Protector Casdin

Protector Henry Casdin is the leader of the Brotherhood of Steel Outcasts in the Capital Wasteland in 2277.

Background
Level headed and professional, Protector Casdin was once one of the most accomplished soldiers of Lyons' Brotherhood of Steel, fighting with the Elder side-by-side during the Scourge of the Pitt. However, he broke ties with the Elder during the Schism. It was a result of dissatisfaction with Lyons' focus on protecting the wastes by killing super mutants. A part of Lyons' contingent perceived it as an ineffectual waste of men and resources that would ultimately destroy the Brotherhood. The situation deteriorated, finally tipping when Elder Lyons ignored their repeated requests to recover tech from Fort Independence, a pre-War scientific military base. The dissenters rallied behind Casdin, abandoned Lyons' command and left the Citadel, taking a large part of its weapons and equipment stockpiles with them. The loss of men and materiel had a significant negative impact on the combat performance of Lyons' chapter, greatly reducing its ability to project power throughout the Capital Wasteland.

Under Casdin's command, they seized Fort Independence, where they pushed back the indigenous raider groups and adapted the former military base for use as their headquarters. Termed "Outcasts" by their angered former brothers and sisters, the renegade soldiers adopted the name as a badge of honor, painting their armor red and black to distinguish themselves from the organization they no longer served. They have also reorganized their rank system and decentralized their operations, to make tech retrieval and long range patrols easier to organize.

Since then Casdin has led them with a steady hand, attempting to reestablish communications with the West. He considers Lyons a traitor who abandoned his mission. He believes that once they reconnect with the Brotherhood proper, the Outcasts will be vindicated and Lyons placed where he belongs: in front of a firing squad.

Daily schedule
Protector Casdin can be found standing at the entrance to Fort Independence, the headquarters of the Brotherhood Outcasts. He holds one of several keys to Fort Independence.

Quests

 * The Outcast Collection Agent: One can trade pieces of power armor, energy weapons, sensor modules, scrap metal, and alien power cells to Casdin in return for various loot and, eventually, entrance to Fort Independence.

Effects of player's actions

 * If one possesses Outcast power armor when encountering Protector Casdin for the first time, he will confiscate it, even if they are wearing it. One can safely wear Linden's Outcast power armor around him, though.
 * He will no longer confiscate the Outcast power armor once the Lone Wanderer becomes a friend of the Outcasts by doing his repeatable quest.
 * Upon first meeting Protector Casdin, if the player character tells him that they are in the Brotherhood of Steel, it will turn him and all nearby Outcasts hostile.
 * Casdin automatically repairs any items one gives him to 100% condition.
 * Casdin will automatically equip any item given to him if it is better than his current equipment; this applies to armor as well as weapons.
 * After a patch, he would no longer unequip his Outcast power armor since the new script forbids him from removing faction-related apparel. He would, however, still replace his weapon and helmet if there is a better one in his inventory.
 * If the player character kills Protector Casdin, they will lose Karma, even if they had already accepted the quest he gives them. Additionally, the nearby Outcasts will turn hostile.

Inventory

 * * Henry will replace his armor with a set of Enclave power armor but will replace that armor with the Tesla armor but not the helmet, when trading the armor for supplies in the unmarked quest, The Outcast Collection Agent. He will trade his Outcast power armor for normal power armor.

Appearances
Henry Casdin appears only in Fallout 3.

Behind the scenes
Protector Casdin's field report is recorded by a different voice actor than Casdin's in-game voice. However, the field report mentions requests for reinforcements that are denied. As Casdin is the leader of the Outcasts, it does not make sense that he would have a superior that could deny reinforcements. Considering the voice discrepancy and this otherwise illogical request, it is possible that the field report was recorded by another member of the Outcasts on Casdin's behalf. Defender Rockfowl's field report, similarly, is recorded by a different voice actor.

Bugs
Casdin may enter Fort Independence and never exit.