Doctor Siggi Wilzig is an associate of Lee Moldaver and former scientist with the Enclave before his defection around 2296. He appears in the Fallout TV series.
Background[]
Little is known about Siggi Wilzig's past other than, for some number of years prior to 2296, he resided with an isolated cell of the Enclave at an unnamed research colony in a snowy, mountainous region somewhere on the North American continent.[Non-game 1]
In the TV series[]
The Target[]
During his time conducting scientific research for the Enclave, Wilzig came into possession of Lee Moldaver's cold fusion technology that had been appropriated by the Vault-Tec Corporation before the Great War.[2] Aside from that, he also participated in the Enclave's behavioral conditioning research involving canines. Wilzig personally saved CX404 from being incinerated at birth by lying about her weight and sheltering her in his private laboratory while training her up. At some point, he secretly came into contact with Moldaver and also learned about the Three Vaults in Los Angeles, Moldaver's close ally Rose MacLean and her daughter Lucy.
Sometime in 2296, as Wilzig was doing further tests on the cold fusion tech and enjoying CX404's company, an administrator walked in on him and first confronted him for secretively keeping and raising a canine, which was against protocol. He may have subsequently noticed that Wilzig was covertly working on technology that the Enclave wasn't privy to. Seeing Wilzig as under threat in this exchange, CX404 attacked and killed Wilzig's accuser, kickstarting their escape. Since the alarm had been sounded, Wilzig knew that he and CX404 needed to leave imminently or both would face serious consequences. Wilzig and CX404 were fired upon by a turret while trying to get away but were able to escape unharmed due to its incredibly poor accuracy. As a result of his defection, however, a bounty was put on them both, attracting the attention of both bounty hunters like Honcho and the Ghoul[3] and groups like the Brotherhood of Steel in New California (who received word of Wilzig's Enclave connections from the Commonwealth chapter on the East Coast).[1][4]
At one point, the duo stopped in a clearing in the Wilds where Wilzig tried to consume a trail ration of Cram before being forced to flee after CX404 came back with a severed hand she had picked up from a nearby cave, hinting at the danger nearby; as Maximus and Knight Titus discovered later when they tracked Wilzig's movements to the cave, it was home to a yao guai.
Wilzig's trek towards reaching Moldaver later brought him to a chance encounter with Lucy MacLean shortly after she had left Vault 33 to track down Moldaver too and rescue her father. Wilzig attempted to warn her about the dangers of going unprepared in the wasteland, evidenced by CX404 snacking on a radroach that had been stalking Lucy, remarking on how it had adapted to its surroundings to survive while telling her to return home before she ended up dead. After she insisted on continuing her journey, Wilzig gave one last word of warning that the wasteland might change her for the worst before she reaches her goal, before he and CX404 left to continue on their own way.[1]
A short time after Lucy got there, Wilzig reached the trading town of Filly where he had planned to rendezvous with Ma June to complete passage to Moldaver's territory, where he also expressed his intimate knowledge of Lucy's home Vault. Before they could talk more, Wilzig was ambushed by the Ghoul and received a severe wound to his left leg from his revolver,[1][Non-game 2] forcing Ma June to fit him with a Jim's Limbs-brand prosthetic. After getting the coordinates to Moldaver's stronghold from Ma June, Lucy helped Wilzig escape from Filly after the Ghoul got into a fight with Maximus in his T-60 power armor.[1]
However, due to the severity of the wound and the prosthetic's sub-par design, Wilzig realized he would die from blood loss and shock before ever reaching his destination. After getting as far as the desert plains near Los Angeles International Airport, Wilzig discreetly consumed a Plan D cyanide pill to hasten his end. Once Lucy found out about this, Wilzig requested that she carry out the delivery of the cold fusion (though she did not know the exact nature) by using his Ripper to sever his head and take it with her to Moldaver. Just before expiring, Wilzig calls her by her last name, confusing Lucy further.[1]
Personality[]
According to his actor Michael Emerson, Wilzig is a "disenchanted loner with a big heart" who ends up getting involved with some "deep stuff."[Non-game 3]
In the TV series, Wilzig repeatedly expresses concern for Lucy's safety traveling in the wasteland and tries to convince her to return to her Vault. When he sees no other option for the success of his mission except for Lucy to carry his head, he takes his own life by privately ingesting a cyanide pill to spare her the trauma of personally killing him. In his final words to her, he expresses great trust and hope in her abilities.
He harbored great affection for CX404 and was mortified to witness her apparent death at the hands of the Ghoul while she was protecting him in Filly. CX404 also cared for Wilzig as she relentlessly tracked down his head after their separation.
Appearances[]
Siggi Wilzig is first mentioned in the Fallout TV series first episode "The End" and appears (alive) only in "The Target," where he is portrayed by Michael Emerson.
His disembodied head (becoming rotten and decomposed gradually) appears in "The Head", "The Ghouls", "The Past", "The Radio", and "The Beginning".
As of July 18, 2024 (version 1.18.0) he also appears in Fallout Shelter.
Behind the scenes[]
- Doctor Siggi Wilzig shares a name with Siggi B. Wilzig, a Holocaust survivor, self-made billionaire, and philanthropist who helped fund the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Much of Wilzig's character appears to be a nod to Harold Finch, Michael Emerson's character on the TV series Person of Interest. Like Finch, Wilzig's pet dog is a Belgian Malinois (Bear for Finch, CX404/Dogmeat for Wilzig). Wilzig also ends up having a nasty limp after losing his foot and having to use a prosthetic, not unlike Finch's distinctive gait brought on as a result of spinal injuries.
Gallery[]
- Fallout Shelter
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Fallout TV series, Season 1, Episode 2: "The Target"
- ↑ Fallout TV series, Season 1, Episode 1: "The End"
- ↑ Honcho: "A bounty came down. A huge one. Enough to be a last score for me and whoever's with me. Yeah. Now, somebody made a run from the Enclave."
The Ghoul: "Well, what makes you think I'd give a good goddamn about that?"
Honcho: "It ain't where they's running from I figured you'd be interested in. It's where they's running to. That witch Moldaver. In California. That's where you from, ain't it? Originally, I mean."
(Fallout TV series, Season 1, Episode 1: "The End") - ↑ Quintus: "Our mission comes from the highest clerics in the Commonwealth. It is believed that a denizen of the Enclave has escaped."
Squire: "The Enclave's real?"
Quintus: "And that he has with him an object of profound potential to harm our nation or to save it. Each knight in this legion will search a section of the Wilds for this target. Brothers, we exist for moments such as these. Go forth with honor! And may the shape of the future be cut by your sword!"
(Fallout TV series, Season 1, Episode 1: "The End")
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