Sole Survivor



The Sole Survivor is the player character and main protagonist in Fallout 4. Depending on the player's gender selection, the Sole Survivor is either the husband or wife in a pre-War family and has a son, Shaun.

Background
Depending on player choice, the Sole Survivor is either a male retired army veteran or a female graduate from law school.

According to the pre-war records of Lookout at the USS Constitution, the husband served in the 108th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion at some point. At some point during the Sino-American War, the Sole Survivor married their spouse and they had a son, named Shaun. On the morning of October 23rd, 2077, the Survivor was preparing for an event at the Veteran's Hall when a Vault-Tec representative approached the family and approved them for admittance into Vault 111. Mere moments later, a news bulletin warned of an imminent nuclear attack, forcing the Survivor and their family to rush to the vault, where they're temporarily trapped outside when a nuke detonates nearby. Luckily, the platform below them was lowered just in time, and the family along with all of the other residents were placed in cryosleep.

About two hundred years later, the Sole Survivor and their spouse are reawakened by two unknown individuals, who opened the spouse's Cryo tube with the intent of taking Shaun. While the spouse tries to prevent the theft, they are shot and killed by one of the strangers, who takes Shaun and reactivates the Survivor's Cryo tube. After what they believe to be 10 years later (later revealed to actually be 60), the Sole Survivor manages to break out of their Cryo tube. They also discover that they are the only survivor of Vault 111, as the remaining residents have died due to the strangers tampering with the Cyro tube controls. Once they emerge from Vault 111, the Sole Survivor vows to avenge their spouse's death and find Shaun.

Appearances
The Sole Survivor appears only in Fallout 4.