Caesar's Legion

Caesar’s Legion is a powerful and merciless slaving organization, led by the charismatic and cunning Caesar. The legionnaires are a well-organized fighting force that mainly operate east of the Grand Canyon and in Arizona. The Legion is comprised mostly of reconditioned tribals and their young offspring. The Legion's standard is a black bull on a red background with the description "Legio X".

Members of the Legion pronounce its name in the classical Latin way, with a hard C sound. Wastelanders and members of NCR use the common English pronunciation with a soft C.

Origins
Mormon missionary Joshua Graham encountered two Followers of the Apocalypse in the Grand Canyon. One of them later established the Legion and became its Caesar, with Graham as his right-hand man.

The Legion rose to power during the reign of the Twisted Hair, one of the most domineering tribes in the wasteland that regularly raided neighboring tribes for food, supplies, and slaves. The Legion taught the tribes to fight back and the Twisted Hairs were soon driven from their lands. Weakened and on the retreat, the Twisted Hairs were set upon by the Legion and destroyed. No one was spared, but one woman managed to escape. The only survivor of this massacre later became the tribal "goddess" Hecate.

Growing power
A few years later, the first tribute of slaves was given to Caesar by the Blackfoot tribe. With time, a lucrative slave trade was established between Caesar's Legion, the Blackfoot tribe, and ghouls in the Reservation; from then onward, the Legion acquired wide access to the weapons, ammunition and armor produced there.

War with NCR
With his power growing, Caesar attempted to destroy the New California Republic's presence in the east, and succeeded in destroying Fort Aradesh, NCR's heavily fortified outpost located east of the Grand Canyon. It was the NCR's first major loss, which caused Hoover Dam's NCR governor to fear Caesar; it also gave Caesar the confidence to push forward all the way to Hoover Dam. The next stronghold controlled by NCR on the east was Hoover Dam, but when Caesar attempted to take it, his Legion was badly defeated. Since that time, most of Caesar's forces have moved east of Texas, past the legendary cyclones that rage for most months of the year. Packs of his legionnaires were left behind and still operated in the southwest, collecting tribute from tribes in the form of goods and slaves.

New Vegas
By 2281, Caesar's Legion has reestablished its power in the west and is slowly encroaching on the city of New Vegas. They continue to contest NCR over all of the region.

The first appearance in New Vegas is in Nipton with 4 Recruit Legionaries and Vulpes Inculta

Ranks
The Legion had specific titles and/or ranks. Known ranks were:


 * Legionnaire Recruit - simple soldier in Legion ranks.


 * Legionnaire Scout - scout soldier in Legion ranks.
 * Legionnaire Veteran - good soldier in Legion ranks.


 * Vexillarius - Vexillarius was special duty post; he was one of the signiferi (standard bearers); his duty was to carry the vexillum, a military standard displaying the name and emblem of the legion allow his comrades to keep morale in any situation, it's also an officer but less important than the Decanus.


 * Decanus - Graded officer, acts as a lieutenant


 * Frumentarii, a legion spy and graded officier, Vulpes Inculta is the leader and the most skillfull of this troops, and he has also the privilege of being in the personal circle of Caesar.


 * Pretorian - personal guard of Caesar and expert of unarmed combat, Lucius is the leader of this troops.


 * Centurion - Most graded officer, the only appearance was Caius Drusus and Aurelius of Phoenix.


 * Lagate - The best soldier and Caesar right hand.

The commander-in-chief of the Legion was Caesar. Caesar's right hand man was initially Joshua Graham, it's now Lagate Lanius.

Relations with other organizations
Caesar’s Legion is a truly brutal group, hostile towards many factions present in the southwest.


 * Caesar's Legion has open hostilities with the NCR and the NCR Rangers over the issue of slavery. The Followers of the Apocalypse are touchy about their connection with the Legion, because Caesar was formerly a follower.
 * Legionaries don't hesitate to enslave or kill Mormons, despite the fact that most tribals and other organizations leave them alone, knowing that they often voluntarily give medical assistance or other aid. Mormons are ashamed that from their ranks came Joshua Graham, one of the Legion's founders.
 * The Daughters of Hecate reserved a special hatred for Caesar’s Legion, because Caesar's Legion had destroyed Hecate's original tribe - Twisted Hair. The Legion should have hostile relationships with the Vipers, too.
 * The Blackfoot tribe is tributary to Caesar. Most of the Blackfoots fear the power of Hecate and her Daughters, but unlike Caesar, they see being under the influence of Hecate as a necessary evil, since she has "proven" time and again that she controls the tribe's fertility.
 * Other tribes were probably neutral or absent, like the Jackals or Scaven Pickers, or were potential victims, like the Ciphers and Twin Mothers.
 * The Legion is also hostile towards the Powder Gangers, openly hanging them on crosses in Nipton, located in New Vegas.

Development


The Caesar's Legion concept authors were Chris Avellone during pre-production and then - J.E. Sawyer - One of the few big things I did on Van Buren was taking an organization Chris invented and changing it (perhaps mangling it in the process) into a neo-Roman slavers' legion with all the weird titles, makeshift costumes, and traditions of that group.
 * According to Chris Avellone's test pen-and-paper campaign The first fringe of the slaver band, Caesar’s Legion was planned to encounter and fight in the Circle Junction Train Yards.
 * According to Van Buren first vision the Daughters of Hecate and Caesar’s Legion was thought as the female and male polar opposites, which was supposed to allow the player, depending on gender, to rule either one and use them to build an army, Postman style.
 * Sharptooth, cut-off member of Hangdog tribe, was planned to be a spy for Caesar's Legion, reporting to their agents in Denver, only because Caesar holds Sharptooth's sister as a slave. If this became known, the other Hangdogs would demand to banish him and his family to the wasteland. Bares-His-Teeth would have no qualms about doing this . Before being merged by designers with Blackfoot tribe Hangdogs tribe could be planned to live in northeastern Colorado, near Denver
 * According to one of Van Buren screenshots the Prisoner, equipped with Fallout Tactics-like pump-action shotgun and some unknown grenades, together with his five CNPC party, could kill hostile pack consisted of Legion slaver and Legion vexillarius.

Appearances

 * Caesar's Legion appears in Fallout: New Vegas. They were also to appear in Van Buren, the canceled Fallout 3 project by Black Isle Studios, as well as Black Isle's never-realized Fallout 4. Caesar's Legion was also to play in a minor role in the canceled Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2.