joshua graham

An NPC from Fallout: New Vegas, only mentioned within the base game as "The Burned Man" (as Caesar had outlawed any mention of his real name) before appearing in person as the central character of the Honest Hearts expansion. When he appears, he is completely covered bandages, including his head. Over his bandages, he wears a white collared shirt with a pre-war Salt Lake City police department SWAT bulletproof vest, and a pair of jeans with some mag pouches on the belt. He carries his signature weapon, "A Light Shining in Darkness", a heavily customized M1911 (a reference to the creator John Moses Browning having been a Mormon).

Before the events of the game, he was the former Legate and co-founder of Caesar's Legion and before even then, he was a Mormon missionary for a tribe known as the New Canaanites. Joshua had a reputation for his ruthlessness and penchant for being incredibly hard to kill, having been reported being killed by NCR assassins only to show up alive afterwards. However, after taking command of the Legion army and suffering their worst loss ever at the First Battle of Hoover Dam, Joshua was held responsible and brutally executed by being covered in pitch (a solid tar-like substance), set on fire, and then thrown into the Grand Canyon as an example. However, true to his reputation, Joshua survived yet again, managing to make his way back to his tribe despite being in now-constant agony. Being welcomed back despite his many sins caused Joshua to rekindle his faith, seeing his failed execution as a baptism by fire, and now seeking to atone for his past, though now carrying a deep hatred for Caesar.