Sole Survivor

The Sole Survivor is the protagonist and the playable character of the 2015 video-game Fallout 4. Depending on the player's choice of gender, the Sole Survivor can either be the husband or the wife in a pre-War family and has a son named Shaun.

In the beginning
The default name of the male Sole Survivor is Nate who's a retired Army veteran while the female's name is Nora who's a graduate from law school.

According to the notes found in the game, the husband, Nate served in the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment during the Sino-American War while the wife, Nora was a lawyer. At some point during the Sino-American War, the Sole Survivor married and had a son, named Shaun and bought a robotic butler named Codsworth. On October 23rd, 2077, the Sole Survivor was preparing for an event at the Veteran's Hall when a Vault-Tec representative approached the family and approved them for the papers that allowed them access into Vault 111. Only a few moments later, it was announced by a newsreader that nuclear detonations were being reported, forcing the Survivor and their family to rush to Vault 111. They were then trapped in cryogenic stasis under the pretense of being "decontaminated." The Sole Survivor is kept in this state from 2077 to 2287.

In 2227, the Sole Survivor and their spouse are reawakened by two seen unknown individuals and one off-screen, who open the spouse's cryogenic tube with the intent of kidnapping Shaun. Though conscious, the Sole Survivor is trapped in their tube and are powerless to do anything but watch their spouse being shot and their child abducted. The Sole Survivor is re-frozen, awakening in 2287 and escaping the cryogenic tube. Learning that they are the sole survivor of Vault 111, the Sole Survivor emerges from the Vault and vows to avenge their spouse's death and locate Shaun.

Returning Home
To be continued...

Trivia

 * The Sole Survivor is the first fully-voiced player character in Fallout series.
 * Having lived during the pre-War era, the Sole Survivor is chronologically the oldest player character in the series.
 * The Sole Survivor's, as well as their spouse's appearence can alter the sppearence of Shaun.