Fallout Fan Theory Reveals Dark Truth About Brotherhood, Sets Up Season 2’s Conflict
Prime Video’s Brotherhood of Steel feels off because it’s not the BoS we know from the games; it’s a different faction in disguise which explains quite a lot about it.
Summary:
- In Prime Video ’s Fallout TV show, the local Brotherhood of Steel practices things other chapters don’t, like branding its squires or having Latin names.
- None of the major Fallout: New Vegas factions have seemingly survived whatever went down in the Mojave desert, including Caesar’s Legion.
- Possibly, during the Brotherhood’s expansion into the Mojave desert, the Legion was partially assimilated into it, creating this unique chapter nearby.
The Brotherhood of Steel is one of the main staples of the Fallout universe with their iconic power armors and goals bigger than humankind itself. In most video games, their presence is felt even if they’re not around, and it only made sense that in Prime Video’s new TV show, they played a crucial role through wannabe-Knight Maximus.
However, as some eagle-eyed OG fans noticed, the show’s portrayal of the Brotherhood feels a little bit off — just enough to justify this entertaining fan theory.
Fallout’s Brotherhood Feels Off, Doesn’t It?
In Prime Video’s TV show, the Brotherhood of Steel chooses and brands certain initiates when it deems them ready to become squires. Brands them with burning steel, that is — something that has never been mentioned by anyone in other chapters of the Brotherhood in the games, no matter the region they were set in.
Another important distinction between the show’s Brotherhood and its video game chapters comes with its recruitment system. In the TV show, the Brotherhood collects orphaned kids and grooms them to become new squires… And gives them Latin names. Most Brotherhood members in the series have Latin names.
Weird, right? And vaguely reminiscent of something. Something really familiar.
Fallout’s Brotherhood Isn’t What It Seems
Seeing how in the TV show, the local chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel is not far from New Vegas, these unique traits led some fans to develop a theory that makes all too much sense. Between branding its followers, grooming orphaned children into servitude, and having Latin names, the local BoS resembles another faction.
Legio Caesaris aka Caesar’s Legion from New Vegas.
As far as we can deduce from the TV show’s lore, none of the major factions from Fallout: New Vegas survived. The NCR was no more; the Legion was never mentioned; and Mr. House or Yes Man were unlikely to rule over the city’s ruins.
It’s entirely possible that the Brotherhood of Steel came around the Mojave desert and aided these factions’ fall — and it’s also possible that the Legion was partially assimilated into the Brotherhood’s structure, forming a new local chapter of the order. This perfectly explains its clear distinctions from all other chapters, doesn’t it?