Īcadia is the third wheel in this conflict, having only been established shortly after the hostilities between Far Harbor and the Children of Atom began. In response to this, residents of Far Harbor have killed several Children of Atom missionaries over the years, which only encouraged the Children to spread their gospel with increased fervor. Far Harbor has literally been pushed to the edge, with the docks being the only habitable area safe from the fog. The main conflict sprouts from Far Harbor and the Children of Atom being at odds with each other the Children of Atom welcome and encourage the radioactive fog to consume the island, believing it to be the will of their god, Atom, which is not in the best interests of the coastal town. The residents of Far Harbor are by and large distrustful of any outsiders. Three major factions inhabit the island: the residents of Far Harbor, the Children of Atom, operating out of the Nucleus, and Acadia, a refuge of runaway synths. The denizens of Far Harbor have managed to keep the fog at bay with fog condensers, a technology developed and distributed by Acadia, however there are individuals on the island that want to see the condensers turned off and the entire island covered in the radioactive fog. The island is now perpetually blanketed in a thick, radioactive fog nearly every species on the island has been severely mutated and only a few areas are still left habitable. Īfter the War, Mount Desert Island was radically changed.
The island also hosted an experimental wind farm on the mountainside as a "clean" alternative to nuclear power, but was set to be shut down and dismantled at the end of October 2077 due to the threat that wind power presented to its nuclear-based parent company. Before the Great War, this island off the coast of Maine was home to Acadia National Park.