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Some doodles meant for my Yellowstone setting: a ranger and a cowboy
Intros below! I’ve been developing my courier Saoirse’s backstory and decided to flesh out some of the important characters with art and info ✨
Gallows intros below!
Hairy Deathclaw near Norris Geyser Baisin seen by a Ranger 2278
Deathclaws were something of a rarity right after the War, but now have flocked to the heat of the thermal features of The Park. Pictured above is a variation of the beast that has made its home in The Park. Coarse hair, much like a boars, sprout from between the thick, scaley skin. The Hairy Deathclaws also have a horn sprouting from its nose much like the Rhinos that inhabit the African plains, a feature we have not seen in other Deathclaws in The Park.
October 23, 2077, Mount Washburn Fire Lookout tower, Yellowstone National Park
8:00 AM Mountain Time - Temp 30F Wind 5MPH Sunny with few clouds.
I don’t even know what I should record at a time like this. Wind speed and the weather conditions seem to pale in comparison.
About ten minutes ago the east coast was hit with nuclear bombs. We don’t even know who launched them, we can’t reach outside of the Park. Phone lines are mostly down except for some places in Montana and Wyoming and they don’t have any more information than we do.
The radio channels in the Park are absolutely jammed with Rangers asking questions.
What do we do?
What do we tell the people here?
Should we let them leave or try to keep them to stay?
We don’t have answers to those questions yet.
When I step outside, and look over the mountains it almost feels like it’s a normal day. The sun came up in the east and the birds are singing in the trees. I’ll have a cup of coffee and decide what to do next.
If you like national parks in Fallout boy howdy do I got something for you
Fallout Yellowstone aka The Park
No bombs actually fell in the park but some radiation blew in
Tourists aren’t allowed to bring guns to the park pre war so when the bombs fell it was only the Park Rangers who were armed (and what was smuggled in). Over time guns became traded in but there is a reverence if they are tools and bullets are not to be wasted. Hunting and self defense only.
The Park Rangers when Yellowstone was founded were army members and they go back to their roots, protecting the people and the park. After things stabilized after the Great War many of them became studying the geothermal features and the new mutated animals that wandered into The Park.
Buffalo, elk, deer, wolves, moose, etc remained mostly unaffected by the war. The biggest mutations were buffalo getting much bigger and the antler growing animals having malformed antlers.
Buffalo are big enough to actually defend themselves against a deathclaw when they are in a herd. A single buffalo wouldn’t get away from a ‘Claw.
But that doesn’t mean the park is without mutated beasts. Radstags wander in and of course deathclaws are drawn to the thermal features.
Horses survived. The trial ride horses used in Roosevelt were carefully distributed around The Park so the rangers could still get around.
Old Faithful area is the biggest settlement with its fortified hotel and guest centers. The Jumbo Buffalo herds hang around the lower geyser basin and deathclaws in the area are an unusual occurrence; unless a hard winter passed and food for the animals is scarce.
Mammoth/Gardiner is the next biggest settlement. They were the first to be stable, being so close to the Montana border they were able to get supplies faster than the other settlements in The Park.
Raiders aren’t a problem in The Park. There is too high risk too little reward to mount an attack on a settlement in the middle of a remote, dangerous landscape filled with dangerous animals. But single outlaws and small gangs do hide out since it is a remote dangerous landscape filled with dangerous animals.
If y’all are dying to ask a question I’m dying to answer it!
Old Faithful Geyser drawing by Ranger Stationed at the Old Lodge dated October 2102
The Buffalo have not changed much in The Park, aside from their horns occasionally growing inconsistently and their size growing despite environment not being the same as it was 25 years ago. We are thankful we are able to continue monitoring the population of Buffalo while juggling the new responsibilities put on [The Ranger’s] shoulders.