Barrows

Doctor Barrows is the leader of the Underworld and proprietor of its clinic in Fallout 3.

Background
Doctor Barrows is the informal mayor of the Underworld and proprietor of the Chop Shop and one of the few doctors in the wasteland trying to gain a scientific understanding of the condition of ghouldom. Whenever he is not tending to his patients, he runs experiments on samples gathered from volunteers (skin, hair, occasionally organs) to determine what ghoulification is and whether it can be rectified. He enjoys dark humor greatly, one of the few ways to maintain composure in a taxing line of work.

Recently, some ghouls scavengers brought a badly mangled Reilly to his shop, after finding her near the entrance to the city. Heavily wounded in a skirmish with supermutants (multiple lacerations, contusions, broken leg, some internal bleeding and blunt force trauma), she has remained in a coma, with Barrows unwilling to wake her up, first to allow her body to heal and second because of the potential for damage to her brain.

Barrows was one of several medical specialists contacted by the Railroad to conduct facial surgery on an escaped android. He dismissed it as a hoax, owing to his experience with appearances and gullibility. The fact that he considers medicine to be an important art and wasting it on cosmetic modifications is improper certainly didn't help.

While he tends to crack jokes, he is devoted to his art and will heal anyone who requires attention., even if his patient was a super mutant. Of course, he isn't a charity. He will require payment to cover his expenses.

Quests

 * Reilly's Rangers: He is one of the many people who can start the quest. He can wake up Reilly, though if the player doesn't see to it, the Rangers pick her up on the way from the Statesman Hotel.
 * You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head: Barrows can divulge some information on Crowley, with the right persuasion.

Behind the scenes
The word "Barrow" means burial mound, keeping in line with the morbid theme of Underworld.

Appearances
Doctor Barrows appears only in Fallout 3.