Carol Carol is a female ghoul residing in the Underworld in 2277 . She runs Carol ' s Place with her partner Greta . Background . Born in 2051 , Carol was alive for the events of the Great War of 2077 . Living in Washington DC , Carol and her father had sought safety in a fallout shelter within the city proper , after the Chinese first strike destroyed the West Coast . Carol had barely entered the shelter , and was turning back to find her father who had stopped to help another family , when the thermal pulse from a nuclear explosion flash - vaporized him and knocked her unconscious . Hours later , Carol awoke and ran back to hopefully find him , but instead she only found his shadow permanently burned into a wall . Other survivors then took Carol back into the shelter . Carol did not stay in the shelter long , however . After the nuclear barrages ended , Carol ventured out into the city to seek a place to survive . Much of the city had either been reduced to rubble or was still aflame following the nuclear bombardment , but Carol was able to find safety in the relatively - undamaged Museum of History ' s " Afterlife " exhibit . Carol has been there ever since . Over time , more survivors gravitated to the Museum , almost all carrying stories of the lawlessness and chaos of the wasteland . This further convinced Carol to remain in the Museum . However , as time passed , Carol and many of the other survivors began noticing odd physiological changes , with dry , flaking skin being dominant . Although the rate at which the disorder progressed varied from person to person , the end result was ghoulification : the entire population of the Museum had become ghouls . While some had eventually turned mad or even become glowing one s , others , like Carol , just accepted their transformations . It is unknown if these " mad " ghouls were ferals or if they just went insane from the psychological damage caused by the transformation . Carol is perhaps the sweetest ghoul you ' ll ever meet . The fact that she ' s a hideously deformed ghoul hasn ' t stopped her from wearing a sundress , smiling pleasantly , or sharing a warm hello with anyone who crosses her path . She always wanted to open a bed and breakfast , and Carol ' s Place is her dream come true , although everyone has noticed that she ' s been a bit down lately . Relationships . Carol met another ghoul named Greta in the mid - 2210s , whom it is implied she is in a relationship with . For over sixty years , the two have jointly run Carol ' s Place , with Carol handling sleeping arrangements and Greta serving food . At an unspecified time prior to the emergence of the Lone Wanderer from Vault 101 , Carol befriended and " adopted " a ghoul named Gob . This caused a small rift between her and Greta , which Carol would later ascribe to jealousy . Whether or not that was correct , Gob later moved out and carried on the family tradition as a barkeep in Megaton , and the relationship between Carol and Greta stabilized , though Carol often worries about Gob ' s well - being . Daily schedule . Carol performs basic hotel keeping duties such as sweeping and renting out beds . Appearances . Carol appears only in " Fallout 3 " .