Clanden

 is a contracted member of the Omertas living in the Gomorrah in Fallout: New Vegas. He is part of the How Little We Know quest. Upon first interactions with him, he may appear to be a peaceful, if not, almost a kind guy who looks for no trouble. It can be later learned through the quest that he is a darker individual who deals with Snuff Tapes and appears to have an abusive sexually-perverted fetish.

Background
Clanden is a seemingly peaceful character found in the Suites Level of the Gomorrah Casino lofting around his room. Not much is said about him and has little history.

Interactions with the player character
If you pickpocket him and take his room key, it can be used to unlock a door on the other side of the level. (The room is located by leaving Clanden's room, take a left, walk straight, take the left down the hall and is the first door on the right.) When you open the door, you will find a dead prostitute on a table. The room has hooks hanging from the ceiling and blood on the walls and floor. If your character has a medicine skill of 35 or higher, you can determine that the prostitute was tortured for several hours and then recently murdered. You will receive XP for the investigation.

Alternatively, you can pick the lock of the safe behind the dresser in his room, where you will find 'Snuff Tapes'. You can use these to blackmail him into leaving town, or sell them to him for a price. If he becomes hostile you can kill him. For highly obvious reasons, you will always get good karma for murdering him.

Bugs

 * The Gomorrah Prostitute may be found standing seemingly alive inside the locked room. She will greet the Courier, utter random phrases, and even wander out into the hallway. Attempting to speak with the "corpse" will still prompt for the Medical skill check.


 * If you confront Clanden in his room and he becomes hostile, upon killing him the guard who patrols the hall outside of his room will become hostile to you which will lead to all of the Omerta thugs in the Casino becoming hostile. This can be avoided by closing Clanden's room door and THEN confronting.


 * The Gomorrah Prostitute did not appear when I entered the room.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.