↑ 1.01.1Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.102: "Vance Vance is 41, and the leader of the Family. When he was younger, he decided that life in Rivet City wasn't for him and began to wander the Wasteland. Soon, the ability to find others of his kind manifested itself. Over time, he gathered these outcasts and founded their home in Meresti. Using his traits as a basis and wanting to establish some sort of society, he molded the residents into "vampires" and taught them their bloodsucking ways. He is a fair leader, not tyrannical. He's never demanded anyone do anything they didn't wish to do, and he never wishes to put anyone in harm's way. He sees himself as a leader, but more in the way of a guide or a priest than a king. He addresses the residents of Meresti often so they will never "stray from their true nature"—that of the vampire. Vance is not violent and only attacks or orders attacks when survival demands it." (Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition Wasteland Census)
