Marked Men of The Divide | Fallout Lore 

Lonesome Road best DLC or nah?

Marked men don’t care if you have black, brown or white skin. It’s the fact you have skin at all that pisses them off.

Marked men fighting nonstop "HEY THAT GUY STILL HAS SKIN!" Marked men unite to fight the courier

Marked men: skinless and in constant pain. Joshua Graham: Skinless and in constant pain but still a chill bro.

I finally realized why they have street signs added to their armor (beyond being cool and extra protection). They're literally marked by the roads you traveled

Gonna love how legion armor sells for 100 and marked man for like 1,500 hundred caps.

Between the Marked Men and the Ghost People, New Vegas' DLC's really did have some of the most interesting takes for enemies.

I always thought the Marked Men could've used more... *Fleshing out*

they were servant men who would sacrifice their lives for the bear or the bull. now they are walking corpses with slowly melting skins and their lost destinies. Lonesome road is as dark and tragic as dead money if you ask me.

Most interesting thing about them they are intelligent enough to capturing deathclaws by using traps then use agaist their enemies (its mentioned one of the ncr scout note)

Legion Assasin: The Caesar has marked you for death and the Legion obeys! Marked Man: Good luck, i'm behind 9000 Red Glare rockets

The Marked Men remind me of the part in The Divine Comedy, where the good but godless people walk forever in harsh winds that tear at their flesh. I wonder if that's where their inspiration for them came from.

Always thought they were just ex military turned ghouls with scraps of training left in their decaying mind. Thus carrying weapons and armour.

The Marked Men were a really interesting enemy.

The Marked Men are definitely the more interesting enemies in the game, good to see them covered!

Not quite feral and not non-feral. Trapped somewhere between the lines. I'm surprised they didn't take their own lives instead of enduring that hades they live in.

This might be the most interesting enemy you've covered so far. I always found the marked men so fascinating

The marked men would scare me so much when I was younger I would straight up just nope out of the game

There really should've been some named unique "NCR" masked men too. Theres several sets among the faction they couldve changed a bit and gave a few bonuses to make them unique. I know none of them are truly NCR or Legion, hell they don't even view them as uniforms anymore so its safe to assume youde have people who wear the armor of the "other" faction if it was available

Never really noticed that there weren’t any women in the marked men, I’d have assumed that with being ghouls, crazy, and without skin gender would have been irrelevant to them since they couldn’t tell what gender the person beside them was.

Wasn't it the courier themselves that brought that fatal package to the divide? It's like without knowing, for the Marked men, this fight against the player is personal.

Yo thank you for not jus regurgitating the wiki but putting a creative writing spin on the info

I was hoping the scorched were gonna be similar to the marked men but Bethesda didn’t use them that much and reused the supermutants as an enemy for parts of the game

Can't wait to see what they look like in Fallout 4 new vegas, if the mod ever gets that far.

Lonesome Road and Dead Money are easily the best DLC. Not Only do they represent the classic Fallout interpretation of horrific nuclear annihilation and survival, but also challenge you in a way you'll never have guessed on your first playthrough. I was an energy weapon build when I tackled Dead Money, but by the end I had to focus on melee to combat the lack of gear for most of the DLC. LR had me searching literally every inch of ground for lore, backstory, and survival equipment to make it through. A challenging experience to have late game when you think you're OP. All-in-all, fantastic juxtaposition to the campy yet serious Mojave, almost like splicing in sections of Fallout 1 into a mostly Fallout 2 styled story

Glad you covered these guys. They are pretty crazy and their armor is neat

What I find really interesting is that it’s NCR and Legion working together cause in Camp McCarran Lieutenant. Hayes (I think that’s her name) tells you that Legion usually kill themselves instead for get captured so it makes think about that the Divide is so terrible it makes loyal Legionnaires work with their enemies so that they can live another day

The marked men are symbolic of every service member who have been tools of their superiors who abandoned them following forever wars

In a way the Divide could be hell and the Marked Men could be the corpses you've left behind throughout your playthrough spooky

What I love the most about the marked men in the thought that went into the apparel, they actually look properly post-apoc, where not only made of scrap and junk but, you can recognize the junk. Especially think its cool to see the 2 factions trying to build civilization be brought back to apocalypse, even the tailored uniforms of Legion and NCR left in disrepair without proper care and lazily slapping metal and other hard materials to cover newly torn holes.

I love the idea of people looking for a reason to continue living despite their lives being agonizing to the point of being comparable to to the kind of torture one would endure in literal hell...and the reason they decide on being so that they can continue to hate the people responsible.

Best dlc in my mind. Between this and old world blues, there's so much lore and fun that it keeps me coming back to play every so often.

More fallout lore? You have my attention

This makes me think Did they ever mention what the legion thought of ghouls?

This was honestly the best dlc of the game, in my opinion ^^

it's ironic to be united in a place called the divide :3

This is my favorite dlc by far! How all DLCs had their own stories but always hinted to the showdown in the divide is something that Bethesda can never replicate or do again with fallout because obsidian made something really special with FNV and it’s DLCs

I enjoyed Lonesome Road, but I think I got a bigger kick out of the weirdness that is Old World Blues.

For me the worst part of lonesome road is that there's too much cool stuff to pick up

Always loved this dlc.

Nothing beats the atmosphere of this dlc I love it!

I know its a Lore Video on the Marked Men but what I took away from it was the fact that the Storms are caused by a malfunctioning weather machine. The wall map in Old World Blues makes so much more sense now.

I’ve played Lonesome road so much that I know it like the back of my hand so it’s amazing to learn stuff I never knew, or having the info presented in a way I hadn’t thought before. Great channel dude, keep up the good work

I like what the marked men represent, that the apocalypse can easily get apocalypsier before it gets better.

I love videos like these. Most of the time I'm busy having fun with the game play mechanics that I forget to pay attention to the lore and story

Counter argument for the no Marked woman part. If all the skin and fat is ripped and sanded away from the Marked men, maybe the reason we don't see any is because you can't tell them apart. After all, breasts are skin and fat so it would be weaker and more pliable compared to muscle. Plus I doubt that they would try to breed for the simple fact that they are in constant pain and even Ghouls don't have sexual organs anymore, so they might not either.

You can do about 5% of this dlc at Lv1.. just go there after you are done at goodsprings. You can have a set non faction riot gear, arc welder and the EDE upgrade for daily weapon repair just to name a few of the odds and ends you can get before enemies become an issue. Pro players can take it further with a bit of finesse, or there's console commands for the PC folk. Makes for a really good start to a few different builds.

Hate 'll keep a man alive, Spartacus...

This fits really well considering I just finished lonesome road

Damn, im almost done with this dlc, so its cool to see a video posted literally within the day

Why don’t they just cover their self in radioactive material and walk out, like just grab something putting off rads and tape it to your back/put it in a backpack

Imagine a short film animation where the NCR re-enter the Divide, getting Ambushed by the Marked Men. Could have some awesome action scenes and very emotional weight behind former comrades killing each other.

Another great video my guy! You're one of the best Fallout lore video creators on YT!

Honestly this is the first time I listen to you. And I like your storytelling. So thank you. And game on.

I found them tragic and terrifying

WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT the divide. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT the long 16. AND AND WE WILL MOST DEFINATELY BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT the bear... and the bull.

*Slams desk* "The Bear and The Bull!"

Man, I just found your channel and I think I've found the de facto best channel on RU-vid for listening to whether I'm doing things or just interested in kicking back while listening to some interesting lore. Gathering it all like this and structuring it so coherently, it's astounding work! Guess you could say that overtime, your channel'll be Synonymous with Fallout Lore. Eh?

The divide is fallouts Mordor

Found your channel yesterday, cant get enough, your a legend. Your covering a gap in fallout content.

Believe it or not, I played The Lonesome Road yesterday and was literally wondering: "Did anyone make a video about marked men lore?"

The marked men looked like there in pain

Love the content! Awesome job as always Synonymous.

Thanks for the video. I was out of work sick today, and it made my day better.

I think I'd find some damned goggles before letting my eyelids get sanded away.

The Marked Men are so cool. I like that they’re a unique type of ghoul not found anywhere else.

I always figured the marked men didn't really have a gender since ghouls can't procreate and they were just called marked men because men is usually plural for soldiers

Love your videos man. Keep up the great work

All of the DLCs in FONV are fantastic, but Lonesome Road and Dead Money are personal favorites. The lore and story is just perfect.

I watched the ghouls video yesterday when you said you’d save the marked men for another video and here it is legend!

Great video. Thanks for the hard work.

This is an underrated channel fr, wish ya great success synonymous

There used to be a few mods that either added marked women. Or added some sort of lore that explained why there wasn't any. There was even one that would have had the Divide turned back into Hopeville. Or at least the modders interpretation of Hopeville. Unfortunately, These models have long since been abandoned and/or deleted.

it be Kool to have a non hostile marked man , that'll explain to you their whole lore

Fighting Ulysses was the best and hardest battle in New Vegas, death claws can’t even compare to him

This is great. I actually just played Lonesome Road for the first time recently.

They attack every outsiders , very thin-skinned of them

They've replaced sadness with hatred. Maybe I'm a Marked Man?

I love your channel, keep doing what you're doing

We're gonna be talking about the DIVIDE, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT "THAT PACKAGE"

Ayyyyy a new synonymous video

God these videos just get better and better

Keep these vids coming , love every one of them!❤❤❤👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼✌

I have been waiting for this one! Awesome!!

I have a theory as to why Marked Women don't appear, I think it's due to like the Sandstorm, if it's enough to tear skin and fat away from ghoulified men, then I imagine it would've done the same to Women, making them near indistinguishable from the Men

"Gentleman! There is a solution here that you are not seeing." *Marked Man shoots himself in the head* Other Marked Men: "..... I GET HIS SHOES."

Even ghouls look at marked men and go "well least we're not like them"

*chef's kiss* great video. Very well explained.

I’ve been very confused about these crispy flayed bois. Thanks🤙🏽

Please make a whole wasteland codex!!!! I need this in my life! Great work I’m so happy to have found your channel you have my sub and a like on everything I watch

Thanks I needed my fill of lore for the day.

nobody: marked man: i just wanna blink

Im droping likes on you're videos these are definitely a good way to pass 10 minutes and learn more about a game i love

The marked men and the bosses are some of the coolest concepts for enemies in any game

Been waiting for this vid!!

BREAKING: Red men sighted who are just to angry to die.

Loved the divide thanks for the great upload

My guess as to why there aren't any marked women would be bc maybe some of the ex-legion marked men, especially the ones with the lanius masks, might have killed the women as some kinda twisted reminder of their past

As usual this is excellent, thanks so much for entertaining my suggestion!

So, would recompense of the fallen be a reference to the soldiers who died in the divide? Or am I just looking too deep into a weapon that probably has a ominous name for no reason.