The Slog

The Slog is a location and potential settlement in the Commonwealth in 2287.

Background
Before the Great War, the Slog was a public outdoor swimming pool and recreation area.

Following the exile of all ghouls by order of Mayor McDonough, one former resident, Wiseman, instead of heading to Goodneighbor with the majority of the ghoul populace, decided to found a settlement that would act as a safe haven for persecuted ghouls. Founding the community in the abandoned swimming pool, Wiseman and a group of former Diamond City ghouls began to produce tarberries by utilizing the swimming pool for farming. As word spread about the settlement, various pre-War ghouls began taking up residence within the establishment, including famous inventor Arlen Glass.

As the community grew, the settlement was still without a name. When a trader decided to take refuge there following a long journey, they described the trip as a "slog," but still thought the entire trek was worth the effort. Upon the eventual departure of the trader, Wiseman decided to name his small residency "The Slog," a metaphor to describe how living at the settlement would always be a challenge, but the endeavor would be worth it in the end.

The Slog eventually became one of the sole producers of tarberries in the Commonwealth. Due to the good reputation this garnered, Wiseman decided that maybe his community could become more than just a refuge for outcast ghouls. He believed it could become an example of how cooperation and an interest towards a common goal can achieve great things, and help ameliorate the misconceptions about, and alienation of, ghouls around the Commonwealth.

Layout
The concrete building consists of a main room with two entrances, as well as two parallel shower rooms containing several beds and chairs on either side of the entrance. The ghoul inhabitants grow tarberries in the swimming pool outside, along with a cornfield nearby where the workers produce their own food. A children's playground is located beyond a fence near the settlement.

Inhabitants

 * Wiseman
 * Deirdre
 * Jones
 * Holly
 * Arlen Glass
 * 3 unnamed ghoul workers

Notable loot

 * Snack bar note - On the counter inside the Advanced locked snack bar in the northeast.

Related quests

 * Giddyup 'n Go - Arlen Glass offers a quest to retrieve some toy parts from the Wilson Atomatoys factory in exchange for caps.
 * Holly - Arlen Glass can be given Marlene's holotape, a pre-War recording of his daughter and his wife who both died when the bombs hit more than two centuries ago. It can be found in Wilson Atomatoys corporate HQ on his terminal from before the war.

Appearances
The Slog only appears in Fallout 4.

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