Who they are
The Enclave turns nostalgia for the old United States into an exclusionary political project. It matters because Fallout repeatedly asks whether restoring old power is the same as rebuilding a better society.
Their story belongs to The Capital Wasteland and also touches Pre-war America and the Great War. A ruined capital where clean water becomes the first real chance at renewal.
Their story, step by step
- Step 1
Claim the old world's authority
The Enclave treats continuity with pre-war state power as a justification for ruling survivors rather than serving them.
- Step 2
Turn purity into exclusion
Its plans repeatedly frame other humans as a problem to be managed or eliminated, exposing the violence behind its idea of restoration.
- Step 3
What their choices leave behind
The Enclave remains a warning that recovering old symbols is not the same as building a just society.
Turning points
- Surviving as a hidden remnant of state power.
- Defining legitimacy through exclusion.
- Forcing other factions to distinguish recovery from domination.
Where their story stands now
The Enclave remains a warning that recovering old symbols is not the same as building a just society.
Who they are tied to
Games they appear in
- Fallout 2 →The Chosen One leaves drought-stricken Arroyo to find a G.E.C.K. and uncovers the Enclave's plan to eliminate people it considers genetically impure.
- Fallout 3 →The Lone Wanderer leaves Vault 101 to find their father and becomes involved in Project Purity, an attempt to provide clean water to the Capital Wasteland.
Where this fits in the story
- The Capital Wasteland · step 1
Leave Vault 101
The Lone Wanderer discovers a capital devastated by centuries of conflict.
- The Capital Wasteland · step 2
Search for Project Purity
A family search becomes a struggle over who controls clean water.
- The Capital Wasteland · step 3
Confront the Enclave
Pre-war authority returns with a vision of order built on exclusion.
- The Capital Wasteland · step 4
Change the East Coast
The outcome shapes what the Brotherhood carries into the Commonwealth.