Maul

Maul is a pre-War super mutant, a potential vendor and ally, and Grognak the Barbarian aficionado living in Appalachia.

Background
Before his time as a meat and comic book vendor, Maul had a dog named Bloppo, whom he named after the gold-motivated thief character in the Grognak & the Ruby Ruins video game. Maul found Bloppo in a cage and considered the dog to be too weak to kill yet too scrawny to eat. Instead, Maul fed and cared for the dog, nursing them back to health. After this, Maul came to consider Bloppo to be his first and best friend, as the dog never made Maul feel down about himself. Although Bloppo was considered weak by super mutant standards, Maul did enough killing for the both of them.

One day, Bloppo dug up a Grognak comic book, introducing Maul to the world of Grognak the Barbarian, believing humans to be stronger than super mutants, as well as likening his relationship with Bloppo to Grognak’s relationship with the Silver Shroud. Sometime after this, Bloppo helped a human, causing other super mutants to take him, enraging Maul into raiding their camp and slaughtering them, although unable to save Bloppo. Maul blamed himself and his own weakness for the loss of his pet. Reasoning that Grognak would never let a friend die, Maul vowed to become powerful enough to defeat even Grognak - and never have to lose a friend again.

Maul immersed himself in all available Grognak collectables and information in order to determine the best way to fight and kill Grognak. To accomplish this, Maul familiarized himself with each and every aspect of Grognak from 14 books, five Unstoppables issues, two board games, and the Ruby Ruins video game he attained. From this, his current plan to beat and kill Grognak is to wear a dress and ambush him. He also believes that any fight with Grognak must be to the death, otherwise Grognak may survive and seek revenge.

Interactions overview

 * Uses the Affinity system, but cannot be romanced.