Hannibal Hamlin

Hannibal Hamlin is the leader of the Temple of the Union. He dreams of creating a safe haven for runaway slaves. This place turns out to be the Lincoln Memorial.

Appearances
appears only in Fallout 3. His name is an obvious reference to Abraham Lincoln's Vice-President during the Civil War, Hannibal Hamlin.

Purchasing Lincoln Items
Hannibal also purchases Lincoln historical items found in the Musuem of History. These items can be sold to other charcters, but the bonus with Hannibal is he will pay double what they will in most cases, by passing a speech check.

It appears before completing Head of State your chance of passing the speech check is more difficult. An example for one player being 48-57% chance to pass when speaking to him at the Temple of the Union, and 74-78% chance of passing the speech check once he has taken residence at the Lincoln Memorial.

He offers 50 caps (100 speech check) for the John Wilkes Booth Wanted Poster.

He offers 150 caps (300 speech check) for Lincoln's Repeater.

He offers 50 caps (100 speech check) for Lincoln's Voice.

He offers 15 caps (30 speech check) for the Antique Lincoln Coin Collection.

He offers 100 caps (200 speech check) for the Lincoln's Diary.

He offers 10 caps (20 speech check) for the Action Abe Action Figure.

Bugs
After the Lincoln Memorial has been rebuilt by Caleb Smith during (more precisely: after) the completion of Head of State the members of the Temple of the Union travel there to celebrate their hero with his head back on. It is there that Hannibal delivers a long speech about words that may not be remembered for long by the world about Abe. On my PC version of F3 however, Hannibal stuck with the word 'Bye' and even repeated it forever after being talked to. He just interrupted it shortly to greet me, then went on with it. I don't know about the Xbox360 or PS3 Version of Fallout 3 though, so your comment here is greatly appreciated if you encountered the same problem. I had to get far away from the Temple of the Union to Fast Travel to the Lincoln Memorial on the Xbox360 version. (Yep, in the PC version it also not possible to fast travel in the immediate surroundings of the Temple of the Union.) Also on the Xbox360 version, Hannibal went on with a speech about Abe.

If you tell Hannibal to wait until after you kill the slavers at the Lincoln Memorial, his band may depart and wander the wasteland without occupying the Memorial. Hannibal's group will keep wandering with no apparent objective. Fast travelling to his location is impossible, as the group will have moved on long before you arrive.