Last Son of Atom

The Last Son of Atom, casually referred to as the Last Son,"The Last Son spent several weeks experimenting on his followers using the crystalline device he found in the buried city. The device’s energy field inflicts the followers with vivid hallucinations, shattering their psyches and leaving them in a violent state. The Last Son barely clings to his sanity while he finishes integrating the device into his custom power armor so he can control it. When he returns to the surface, he plans to expand its energy field to impact the minds of everyone in the region." -Winter of Atom, p. 215 born Adam Whately, is a megalomaniacal warlord and religious leader of the Church of the Children of Atom in Winter of Atom.
==Background==
Adam Whately dubbed himself the Last Son of Atom after studying under Confessor Cromwell in the Capital Wasteland, and declared himself a prophet. 
He then travelled to the Crater of Atom south of the Commonwealth, and attempted to convert Mother Isolde to his unique theological perspective. She found his new ideas to be heretical, down to his very moniker, and banished him from the village.Winter of Atom p.193: "Led by Mother Isolde, the community has lost many of its members to the Last Son of Atom’s influence. He attempted to convince her to join his sect of the Church, but she rejected him and exiled him from the settlement." Several of her followers left with him.
Isolde dispatched her daughter Dawn to reside among his sect and spy on him. The wandering leader grew close to her, as he grew more deranged from chem use. She wrote that he whispered in his sleep of an obelisk waiting for him beneath the earth."Sister Dawn’s Journal The journal contains the following key entry: Mother Isolde assures me Atom will guide me and keep me safe on my mission, but I am still afraid. I remember the Last Son when he stayed here. So kind to us and helping with our struggles, so eager to please. He would smile and speak gently to offer me help, and I would have to play along and listen to his blasphemous ideas. It was worse after he started taking the chems. I watched him once. Berry Mentats, Ultra Jet, and X-Cell, all in one go. I was sure the mix would kill him, but it just made him more confident of his heresy. He was ranting and raving about how the chems would protect his mind from Atom’s Glow so he could lead his flock to paradise. He’d whisper at night of dreams about a child and an obelisk buried beneath the earth. I will do as she asks and follow the false prophet. I will discover the truth behind his lies so that all will know he is no Son of Atom and no Child of this Church. And when my mission is complete, I know Atom will reward me with his Glow as he rewards all his faithful." -Winter of Atom, p.211 He ultimately transformed Sister Dawn into a glowing ghoul giant out of spite for Isolde.
With the support of his zealous flock, he searched the Glowing Sea for a mysterious Buried City, which he believed to hold a power he could use to conquer the Wasteland.modiphius.net; Fallout Friday: The Winter War: "The Winter of Atom’s main quest line is going to give players of this expansion for the Fallout tabletop RPG a unique challenge fighting a maniacal sect of the Church of Atom, with a radical megalomaniac leader at its helm. In this third chapter of the book—the middle part of the campaign—the Last Son of Atom’s followers unleash an all-out war on the Commonwealth, while the Last Son seeks out his real objective buried somewhere deep in the Glowing Sea. They say war never changes, but since when did a fighting force like this use a gargantuan mutated centipede as a siege weapon?" He found it beneath a research facility once operated by his ancestor General John Whately, which was in turn hidden beneath a Catholic church.
The Last Son spent several weeks experimenting on his followers using the hallucination-inducing crystalline device he found in the Buried City before integrating it into his power armor, which now grants him influence over all creatures for miles around."The Last Son spent several weeks experimenting on his followers using the crystalline device he found in the buried city. The device’s energy field inflicts the followers with vivid hallucinations, shattering their psyches and leaving them in a violent state. The Last Son barely clings to his sanity while he finishes integrating the device into his custom power armor so he can control it. When he returns to the surface, he plans to expand its energy field to impact the minds of everyone in the region." -Winter of Atom, p. 215 He named this mind-control device "Atom's Glow."
He went on to tame the Gigapede, and launched a crusade against the Commonwealth, culminating in the Winter of 2286.
Isolde considered him a heretic and false prophet, leading the Children astray with promises of awakening Atom and opening gateways to other universes,Winter of Atom p.193: "Isolde considers him a heretic and false prophet, leading the Children astray with promises of awakening Atom and opening gateways to other universes.""“He left in search of ruins of an old-world military base— Whately Research Facility. What resides within is no gift of Atom’s.” Isolde reveals that she knows the Last Son’s location but does not elaborate on how she received the information. The facility is hidden underground beneath a buried church 12-hours trek west of the crater. The Last Son claimed that he would awaken Atom and open gateways to other universes once he found the facility. He promised those who followed him they would find paradise there—and their enemies would know hell." -Winter of Atom, p. 214 and was ashamed that several of her flock had left to serve him. She dispatched messengers, including Brother Lucius, to head north and warn the settlements of the Commonwealth of the coming danger, as well as to request help in bringing peace to the Great Glowing One.
==Attacks==
* Sharpshooter's electrified improved gamma gun: PER + Energy Weapons (TN 14), 9d6 Piercing 2, Radioactive, Stun Energy damage, Range Medium, Burst
* Biomechanical bladed tendrils: STR + Melee Weapons (TN 14), 10d6 Piercing, Vicious, Breaking Physical damage, Parry
==Special abilities==
* Immunities: The Last Son is immune to Radiation and Poison damage and their effects.
* Nucleus of Atom: The Last Son is augmented by powerful chems and the crystalline device embedded in his chest plate. He reduces the difficulty of PER, INT, and CHA tests by 2 (minimum of 0). Extra actions cost 1 less AP for him—and whenever he spends AP to buy a d20, the first one is free.
* Atomic Bonds: Whenever an ally assists the Last Son, their first success generates an additional success.
* AT-0M power armor: The Last Son of Atom wears custom "AT-0M" power armor. The armor allows him to automatically detect non-robot creatures within Long range, and gives him a vague sense of their actions, physical health, and emotional state.
==Interactions with the player character==
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==Behind the scenes==
The Last Son of Atom shares a similar last name, Whately, with the Whateley family from H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror. In both the Winter of Atom and the Dunwich Horror it is established that both families have generational connections with eldritch entities.
==Gallery==
FWA The Obsidian Obelisk and Last Son of Atom.png|Last Son in the Buried City
==References==
Fallout: The Roleplaying Game
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Category:Winter of Atom characters
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