Apostles of the Eternal Light

The Apostles of the Eternal Light or Children of Light is a religious order who worship ghouls, founded by Mother Curie III. She departed from the Church of the Children of Atom congregation at Megaton, purportedly having experienced a vision from Atom which led her reject Confessor Cromwell's gospel.
Less than two weeks after the activation of Project Purity in 2277 or 2278, the cult became known when they distributed holy water pamphlets in Megaton. Practicing out of their recently constructed monastery in Springvale, this evangelical off-shoot'sFallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.64: "Brother GerardFirst officer of the Apostles of the Eternal Glow, this evangelical off-shoot of the Church of the Atom has plans to sweep the Wasteland by beckoning their followers to bathe in "light." Gerard is direct and friendly to a point, but keen to further the Church's causes no matter what the cost. If you run into Brother Gerard after a nearby nuclear explosion, he greets his new and terminally singed appearance as the ultimate sign on his path to radioactive righteousness."(Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition Wasteland Census) main tenets are arguably heretical to the cult.
==Background==
While meditating by wandering through in Springvale in a trance, Curie was approached by four members of Lyons' Brotherhood of Steel on their water delivery run to Megaton. When they found her there, she told them where she was from, and they told her to share the water with her people.Jefferson Memorial terminal entries; Bigsley's terminal, Megaton Report In her religious stupor, she took this to be a vision from Atom himself. That four armored angels of war appeared, to give her the barrels of Aqua Pura and "bless" it with radiation to spread the cult's message of "enlightenment" to everyone.The Lone Wanderer: "Wait a minute... are you saying this 'Holy Water' is irradiated Aqua Pura?"Gerard: ""(Gerard's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: "How do you make your 'holy water'?"Curie III: "It was a gift from Atom. I was meditating right here in Springvale, when four of His armored angels came to me. When I said I was from Megaton, they gave me barrels of 'Aqua Pura,' and said I should share it with my people. They were very clear on that. Naturally, I understood Atom's message. And so, I've been busy blessing this holy water and sharing it with the world."(Curie III's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: "Where did you get your water?"Gerard: ""(Gerard's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: "I'm sure you mean well, but this has to stop."Gerard: "Stop helping the needy? I don't think so. And even if I did, it's not my decision to make. Blessing of the holy water is overseen by Mother Curie the Third, our Luminescent Mother. And she's far too busy to speak with outsiders."(Gerard's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: "You know this water is full of radiation, right?"Gerard: " Blessing of the holy water is overseen by Mother Curie III, our Luminescent Mother. But her work keeps her busy within the monastery at all times."(Gerard's dialogue)Curie III: ""(Curie III's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: "Isn't there some way I can convince you to stop?"Curie III: "We're doing holy work here, tending to the suffering and hopeless. Our holy water gives warmth to those who would only die unsaved, otherwise."(Curie III's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: """You judge what you do not understand. By introducing them to Atom's Light, we are saving them from a life of misery."(Curie III's dialogue) She and Brother Gerard would leave Confessor Cromwell's flock, no longer believing in the "Great Division," (seeing this belief as misguided and the C-23 Megaton nucler weapon as a "great symbol" of Atom)The Lone Wanderer: "You'll see the true power of Atom when I detonate that bomb in Megaton."Curie III: " "(Curie III's dialogue) to found a new order of the cult in Springvale, the Apostles of the Eternal Light. They constructed their monastery in the ruins of a home, adding exterior walls in front and installing a tabernacle. From the podium the radiation devices are activated on the pulpit, between which a bathtub rests. The actual order resides in the basement.
Their small but growing order seeks to tend to the ill through their brainwashing and "charitable works,"The Lone Wanderer: "Luminescent Mother, I need to speak with you about your holy water."Curie III: "Yes? If you wanted some, I'm sure that Brother Gerard would have gladly given you a bottle or two. We don't charge for charity, you know."(Curie III's dialogue)Holy water pamphletThe Lone Wanderer: "Sounds like a nice little setup you've got. Have fun poisoning people!"Gerard: " Blessing of the holy water is overseen by Mother Curie III, our Luminescent Mother. And she works tirelessly in our monastery to Enlighten the world!"(Gerard's dialogue) giving away their newly irradiated water. With few interested in their cult, and most seeing the power of the atom as destructive, she seeks to use this "holy water" to secretly irradiate and "convert" them.The Lone Wanderer: "You need to stop contaminating the Aqua Pura for your holy water."Curie III: "Don't be silly! How else will we spread the word to the unenlightened? So many misunderstand Atom, and fear the Glow of his Light as a thing of destruction, rather than humanity's next step towards perfection. With this marvelous holy water, they drink without fear, and by the time the Glow consumes them, they have no need to fear ever again."(Curie III's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: "Thanks, but I'll pass. I've had bad luck with cults."Gerard: "As you wish, of course. In this cruel world, simple prudence says he who offers help in one hand, conceals a knife in the other. But I assure you, we wish only to help the unfortunate, and expose them to the eternal light that can guide us all to salvation. That is why we offer our blessed water to any and all who are athirst."(Gerard's dialogue) When consumed by hapless and unknowing wastelanders,The Lone Wanderer: "The Apostles of Eternal Light? Is that just you?"Gerard: "No, no. Ours is a modest order, but our ranks are growing slowly, as others hear our words and are Enlightened. As our Luminescent Mother says, "Where others walk only in the dying waste, we offer the path of eternal light." And to spread goodwill, we offer this holy water to any and all supplicants."(Gerard's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: "Your 'holy water' is poisoned with radiation."Gerard: " "(Gerard's dialogue) "holy water" harms them and even kills those frail enough.Micky: ""Rosa Meitner: ""Micky: ""Rosa Meitner: ""Micky: ""Rosa Meitner: "No! That's not supposed to happen! No, get up! Get up! You can't pass out, you're supposed to get better! I gave you holy water, and everything!"Rosa Meitner: "No... What do I do?""He can't be dead. He just can't be! It was just water!""Oh god, somebody help!"(Mickey's and Rosa Meitner's dialogue)Rosa Meitner: ""The Lone Wanderer: "Slow down. What happened here?"Rosa Meitner: ""(Rosa Meitner's dialogue) They are used to religious persecution and they refuse to answer violence with violence,The Lone Wanderer: "Please, you're endangering innocent people who think your water is safe."Curie III: "Is that truly what it looks like to others? We only mean to tend to the ill and offer them salvation before they pass - we're saviors, not murderers! We offer salvation, not death! We must not give the world another reason to fear Atom's Light. If that means no more holy water, then so be it. We will leave the clean Aqua Pura for the residents of Megaton. We will save our ministrations for those who seek us out."(Curie III's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: "I have to go now."Curie III: "Thank you for choosing wisdom over violence."(Curie III's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: "I'm putting an end to your twisted cult, right now."Curie III: ""(Curie III's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: "Enough cultist crap. This is sick."Curie III: ""(Curie III's dialogue) to a point.The Lone Wanderer: "Okay, I tried asking nice. Let's do this the hard way!"Gerard: "Must it really come to this? So be it."(Gerard's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: "I can't believe you made me drink that crap. I had no idea. You're so dead."Gerard: "I 'made' you do nothing. You chose to imbibe the Waters of Light of your own volition. A choice most wise, indeed. As for your threats to my person, I fear not. I am aglow with Atom's Holy Light. You may do violence to this vessel, but my spirit is inviolable. "(Gerard's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: "If you don't stop, I'll have to make you stop. Forcibly if I have to."Curie III: "If you feel you must resort to violence, then you will do so. I will not fight you. "(Curie III's dialogue) They even supply generous innocents like Rosa Meitner with excess supply, encouraging them to share the tainted water with any thirsty travelers they might encounter.
The people of Megaton are agitated at the theft of their weekly water shipment. The settlers sent nasty letters to Elder Owyn Lyons,The Lone Wanderer: "You think maybe Megaton is trying to con you out of more water?"Bigsley: " "(Bigsley's dialogue) who in turn blamed the problem on Scribe Bigsley.The Lone Wanderer: "I've stopped the cult that was stealing Megaton's water."Bigsley: " "(Bigsley's dialogue) The town, barely getting by on Megaton's barely functionalThe events of the quest Treatment in Fallout 3. water processing plant, grows envious of the passing caravans hauling barrels of pure, clean water. A small number have gathered to demand water of a passing caravan on its way to Big Town. Without interference, the denizens will attack the caravan and its Brotherhood guards will open fire, killing them all.The events of the quest Wastelander Water Request in Fallout 3.Megaton settler: "You've still got plenty of water. Look, the brahmin is loaded with it. What you gave us won't last more than a few days!"
Scavenger: "Hey, it isn't my call. I just take the water where the Brotherhood tells me. Don't shoot the messenger, you know?"
Megaton settler: "Look, they're giving the water away. What do you care whether you leave it all here or somewhere else?"
Scavenger: ""
Megaton settler: ""
Brotherhood of Steel Knight: " "
Megaton setter: " "
Brotherhood of Steel Knight: ""
Brotherhood of Steel Knight: ""
Brotherhood of Steel Paladin: ""
(Megaton settler's, scavenger's, Brotherhood of Steel knight's, and paladin's dialogue) 
Curie III can be convinced that people cannot be forced into accepting "salvation," that using deception to spread the word of their cult is wrong and a mockery of her faith.The Lone Wanderer: ""Curie III: "Hmm... You have a point, one cannot be forced into salvation against one's will. To do so would be unjust, even in Atom's name. Perhaps you're right. We must not use deception to spread the word of Atom's Light. To do so would be to make a mockery of salvation itself. We will stop using the Aqua Pura for our holy water. We will save our ministrations for those who seek us out."(Curie III's dialogue)Curie III: "We will spread our word without this holy water. The Light of Atom need not be spread through deceit."(Curie III's dialogue) Alternatively she can be convinced that the Lone Wanderer is the Prophet of Atom,The Lone Wanderer: "What makes you so sure you're right, anyway? Who are you to speak for Atom?"Curie III: " The only being able to convince me I was wrong, would be the Prophet of Atom /."(Curie III's dialogue) at which point she can be ordered stop distributing the irradiated water, return the water she stole, and only proselytize those who seek her out.The Lone Wanderer: "I am the Prophet of Atom. Stop irradiating water."Curie III: " I didn't realize... My Lord, now that you have revealed yourself to me, I do... I see the errors of my ways. I leave you now, Lord. I can not bear to look upon your shining face any longer."(Curie III's dialogue) Curie III: "My Lord. I can not bear to look upon your shining face... I am unworthy..."(Curie III's dialogue) The Lone Wanderer: "I am the Prophet of Atom. Stop irradiating water."Curie III: " The Prophet of Atom would be so aglow as to outshine the sun. You are not /."(Curie III's dialogue) 
Should the C-23 Megaton nuclear weapon at the heart of Megaton be detonated by the Lone Wanderer, Gerard and Curie III would've been there to preach their order to its populace. He will emerge from the ruins as a ghoul, his faith seemingly confirmed by Atom himself. Curie III, however, will emerge as a feral. Delirious from his traumatic experience he will decide to stay in the ruins of Megaton to think, pray and wait until Atom reveals his plans to him.Gerard: "We came to Megaton to preach of the Eternal Glow... "(Gerard's dialogue)Gerard: """"""(Gerard's dialogue)Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.86: "Mother Curie IIIOverseeing the operation is Mother Curie, who believes firmly that she is doing Atom's will and helping the world grow, and they find that consecrated Aqua Pura is actually much more potent than any other 'dirty water.' She has prepared a rich and varied history to read to her 'flock.' Should you find her in her second state; she has received her greatest wish, as she bathed in the light of infinite candles, and reached a higher realm of consciousness. In fact, this worked so well, her mortal corpse has become a frothing, savage Ghoul with no knowledge of your previous interactions."(Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition Wasteland Census)
==Beliefs==
In Curie III's vision Atom didn't call upon his flock to seek Division, but instead to seek "Enlightenment." Specifically, that only through Atom's supreme and total Enlightenment that they may attain salvation in Eternal LightThe Lone Wanderer: "Tell me about your order."Gerard: ""(Gerard's dialogue) and become ghouls.The Lone Wanderer: "You mean, you turn people into Ghouls?"Curie III: " But to receive such Enlightenment, people need to be exposed to a tremendous dose of Atom's Glow. That's why our holy water is so important! Sadly, only a small number of supplicants truly achieve Eternal Light. The rest must be satisfied with Enlightenment and an end to their suffering."(Curie III's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: ""Curie III: "That's correct, it does. But we can work miracles with our holy water. Free of impurities, this 'Aqua Pura' is perfect for carrying Atom's blessing. Sadly, only a small number of supplicants truly achieve Eternal Light. The rest must be satisfied with Enlightenment and an end to their suffering."(Curie III's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: "Spreading tainted water under the guise of helping humanity? I can relate."Brother Gerard: "What you see as the 'taint' of radiation, we see as Atom's Eternal Light."(Gerard's dialogue) Seeing their transformation as a "rebirth," so that they do not hunger, suffer or age. Needing only "Atom's Glow," so they are "happy."The Lone Wanderer: "Why are you doing all of this?"Curie III: " And so, with our holy water, we can make this vision a reality. When exposed to Atom's supreme Glow, the ill are reborn in his glowing visage. Those reborn never hunger, never suffer, and never age. All our Enlightened brethren need is to know Atom's Glow, and they are happy."(Curie III's dialogue) The origin of this religious "epiphany" may be because her own son became a feral ghoul, and she needed to explain away why her "god" took away her child. Now she believes that he is living in both the "real" and "spiritual" realm and has taken the final steps on their journey. Despite the fact that much of her son's higher functions have disappeared, and only instinct is preventing the confused glowing one from attacking.Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.97: "Son of AtomWhen a human transcends mortality and straddles the ether, they can be seen to be both living in the 'real' and 'spiritual' realm. Mother Curie III firmly believes her own son to have taken the final steps on this journey. In fact, much of her son's higher functions have disappeared, and only instinct is preventing this confused Glowing One from attacking."(Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition Wasteland Census)
Furthermore, they believe that drinking their radioactive pure water will clean their speech for discourse. This belief comes from a corruption of Revelation 21:6. In their words to "drink deep of the Water of Light, so that it may sanctify our tongues, and render us purified for discourse."Holy water pamphletGerard: "Weary traveler, welcome to the monastery of the Apostles of the Eternal Light. Oh, but you must be parched from your travels! Please, accept this gift: holy water, blessed by our order. We must drink deep of the Water of Light, so that it may sanctify our tongues, and render us purified for discourse!"(Gerard's dialogue)Gerard: "You must cleanse your tongue of unseemly speech by drinking deep of the holy water. Then we may speak."(Gerard's dialogue)Gerard: "Ah, I can see the glint of Atom's Light in your eyes! You have purified your tongue with the holy water, so now we may speak. How may this servant of the Eternal Light serve you?"(Gerard's dialogue)Gerard: "Cleanse your tongue with the holy water. For we must speak with seemly tongues when we make mention of Atom's Light."(Gerard's dialogue)The Lone Wanderer: "Oh... I've made a huge mistake..."Gerard: "Nonsense! The Eternal Light is faultless and blameless. It cleanses our bodies as it cleanses our transgressions. Walk in Atom's Glow, and you have nothing to worry about."(Gerard's dialogue)
==Organization==
This loose order is led by Mother Curie III, with Brother Gerard acting as gate keeper.
===Outside relations===
The cult stole Megaton's water shipmentMegaton settler: ""(Megaton settler's dialogue) and has been irradiating it to give away. Those that drink the aforementioned holy water suffer radiation poisoning and in some cases death. Entrance to the monastery requires one to become irradiated.The Lone Wanderer: "I need to enter the monastery."Gerard: "Ah, but of course! You have been blessed by Atom with Eternal Light, and are most welcome to our monastery. You will find many kindred spirits within. Please, introduce yourself to our leader, our Luminescent Mother, Curie the Third."(Gerard's dialogue) The Lone Wanderer: "Come on, I'm irradiated. Let me in now."Gerard: "You have been marked, but I feel your dedication is still too weak. Our holy site is only open to the truly blessed. Perhaps after you have spent more time praying to Atom in warmth, you will be deemed worthy."(Gerard's dialogue) The Lone Wanderer: "I am consumed with Atom's Light. Let me into your monastery."Gerard: "Oh, truly your Light is second only to the Suns of Atom themselves! You are more than welcome. Please, speak with our leader, our Luminescent Mother, Curie the Third."(Gerard's dialogue) 
===Interactions with the player character===
* Holy Water, the player must stop the cult from irradiating hapless wastelanders with stolen water.
* Wastelander Water Request, the player encounters desperate NPCs due to the cult's actions.
==Technology==
They constructed a fortified tabernacle in the ruins of a Springvale home. Two radiation traps are operated by a switch on a podium, between the traps is a bathtub.
A large chemistry set is laid out on a table in the monastery, presumably the station where the Mother blesses the water.
==Members==
* Mother Curie III, founder and leader
* Brother Gerard, first officer, guard
* Novice, several brainwashed cultistsNovice: ""(Novice's dialogue)
* Sun of Atom, passive and confused feral glowing one
* Atom's Champion, passive feral ghoul reaver
==Notable sayings==
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==Notes==
If the player completed the main quest by infecting the water supply with modified FEV, Curie III notes that the process by which she produces her "holy water" neutralizes the virus.The Lone Wanderer: "How do you make your 'holy water'?"Curie III: "It was a gift from Atom. I was meditating right here in Springvale, when four of His armored angels came to me. When I said I was from Megaton, they gave me barrels of 'Aqua Pura,' and said I should share it with my people. They were very clear on that. But when I shared some with my Enlightened brethren, it made them terribly ill. I questioned why Atom had brought a pestilence upon us. That's when I thought to consecrate it with Atom's Light. And lo and behold, it removed the pestilence and made the finest holy water imaginable!"(Curie III's dialogue) 
==Appearances==
The Apostles of the Eternal Light appear only in the Fallout 3 add-on Broken Steel.
==Gallery==
Holy Light Monastery.jpg|Springvale location
==References==
Non-game
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Category:Broken Steel factions
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