Joshua Graham

Hanged Man also called Hanged Criminal was CNPC concept in Van Buren.

History
According to New Canaan design document:
 * In year 2238 the Mormon missionary Joshua Graham encountered two Followers of the Apocalypse at the Grand Canyon and started to lead them around the outer north and east edge. One of encountered Followers became Caesar.
 * Joshua Graham was involved in the rise of Caesar and eventually became Caesar's right hand man, shaming the Mormons.
 * After a failed attack on Hoover Dam, Caesar had Joshua burned and thrown into the Grand Canyon by the tribals . Graham probably was responsible for this defeat.

Features
According to Chris Avellone the Hanged Man was the poisonous CNPC encountered as first person possible to join the party - like having the Jinxed Dog with the PC. According to leaks:
 * The Hanged Man was one of the most evil characters around, who committed all sorts of evil acts, like rape, murder, robbery.
 * Some tribals feared and hated him already, when he was Caesar's Legion member. Even the civilized people were somewhat fearful of him, because he was the man with a seemingly infinite amount of lives.
 * The Hanged Man was intended to be the best combat CNPC in the game. Fists, knives, guns - he was master of them all.
 * He was burned all over and all wrapped in bandages. He survived throwing into the Grand Canyon. The fact that he was still quite mobile and dangerous was a testament to his badassness.

Game plot

 * The Prisoner was planned to found somebody hanged by the neck from a pole at Fort Abandon. Hanged person was obviously still alive and enraged. Hanged Man would tag along with the Prisoner, if was cut down. He was wrapped from head to toe in bandages, because he had been pretty much burned all over. He would reveal that he has got a connection to Caesar's Legion, and was particularly ticked off at them, but he didn't go to far into the details.
 * Rescuing the Hanged Man would cause all the tribals in the region to be angry with the Prisoner. Tribals would blame him for future evil made by the Hanged Man. The Hanged Man may piss off any tribals in an area that he encounters also. Having him in the party would make dealing with tribals extremely difficult. It would make hard to deal with some of the towns also.He may try to butcher any Twin Mothers tribals he could find.
 * The Hanged Man would not enter New Canaan. When the party arrived here, he would initiate dialogue with the Prisoner and told him/her that he had something to take care of. He gave the option of meeting up with him at Burham Springs later on . Details about Hanged Man could be revealed thereby bishop Mordecai.
 * Upon entering Burham Springs, the Hanged Man might quote 2 Chronicles 28, ... and he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his sons as an offering... . The Hanged Man would laughingly refuse to drop his weapons if commanded to by Phil, and it could be very difficult for the Prisoner to defuse the situation. The Hanged Man might incite Phil to open fire on the party.

Game mechanics

 * The Prisoner was supposed to be able to find all the CNPCs early on, but designers didn't want the Hanged Man to be to good than.
 * If Hanged Man was thought as first CNPC to join, there are few ways to arrange this: the Prisoner can’t join anybody in Tibbets and could escape only to Fort Abandon or the only other location known to him during escape was Fort Abandon.