Jason Damron, the voice actor behind The Storyteller – the principle character of a long-running and well-liked fan-made Fallout lore video sequence on YouTube – seems to have died.
That is based on a tweet posted earlier at present by Damron’s account, which makes use of his on-line deal with Kankennon and is identical one credited within the descriptions of the latest Storyteller movies starring him.
“Howdy everybody, I’m Emily Damron, Jason Damron’s (the Storyteller) daughter,” it reads, “I simply wished to share that on Saturday September 7, my father handed away after a horrible yr of well being. He was identified with stage 4 adrenal most cancers that unfold to the liver.”
For these unfamiliar, The Storyteller sequence is one which holds the same revance amongst followers to that of different Fallout fan creations like Nuka Break. Garnering thousands and thousands of views on YouTube and protecting lore subjects starting from the unique Fallouts to Bethesda’s fashionable entries – Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 – in addition to New Vegas, the premise of The Storyteller was easy, however fantastic.
You are taking a power-armoured wastelander obsessive about cataloguing the previous and current of the world round him, dropped at life machinima-style with assist from mods, and use his travels throughout the wastelands depicted within the video games to debate areas of Fallout lore, whereas an journey plot that progressively builds because the sequence progresses stops issues ever getting too dry or info-heavy. For youthful followers like myself who obtained into Fallout via the more moderen entries, the present was an effective way to first be taught in regards to the wider world of Fallout and the occasions of Fallouts 1 and a couple of.
Damron’s voice, starring alongside a forged that sometimes included the likes of longtime Bethesda voice actor Wes Johnson, Courtenay Taylor – the voice of the feminine variant of Fallout 4’s Sole Survivor – and even for one episode cameos from Fallout builders like Tim Cain and Josh Sawyer, was a giant a part of the enchantment. It was the sort of voice that turned what may simply have felt like unwieldy lore lectures into monologues that hold you engaged and alongside for the experience.
The information of the actor’s obvious passing has been adopted by tributes from a bunch of personalities and creators inside the Fallout/Bethesda group. “Jason was at all times a pleasure to work with and had a tremendous ardour for each Fallout and making cool content material. The world is dimmer with out his presence. That is devastating,” wrote Austin Hourigan, the present major persona of the Shoddycast YouTube channel, the place The Storyteller sequence starring Damron ran from 2013 to 2017.
“Thanks for the work we did collectively and for the enjoyable conversations. Actually a legend within the Fallout group together with his character, the Storyteller! My ideas are together with his household,” posted YouTuber TKs-Mantis. “Completely heartbreaking to listen to this,” added one other Fallout YouTuber, Juicehead, “The Storyteller was a significant inspiration for me and my content material and a giant a part of why I began making Fallout movies within the first place.”
