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There really is nothing to say about the Bishop 'Family.' Oh, there is the extended family of hired thugs, mercenaries, whores, pushers, and slaves, but that is really all that the Bishop 'family' amounts to.Leslie Anne Bishop

The Bishops are a well-connected, power-hungry crime family residing in the post-War city of New Reno in Fallout 2.

The second most powerful of the four families, under their leader John Bishop, the Bishops seek a progressive reform of New Reno, ending the mob-based anarchy and bringing it into an alliance with the New California Republic and Vault City, to the extent of working within the NCR's congressional system to legalize prostitution and gambling within the republic.

Background[]

Playing politics[]

While it is unknown when and under whom the crime family first came to prominence in New Reno following the nuclear apocalypse, by the 2240s, the Bishops set themselves apart to where, while other families' missions involve the local intrigues of New Reno's politics, they are focused more on the politics of the outside world, delivering messages and occasionally poisons to political figures and spies outside the city of vice, all from their main establishment at the Shark Club casino.[1][2]

Like most criminal organizations, though, the Bishops are plagued by internal problems as well. The patriarch, John Bishop fell into a rut of neglectfulness and bitter spite, indifferent to the fidelity of his wife, Leslie Anne Bishop while willfully stepping outside of his marriage whenever it suits him.[3] He has also provided little guidance for his daughter, Angela Bishop, notorious for her promiscuity and a Jet addict to boot.[4][5]

Sometime prior to 2241, political figures in the NCR hired the Bishops as middlemen, who in turn hired the raiders who harass Vault City, in the hopes that the self-sufficient settlement will turn to NCR for protection.[6]

Change of leadership[]

By 2256, a bastard child sired by the Chosen One with either Leslie or Angela, at the young age of thirteen years old, assumed control over the Bishop family and eventually lead it to victory over the other families in New Reno,[7] later becoming the official head of the family by the 2280s and adopting the title of Mr. Bishop from either his late step-father or grandfather.[7]

While by then, the Wrights had taken the position as New Reno's leading crime family, the Bishops remained a force to be reckoned with, their influence extending beyond New California due to Mr. Bishop's eagerness to explore the wastes. He in turn conceived with an unnamed woman and bore a daughter who engaged in a tryst with Shark Club headliner Bruce Isaac sometime prior to 2281. After Isaac conspired to steal from the Bishops, he was forced to flee California, heading east to the Mojave Wasteland and hiding out in Novac for fear of Bishop-affiliated hitmen coming after him.[8][9]

After eventually leading his family to surpass the Wrights and become the dominant power in New Reno, Mr. Bishop quietly died in his sleep at the age of seventy-three, having never known his real father.[7]

Appearances[]

The Bishops appear only in Fallout 2 and are mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas.

References[]

  1. Deliver Moore's briefcase to Mr. Bishop in New Reno
  2. Assassinate Westin in NCR without making it look like a murder
  3. The Chosen One: "I really want to know. Tell me about him."
    Leslie Anne Bishop: "Ha! I assure you John and I have no love for each other. What small fraction existed has degenerated into a healthy amount of spite. He has his women, and I have my... pleasures."
    (Leslie Anne Bishop's dialogue)
  4. The Chosen One: "Your daughter Angela?"
    Leslie Anne Bishop: "Yes, my daughter, Angela. She has become quite the little tramp. (Smiles ruefully.) Like mother, like daughter…(Sighs in irritation.) Now, is that *all?*"
    (Leslie Anne Bishop's dialogue)
  5. Angela Bishop: "(Angela leads you up to her room on the third floor. While there, she cracks open a safe in the wall, takes out some jet, and offers some to you.) Want some, baby? There's more than enough for both of us to fly."
    (Angela Bishop's dialogue)
  6. The Chosen One: "Rumor has it that the NCR is making a deal with the Bishops."
    Tandi: "No point trying to keep secrets around here. We're negotiating with New Reno for membership in the NCR. They should have some pull with places like Vault City."
    (Tandi's dialogue)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 A possible Fallout 2 ending for New Reno
  8. Bruce Isaac: "Ahhh! Please don't kill me, I swear I'll have - wait. You... you don't work for Mr. Bishop, do you?"
    (Bruce Isaac's dialogue)
  9. The Courier: "Why would this Mr. Bishop be after you?"
    Bruce Isaac: "Oh, well, that's all just a big misunderstanding, see. Mr. Bishop, well, he owed me a lot of money, and, y'know, he's a busy guy, so I sort of figured I'd just...take it off his hands."
    The Courier: "You robbed a casino boss?"
    Bruce Isaac: "'Robbed' is such an ugly word. It's more like I took care of a payroll problem for him. Also, I might have... umm... sort of... plowed his daughter. A little."
    (Bruce Isaac's dialogue)
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