
He promises adherents of his religion a future free of pain and suffering: A life in a perfect synthetic body, powered by an atomic heart, that does not age, decay, or suffer like a human body does.

They reached Los Angeles, beyond the radiation walls, where they set up the Children of the Citadel circa 2087, the Children were ostensibly founded as a benevolent cult centered around the prophet. The Cochise AI was stuck beneath the Citadel, confined to a single node, while the two synths conspired to find a way to take revenge on the Rangers and free their master.

When the Rangers destroyed the Guardians and took down the Guardian Citadel, Matthias and Dugan managed to escape the slaughter.
