FALLOUT, Prime Video’s latest show based on the post-apocalyptic video game series of the same name, has just been released, and one character, The Ghoul, is leaving viewers intrigued.
Here’s everything you need to know about The Ghoulaka Cooper Howard, in the TV series Fallout.
Please note that the rest of the article contains spoilers for Fallout Season 1.
Who is the Ghoul from the Fallout TV show?
The Ghoul in the Fallout show on Prime Video is Cooper Howardand the show begins by revealing its history before the nuclear war.
Howard was a famous Hollywood actor who starred in Westerns, but later had to work as an entertainer at children’s birthday parties.
After the nuclear bombs fell, he turned into a ghoul and has since become a bounty hunter.
Who is the Ghoul played in the TV show?
Ghoul in the Fallout show on Prime Video is played by American actor Walton Goggins.
Goggins is best known for starring in several TV shows, including crime drama series The Shield and Justified, HBO’s Vice Principlas, and the animated show Invincible.
This isn’t his first role based on a video game; He played Mathias Vogel, Lara Croft’s father’s rival, in the 2018 film Tomb Raider.
How were Ghouls created in Fallout?
In the Fallout games, Ghouls are post-human creatures who survived the Great War, a nuclear holocaust that destroyed life on the planet’s surface as we know it.
They have mutated significantly due to exposure to residual radiation, giving them abnormally long lives but also deforming them into zombie-like creatures.
Some Ghouls are similar to normal humans in behavior and cognitive ability, but are discriminated against by other humans due to their appearance.
Ghouls can become feral, meaning they lose the ability to reason, become aggressive, and act more like zombies.
Most humans become feral shortly after turning into ghouls, while others remain unferal for decades and even centuries.
Are Fallout Ghouls aging and rotting?
Ghouls stop aging at the normal rate that humans experience, which significantly extends their lifespans. This makes them effectively immortal unless they are killed.
Ghouls do not rot, but they have suffered the effects of prolonged exposure to radiation, which has damaged their skin.
In short, they look like zombies, but their flesh isn’t rotting, and their tolerance to low-level radiation probably makes their bodies even more resistant to rot than normal humans.
What’s the difference between the Ghouls in the Fallout TV show and the Ghouls in the game?
Video games have been vague about how exactly ghouls become feral, but the show expands on the lore by giving a possible explanation.
In the show, The Ghoul is seen using RadAway, a drug that also appears in the games and is used to remove radioactive particles from the body and mitigate the effects of exposure.
Later in the series, we learn that not taking RadAway often enough would cause The Ghoul to become feral.
The games never explain why and how ghouls become feral, but Fallout 3 suggests that social isolation plays a role in the process, or at least makes ghouls more likely to become feral.
If you’re looking for more information about the Prime Video series, check out how the Fallout show answers another unsolved video game mystery.
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