Rory Maclaren

 is a slave at Paradise Falls.

Rescue from Paradise
In order to get Penny to leave, she will ask that you escort Rory to the entrance. Once you finish escorting him he will go to Moriarty's Saloon and stand in the room to the right where you find Mr. Burke. When you try talking to him he says "Hey. Talk fast, they hate it when I talk to customers." He may also stop at the entrance to Paradise Falls, saying the same when talked to. (This occurs only if you tell him he's on his own.) Either way he seems to be bugged or the developers simply forgot to give him a purpose (and gratitude) after rescuing him*. (*Error: See below)


 * The proper behaviour can be observed if you mention Penny asked you to save him (either way), tell him to sneak behind you, and successfully get him to the entrance (telling him to wait in the pen while you "four score and seven" the slavers works best). As you near the door, he will say "Guess I have to find my own way", and start walking to exit upright. If spoken to quickly (before he exits), he will say he "owes you one", and to "get back in there" and save Penny. He then says he'll try to contact Penny, but needs to "lay low", and you will then receive Good Karma.
 * A bit of a glitch, if you speak to him very quickly again, before he runs through the door, he will deliver the same speech, slightly differently - this time not mentioning Penny at all, only that "there are kids in there, you've got to help them too". You will AGAIN receive Karma. If attempted a third time, he will be incommunicable, saying one line out loud.

If the Lone Wanderer becomes hostile against the residents of Paradise Falls before you talk to Penny, Rory will automatically just fall to the ground and die. If the player wishes to gun his or her way out of Paradise Falls, this problem can be solved by setting him free when asked by Penny to save him, during the Rescue from Paradise mission. Leading him to the far back corner of the children's pen, and having him wait while you decimate the slavers will help getting him out of Paradise Falls alive. He is not much use during the very intense firefight that ensues, even when reverse-pickpocketing weapons onto him. You can also talk to him, then tell him to wait and close the door to the shelter he is standing in. Then go back to talk to Penny and she will leave immediately. You can then leave Paradise Falls without arousing any suspicion from the Slavers to complete the quest (leaving Rory where you originally found him).

If you successfully save him during the Rescue from Paradise quest, and a fast-travel bug later on causes him to begin following you everywhere, it is possible to utilize him as a joinable character. His usefulness as a joinable character is severely limited by his evidently low hit point count as well as the player's inability to interact with him on the same level as the other joinable characters. There's no way to heal him directly and the only way to give him equipment or stimpaks is by reverse-pickpocket, which will result in a small karma loss and may randomly turn him hostile. It is recommended that you save your game between successful reverse-pickpocket attempts, because if he catches you, you will no longer be able to supplement his inventory, though he will continue to follow you indefinitely. He can use Shishkebab (which he prefers over the Combat Shotgun) and Power Armor. When the bug initially causes him to join up with you, he may already be carrying a weapon (such as a Minigun with unlimited ammo). Walking through doors that initiate load screens and create autosave data also prompt Rory to re-evaluate his inventory, causing him to switch, for example, out of his wastelander outfit and into better armor that you've reverse-pickpocketed onto him. As with most NPC's, he can be rendered essential. You can find his base ID by typing "save Fred 1" (without the quotes) and look for his entry in the first section (note that he will still wear slave collar when he is following you).

Appearances
appears in Fallout 3.

Bugs

 * If you convince Penny to leave Rory behind he will remain in "The Box" and if the door is unlocked and he is spoken to he will talk as if he is at Moriarty's Saloon and will simply tell you to talk fast and that they hate it when he talks to customers. Confirmed on PS3,PC and XBOX360 patched to the last patch.
 * After rescuing him from Paradise Falls he may appear after some time in Megaton standing behind Gob and the counter. Moriarty disappears and Rory says only "Hey. Talk fast, they hate it when I talk to customers" with no further dialogue choices.
 * Sometimes upon leaving Paradise Falls (having freed him, armed/armored him and let him shoot his way through the now weaponless slavers) he will not leave the entrance, he stays squatting in front of the door to the "inside" of the shopping center, he had already started using his dialog from Megaton, "Hey. Talk fast, they hate it when I talk to customers", but will not follow anymore, or run off on his own.
 * In addition to the previously mentioned bug, when Rory will not move or initiate dialogue after being freed, he can be pushed a certain distance and then told to follow. He then begins to follow, and never initiates a dialogue to finish the quest and thus stop following.
 * If you kill all of Paradise Falls slavers without talking to Penny and the other kids first, Rory will be found dead in "The Box", although this may be intended.
 * After getting Rory out of Paradise Falls and after completing the guest, a bug occured to me when I fast traveled to Arefu, Rory was still following me in stealth mode like in Paradise falls, but when I spoke to him he spoke like he was in Megaton.
 * Rory may be found in The Box and when dialogue is initiated he simply says, "Hey. Talk fast, they hate it when I talk to customers", as though he were saved and working at Moriarty's.

Quotes
"Can't nobody eat fifty eggs." - a reference to the film Cool Hand Luke