Intelligent Deathclaw

Intelligent deathclaws are a variety of deathclaws in the former American Southwest that were experimented on by the Enclave, which gave them higher intelligence and the ability to speak.

Background
The Enclave captured deathclaws and exposed them to FEV. This boosted their intelligence and gave them the ability to talk with varying degrees of articulation.

While the Enclave hoped that the deathclaws would be intelligent enough to obey orders without question, the Enclave's deathclaws doubted the morality of their masters. Although they stormed Vault 13 and kidnapped the population with the Enclave, they later abandoned them and adopted the now-empty Vault as their new home under the leadership of Gruthar.

Several humans from the surrounding area moved into the Vault to live under the protection of the deathclaws, but not all were pleased with these new neighbors. One human, Matt, struck against the deathclaws and bombed the mother deathclaw and her hatchlings; the deathclaw mother survived, but security was tightened from then on.

Quests

 * Retrieve the GECK for Arroyo
 * Fix the Vault 13 computer

Appearances
The intelligent deathclaws appear both in Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics.

Behind the scenes
The intelligent deathclaws are mentioned in the Fallout Bible.