MacCready: From Little Lamplight Mayor to Wasteland Mercenary
A young survivor growing up in the wasteland. In the wasteland, most people don’t get the luxury of growing up. Children learn early that survival comes first. Food is scarce, danger is everywhere, and trust is something that has to be earned. Few characters in Fallout illustrate that reality better than Robert Joseph MacCready. Players first meet MacCready as a smart-mouthed kid running an underground town full of children. Years later, he reappears as a hardened mercenary wandering the Commonwealth, shaped by the harsh world around him. His story quietly shows what happens when someone spends their entire life in the wasteland. The Mayor of Little Lamplight MacCready first appears in Fallout 3 as the self-appointed mayor of Little Lamplight. Little Lamplight is one of the strangest settlements in the Fallout universe. Hidden deep inside a cavern system, the town is inhabited entirely by children. According to the rules of the settlement, once someone turns sixteen, they are forced to...
