The Return Of These United States Of America

by Manetheren Beagle

This is the story of the enclave, and this is what happened after the end. Our story revolves around Andrew Clackson, commonly known as the "Solitary Soldier," and the Enclave's struggle for a last glimmer of hope, and the reunification of the Enclave, the United States of America.

7. Character explanations part 1

Ch. 1, Andrew and Eleanor Clackson.

A short while before their world was destroyed and pasted back together like an old vase, Andrew Clackson met a scientist almost a year younger than him. The scientist's name was Eleanor Peterson, and the two quickly became very good friends, eventually they even started dating under pseudonyms in Rivet City. They soon got married, and hard times hit almost immediately, resulting in the dual defeats at Raven Rock and Adams Air Force Base. The two had a good friendship and relationship through it all, and while they had been dating, there were never any dirty moments.

Andrew is young, about 22 by the events of my story, he is skilled at melee and energy weapon fighting, he has good, well-rounded special stats: 6 Strength, 6 Perception, 6 Endurance, 6 Charisma, 7 Intelligence, 5 Agility, and 5 luck. He is also often able to talk his way out of unpleasant situations, and is good at getting others to lower their prices. He loves figuring out difficult problems, and has a reputation as a skilled person, though he has a few anger issues he is currently working on as well as having bad timing. He and Eleanor are both Christians.

Eleanor is also young, 21, almost 22 years old by the events of the story. She is pretty, smart, and specializes at doing research and repairing items. It has been said around the base that Eleanor could build a working prewar vehicle with a box of scraps if she had rough blueprints, and that is probably true, she is also good at designing and blueprinting. She has less balanced special stats: 8 Strength, 5 Perception, 2 Endurance, 7 Charisma, 8 Intelligence, 8 Agility, and 5 Luck, she is, however, good with a small pistol. She is fairly athletic, and could do well in a fair fight, but she prefers to try to talk her opponent down rather than fight directly.

Eleanor is fairly tall at five feet, eight inches, she has red hair, which is generally tied back so she can work in the lab. She is athletic, often found running when she is not in the lab, which results in her having a slimmer build. Andrew is also fairly tall at six feet, he has dark brown hair which he keeps short.

(Bold is the key for my notes) Andrew's name is based on one of my friend's names, Andrew Clason, and in small part on President Andrew Jackson, though I didn't realize that while I was coming up with his name. I cannot speak for the personality similarities between either of the real life people and the character except for the fact that both Andrew Clason and the character are Christians.

Eleanor's name is not really based on anything, but I noticed that her maiden name was the same last name as Jordan Peterson, a political figure my sister likes, which is fitting since I got the name Eleanor at my sister's suggestion, other than that, there wasn't much else.

I decided to change some of the material on this page to reflect some changes I have made to the characters, I have also added descriptions descriptions of their appearances.