Cutthroats

The Cutthroats were a gang of raiders located in Appalachia.

Background
Based at the Pleasant Valley Ski Resort, the Cutthroats' name and logo is inspired by the "Cutthroat Crag" ski trail that was soon to be opened at Top of the World resort. Led by by David Thorpe, they were one of Appalachia's five main raider gangs.

The Cutthroats were responsible for the Christmas Flood event, which destroyed Charleston on Christmas Day of 2082. The event was prompted by Thorpe, who assumed the death of his girlfriend Rosalynn Jeffries following a failed attempt to free her. Although the gang's fate is never directly stated by Rose, one of the few surviving members, there are several indicators that the gang might have been wiped out by the Scorched Plague. In particular, these indicators are the large and concentrated numbers of Scorched in former Cutthroat territories, an unsent letter written by Thorpe as well as his fate, becoming a Scorched himself.

Quests

 * Key to the Past: The player character is tasked by Rose with mercy killing David Thorpe and retrieving the Cutthroats' piece of the raider stash code.

Formerly

 * Pleasant Valley Ski Resort
 * Top of the World
 * Pleasant Valley cabins
 * Skullbone Vantage
 * Pleasant Valley Station
 * North Cutthroat camp
 * South Cutthroat camp
 * Central Mountain lookout
 * Bleeding Kate's Grindhouse

Notable

 * David Thorpe - The gang's former leader and Rosalynn Jeffries' lover. Responsible for the Christmas Flood that destroyed Charleston. Can be found as a Scorched at Big Fred's BBQ Shack as of 2102.
 * Rosalynn Jeffries - David Thorpe's lover, was captured by the Responders during a failed raid on Charleston on Christmas Eve, 2082. In response, the next day Thorpe used a mini nuke to destroy Summersville Dam, destroying Charleston but killing Rosalynn. Her personality was later replicated in a Miss Nanny model robot.
 * Carol Sweeney - Suffered a crisis of conscience following the Christmas Flood and along with a handful of other Cutthroats who felt the same, left the gang and settled in the Big Bend Tunnel as farmers and scavengers.

Appearances
The Cutthroats appear only in Fallout 76.