Carol (Fallout 3)

Carol is a pre-war ghoul and hotel proprietor residing in the Underworld. She is Gob's "mother", although Ghouls don't give birth. He is like a son to her. You can rent a room for 120 caps, and listen to a long story about her life. She was born in 2051 and so is more than 200 years old.

Carol survived in a shelter in DC after receiving a warning that the West Coast was destroyed. Her father was killed in the blast when he tried to help another family into the shelter after ensuring Carol was already safely inside. She moved into the Underworld exhibit since it was the closest building that wasn't on fire (perhaps indicating she took refuge in the nearby bunker between The National Archives and Museum of Technology that is overrun with Super Mutants). She remained there as more people came and over time she and the other survivors became ghouls.

The history of her life is very dramatic, but it provides a good account about how the war was and how the survivors suffered the radiation effects and the chaos.

If both Gob (in Megaton) and Greta (in Underworld) are killed, she will generally mope around in her shop. The player can confess to her and take responsibility for their deaths, which will make her and anyone else in the room hostile to the player.

Trivia

 * Carol is a lesbian as she sleeps in the same bed with Greta, who she says she was lucky enough to find after coming to Underworld and who she calls "Darling" and other such names. Carol says: "Her and I have been together for about 60 years now." Carol also mentions Greta used to feel a bit jealous of Gob. When the player tells her about Gob's whereabouts, she begs the player to advise Gob about not leaving the place he is in. This may have something to do with Greta's jealousy, though if one says he thinks he's a slave, she'll give her reason as being out of fear for him getting killed. Nothing will happen if the player goes back to gob and tells him about Carol.


 * She says she was only a little girl in 2077 but she was born in 2051 making her 26 when the bombs fell.

Appearances
appears only in Fallout 3.