Mod:Fallout: The Frontier/Bleeders

«''Only Bleeders know the truth. It is not for an Upendix to know.''»

— Last Pathfinder

The Bleeders are a mentioned-only faction in Fallout: the Frontier.

Background
They were one of the four old tribes descended from natives of pre-war Portland, along with the Branded, the Snowblind and the Scavengers. Now, only the scavs remain. One last "true" member of the tribe can be found in the Bleeder Sanctuary, up North.

History
The Bleeders were composed of natives that fled from the bombs and ended up surviving the Great War in the North of Portland. They stablished their village at a pre-war clinic and called their home "Sanctuary". Before the arrival of the superpowers, the Bleeders were one of the most powerful tribes in the Frontier, controlling a great portion of northern Portland. The Bleeders often times waged war against the Scavs and the Snowblind, but despite their losses they managed to come out on top and ruled the wasteland with an iron fist. As time went on, though, they became weaker and complacent, losing a big portion of their territory to the other tribes.

Their demise, however, came by the same blood that built their culture. When a blood-transmitted disease broke out in ther community, a lot of members got infected and most of them died. The few that survided scattered around the wastes, in which the majority decided to join the Legion and ultimately had their culture assimilated. There is but one member who still keeps up with the ancient tribe's customs: Last Pathfinder, living his last days in the Sanctuary up North.

Culture
The culture of the Bleeders revolved around the worshiping of blood, believed to be the source of life and able to cure diseases. They also believed that their flesh, material body, was but a temporary prison to their souls (blood) and they could only be freed from this world and travel to Paradise when they died.

Due to their contact with pre-war books on Medicine, the Bleeders developed their language around medical terms. Upendix (appendix) means outsider, cellon (cell) means warrior, chondria (from greek khondrion, as in mitochondria, hypochondria) means chieftan etc. This fact also reflected on their worship of blood, believed to be the source of all life.

The Bleeders also don't believe in names. In their tribe, each member is given a name related to their role.

Rituals
Their rituals were gruesome and brutal, involving cutting open wounds into their own bodies and transfusing their blood between the members. Other rituals involved battles against beasts or other fellow tribals, in which the defeated would have his blood consumed by the victor.

Notable Members

 * Last Pathfinder

Related Quests

 * I'd Rather Die Young

Behind the Scenes
The Bleeder's culture has a lot in common with western gnostic beliefs, specially catharism.