The Full Story of Conrad Kellogg: One Man Against the World - Fallout 4 Lore 

man out here giving psychology lessons to 1,4 million people

I named that .44 "The Widowmaker"

@@silvergiovanni5336 ok, that's morbid.

@@heyfell4301 eh? Then how about " The Widower" ? :>

@@silvergiovanni5336 both are morbid, but i think Widowmaker sounds better. XD

But he didn't help settlements @Another Settlement needs your help

Speaking of which, there's another settlement that won't last as long if you don't help it! Here, I'll mark it on your map.

He works for the synth abominations!!

Another Settlement needs your help im not going to help your settlements, just kidding

You cheeky bastard

Shaun too lol

With total recall & photographic memory what would such study entail? 🥳

​@@peternehemiah1606shaun didn't kill many people and got exp, so the buffs didn't change much

His delivery was haunting

I was scared I would have to kill Nick because he became more a d more Kellog

I was terrified when he talked to me in Kellog’s voice

Yeah. That little plot point didn't seem to go anywhere

I was pretty sure Kelogg would take over Nick's body but nothing happened :(

I feel like that was apart of some cut content. Like there was gonna be some kind of quest where Kellogg takes control of Nick and you have to either save nick or put him down, y’know?

Karl the Barbarian he had that max payne feel to him, i really liked his character in the game too bad they killed him off

BratBodrov I wish we had an option to enslave him so he can work in my raider outposts

I believe he was paid to do the voice acting before he even knew what game he was doing it for.

Karl the Barbarian agreed

Karl the Barbarian agreed

One of those quotes are wrong and lets just say Kellogg was speaking truth

I like the one where the little girl says something like “the earth was once a pretty glass artwork, but then Destroyed. However, if you combine some of the pieces, you can make a mosaic. That’s what we’re trying to do”. But I see what you mean

One of the most

@Rijal Jose *eyes glow, loading .45*

i prefer "the game was rigged from the start"

We never got to choose our course

@@a.k8185 i think OP means we get to choose wether or not to forgive the sentient box of cereal with a gun

Kellog is the best FO character ever because he's real, he shows the consequence of horrible parenting and life decisions, the way they did it, as you said was very clever in that, we retroactively get to hear about why he was such a PoS, and it wasn't all his fault. We get the sense of "this world sucks and raises monsters" we reflect on our actions and the thought comes to mind that no, he wasn't just some mindless monster... he was a consequence of the wastelands brutality. Almost a victim, in a sense, in his own right. Then we meet Cait... and instead of her becoming Kellog, she travels the path less traveled, and she is redeemed. This is significant and ties the feelings together in a surprisingly clever and complex way with many variables of when or if we even meet her and follow her story as well.

Sometimes I wish he was alive so we could forgive him n be friends

He’s a better person than father for sure

@@iciclefox9901 nah

He is

Colonel Crossfire you’re right. I’m glad that we stand at the same shoes when knowing these complex and multidimensional video game villains.

A moral code is useless against indifference

ExtraSpicy Memeball [Cranks 8-Crank Long Barrel Recon Laser Musket]

**pulls out Fat Man**

ExtraSpicy Memeball *Cranks out another settlement that needs help*

*pulls out water gun*

ExtraSpicy Memeball mmm

Dark Human Nature sure is something else, all it takes is for one thing to break a man but it takes a lot to fix one.

It's the reason that you should give a little money to the beggar on the corner. All it takes is one really bad day and you'll be sitting next to him.

You can't hate him, but I sure as hell can

Sugar Bombs > Kellogg

BEN Tsay cereal killer

warc9 they taste like cupboard

Brainbot Jezebel you taste like cardboard!, so you cant judge frosted flakes at all ;_;

BEN Tsay, I want to see someone make a retexture of sugerbombs as a mod for fallout 4 now!

I like him, but the best voice actor for me is Liam Neeson. The Lone Wanderer's dad was voiced really well.

Arcade Gannon, Veronica, or Raul had the best voice actors for me, they were just so into the characters it was amazing

I dont spread rumors .. I create them ..- lucian lechance Idk , guy who voiced lucian is up there on being awesome like kellog

Merc at Arms Liam Neeson

Yeah i really like how his voice fits his character and it just altogether sounds great.

it bugs me

I mean that's small potatoes compared to the disasterpiece fallout 76 is

It is because he originally used a 10mm pistol but that was changed. The casing was just left there on accident.

The thing is they did it right everywhere else. In Kellogg's memories, everywhere, even when the player uses the 6-shooter.

It may be an automatic ejector revolver.

Bro you are so right Jesus Christ

Aye, but Kellog didn't care 'bout Another settlement that needs our help, I'll mark it on your map

Anancy-9 my compliments and very well put.

That was..deep man deep.

TheAbyss _12 but first, there’s another settlement that needs our help. Here, I’ll mark it on your map

I know the comment is a year old but if you see this the gmod purple and black texture horror

"one day, [the sole survivor] asked himself why he ended up in hell. What was he punished for? Then he realized, he wasn't getting punished. He was the punishment"

Literally one of the dopest kill lines in history

@@ducite9943 Is that what he says? I always suspected he was planning to ambush you, so I just Fat-man him from across the room, which is literally the only time I use that weapon in the entire game.

@@jthomcres I shred him with my explosive m60(mods)

@@jthomcres no you say that with the sarcastic option in the last talk without attacking

"Yeah, am I... not a crazed gunman, Dad, I'm an Assassin. What the difference being is one's a job and the other's mental sickness." - also Sniper TF2

“Piss.” -Sniper TF2

"God save the queen!" -Sniper, TF2

And different likes and dislikes

There has to be a mod for this

Like God/Dog from Dead Money

@@digitalcthulhu143 yes

I cared more about voicing my interpretation, honestly. I don't really care if he's "interested" in what I have to say. Hell, I don't expect he'll even read it. But thank you for the response/word of warning. I personally find his philosophical bias a bit ridiculous, partly because his beliefs strongly mirror my own, but filtered through a black and white lens I can't help but view as slightly childish or simple. I guess he hits a moral uncanny valley for me, but nonetheless I still respect his views and it's honestly just fun to discuss different perspectives.

I agree, A smart person would see that.

I understand lance.

"attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify." I mean, pretty clear that just about everything Kellogg says is an excuse, not an explanation. Got to agree with Alex here, you're running way too far with the very little humanity Kellogg showed. But calling him a coward is too harsh of a way to put it, a better way is that he was too weak to do anything else.

whats a maybury trian of thought?

I called mine Mercenary's End because i disarmed him by smashing his arm with a baseball bat and then blasted his head off with a bullet from his own pistol.

MattMonk I called mine "The Shooty shoot-shoot cereal box"

I named mine painless because I upgraded it to one shot one kill killed them with one shot

MattMonk Poptarts

I called kellogs pistol that exact name on my first playthough🤤

I know this an old comment, but i guess the diffrence is Kellogg personally wronged your character. Where as Lanius despite being in my opinion at least way more evil then Kellogg, didnt do anything personally to the Courier so it makes it more believeable you’d be allowed to spare him. Still though its a pretty intresting idea, like idk maybe it work in away your kinda holding kellogg hostage and using him as leverage to get in the institute :))

​@@grenadesblows719still, if this was Fallout new Vegas, they would definitely make the interaction much more interesting, like you spend all this time chasing down this man and all you can say to him is a few lines that do nothing but initiate combat? very subpar writing

Take as companion your wife's murderer? That's unrealistic and ridicilous

​@fireboy3413 I want nothing more than to play New Vegas, but dear god, NV fans act like its the only peice of media that exists. Not everything needs to go exactly like New Vegas.

It's not because you're travelling alone that also says you are alone.

Lone wanderer perk: Am I joke to you?

Lol 🤣😂

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I agree, it was really well written. Even evil people can be wise.

Kevin Jones True, anyone can be wise.

The world is an odd place very odd

I like Kellogg cause he admits he's past the breaking point for good and evil he accepts he's evil and just want to live

I think the cliche is "You don't know what you got 'til it's gone." The sentiment is pretty much based around that cliche, but it is well-written, and it is true.

Christopher Neve Not bad.

While it's an interesting theory(and could very well be valid), I feel like the Kellogg was just too desensitised. Plus, he knew it wasn't a real person, so I don't think it would have made too much of a difference to him.

@@alexrandall8557 Kellogg was heavily augmented where Synths are almost indistinguishable from humans. I feel like that might all be part of it, now that you mention it. A setup that brings him to the logical conclusion that he should die. Something like this: Why protect this kid, he isn't even human. With all the parts I have in me, he's probably more human than I am. Well, lets face it, I stopped being a human long before those eggheads started swapping out my parts. I've done monstrous things like orphan this kid, well, not this copy, but the real one. Now look at him, a zealot for those soulless Institute types that had him abducted.

I really like this theory. This feels like a very plausible theory.

@@ihaveno4727 thanks

Fidel Cashflow it has like maybe 10 lines worth. *woop de doo*

heyman supman Woop de doo? Jesus...

Fidel Cashflow Woop de fuckin doo

heyman supman Haha, oh I know right? But at least I'm not that one guy who says dumb shit like "woop de doo."

heyman supman You outdid yourself, well done.

Drew C lol

Drew - Washurmouthinton clever

Part of a balanced breakfast

Wait, Kellogg cereal is made of people named Kellogg? Yeah, soylent Cheerios. How's it taste? I varies from person to person. *wink

Andrew 7 I don't think that cannibalism is the right choice, health wise

Imma a force of nature *DAH, DAH, DA DA DA DA!*

13:37 “Professionals have standards”

:D

;)

I fixed the assaultron up and gave it a new name. I did this with automatron

Exactly

Of course, agreed

Those are the words of somone who lived in relative paradise before the war. If the Sole Survivor had been born into the same world of Kellogg, you wouldnt have the same attitude towards Kellogg because the world has taught you to be cruel and merciless.

One faulty firing pin later, and he would have one dead baby with a huge hole in its head. .44 is a pretty large caliber.

The RU-vid Phantom Official and Imperator Phil STOP... my penis can only get *SO* erect...

"Mary this is a .44 mag one of the most powerful handguns in the world, so powerful it could blow our baby's head clean off. So I gotta ask, does she feel lucky?"

Psycho Michael lmao

BCUB3D no, just.... just no

Arkosh Sometimes the script needs a little drama xD you remember the ending of the first Schwarzi Conan? Exactly...

Totoro!!

Arkosh 111 likes

Arkosh im way better

Preston Gravy .....

I know right! I was like "and that's why he doesn't have a family anymore"

This, this so much. I was almost flinching expecing it to hit the child at any moment.

@@JonatasAdoM Same LMAO

Dominic Gonzales and he traveled from west to east coast so he been to almost the entire wasteland

The way I see it is this. In another time. another place, had things been different. Maybe Kellogg would have been a wasteland hero like the vault dweller or sole survivor. He's meant to be a dark reflection of your character. Since you two have very similar pasts. If he was around more it would lessen his impact.

I wish that we got more dialogue from Kellog in Nick Valentine head, goofy Bethesda.

I think it would have been interesting if he got his own quest line and, at the end, you can take him as a companion.

Yeah even as a lawful good character, i still weirdly liked/respected him lol

Institute is gone either way

I believe Kellogg was talking about the previous director or perhaps commenting on Shaun’s old age, seeings as by the time Kellogg leaves diamond city it was at least probably a day after piper wrote the synthetic truth.

There would of have had to of been. Kellogg refers to someone as "Old man". The entire time. Even when retrieving the real baby Shaun. Father IS Shaun after 60 years pass after your son is kidnapped. So who was he referencing to as "Old man" if baby Shaun wasn't old yet?

Retarted theory

*”las pistol”*

*Imperial Garud commisar intensifies*

So...You're gonna tell me...I was the only one to minigun/fat man him to death?

I surrounded him with mines before I talked to him

Daniel Sambar made me sad laser pistol, abbreviated

No, a cereal killer killer

*ba dum tss*

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Good one xd

Facebook moms laughing In the background

Yup he should be make an appearance in Nicks body in fallout 5...

Yes, he did go to Fort Hagen to prepare to hunt Virgil, but I think he stayed for the Sole Survivor. Better to fight the SS in a fort he controlled than to be ambushed ion the road.

What I don't understand is why did Virgil flee to the Glowing Sea? He said it was somewhere he couldn't be found. But Coursers are immune to radiation and so too it seems is Kellogg if he was preparing to go after him

Gavin Seery I think it's because the Glowing Sea isn't only dangerous because of the radiation, but also because so many dangerous creatures roam that place

Gavin Seery Maybe he was preparing to go somewhere else after he was cured

Gavin Seery It's so dangerous they wouldn't think a man would go there

I think it would have been awesome to have a quest were Nick Valentine became Kellogg after the mind dive

@@daltonjrhodes or at least he would have Kellogg combat dialogue

I wish he could have been a companion ...

It would be nice if you had a choice to kill him

Its sad that he had a troublesome past that made him into a psychopath killing our wife

And I wouldn't say that he is a coward. He is a survivor. There is a slight difference of doing bad things out of heroism/survival instinct than just being an evil person. He isn't evil, but he is a monster. And for his monstrosity he has paid. But he isn't evil

Brimley Yes a simple point hits it on the head.

HE could have just punch him or knock him out.

Kellog is the darkness in the hearts of men. I liked his chatacter over all.

he is a sociopath he feels no remorce he doesn't care who he kills if he gets paid and while he did warn your spouse that wouldn't have mattered to him

DAH, DAH DA DA DA DA!

Who doesn't?

Mr. RallyMcTally you get what he's sayin

Drew Drawers It took me too long to figure that out..

Let me see what I can do with my Cryolator , Drew =)

Simply Legendary cryo mines and sugar Bombs mix well too

Why though? Why would you want that? Lol just why? I don't understand these comments, people seem to empathize or pity him far too much. All of the stuff that makes him a good character literally only happens because you blow his brains out, without that he's just another p.o.s you gun down.

I'd rather have Danse

anthony longoria I dont think Kellogg is a good person but I hate the game limiting my options and making me go down a certain path

anthony longoria its suppose to be a role playing game, you should be able to choose what you want to do, spare him, or kill.

I agree he was such a compelling character, just a lack of story

and Kellogg is less of a monster than Father, who isn't just responsible for the deaths of many innocents like Kellogg, but the unethical experimentation on all of his victims, their families, torturing synths, that, despite not being human, are definitely intelligent enough to be considered sentient, using them as slaves and nothing else. Sure, Kellogg was a psycho and serial murderer, but he didn't toy with the lives of his victims and their families, torture and enslave artificially intelligent lifeforms, and he doesn't run the biggest asshole faction in the Fallout universe, even worse than Maxson's brotherhood when it comes to anti-ghoul, anti-synth behaviors. The Institute reminds me a lot of the Enclave, and would most likely create a counter-FEV that kills everyone not born in a vault or before the war and not ghoulified, if given the chance.

Assaultron: Yeah, this is big brain time

@@2_litre_water_bottle not like it can do much else anymore

OOO

Noooo.... she is a Psycker

@@teoborges3949 why does her being an institute doctor change that? After all maybe the sight is the result of some experiment

@@DogsRNice nope, if you have played Fallout 1, 2 & New Vegas or watch these videos from Oxhorn, exist a group of people known a Psycher's, they are able of telepathy and in rare cases able to see the future with other dimentions, it's only happen after the great war, these people have been exposed to slight dose of F.E.V or some of them unlocked by Chems like Murphy.

*Well, you can.*

Likeable villains

@@matchuwuwu true

💯 th like

Yep,like every single outlaw on the RDR series.

I'm late lol but you and I have similar paths where as I was owned by the state of texas and abandonment of family at a young age (7).

Respect dude hope life is good now 🤞

Allan The Old gamer on the mountain he just wanted a challenge the solo survivor fought in the great war he was someone just as violent as Kellogg

@@donnellebarfield3964 NATE. The male survivor. Is the one who fought in the great war. NORA.However. is a Lawyer. But kellogg reacts the same.

Only one charcter in fallout series is in cannon a female i assume the SS is male but even if its a female this time by the time you meet Kellogg eveyone in the commonwealth knows about SS. White chapel Charlie even says you are dangerous from a combat scan

After he joined up with the institute but before the Vault Baby Snatchage, no set date yet. Fallout 5 may reveal it, but not too sure.

Fallout 76! Remember?

Todd Coward he's a time traveler, he founded kellogg,s to make money den used the tardis to travel foward but the bombs destroyed the tardis and he also reliazed that money became worthless so he became a synth to relive his life

frostid flankes

Carn flaks

you skip cut scenes while playing the game just to watch the cutscenes and analysis videos later..?

MCPunk55 he is evil he doesn't just do a job he slaughters people and people in the institute hate that but he is so dangerous no one says anything to his facr

@@donnellebarfield3964 he admits he is a puppet in the scene where you confront him. Kellogg is a warm body, who's seen nothing but death and tragedy his whole life, imagine how that'd be for you. A soldier does what is needed or is punished and in fallout it's survival of the fittest.

I think there is some truth to that

Agreed

Nietzsche's Moustache nope. He needed the family alive. He didn't want to kill the player but simply had too. He knew he ruined ur family and even gives a passionate (like it matters) "damn" when he does, but says "at least we still have the backup" looking at you. They needed u for something..

That something being harvesting, I presume. It really makes me wonder as to why indeed (!!!) they wouldn't refreeze the dwellers? Most of them should've had viable ovi/sperm - couldn't they have had them contained, stored safely until they'd design some artiificial womb device of sorts..?

Георгий Пресняков i think it has something to do with the fact that father started the institute, and there for had to take himself from u, in order to meet u before he dies. And pass on his beliefs. Which I'm sure most of us disagree with.. Idk I forget that game honestly. Wasn't to happy with the gameplay. The scenes and scenarios were half decent. But overall feels like a lackluster, less in depth fallout 3, rebuffed graphics. Yawn

Oxhorn Love you Oxhorn!

Oxhorn another great video oxhorn.

noice

Oxhorn I haven't played fallout 4 that's why I only watch your new vegas video. Love them❤

Oxhorn can you do a lore video about Concord and the Museum of Freedom?

Luke I couldn't agree more, he is the way he is, and he doesn't think he can change. I'm pretty sure that Kellogg was perfectly content for you to kill him in the end, because he knew as long as he lived he would keep doing what he did

sad thing is just about 75% of everyone would end up like kellog if an event like fallout happened

Aaron Brown I wouldn't go that far at all.. 75% of the world's population wouldn't last a week in a Shit Hit The Fan scenario like a nuclear apocalypse. In the Fallout universe, anyone with an extended age seems to take a very polarized view of the world. On one hand, you have Carol from The Underworld who remembers the day the bombs fell, and she's just about the sweetest and most caring person in the game. On the other hand, you have people like Kellogg and Cabot, who see absolutely no value in human life beside their own. You can draw any conclusion you want to about what goes on in the minds of someone with an extended lifespan, but the main point is people weren't meant to live that long. Anyone who maintains a long life span, while still being conscious, will probably have numerous disorders and serious mental flaws. Killing Kellogg was a mercy killing. No different that putting down a dangerous animal. Maybe years ago, he couldn't been rehabilitated, but in the fallout universe there's no such thing as a second chance. He rolled the dice, and he pays the tab that all men owe eventually. Just another story from a sad and broken world... (Edit: changed 'Carol from Underwear' to 'Carol from Underworld' despite comedic value.

TrueFinalBoss OfEverything I can respect the agree to disagree part. And you are right, in the case of Cabot. Perhaps he's not the best example of longevity. But 200 years of conscience is enough to develop a lot of mental issues. It isn't natural, which is why those that have lived that along have been tainted by radiation or FEV. That being said, I think it would be hard to differentiate between mental health factors brought on by only age, untouched by any other factors; there's no control group, so to speak, of a perfectly healthy human who has lived that long, that we can use to mark as a control.

75% of whats left living if we must get that technical because the people who don't live like this are most likely going to end up dead

YES YES YES I AGREE WITH YOU VERY VERY MUCH i honestly got angry at his conclusion because they didn't make sense to myself or the evidence shown

One Really Grumpy Jill, i think kellogg was beyond help by this point. Besides the sole survivor could never forgive kellogg for killing the spouse

I think he cares alot. That's part of his constant inner turmoil. He is riddled with guilt. I think he is far far from a "just doesnt give a fuck" type of person.

Yeah, pretty much how I always thought of him. Someone who's just been through so much shit that he really doesn't give a fuck about anything. Everything he gave a fuck about was long gone and getting revenge for his family was the last thing he really gave a shit about. So after that he was just like "Now what?". He never really found anything to care about after that so he just soldiered on... simply tried to exist and survive. Probably wishing someone would smoke him but his survivor's instinct prevented him from committing suicide and his excellent combat prowess kept others from doing it for him for a really, really long time. If he got the chance to spread the pain around here and there along the way, it was just a sick perk of the job.

@@jackspoon7252 Angry lol. You need to chill

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*special victims unit meme plays in background

Todd Hitler Will you add Skyrim to the Nokia plz

Haw did u do the tm thing?

Hancock must of ate General Mills..

Rofl this is gold, man!... or caps.. or golden caps? .... i don't know

That's the point, revenge is always hollow and bleak, there's no satisfaction in it. It's brilliant storytelling to direct it as such. I feel as though that they didn't do a good enough job making you want to kill him before meeting him though, as it would have made us connect better to the sole survivor, and make that plot point work a little better.

I was just disappointed that our only option was to kill him, I don't think a man like Kellogg would have ever experienced mercy, and that would have been an interesting option to explore.

It is really sad when 4 dialogue options come up and they are all just end up being kill Kellogg :/

I do wish that there was a charisma check that would allow him to become a POW and be put in Cambridge or in a cage in the castle or lock3d in the institute it would have been nice to show meecy and attempt to rehabilate him but your character would,nt as he shot and killed your spouse and neighbours he kidnapped your son and put you through much pain but without him we would,nt have joined the brotherhood, started the minutemen found or son again he was a brill character though 10/10 bethesda

I know its not gonna be a popular opinion, but I'm glad we didn't get a "mercy" option. Because in the context of this situation, it would not have made sense. Consider, not just the sole survivor's feelings in that moment, but Kellogg's. He *wants* you to end him. He knows what he's done, the path he's lead. He actually respects you for making it this far, and when you were spared in the beginning he knew deep down, that one day you would come for him. He was waiting for it, I think. It fits with the twisted sense of the world he has, its a sort of justice for all he's done. Things coming full circle and all that. I really think, if there was a dialog option to "spare" him, that he would have called you a fool or coward and then shot himself. Seriously, that outcome would have been in keeping with the character we see. He is not going to accept mercy. And he certainly won't allow himself to be "rehabilitated". Don't get me wrong, I wish there were more peaceful options sometimes, and I prefer that approach in my own life. But in this game we are playing the role of the sole survivor, and some of that story and attitude is set from the beginning. I don't hate it as much as some people, since I have played RPGs for years and am used to sometimes playing the role I am handed. And in this story, this really was the only way it could end. Its a shame this is the last of Kellogg, but again, he was done I think. He'd had a decent run, much longer then he ever planned. And he hated his life and the world that made him the way he was. Your revenge for your family, and learning about the institute from him before his death, are the closest he gets to a redemption. And the sole survivor isn't likely going to spare him, even if they are a morally good character, since they know without a doubt he will keep killing people. Its literally all he knows. Sometimes in life there are situations like this, a sort of no-win scenario. But I do think this encounter was handled well. I do think it was in character. Because like I said, no matter how much you the player might have wanted him as a companion or wanted to "redeem" him, it would have not fit the person we have seen. He would never have accepted it. And I applaud Bethesda for making such a fleshed out character, and for letting him have the end he both wanted and deserved. Its nice to have choices in an RPG, but its not truly a *story* unless some things you can't control. That's what makes the choices you do get all the more powerful.

Sukki Blue I keep a gun nearby most of the time nowadays and that lesson to a kid in itself isn’t so bad but when it comes from a bad parent it’s obviously never going to have the right message

And then you realize that you can’t buy a gun without a permit to pro text yourself These officers are really bad at their jobs...

Come in Europe, we didn't have these problems/fears about guns. Why? Because they are way less guns. You should see how a civilised country live.

And for the "we could intervene quick", this is mostly shit. You all need to be with a high morale, and you all know humans are not the highest morale entity.

Why do people always have to bring real life shit into stuff

The Commonwealth is my street

The institute is my continent

The Prydwin is my toaster

Diamond City is my Toilet.

+Father Walrus Yay you learned.