Arroyo elder The Arroyo elder is the leader of Arroyo in 2241 . She is the daughter of the Vault Dweller and the mother of the Chosen One . She is only referred to with her title , and her real name is unknown . She has tattoos on her neck and appears to have a severe in her right eye . Background . Early years . In the early years of Arroyo , the Vault Dweller , and his wife Pat , led the village and the tribe . The tribe grew , and grew strong with their help . In 2188 , their daughter , who later became the Elder , was born . Eventually , she and their other children became the leaders of the community . On January 16 , 2208 , several years after Pat ' s death , the Vault Dweller wrote his memoirs . Soon after that , he vanished from Arroyo and was presumed dead . Some say the Vault Dweller was taken by the sky spirits , others say that the Vault Dweller felt it was time to move on and leave the Elders to guide Arroyo to its destiny . After the One - Moon ( Month ) Cycle of mourning for the Vault Dweller ended , activity in Arroyo began returning to normal . Ascension to leadership . The final training of the Vault Dweller ' s daughter for the role of village elder began on February 2 . She underwent a great deal of physical training and tutoring in various sciences , mathematics , and , of course , weapon skills . Two years later , she took her mystic test , a key ingredient of which is several pots worth of hallucinogenic plants from Hakunin ' s garden . She ran the gauntlet in the Temple of Trials , using her charm to pass most of the tests after her handgun jammed ( and was ruined ) on the first level . She offered numerous criticisms of the test , resulting in many revisions . Two days later , she ascended to role of Village Elder . She ruled with a steady hand , and her wisdom was greatly respected . Chosen One . The elder ' s child , later called the " Chosen One " , was born on March 23 , 2221 . Their father is not recorded in the tribal records . The reason for this is unknown , but the elder may have simply been embarrassed . In 2241 , the worst dry season in many years causes a drought in the Northern California area , hurting crops and brahmin in Arroyo . The elder , having read a GECK advertisement in her father ' s old holodisks , decides that her child must be sent to find it , as it is the village ' s only hope . After descending and finishing the Temple of Trials , she gave him $ 152 and a water flask , and the Chosen One left the village in search for the ancient device . The Enclave . While the Chosen One was on their quest , on July 20 , 2242 , Arroyo was attacked by Enclave soldiers in vertibird s , wearing power armor , armed with energy weapons , and the villagers , including the Elder , were enslaved and brought to the Oil Rig . Some of them tried to resist the attackers and were killed , and Hakunin was seriously wounded . The Enclave needed the tribals for their FEV experiments . They needed two test groups : one of clean , pure humans and another composed of the ' mutants ' that lived all over the mainland , suffering radiation and FEV exposure for decades that , to the Enclave , made them unclean . The unclean sample was easily obtained by kidnapping the entire population of Arroyo . The clean group were the dwellers of Vault 13 , who were reunited with their long lost Arroyo brethren in Enclave prison cells . In Fall 2242 , the Chosen One managed to enter the Enclave Oil Rig using a damaged tanker and destroyed the Poseidon Oil platform , killing the President of the United States and ending the Enclave ' s plans for world domination . The surviving people of Arroyo and Vault 13 were freed , the Elder among them , and were brought back to the mainland in the oil tanker the Chosen One had used to reach the rig . Arroyo reconstruction . The Arroyo elder lived for many years after the destruction of the Enclave . She seemed pleased that the ancient separation between Vault 13 and the Vault Dweller had been reconciled , and many times she told the Chosen One that she wished the Vault Dweller were alive to have seen the reconciliation take place . Certain that the safety of the new village had been secured and the new community was flourishing , the Elder passed away a few months later in her sleep . Many of the older Arroyo residents believe that she now lives in the vault of the sky , telling the Vault Dweller of the Chosen One ' s brave deeds . Appearances . The Arroyo elder appears only in " Fallout 2 " . She is voiced by Florence Di Re .