Fallout: New Vegas - History Of Ceasar's Legion
Caesar's Legion is a faction that only appears in Fallout: New Vegas but made a lasting impression on fans for its brutality and unique culture. Despite only being in one game in the series, there is a lot of history and lore to the Legion. The Legion actually was born from a very different organization, the Followers of the Apocalypse.
To know the Legion's history is to the history of Caesar, as he was not always known by that name. Originally, Caesar was a man named Edward Sallow and was a citizen of the NCR before his father died from a raider attack. His mother raised him amongst the Followers of the Apocalypse, and he became a star student but had a bad temper. He did not find the mission of the Followers to be inspiring, and he would grow up to lead one of the most feared factions of the wasteland.
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As a Follower, Edward Sallow was sent to the Grand Canyon along with a team of people to study tribal languages. During their journey, Sallow found history books on the Roman Empire and the Commentarii by Gaius Julius Caesar and studied them intensely. Not long after, he and his group were captured by the Blackfoot Tribe to be held for ransom. However, Sallow did not act like a victim in this, quite the opposite. Instead, he decided to teach the tribe how to be stronger by showing them how to handle and make weapons.
Sallow helped the Blackfoot tribe fight against another tribe they were enemies with, the Ridgers. When the Ridgers did not surrender, Sallow ordered the Blackfoot tribe to kill everyone, including women and children. They obeyed and kept following Sallow's lead as they attacked all other enemy tribes in the area. These other tribes surrendered, and Sallow
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