Argyle

Argyle (—2250/1) is the deceased "stalwart ghoul manservant" of adventurer Herbert "Daring" Dashwood. His remains can be found inside Rockopolis in 2277.

Background
Argyle was born before the Great War and first met Herbert Dashwood in 2241, when the adventurer stole his girlfriend. However, despite the misunderstanding, they became good friends. Somewhere in their adventures together he became Dashwood's manservant.

The final adventure with Dashwood came when Dashwood was seduced by Penelope Chase into revealing to her the secret underground city of Rockopolis that Dashwood and Argyle were charged with keeping secret. Dashwood, ever easily controlled and manipulated by women, took her to it where she revealed she was in fact a slaver and a double agent for Paradise Falls. Before she could kill Dashwood, Argyle ripped out her heart with his attack dubbed the "Eagle Claw". Unfortunately, it was too late for either Argyle or Dashwood to stop the slavers from attacking the village, and they were separated in all the confusion. While Dashwood somehow managed to escape, Argyle was not so fortunate. The invading slavers then killed Argyle and enslaved the population of Rockopolis, (as a nearby holotape suggests), but his adventures live on in the radio plays sometimes hosted by Galaxy News Radio.

Dashwood last saw Argyle in Rockopolis, decades prior to 2277, and never lost hope of seeing him again believing that Argyle would outlive him by at least one hundred years. This however was never to be, as he died there on their last adventure together. His memory would be preserved by Dashwood in the Galaxy News Radio play The Adventures of Herbert "Daring" Dashwood. Produced by Three Dog a few years prior to 2277, it was created in the style of the radio plays from before the Great War. Unlike the pre-War plays, these stories are all true, although to his dismay it makes Dashwood more of a chump than he actually was in his opinion.

Argyle was a very irritable individual constantly exasperated by his master's recklessness and how easily he fell for women. Nevertheless, he was very loyal, refusing to abandon him and always saving him from any dire situations, no matter how much effort, time and skill was required.

Argyle was a master of martial arts, and become known for his move the "Eagle Claw." A right jab capable of ripping out a person's heart, (which later he was famous for) and being able to kill Mirelurk literally single handed. He also had the ability to disarm slave collars, as he claimed "with [his] eyes closed," indicating that he was also skilled in mechanical tinkering and explosives. He had developed his pick pocketing abilities, so much so that he named the maneuver the "Shady Sands Shuffle." When he and Dashwood would routinely encounter feral ghouls he would enjoy killing them. Seeing it as some sort of revenge against God for his own mutation, at least according to Dashwood's beliefs.

Quests

 * A Manhandled Manservant: Argyle's corpse can be found in Rockopolis. This information can then be given to Dashwood for a reward, much to the ex-adventurer's sorrow.

Appearances
Argyle appears only in Fallout 3.

Bugs
Argyle's body might disappear after installing the Xbox 360 patch.