Vic

Vic the Trader is the character the Chosen One is originally dispatched to find in Fallout 2. He is to be found in The Den in 2241.

Background
Vic sold the tribals of Arroyo a number of Vault 13 water flasks as holy relics. He originally purchased them from a trader in Vault City. He resides in Klamath, but Metzger, the slaver leader, has taken Vic prisoner after he sold him a busted radio and is holding him inside of their Slaver's Guild compound.

Vic has a daughter who lives and works in Vault City, who is the fruit of love between him and a Vault City citizen. He never loved her much, often calling her the Desert Viper. It seems his child has inherited her mother's genes.

Quests

 * Find Vic the Trader: The Chosen One may either buy or bust him out. Once freed, he tells them what he knows and then offers to join. Low-intelligence characters are given a dialogue choice to recruit Vic but without results from the choice. If Metzger and his slavers are killed without freeing Vic, he will somehow escape the locked room and take refuge at Mom's Diner.
 * Free Vic from his debt by getting his radio from his house in Klamath and paying Metzger.

Appearances
Vic appears only in Fallout 2 and is mentioned in the Fallout Bible.

Behind the scenes
Vic, being a trader, is likely a reference to the chain of Tiki bars named "Trader Vic's", the first of which opened in Oakland near San Francisco in 1934.