Mod:Fallout: The Frontier/Northern Legion

The Northern Legion is one of the major factions of Fallout: The Frontier.

Background
The Northern Legion is a branch of the Caesar's Legion controlled by Legate Valerius, who occupies the east portion of Portland and resides in Ostia. By conquering local tribes, letting natives scavs join in, having more "liberal" views towards mass education and utilizing the pre-war technology found in the Frontier, the Northern branch has become quite a sucessful force in the region. However, the changes in culture and tactics are bringing the attention of Mojave frumentarii sent by Caesar who fear Velarius may have changed too much of their ways and thus became a threat to the Legion itself.

Notable Members

 * Legate Valerius

Related Quests

 * I Am Legion

Behind the Scenes
The Legion Main Quest was written entirely by NazoTheDark, with assistance from Odinsword for Crusader portions, and scripting reworks done by tgspy and ZuTheSkunk.

Developer quotes
"The whole "Legion using medevil arms and armor" thing is admittedly rather contrived and ridiculous, but it was also set in stone before I started writing for the Northern Legion, and then decided to make Valerious a reformer. Had Valerious been a reformer from the start, I would've ditched the Ostia stuff and had them be way more techy."

- https://www.reddit.com/r/FalloutTheFrontier/comments/li21cw/i_am_nazothedark_a_former_member_of_the_frontiers/gn2ncam?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 NazoTheDark Reddit AMA

"The legion in new vegas was a roman cosplay, most of the equipment the legion used was from salvaged armor or sport apparel. Is there any backstory/lore consideration for the portland legion to have freshly made armor(such as valerius' Russel crowe armor) and melee weapons? They picked it from Ostia, which was a museum of medieval arms and armor before the war. They then reproduced a lot of the armors for mass use."

- https://www.reddit.com/r/FalloutTheFrontier/comments/li21cw/i_am_nazothedark_a_former_member_of_the_frontiers/gn2u1dq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 NazoTheDark Reddit AMA

"Other question : Why are every stakes considerably heigtened ? Like Valerius' legion is bigger than Lanius', Archimedes II is bigger than I, etc, ? I can't answer stuff regarding Archimedes, but the Legion thing is a bit of a misnomer. Yes, Valerious' Legion is larger, but it's also disorganized and lacking in discipline. In a straight up battle, Lanius' men would crush Valerious' forces."

- https://www.reddit.com/r/FalloutTheFrontier/comments/li21cw/i_am_nazothedark_a_former_member_of_the_frontiers/gn2mbgw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 NazoTheDark Reddit AMA

"Were there plans for vehicles (Tank/Vertibird) for the Crusaders or Legion paths? It seems strange that, for instance, the Brazen Bull isn't playable. When I worked on Legion Content, I decided to not give you any vehicles or tanks and instead give you a ridable Bighorner (which Devil coded) for three reasons:

First, it made the questlines and factions more distinct.

Second, it fit with the Legion being a bit more low tech.

Three, when Legion quests were made, cars were frankly just kind of bad, yet another "flashy" feature by Devil that didn't have a reason to exist. It wasn't until Xilandro did his rework that I'd say cars were actually fun to drive and play around with.

Had cars been as good as they are now, you would've gotten way more vehicles for Legion content and the same would probably be true of Crusaders, though I can't speak for Odin.

At one point there was going to be a side quest in a factory where you could get your own Brazen Bull. Basically the Legion in the factory were having trouble because a child hidden in the walls was sabotaging their machinery. You would've had a moral choice regarding the kid and one of your potential rewards would've been using the Brazen Bull in the final Legion Quest (as it is the Bull is just kind of... there)."

- https://www.reddit.com/r/FalloutTheFrontier/comments/li21cw/i_am_nazothedark_a_former_member_of_the_frontiers/gn2mbgw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 NazoTheDark Reddit AMA

"What was your creative process when writing the Legion MQ? It was mostly iterative. I initially worked with a guy named Sub and we made a few drafts together, but eventually he left and then I put together what ended up being the final draft of the Questline.

The main inspirations while writing were the Legion from the main game, Oblivion's Dark Brotherhood and Heavy Metal music."

- https://www.reddit.com/r/FalloutTheFrontier/comments/li21cw/i_am_nazothedark_a_former_member_of_the_frontiers/gn2mbgw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 NazoTheDark Reddit AMA