Pickman

Pickman is a serial killer living in Pickman Gallery in The Commonwealth.

Background
Pickman is a man with a strong dislike for raiders, killing anyone that wanders into his home. He is also an artist, painting with the blood of those he kills. The Sole Survivor first meets Pickman while he is being attacked by Slab, a raider who wants to take revenge on Pickman for killing his men. If the Sole Survivor kills Slab and the two raiders on either side of Pickman and then speaks to him after, they are rewarded with Pickman's key, which opens a safe on the ground floor of the Gallery, containing Pickman's Blade.

Appearances
Pickman appears only in Fallout 4.

Behind the scenes
Pickman is named after and based on the uncanny artist Richard Upton Pickman from the short story Pickman's Model by H. P. Lovecraft.

Pickman being described as a serial killer who kills other "criminals" (Raiders) might also be a reference to the character Dexter Morgan from the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. With both Pickman and Dexter Morgan, visualization is part of the killing ritual. While Pickman paints his victims in their final moments, Dexter Morgan shows his victims pictures of their respective victims prior to killing them. Both killers prefer to use a knife for the killings.

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