Jimmy Goldman

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James "Jimmy" Goldman is the leader of the old Runners, a group of mercenaries that attempted a failed raid on the Rocky Cape Bank in 2252. He is the father of Zachary "Eyes" Goldman, Jeremiah "Sterling" Goldman, and Lizzie Goldman.

Background
Jimmy was born in 2213, in the ruins of Charleston, West Virginia, to coal miner parents of unknown origin. He left home when he was a teenager to explore the world, traveling as far as California, before finally settling down in the vicinity of Lexington, Virginia, meeting his partner, Siobhan, and having three children. The Goldman family eventually relocated to Megaton in the Capital Wasteland, living there from late 2247 to mid 2248.

Pre-Raid of 2252
Jimmy had been planning the raid ever since finding a flyer for a bank in the old Dupont Circle ruins that was attempting to appeal to the bourgeoisie of the D.C. metropolitan area, promising a secure bank for the most valuable of assets, that was located on Maddox Island. Together with Siobhan, he used the house near the entrance of Megaton as a staging point to draw up blueprints, gather supplies and armaments, and attempt to find the location of the island using coordinates that were hand-written on the flyer that was found in the metro.

In a complete chance encounter in Megaton, Jimmy ran into Marion Baker, Ralph Moritz, and an ailing Ian Horner, who were stopping in town to find work, gather supplies, and see a doctor about Ian's illness, entering the town. Jimmy decided that they looked like a good traveling group, and attempted to coerce them into joining in on his plans, initially being shut down by Ralph, until he re-assured them that he had a plan in place. Jimmy took them back to his home, where he began info-dumping his plan to them. Ian stopped Jimmy halfway through the explanation of one of his diagrams, asking him who exactly he was, and why they should even care about what he had to say.

Jimmy confidently replied, "The name's Jimmy Goldman, and as of right now, you won't have to worry about caps anymore."

He finished up his explanation of the bank and his plans for the raid, and that was enough for Marion, Ian, and Ralph to join in on his plans to crack the Rocky Cape Bank. They ended up establishing a group known as the Runners and relocating to Maddox Island in 2248.

The Runners, over the next five years, lived on the island, scouting out the bank as well as working in Merideport and Flackland for caps and supplies.

Post-Raid of 2252
Shortly after the failed raid on the bank, Jimmy spent multiple weeks trying to track down Ralph Moritz, who had deserted the Runners at the bank. He eventually gave up, assuming Ralph had fled the island in shame. Jimmy and Siobhan settled down across the highway from the entrance to the tunnel that led to Merideport, silently watching the bank and tending to their farm with their three children.

'NOTE: Below is spoilers of a part of Jimmy's story that may be added in a future content patch. You have been warned!' In 2253, Jimmy and Siobhan were scouting out the old Bay Paving & Towing Company building when they were ambushed by an unorganized pack of raiders, who intended to capture them and sell them into slavery. They were then both tied down inside the building. Jimmy futilely resisted, asking one of the raiders to spare Siobhan and take just him. The raiders refused, and Siobhan was tortured and murdered right in front of Jimmy, as he was forced to watch the entire process. The raiders grew bored of Jimmy, and cut him loose.

Jimmy attempted to mislead the raiders and lose them by running like a mad man towards the north, only returning to his shack when he was confident he had shaken them off the trail. On his way back, Jimmy found Siobhan's body discarded in the small scrap yard next to the towing company. He buried her in the center island of the nearby lake that had become their leisure spot of choice, and held a short memorial service with his children at his side.

Unbeknownst to him, the raiders had basically taken over most of the Clearbank area and had eyes on him through the whole process. A few days later, Jimmy left once again on a supply run, being extra careful and avoiding the raiders the entire time. He returned to his shack to find three dead raiders in the house, Lizzie hiding under her bed with one of Jimmy's assault rifles, and his twin sons missing. Fortunately for Jimmy and Lizzie, the raiders would never return. End spoilers.

Jimmy would continue to live his days out, watching the bank and raising Lizzie by himself for the next 25 years before the arrival of the Lone Wanderer and the New Runners.

Inventory
Upon first meeting Jimmy, he is wearing a standard housewear outfit and carrying a pack of cigarettes on his person. In later appearances, he wears a mercenary outfit, and during the Rocky Cape Bank raid of 2277, Jimmy wears the old power armor that he used in the 2252 raid. In all appearances, he carries his original modified Chinese Assault Rifle that the player later receives a copy of.

Trivia

 * Jimmy Goldman used to have a completely different purpose in the original story of Washington's Malevolence: he was meant to be a generic player escort that later assisted the player in taking down the final boss of the story. As Project ZDIS was never truly fleshed out, his purpose changed as Malevolence started to take form. The objects in his shack from Mothership Zeta are remnants of the original storyline, as well as his editor ID (ZDISOldJimmyMQ).
 * Jimmy has by far the largest amount of voiced lines in Washington's Malevolence, around ~350 lines.
 * In-game, Jimmy is never clear with the player exactly what happened to his wife that was killed by raiders in 2253; this was meant to be fleshed out further in a cut sidequest called Siobhan's Story, however, the quest was never fully implemented. (Author note: this quest has not exactly been ruled out for completion in a future content update)