Ray Gary

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Ray Gary was a cryptid hunter and the leader of the Truth Seekers club in Appalachia.

Background[]

Ray ran the Truth Seekers' monthly meetings, during which he and his friends Calvin van Lowe and Scott "Scoot" Conroy discussed possible cryptid sightings and progress on investigations.^[1] In July 2072, Calvin left to attend Vault-Tec University, and Ray formally adjourned the club.^[2] Ray continued investigating cryptids, namely the Sheepsquatch, bringing Scoot along as well. However, Scoot, who felt betrayed by Calvin's departure and believed Ray was just trying to appease him, gradually stopped helping.^[3]

Undaunted, Ray continued his investigations alone, and sometime between 2072 and August 2076 he got what he wished for: an encounter with an actual Sheepsquatch. It did not go well for him, and although he escaped alive, he was left disabled and wheelchair-reliant. Ray concealed his encounter and gave different excuses for his injury to his friends, not wanting them to suffer the same consequences.^[4] Luckily, by 2076 Ray had started a marriage with Laura,^[5] and she was able to take care of him. Laura helped Ray keep in contact with Scoot by passing messages while visiting Scoot's shack to feed his cats. Ray adjusted his focus in the club to be on recruiting new members and passing knowledge down to them. In August 2076, Ray managed to bring Scoot back for a meeting with a prospective club member, Shelby O'Rourke, but Scoot's behavior caused the meeting to fall apart.^[6] Ray never saw Scoot again afterwards, with Laura becoming their only point of contact over the next few months.^[7]

At some point prior to the Great War, Ray and Laura moved to Welch.^[8] In September 2077, Ray met with Calvin, who claimed to be temporarily back in town for work, with the two sharing some life updates before uneasily parting ways.^[7] Ray and Laura continued to live in Welch after the war, with Ray staying safe on the upper floor of their house while Laura would leave to search for supplies. They agreed that it was too risky for Laura to continue feeding Scoot's cats, but on her final visit, Ray had Laura leave a note for Scoot, inviting him to stay with them if he was still alive.^[9]

Eventually, Laura never came back from one of her scavenging trips. With no food on the upper floor, and unable to provide for himself because of his condition, Ray was left to slowly waste away.^[10] He began slipping in and out of lucidity, hallucinating visits from his former friends and family, including Scoot, Calvin, and Scoot's friend Shawn, as well as his grandmother. However, not all of these encounters were fake: 16 days after Laura disappeared, Calvin visited Ray for real, not long after Calvin had been maimed by the Imposter Sheepsquatch. Calvin had found Laura dead and went to break the news to Ray, but Ray refused to hear it. Ray offered Calvin the supplies in his house and told him the truth behind his injury. Before leaving, Calvin left Ray a bottle of whiskey which had been downstairs (out of Ray's reach) and offered to take him away, but Ray was no longer lucid and refused.^[5][11][12] 21 days after Laura's departure, Ray died, still hoping for his wife to be safe.^[13]

Appearances[]

Ray Gary's skeleton appears in Fallout 76, introduced in the Wild Appalachia update. His character was expanded upon in the Once in a Blue Moon update with a holotape that gives him a voice for the first time.

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