Mod:Fallout: The Frontier/Branded Tribe

The Branded were one of the four factions of tribes that controlled the Frontier, however they were destroyed roughly a century ago.

Background
The Branded were a friendly tribe of armor enthusiasts who were generally welcoming to outsiders and were known to host large celebrations of drinking and feasting. The Branded held the tradition of drilling bolts into their bones, upon which they would weld metal plates and portions of power armor frames to form an exoskeleton that pieces of power armor could be placed on.

In addition, the Branded did not believe in standard punishments, instead using the laser of a robot to sear the crime committed by the person somewhere on their body, after which they would hold a celebration. This tribe was led by a man commonly referred to as the Crimson King, who earned this position by welding the head of a Protection over his own and had a crown on top. At some point, over a century ago, a pre-War Vault Dweller turned Robobrain named Daniel encountered the Branded after being exiled from his Vault; the Branded took him into their tribe, seeing him a Branded already due to his metallic body housing a human mind, giving him the name The 21st Century Schizoid Man.

Enclave discovered the Branded village, eventually leading to the Enclave assaulting the tribe, razing its home, killing all those present with plasma weaponry, and salvaged the armor from the corpses of the tribe all within one night, leaving only Daniel alive. Upon discovering the remains of the tribe, Daniel buried every member of the Branded with the blades of their swords facing skyward, blaming himself for the death and destruction. Daniel then moved a large slab of concrete to act as a memorial, after which Daniel left the Frontier.

Appearances
The Branded are mentioned in Fallout: The Frontier.