King Crag was the last isolationist leader of Rockopolis until it was destroyed by the Paradise Falls slavers.
Background[]
In the summer of 2248, he offered Herbert Dashwood and Argyle permission to take shelter inside Rockopolis. But when Dashwood had an "incident" with Crag's daughter, the two were exiled.[1]
A few years later, after Dashwood and Argyle escaped the slavers of Paradise Falls, the pair and a woman named Penelope Chase were being chased by super mutants, Miss Chase noticed that they were near the hills where the hidden village of Rockopolis was located. When she lamented not knowing where it was, Dashwood immediately cut her off, and in an attempt to impress her, started bragging about how he and Argyle were old friends of the settlement. Further revealing that they knew the secret knock and more. Argyle showed his displeasure in so readily trusting the woman with such privileged information. Dashwood cut off Argyle, assuring him that Miss Chase would not violate the secrets of Rockopolis, and furthermore, they needed a place to hide from the mutants.[2]
Moving through the boulder entrance with the secret knock, they entered Rockopolis, after which Argyle interrupted a flirtatious Dashwood and Miss Chase. Argyle again pointed out that they were in Rockopolis, one of the safest places in the wasteland, and they had just given its secrets to a stranger. Dashwood attempted to dissuade his companion's outburst to Miss Chase, only for her to reveal herself. Pulling a gun on the pair, she claimed that her slaver associates would be right behind them. They then realized who she really was; not Penelope Chase, "fortune hunter," but instead the "Black Widow," leader of the slavers. She boasted about how the slavers could never have found the denizens of Rockopolis without Argyle and Dashwood.[2] As she was demanding no trouble from Argyle, he used his kung fu skills, using a move he called the "Eagle Claw" to rip out her heart, killing her instantly.[3]
While Argyle made a pun and Dashwood congratulated him, King Crag arrived at the scene. Crag was both despondent at seeing Dashwood and shocked at the dead woman in front of them. When Dashwood informed him of the impending slaver attack, Crag became so furious that he ordered his people to kill the duo. They immediately took off running into the cave system and came to a cliff. Dashwood went first and almost fell, barely clinging on as Argyle rushed to help.[3]
How this ended is unclear, as Argyle's corpse lies near the entrance to Rockopolis in 2277. The village was taken by the slavers, who captured as many as they could and sold them north to the Pitt.[4] With Penelope Chase dead, Harmon Jurley would take over as leader of the slavers for the next couple decades.[5][6]
Appearances[]
King Crag is mentioned only in Fallout 3.
References[]
- ↑ Tenpenny Tower terminal entries; exploration database, King Crag
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Adventures of Herbert 'Daring' Dashwood and his Ghoul Manservant Argyle In the Black Widow's Web!
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Adventures of Herbert 'Daring' Dashwood and his Ghoul Manservant Argyle Between Rockopolis and a Hard Place!
- ↑ Rollings -- We're done
- ↑ Tenpenny Tower terminal entries; exploration database, Harmon Jurley
- ↑ Tenpenny Tower terminal entries; exploration database, Paradise Falls