The Thorn (Fallout: New Vegas)

The Thorn is an underground arena located by the Westside south entrance in 2281. 
==Layout==
When approaching the Westside south entrance, a barricade of sorts can be seen, spelling out the location's name. The "R" in the sign points to the sewer below, distinguishing the main entrance. The Thorn serves as a sporting arena, where bets can be placed on the outcome of fights between wasteland creatures. Access to the Thorn is denied from 1:00 AM to 6:00 AM. The arena is surrounded by a system of raised catwalks for the guards and spectators, while surrounding the sides are cages holding the wasteland creatures grown and kept by Red Lucy for arena battles.
Custom fights can be arranged by speaking to Red Lucy. The player chooses what creature and how many of such will fight on each side. Since the creatures are expensive to breed, keep, and maintain, the player must pay for the fight. If the team chosen by the Courier is victorious, the amount of caps originally given will be returned as well as an additional sum.
It is also possible to participate in the bouts. The creatures available to fight are fire geckos, giant mantises, radscorpions, night stalkers, cazadores, and deathclaws, with the number of creatures being determined by the player. The screen will fade to black to enter the arena. The winnings are dependent on which and how many creatures are fought. The most the Courier can fight is three deathclaws at once. The player must bring Red Lucy several eggs of the animal they wish to fight before they can fight them in the arena, to replenish her creature inventory.
==Inhabitants==
* Red Lucy
* Four Thorn guards
* Various New Vegas citizens
==Notable loot==
* Dinner Bell - A unique variant of the hunting shotgun, given by Red Lucy as a reward for completing Bleed Me Dry.
==Related quests==
* Bleed Me Dry
* Fight Night
==Notes==
* Quickly looting the dead night stalkers will provide dog hides and dog meat, instead of nightstalker blood and nightstalker tails.
* Entering the arena when a fight is in progress will cause all the guards in the Thorn to become hostile and attack. However, attacking or killing the guards does not cause the spectators or Red Lucy to become hostile.
* With ED-E as a companion, the robot may help by firing at any enemies fought against in the arena. This will not result in hostilities from guards or spectators.
* Companions must be spoken to and requested to follow the Courier again after fighting in the arena, having been put into "wait here" mode while the fights take place.
* Boone's Spotter perk may help see the creatures fought in the darkness at the other side of the Thorn arena.
* Occasionally, Fiends may be pitted against radscorpions, giant radscorpions, night stalkers, or cazadores.
* The terminal in Red Lucy's chamber has a hidden option to turn off the power in the cages. It was meant to start a quest where the animals are released to wreak havoc in the Thorn and Westside, but the quest was cut and the option disabled in the final release of the game.
==Appearances==
The Thorn appears only .
==Behind the scenes==
One of the Thorn guard's lines "We're watching you... ssstranger." is a reference to a common voice line spoken by the Ordinators in the video game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - "We're watching you... sscum."
==Bugs==
==Gallery==
Red Lucy's chamber.jpg|Red Lucy's chamber
The Thorn arena.jpg|The arena
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The Thorn cages.jpg|The cages, to the left deathclaws, to the right night stalkers 
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