Goris

Goris, son of Gruthar, is an intelligent dark gray deathclaw, and a possible companion who resides in Vault 13 in 2241.
==Background==
Goris is a humanoid figure wearing a long-sleeved, hooded robe.Goris' character description: "You see a humanoid figure wearing a long sleeved, hooded robe. There is something unnatural about his stance, but you're not sure exactly what it is."(Ocgoris.msg) He is a scholar and was very curious about the rest of the world. He had learned how to crudely disguise himself among humans by wearing a loose robe (because "humans have a habit of shooting deathclaws on sight") and claiming that he was really a human but had some deformity he wished to hide and traveled in the wasteland among them learning as much as he could about their cultures.
In 2241, he studied the culture his pack formed and compared it to human development along similar lines. When the Chosen One met Goris for the first time, he said that he had only been at Vault 13 for a few months and has acquired all the information he needs there, and wants to go again for his research. He does not like to travel alone, so he offers to be a companion of the Chosen One to help them in their research and wants to show that deathclaws can work with humans as friends, not enemies.
Depending on the actions of the Chosen One, the Enclave will invade Vault 13 and kill everyone in it. No matter if accompanying the Chosen One or not, he was thus spared of the massacre (because he was on one of his scholarly trips if not accompanying the player character). After that, he can accompany the Chosen One to further study the world around him and to avenge his kin.
== Characteristics ==
One of his particular characteristics is that he's affected by albinism, due to a different mutation with FEV.Fallout Bible His hide is completely dark grey instead of earth-tone colors like other deathclaws, and his eyes are red. He also has a sensitive hide due to his albinism, because even when he is among his pack, he always wears his robe and only removes it during combat. He also possesses a telepathic sense connecting him with his brothers, as seen when the Enclave attack Vault 13 if Goris accompanies the Chosen One: he feels his brothers are in danger and leaves the group to return to Vault 13.
==Interactions with the player character==
===Fallout 2===
====Interactions overview====
====Quests====
* Talk to Goris: A simple task, just talk to the alpha male deathclaw.
====Other interactions====
* Goris may join the Chosen One's party in search of new experiences and knowledge. His absence from Vault 13 meant that he was the only survivor of Frank Horrigan's massacre of the "rebellious" deathclaws. He, possibly along with Xarn (depending on the Chosen's actions), are the only two surviving intelligent deathclaws but they can produce intelligent deathclaws since the gene was made male-specific and any intelligent male that mated with a non-intelligent female deathclaw would (most likely) produce intelligent deathclaws.
* Normally, Goris wears his brown robe everywhere he goes. However, when combat begins, he dramatically tosses them off, revealing his deathclaw form. The animation of Goris taking his robes off takes around five seconds, as does the animation of him putting his robes back on. As a companion, Goris is tough, quick, and skilled in unarmed combat. However, his inability to use other weapons than his claws reduces his utility as an NPC somewhat, though his tough hide is equivalent of combat armor.
* Goris can communicate with low-Intelligence player characters fully, which is fitting since he lived with deathclaws of various IQ levels. Oddly, Goris does not mention that he is a deathclaw when first recruited. This means the Chosen One only finds out when they enter combat for the first time.
* Thanks to the combination of his extremely high Strength and lack of weapons or armor, Goris can be used to carry heavy equipment much easier than most other companions.
====Disrobe animation====
===Fallout: The Board Game - New California===
Goris can be found randomly when taking a card from the loot deck. While in a fight with Goris is the active companion, the player character can exhaust him to negate all damage taken.
When the player character performs the camp action, he will become unexhausted. However, if the player character has more than two SPECIAL tokens at this time, he must be discarded.
==Statistics==
Primary Statistics
Statistic 	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5	Stage 6
Strength 	08 	08 	09 	09 	09 	10
Perception 	09 	09 	09 	09 	09 	09
Endurance 	07 	08 	08 	09 	09 	10
Charisma 	04 	04 	04 	04 	04 	04
Intelligence	05 	06 	06 	07 	07 	08
Agility 	08 	08 	09 	09 	09 	10
Luck 	06 	06 	06 	07 	07 	07
Secondary Statistics
Statistic 	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5	Stage 6
Hit Points 	134 	145 	155 	166 	175 	187
Armor Class 	28 	28 	29 	34 	34 	35
Action Points	11 	12 	12 	12 	13 	13
Carry Weight 	225 	225 	250 	250 	250 	275
Melee Damage 	28 	30 	36 	39 	41 	45
Sequence 	28 	29 	29 	30 	30 	31
Healing Rate 	2 	2 	2 	3 	3 	3
Tagged Skills
Skill 	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5	Stage 6
Unarmed 	120% 	130% 	140% 	150% 	160% 	170%
Melee Weapons	110% 	110% 	110% 	110% 	110% 	110%
==Inventory==
==Notes==
* According to the main quest of Fallout Shelter Online, a Wise Deathclaw was found to be living in the Glowing Sea on the opposite coast decades later. A new mother, Kura travels the Commonwealth in disguise, with her egg in tow. She mentions being inspired by "a distant relative that used to hide his identity so that he could travel with humans." 
* Sometimes after combat ends when he is either knocked down, out or unconscious, Goris might not put on his robe and end up walking around without it. However, returning to combat makes him put the robe on again.
* Goris is the only available deathclaw companion to appear in the canon titles. Additional deathclaw companions from other titles include Krldraav, Mother, Shaav, and Shriek from Fallout Tactics.
* Goris will sometimes scare off the children that guard the stores in the Den, preventing them from stealing the Chosen One's items.
==Appearances==
Goris appears in Fallout 2 and the Fallout: The Board Game expansion Fallout: New California, and is mentioned in the Fallout Bible and Fallout Shelter Online.
==Behind the scenes==
* Goris was designed by John Deiley, as was the entirety of Vault 13 in Fallout 2.
* Goris' motivations are caused by his fascinations of empires and civilizations that formed only to fall and was trying to discover the one common element among civilizations that eventually led to their downfall so he could devise a sort of 'cure'. But he was incapable of ever doing so, for he was trying (in vain) to understand humanity from the standpoint of a total non-human."Previously Unknown Fallout 2 Cut Content Sourced From Designer" at No Mutants Allowed
==Bugs==
* Under some circumstances, after the deathclaw inhabitants of Vault 13 are killed, a bug will deny recruiting Goris. After recruiting him he will instantly try to return to the Vault, setting up an infinite loop of asking him to join you and him returning. This can be worked around by pressing 0 right after clicking on the conversation option to recruit him. This instantly cancels the script that returns him to the Vault.
** Another way of fixing the glitch is to ask to recruit him then leave the vault and go somewhere else (NCR as it is the closest) and wait a day or two, then come back to the vault and recruit Goris and this time it should work.
==Gallery==
FO2 Goris model.png|Goris wearing his robe
Fo2 Goris wo robe.png|Goris without his robe
Grisftbg.png|Goris as he appears in Fallout: New California
File:Wise Deathclaw.jpg|The Wise Deathclaw alluding to Goris in Fallout Shelter Online
==References==
Non-game
Category:Fallout 2 companions
Category:Fallout: New California companions
Category:Fallout Bible characters
Category:Deathclaw characters
Category:Mythical figures
Category:Vault 13 characters
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