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|content1={{Quotation|I understand. We've all got a past, and damn few of us have reason to be proud of it.}}[[File:Fo3TP_Wernher AllHaveAPast.ogg|noicon|135px|center]]
 
|content1={{Quotation|I understand. We've all got a past, and damn few of us have reason to be proud of it.}}[[File:Fo3TP_Wernher AllHaveAPast.ogg|noicon|135px|center]]
|content2={{Quotation|Ever since the city was scourged, we've done what everyone does: whatever's necessary to survive. I know my city seems barbaric to you, but it's the only way we can carve out a home in this hellhole, and it's kept these people alive. But that's enough stalling for time. So, do you know Wernher?}}[[File:Fo3TP_Ashur_CityWasScourged.ogg|noicon|135px|center]]
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|content2={{Quotation|Ever since the city was scourged, we've done what everyone does: whatever's necessary to survive. I know my city seems barbaric to you, but it's the only way we can carve out a home in this hellhole, and it's kept these people alive. But that's enough stalling for time. So, do you know Wernher?}}[[File:Fo3TP Ashur CityWasScourged.ogg|noicon|135px|center]]
|content3={{Quotation|Now that Marie's back, we have a chance at curing the disease that's been ravaging The Pitt since the bombs. Without it killing our kids, we can grow like a real city. No more bringing in slaves. No more forced labor. Things can get better. It's taken me a lot of work to rebuild this city. With your help, it's finally going to have a chance.}}[[File:Fo3_Ashur MariesBack.ogg|noicon|135px|center]]
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|content3={{Quotation|Now that Marie's back, we have a chance at curing the disease that's been ravaging The Pitt since the bombs. Without it killing our kids, we can grow like a real city. No more bringing in slaves. No more forced labor. Things can get better. It's taken me a lot of work to rebuild this city. With your help, it's finally going to have a chance.}}[[File:Fo3 Ashur MariesBack.ogg|noicon|135px|center]]
 
|content4={{Quotation|That's what I wanted to hear! You've got a bright future ahead of you in The Pitt, new blood. In fact, I'd like to let you in on a little secret, and show you the amazing advance that'll secure our place in the Wasteland. Now, I think, would be a good time for you to meet the cure for yourself. Let's take a trip back to the lab, where Sandra can explain...}}[[File:Fo3TP Ashur BrightFuture.ogg|noicon|135px|center]]
 
|content4={{Quotation|That's what I wanted to hear! You've got a bright future ahead of you in The Pitt, new blood. In fact, I'd like to let you in on a little secret, and show you the amazing advance that'll secure our place in the Wasteland. Now, I think, would be a good time for you to meet the cure for yourself. Let's take a trip back to the lab, where Sandra can explain...}}[[File:Fo3TP Ashur BrightFuture.ogg|noicon|135px|center]]
|content5={{Quotation|Right now, nothing. Until we can reproduce a treatment from Marie, they'll have to keep working. Otherwise, this city falls apart. But once we do have a cure, things will be different. We won't need to kidnap people for our city. We'll be able to grow naturally. Until then, this is the way it has to be. It's just what has to be done.}}[[File:Fo3TP_Ashur ReproduceTreatment.ogg|noicon|135px|center]]
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|content5={{Quotation|Right now, nothing. Until we can reproduce a treatment from Marie, they'll have to keep working. Otherwise, this city falls apart. But once we do have a cure, things will be different. We won't need to kidnap people for our city. We'll be able to grow naturally. Until then, this is the way it has to be. It's just what has to be done.}}[[File:Fo3TP Ashur ReproduceTreatment.ogg|noicon|135px|center]]
 
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'''Ishmael Ashur''', officially '''Lord Ashur''', is the ruler of [[The Pitt (city)|The Pitt]] and former [[Brotherhood of Steel]] Paladin.
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'''Ishmael Ashur''', officially '''Lord Ashur''', is the ruler/leader of [[The Pitt (city)|The Pitt]] and former [[Brotherhood of Steel]] Paladin.
   
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
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===The Scourge===
 
===The Scourge===
Unable to contact the [[Midwestern Brotherhood]], the Brotherhood pressed on eastwards towards Washington, D.C. During their travels, the Brotherhood came across the disturbingly vile ruins of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Known as [[The Pitt (city)|The Pitt]], city was lawless: rape gangs, raiders, slavers, and many other kinds of horrors all freely wandered and anarchy ruled the streets. The few innocent inhabitants had to scratch out a living in this terrorizing environment, most of whom were either sick or dying from the combined affects of the intense radiation and pollution from pre-war industrial factories damaged by the bombs spewing into the atmosphere.
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Unable to contact the [[Midwestern Brotherhood]], the Brotherhood pressed on eastwards towards Washington, D.C. During their travels, the Brotherhood came across the disturbingly vile ruins of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Known as [[The Pitt (city)|The Pitt]], the city was lawless: rape gangs, raiders, slavers, and many other kinds of horrors all freely wandered and anarchy ruled the streets. The few innocent inhabitants had to scratch out a living in this terrorizing environment, most of whom were either sick or dying from the combined affects of the intense radiation and pollution from pre-war industrial factories damaged by the bombs spewing into the atmosphere.
   
Horrified by what they saw The Brotherhood then led "The Scourge", a large-scale military action throughout the Pitt, combing the ruins and killing anyone who dared to put up a fight. Due to their sheer superior technological and combat abilities, the Brotherhood sustained virtually no losses but wiped out much of the Pitt's population, by the time The Scourge was over only a handful of raider gangs still existed in the city. Although the intent of the Scourge remains unclear, the Brotherhood took many non-mutated children, presumably those of raiders they had killed, were taken from The Pitt and placed into initiate training such as [[Kodiak|Paladin Kodiak]].
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Horrified by what they saw The Brotherhood then led "The Scourge", a large-scale military action throughout the Pitt, combing the ruins and killing anyone who dared to put up a fight. Due to their sheer superior technological and combat abilities, the Brotherhood sustained virtually no losses but wiped out much of the Pitt's population. By the time The Scourge was over only a handful of raider gangs still existed in the city. Although the intent of the Scourge remains unclear, the Brotherhood took many non-mutated children, such as [[Kodiak|Paladin Kodiak]], from The Pitt and placed them into initiate training.
   
During the Scourge, Paladin Ashur was caught in an explosion in a steel mill 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 was soon awoken when he was pulled out of the rubble by [[scavenger|scavengers]] trying to loot his [[Ashur's power armor|power armor]]. Ashur impressed them, with some of the scavengers even considering him a god. With the locals not having to worry about the rampant raider gangs which once infested the streets, he brought the many of the scavengers in the area together under his leadership.
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During the Scourge, Paladin Ashur was caught in an explosion in a steel mill 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 was soon awoken when he was pulled out of the rubble by [[scavenger|scavengers]] trying to loot his [[Ashur's power armor|power armor]]. Ashur impressed them, with some of the scavengers even considering him a god. With the locals not having to worry about the rampant raider gangs which once infested the streets, he brought many of the scavengers in the area together under his leadership.
   
 
===Founding of The Pitt===
 
===Founding of The Pitt===
Instead of trying to return to the Brotherhood, Ashur decided to found the new city of The Pitt because he was touched by the tenacious locals who had endured great hardship before, during and after the Scourge. Another reason being the fact that it contained the only operational steel mill the Brotherhood had ever run into, allowing the Pitt to produce its own equipment. To gain control, Ashur formed his own gang and using his Brotherhood training and expertise quickly began killing the leaders of remaining raider gangs to establish dominance. Raiders who did not rebel were incorporated into his gang and numbers swelled, his control over the Pitt grew to the point where his territory extended to most of the ruins. Ashur transformed his raider gang into a functioning government under his autocratic rule, rebranding his gang an "army" with the most fierce raiders becoming his lieutenants. With the Pitt firmly under his control, Ashur and his guards occupied a mostly intact skyscraper called [[Haven]] as his palace to watch over his city.
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Instead of trying to return to the Brotherhood, Ashur founded the new city of The Pitt because he was touched by the tenacious locals who had endured great hardship before, during and after the Scourge. Another reason being the fact that it contained the only operational steel mill the Brotherhood had ever run into, allowing the Pitt to produce its own equipment. To gain control, Ashur formed his own gang and using his Brotherhood training and expertise quickly began killing the leaders of remaining raider gangs to establish dominance. Raiders who did not rebel were incorporated into his gang and numbers swelled, his control over the Pitt grew to the point where his territory extended to most of the ruins. Ashur transformed his raider gang into a functioning government under his autocratic rule, rebranding his gang an "army" with the most fierce raiders becoming his lieutenants. With the Pitt firmly under his control, Ashur and his guards occupied a mostly intact skyscraper called [[Haven]] as his palace to watch over his city.
   
However it wasn't long before he realized that raider gangs would not be enough to allow his new civilization to grow. In order to achieve this, Ashur 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) as labor and admits he hates to do this, but claims "it has to be done" since most citizens of The Pitt are unable to have children due to the [[Troglodyte Degeneration Contagion]]. Most of the non-raider population was enslaved forming a "working class", managed by a brutal "upper class" largely composed of raiders to watch over them and punish dissent. The Pitt began to slowly rebuild, the slaves made great progress in making things operational in the Pitt again - Ashur eventually started importing slaves and hiring raiders from outside the Pitt area to accommodate the growth.
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However, it wasn't long before he realized that raider gangs would not be enough to allow his new civilization to grow. In order to achieve this, Ashur 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) as labor and admits he hates to do this, but claims "it has to be done" since most citizens of The Pitt are unable to have children due to the [[Troglodyte Degeneration Contagion]]. Most of the non-raider population was enslaved forming a "working class", managed by a brutal "upper class" largely composed of raiders to watch over them and punish dissent. The Pitt began to slowly rebuild, the slaves made great progress in making things operational in the Pitt again - Ashur eventually started importing slaves and hiring raiders from outside the Pitt area to accommodate the growth.
   
 
===Cure Discovery===
 
===Cure Discovery===
 
The Pitt was approached by a scientist named [[Sandra Kundanika]] after hearing about its status as an up and coming civilization in the wastes. Instead of being enslaved or attacked by the raiders guarding the city's perimeter, Sandra was welcomed into the Pitt's raider class due to her talents which greatly impressed Ashur, eventually marrying her. A year before [[Timeline#2277|2277]] Sandra had become pregnant and gave birth to Ashur's child, a daughter named Marie. In a miraculous stroke of luck, Marie was discovered to possess a special ability that the rest of the Wasteland lacked: she was immune to mutation.
   
 
This immunity meant that Marie would not be affected by the Troglodyte Degeneration Contagion, which had been massively blighting the Pitt. Ashur and Sandra quickly set to work on developing a cure for their fellow Pitt inhabitants. It is hinted that if the cure were to be successfully produced allowing natural population growth, Ashur would greatly re-organize the Pitt by abolishing slavery and granting all its citizens their freedom.
The Pitt was approached by a scientist named [[Sandra Kundanika]] after hearing about it's status as an up and coming civilization in the wastes. Instead of being enslaved or attacked by the raiders guarding the city's perimeter, Sandra was welcomed into the Pitt's raider class due to her talents which greatly impressed Ashur, eventually marrying her. A year before [[2277]] Sandra had become pregnant and gave birth to Ashur's child, a daughter named Marie. In a miraculous stroke of luck, Marie was discovered to possess a special ability that the rest of the Wasteland lacked: she was immune to mutation.
 
 
This immunity meant that Marie would not be affected by the Troglodyte Degeneration Contagion which had been massively blighting the Pitt. Ashur and Sandra quickly set to work on developing a cure for their fellow Pitt inhabitants, hoping that they could finally have a cure. It is hinted that if the cure were to be successfully produced allowing natural population growth, Ashur would greatly re-organize the Pitt by abolishing slavery and granting all its citizens their freedom.
 
 
==Appearance==
 
Ashur is visually set apart from the rest of the inhabitants of the Pitt due to his unique [[Ashur's power armor|power armor]], the T-45d power armor from his Brotherhood of Steel days. It has severely rusted from exposure to the Pitt's harsh atmosphere and is missing its left arm. It also features decorative additions such as yellow paint and a Brahmin skull to replace the pauldron from the missing arm.
 
 
Although Ashur's race is set as African-American, the dirty appearance of his face make it hard to determine whether he really is African-American or if it has been blackened by soot from the Pitt's heavily polluted environment.
 
   
 
==Daily schedule==
 
==Daily schedule==
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* [[Free Labor]]: After the Lone Wanderer is done fighting in the Hole, Ashur will ask to meet with them to decide on whether they should become a Pitt raider. The player can then choose to side with him or [[Wernher]]. If the player sides with Ashur, they must fight to stop the slaves' revolt, whereas if the player sides with Wernher, they must kill Ashur or leave him to be killed by trogs near the end of the quest.
 
* [[Free Labor]]: After the Lone Wanderer is done fighting in the Hole, Ashur will ask to meet with them to decide on whether they should become a Pitt raider. The player can then choose to side with him or [[Wernher]]. If the player sides with Ashur, they must fight to stop the slaves' revolt, whereas if the player sides with Wernher, they must kill Ashur or leave him to be killed by trogs near the end of the quest.
   
===Ashur Market Speech===
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===Ashur's market speech===
 
[[File:Fo3TP_Ashur MarketSpeech.ogg|noicon|center]]
 
[[File:Fo3TP_Ashur MarketSpeech.ogg|noicon|center]]
 
{{Quotation|Citizens of The Pitt, workers of Downtown, traders of Uptown, and all fierce souls who do what must be done! I bring you good news! We stand at the dawn of a new golden age. Where others merely survive, we thrive! Our industry is the envy of the Commonwealth! Our safety is the envy of the Capital Wastes! Our might is the envy of Ronto! And while I have led your efforts, it has been by your own strength that you have earned all of the envy of the world. They envy the steel shaped by the workers in our mills, and they envy the strength of our traders and raiders who wield that steel for The Pitt. And most of all, they envy our victories in the struggle for freedom. Because, yes, freedom is what we all work towards. Freedom from fear, freedom from disease, freedom to live as once we did before we were shackled by atomic fire! And so, to celebrate this struggle, I ask my loyal workers: who among you is prepared to fight for your freedom? Who among you will risk your life in the crucible to create a new life of freedom in Uptown? Who will take this rare chance to thrive?}}
 
{{Quotation|Citizens of The Pitt, workers of Downtown, traders of Uptown, and all fierce souls who do what must be done! I bring you good news! We stand at the dawn of a new golden age. Where others merely survive, we thrive! Our industry is the envy of the Commonwealth! Our safety is the envy of the Capital Wastes! Our might is the envy of Ronto! And while I have led your efforts, it has been by your own strength that you have earned all of the envy of the world. They envy the steel shaped by the workers in our mills, and they envy the strength of our traders and raiders who wield that steel for The Pitt. And most of all, they envy our victories in the struggle for freedom. Because, yes, freedom is what we all work towards. Freedom from fear, freedom from disease, freedom to live as once we did before we were shackled by atomic fire! And so, to celebrate this struggle, I ask my loyal workers: who among you is prepared to fight for your freedom? Who among you will risk your life in the crucible to create a new life of freedom in Uptown? Who will take this rare chance to thrive?}}
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* Despite his insistence that the residents of [[The Pitt Downtown|Downtown]] be called "workers," he still refers to them as "slaves" a few times in dialogue.
 
* Despite his insistence that the residents of [[The Pitt Downtown|Downtown]] be called "workers," he still refers to them as "slaves" a few times in dialogue.
 
* If the player lets Ashur live at the conclusion of the [[Free Labor]] quest, the player can come back and kill Ashur and loot his body for negative Karma. Sandra and The Pitt raiders inside Haven (assuming they're alive) will attack the player, but the Pitt raiders outside of Haven will not.
 
* If the player lets Ashur live at the conclusion of the [[Free Labor]] quest, the player can come back and kill Ashur and loot his body for negative Karma. Sandra and The Pitt raiders inside Haven (assuming they're alive) will attack the player, but the Pitt raiders outside of Haven will not.
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* While Ashur holds no animosity toward the Brotherhood of Steel for leaving him behind, he no longer believes in the Brotherhood's ideals. Ashur states that the Brotherhood clings to the past and doesn't focus on the future. He believes they are lazy because rebuilding humanity is hard and looting dead cities of advanced technology is easier.
   
 
==Notable quotes==
 
==Notable quotes==
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==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
Ashur appears only in the [[Fallout 3 add-ons|''Fallout 3'' add-on]] ''[[The Pitt (add-on)|The Pitt]]''.
 
Ashur appears only in the [[Fallout 3 add-ons|''Fallout 3'' add-on]] ''[[The Pitt (add-on)|The Pitt]]''.
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==Behind the scenes==
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Ashur could be of Jewish descent. His first name, Ishmael, is the name of a [[wikipedia:Ishmael|figure]] in the Hebrew Bible, and [[wikipedia:Ashur (god)|Ashur]] was an East Semitic god and the head of the Assyrian pantheon. The history of the ancient city of [[wikipedia:Assur|Assur]] also holds several similarities and possible symbolisms to Ashur's life and the Pitt's settlement.
   
 
==Bugs==
 
==Bugs==
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* {{Platforms|xbox360|pc}} After accessing the computer in the room with Marie, Ashur's corpse is very likely to disappear if you have killed him, so be sure to loot his body before using it.{{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360|pc}} After accessing the computer in the room with Marie, Ashur's corpse is very likely to disappear if you have killed him, so be sure to loot his body before using it.{{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|pc}} Ashur's speech prior to entering the arena is bugged. In the PC version of the game, he will skip every other text block, causing the speech to be much shorter (the skipped portions of the speech can be heard in the background playing at the same time as the heard portions). The full speech plays in the Xbox and PlayStation version of the game. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|pc}} Ashur's speech prior to entering the arena is bugged. In the PC version of the game, he will skip every other text block, causing the speech to be much shorter (the skipped portions of the speech can be heard in the background playing at the same time as the heard portions). The full speech plays in the Xbox and PlayStation version of the game. {{verify|verified}}
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* {{Platforms|PC|ps3}} Sometimes when entering Haven and interrupting Ashur's talk with Kenshaw you cannot interact with him and he will stand there with his legs shaking. {{Verify|verified}}
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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Ashur speech.jpg|Ashur giving a speech in the Downtown
 
Ashur speech.jpg|Ashur giving a speech in the Downtown
 
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{{Reflist}}
   
 
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[[hu:Ishmael Ashur]]

Revision as of 18:40, 1 December 2014

 
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Now that Marie's back, we have a chance at curing the disease that's been ravaging The Pitt since the bombs. Without it killing our kids, we can grow like a real city. No more bringing in slaves. No more forced labor. Things can get better. It's taken me a lot of work to rebuild this city. With your help, it's finally going to have a chance.

Ishmael Ashur, officially Lord Ashur, is the ruler/leader of The Pitt and former Brotherhood of Steel Paladin.

Background

Beginnings

Ashur was probably born somewhere on the West Coast of America, as he grew up he became a loyal member of the Brotherhood of Steel, which had not reached as far east as the Pitt at the time. Like most of the Brotherhood he vowed to recover any and all advanced technology.

Eastwards Expansion

In 2254 the Brotherhood's ruling council decided to send a contingent of soldiers to the East Coast, with three important objectives. First, to scour the ruins of Washington, D.C., once the nation's capital, and recover any and all advanced technology. Second, to investigate the reports of super mutant activity in the area. Third, to re-establish contact with the Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel and return them under Lost Hills command. The Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel was formed when a large Brotherhood airship crashed in the area surround Chicago, IL. Initiate Ashur [1] was part of this team of soldiers, under the leadership of one Owyn Lyons, other members of the party included Rothchild, Henry Casdin and Knight Paladin Tristan.

The Scourge

Unable to contact the Midwestern Brotherhood, the Brotherhood pressed on eastwards towards Washington, D.C. During their travels, the Brotherhood came across the disturbingly vile ruins of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Known as The Pitt, the city was lawless: rape gangs, raiders, slavers, and many other kinds of horrors all freely wandered and anarchy ruled the streets. The few innocent inhabitants had to scratch out a living in this terrorizing environment, most of whom were either sick or dying from the combined affects of the intense radiation and pollution from pre-war industrial factories damaged by the bombs spewing into the atmosphere.

Horrified by what they saw The Brotherhood then led "The Scourge", a large-scale military action throughout the Pitt, combing the ruins and killing anyone who dared to put up a fight. Due to their sheer superior technological and combat abilities, the Brotherhood sustained virtually no losses but wiped out much of the Pitt's population. By the time The Scourge was over only a handful of raider gangs still existed in the city. Although the intent of the Scourge remains unclear, the Brotherhood took many non-mutated children, such as Paladin Kodiak, from The Pitt and placed them into initiate training.

During the Scourge, Paladin Ashur was caught in an explosion in a steel mill 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 was soon awoken when he was pulled out of the rubble by scavengers trying to loot his power armor. Ashur impressed them, with some of the scavengers even considering him a god. With the locals not having to worry about the rampant raider gangs which once infested the streets, he brought many of the scavengers in the area together under his leadership.

Founding of The Pitt

Instead of trying to return to the Brotherhood, Ashur founded the new city of The Pitt because he was touched by the tenacious locals who had endured great hardship before, during and after the Scourge. Another reason being the fact that it contained the only operational steel mill the Brotherhood had ever run into, allowing the Pitt to produce its own equipment. To gain control, Ashur formed his own gang and using his Brotherhood training and expertise quickly began killing the leaders of remaining raider gangs to establish dominance. Raiders who did not rebel were incorporated into his gang and numbers swelled, his control over the Pitt grew to the point where his territory extended to most of the ruins. Ashur transformed his raider gang into a functioning government under his autocratic rule, rebranding his gang an "army" with the most fierce raiders becoming his lieutenants. With the Pitt firmly under his control, Ashur and his guards occupied a mostly intact skyscraper called Haven as his palace to watch over his city.

However, it wasn't long before he realized that raider gangs would not be enough to allow his new civilization to grow. In order to achieve this, Ashur 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) as labor and admits he hates to do this, but claims "it has to be done" since most citizens of The Pitt are unable to have children due to the Troglodyte Degeneration Contagion. Most of the non-raider population was enslaved forming a "working class", managed by a brutal "upper class" largely composed of raiders to watch over them and punish dissent. The Pitt began to slowly rebuild, the slaves made great progress in making things operational in the Pitt again - Ashur eventually started importing slaves and hiring raiders from outside the Pitt area to accommodate the growth.

Cure Discovery

The Pitt was approached by a scientist named Sandra Kundanika after hearing about its status as an up and coming civilization in the wastes. Instead of being enslaved or attacked by the raiders guarding the city's perimeter, Sandra was welcomed into the Pitt's raider class due to her talents which greatly impressed Ashur, eventually marrying her. A year before 2277 Sandra had become pregnant and gave birth to Ashur's child, a daughter named Marie. In a miraculous stroke of luck, Marie was discovered to possess a special ability that the rest of the Wasteland lacked: she was immune to mutation.

This immunity meant that Marie would not be affected by the Troglodyte Degeneration Contagion, which had been massively blighting the Pitt. Ashur and Sandra quickly set to work on developing a cure for their fellow Pitt inhabitants. It is hinted that if the cure were to be successfully produced allowing natural population growth, Ashur would greatly re-organize the Pitt by abolishing slavery and granting all its citizens their freedom.

Daily schedule

Ashur spends the majority of his time in his office at the top of Haven, but is occasionally seen giving speeches to the slaves of The Pitt every once in a while. He also runs The Pitt's radio station.

Interactions with the player character

Interactions overview

Interactions
Perk nociception regulator color
This character is essential. Essential characters cannot be killed.
Paving the Way
This character is a permanent companion.
25 Strictly Business
This character is a temporary companion.
Icon quest starter
This character starts quests.
FO76 ui icon quest
This character is involved in quests.
FO76 vaultboy firstaid
This character is a doctor.
FO76 ui trading team
This character is a merchant. Bottle cap -
Sells: -
2d20 Jury Rigger
This character can repair items. Max Repair condition: -
12 The American Dream
This character rents beds. Bottle cap -.
Icon severed ear color
This character drops an ear upon death (Contract Killer).
Severed
This character drops a finger upon death (Lawbringer).
Mesmetron icon
This character can be enslaved with the Mesmetron.

Quests

  • Unsafe Working Conditions: The Lone Wanderer's first interaction with Ashur is when he gives a speech to the slaves to pick a fighter for The Hole.
  • Free Labor: After the Lone Wanderer is done fighting in the Hole, Ashur will ask to meet with them to decide on whether they should become a Pitt raider. The player can then choose to side with him or Wernher. If the player sides with Ashur, they must fight to stop the slaves' revolt, whereas if the player sides with Wernher, they must kill Ashur or leave him to be killed by trogs near the end of the quest.

Ashur's market speech

Citizens of The Pitt, workers of Downtown, traders of Uptown, and all fierce souls who do what must be done! I bring you good news! We stand at the dawn of a new golden age. Where others merely survive, we thrive! Our industry is the envy of the Commonwealth! Our safety is the envy of the Capital Wastes! Our might is the envy of Ronto! And while I have led your efforts, it has been by your own strength that you have earned all of the envy of the world. They envy the steel shaped by the workers in our mills, and they envy the strength of our traders and raiders who wield that steel for The Pitt. And most of all, they envy our victories in the struggle for freedom. Because, yes, freedom is what we all work towards. Freedom from fear, freedom from disease, freedom to live as once we did before we were shackled by atomic fire! And so, to celebrate this struggle, I ask my loyal workers: who among you is prepared to fight for your freedom? Who among you will risk your life in the crucible to create a new life of freedom in Uptown? Who will take this rare chance to thrive?

Inventory

Notes

  • Despite his insistence that the residents of Downtown be called "workers," he still refers to them as "slaves" a few times in dialogue.
  • If the player lets Ashur live at the conclusion of the Free Labor quest, the player can come back and kill Ashur and loot his body for negative Karma. Sandra and The Pitt raiders inside Haven (assuming they're alive) will attack the player, but the Pitt raiders outside of Haven will not.
  • While Ashur holds no animosity toward the Brotherhood of Steel for leaving him behind, he no longer believes in the Brotherhood's ideals. Ashur states that the Brotherhood clings to the past and doesn't focus on the future. He believes they are lazy because rebuilding humanity is hard and looting dead cities of advanced technology is easier.

Notable quotes

Appearances

Ashur appears only in the Fallout 3 add-on The Pitt.

Behind the scenes

Ashur could be of Jewish descent. His first name, Ishmael, is the name of a figure in the Hebrew Bible, and Ashur was an East Semitic god and the head of the Assyrian pantheon. The history of the ancient city of Assur also holds several similarities and possible symbolisms to Ashur's life and the Pitt's settlement.

Bugs

  • Xbox 360Xbox 360 Sometimes after the initial meeting dialog with Ashur he will repeat the words "Don't let me keep you" a few times to before leaving. This appears to be a bug, supposedly caused by speaking to others in Haven before speaking to Ashur or by skipping through too much of Ashur's dialog.[verified]
  • Xbox 360Xbox 360 After accessing the computer in the room with Marie, Ashur's corpse is very likely to disappear if you have killed him, so be sure to loot his body before using it.[verified]
  • PCPC Ashur's speech prior to entering the arena is bugged. In the PC version of the game, he will skip every other text block, causing the speech to be much shorter (the skipped portions of the speech can be heard in the background playing at the same time as the heard portions). The full speech plays in the Xbox and PlayStation version of the game. [verified]
  • PCPC Sometimes when entering Haven and interrupting Ashur's talk with Kenshaw you cannot interact with him and he will stand there with his legs shaking. [verified]

Gallery

  1. DLC01Quest_DLC01AboutPitt2_0000B3FD_2: Back then, I was "Initiate Ashur." But that ended when the Brotherhood left me behind, and I came to see The Pitt in a new light.
Major antagonists