Fawkes Fawkes is a Vault 87 super mutant and possible companion of the Lone Wanderer in 2277 . He is an outsider among his kin , having regained his civility and intelligence following the rigors of his mutation . Background . Life in the Vault . Fawkes was one of the original residents of Vault 87 , and possibly went by the name of Shelton Delacroix , who was a Vault security officer . Not long after the vault dwellers moved into Vault 87 , the vault overseer and security guards began testing with the FEV . Several vault dwellers were changed into super mutants , and they forcibly mutated the other normal humans - thus , all the members of Vault 87 were changed into super mutants or centaurs , or killed . It wasn ' t long before the Mutants began to overrun the Capital Wasteland , searching for new sources of the Forced Evolutionary Virus . Despite being infused with FEV , Fawkes ' s mind was not affected as badly as the other mutants when they went through the transformation ; the cause , however , is not clearly given . Even though he forgot his past and who he was , Fawkes still possessed a sense of morality and showed remarkable intelligence . As stated in dialogue with the Lone Wanderer , this " ironically " made Fawkes a mutant in comparison to other super mutants ( or " Meta humans , " as Fawkes calls them ) . As a result , he received the same treatment as other failed FEV experiments , and was confined in a medical observation cell in the Vault 87 lab area as a " curiosity . " When Fawkes meets the Lone Wanderer , he states that he has been trapped in that cell for a long time and cannot recall how long he was in there - he states that he has been " in this cage . . . all my life . " He also explains how he was able to keep himself from going crazy , as well as keeping his intelligence up . He did so by using a terminal that linked to the Vault 87 mainframe , containing a large amount of information about the outside world . In isolation . His fellow mutants had failed to realize that the chamber Fawkes was locked in had a working terminal . Here he read about the past for at least a century , learning about the history of the world . One piece of history he took a liking to was the ' Gunpowder Plot ' which involved a group of rebels , trying to assassinate King James I , the current British monarch at the time , by blowing up the ' House of Lords . ' Guy Fawkes was a member of this rebellion , and despite the fact his failure is celebrated throughout the pre - War United Kingdom , Fawkes took a liking to him , and because Fawkes had forgotten his old name a long time ago he renamed himself Fawkes . Residing as a prisoner in Vault 87 , Fawkes is one of two known " humanized " super mutants in the capital wasteland , the other being Uncle Leo . In 2277 he is confined to Isolation Room 5 in Vault 87 , where he has resided for as long as memory permits . Fawkes claims that he was able to attain literacy and a civilized personality ( things most East Coast super mutants , and super mutants in general , sorely lack ) by gleaning as much information as possible from the vault ' s immense on - line database ( or at least until recently as the terminal that he used was destroyed by the other super mutants as a way of tormenting him ) . Fawkes credits his intimate knowledge of Vault 87 to being a resident there before being transformed into a super mutant , additionally he wears the tattered remnants of a male Vault 87 jumpsuit , possibly due to him outgrowing it while mutating . Fawkes has knowledge of the Garden of Eden Creation Kit , one of which is located inside Vault 87 . He waits patiently inside his small isolation chamber , waiting for someone to come along , in search of the G . E . C . K , and give him his freedom . Identity before mutation . A series of unused holotapes which were meant to be found in Vault 87 shed possible light to the identity of Fawkes . The holotapes are part of a daily diary Shelton started to record , detailing his " life in one of Vault - Tec ' s newer vaults . " The first tape is primarily an introduction , but the later tapes concern some bizarre sounds Shelton hears while on shift , and later something disturbing he witnessed . Shelton ' s next recording reveals that his previous holotapes eventually came to the attention of the wrong people . The recording is made as Shelton is hiding in the reactor room . Before the recording abruptly ended , a door can be heard opening . The fifth and final holotape reveals what eventually happened to Shelton after his capture . It is important to note that , although Fawkes shares the same voice as most of the Capital Wasteland ' s super mutants , he is " explicitly " defined within the game ' s dialogue files as being the speaker in the final recording . Though nothing is left to document why these recordings were not included in the final version of the game , Fawkes ' demonstrated intelligence does not appear to be present in the fifth holotape recording , consistent with his statement that he had to work to become as intelligent and well - spoken again as he was at the time of meeting the Lone Wanderer . Daily schedule . Fawkes lives in Isolation Room 05 , a cell in Vault 87 . Should he find a way out , he will be at the Museum of History inside the lobby and right outside of Raven Rock after the quest The American Dream . Inventory . Fawkes is limited in the weapons he can use , and will only equip weapons from the following list : Also note that Fawkes will not equip any unique versions of the weapons in the above list . Notable quotes . Fawkes shares many sentences with the regular super mutant s , but also features many unique quotes of his own , often referring to his and Uncle Leo ' s possible Zen philosophy . Appearances . Fawkes appears only in " Fallout 3 " .