Blackwater Bandits

The Blackwater Bandits were a gang of raiders located in Appalachia.

Background
The Blackwater Bandits were one of the gangs that made up Appalachia's raiders. According to Rose, the gang was known for their stealth expertise, having once even infiltrated and stolen from the armory of a Brotherhood of Steel base without being seen.

The gang based themselves in a pre-War government uranium mine, Blackwater Mine. At some point before 2096, a member of the Bandits, Rob, messed with a machine in the mine while drunk, causing a radiation leak. The gang began falling ill, with its members starting to ache and feel weak. The gang's leader, Freddie Lang, attributed this to a "bad flu," and tried to offset the effects via chems. However, the symptoms became worse as time went on, including hair loss, skin peeling, and loss of appetite. Lang eventually interrogated Rob and discovered he was responsible for the radiation leak and promptly killed him. Unfortunately for the Bandits, the radiation lingered in the mine, leading to the deaths or ghoulification of the gang members, with the other gangs never finding out what happened to the Blackwater Bandits.

Quests

 * Flavors of Mayhem: In the spirit of the Blackwater Bandits, the player character must steal supplies from a group of super mutants.
 * Key to the Past: Rose tasks the player character with going to Blackwater Mine in order to retrieve the gang's piece of the raider stash code and discover what happened to them.

Known members

 * Cinder - Fought an arena match against Irena Harrison.
 * Frank - Was caught stealing supplies from the gang and was killed by Freddie Lang in retaliation.
 * Freddie Lang - The gang's leader, can be found as a glowing one in Blackwater Mine.
 * Rob - Responsible for the gang's destruction, after he drunkenly messed with the mine's uranium pump.

Appearances
The Blackwater Bandits are mentioned only in Fallout 76.