Jaime Dexter[Non-game 1] Palabras is a crazed ghoul in the Dunwich Building in 2277. He can be found worshiping a strange obelisk in the virulent underchambers.
Background[]
Jaime is of Hispanic ancestry,[1] and was born to a Ranger[Non-game 2] in the mid-wastelands.[Non-game 2] In his youth, he made a living scavenging at a place he called "the colony."[2]
At some point during or after the 2250s,[Non-game 2][3] his father brought back a mysterious old tome from an expedition, which he believed to be valuable. They then travelled to the Capital Wasteland, hoping to sell it to the scribes of the Brotherhood of Steel chapter who had recently settled there. Failing to sell the book to the Brotherhood, Jaime's father instead vowed to return it "to its source"[Non-game 2] and set off, leaving his son in an old hospital without a flashlight.[2]
In his late twenties,[1] Jaime set out southward in search of his father, and started recording a personal journal. He felt his father "went crazy" after acquiring the mysterious book, and resented being left to fend for himself.[2] Jaime eventually fell in with another group of travelers,[4] who turned out to be raiders. It was not long until they killed a family for a "sack of rotten vegetables," upon which he secretly resolved to get away from this dangerous group as soon as possible.[5] The opportunity to leave the raiders presented itself, when they were preparing to attack a group of traders. Jaime turned on the raiders, and in turn earned the thanks of the traders, who also happened to know where his father was headed.[6]
Following his father's trail, he headed to the Dunwich Building, where he found him to have turned into a feral ghoul, only recognizing him because of the Krivbeknih laying on the ground near him. Jaime took up the book as a memento of his father, while resting his body against the warm stone of the unusual obelisk behind him.[7] His final journal entry indicates that exposure to Ug-Qualtoth's obelisk caused him to lose his mind, chanting "Sharp knife. Sharp knife to send him to deep temple. Flay and say my words. Abdul comes again, on the feast of the weaker. Feast for the Deep Temple. Born again, here. Alhazzared G'yeth G'yeth."[8]
Interactions with the player character[]
Interactions overview[]
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Inventory[]
| Apparel | Weapon | Other items | On death |
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| Chinese assault rifle |
Notes[]
- He is one of only nine named characters in the base game to have "Very Evil" Karma.
- He is completely unarmored and always hostile.
- His NPC has no set voicetype, leaving him completely silent.
Notable quotes[]
- "These guys aren't who I thought they were. Jesus, they killed that family for a sack of rotten vegetables. Getting out of here next chance I can without catching a bullet." – Jaime's personal journal #3
- "Don't like the look of this place... Don't like the smell. Gives me the creeps. Don't want to risk a shot at the crows until I know what's in there. Sneaking in tonight." – Personal journal #6
- "Sharp knife. Sharp knife to send him to deep temple. Flay and say my words. Abdul comes again, on the feast of the weaker. Feast for the Deep Temple. Born again, here. Alhazred G'yeth G'yeth." – Personal journal #9
Appearances[]
Jaime Palabras appears only in Fallout 3.
Behind the scenes[]
- The story of Jaime is a reference to the Cthulhu Mythos of writer H. P. Lovecraft, and especially his short story "The Dunwich Horror." According to a terminal in the building, the company owning the building was named "Dunwich Borers."
- Abdul Alhazred, who is mentioned in Jaime's personal journal #9, is a fictional character created by Lovecraft. He is the so-called "Mad Arab" credited with authoring the fictional book Kitab al-Azif (the Necronomicon), and as such is an integral part of Cthulhu Mythos lore.
- Jaime's full name, given in page 639 of the Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition, is a reference to Charles Dexter Ward.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Holotape script notes
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jaimes personal journal: entry 01
- ↑ Reginald Rothchild: "Much has happened in the 23 years since we left the west coast."
(Reginald Rothchild's dialogue) - ↑ Jaimes personal journal: entry 02
- ↑ Jaimes personal journal: entry 03
- ↑ Jaimes personal journal: entry 04
- ↑ Jaimes personal journal: entry 08
- ↑ Jaimes personal journal: entry 09
Non-game
- ↑ Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.639:
"The Strange Case of Jaime Dexter Palabras" - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition, pp. 77-78: "Jaime Palabras
Jaime was born in the mid-Wastelands to a Ranger. His father returned to camp from an expedition with a thick book, bound in odd black leather and stamped with strange glyphs. Convinced the book would fetch a high price, his father traveled to the Capital Wastes to offer it to the Brotherhood of Steel Scribes. Despondent, Jaime's father vowed to return the book "to its source."
(Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition Wasteland Census)