User:Slipmcripfist/Magnum Opus

The Original White Legs The most iconic parts of the White Legs were things that Frumentrius Ulysses gave them or taught them.
 * 1) The .45 Auto Submachine Gun
 * 2) Hair
 * 3) Savagery

Because of this, meaning this isn't how they were before his arrival, therefore we need to look at them and see what remnants exists of the "Original White Legs" (OWL)

Sulik
This may appear to be an entire change of topic, but assembling the information around Sulik provides useful information on what's to come. In short, the Great Salt Water he speaks of is not the Pacific Ocean as some beleive, but more likely Great Salt Lake. Sulik describes the jounrey he took from his location of origin to Klamath taking "two moons", which the Chosen One acknowledges is a far distance to travel. The time unit of "moons" is clarified as meaning months, presumably meaning moon-cycles. It makes far more logistical sense that Sulik took two months to travel from the middle of Utah at Great Salt Lake opposed to two months to get from the Pacific Ocean to Oregon. Sulik shows knowledge of "biting lizards" or geckos, which implies their presence in the Great Salt Lake.

Great Salt Lake
The White Legs color themselves white to help blend in with the Great Salt Lake. This implies the use of some form of stealth or ambushed based tactics. Additionally it is said that there is a large population of Mantis in the Salt Lake City area, which includes Great Salt Lake.

Remaing Weapons
Ommiting the enemy types that use guns, which as stated previously Ulysses taught them how to use guns, White Legs primarily consist of the following notable weapons.
 * 1) Flame-based weapons, including the Shishkebab (Used by the Pain-Makers) and Fire Bombs (Used by the Light-Bringers).
 * 2) The Mantis gauntlet, which is an unarmed weapon that appears to use the Mantis foreleg as a blade attached to the arm.
 * 3) The Sappers, which are shown using trap based weapons, notably bear traps.

Armour
In Honest Hearts there is a new kind of armor called "Gecko-Backed", which are forms of the Leather and Metal armors (and their reinforced forms) which to craft require the appropriate armors and one each Tanned Green Gecko Hide, Tanned Golden Gecko Hide, and Tanned Fire Gecko Hide. This armor grants +15 to each Poison Resistance, Radiation Resistance, and Fire Resistance. These resistances are thematically tied to the form of mouth-weapon the respective Gecko uses. Green Gecko using a poison projectile offers posion resistance, Golden Gecko with their radioactive bite offers Rad Resistance, and finally Fire Gecko with their flame breath offers fire resistance.

Aside from the Gecko-Backed armors, only 3 armours explicitly offer a bonus to fire resistance. The Scorched Sierra power armor which offers +25%, and both the White Legs outfit and White Legs hide armor which both offer +15%, the exact same amount offered by the Gecko-Backed armors. This implies that the apparel the White Legs use are made in part with Gecko-Hide.

Culmination
Prior to the arrival of Frumentarius Ulysses, the White-Legs were a tribe of Gecko trapper, focusing moreso on Fire Geckos. Using their white camoflague they would set traps for the Geckos around Great Salt Lake, using their meat for food and their hide for armor. This affiliation with Fire Geckos and their fire resistant clothing eventually led to the use of flame-based weapons, possibly with some form of reverance towards fire and/or fire geckos. Using these weapons they also began to target the large mantis population in the area, using the forelegs for both weapons and food. Because of this abundence of meat they never needed to learn agriculture or other forms of production and were functionally at a dead end in advancement.

Rebuttle
Daniel states that the White Legs are unable to hunt, cook, preserve food or tan. This may be a lie or exageration by him to convince you to see from his point of view, Daniel lied previously about Waking Cloud's husband still being alive to keep her useful and not mourn. Additionally he may be ignorant to the way the White Legs truely live, as he was ignorant about the way the Sorrows, a tribe he was living amongst, were still reverving the Father in the Caves.