Grandma Sparkle

Grandma Sparkle is a 72-year old woman who resides at Wilhelm's Wharf acting as a trader and cook. She is a merchant but has a very limited inventory of items to sell and even more limited caps. Most of her inventory consists of food items such as Mirelurk Meat or Mole Rat Meat.

The door to her shack can be opened with out a karma loss. Her shack can be looted for some weapons such as a Hunting Rifle and a supply of ammo. An ammunition box is located behind the closest bench to her shack with no karma loss for taking the ammo.

Grandma Sparkle is armed with a Hunting Rifle and Brahmin-Skin Outfit. However, she is extremely weak and dies after only a few shots from even a low-level pistol. Despite being armed, she always seems to run from combat. If wandering Raiders or monsters approach Wilhelm's Wharf, she'll usually retreat into the safety of her shack. If attacked by the player character, she has a tendency to run off in random directions (often right into the river itself).

Broken Steel
During the Broken Steel side quest Protecting The Water Way, Wilhelm's Wharf becomes the meeting place for Split Jack's gang of Bandits. Split Jack and his bandits are initially non-hostile towards Grandma Sparkle, and Split Jack's note comments that Sparkle makes good stew and doesn't ask questions. However, the bandits may turn hostile towards her and kill her if the player uses speech to convince Split Jack to leave and stop attacking the water caravans.