Burrows

The Burrows is a small community, founded by FEV-mutated raccoons known as S'Lanter from the West Tek research facility.

Background
The four raccoons that escaped the research facility headed northwest until they discovered a small oasis that had avoided a great deal of devastation and had begun to regrow. Once they settled the area their instincts took over and they became skilled hunters as well as becoming more intelligent. They named themselves the Tribe of the S'Lanter, having forgotten they were once raccoons.

When they escaped from The Glow, they had taken with them many devices and texts. From these, they were able to learn English and about the devices and technology behind them. This caused further growth in their intelligence.

The first buildings they made resembled human dwellings. However, the leader Neres-Ka remembered what the humans had done to them at the Glow and stated that the Burrows would not be human city and they should revel in their animal side. Many of the buildings were then created with branches, sticks, and leaves.

Transcript
Of FEV experiment disk, found at the Glow in Fallout.

Behind the scenes

 * As for the Burrow, this location was written by an early designer associated with the project. While it was well written, I felt that its content was not appropriate to our Fallout universe, mainly based on its style and feel in the game and not on its artistic merit. So I did not approve its addition to the game, and that Glow holodisk is all that remains of any reference to that area. - Tim Cain
 * Burrows: I always felt it didn't fit in with the rest of the game. It was a finely designed area, and would have helped the Glow, but it just didn't seem Fallout-like. - Chris Taylor
 * While Brian was off and running, writing quests for our furry additions, the artists had a scope meeting about the number of characters in the game. We had more designed than they had time to actually build and animate. So, a compromise was needed: since the mutant animals were rare, required several sets of armor, and totally different of animations, they were chopped. Poor Brian, he put so much love into those varmints! - Scott Campbell