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{{Infobox character
 
{{Infobox character
 
|games =FO3
 
|games =FO3
|image =Isabella Proud.jpg
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|image =Proud corpses.jpg
|race =[[Human]], Caucasian
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|image2 =Isabella Proud.jpg
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|image desc =Isabella's corpse (on the left)
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|image desc2 =Isabella spawned alive
 
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|race =[[Human]]
 
|gender =Female
 
|gender =Female
|affiliation =[[Jason Proud]]
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|affiliation =[[Jason (Fallout 3)|Jason]] - colleague
 
|role =Scientist
 
|role =Scientist
 
|location =[[Isabella Proud's camp]]
 
|location =[[Isabella Proud's camp]]
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|actor =[[Shari Elliker]]
|family =[[Jason Proud]] - Husband
 
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|special ={{SPECIAL|3,6,3,4,8,6,5}}
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|level =3
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|tag skills ={{tag skills|explosives=44|medicine=48|science=48}}
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|derived =[[Hit Points]]: 0
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|GECK race =Caucasian
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|footer =[[file:Proud corpses.jpg|240px]]<br />The Proud corpses, Isabelle to the left.
 
}}{{Games|FO3}}
 
   
 
{{Quotation|While Jason was scavenging the ruins, I caught a glimpse of the group by the pool in the afternoon.|Isabella, referring to the [[Feral ghoul (Fallout 3)|ghouls]]}}
 
{{Quotation|While Jason was scavenging the ruins, I caught a glimpse of the group by the pool in the afternoon.|Isabella, referring to the [[Feral ghoul (Fallout 3)|ghouls]]}}
   
 
'''Isabella Proud''' is a dead scientist found in [[Takoma Park]] {{in|FO3}}. The corpses of her and her research assistant, Jason, are behind the buildings on the other side of the canal through the factory. Access is gained by climbing the broken metal structure in the canal and jumping to the ledge on the far side. Progressing between the buildings and heading right will lead to the edge of a pool. The whole area is radioactive. The campsite is at the far end. There are a few normal feral ghouls and one glowing one named [[Samuel (Fallout 3)|Samuel]], along with some minor items.
'''Isabella Proud''' is a dead scientist in [[Takoma Park]] in [[Timeline#2277|2277]].
 
   
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
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A scientist conducting research into [[Feral ghoul (Fallout 3)|feral ghouls]], Isabella and [[Jason (Fallout 3)|Jason]] embarked on a months-long research effort to better understand the ghoulified former humans. On the 45th day, thanks to Jason locating a suitable terminal, she decided to move their workstation closer to their research area, inching ever closer to Takoma Park. Proud was a keen observer and on the day of moving, she observed that feral ghouls were not afraid of the daylight, but preferred indoor habitats.<ref>[[Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries#Day 45|Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries; Isabella Proud's terminal, Day 45]]</ref>
Isabella Proud and her husband [[Jason Proud|Jason]] were scientists conducting research on [[Feral ghoul (Fallout 3)|feral ghoul]]s. They had a camp near [[Takoma Factory]] in Takoma Park, with a [[Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries|terminal]] describing their work. The text of her entries implies that she saw feral ghouls to be non-sentient and attracted to high [[radiation]]. Thus, she engaged in a series of actions that eventually doomed both herself and her husband Jason.
 
   
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She performed a number of experiments to obtain hard data on feral ghoul behavior. One of these occurred on day 51, when she filled heavy basins with water and irradiated them to varying degrees. Thanks to their radiation suits, she was able to irradiate one to the point of lethality, which attracted the greatest number of feral ghouls, and succeeded far better than any lures they tried beforehand.<ref>[[Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries#Day 51|Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries; Isabella Proud's terminal, Day 51]]</ref>
Their corpses are behind the buildings on the other side of the canal. You have to go all the way through the factory to get to it. Climb the broken metal structure in the canal and jump to the ledge on the far side. Go along and between the buildings. To the right you come to the edge of a pool. The whole area is radioactive. The camp site is at the far end. There are a few normal feral ghouls and one [[Samuel|glowing one]], along with some minor items.
 
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On day 53, thanks to Jason salvaging and restoring a generator to working condition, Proud was able to move the terminal and establish [[Isabella Proud's camp|a camp]] very close to the feral ghouls she was observing.<ref>[[Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries#Day 53|Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries; Isabella Proud's terminal, Day 53]]</ref> Five days later, she had a close encounter with "[[Melinda (Fallout 3)|Melinda]]," as she called the feral ghoul that approached her when she was checking the experimental basins. Instead of attacking directly, "Melinda" seemed to sniff Proud's radiation suit covered in irradiated resin Isabella used to irradiate the basins. The feral ghoul then retreated, disappearing into the ruins, leaving Proud wishing she had a way to tag the ghouls properly (or identify gender, as feral ghoul bodies decay to the point that a determination is impossible; Proud assumed "Melinda" was female due to the way she, or rather, it moved).<ref>[[Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries#Day 58|Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries; Isabella Proud's terminal, Day 58]]</ref>
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The feral ghouls disappeared after the encounter, leading Isabella to consider the possibility of "Melinda" informing her group of the human presence, perhaps even warning them. She shrugged off Jason's concerns, believing that the risk of them staying was worth the knowledge they could gain.<ref>[[Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries#Day 63|Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries; Isabella Proud's terminal, Day 63]]</ref> She grew even bolder in the coming days, sleeping in the research site overnight. No ghouls came, but she did see motion in the far ruins that could be the returning ghouls.<ref>[[Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries#Day 67|Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries; Isabella Proud's terminal, Day 67]]</ref> Jason spent the night with her the following day, with Proud using a heavily irradiated water basin as a lure. From the safety of a camouflage screen that Jason fashioned, they observed a group of feral ghouls emerge after dark to settle into the water, with an "alpha male" (a [[Feral ghoul (Fallout 3)#Glowing one|glowing one]]) seemingly leading the pack.<ref>[[Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries#Day 68|Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries; Isabella Proud's terminal, Day 68]]</ref>
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A week later, she decided on a daring move, deciding that observation has ran its course. Instead, she would approach the group at dusk. Since Jason would vehemently oppose the plan, she decided to secretly coat his radiation suit with the same irradiated resin she has been using, to attract the feral ghouls to them and interact with them.<ref>[[Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries#Day 75|Isabella Proud's camp terminal entries; Isabella Proud's terminal, Day 75]]</ref>
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They were both killed in short order.<ref>Proud and Jason's corpses are present.</ref>
   
 
==Interactions with the player character==
 
==Interactions with the player character==
 
===Interactions overview===
 
===Interactions overview===
 
{{Interactions FO3
 
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{{Inventory
 
{{Inventory
 
|apparel =[[Radiation suit (Fallout 3)|Radiation suit]]
 
|apparel =[[Radiation suit (Fallout 3)|Radiation suit]]
|weapon =-
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|weapon =
|otheritem =[[Sensor module]]<br />[[Surgical tubing]]
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|otheritem =[[Sensor module (Fallout 3)|Sensor module]]<br />[[Surgical tubing (Fallout 3)|Surgical tubing]]
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
If resurrected via [[Gamebryo console commands|console command]], Isabella is friendly towards the player character, while her colleague [[Jason (Fallout 3)|Jason]] is hostile.
* For information concerning hidden items and terrain glitches, see [[Isabella Proud's camp]].
 
* When resurrected, Isabella is friendly towards the player, while her husband [[Jason Proud|Jason]] turns hostile.
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
Isabella Proud only appears in ''[[Fallout 3]]''.
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Isabella Proud appears only {{In|FO3}}.
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
* Her story is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Dian Fossey|Dian Fossey]]'s [[Wikipedia:Gorillas in the Mist|research]] on Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda.
 
   
 
==Bugs==
 
==Bugs==
* {{Platforms|ps3}} The bodies do not always appear.
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{{Platforms|pc,ps3,xbox360}} The bodies do not always appear.{{Verify|verified}}
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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<gallery widths=200>
 
Isabella Prouds camp.jpg|The camp and the corpses
 
Isabella Prouds camp.jpg|The camp and the corpses
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
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==References==
[[Category:Fallout 3 characters]]
 
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{{References}}
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[[Category:Fallout 3 human characters]]
 
[[Category:Fallout 3 human characters]]
 
[[Category:Fallout 3 deceased characters]]
 
[[Category:Fallout 3 scientists]]
 
[[Category:Fallout 3 scientists]]
   
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[[ru:Изабелла Прауд]]
 
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[[uk:Ізабелла Прауд]]

Latest revision as of 15:36, 18 November 2023

While Jason was scavenging the ruins, I caught a glimpse of the group by the pool in the afternoon.— Isabella, referring to the ghouls

Isabella Proud is a dead scientist found in Takoma Park in Fallout 3. The corpses of her and her research assistant, Jason, are behind the buildings on the other side of the canal through the factory. Access is gained by climbing the broken metal structure in the canal and jumping to the ledge on the far side. Progressing between the buildings and heading right will lead to the edge of a pool. The whole area is radioactive. The campsite is at the far end. There are a few normal feral ghouls and one glowing one named Samuel, along with some minor items.

Background

A scientist conducting research into feral ghouls, Isabella and Jason embarked on a months-long research effort to better understand the ghoulified former humans. On the 45th day, thanks to Jason locating a suitable terminal, she decided to move their workstation closer to their research area, inching ever closer to Takoma Park. Proud was a keen observer and on the day of moving, she observed that feral ghouls were not afraid of the daylight, but preferred indoor habitats.[1]

She performed a number of experiments to obtain hard data on feral ghoul behavior. One of these occurred on day 51, when she filled heavy basins with water and irradiated them to varying degrees. Thanks to their radiation suits, she was able to irradiate one to the point of lethality, which attracted the greatest number of feral ghouls, and succeeded far better than any lures they tried beforehand.[2]

On day 53, thanks to Jason salvaging and restoring a generator to working condition, Proud was able to move the terminal and establish a camp very close to the feral ghouls she was observing.[3] Five days later, she had a close encounter with "Melinda," as she called the feral ghoul that approached her when she was checking the experimental basins. Instead of attacking directly, "Melinda" seemed to sniff Proud's radiation suit covered in irradiated resin Isabella used to irradiate the basins. The feral ghoul then retreated, disappearing into the ruins, leaving Proud wishing she had a way to tag the ghouls properly (or identify gender, as feral ghoul bodies decay to the point that a determination is impossible; Proud assumed "Melinda" was female due to the way she, or rather, it moved).[4]

The feral ghouls disappeared after the encounter, leading Isabella to consider the possibility of "Melinda" informing her group of the human presence, perhaps even warning them. She shrugged off Jason's concerns, believing that the risk of them staying was worth the knowledge they could gain.[5] She grew even bolder in the coming days, sleeping in the research site overnight. No ghouls came, but she did see motion in the far ruins that could be the returning ghouls.[6] Jason spent the night with her the following day, with Proud using a heavily irradiated water basin as a lure. From the safety of a camouflage screen that Jason fashioned, they observed a group of feral ghouls emerge after dark to settle into the water, with an "alpha male" (a glowing one) seemingly leading the pack.[7]

A week later, she decided on a daring move, deciding that observation has ran its course. Instead, she would approach the group at dusk. Since Jason would vehemently oppose the plan, she decided to secretly coat his radiation suit with the same irradiated resin she has been using, to attract the feral ghouls to them and interact with them.[8]

They were both killed in short order.[9]

Interactions with the player character

Interactions overview

Interactions
38 Paradigm of Humanity
This character has no special interactions.

Inventory

Apparel Weapon Other items On death
Radiation suit Sensor module
Surgical tubing

Notes

If resurrected via console command, Isabella is friendly towards the player character, while her colleague Jason is hostile.

Appearances

Isabella Proud appears only in Fallout 3.

Bugs

PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 The bodies do not always appear.[verified]

Gallery

References