Wilhelmina Cabot is the matriarch of the Cabot family living in the Cabot House in Boston in 2287.
Background[]
Wilhelmina, like her daughter Emogene and son Jack, takes a serum derived from her husband Lorenzo's blood to defy aging and gain seeming immortality.[2] She was once devoted to her husband, and still loves him, but can no longer see him as the man who he used to be before his expedition to Ubar.[3][4] In fact, while Jack was the one who created the serum, Wilhelmina was the one who convinced him to use it on the family. She is aware that this angers Lorenzo and would have severe consequences for her if he ever escapes his containment.[5][6][7]
Wilhelmina rarely left the Cabot House even before the Great War, and she has remained in the house ever since, attended to by her children and Edward Deegan, whom she particularly likes because of his attentiveness to her.[8] As a result, she is greatly out of touch with the rest of the world, keeping her distinguished attitude and high-class standards despite the poor state of the outside world. She spends her time worrying about various household concerns, to the irritation of both Emogene and Jack.[9][10][11] Emogene sees Wilhelmina as even more of a person out of time than she and Jack are: in denial of how much the world has changed and only being kept alive by her regular doses of serum.[12][13] This has not stopped Emogene from consistently leaving Cabot House, which Jack believes is done specifically to provoke their mother. This generally works, as Wilhelmina consistently pesters Jack to bring Emogene home afterwards.[14][15]
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Quest[]
- The Secret of Cabot House: If Lorenzo is released from containment, and left unhindered, he will massacre the rest of his family, including Wilhelmina.
- Even if Jack is sided with by killing Lorenzo, Wilhelmina will still die following the quest due to the loss of the serum which was keeping her alive.[16]
Inventory[]
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| Laundered blue dress |
Appearances[]
Wilhelmina Cabot appears only in Fallout 4.
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References[]
- ↑ The Sole Survivor: "I don't know why I had to find out what the serum was for from Emogene."
Jack Cabot: "I'm sorry if you feel that I've been keeping you in the dark. The serum that the raiders stole confers a host of benefits. The main one being to halt aging; my family and I are all over 400 years old. But it also confers other... side effects, especially in the undiluted form that the raiders stole."
(Jack Cabot's dialogue) - ↑ The Sole Survivor: "I want to know why no one in your family seems to age, and I want to know now."
Emogene Cabot: "So either Jack blabbed or you're smarter than the thugs he usually has working for him. He must have told you about the strange artifact my father found? Jack's been studying it for years. Early on he figured out a way to transfer the beneficial side effects to the rest of us. He developed a serum that we all take. It pretty much halts aging, although you can see what happens if you stop taking it for too long. Don't worry, I'll be my usual stunning self as soon as I get some more serum."
(Emogene Cabot's dialogue) - ↑ Lorenzo Cabot's journal
- ↑ Wilhelmina Cabot: "My late husband was a brilliant man... but he after he returned from that expedition to Arabia he was... changed."
(Wilhelmina Cabot's dialogue) - ↑ Emogene Cabot: "Mother tried to blame Jack, but she was the one who pushed him to use the serum in the first place."
(Emogene Cabot's dialogue) - ↑ Wilhelmina Cabot: "Please, Lorenzo, it wasn't me! It was Jack!"
(Wilhelmina Cabot's dialogue) - ↑ Wilhelmina Cabot: "I always knew it would end this way! I never should have allowed you to lock up Lorenzo in that place!"
Jack Cabot: "That isn't helping, mother! And as I recall, using the serum was your idea, not mine."
(Wilhelmina Cabot's and Jack Cabot's dialogue)
Note: This is part of the conversation between Wilhelmina and Jack at the start of The Secret of Cabot House. - ↑ Wilhelmina Cabot: "Thank you, Edward. I can always count on you. Why can't you be as devoted as dear Edward?"
Jack: "*sigh* You shouldn't indulge her Edward. It just makes her more impossible to deal with next time."
Edward Deegan: "Just doing my job."
(Wilhelmina Cabot's, Jack Cabot's, and Edward Deegan's dialogue)
Note: This is part of the conversation between Wilhelmina, Jack, and Edward at the end of Special Delivery. - ↑ Wilhelmina Cabot: "Emogene?"
Emogene Cabot: "Yes, Mother?"
Wilhelmina: "You know how I've always wanted grandchildren..."
Emogene: "Not this again."
Wilhelmina: "I don't see any chance of Jack ever getting married, so... it's really up to you to carry on the family line."
Emogene: "Have you ever been outside this house since the war? Have you seen what it's like out there? Do you really think I want to bring children into that kind of world?"
Wilhelmina: "Well, now, there's no reason to get so upset. A mother has a right to talk to her own daughter about these things."
(Wilhelmina's and Emogene Cabot's dialogue) - ↑ Wilhelmina Cabot: "How have you found Edward's cooking lately?"
Emogene Cabot: "Um. I haven't noticed anything different."
Wilhelmina: "I just think he may not be putting quite as much effort into it as he used to. I mean, I think yesterday he actually served us canned peas!"
Emogene: "Mother, you do realize that we are lucky to have canned peas. Most people nowadays don't even have enough to eat."
Wilhelmina: "Well, the Cabots have never been most people. I just think he should try his best to maintain the standards we're used to."
Emogene: "Whatever you say, Mother."
(Wilhelmina's and Emogene Cabot's dialogue) - ↑ Wilhelmina Cabot: "I do wish you would remember to dress for dinner more often. We do have standards to maintain in this family."
Jack Cabot: "Oh for heaven's sake, Mother. Don't you have anything else to worry about?"
Wilhelmina: "Hmph. Things have come to quite a sorry state if people can't even be bothered to dress for dinner."
(Wilhelmina's and Jack Cabot's dialogue) - ↑ Cabot House terminal entries; terminal, 11/09/2076
- ↑ Emogene Cabot: "Poor Mother. The serum was the only thing keeping her alive. But... she had lived far beyond her time. It's for the best."
(Emogene Cabot's dialogue) - ↑ Jack Cabot: "Emogene runs off like this mainly to provoke Mother. And by extension, irritate me."
(Jack Cabot's dialogue) - ↑ Wilhelmina Cabot: "That is not acceptable. Emogene is missing and I want her found!"
Jack Cabot: "She's not missing, mother."
Wilhelmina: "Do you know where she is?"
Jack: "No, but that doesn't mean..."
Wilhelmina: "Your sister is missing and I want her found! What else is Edward for if not to keep the family safe?"
(Wilhelmina's and Jack Cabot's dialogue)
Note: This is part of the looping conversation between Wilhelmina and Jack at the end of Special Delivery. - ↑ "Mother has... passed. She just couldn't survive for long without the serum."
(Jack Cabot's dialogue)