Chosen One The Chosen One is the grandchild of the Vault Dweller , and the player character in " Fallout 2 " . Background . Family ties . The bloodline of the wasteland ' s most influential tribesman extends all the way back to the Vault Dweller and his spouse , Pat . As the child of the village ' s elder , the Chosen One is a member of the third generation of former Vault 13 dwellers living outside the vault , similar to how their grandparents were the third generation to live in a vault . The quest . The Chosen One was trained from birth to become the tribe ' s champion and , in the future , their elder . Part of these trials were drug sessions with Hakunin . The final stage of the Chosen One ' s development was the Temple of Trials , a trial the Chosen One ' s mother also completed long ago . Their training complete , the Chosen One was sent out by the people of Arroyo to find a Garden of Eden Creation Kit which could make the failing village thrive once more . Exploits in the Wasteland . In the course of the Chosen One ' s journey , the wasteland was changed in many ways : The Enclave . Eventually the Chosen One found the G . E . C . K . , but also discovered that the Enclave , a remnant of the old United States ' shadow government , had abducted the people of Arroyo . This led them to uncover the conspiracy to develop a FEV specimen , which would be used to rid the wasteland of what the Enclave deemed to be impure and mutated forms of humanity . The Chosen One eventually found the Enclave ' s headquarters , an old Poseidon Energy oil rig in the Pacific Ocean . The Arroyo villagers were freed as well as the inhabitants of Vault 13 , who were also abducted by the Enclave for their experiments . During their escape , the Chosen One was confronted by Frank Horrigan . Horrigan was slain in battle , either by the Chosen One or renegade Enclave soldiers , but not before activating a nuclear warhead in the hope of destroying the Chosen One along with the Enclave . He escaped on the oil tanker along with the tribals and the Vault 13 dwellers . Legacy . With the GECK , the Chosen One , along with the Arroyo tribals and the Vault 13 dwellers , founded the city of New Arroyo and reunited the two bloodlines that had been separated for three generations . The village elder , pleased with the reunion , found peace and passed away a few months later , leaving the leadership of the village to the Chosen One . With the combination of the vault dwellers ' technical knowledge and the tribals ' survival skills , New Arroyo thrived under the Chosen One ' s rule , and grew into a powerful civilization . Marcus , in particular , was inspired by the Chosen One ' s example , and after the uranium mine in Broken Hills ran dry and the place was deserted , he wandered east , eventually founding Jacobstown in the Mojave Wasteland . The Courier may ask about the Chosen One to which Marcus replies he never found out what happened to him after they disbanded , but had a feeling that everything worked out for them in the end . The Chosen One was also remembered by other individuals . While not being born at the time it happened , Klamath Bob still would tell stories about a tribal that visited the town of Klamath and stirred up the place and Cannibal Johnson would reminisce of the Chosen One ' s visit to Navarro . Appearances . The Chosen One appears in " Fallout 2 " and is mentioned in " " and " Fallout Bible " .