Catherine (Fallout 3)

Catherine was the mother of the Vault 101 Dweller and the wife of James. She went into cardiac arrest and died after giving birth. Although she died moments after her child came into the world, a DNA analysis allowed her to see the adult her child would one day become. If the player's gender is male, she describes him as "strapping", and if female, Catherine calls the player "beautiful".

Appearances
Catherine dies before Fallout 3 actually starts. She appears during the cutscene that shows the player character's birth, but the player only gets to see her legs and can only hear her voice. A recording of James flirting with her called "Better Times" can be found in the Jefferson Memorial's lower levels. It can be inferred that the Player character's hair color is inherited from Catherine, since James's hair color remains brown regardless of the player's appearance choices.

When the flying camera console command is entered (~tfc) we can see that her character model is black and bald, however this is most likely explained by the low-light high-contrast situation of the players POV from birth. Since the player is never actually intended to see more than a darkened shadow of a leg. Similarly, James' race cannot be discerned from the original point of view due to low light conditions, it is possible that his model is also black underneath the mask.



If you enter the console command tfc without going into third person view first, you can get a good look at Catherine up close just as the first cutscene ends.