Salt-Upon-Wounds

"When Salt-Upon-Wounds took New Canaan, he ordered the White Legs to salt the earth so nothing could grow again. What kind of monster would do that?"

- Waking Cloud

Salt-Upon-Wounds is the war chief of the White Legs tribe and destroyer of New Canaan, living in Zion Canyon in 2281.

Background
Salt-Upon-Wounds is a harsh, merciless leader infamous among the inhabitants of the Zion Valley for his cruelty as well as his prowess in hand-to-hand combat. He is well known for personally leading his warriors into battle, and is described as having killed hundreds of enemies with his personal power fist. His "salt-the-earth" policy of conquest and destruction is progressively transforming Zion National Park into another polluted piece of wasteland.

Quests

 * Flight from Zion, Crush the White Legs: Salt-Upon Wounds is all that stands in the way of the Sorrows and Dead Horses living peacefully and must be killed or talked into letting everyone go without a fight.

Effects of player's actions

 * If Salt-Upon-Wounds is spared and subsequently escapes, he is "a dim shadow of his former self," and is unable to prevent his people from being destroyed by their enemies soon after retreating from Zion.

Other Interactions

 * If you have the Sneering Imperialist perk, you have an extra option to tell Graham to "cap General Gobbledigook".
 * If you have a Speech skill of 90, you can ask Graham to spare him, after which he will run away or for you to kill him yourself.

Appearances
Salt-Upon-Wounds appears only in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Honest Hearts.

Behind the scenes

 * Salting the earth of a defeated opponent dates back before the Romans, although the best known example is the (mythical, not historical) salting of the earth at Carthage at the conclusion of the Punic Wars. While it's unlikely Salt-Upon-Wounds would have been aware of it, the White Legs were interested in joining the Legion, and may have picked up the idea from them.