Nightkin

The Nightkin are an elite warrior caste in the Master's super mutant army.

History
They are superior to other supermutants in skill, equipment, and weaponry. Many of the Nightkin are equipped with cloaking devices, such as Stealth Boys. The only gaming effect of this is to give them a slight ethereal look, as it does not affect the PC's chance of hitting them.

During the time of Fallout, they can be found in the upper levels of the Cathedral, as well as inside the Mariposa Military Base, including the nearby cells surrounding it in the form of random patrol encounters.

After the Master's fall, many surviving unity super mutants had become a chaotic wasteland wandering force, set on to destroy everything it encountered. During the time of Fallout 2, some of the super mutant 'gangs' included the former (or so called) nightkins. However, they no longer used Stealth Boys.

Also, other parts of super mutant army, after the death of Master, are gathered and formed a new faction, led by Attis.

Many years after their regrouping, these mutants captured the Secret Vault in order to use the FEV reserves stored in it. Attis's goal was to continue the Master's plan. His army had an elite unit of Nightkins, much improved in skill, and equipped with high-tec suits to enhance their abilities and has the same function as the Stealth Boy. These suits probably originated from, or were made in Secret Vault.

In Fallout: New Vegas, some of the nightkins will reappear, and have gone mad thanks to the side effect derived from their overuse of Stealth Boys that they appear to be using in the trailer where they are on their wrists and whether they are lootable or not is not known at the current time. They also appear to be wielding a high-tech melee weapon like the Nightkin equivalent of the Super Mutant Masters Super Sledges that look like very long metal poles that are a slightly wider on the tip of it, in other words probably a sort of Hammer-Pole Arm.

Appearances
The Nightkin appear in Fallout in the Cathedral and the Mariposa Military Base, in Fallout 2 as a hostile encounter on the World map, in the Secret Vault in Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel and make a come back in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes
In Fallout 3, the word 'Nightkin' occasionally appears in the password list when hacking a terminal.

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