Fallout London Includes One Familiar Face With Ties To The Main Games

Summary Fallout: London features a younger Allistair Tenpenny with the same problematic request, setting the stage for Fallout 3.

Players can interact with Allistair in Fallout: London, showcasing his elitism and involvement with the Gentry faction.

The mod parallels Fallout 3's storyline by offering players a choice to help Allistair or the community, expanding the character's lore.

With the release of the Fallout 4 conversion mod Fallout: London, fans of the franchise are getting the opportunity to explore new lands and meet hundreds of new characters. However long-time Fallout players might not realize there is a familiar face to be found in 2237’s London. And those aware of this character’s history in the Fallout universe will not be surprised to learn that they’re up to their regular tricks.

The Fallout universe has never been afraid to bring back characters from past games to help with the sense of continuity. Fallout 4 featured several Fallout 3 characters who returned in organic ways to flesh out the world, continue their story, or give fun quests. And just as with the main series titles, as London's post-apocalyptic wasteland is explored, one of Fallout 3's most infamous characters can be found with a very familiar request for the Wayfarer.

Related How To Install (& Play) Fallout: London It can be tricky to figure out how to play and install the new Fallout: London mod that will take you to the British Wastelands for you to explore.

Fallout 3 Evil Entrepreneur Allistair Tenpenny Returns

The Man Clearly Enjoys A Good View

When playing Fallout 3 it’s hard to miss Allistair Tenpenny, the owner of the luxurious Tenpenny Towers, whose right-hand man will approach the Lone Wanderer in Megaton with a proposition. When met in 2277 Allistair is an old man, having long since made the journey from his homeland of England across the Atlantic to the Captial Wasteland. However when exploring Westminster in Fallout: London, the Wayfarer can bump into a much younger, but no less unscrupulous, Allistair, who is having an issue with his view.

Who Is Allistair Tenpenny In Fallout 3?

Players Have A Choice Between Siding With Tenpenny Or Megaton

To understand the role Allistair plays in Fallout: London, his role in Fallout 3 must first be understood. Allistair Tenpenny first appears in the Fallout universe in the Capital Wasteland and is described in the Fallout 3 loading screens as a British refugee who came to the US to seek his fortune. When the Lone Wanderer encounters Allistair it seems he has done just that, as he is the owner and landlord of the grand Tenpenny Towers, an elite apartment building in the southwest of the wasteland.

The Lone Wanderer will initially be approached while in the Fallout 3 settlement of Megaton by the mysterious Mister Burke, who has a terrible request for them. Burke will offer 500 caps if they help him detonate the bomb at the center of the town, which will obviously destroy the settlement and kill all the residents. This is often one of the first key story moments that can influence the ending of Fallout 3, and if the Lone Wanderer agrees, they will be invited to Tenpenny Tower to meet the man behind this bizarre and cruel request.

If the Lone Wanderer has the Black Widow perk they can persuade Burke to up the reward to 1000 caps.

Meeting Allistair in his luxury penthouse, the elderly gentleman will explain calmly that he wants Megaton and all its inhabitants destroyed because they are spoiling his view. The casual nature with which he speaks about the murder of a town of people is unnerving, and should the Lone Wanderer assist, they will be rewarded with an apartment in Tenpenny Tower. Given their behavior, it should come as no surprise that Allistair, and his assistant Burke, are two of only nine characters in Fallout 3 with Very Evil Karma levels.

Who Is Allistair Tenpenny In Fallout: London?

Fallout: London Sets The Stage For Megaton

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Set 40 years before Fallout 3, Fallout: London lets the Wayfarer meet a much younger Allistair Tenpenny, but other than his age, little about him is different. During the quest “A View To Kill,” Allistair makes the same request he will make in his old age, for an offending eyesore that is ruining his view to be removed. In this case, the eyesore in question is the London Eye, a huge observation wheel that was completed in 2000 and originally known as the Millennium Wheel.

Related Fallout: London - Best Things To Do First For players new to the Fallout: 4 mod, Fallout: London, there are a few things you should do first, such as gaining weapons, allies, and settlements.

Allistair can be found sitting directly opposite Big Ben and will call over to make his offer. Just as with Megaton 40 years later, this location is the home to a settlement, and just like Megaton, the Wayfarer has a choice to either help Allistair or the community he wants rid of. Allistair’s behavior in Fallout: London serves as both a great call back to his Fallout 3 quest and an illustration that he was always this way. However, Fallout: London also expands Allistair’s backstory in a brilliant and lore-accurate way by making him a member of the Gentry.

The Gentry are the current rulers of London and are made up of the descendants of the British government and pre-war aristocracy. Based out of the heavily guarded and gated Westminster, having Allistair be a part of this faction makes perfect sense given his clear elitism. There is a small consolation for any who don't want to help this pompous entrepreneur that something must go wrong in the next 40 years after Fallout: London to make Allistair leave the comfort of his ex-wife's estate and make the perilous trip across the ocean.