White Legs

The White Legs are a tribe in Zion Canyon.

Background
Joshua Graham explains the White Legs to the Courier, stating that their signature weapons are "storm drums," the .45 Auto submachine gun, taken from an armory near Spanish Fork. <!-- Descended from the survivors of the Great War from the desolate region around Salt Lake City, the White Legs are referred to by Follows-Chalk as raiders. What they cannot obtain by salvaging, they obtain by raiding other tribes and communities. As a result, they lack many survival skills considered essential, including food preservation, tanning, even basic hunting and cooking. However, they are exceptionally adept at war and taking by force, alienating them from other inhabitants of the wasteland, especially tribes in regions around the Great Salt Lake near the ruins of Salt Lake City, where their primary camps are normally located. They have been particularly bitter enemies with New Canaan for decades, fighting them for supplies and territory.

The increased territory and numbers presented a problem, as the White Legs found themselves unable to sustain themselves through just raiding. Unable to develop skills that would allow them to settle and unable to take cities with their primitive arsenals and skills, the White Legs were poised to die out within a generation, imploding as a result of their success. That is when the Legion's emissary, Ulysses, arrived. In return for the destruction of New Canaan and the death of all of its inhabitants, the White Legs would be inducted into the Legion. Under Ulysses, the White Legs learned new combat skills and gained new weapons, recovered from Old World and New Canaan caches. Thus strengthened, the White Legs started raids throughout former Utah and parts of Nevada for Caesar's Legion, killing all who they came across. They managed to sack New Canaan. They waited until Graham and the bulk of the city's defenders were away, before attacking under cover of night. Few managed to flee the city into the surrounding countryside. The White Legs killed all without mercy, including the elderly, ill and children. The city was then set on fire, to prevent anyone from returning. Those trapped in buildings were burned alive, including Bishop Mordecai. The ruins were then salted, to ensure nothing could grow there again. They attack anyone who isn't one of their own. Any group that works with and is associated with their enemies (namely, the Sorrows and Dead Horses to the New Canaanites) is also in danger of violence. -->

Locations

 * New Canaan
 * Caliente
 * Great Salt Lake
 * Spanish Fork
 * Zion Canyon
 * Three Marys
 * Crossroad Cavern
 * Glass Chime Cave
 * Bighorn Bluff (during the Advance Scouts)

Appearances
The White Legs appear only in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Honest Hearts. They are mentioned by Ulysses in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Lonesome Road.

Behind the scenes

 * A White Legs ending was discussed during the development of Honest Hearts, but was not possible due to the add on's short development timetable.
 * All White Legs color themselves white to blend into the Great Salt Lake.
 * The line spoken by Joshua Graham to Salt-Upon-Wounds is not Latin, but a variation of Spanish.
 * In response to the translation inquiries, Sawyer explained that he believes authors of content should leave the interpretive aspects of their work as-is once released. He continued, stating that he thinks content should be discussed but not be re-framed.
 * In the game files, script notes translate what each White Leg dialogue statement means, listed below.