Mod:Fallout: The Frontier/Tiberius Rancor

Tiberius Rancor is one of the main possible antagonists of Fallout: The Frontier. He is an NCR secret agent who was sent to infiltrate Blackthorne's Exiles.

Although he secretly works for the Northern Legion, he is not entirely loyal to the Legion either; his goal is to find something that can be used against Marcus Valerius, exert him from power, and control the Legion himself. His ultimate goal, however, is to destroy both groups and create a benevolent new nation that is better than the NCR and Legion, all in order to be free from all corruption. He is dangerous and extremely intelligent when it comes to manipulation, spreading lies that can be easily believed.

Background
Rancor grew up in Arizona with a small tribe. At the age of 16, Rancor's tribe was attacked by Caesar's Legion and forced to assimilate into them. He watched as many of his friends and family were enslaved or killed by the Legion. They then forced Rancor to kill his parents, and Rancor did it without hesitation. He eventually managed to escape and fled west, spending years hitchhiking and doing odd jobs to survive.

At some point, Rancor lived on a farm with a family with his wife Irma and a son, although he loved his son more than her. The Legion approached Rancor's family, beat him, raped his wife, then abducted his son. Joshua Graham offered Rancor a choice to join the Legion's Frumentarii or die. He viewed his time in the Legion as hell and was forced to watch his son being corrupted by the faction. After quickly rising in the ranks to Frumentarius, Rancor earned the nickname "Dolus". Although Valerius did not entirely trust Dolus, he felt that his intel was genuine and knew he was loyal enough for now.

Rancor was then ordered to infiltrate the New California Republic in New California. He thought he could be free there, but then he started unraveling corruption within the organization, digging up dirt on people's political rivals. He was disgusted by how Oliver and Kimball treated people beneath them. He harbored disgust for the NCR, viewing them like Legion but just a different animal on their flag.

In 2276, Rancor served with the NCR's 1st Recon, and took part in the battle of HELIOS One, sabotaging the facility's defenses and allowing the NCR armies to attack. He attacked Tasha Weaver in her power armor but she survived.

Around 2280, Rancor attempted to work with the Enclave and Frederick Voss. Rancor attempted to persuade Voss to get the Enclave to destroy both the NCR and Legion and take their technology, offering The Liberator. Voss politely denied this, however, since he felt Rancor's influence was not necessary as they were already powerful enough, plus he had suspicions Rancor would just end up betraying them eventually. Voss still gave Rancor a few Enclave gadgets as a gift including Titan armor.

Before 2281, Rancor became Elias Blackthorne's personal bodyguard.

During the game


After the Courier's abduction by the Northern Legion, Blackthorne had Rancor investigate any suspicious activity, being his top reconnaissance agent. In reality, Rancor had set the Courier up to be captured by the Legion on the Burnside Bridge.

Near the end of the NCR campaign, Rancor kills Blackthorne and kicks him off a plane. Rancor then tries to manipulate a situation, making it look like the Courier is bloodthirsty and had set off a nuke, when the Courier is innocent, and attempts to turn the NCR against the Courier. Rancor will be killed at the end of the NCR campaign.

Quests

 * Chekhov's Gun: In this NCR main quest, Rancor urges the Courier to fight the Crusaders.
 * Voss: The Great and Powerful: In this Legion main quest, Rancor will ask you to bring him the C-finder and will then give you the coordinates to Prodigal Station.
 * To Kill a Legate: In this Legion side quest, Rancor asks the Courier to find dirt on Valerius to be used against him.
 * Tiberius Rancor: Valerius decides to have the Courier execute Dolus, as he views his influence as not necessary anymore in the Legion. The Courier is tasked with finding Rancor in an abandoned apartment building. The Courier may kill execute or spare him and convince him to flee.
 * Phoenix Down: The final confrontation may be either Blackthorne or Rancor. The player may execute Rancor or take this final opportunity to join him in his quest to create a new nation.

Other interactions

 * During the NCR campaign, if Wild Wasteland is on, the final battle with Rancor can be done through Caravan. Rancor accepts, calling it an epic card game to the death.

Quotes

 * "At least I'm not the ideological type. I've learned that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I think that makes me less of a menace than someone such as yourself... but enough talk. I just need you to die now." (to Blackthorne)
 * "Fuck YOU! FUCK THE NCR! FUCK THE LEGION! FUCK THE WHOLE GOD DAMNED WORLD! If I'm going down, I'm taking everyone down with me!"
 * "War never changes, because people don't... but I can MAKE them change. I'll march south, wipe the slate clean."

Behind the scenes

 * Rancor is voiced by Ray Chase, best known for his work as the protagonist of Final Fantasy XV, Noctus Caelum.
 * Ray Chase allegedly asked for Rancor to never remove his glasses at any point.
 * Rancor is somewhat similar to Yes Man, being an individual with no true allegiance to any faction. However, unlike Yes Man who is very upfront about his motivations, Rancor's motivations take a lot of time to uncover.
 * Rancor has been criticized for being a highly predictable character. During Big Bear Is Watching, it is mentioned that the NCR has a mole. Rancor is a man who has an ancient Roman sounding name, connecting him to Caesar and the Legion, wears highly suspicious sunglasses indoors all the time, giving him an aura of shadiness, and rarely talks about his past and will get annoyed at the Courier for prying too much. Even talking to Yuri Osmo near the beginning of the game will Osmo to call Rancor "suspicious" and say "I think he's a spy" dozens of hours before Rancor's betrayal actually occurs.
 * During The Frontier rework, Rancor was considered a "thorn in the side", and was rewritten and replaced by a character known as "Conrad."
 * Developer Nazenthedark: "Rancor as a whole is basically a hot potato character that all the writers kept bouncing around and we each had our own ideas of what to do with him and who he was. Devil made him a republic serial villain who's motivation was, in the immortal words of Dunky: "Oh yeah, there is none". He just wanted power for power's sake. I made him way more tragic, partially to give him more depth, and partially as a commentary about how little depth he has in the NCRMQ. I also gave him an actual motivation in wanting to make a new nation and such... Moral of the story: Plan things out more."