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 on Salt-upon-wounds.

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

Background
Salt-Upon-Wounds is a harsh, merciless leader whose salt-the-earth policy of conquest and destruction is progressively transforming Zion National Park into another polluted piece of wasteland.

If the player chooses to go to war alongside Joshua Graham and starts the quest Crush the White Legs, at the end of the quest the player will find that Graham has overrun the White Legs village and is in the process of executing all of the captured White Legs. At this point Salt-Upon-Wounds, whom Graham is about to execute next, will beg the player for mercy. The player can either convince Graham to show mercy to his defeated enemies, allow Graham to execute Salt-Upon-Wounds and all of the other White Legs, or give Salt-Upon-Wounds the chance to die honorably in a "fair fight" against the player.

Alternatively, if the the player sides with Daniel and chooses to evacuate the Sorrows in the quest Flight from Zion, Salt-Upon-Wounds will confront the player at the end of the evacuation at Pine Creek Tunnel. The player can kill him in a final battle, or (through a Speech check) convince him to retreat without a fight.

The ending indicates that even if Salt-Upon-Wounds is spared and 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 Joshua Graham to "cap General Gobbledegook"

Effects of player's Actions

 * If you have 90 speech, you can ask Graham to spare him, after which he will run away.
 * The player can also let Joshua Graham kill him.

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