Preston Garvey (Fallout)

Preston Garvey is a fictional character. He is a Commonwealth Minuteman who briefly served as leader over a small group from Quincy. However, his and his friends’ lives were nearly ended by Jared’s and Gristle’s raiders until a Vault Dweller and sole survivor, Lenny Brown, stepped in and saved them. Over time, Preston befriended and entrusted Lenny to becoming General of the Minutemen. He serves as one of the tritagonists of Fallout 4: The Series.
== Biography ==
=== History ===
During his childhood, the Minutemen were personal heroes of Preston Garvey, as he observed them to be the "only good guys around." Because of this, Garvey enlisted with a company of Minutemen under Colonel Ezra Hollis at the age of seventeen. He grew to be an avid believer in the Minutemen's ideals of fellowship and justice, feeling like he was truly making a difference. He says that he had "a few good years there," fighting for a cause bigger than just himself.Things began to change for the worse in 2282, when the Minutemen's General, Joe Becker, was killed in combat[citation needed], causing the disparate groups within the faction to fall into infighting. By 2287, Hollis' company, including Garvey, were one of the last active groups of Minutemen still protecting settlements and answering calls for help put out by the Commonwealth citizens.
=== Quincy Massacre ===
In 2287, Sturges, an inhabitant of the influential trading hub at Quincy - requested the aid of the Minutemen after having heard one of Mama Murphy’s visions, which foresaw the town being surrounded and massacred. Although the majority saw Murphy as a burned-out chem addict, Sturges went behind his fellow citizens to invoke the protection of the Minutemen. Preston joined Hollis on a mission to rescue Quincy, where they found the Gunnersbesieging the town.
The Minutemen dispersed the Gunner lines and were welcomed by the citizens of Quincy while the Gunners temporarily retreated. When arriving, Preston was one of the Minutemen who helped the settlers build up more proper defenses for the town. An ex-Minutemen veteran named Clint had revealed himself to Colonel Hollis as the leader of the invading force. Hollis felt extreme anger at this betrayal. The citizens expressed confusion and frustration. Clint sought to establish terms of surrender for Quincy and its defenders; these terms were summarily rejected by Hollis.
While the subsequent events are not explicitly recorded in text, the outcome for the Minutemen is broadly established by dialogue with Preston and various other wastelanders: the Minutemen requested support, which did not arrive; the Gunners overwhelmed the defenders and murdered nearly all of the civilians; Col. Hollis, the linchpin of the long-dwindling Minutemen cause, died fighting. The event is known as the Quincy Massacre and it catalyzed the disintegration of the remaining settlements under Minutemen protection.
=== Post-Quincy ===
Consequently, Preston gathered the few remaining Quincy civilians and loyal members of the Minutemen and fled. Several of the refugees lost their lives at the hands of the Gunners before the group shook their pursuit at Jamaica Plain, reducing his group to just over ten. The refugees next moved to Lexington. Regrettably, as Preston testifies, Lexington was filled with feral ghouls. This led to only eight survivors making it out. Eventually, the group moved to Concord, where they took shelter in the Museum of Freedom, only to find themselves under the constant predation of raiders, who unbeknownst to the group were under orders from their leader, Jared, to acquire Mama Murphy. With this, three more Minutemen were killed.
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