Ghoul (Fallout)



"I remember seeing these figures in drawings that depict the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima while I was on a vacay to that place. Every time when I go to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, I see these figures... either naked or having their clothes torn up, injured, having peeled skin, outstretching their arms, and even begging for water. Oh, and I even saw these wax figurines depicting these burn victims too. What's even worse is that I'm a new generation of these burn victims... or you might wanna call it.... ghouls''. Yeah. If they get too much radioactive poisoning, what's even worse is that they'll go aggressive and they'll have to eat your flesh, your bones, your blood, and even your brains. However, not all ghouls are that feral. I'm seeing intelligent folks out there. They're sapient, and they seem to act like humans. Now remember: be wary that you might get your skin peeled off, outstretch your arms, and beg for water. That happens during the Last Day. If you don't walk to shelter REAL soon, you might go crazy and become aggressive. Oh, and if you're intelligent, be patient to consult your doctor for prosthetic limbs and/or your prosthetic eyes too. But... the good news is that, as long as you ignore the rotting flesh (and/or you moisturize your remaining skin), you might get a greatly extended overall lifespan and become immune to radioactive stuff, and/or fallout that you're recovering. I wish I can live longer than a ghoul.''"

--Su Ji-Hoon, War Never Changes

Ghouls or necrotic post-humans are decrepit, rotting, zombie-like mutants. Intense and prolonged radiation has ravaged their skin, much of their flesh and in some cases many of their ligaments.Paradoxically, they also have greatly extended overall lifespans and are, allegedly, immune to (and even healed of damage by) background radiation and/or nuclear fallout.