Mr. House

Robert Edwin House is the king of New Vegas living in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281. House is responsible for the creation of Mr. New Vegas.

Background
Mr. House was born and lived before the Great War. Before the Great War commenced, he was President, founder, and CEO of RobCo Industries. He supposedly froze himself and waited in stasis which explains his age of 261 years. He is an elusive man, and also plays a big part in why New Vegas was not directly hit by nuclear devastation. It is assumed that he had a wife named Jane, as he reprogrammed one of his securitrons to fulfill his "needs". Mr. House is also extremely interested in the collectible snowglobes found in the game, and he will pay greatly for each. The snow globes can be given to Jane to exchange them for 2000 caps each.

He lives in the Lucky 38 and is in charge of the securitrons that roam Vegas. At some point after emerging he won Vault 21 in a bet and has since converted it into a casino/hotel.

Mr. House is extremely decrepit and can only live inside a self contained unit, the player later has the opportunity to break through his security and see his true decaying form. However, opening his isolation chamber, even for a second, means that Mr. House will die within a year from exposure to outside contaminants.

Interactions with the player character
Mr. House hires the Courier to eliminate local New California Republic activity in order to maximize his influence over the strip.

Behind the scenes

 * In casino parlance, the house refers generally to the gambler's opponent, the casino itself, as in the idiom, "The house always wins."
 * "He's very much inspired by Howard Hughes," says J.E. Sawyer in the Game Informer Fallout: New Vegas preview article May 2010.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.