LOG ENTRY:
DAY 4:

The Capital Wasteland is very… green. The sky is tinted a strange shade of puke-green here. Must be the radiation here.

I landed in the Capital Wasteland an hour ago, after 15 times to stop and refuel the vertibird. Good God. The three Paladins introduced themselves as Lizzie, Alex, and Matthew. They told me they were from the Capital Wasteland and our first step should be to locate the Citadel. A quick check on my Pip-Boy revealed that I didn't have the map of the Capital Wasteland, so I was basically blind. Great.

More to update later when I find the Citadel and download a map to my Pip-Boy.
*LOG TERMINATED*

I walked past an old power pylon and surveyed the surroundings. I didn't see anyone ahead, so I forged on. As I walked, I asked Lizzie if she could tell me about the Citadel.

"The Citadel is a fortified compound where the Capital Brotherhood lives. I believe it was built from the ruins of the… Pentagon, I think." Lizzie looked up at me.

"The PENTAGON!?" I yelled, stopping dead in my tracks.

"What, you know it?" Lizzie quipped.

"Long story, but yes." I responded and kept walking.

The four of us continued walking. It was mostly silent until Matthew yelled, "DEATHCLAW!"

We immediately turned and opened fire on the deathclaw. It ran towards Alex and raked its claws across his armor. His helmet went flying and he fell to the ground. Matthew and Alex both assaulted the deathclaw. I pulled out Desdemona's Railway Rifle and put it down with a railway spike between its eyes.

"You alright, Alex?" I asked. "That was a pretty rough strike."

"I'm fine, a stimpak should do it. Can anyone find my helmet?" Alex responded.

Lizzie went up and handed Alex his helmet. "Let's go," she said firmly.

We reached the Citadel by nightfall.

We said to Paladin Bael at the gate that we were dispatched by Elder Maxson of the Commonwealth. We were let through with a minimum of fuss.

Initiates were training aboveground when we walked in.

"I think the Elder is looking for you," one Initiate said, clearly awestruck.

We thanked her and headed to the A ring of the Citadel. We passed the Armory and had a quick peek. I noticed that weapons in the Commonwealth seemed to be a little more advanced. I was curious as to why. We noticed that floating in a stasis chamber at the back wall was a single T-45d Power Torso, missing the helmet.

"That's… That's Sarah's," explained the Quartermaster. "She and the Wanderer were dispatched to fight a brutal battle… Project Purity's culmination. They were trying to provide clean water for the Wastes, but…"

"Hey, hey… It's alright... " I said soothingly to the young quartermaster, tears in her eyes.

"She was one of the greatest Sentinels who ever lived… and that Wanderer… he should've been the one to do it."

"Do what?" asked Alex and Matthew in unison.

"Sacrifice himself. His dad activated the purifier but flooded it with radiation to stop the Enclave. To finish it, someone would have to sacrifice themselves. Sarah offered, and the Wanderer stood by and let her kill herself. He should've been the one to do it! It was HIM!" the quartermaster screamed.

"So, the Wanderer let Sarah sacrifice herself in place of him?" I asked, weighing the morality of the act in my head.

The quartermaster nodded, pointing to a set of stairs. "That leads to the lab. You'll find all kinds of tech there, including ones belonging to Sentinel Lyons, the deceased Elder Lyons, and one Squire Maxson.

"Maybe later," I declined, choosing instead to ask where we could find the Elder.

"He's in his quarters, on the lower level," was the reply.

Lizzie, Alex and Matthew sighed heavily once we were out of earshot.

"That... incident is a very rough wound for the Brotherhood. Honor before death, we understand, but… it's all that Vault Dweller's fault. He should've done it himself," they said.

"Where can I find this Vault Dweller?" I inquired.

"Beats me. He just kinda roams around. Maybe Reilly's Rangers or Lucas Simms in Megaton can help." Matthew said.

The four of us walked down towards the Elder's Quarters and Council Room. We noticed the Council Room was in session, so we headed towards there. We stepped through and noticed 6 people sitting at a half-circle table. One sat at the back, in a big chair.

The 6 stood up and said, "Welcome to the Citadel. We'd like you to meet Elder Cross."

Cross stood from his chair and walked down to us. "So you're the ones Maxson sent," was all she said.

"Not much for conversation, is she?" I mused.

One Paladin said, "You caught her at a rough time. We're plagued by some serious incidents here in the Capital Wasteland.

"I think that's why we're here," I pointed out.

"Paladin Kodiak. My real name's Greg Bear," another Paladin said, introducing himself. "We don't have the entire briefing done quite yet, so we aren't ready for you to start. Why don't you take a few hours off, familiarize yourself, meet everyone… Oh, speaking of, these are Paladins Glade and Vargas." He pointed to two Paladins eyeing us carefully.

"These three are Knight-Captains Dusk, Colvin, and Gallows," Kodiak said, gesturing at the remaining three who had backed away.

"Anyways, I'll see you in a few hours."

I decided to go for a walk around. I told myself I wouldn't be too long. I passed a Hubris Comics on my walk which got me thinking about Grognak the Barbarian and how they weren't gonna be made anymore.

After wandering around aimlessly, I spotted a glint of steel at the bottom of a ditch. I peered down and saw it was a Brotherhood operative. What was strange about this one, was the unusually good gear he was carrying, things like Nuka-Grenades, a Dart Gun, and a sweet sniper called the Victory Rifle. Another thing I noticed was he was wearing a suit of T-51b Power Armor, supposedly rare in the Capital Wasteland. Odd.

I took his holotag to return to the Citadel when I noticed a note lying on his chest. It simply read:

"Here lies the Wanderer."