A Family Affair

A Family Affair is a side quest in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on, Honest Hearts.

Quick walkthrough

 * 1) Talk to Waking Cloud about her husband.
 * 2) Talk to Daniel about Waking Cloud's husband to learn of his fate.
 * 3) With the information you can either:
 * Tell Waking Cloud the bad news, which will result in her being angry with Daniel.
 * Lie to her, which will result in Karma loss.
 * Promise Daniel not to tell, which won't change anything and render the quest impossible to complete.

Detailed walkthrough
First, go to the Sorrows Camp and talk to Waking Cloud about her family. She believes Daniel may be withholding information from her about the state of her family, and asks you to speak with him him about the matter. After much hesitation, Daniel will admit that her three children survived their exodus, but that her husband died protecting them from a White Legs attack.

Daniel will ask you to not reveal this to Waking Cloud because he fears that her resultant grief will render her useless in the coming crucial events, but the player can convince him otherwise. At this point, the player can either tell Waking Cloud the truth or lie to her. Lying to her results in bad Karma and a bad ending for her. Telling her the truth results in no Karma change but a good ending for her. Likewise, the player can promise Daniel that they won't disclose these facts to Waking Cloud, closing off further dialogue options pertaining to the quest, making one unable to complete it and obtain an ending for Waking Cloud.

If she is told the truth, she will at first be angry with Daniel for keeping the news from her, but her ending reveals that she later forgives him. After her grief over losing her husband subsides, she takes a new husband, a member of the Dead Horses tribe, who stays close to home at her request.

If she is lied to, Waking Cloud will be resentful of Daniel and the New Canaanites and poisons her tribe against their teachings, making relations between the Sorrows and the New Canaanites very difficult.