Warning: spoilers for the Fallout TV present comply with.
If you’ve watched the Fallout TV present, you may need been left questioning precisely what Thaddeus ingested that resulted in his mysterious therapeutic powers.
While the Snake Oil Salesman who provides Thaddeus the concoction suggests the Brotherhood of Steel squire needn’t fear about radiation having ingested it, and Lucy MacLean and Maximus later ponder whether he’s became a Ghoul after demonstrating exceptional therapeutic powers, followers have a principle that helps clarify precisely what Thaddeus has taken.
Fallout lore professional TKs-Mantis, who IGN has coated earlier than in relation to the TV present’s Brotherhood of Steel airship, which suggests considered one of two Fallout 4 endings are canon, believes this serum to be the ‘Mysterious Serum’ from Fallout 4.
I’m almost optimistic that Thaddeus was given a vial of Mysterious Serum from Fallout 4. It tracks.
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— TKs-Mantis (@TKsMantis) April 17, 2024
In Fallout 4, the Mysterium Serum originates from the blood of a late nineteenth century archaeologist known as Lorenzo Cabot. Cabot positive factors immortality and superhuman talents after discovering an artifact throughout an excavation. There’s an entire sidequest concerning the Cabots, who use this serum to reside for hundreds of years.
The merchandise’s description mentions a strong anti-radiation impact, which might clarify the Snake Oil Salesman’s feedback to Thaddeus earlier than he makes his fast exit. The therapeutic would fairly fall underneath superhuman talents, too. In Fallout 4, the Mysterious Serum grants +5 Strength and +50 Damage Resistance, in addition to -36000 Radiation.
The Mysterious Serum isn’t the one principle followers have give you for Thaddeus’ potion. Some believe it to be the ‘Healing factor serum’ from Fallout 76. In the sport, the Healing issue serum grants the Healing Factor mutation and suppresses its unfavorable results for an hour. This would observe with the exceptional therapeutic we see Thaddeus reveal within the TV present.
Twitter user Aaron Rigby has one other principle, which faucets into main spoilers for the top of season one: “ would love to see this be the mysterious serum… But it is far more likely that it is the byproduct of Barb Howard’s side of Vault-Tec. She likely used the compound on Cooper, ya’ know to ‘save him’ in her way. Now it’s in the wild.”
And right here’s one other principle: that Thaddeus has taken a type of the Forced Evolutionary Virus, or FEV, and is now on his solution to changing into a Super Mutant.
Of course, followers could also be overthinking this complete factor, and the Snake Oil Salesman’s serum might the truth is do precisely what the characters recommend it does: induce ghoulification. With a second season trying seemingly, hopefully we’ll discover out.
Speaking of Fallout lore, IGN just lately interviewed Bethesda’s Todd Howard, who additionally serves as an government producer on the Prime Video sequence, in addition to Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight, Interstellar, Westworld), government producer and director of the primary three episodes of Season 1, to speak all issues Fallout.
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can attain Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].
