Fallout: New Vegas/Characters/Caesars Legion: Difference between revisions

* [[Evil Luddite]]: He believes that introducing modern technology (especially medicine) to a population will corrupt them and harm their cultural development by making them weak and dependent.

* [[Evil Overlord]]: A post-apocalyptic version.

* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: He was the only child from a poor family that was raised as a Follower of the Apocalypse before he became the ruler of the Legion.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: If the Remnants fought for a Legion victory, Caesar is at least knowledgeable enough about the Enclave to leave them alone. Lanius, meanwhile, decides to hunt them down, leading to Legionnaires dying by the hundreds.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: {{spoiler|If he takes over Vegas, Caesar allows the Followers to leave peacefully since they're the ones who raised him in the first place}}.

** {{spoiler|He'll also give Hanlon a quick, painless death out of respect, which is better than what Lanius gives him}}.

* [[Prepare to Die]]: If the Courier comes to see him by his invitation and has a bad rep with the Legion, Caesar will tell you that it was all a trap and he's going to kill you on the spot. And then...

{{quote|'''Caesar:''' [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor|Relax, I'm fucking with you.]]}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Desert fox". Probably in reference to his cunning, especially as the originator of that nickname also happens to be the trope namer for [[Magnificent Bastard]].

** He even strongly resembles Rommel during the scene in Nipton. [[Captain Obvious|minus the dog head]].

* [[Older Than He Looks]]: He was the one who pacified the Twisted Hairs, the tribe that Ulysses belonged to, an event that happened around 30 years before the main game.

* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: A definite believer of this. Don't believe him? Just ask [[Wretched Hive|Nipton]]. He'll even tell you straight up to kill him if you believe he's in the wrong.

* [[Dystopia Justifies the Means]]: While Caesar's rule is hardly anything to look forward to, Lanius' rule is much much worse with the intention of creating a [[The Social Darwinist|Darwinistic]] world where the weak would be broken by violence while the strong thrive in constant warfare.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: He finds Vulpes Inculta's sacking of Nipton, Searchlight and his dealings with the Omertas dishonorable. And he can be persuaded to retreat if he's convinced that the campaign to take over the Mojave [[Pragmatic Villainy|will be too costly for the Legion in the long run]].

* [[Final Boss]]: Surprisingly for this game, played completely straight, unlike, say, [[Zero Effort Boss|Colonel Autumn]].

* [[Flunky Boss]]: If you fight him, two [[Praetorian Guard]] and a little less then a dozen Veteran Legionaries will spawn, packing ballistic fists, machetes, marksmans carbines and super sledges. However, if you talk him into fighting you alone, he becomes a [[Duel Boss]]. If you play your cards right, you can even ''invert'' it. The speech check will have him order his men to back down, but you can still have the NCR Ranger Squad Leader, one humanoid companion (e.g. Boone), one non-humanoid companion (Rex or ED-E), {{spoiler|Cannibal Johnson}} and {{spoiler|Doctor Henry}}, whereas he as no other support.

* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Despite being made out to be a savage brute, Lanius is actually a better tactician than Graham and wiser that Caesar thinks. He also understands warfare enough to know that defeat in battle is not the only way to lose a war.

** If you look at his SPECIAL, you'll find his Intelligence ''is the highest of all of Legion members!''