Pitt Uprising The Pitt Uprising was a civil uprising of slaves ruled by Ishmael Ashur ' s raiders in the Pitt , taking place in the year 2277 . Prelude . While the detachment of the Brotherhood of Steel under Owyn Lyons was heading east across the continental United States , bound for the Capital Wasteland to look for lost technology in the nation ' s former capital of Washington , D . C . , they encountered many groups of survivors whom had adapted in various ways to the post - apocalyptic conditions . One such region was the Pitt , formerly known as Pittsburgh . Before the Scourge , the Pitt was lawless and ruled by no one , with rape gangs , raider s , slaver s , and many other kinds of horrors all freely wandered , terrorizing the few innocent survivors . Owyn Lyons led the Scourge , a large - scale military action that wiped out nearly the entire population of the Pitt . In a single night , the Brotherhood swept through the city , eliminating any resident who put up a fight . Although the intent of the Scourge remains unclear , several unmutated children were taken from the Pitt easily by the Brotherhood and placed into initiate training , such as Paladin Kodiak . The motivations for the Scourge are unclear to this day , but many in the Brotherhood note that it was a marked change in the way the Brotherhood operates . Additionally , it is known that something was recovered from the Pitt during the Scourge , although to date it would seem that only Elder Lyons knows what it was . During the Scourge , Paladin Ishmael Ashur was caught in an explosion and was presumed to be their only casualty , so the Brotherhood left him within the mill and moved forward towards Washington , D . C . . Ashur lay there for hours , but soon he was pulled out of the rubble by scavengers trying to steal his armor . Ashur impressed them , with some even considering him a god . He then brought the scavengers in the area together , starting the city . He chose to start the city in the Pitt because he was touched by the tenacious locals , and the fact that it contained the only operational steel mill the Brotherhood had ever run into . Therefore , he recruited everyone in the area , killed raider leaders and made the rest follow him . It was not long before Ashur realized that simple raider gangs would not be enough , and to his discretion he soon started to use slaves ( whom he insists on calling " workers " to remind them that they all have a chance at freedom , no matter how slim ) ; he admits he hates to do this , but claims " it has to be done " since citizens of the Pitt are unable to have children due to the Troglodyte Degeneration Contagion . The Pitt began to slowly rebuild , the slaves made great progress in making things operational in the Pitt again , Ashur occupied Haven as his temple , overseeing the Pitt from its highest peak . At some point during his time at the Pitt , Ashur married Sandra Kundanika , a Pitt raider scientist , and then moved into Haven along with Ashur . A year or two before 2277 , Sandra had become pregnant with a girl . When the baby was delivered , she was named Marie . Marie had a special ability that the rest of the Wasteland lacked ; she was immune to mutation . Ashur and Sandra quickly set to work on developing a cure for their fellow Pitt inhabitants , hoping that they could finally have a cure . Background . Ashur ' s lieutenant , Wernher , deserted the Pitt and Ashur ' s army sometime during or after 2277 , and set up a radio signal in the Capital Wasteland seeking assistance to free his people . He had developed a plan to retrieve the cure and free his people from Ashur ' s rule . The Lone Wanderer arrived and went with Wernher to the city . Once there , the Lone Wanderer sought out Midea , the co - leader of the escape effort . The Lone Wanderer pretended to be a slave , and hunted for steel ingot s in the Pitt steelyard . On the Lone Wanderer ' s return , Ashur gave a speech to the slaves , informing them of the battles in the arena . The winner of the arena battles earned the right to leave slavery and live in the Pitt ' s Uptown , and join the ranks of the Pitt raiders . The Lone Wanderer fought through the arena battles , killing the likes of the Bear Brothers , and Gruber . The Lone Wanderer entered Uptown and made their way into Haven , Ashur ' s palace , and spoke with Ashur . While speaking , the slaves began rioting , and Wernher ' s plan was underway . During this , the Lone Wanderer could have carried out Wernher ' s plan and stole the cure , taken it back to Wernher , and shut off Uptown ' s lights , overrunning it with trogs and killing all of its inhabitants . Alternatively , they could have sided with Ashur , and quelled the riot , killing Wernher or convincing him with a Speech check to leave the city for good . Outcome . If the slaves were assisted , they would have been under either the Lone Wanderer or Wernher ' s rule , and tried to make a home of out of the region . Midea would look after Marie , and continue to find a cure from her . If Ashur was assited , the Pitt would have been returned to normal , and a cure would have eventually been found . Appearances . The Pitt Uprising appears only in the " Fallout 3 " add - on " The Pitt " .