Bryan Wilks

 is an eight-year old boy living in Grayditch in 2277. He gives the player the quest, Those!.

Background
Bryan spent his childhood living in Grayditch with his single-parent father. Bryan often played with the teenage son of William Brandice. Together, the two boys explored all of Grayditch and learned the best places to hide from giant ants. Bryan also pestered Doctor Lesko with questions.

Related quests
Bryan runs up to the player and initiates dialogue the first time the player approaches the vicinity of Grayditch. This does not require the player to enter Grayditch. For instance, going to Wilhelm's Wharf or Super-Duper Mart may cause Bryan to come running. Bryan tasks the player with helping to save his father from an attack of Fire ants, leading quickly into the quest Those!. He spends much of the quest hiding in a closed Pulowski Preservation Shelter next to the diner near his home, waiting for the player to find Doctor Lesko.

When Bryan comes to give you the quest, there is a speech challenge where he will either give you the key to his father's emergency supplies or lie to you about it. Having the Child at Heart perk ensures he gives you the key. Without the key, you will have to pick the Very Hard lock on the dumpster, and it contains a .32 Pistol, Laser Pistol or Scoped .44 Magnum and numerous Frag Grenades.

Effects of player actions
At the end of the quest, Bryan is left orphaned and goes to live in his former home. The player has an option to find his Aunt Vera Weatherly in Rivet City, to find Bryan a home in Little Lamplight, to sell him to Slavers, or to abandon him to his fate.

Appearances
Bryan only appears in Fallout 3.

Behind the scenes

 * While in the shelter, Bryan will say "Now I know what a TV dinner feels like". This is a reference to Die Hard, where John McClane is crawling through a narrow ventilation shaft.

Bugs

 * If you murder Vera Weatherly after Bryan moves in with her, Bryan may appear inside of the Enclave garrison outside of the Jefferson Memorial during the final quest. Strangely, Enclave soldiers will be allied with Bryan but Brotherhood troops are hostile and will open fire on Bryan. (XBox 360)
 * Bryan may spawn in an unreachable location, making it impossible to finish the quest. Try reloading or waiting out the respawn time, or see Recovering_missing_NPC_in_Fallout_3.
 * If you attack Bryan when he is living in Rivet City, he will become hostile to you and all of Rivet will relentlessly attack him (Xbox 360)
 * The Hunters (not the cannibal ones) will open fire on Bryan.
 * Bryan Wilks can sometimes be found on the bed of the river, because of this, no conversation can be started with him. A fix, although a long way of doing it, is to dive under the water and push him out. It is recommended that you start the quest so that you only have to meet him at the end of the quest. This way he will be marked exactly on the river.