White Legs

The White Legs are a tribe in Zion Valley in 2281.

Overview
The White Legs are a tribe operating mainly in the area surrounding Salt Lake City and parts of Nevada. They are hostile to all who are not White Legs, and are known for scalping their enemies. They are a nomadic tribe, having never developed self-sufficiency, and survive only by raiding caravans, settlements and other tribes for food, medicine and technology.

The White Legs use a variety of weapons, mainly simple, home-made melee weapons such as mantis gauntlets, Shishkebabs, tomahawks and fire bombs, but have recently taken to using "storm drums" raided from an armory near Spanish Fork. They can also be found with Grenade launchers, Brush guns, Riot shotguns, Anti-materiel rifles, and .45 Auto submachine guns at higher levels.

Like most tribes in the former Four States Commonwealth, they speak a pidgin language.

History
Like many other tribes, they are descended from survivors of the Great War around the Great Salt Lake who were not sealed in a Vault or ghoulified.

Before 2271, the White Legs raided mainly northeast of Caliente (a small town lying on Highway 93), but since the Ranger Unification Treaty was signed, the Desert Rangers moved to operate primarily in NCR territory, leaving whole stretches of the Long 15 at the mercy of the White Legs. To prevent the White Legs from taking the area, the rangers simply burned the bridges across the Virgin River into Arizona.

In 2281, the White Legs are petitioning to be assimilated into Caesar's Legion, unwittingly wrapping themselves up in the politics of the Mojave as they do so. Caesar, humiliated after his defeat at the First Battle of Hoover Dam, agreed to the assimilation on the condition that the White Legs kill all the New Canaanites, in the hopes that they would kill Joshua Graham in the process, should he still be alive. The White Legs sacked New Canaan, burning the Temple and salting the earth as they left, but a small number of New Canaanites, Graham among them, managed to escape and flee to Zion Canyon. The White Legs followed them there in order to finish the job, but stand opposed by the Dead Horses, who Graham has rallied against them. The two tribes are just about powerful enough to prevent one from becoming dominant over the other, but the arrival of the Courier in the region finally tips the balance of power.

Endings

 * If Daniel dies, the White Legs soon overrun Zion and drive the Sorrows and Dead Horses from the Valley. The White Legs plunder all of the Pre-War buildings the Sorrows had marked off-limits, their squalor an affront to Zion's natural beauty. By year's end, little trace remains that the Sorrows had ever made the valley their home.
 * If the White Legs drive the Sorrows from Zion, they celebrate by destroying all traces of the valley's former inhabitants. They appeal to the Legion for assimilation, but are denied. Their failure to eradicate the New Canaanites in Grand Staircase and farther up the Colorado does not go unnoticed. The White Legs make a half-hearted effort to find the New Canaanites, but are driven off by Dead Horses trained in the ways of Joshua Graham. The White Legs lose all hope of joining the Legion and disintegrate into a number of petty raiding bands, leaving Zion Valley a polluted cistern.
 * If the Courier and Joshua Graham lead a Dead Horse and Sorrows attack against them, the White Legs are demoralized and retreat to Great Salt Lake. Their days are numbered. Word soon reaches the 80s tribe that the White Legs' spirit was broken, their war chief a dim shadow of his former self. By year's end, the 80s overrun the White Legs' camps, scattering the tribe to the winds and claiming the Great Salt Lake for its own.
 * Joshua Graham's chilling execution of Salt-Upon-Wounds is seared into their minds, the surviving White Legs retreat to the Great Salt Lake. Unable to shake the memory of their brutal defeat and the Dead Horses' savagery in battle, the White Legs fear further reprisals. They flee north, out of Utah, into Wyoming. The wilderness is harsh, and the first winter claims over half the tribe. When spring comes, the survivors part ways in small bands. And so the White Legs die a quiet, ignominious death.
 * If they are defeated at Three Marys, and their war chief dies, the White Legs are determined to pursue the other New Canaanites. But when they finally track down their prey in Colorado, they discover the tables have been turned. The White Legs who survive the New Canaanites' ambushes are hunted down by Dead Horses before they can reach the safety of the Great Salt Lake. When word of the White Legs' diminished numbers reaches the 80s tribe, war is declared, and by year's end, the White Legs have been wiped out.

Language
Formed after the war, the tourists in the town of Res formed their own language. It was mixed with English and the languages spoken by the other tourists visiting Utah. The new White Legs tribe used it to remain covert from their enemies.

Appearances
The White Legs appear only in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Honest Hearts.

White Legs