Zion Canyon is a location in Utah and serves as the game world in the Fallout: New Vegas DLC Honest Hearts.[1]
Background
Formerly the site of the Zion National Park, north of the Mojave, Zion Canyon was spared from most of the worst horrors of the Great War.[2] In the immediate aftermath of the war, Randall Clark sought refuge in the park’s caves and lived there for many years. When a group of children arrived in the area, Clark watched over them, making sure that no harm came to them but never making direct contact with them. To the children, he was "the Father in the Cave," a purveyor of gifts and dispenser of wisdom. The children became the Sorrows, a peaceful tribe that embodied innocence, lived in peace for years, never venturing into the caves, and treating all pre-War buildings and tech as taboo.
Recently, missionaries from New Canaan in the north have arrived in the region at the behest of the tribes, to assist in protecting them. Daniel and Joshua Graham have vowed to protect the tribe by any means. Daniel wants to evacuate the Sorrows to the Grand Staircase, where they cannot be followed by the White Legs. But Graham, with the Dead Horses, wants to teach the Sorrows the art of warfare so that they may either drive the White Legs out of Zion or eliminate them for good and secure the region for future generations.[3]
In 2281, the Happy Trails Caravan Company (the Courier among them), led an expedition from the Mojave Wasteland's Northern Passage in the hopes of re-establishing contact with New Canaan. The caravan was ambushed and all but the Courier slaughtered by the White Legs. And it is then that the Courier can make decisions that impact those who live in the region.[4][5]
Locations
Inhabitants
Loot
Related quests
Notes
- Zion Canyon was the first location in the Fallout series to feature rain.
- Traveling between Zion and the Mojave Wasteland takes 14 in-game days, both on the initial journey and subsequent trips after completing the add-on's questline. While this time elapses on the Pip-Boy's calendar, time-dependent events, such as plants respawning and Sierra Madre Chips accumulating at the Abandoned Brotherhood of Steel Bunker, do not progress.
Appearances
Zion Canyon appears in the Fallout: New Vegas DLC Honest Hearts.
Behind the Scenes
- A real-world location of the same name exists in the Zion National Park in Utah.
- Megan Parks worked on the Zion Canyon world space and created props for it.[Ext 1]
- James Garcia worked on the Zion Canyon world space.[Ext 2]
Gallery
Joe Sanabria concept art
Zion Canyon in an endings slide
Zion on a Li'l Scout Lunch Box
Zion map
Promotional
MTG Card
Extended Art
References
- ↑ Courier: "Why do you need a map of Grand Staircase?"
Daniel: "Grand Staircase is farther east, deeper into the Colorado Plateau. The White Legs were able to reach us here, but it's only because Zion is close to the Long 15. They can't pursue us east of here. It's too wild."
(Daniel's dialogue) - ↑ Joshua Graham: "There are only so many ways you could have entered Zion from the south. You descended by routes that you cannot safely ascend to return to the Mojave."
(Joshua Graham's dialogue) - ↑ Joshua Graham: "There may yet be time to save Zion from those who are too ignorant to understand what they have come to destroy."
(Joshua Graham's dialogue) - ↑ Joshua Graham: "We warned you at Syracuse, and you persisted. You took advantage of us at New Canaan to drive us out, and like the dogs of Caesar you are, you followed us to Zion."
(Joshua Graham's dialogue) - ↑ Joshua Graham: "Still, thanks to your help and the grace of God, the White Legs won't be troubling Zion anymore."
(Joshua Graham's dialogue)
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