Cypress

 

Branchtender Cypress is a member of the Treeminders and guards the gate at Oasis.

BackgroundEdit

Cypress was born in 2252. Although the Treeminders would love to renounce violence and weaponry, they aren't naive: Cypress is one of the main armed guardians of Oasis. He is generally found patrolling the entrance to the Oasis Caverns. Cypress is 25 years old and used to be a Wasteland adventurer. He is extremely loyal to Tree Father Birch, believing Oasis to be a holy place and Harold a god.^[1]

Daily scheduleEdit

He can be normally found hanging out around the gate to the caves.

Interactions with the player characterEdit

Interactions overviewEdit

General	Services	Quests
Essential: Enslavable: Companion: Bounty: Drops ear	Merchant: Repairman: Doctor: Rents bed/room:	Starts quests: Involved in quests: Oasis

QuestsEdit

• Oasis: He gives you the key to enter the caves below Oasis.
  • If the player character chooses to add Birch's sap to Harold's heart, Cypress gives the player character a missile launcher and two missiles.

InventoryEdit

Notable quotesEdit

• "Branchtender Cypress at your service. Welcome to our little home."
  

  

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  FO3 Cypress AtYourService.ogg

  
• "I was an Outsider like yourself... wandering the world aimlessly, wasting my life trying to seek my fortune. When my eyes beheld the splendor of Oasis, I knew I'd found a holy place. Tree Father Birch allowed me to stay and I've been here ever since."
  

  

  Play sound
  Fo3_BTCypress IWasAnOutsider.ogg

  
• "Leave our homes and bodies immediately; live no longer in them, but pass over into places where you can harm no one." – during ceremony
  

  

  Play sound
  Fo3_BTCypress LeaveOurHomes.ogg

  

AppearancesEdit

Branchtender Cypress appears only in Fallout 3.

Behind the scenesEdit

Cypress is the common name for Cupressaceae, a family of trees. All of the human residents in Oasis have horticultural names.

ReferencesEdit