), but I'm doing my best.

OC: 'Westie' Hale

She kinda resembles Val, because she was originally my attempt at making Val in Fallout 4. However, she's her own character now, so that's good.

"Westie" isn't her real name, it's a nickname applied to her by wastelanders upon learning this intrepid Vault Dweller hails from Vault 53, located in the Midwest. Per the official Fallout Bible: Most of the equipment was designed to break down every few months. While repairable, the breakdowns were intended to stress the inhabitants unduly. The constant hardship caused by the poor reliability of the equipment instead made the Vault Dwellers experts at adapting and making do. For Celia, this is represented by her high Intelligence statistic and her perks:

Scrapper (Level 3)

Hacker (Level 2)

Gun Nut (Level 3)

More of Westie to come, as well as lore about Iron Guardians on the sideblog, including the reason why it's named Iron Guardians.

Thanks everyone.

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BREAKING: VAULT DWELLER WIPES OUT RAIDER CAMP FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE TIME

RAIDERS STILL REFUSE TO TAKE HINT