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	Point Lookout character Desmond Lockheart
	Biography race Ghoul sex Male affiliation HM Government (formerly) role Scientist location Calvert Mansion Gameplay appearances Point Lookout quests The Local Flavor Hearing Voices Thought Control A Meeting of the Minds Statistics karma Good SPECIAL 6 ST, 5 PE, 4 EN, 4 CH, 4 IN, 6 AG, 4 LK derived stats Hit Points: 335 → 460 tag skills Melee Weapons: 49 → 100 Small Guns: 49 → 100 Sneak: 49 → 100 level 5 → 30 (1.3 x player level) Technical voice actor Jeff Baker base id xx0035b4 ref id xx0035b3

 

Desmond Lockheart is a pre-War ghoul living in Calvert Mansion in 2278.

BackgroundEdit

Before the bombs dropped, Desmond was a player in international intelligence at the highest levels. Desmond's motives and obsessions have been scarcely affected by the apocalyptic devastation of the planet. Desmond and those he would consider his peers knew for some time that the Great War was inevitable. Desmond himself could have been directly involved in the actions leading up to the nuclear exchange.

Facing the nuclear holocaust, global leaders and members of the intelligence community made their personal bids for survival in the new world. F.E.V., cryogenic stasis, AI consciousness, even - in Desmond's case - controlled exposure to normally lethal doses of radiation were among the wildly risky and experimental techniques pursued in the name of survival in a world without modern infrastructure. Old rivalries and vendettas were not forgotten in the ashes of nuclear winter. Those who managed to survive quickly set about doing what the bombs had not: wiping out any remnants of the Old World that may be a threat to personal and political agendas. Now, even so long after they should all have died naturally, these scattered figures seek power and jealously guard their secrets. Desmond's mission has long since ceased to be political or idealogical. He knew - as experience has proven tenfold - that as long as any of his colleagues lived, he would be hunted. His purpose is simple: kill or be killed.^[1]

He was responsible for ridding Calvert of a body, and due to this the two have a raging vendetta against each other that can only be ultimately resolved by one of their deaths.

Interactions with the player characterEdit

Interactions overviewEdit

General	Services	Quests
Essential: yes Until completion of A Meeting of the Minds Enslavable: no Companion: no Bounty: yes Drops ear	Merchant: no Repairman: no Doctor: no Rents bed/room: no	Starts quests: yes Walking with Spirits Thought Control A Meeting of the Minds Involved in quests: yes Hearing Voices The Local Flavor

QuestsEdit

• The Local Flavor: Gives you the next quest after you defend Calvert Mansion.
• Walking with Spirits: Speaking with Desmond starts this quest.
• Hearing Voices: Gives you the next quest after you speak to Jackson.
• Thought Control: Speaking with Desmond starts this quest.
• A Meeting of the Minds: Speaking with Desmond starts this quest.

Effects of player's actionsEdit

• During A Meeting of the Minds, the player must decide between killing Desmond or Calvert.

InventoryEdit

NotesEdit

• Some of his dialogue hints to Desmond being British. His accent and dialogue phrasing seem to confirm this. His general accent and use of a soft 'a' when pronouncing words such as 'bastard' and 'fast', indicate he is from the Midlands. Professor Calvert also refers to Desmond as "limey", a semi-derogatory term for the British. Another hint is that when you ask him about Nadine he will use the term "bird" which is an informal way of saying girl used in Southern England.
• He owns two dogs named Freki and Geri. Freki is a vicious dog and Geri is a scavenger's dog, and are referred to by Desmond as his "pups".
• If kept alive, Desmond disappears from the game after you exit the Underground Lab upon completion of A Meeting of the Minds. If talked to beforehand, he will mention traveling north to pursue his next rival, another "player" in the "Great Game", a Post-War struggle between former geniuses and billionares.
• Together with Snowflake, Desmond is the only ghoul with a full head of styled hair and the only ghoul, besides Raul and Grecks (in Fallout: New Vegas), with facial hair. There is another ghoul named Griffon in the Broken Steel add-on who appears to have hair, but is actually wearing a wig.
• Desmond swears far more than almost any other character in the game, seconded only by Mayor MacCready from Little Lamplight.
• Even though Desmond is rude, he appears to be the "Good" Karma choice for the Meeting of the Minds quest, since he drops an Ear if killed by the player with the Contract Killer Perk. However, you do not lose Karma for killing him.
• Every time you knock out Desmond before the end of the quest A Meeting of the Minds, his body spawns an ear which you can pickpocket from him.
• Despite the player helping Desmond out and doing his 'dirty work', Desmond stays rude to the player even if they decide to help him out all the way. He will, however, say quietly, "It pains me to say it, but thank you..." if you walk near him after killing Calvert.
• If you wish to acquire all of the collectable items in Point Lookout, you can kill Calvert, then turn in the quest to Desmond, then kill Desmond and take his glasses.

Notable quotesEdit

AppearancesEdit

Desmond Lockheart appears only in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout.

Behind the scenesEdit

• In Norse mythology, Odin had two wolf companions named Geri and Freki.

BugsEdit

• ps3 Upon death, Desmonds' corpse will have two ears on it, rather than just one. ^[verified]
• ps3 Desmond tells you to lay mines for the invading tribals, however if Desmond approaches them they will detonate and Desmond will become hostile towards the player. Hiding from Desmond and waiting whilst Hidden will rectify this. Desmond will calm down and return to normal. ^[verified]

GalleryEdit

Desmond in the Calvert Mansion

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ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Fallout 3 Official Game Guide

v·d·e Point Lookout Quests & achievements Main quests The Local Flavor · Walking with Spirits · Hearing Voices · Thought Control · A Meeting of the Minds Side quests A Spoonful of Whiskey · An Antique Land · Plik's Safari · The Dark Heart of Blackhall · The Velvet Curtain · The Seafarer's Friend · Tailing the Tomboy Achievements The Local Flavor · Walking with Spirits · A Meeting of the Minds · Bog Walker Locations Riverboat Landing · Duchess Gambit · Point Lookout · Ark & Dove Cathedral · Ark & Dove Resting Grounds · Beachview Campsite · Blackhall Manor · Buoys · Calvert Mansion (Chinese Intelligence bunker) · Coastal Grotto · Covered Bridge · Disaster Relief Outpost · Dove Delta · Flooded Sinkhole · Grower's Shack · Haley's Hardware · Herzog Mine · Jet Crash Site · Kenny's Cave · Lighthouse (Underground Lab) · Lil' Tyke Playhouse · Marguerite's Shack · Ofie Clan Plot · Pilgrim's Landing (Boardwalk, Homestead Motel, House of Wares, Naval Recruitment Center, People's Bank of Point Lookout, Pier, Warehouse) · Ritual site · Ruzka's Lair · Sacred Bog Entrance · Smuggler Camp · Sub Recovery Site · Smuggler's Shack · Trapper's Shack · Trash heap · Truck Wreckage · Turtledove Detention Camp · USS Ozymandias · Wrecked Seatub Items Weapons Axe (The Dismemberer) · Bio-Gas Canister · Double-Barrel Shotgun (Pa's Fishing Aid cut) · Lever-Action Rifle (Backwater Rifle) · Microwave Emitter · Ritual Knife · Shovel (Fertilizer Shovel) · Toy Knife Armor Confederate hat · Cryptochromatic spectacles · Desmond's eyeglasses · Grifter's Fit · Handyman jumpsuit · Lab gogglescut · Pint-Sized Slasher mask · Police hat · Tribal garb · Workman's coveralls Misc Cogwave Jammer · Fishing Pole · Kenny-Bear · Lab Access Card · Lighthouse Bulb · Lump of Brain · Moonshine · Plik's Journal · Punga Seeds · Refined Punga Fruit · Riverboat Ticket · Submarine Self-Destruct Codes · The Krivbeknih · Wild Punga Fruit · Yeast Characters & creatures Friendlies Catherine · Croatoa · Desmond · Freki · Geri · Haley · Jackson · Jacob Humboldt · John Adlam · Jimson · Kenny · Marcella · Marguerite · Nadine · Obadiah Blackhall · Madame Panada · Plik · Professor Calvert · Richard Adlam · Rip Smithy · Tobar the Ferryman · Woodrose Hostiles Feral ghoul reaver · Ruzka · Smugglers · Swamp ghoul · Swampfolk (Brawler, Bruiser, Creeper, Scrapper, Tracker) · Swamplurk (Swamplurk queen) · Tribals Perks Ghoul Ecology · Punga Power! · Superior Defender · Gray Matters cut · Mirelurk Ecology cut · Swing For The Fences cut