König

== KÖNIG / KING ==
=== Introduction ===
König (German for King) was a raider faction that ruled a significant part of the wasteland directly after the flash took place. They were the largest faction in sunrise city until their demise due to the death of their leader, Das König. They are now mere folklore, and are a story to be told around campfires.
=== History ===
==== Rise to power ====
König quickly rose to power as they quickly raided and looted the local gun stores, and later the police stations, getting weapons and armor for themselves, while the rest struggled with finding as little as a pistol. Their leader, Das König, quickly established his dominance over the other raider factions in the area by establishing his group as a totalitarian state, with him at the very top. He established his own cult of personality and gathered a large following, with his top-officers creating and spreading propaganda all across the wastes, gathering more soldiers for their cause.
==== Das König ist tot! ====
Suddenly, the charismatic leader, Das König, would die just aged 29, due to a severe case of bone cancer that had formed inside of his skull, spreading to the brain. After his death, the entire group shattered like glass, and would be split into several small raider groups, and all his efforts lost. König was disbanded in 1963, one year after it's establishment.
Today the waves of König are still felt, with some König equipment being scrapped and used by Augustus's Legion, and other raider groups. Their tales are that to be told around campfires now, and remnants of the group are scattered across the wasteland, still clinging on to their beliefs, but with no banner to fight under.