- ❝ What a lovely woman. Rose Washington. If it wasn't for her death, where would I be? Most women die without purpose. But she had enough sense to die in front of the camera.❞
- ―Lucky Quinn
Rose Washington is a character in Watch Dogs, who plays a major role in the storyline. She is heard in a few audio logs and is mentioned in numerous audio logs and parts of the storyline.
Background[]
According to the audio logs, she was an employee of Blume alongside Raymond Kenney and Tobias Frewer, and likely helped develop ctOS at the Bunker. She is mentioned as having helped Ray prank Tobias in various schemes and was apparently aware of Ray's apprehensions regarding the Bellwether and ctOS.
Washington was either fired or forced to resign from Blume around the time Raymond Kenney was forcibly fired. Afterwards, she remained in Chicago before becoming a pawn in the South Club and Blume's bid to control the mayor. Dermot "Lucky" Quinn, leader of the Chicago South Club, ordered Blume to find some blackmail on Mayor Donovan Rushmore. Shortly after Rushmore won a re-election campaign, Quinn and Blume conspired to use the Bellwether to gaslight the mayor into filing for divorce against his wife shortly after the election, and use it again to direct Rushmore and Washington into dating each other.
Eventually, the two had an argument in which Rushmore shoved her into the edge of a table and suffocated her to death with a pillow. The footage of her murder ultimately became Quinn's blackmail on Donovan. It was later stored on the network of the Merlaut Hotel, owned by Quinn.
Game plot[]
When Aiden Pearce and Damien Brenks raided The Merlaut, Quinn believed that they were trying to get the video. Quinn hired Clara Lille to track the duo and Maurice Vega to carry on the hit placed on them. This caused Aiden's niece Lena to be killed instead of her uncle, setting the events of the game in motion.
Rose is first mentioned in Planting a Bug. After Bedbug is found by Iraq in his server room, he threatened him and asked him if he knew anything about her. As he couldn't answer anything, Bedbug was left alive by his cousin. In By Any Means Necessary, it is revealed that Iraq was the other hacker in the Merlaut, and tried to get the video in order to control the whole city, but failed to do so.
The video of her murder is sent to Aiden by Damien along with the IP of Iraq's computer. The video was, however, corrupt and couldn't be watched. Aiden finally watched it when a dying Quinn played it in No Turning Back, commenting that the hit and Lena's death were "mistakes". Aiden later uploaded the video and sent it to Kenney. It was later revealed to the people of Chicago.
Audio Logs[]
Audio Log #1[]
Name: Unnamed Author: Rose Washington |
My name is Rose Washington... and I'm uploading this log because... I'm scared for my life. I used to work at Blume. I don't know what happened to the others... Tobias and Ray. We were all fired. Someone's watching me. |
Audio Log #2[]
Name: Unnamed Author: Rose Washington |
I think someone is selling access to the network. Mayor Rushmore and his entire team have been pushing hard for CtOS integration. It's his entire platform. So either he's oblivious or he's in on it. I'm going to get closer and find out. |
Audio Log #3[]
Name: Unnamed Author: Rose Washington |
Someone's been following me. I've already burned two phones. I have to get out. But I can't. The entire city is vulnerable. Donovan... Mayor Rushmore is growing more fond of me. And I don't know how I feel about it. The election's coming up fast. I overheard Don on the phone... The voter list is set to run through some new CtOS algorithm. I'm going to hack into his personal files and see what I can find. |