Errol

Observer Errol is a member of the Enlightened in Appalachia . During the seasonal Equinox festival, he can be found tending the sacred pyre within the church at Point Pleasant. 
==Background==
=== Origin ===
The Cult of the Mothman were a pre-War group who survived by taking shelter in the Lucky Hole Mine,Exodus and the Enlightened are a sect who left the mine early due to their disgust at the cultural influence of the Interloper, catalyzed by further spiritual revelations.His PriestessCatechism of Hilary They fled the state with the prophet Charles to form their own church, headquartered at a place called the Lantern.
Errol appears to be a young man, making it unlikely he was one of the original pre-War cultists. He does not explicitly specify whether he was part of the founding group or joined the sect later. He says "Before my first communion, I was lost. A rabid dog eating table scraps."Observer Errol: ""(Observer Errol's dialogue) This is inconclusive verbiage, but seems to imply that Errol was a wastelander who joined the Enlightened.
=== Life at the Lantern ===
Observer Errol has become more satisfied with his life since his first communion. He now relies on visions from the Wise Mothman to hunt,Observer Errol: ""(Observer Errol's dialogue) pursuing the targets shown to him.Observer Errol: ""Observer Errol: ""(Observer Errol's dialogue) His hunts often take him far from the Lantern (but never as far as Point Pleasant).Observer Errol: ""(Observer Errol's dialogue)
Errol feels that his peer Johanna understands his faith, and wonders what revelations the Wise One has granted her."Johanna seems to understand. I wonder what the Wise One has shown her..."(Observer Errol's dialogue) He is envious of Observer Marlon's ability to hear disembodied voices, and resents him for "wasting" this gift.Observer Errol: " "(Observer Errol's dialogue)
Errol presents human sacrifices to the Wise Mothman. He does not understand why the Wise One always leaves when his victims begin to scream, and blames this on the unworthiness of his victims.
===Attending the Equinox===
Errol, alongside fellow Observers Johanna and Marlon, is part of a group led by Interpreter Clarence, caregiver to Wise Charles the Forewarned.Vault 76 dweller: "Wait, there's more of you?"Interpreter Clarence: " You will find them tending to the ritual pyres in the far reaches of this sacred site. "(Interpreter Clarence's dialogue) Together, they undertake a journey from the Lantern to Point Pleasant, to hold an Equinox festival at the home of the Wise Mothman.Vault 76 dweller: "Where do you come from?"Interpreter Clarence: "We have ventured from our place of study, the Lantern, far from here. During the time of the Equinox, myself and a group of Observers make the perilous trip to the Wise One's homeland."(Interpreter Clarence's dialogue) During the Equinox, he can be found tending the pyre inside the Point Pleasant church on the east edge of town, where he guards the sacred tomes. He occasionally expresses homesickness, and says he can barely see the shine of the Lantern from his current vantage. 
He explains that each communion ceremony will enable the sacred tomes to reveal more Truth to the reader, and expresses disgust at the vines which seem to deliberately disturb his pyre."With each communion, the tomes here should reveal more Truth to you. How enviable..." (Observer Errol's dialogue)Observer Errol: ""(Observer Errol's dialogue) When his pyre is cleared, he tasks the players to slay the heretic clergy of the Followers of the Winged One and rip the glowing red glasses from their skulls."Look for eyes that glow. They believe themselves to be the pretenders incarnate. Rip those silly glasses from their skulls."'"The ritual cannot begin if they still live. Hunt them."(Observer Errol's dialogue) Errol says the ritual cannot begin if they still live, and their deaths will enable his pyre to burn brightly.Observer Errol: "."(Observer Errol's dialogue)Observer Errol: ""(Observer Errol's dialogue)
After the pyres have been lit, Errol encourages the players to breathe in the neurotoxic dust which engulfs the town.Observer Errol: ""(Observer Errol's dialogue) If the summoning is successful, he will travel to the rooftop of the Mothman Museum and kneel before the Wise One, begging for visions of his next victims. Throughout the festival, Wise Charles the Forewarned can be found sitting in his wheelchair here, whispering contextless phrases such as "I... was... mis.. take... en..." and "No... he... wants... them... spared... fool[.]"
== Personality ==
Observer Errol's speech is sinister and quiet, marked by a distinctive Southern drawl. He speaks ponderously and euphemistically, filling the silence of the church with his macabre musings. His lines tend towards vocalized introspection rather than acknowledging and focusing on the player character.
He expresses interest in human sacrifice and cannibalism.Observer Errol: ""(Observer Errol's dialogue) He hunts people, and seems to have a strong sense of smell. He claims the Wise One has shown him to "the finest meals." He seems to enjoy inflicting violence in general,Observer Errol: ""(Observer Errol's dialogue)Observer Errol: ""(Observer Errol's dialogue) especially upon the Settlers of Foundation.Observer Errol: "Ah, Foundation. I wish I could walk among its people... Waiting for him to show me which of their flock to bring to slaughter."(Observer Errol's dialogue) He also takes pleasure in the deaths of prophets of the Winged One.
In one of his greeting lines, Errol declares to the player character that their smell is alluring and he would like to "...rip you open." Errol envies the Vault Dwellers' ignorance, as he should like to learn the contents of the sacred tomes over again. He wonders if you are able to peer upon all six, and if you are able to derive knowledge from the tomes which still escapes him."Your eyes. They are like my own. Learning. Hungry... Perhaps hungrier still. Do the tomes here tell you more than me I wonder?" (Observer Errol's dialogue)
==Interactions with the player character ==
===Interactions overview ===
==Inventory==
* Errol is the only NPC in the game who wears the Cultist enlightened hood.
==Notes==
*At the Cathedral in the original Fallout, a servitor named Dane delivers an extremely long, nonsensical monologue. At one point, apparently prompted by the rhyming word "sterile," Dane declares "My name's not Errol!"Dane: "{184}{}{Sterile! We're all going to be hideous, sterile freaks! Sterile! Sterile! Sterile! My name's not Errol! Sterile!}"(Dane's dialogue)
**Both characters wear hooded purple robes, cinched by a cord.
==Behind the Scenes==
For one of Errol's idle lines, "I see... Oh, I see... (chuckle)", the script notes say "Hearing a secret, devious." This would seem to indicate that Errol is experiencing an auditory hallucination which he believes to be revelatory. In 2020, Fallout 76 developer Ferret Baudoin mentioned that some script notes are designed to achieve a specific performance, and may imply information that is non-canonical.Fallout 76 Lore Dive with Bethesda's Ferret Baudoin and the Fallout Lorecast!
==Appearances==
Observer Errol appears only .
==Bugs==
During the first Equinox, some of Errol's subtitles erroneously read "Interpreter Clarence." In subsequent re-runs of the Equinox, the problem was corrected.
==Gallery==
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==References==
Non-game
Category:Night of the Moth characters
Category:The Enlightened characters
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