The Forge Legion

The Forge Legion is one of the splinter factions from Caesar's Legion after Caesar's death and the New California Republic's victory at the 2nd Battle of Hoover Dam. They occupy the pre-war cities of Kansas City and Topeka, attempting to rebuild the empire Caesar carved out in Arizona and to strike back at the Lone Star Confederation and NCR. They are led by Aderus, one of Caesar's Frumentarii, who led a large group of Legionaries out of Arizona and to a new land to rebuild.

## History

In 2281, after the Second Battle of Hoover Dam and deaths and disappearances of the Legion's main leadership, including Vulpes Inculta, Caesar, Legate Lanius, and Lucius, one of Caesar's most commended Frumentarii outside of Vulpes Inculta himself, Aderus, rounded up a large group of remaining Legionaries, Frumentarii, and Slaves and led them far from Arizona. They marched away from Arizona until they reached the pre-war city of Kansas City. It had been occupied by settlers and had a functioning government, market, and police force. Once the Legion reached them they demanded that they surrender themselves to the Legion in exchange for the protection of the well trained and brutal Legionary forces. The settlers allowed the Legion to take over, although a lot of them reluctantly, and those who resisted were burnt to death in the metalworking factory.

After the takeover of Kansas City, Aderus established a leadership facility in the metalworking facility, building himself a setup similar to Caesar's in Flagstaff and on Fortification Hill before the 2nd Battle of Hoover Dam. He chose 3 advisors to manage smaller departments of the Legion as a nation. Clipeus, a medal-clad Centurion who was an expert in the defensive part of warfare. Civitas, a manager of cities in the Legion who helped build and improve cities into bustling marketplaces. Praepedio, a manager of slaves before the 2nd Battle of Hoover Dam, who was tasked to expand the new Legion's institution of slavery and keeping them in line.

After the new Legion's government was formed, the second Legion began to establish military fortifications in Kansas City, which was now named The Forge, after the metalworking facility Aderus had established his palace in. The Legion began to expand its presence in the area, subduing nearby factions and absorbing the tribal raiders in the region into their ranks. Aderus sent his Legion to take Topeka to expand the new Legion's economy and control more of the population of Kansas to recruit more for its Legion.

## Military

The Forge Legion's military is very similar to Caesar's Legion, with one key difference. Using the flames of the metalworking facility Aderus had established his palace in, they began to adopt scorched earth tactics using fire. In their assaults on resisting towns, they would volley flames over the walls using flamer units from recovered flamers from military arsenals, burning the walls down and rapidly assaulting the town, destroying as much as possible until a surrender was given.

The Frumentarii and ranking organizations of the Legion were slowly rebuilt, with Aderus picking a new leader for the Frumentarii. They are not known, since the best spies aren't known by everyone.

## Relations

* The Reaver Revolution

They don't view the Reavers as a potential enemy due to their goal of taking technology, which the Legion doesn't have much of.