The mayor of Boston's bodyguard was the bodyguard to Mr. Hildenbrand, the last mayor of Boston before the Great War. He, along with the mayor and his family, survived the Great War for a time.
Background[]
Prior to the Great War, Mayor Hildenbrand had been using taxpayer funds to construct a lavish personal fallout shelter for himself and his family, in no small part due to his wife's urging. When the War struck, the mayor and his family were bundled to the shelter and sealed it behind them.[Non-game 1] Their safety did not last long, however, as survivors of the Great War discovered the shelter and were furious, forming a mob and rampaging outside the entrance, eventually breaking through the doors and overwhelming the security on the upper floors. Hildenbrand, knowing the mob would inevitably break through to the lower levels, chose to commit suicide, believing that his death would abate the mob's anger and save his family. He killed himself by electrocution in the bathtub, leaving his suicide holotape on the toilet seat.[1]
However, the mayor's last act did not go as planned. His bodyguard found his body and covered it up, not wanting his wife to see him dead (and apparently not noticing his suicide holotape). Knowing they would be inevitably overrun by the mob, the bodyguard had the mayor's wife take her children into hiding on the lowest level and wait for his all-clear.[2] The bodyguard presumably died with the rest of the shelter staff when the mob overran the facility, killing the mayor's wife as well.[3]
Appearances[]
The mayor of Boston's bodyguard is mentioned only in Fallout 4.
Behind the scenes[]
The mayor, his wife, and his bodyguard all have holotape speaker NPCs with unique appearances.
References[]
- ↑ Boston shelter - mayor's goodbye
- ↑ Boston shelter - guard update
- ↑ All the skeletons of both the civilians in the pipes and security halls, as well as the guards, including the skeletons of the Mayor and his wife.
Non-game
- ↑ Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Collector's Edition p.310: "[3.14] BOSTON MAYORAL SHELTER
When the bombs fell, the mayor of Boston and his wife were bundled into this hidden subterranean shelter. Though the bunker is sealed up tight, the wall terminal in the guard pod next door opens it without any problems. There’s an explosives box here, too. Head inside and either enter the large pipe or take the corridors and find out what happened to Boston’s mayor."
(Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Map)