Cassie Rogers

**Cassie Rogers** is the proprietor of Cassie & Carson's, the general store in the Brotherhood of Steel-controlled part of Detroit. She runs the shop alone now since her husband Carson, an outspoken critic of the Brotherhood, has gone missing.

## Background

Before she was "Cassie Rogers", Meg was part of small group of raiders who preyed on traders travelling through Detroit. Each member had a significant bounty on their head at Eastern Market. In 2285, Meg and her gang spotted Carson Rogers, a wealthy mark who made his fortune trading goods between Zug Island, Eastern Market, and Motown. Luther, the leader of the raiders, concocted a plan: Meg would pretend to be interested in Carson, get close to him, then slit his throat and rob him blind. Meg agreed and approached Carson using a fake name, Cassie, her mother's name.

Rumors were abuzz over the next several weeks about the new girl working at Carson's General Goods, about how Carson was sweet on her and about the flirtatious chemistry between the two. Some said she was just after his money. However the more time Cassie spent with Carson, the more she found she actually liked him. He was sweet and way more fun that Luther and the gang. He took her on his caravan trips, except to Eastern Market, Cassie HATED Eastern Market, but Carson understood and left her in charge of the shop while he went alone. When the day came to kill Carson, Cassie found she couldn't do it. She loved him. The people of Detroit weren't surprised when the pair married shortly after. Except for Luther.

It wasn't long before members of the gang started approaching her in town, asking what she was doing and threatening her to get the job done, but Cassie knew they wouldn't try anything with the Brotherhood nearby. However Cassie started to worry about Carson on his business trips. Reluctantly she agreed to go with him on his next one, to Eastern Market, to keep him safe from the gang. Carson was alarmed and knew something was wrong but agreed to take her. Cassie was wary of an ambush and it came, not far from the city gates on the trip back. Luther and the raiders grabbed Carson and forced Cassie to watch. Luther revealed to Carson that "Cassie" was actually Meg and was only getting close to him to rob him. In his final moments, Carson admitted he had always known, he had seen her partying with the gang on rooftops when he made his trips, but he didn't care because he loved her. Carson told her of a gift he had ordered from a Hunter in town and wanted Cassie to still have it. Luther killed Carson and dumped his body into the Detroit River and left Cassie there alone, sobbing. Slowly she made the way back to town. It was two weeks before she worked up the nerve to obtain Carson's gift from the Hunter: a beautiful intricately-carved wooden sign that read "Cassie & Carson's" to replace the similar one that currently hung in front of Carson's shop. The shop was hers but hers alone.

Rather than risk suspicion, Cassie hung up the sign and reopened the shop. Over the next couple weeks when someone would ask about Carson, Cassie would say he's on one of his business trips, but many saw the worried look her face. There came a time when she couldn't look her customers in the eyes without bursting into tears, everyone assumed she was worried for Carson's safety, now gone over a month. Everyone believed the Brotherhood of Steel was responsible, Carson made his living scavenging from Zug Island before the Brotherhood arrived and Carson was vocal about now being banned from the island. No one suspected the truth and Cassie couldn't correct the rumors. In time, Cassie managed to find some solace in running Carson's shop and the family of customers who knew how much the couple cared for each other.

Word got back to Luther that "Cassie" now owned and ran the shop. Luther started sending his men to town demand his cut of the shop's profits. They threatened to expose the truth, and even name "Cassie" as Carson's killer. Cassie couldn't let that happen and reluctantly agreed to their terms. She's been paying the gang for their silence since.

The Prisoner meets Cassie Rogers in 2287. It is now "well-known" that the Brotherhood took Carson; Cassie only says she knows he's dead. However, Cassie has a raider problem and would gladly pay the Prisoner to wipe out Luther's gang. While investigating Luther's lair, the Prisoner learns the truth about Cassie and Carson and may choose to approach Cassie with the evidence found.

## Behind the Scenes

* The inspiration for Cassie is Lisbet, the shopkeeper in Markarth who ate her husband and inherited his shop. There was a second Skyrim inspiration I can't recall, someone with a secret identity that is easy to miss, maybe the Blade at the Nightgate Inn.