Jericho (Fallout 3)

Jericho is a character and possible companion living in Megaton in 2277.

Background
Jericho was born in 2212, making him 65 years old.

He has retired from his life as a raider out in the wastes. He currently resides in Megaton.

Reading Moriarty's terminal suggests that Jericho may have once attempted to rape Jenny Stahl. You cannot bring this up in conversation. Occasionally if you find Jericho at the Brass Lantern you can hear him and Jenny Stahl have a conversation that can relate back to this.

Other interactions

 * Jericho can be recruited as a follower, but you must have evil Karma for him to join your party. When asked to join the player's party, he requests 1000 caps for "supplies" before he will join. He will not quit if your Karma improves and can be rehired free of charge.
 * You can persuade Jericho to tell you a secret for 20 bottle caps. He tells you that Colin Moriarty keeps a key around his neck, which unlocks the upstairs locker in Moriarty's saloon. Inside are all the caps Gob and Nova make, as well as a combat shotgun. However, the key was cut, and the locker can only be lockpicked. It has a Hard level lock.
 * Jericho can be saved from the destruction of Megaton by being hired beforehand. This allows you to take him with you to Tenpenny Tower.

Effects of player actions

 * If you kill all of Megaton with him as your follower he will not become hostile towards you. However, if you kill the brahmin outside the clinic, or steal from his house, and then fire him anytime after that, he will become hostile.
 * If you decide to blow up Megaton during the Quest The Power of the Atom while he is your companion (and will therefore not die in the explosion), and fire him afterwards, he will walk to the Megaton ruins and stay in front of the crater. He will mention the destruction of Megaton when you talk to him, but won't feel sorry for its residents. You can still hire him as your companion.

Notable quotes

 * "I forgot how fucked up everything was out here."
 * "I didn't sign on with you so you can be playin' Santa Claus out here"
 * "Thank Christ. I thought I was gonna grow a third arm sitting next to all this fucking radiation."
 * "What the..? Did I just step in somethin'?"
 * "Don't piss around. I don't wanna be standing here with my thumb up my ass all day!"

Appearances
Jericho only appears in Fallout 3.

Bugs

 * Like all other Megaton characters, Jericho might go missing or turn up dead. See Recovering missing non-player character in Fallout 3 on how to resolve this issue.
 * Jericho can get stuck in tight mazes of furniture, rocks, and rubble. Save often if you must traverse extremely tangled terrain and check that he's still with you occasionally. Even if you find him after losing him in this manner it can be impossible to free him.
 * Jericho can also get separated if you're being too acrobatic - jumping up or down rock faces as a short cut for example. In many cases Jericho will insist on trying to find a way around which can easily get him stuck as mentioned above or killed if he runs into something nasty while you're apart. On the Xbox this is most easily fixed by reloading your last saved game and taking a slightly different route or having him wait for you.
 * Jericho may start using a melee weapon if he received one from you even though you never told him to. Just bring up his tactics and tell him he's doing fine with ranged weapons and he'll automatically switch back to them.
 * While wearing certain helmets such as the Vault 101 security helmet, his handlebar mustache will periodically disappear and reappear.