Maul

Maul is a pre-war super mutant merchant and Grognak the Barbarian aficionado living in Appalachia.

Background
Before his time as a meat and comic book vendor, Maul owned a mutant hound 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, considering the dog to be too weak to kill and too puny to eat, instead feeding and caring for the dog. After this, Maul came to consider Bloppo to be his first and best friend, as it did not bite or bark, simply licking and sniffing. Although Bloppo was considered weak by super mutant standards, Maul believed he did enough killing for the two 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. From his Grognak-centric philosophy, Maul reasoned that, due to Grognak being able to keep his friends alive, where Maul let Bloppo die, that if Maul were to kill Grognak, he would have a chance to save his friends.

After this, Maul came to attain and immerse 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 has 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.