Paradise Falls

Paradise Falls, formerly the Paradise Falls Shopping Center, is a strip style shopping mall, and, by 2277, the main haven for all slaver activity in the Capital Wasteland, with business ties to further slave markets in the Pitt. It is a constant source of fear for many of the wasteland's denizens.

Background
Paradise Falls' former slaver leaders include Penelope Chase and Harmon Jurley. Harmon Jurley was the leader of Paradise Falls around 2250. By 2277, Paradise Falls is led by Eulogy Jones, who regulates the purchase and selling of slaves, after he personally killed the former leader. The slavers get paid on commission, based on the number of wastelanders they bring in, and according to Herbert "Daring" Dashwood, the slavers have become more organized in the last twenty years and "[buy] and [sell] anything with a pulse." Fortunately for the denizens of the Capital Wasteland, slave collars are a rarity, which makes the slavers' job much more difficult.

Paradise Falls is home to a group of battle-hardened slavers. The inhabitants of Paradise Falls are infamous for their incursions into Big Town, and on rare occasions, Little Lamplight. The slavers are also known to seize random wastelanders, and the town is frequently mentioned on the Herbert Dashwood program on Galaxy News Radio. 

Layout
Paradise Falls can be found by traveling almost directly north from Vault 101, Arefu, or Vault 106. It is located to the west of Minefield, and is recognizable from a distance by its most prominent landmark, a gigantic statue of the Tall Boy mascot holding an ice cream cone.

The compound is a rectangular strip mall-style compound, protected by walls of stacked derelict vehicles. On the northwest side of the compound, a dirt path lined with makeshift fencing and barbed wire leads to the entrance. The mouth of the path is guarded by Grouse, who sits just outside the compound. The gate is a section of a bus, complete with its passenger door, set within the makeshift wall. Within the wall is the pre-War archway and sign for the shopping center. Above the entrance is the severed arm of the Tall Boy mascot. It has since had spikes driven into it and was attached to a hydraulic gate so it can be lowered or raised for defense. However, the gate will not be lowered to block entry, even if the exterior guards are killed.

Immediately through the entrance is a defensive barrier with "Stow Your Piece," and an image of a revolver with a circle and slash through it painted on it. The barrier has skulls on spikes over the top and a window in it. Debris from the mall's destroyed buildings covers a large section of the compound. The few buildings that are largely intact have been converted to suit the slavers' needs. On the east side of the entrance, around the barrier, is the path to the weapons shop, Lock and Load. It is inside a large building with signage reading "Restaurant" on the roof. The path is bordered by a makeshift wall of debris, rubble, makeshift barriers and gates. Behind this is a sentry post built around the Paradise Falls starburst stylized signpost. Directly to the west of the entrance are the slaver barracks, built out of the two-story liquor store, and Cutter's clinic, built within the store called "Velmas."

Alongside the clinic entrance is another set of defensive barriers built from derelict vehicles and makeshift barricades, and at the east end of this barrier is a generator. Just past the generator is the stairway up to the sentry post. Southeast through the opening is Eulogy's pad, a former cinema, and to the west of the pad is a makeshift open-air bar and grill built into the ruins of a RobCo parts store. Outside the theatre entrance, is an open fire with a whole roasting brahmin on a cooking spit, with a nearby pool table.

Another makeshift wall opens in front of Eulogy's pad, which leads to the southernmost section. The slave and brahmin pens run along the southern edge, built within what was once a clothing store. In front of the pens, next to the barrier wall, is "The Box," a Pulowski Preservation shelter that has been refitted into a cruel holding cell. An inaccessible Freddy Fear's House of Scares costume shop shares the pen's east wall. A former coffee shop sharing the pen's west wall houses the compound's toilets.

Gaining entrance

 * Speech check and a bribe of 500 caps in return for entry.
 * Accept the Strictly Business quest and capture at least one of the four VIPs.
 * Complete the Head of State quest in favor of the slavers.
 * Fight or sneak in (provokes slavers).
 * Have evil or very evil Karma and ask 'Do you know who I am?'

Slaves

 * Crimson and Clover, personal slaves of Eulogy Jones.
 * Bronson, Miss Jeanette, Bleak, and Breadbox in the adult's slave pen.
 * Sammy, Squirrel and Penny from Little Lamplight, in the children's slave pen.
 * Rory Maclaren, in 'The Box.'
 * Carter running away for a very short time, when the player character first arrives at Paradise Falls, before his slave collar detonates.
 * Frank, a bartender.
 * Any slaves (ex. Flak, Red, Susan Lancaster and Arkansas) that the Lone Wanderer has captured.
 * Although they are not the targeted slaves, after admittance, the Wanderer can "mezz" raiders, Enclave personnel and wastelanders with the Mesmetron and send them as slaves to Paradise Falls. If they survive the trip, the Lone Wanderer receives compensation.

Notable loot

 * Speech bobblehead - in Eulogy's Pad, on the table next to the terminal.
 * One pre-War book - on a table in the slave house.
 * Five Nuka-Cola Quantums - can be stolen from Eulogy's Pad, under the stairs.
 * Vault 77 jumpsuit - on a shelf inside the slaver barracks, along with a holodisk named Burn this goddamn jumpsuit.
 * The Break - a pool cue that is a unique weapon on the pool table just outside Eulogy's Pad.
 * Mesmetron - carried by Grouse.
 * Eulogy Jones' suit - worn by Eulogy Jones.
 * Eulogy Jones' hat - on the projector table inside Eulogy's Pad.
 * Paradise Falls box key - On a table near Eulogy's heart-shaped bed.
 * Boogeyman's hood - given by Eulogy Jones as a reward for the unmarked quest The Kid-Kidnapper.

Appearances
Paradise Falls appears only in Fallout 3. It is mentioned in the Fallout 4 Creation Club content "Capital Wasteland Mercenaries."

Behind the scenes

 * Paradise Falls was designed by artist Nathan Purkeypile.
 * The Vault 77 jumpsuit is a reference to the Penny Arcade comic commissioned by Bethesda Studios and on display at their website.
 * The "Tall Boy" statue is modeled after the mascot of the Big Boy fast-food restaurant chains.
 * On the pool table in the Paradise Falls Barracks, the glasses are set up to play beer pong, a popular drinking game.
 * Crimson and Clover, the two slave girls, get their names from the song "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and the Shondells.
 * In the concept art of Paradise Falls, there are slavers standing over a dead Brotherhood of Steel soldier. The soldier in Paradise Falls is not seen in game.
 * One of the prisoners is overheard saying "ain't nobody can eat fifty eggs," which is a reference to Cool Hand Luke. This movie also featured a punishment cell of the same name and nature as the one seen here, both titled "The Box".
 * The Paradise Falls starburst is based on the sign for the now-defunct Satellite Shopland in Anaheim, California.

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