Brother Thomas

Brother Thomas (named Brother Andrew, Brother Simon, Brother James or Brother Matthew before Emogene Takes a Lover) is the leader of the "Pillars of the Community" cult located at the Charles View Amphitheater in Boston

Background
Brother Thomas leads the Pillars of the Community, a movement seeking to gain new followers through the distribution of fliers across the Commonwealth. It promises those who join a "better life" and welcome all who come to the Charles View Amphitheater seeking the "truth" about the troubled world.

Thomas states the community is new to the area, but is growing fast and inviting new members to be a part of their exciting future. He then extorts those who show interest, threatening to kill them unless they hand over all of their possessions everything peacefully.

Ham at the Third Rail in Goodneighbor threw Brother Thomas out because he was bothering customers with his "salvation racket." Emogene Cabot refused to join the cult, resulting in the members locking her up at the amphitheater.

Emogene tells the Sole Survivor that she thought Thomas was interesting at first and that they had some fun, but he ended up being, "just another brute." Thomas locked her up at the amphitheater after a disagreement regarding her refusal to join the cult.

Gameplay
Whether the player character accepts to join or not, at the end of his dialogue Thomas will ask the player character to follow him to his office. In his office, Brother Thomas will tell the Sole Survivor to give him all of their belongings, to which they can either give them to him or opt not to.

On non-compliance, Brother Thomas will drop the act and inform the player character that their belongings can either be given voluntarily or be taken by force. Choosing not to will result in being attacked by the group, but threatening him through a Hard difficulty speech check will allow the Sole Survivor to leave peacefully.

If one agrees to hand over all their possessions, Brother Thomas will take every item from their inventory (excluding companions) and store them indefinitely in his. At this point, the player character is free to go, but the only way to retrieve their items is to pickpocket or kill him.

This will leave the player character without any items except keys or quest items. One can break into the back storage room of the office to retrieve their items, but doing so will result in Thomas and his followers becoming hostile.

If killed prior, Brother Thomas and his followers will respawn upon beginning Emogene Takes a Lover. The Sole Survivor has the option of threatening the leader to free his hostage by saying they killed the last guy who was running the scam.

Appearances
Brother Thomas appears only in Fallout 4.

Bugs
If you do give him your belongings, some of your weapons may have disappeared from his inventory, or have been altered once you return. May only impact unique and legendary weapons that have been renamed.