Blackfoot Tribe

Founded by: John Bloch

Leader: Caesar Magnus

Belongs to: Caesar's Legion

The Blackfoot Tribe of Northern Arizona. It was the first tribe that Caesar took over and forged into Caesar's Legion. Unrelated to the Blackfoot tribe of Alberta and Montana.

Background
They were "founded" by a former military group (led by a Captain John Block) which was left stranded after his HQ and transport vehicles were destroyed in the war. Skilled with wepons, but lacking the knowledge of how to farm, Bloch's group fell into raiding. During a standoff in one raid on a small ranching community the ranchers called a truce and offered to pay the raiders "protection money" to keep them from raiding. The raiders agree and that became the start of a seccessful relationship. As the raiders had few places to spend the money they ended up spending it on equitment, food, and liquor from the ranchers, and the two groups became intermingled over the next decade as disaffected rancher sons went to join the raiders and older raiders "retired" to start ranching. During this time several wandering groups of Native Americans (who left their reservations after the American governmentment collapsed and thre was no longer anything stop them from claiming nearbly land ) established a relationship with the raiders/ranchers and the two groups joined together for greater strength; the tribes gain acess to some technology and a fortified home, while the raiders/ranchers gain acess to skilled outdoorsmen who knew the area very well. A great fire destroyed much of the original settlement and they ended up relocating to a small tourist trap in the hils. they continued to raise their bramin and make extensive raids into other communities for livestock and supplies. Their firearms succumbed to dirt and wear and over time they forgot how to repair and maintain them, becoming like any other tribe.

About 20 years later a sickness depleted their avalible number of younger people, so they took to raiding other tribes for children and teens in order to replenish their numbers. Eventually this scope broadened into slavery for laborders as well as adoptees, and slaving for profit soon followed. Now they are slave-raiders with a fixed base, despised by all others near them for their predation.

Caesar's Legion
At some point in 2247, Mormon missionary Joshua Graham as well as two Followers of the Apocalypse - Calhoun and Edward Sallow, the young man later known as Caesar, were captured by the Blackfoot for ransom. If you want to know more see Caesar's Legion or Edward Sallow.