Talk:Mutations/@comment-27794543-20170529023743/@comment-27794543-20170808212644

Background radiation was responsible for the high degree of mutations in the 97 years between the first nuclear apocalypse & the 100 coming down. While the death wave just killed, it didn't stick around for five years. It's the increased ambient radiation that made the ground non-survivable for non-Nightbloods for five years. The increased ambient radiation didn't vaporize living things, but it could have increased the rate of mutations similar to how the first Praimfaya did.