The King

 is an Elvis impersonator living in Freeside in 2281. He leads a gang of Freeside residents, the Kings, out of The King's School of Impersonation in southern Freeside.

Background
The King was a member of one of the original tribes of New Vegas before it was united and brought to power by Mr. House. He and his gang took up residence in an old Elvis Impersonation school. They believed it to be a place of worship due to the posters and holotapes all of one man, whose real name couldn't be found, but was only known as 'The King'. In the upper levels of the school they found outfits the original king would wear and vast amounts of hair gel. The King watched old Holotapes of the man, learned to speak like him, and started to teach others to do so. He runs the Kings gang in Freeside. Unlike other gangs in the wasteland, the Kings were built on respect and don't go looking for their next fight. His right hand man is Pacer, a childhood friend. He also has a cyberdog named Rex (Rex is the Latin word for 'King') which the player can obtain as a companion.

Quests

 * G.I. Blues: The King asks the Courier to do various tasks to help his organization and Freeside, like dealing with Orris and other things.
 * Nothin' But a Hound Dog: After you found out that Rex actually can be helped The King asks you if you want to take Rex with you to Jacobstown where he can get a new brain.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

==Notes==
 * The King can be found either in the theater, or in his room on the 3rd floor.
 * The key to open the door to the theater where The King is during the day can be stolen from the doorman with a high enough Sneak skill.
 * If you are low on caps, and you need to see The King, go to the middle of the door and pickpocket Pacer (doesn't matter if you are hidden or not); open the door really fast before he takes the key back. He and the Kings will not attack you.
 * Sleeping in the King's bed grants Well Rested.
 * Killing The King results in Mr. New Vegas attributing your actions to the NCR and NCR troopers commenting on defeating a gang in Freeside.
 * If one looks closely while he speaks and smiles, you can see his lip is cocked slightly to the bottom right, and upper left. This may attribute to creating his Elvis accent.
 * The King is one of the characters that the player must eat in order to earn the Meat of Champions perk.

Behind the scenes

 * Both missions given to the player, G.I. Blues and Nothin' But a Hound Dog, are references to Elvis Presley songs.
 * The King is quoted by Mr. New Vegas as calling NCR refugees "the devil in disguise" and that he doesn't want to see NCR "in the ghetto," and calling for a mass "return to sender", all of which are songs by Elvis Presley.
 * Upon resolving the conflict with the NCR, The King mentions that he would like to see a 'A little more talkin' and a little less fightin'." A pretty obvious Elvis reference of the famous line "A little less conversation, a little more action."
 * After resolving the quest G.I. Blues, the King apologizes to the NCR via Radio New Vegas, saying: "I feel so bad! Think it's time we reconsider, baby." This is incorrect that King comment comes after resolving the Kings Gambit quest
 * If you talk to the King after G.I. Blues he'll say that things have been better since you helped out with those "soldier boys." A reference to the Elvis song, "Soldier Boy."