Washington Brotherhood

North of the New California Republic, and beyond the savage frontier of Oregon, lies the pre-War state of Washington. The state is shrouded in mystery, rendered inaccessible to all but the most determined explorers by the Cascade Range, the presence of highly aggressive and often cannibalistic tribes in Oregon and Idaho, as well as armed groups of vicious, supremacist Super Mutants that roam the region. Still, rumors travel south of the goings-on in Washington, and its former state capital of Seattle. One thing that most accounts can agree on is that the land is ruled by ghosts.

Excerpt Of Document Confiscated From Processed Steel Shipment, 2280
"If you are reading this, I pray you do so in a place where freedom is than a foolish dream.

I am writing from Industrial Sector Burlington, Mill-3. I hope that someone will find this message, and spread it to the free world. Whatever of the world is still free.

My name is R-4489. I can't remember whatever name I had before my captivity. Three years ago, the vertibirds landed outside my town. The Ghosts came out, and declared that we had slighted the Immortal. I don't remember what our crime was, not that it mattered. We were ordered into the aircraft. One of our guards tried to argue, and they shot him on the spot. We clearly had no choice in the matter.

My family were split up into different vertibirds. It all happened so fast, there was no chance to try and stay together. That was the last time I saw my wife. The last time I saw my children. Maybe that's for the better. I don't think I could've suffered watching what happened to me happen to them.

We never visited Seattle itself. I don't know if that's a blessing or a curse. We saw it, though. Just a glimpse. The entire city is covered in fog from the ocean and smoke from the factories. The lights below shined red and dull orange, making the surface look like it was engulfed in flames...

