Forged

The Forged are a post-apocalyptic raider gang and cult who appear in the video game Fallout 4. The Forged are obsessed with metal and fire, seeming to view them as sacred. Their main base of operations is Saugus Ironworks in former Massachusetts, which the Forged have gotten back up and running, though it is not clear if they are using it to manufacture anything.

The Forged were founded by a man known as “Slag” who is said to be from outside the region, and are known for extreme brutality and fearsome prowess in combat. When the Gunners attacked the ironworks, the Forged repelled them and killed several of their members. The Forged also are forcing the raiders based at the nearby Dunwich Borers mine to provide them with scrap metal for the ironworks as a “protection payment”. The Forged are every bit as brutal to their own as they are to their enemies. Prospective members must undergo brutal tests of worthiness, with those who fail being killed. Those who pass are then forced to take up a new name associated with fire or metal, such as “Flare”, “Blaze”, or “Steele”. Those who fail the initiation trials, or fail or disobey orders are brutally punished, with examples including being fed molten iron or thrown into “The Forge”, a vat of molten steel which the Forged seem to revere as a god.

The Forged suffered a severe blow when the Sole Survivor kills their leader, Slag, as well as many others in combat after attempting to convice settler Jake Finch to return home rather than join the Forged. The Sole Survivor will also have to fight the Forged when searching the ironworks for a dampening coil if he chooses to aid Zao, the stranded Chinese submarine captain.