Chosen One
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The Chosen One, born March 23, 2221, is the grandson of the Vault Dweller and the player character in Fallout 2.
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[edit] Background
[edit] Family ties
The bloodline of the Wasteland's most influential tribesman extends all the way back to the Vault Dweller and his spouse, Pat. As the son of the Village Elder, the Chosen One is a member of the third generation of former Vault 13 dwellers living outside the Vault, similar to how his grandfather was the third generation to live in a Vault.
[edit] The quest
The Chosen One was trained from birth to become the tribe's champion and, in the future, their Elder. Part of these trials were drug sessions with Hakunin. The final stage of the Chosen One's development was the Temple of Trials, a trial the Chosen One's mother also completed long ago. After completing his training, the Chosen One was sent out by the people of Arroyo to find a Garden of Eden Creation Kit which could make the failing village thrive once more.
[edit] Exploits in the Wasteland
In the course of the Chosen One's journey, he changed the wasteland in many ways, both great and small. His exploits brought excitement to the boring Klamath,[1] he ruined Rose's unique cuisine in Modoc (by shooting her deathclaw in the eye, no less)[2] and earned the friendship and protection of John Cassidy.[3]
In his travels further south, he exposed Broken Hills' anti-mutant conspirators' attempt to rid the town of super mutants, thereby earning the loyalty and friendship of the sheriff, Marcus, who joined him on his quest.[4] In New Reno, he sired an illegitimate son, who would eventually become the feared and powerful leader of the Bishop crime family.[5] On orders from Orville Wright, he also penetrated the Sierra Army Depot and recruited Skynet.[6]
Some of his most important deeds took place in Shady Sands, once he entered NCR lands. By killing Darion, leader of the New Khans, he arranged for the Vault 15 squat to voluntarily join the NCR. This proved that President Tandi's policy of peaceful expansion can be successful and resulted in a campaign of NCR's expansion.[7]
[edit] The Enclave
Eventually the Chosen One found the GECK in Vault 13, but he also discovered that there was more at stake than just the future of his village, as the Enclave, a vicious organization formed from select members of the pre-War government and the military industrial complex, abducted the people of Arroyo, in order to develop a biological agent capable of wiping the entire human race outside the Enclave.
His journey to defeat the Enclave took him to Navarro. Infiltrating the base, he was caught by its Drill sergeant without the Enclave's regulatory uniform. Taken for a fresh transfer, he was given the world's loudest berating. While there, the Chosen One freed Xarn,[6] killed Doctor Schreber and repaired K-9, leaving him later under Dorothy's care.[6]
The Chosen One reached the Enclave's headquarters (an ancient oil rig) on an old tanker, the PMV Valdez. He destroyed the facility by triggering a meltdown of the reactor and freed both his people and captured Vault 13 dwellers, killing President Dick Richardson and Agent Frank Horrigan in the process.
[edit] Legacy
With the GECK in his hand the Chosen One, along with the Arroyo tribals and the Vault 13 dwellers, founded the city of New Arroyo and reunited the two bloodlines that had been separated for three generations. The Village Elder, pleased with the reunion, found peace and passed away a few months later, leaving the leadership of the village to the Chosen One.
With the combination of the vault dwellers' technical knowhow, and the tribals' survival skills, New Arroyo thrived under the Chosen One's rule, and grew into a powerful civilization.
Inspired by the Chosen One's example, Marcus wandered east after Broken Hills dispersed, eventually founding Jacobstown in the Mojave Wasteland. The Courier may ask about The Chosen One to which Marcus replies he never found out what happened to the Chosen One after their group split up, but had a feeling that everything worked out for him in the end.[8]
The Chosen One was also remembered by other individuals. While not being born at the time it happened, Klamath Bob still would tell stories about the tribal that visited the town of Klamath and stirred up the place, and Cannibal Johnson would reminisce of his visit to Navarro.
[edit] Notes
- The Chosen One uses the same sprites as the Vault Dweller from Fallout and therefore the player character looks identical to their grandfather or hypothetical grandmother.
- Though the player can choose gender and age, it is canon that the Chosen One was born on 23/03/2221, and is therefore 20 years old at the start of the events of Fallout 2. See birthdates.
- The Chosen One receives their ancestor's Vault 13 suit through a Temple of Trials quest given to him by the Arroyo Village Elder.
- Dogmeat, a companion dog, can be found in Fallout 2. When found in the Café of Broken Dreams, simply wearing nothing but the Vault 13 suit will cause Dogmeat to remember his previous owner and join the Chosen One.
- Via the Guardian of Forever random encounter, the Chosen One can go back in time and break Vault 13's water chip, setting the events of Fallout, and by extension, Fallout 2, into motion. This event is, however, a nod to Star Trek and probably not considered canon.
- In Fallout: New Vegas, Jas Wilkins mentions that her Great-Aunt Rose had a deathclaw for laying eggs, but was shot in the eye by a stranger.
- In Fallout: New Vegas the Chosen One is mentioned by Marcus, who says how he helped a tribal search for a G.E.C.K. and nuked an oil rig in the process, suggesting he was with the Chosen One up until the conclusion of Fallout 2.
- Klamath Bob mentions that his life in Klamath was made a little more exciting for a while when a tribal visited the village a while back.
[edit] Gallery
In-game male character
In-game female character
[edit] References
- ↑ Klamath Bob
- ↑ Jas Wilkins
- ↑ Rose of Sharon Cassidy background
- ↑ Marcus in Jacobstown
- ↑ Bruce Isaac
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Fallout Bible 6
- ↑ Fallout: New Vegas
- ↑ Marcus in Fallout: New Vegas
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