Denton Van Zan Build

Reign of Fire (2002) is a film directed by Rob Bowman, with the screenplay written by Matt Greenberg . The movie features Christian Bale, Izabella Scorupco and Matthew McConaughey in the role of a post-apocaliptic dragon slayer named Denton Van Zan.

When the world's powers failed to stop the spread of a sudden dragon infestation, large populated areas were been bombarded with nuclear weapons, leaving humans and civilization as we know it nearly extinct. The dragons have torched everything and have become increasingly aggressive in search of food. Until now.

By far the best character of the movie, Van Zan is determined to put an end to the draconic menace that has taken over the entire planet. Quickly gaining supporters and warriors, even among detractors due to his natural-born leader qualities, Van Zan, as a true hero, ultimately dies while giving time to his allies to defeat the largest dragon and the only male of the species.

This character build guide is thus an effort to bring Denton Van Zan to the Fallout: New Vegas setting. Although he will not be battling flying and fire-spewing dragons in the UK countryside or the London ruins this time, he will very much taking back the Mojave from abominations and mutated animal enemies, such as Deathclaws, Fire Geckos, Tunnelers and Yao Guai.

Character Summary

"Look out that window, Eden isn't burning its burnt." -Denton Van Zan



Denton Van Zan is the leader of a paramilitary group of dragon slayers called the Kentucky Irregulars.

He has black Polynesian inspired dragon tattoos across his chest, abdomen, and upper arms, often wearing a vest made from a bomber jacket. He brandishes a sawed off 12 gauge Mossberg 500 with vertical fore end and a distinct battle axe.

As a driven and no-nonsense indiviual, Van Zan takes on the role of a capable leader during the ultimate crisis. A true hero who is able to get the job done and inspire others to fight the good fight, no matter the cost or the branching consequences. He is strong, charismatic, reckless, but also clever and a capable tactician, given the limited resources and forces that he has to work with.

Character Creation

Name: Denton Van Zan

Apparel

• Merc Veteran Outfit

• Boomer Jumpsuit

• US Army General Outfit

• Courier's Duster "Old World Justice"

• Ulysses' Duster

• Packs of Cigarretes and Cartons of Cigarretes

Armor

• Combat Armor (Early Game)

• Desert Ranger Armor (Mid Game)

• Elite Riot Gear (Late Game)

Weapons

• Fire Axe (Early Game)

• Proton Axe / Proton Inversal Axe (Mid and Late Game)

• Hunting Shotgun, Sawed off Shotgun, Riot Shotgun and Dinner Bell.

• C4 Plastic Explosives and Detonator

• Grenade Launcher and/or Grenade Rifle for the early game. Thump-Thump and/or Great Bear Red Victory for the Late Game.

S.P.E.C.I.A.L

• Strength: 7 (Beach Bully) +1 with Implant, +1 After Lonesome Road - Van Zan one strong fighter, able overpower most other humans in single combat. Just ask Quinn.

• Perception: 4 (Unsuspecting Trout) +1 With Implant. - He was easily caught off guard and abushed by the male dragon while en route to London.

• Endurance: 8 (Flame Retardant) +1 With Implant. - He has survived encounters against several dragons. Van Zan is deffinitely tough and counts with the battle trophies of his victories to prove it.

• Charisma: 5 (Substitute Teacher) +1 With Implant. - With a commanding presence, Van Zan always seems to know what to say and when to inspire others into action and make them to join him in suicide missions.

• Intelligence: 5 (Knowledgeable) +1 With Implant. - As a competent strategist and not foolish by any means, he is aware of what needs to be done to attain victory over the dragons.

• Agility: 6 (Catlike) +1 with Implant. -Van Zan is agile, swift and able to perform acrobatic stunts with certain degree of success. His agility has saved him from dragon fire and jaws more than one time.

• Luck: 5 (Coin Flip) +1 With Implant. Anything goes with whatever mission Van Zan and his forces undertake. Either everything goes well or it all fails.

Traits

• Built to Destroy

• Kamikaze

Denton Van Zan has one mission only: kill the dragons, and now also the mutant monsters of the wasteland, no matter what.

Tag Skills

• Guns

• Melee Weapons

• Speech

Skills (Major)

• Guns

• Melee Weapons

• Unarmed

• Speech

• Explosives

Skills (Minor)

• Lockpicking

• Survival

• Medicine

• Repair

Perks

2 Hunter (Bonus vs those Yao Guai, Fire, Green and Yellow Geckos)
4 Rapid Reload
6 Shotgun Surgeon
8 Super Slam
10 And Stay Back
12 Toughness 1
14 Toughness 2
16 Purifier (Bonus vs Deathclaws, Nightstalkers, etc...)
18 Stonewall
20 Atomic
22 Ferocious Loyalty
24 Slayer
26 Spray And Pray
28 Action Boy 1
30 Implant GRX 1
32 Implant GRX 2
34 Action Boy 2
36 Nerves of Steel
38 Adamantium Skeleton
40 Splash Damage
42 Demolition Expert 1
44 Demolition Expert 2
46 Demolition Expert 3
48 Hit the Deck
50 Just Lucky I'm Alive or Ain't Like that now or Thought You Died (Character Karma)

Character Roleplay

Denton Van Zan leans towards the greater good, but he expects unquestionable loyalty and sacrifice from his troops and allies. He is stubborn and unlikely to accept the point of view of others who question his authority.

Even though he is a harsh and demanding leader, he is also pragmatic. He would put his safety and risk his own life if that meant the mission would be completed by others instead of him.

Companions

Van Zan would try to assemble a small but effective force of experts in every field.

• Rex is the best friend of any abomination and mutant slayer.

• ED-E would be perfect to detect the presence of monsters nearby.

• Arcade support and his Enclave ties would come in handy for Van Zan mission. He would try to acquire more Enclave powersuits, vertebirds and train more pilots.

• Boone would be Van Zan elite marksman and spotter.

• Cassidy's knowledge of the Mojave would ve useful for recon missions.

• Veronica's skills and Brotherhood ties would further Van Zan cause considerably.

• Lily would be Van Zan shock troop, provided he learns to trust her.

• Raul would be Van Zan's field mechanic, able to repair weapons, armor and vehicles as the paramilitary faction moves through the wastelands.

Potential Allied Factions

• NCR

Denton Van Zan would try to look for allies reasonable enough to listen to him. Most likely he would try to gain the NCR support first or work for the NCR as a merc and monster hunter to gain their favor.

• Followers of the Apocalypse

After gaining the support of the NCR, Van Zan would probably seek the Followers of the Apocalypse, help them and convince some of their field medics and scientists to join his forces.

• Boomers

In need of even greater firepower to cleanse the wastelands of the world, Van Zan would then try to contact the Boomers, help them with their local troubles and provide assistance for restoring their old world bomber aircrafts.

• Brotherhood of Steel

If he can convince them somehow to end the lockdown, no doubt that Van Zan would put their power armor and energy weapons to good use.

• Goodsprings, Primm, Novac, Freeside, Westside, North Vegas...

Van Zan would persuade every able individual of the civilian population to join his cause. If that were to fail, he would make them forcefully join somehow, posibly by beatting their respective leaders and represantives.

Potential Enemy Factions

• The Legion

Aside of the wasteland monsters, the Legion, Caesar and Legate Lanius would be without a doubt the greatest obstacles for Van Zan to overcome. He would most likely end up fighting the Legion and be constantly pursued by its assassins.

• Powder Gangers

Van Zan would get tired of the chaos the Power Gangers unleash. He would try to defeat them to take control of all the explosives that they stole from the NCR.

Potential Neutral Factions

• Great Khans

He would try to remain in neutral terms with them at least, knowing that their chems and tough raiders could perhaps help him in the future.

• Mister House

Van Zan's vision for the Mojave and the world is not House's vision. Van Zan would probably try to kill Mister House at some point and gain control of his robot army.

Ending

"Envy the country that has heroes, huh? I say pity the country that needs them." -Denton Van Zan

• NCR

If the goals of the NCR align with his own, he will help then in the Second Battle of Hoover Dam.

• Yes Man / Free Vegas

If the NCR fails to understand what needs to be done to ensure victory over the wasteland monsters, Van Zan will get things done his own way.


- Thanks for reading and have fun!