Lev

Lev is a Russian raider in Appalachia.

Background
Lev is a former Soviet mobster that came to America from Russia before the Great War. He enjoyed the change in locale and likes the United States - or what is left of it - as Americans are, in his view, soft and make for easy prey.

Becoming a raider came easy for him, and Lev eventually threw his lot in with Meg Groberg and the Crater raiders. In fact, he considers himself to be Meg's second-in-command and behaves in an arrogant, lofty manner towards other raiders. While Lev was fighting super mutants with his fists, he crossed paths with Surge and offered her a place in their group.

In reality, Meg has come into conflict with Lev frequently. When Lev started making unwanted passes at Barb, Lev learned a valuable lesson in consent from Meg. He would either stop harassing female raiders, or Meg would turn him into a gelding, with a shotgun.

Quests

 * From Russia With Lev: Lev must be tracked down and the detonator he stole from Lucky Lou must be returned in order to finish breaking into Vault 79. It turns out Lev went to Vault 79 and tried to kill Lou himself, tying him up near a yao guai. Lev was also the one who made Lou be concerned about becoming feral, hoping Lou would kill himself, but got tired of waiting for Lou to do the act. It is revealed Lev was paid by Rocco to sabotage the plan to raid the vault, and he has a very negative opinion of Meg's "soft" leadership at the Crater as well as some of the other raiders, calling them, "weak, pathetic freaks, animals." He believes in a dog-eat-dog world where only the strong should be allowed to survive and that all ghouls should be dead. Lev does not care about Meg's vault raid, feeling it's a dangerous waste of time. Lev and his crew, including Caleb Fisher and Surge, are forced to be killed as part of this quest.

Related holotapes

 * To Meg and Crater freaks
 * Rocco and Lev's deal

Appearances
Lev appears