Understand the supposed relationship between the Brotherhood of Steel and Caesar’s infamous Legion
Summary
The theory of the existence of the Brotherhood of Steel in California, highlighted by Reddit, arises from the fact that people who followed the same rites, gestures, traditions and ways of life as the ancient Romans (Caesar’s Legion) joined a small base of this Brotherhood located in the Mojave after witnessing Caesar’s death.
There is a constant in the Fallout universe called the Brotherhood of Steel. This milico-religious group, spread across post-war America, has been at the center of virtually all of the franchise’s stories, including the Amazon Prime Video series.
However, as many fans have noted, the BoS aspect in California is very different from what we already know. That said, the user OmegaSpartan256 to the Reddit he came up with a theory that, frankly, makes a lot of sense.
The Legion
Anyone who’s played Fallout New Vegas will already know this, but pay attention to the explanation if you’re new to the game. In California, more precisely in New California, there existed a group of people who followed the same rites, gestures, traditions and ways of life as the ancient Romans.
The group, who called themselves “Caesar’s Legion”, terrorized the Mojave Desert, forcing other survivors to join the archaic lifestyle. That is, they wanted to restore slavery, the abuse of women, absolute military power and other things that would not be accepted in a normal society.
However, the Fallout series, also set in California, shows no trace of this group’s existence. But how could such a prominent group in the state simply disappear, fifteen years after nearly taking control of the company? This is where the California Brotherhood of Steel comes in.
A new brotherhood
The theory basically says that the survivors of the Legion, after witnessing Caesar’s death at the hands of the Delivery Man (or the NCR), ended up uniting in front of the small base of the Brotherhood of Steel located in the Mojave. This statement gains strength thanks to some data provided by the series itself.
For starters, the names of the soldiers enlisted in the Brotherhood in the series are exclusively Latin. This goes against famous characters from the games, who bring Germanic names to the brotherhood. Arthur, Jonathan, Jessica, Roger and Sarah made room for Maximus, Titus, Thaddeus and Quintus in the series.
The colors of the flags are also extremely similar to the Legion flags. Subdivisions of the Brotherhood of Steel always display their own flags, sharing the same logo but displaying different colors. This happens with the California Brotherhood. Essentially, the red with golden hues present in the Brotherhood also appears on Caesar’s flag.
The Brotherhood is also more ritualized. The knights mark the skin of their scribes with fire and blood, the leader of the group sits on a throne, and the Brotherhood brings bishops to bless the knights before they go on missions. But perhaps one of the greatest tests of this theory is the application of individual punishments.
When attacked by a Yao Guai, Titus tells Maximus that the young clerk will be “executed” for not saving the knight in time. Although the Brotherhood is an authoritarian group, it rarely uses execution as punishment, but this practice was much more common within the Legion.
Of course, this is just a theory. Even if the pieces fit together (and make perfect sense), we still know little about what happened in these fifteen years. But I’m sure that the answer will come in the next season, whose production has already been confirmed by Amazon Prime.
With eight episodes, Fallout is available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Source: Terra
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