Ghoul (Fallout 2)

Ghouls are mutated humans who live after the Great War.

Background
Ghouls are humans that have been exposed to radiation, causing several changes to their appearance and extending their lifespans. Caught outside of a vault during the Great War, their physical characteristics have changed since before the bombs fell. Characteristics include "splotchy skin" that is "ready to slough off," and appears burned by radiation.

Coffin Willie tells the Chosen One that he doesn't have a nose, otherwise he would have "choked on my own stink" while buried alive by the humans in Reno. Ghouls such as Gordon and Wooz still have hair. Eric's body exudes fly nutrients, made worse when he sweats, and Festus is described as smelling "like an infected wound."

Communities
In New California, ghouls began rebuilding civilization, founding Necropolis. Ghouls such as the Broken Hills refinery supervisor are accepted by community members, working alongside them in mining uranium ore. Gecko citizens mention that the citizens of Vault City are bigots. Vault City accuses ghouls of poisoning their groundwater, justifying violence against them. Ghouls dislike being called zombies, stating that zombies don't have free will, unlike ghouls.

Appearances
Ghouls appear in Fallout 2.

Behind the scenes
Ghouls are mentioned in the Fallout Bible.