History Characters / FalloutNewVegasOtherFactions

* {{Irony}}: From a gameplay and story standpoint, Jason is a walking example of this by mere virtue of being a Glowing One, which is AlwaysChaoticEvil by gameplay terms, and since he's the only one who has been verified to be good thus far, story terms. He's also ironic in another way, since his cult revolves around the concept of a ghoul only society finding true peace, but to do so his cult requires absolute trust in two humans and using human technology (which in and of itself was partially responsible for making people ghouls due to its radioactive nature) to achieve their ends.

A group of tribals reformed by House in the shape of [[TheMafia old-world crime syndicates]]. Led by Nero and Big Sal, they run Gomorrah Casino and strip-club.

* CannibalClan: Before they were the White Glove Society.

* TheDreaded: By fighting for the NCR, the Remnants instill fear of the Enclave back into the Wasteland.

* GenreSavvy: To a limited extent, most of the Powder Gangers are in some ways. Instead of running away after they killed their gaolers, most realized they had control of a great fotress they could stage raids and mugging from, so they stuck around and used the existing facilities as their base of operations, even redeploying the explosives around the perimeter to deter trespassers. Eddie even worries (with good reason) about why the NCR didn't immediately try to retake the facility and tasks the Courier with finding out as opposed to throwing one of his own men into the meat grinder.

A technologically advance tribe originated from a group of emigrants from Vault 34, a vault in which the armory was overstocked and cannot be locked. They left after the Overseers attempted to implement gun control laws. They are currently living in Nellis Air Force Base to the northeast of Vegas and have developed a culture based around the use of weapons. The Boomer are very xenophobic and use artillery to blow up all outsiders that tries to approach their camp.

** More specifically, while they were allowed to ''shoot'' as much as they wanted in the gunnery range (the restrictions on access to guns came much later, after the Boomers had been gone for a long, long time), the Overseer stopped from exploding even small bombs.

** [[SubvertedTrope Violet]]: A [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers hunting rifle]]

* TooDumbToLive: Subverted slightly, as their fate upon launching their rockets is left ambiguous despite the prospect of them succeeding going against all known logic. [[spoiler:In fact, in the ending for Novac they somehow manage to return in order to help defend the town from the Legion.]]

--> ''You want to hear the story of the Great Khans? It's a long one, full of honor, glory and betrayal. We have suffered, but we will regain our glory.''
--->- Papa Khan

A tribe of Mongolian themed raiders that originated from the same vault as the NCR. They have been the enemies of the republic for generations until they were driven out of the Core Region and retreated to the Mojave wasteland. When Mr. House took control of the Strip, they were again driven out of New Vegas and resettled at Bitter Springs. A few years later, in retaliation of the attacks against their settlers, the NCR attacked and massacred the Khans, killing a lot of innocents in the process. The surviving Great Khans are currently living at Red Rock Canyon and in an alliance with Caesar's Legion and developed an economy based on the manufacturing of chems and drugs.

* AssholeVictim: Many seem to be of the opinion that while what happened to the Khans at Bitter Springs was messed up, they also sort of deserved it. Among them is Sergeant Bitter Root from the NRC 1st Recon who, [[spoiler:as a former Great Khan, was there on the receiving end of the bullets.]]
** That trope fits every single faction in the game, though. None of them are nice guys, and the Khans are no worse than any of the others. While they certainly are rough and none too friendly, they at least haven't committed the same kind of atrocities as some of the other factions. Boone, also from the NCR 1st Recon, thinks the exact opposite about the Bitter Springs massacre.
** Objectively though, the Great Khans' history backs this trope up. The Khans were attacked at Bitter Springs after the NCR got tired of them raiding caravans with supplies '''''and''''' warning them to stop. Papa Khan ignored the NCR, thinking they were empty threats, before the Battle of Bitter Springs. After Bitter Springs, the Followers of the Apocalypse went in to help the Khans by teaching them Chemistry so that they could make medical supplies like Stimpaks. The Khans used the knowledge to make drugs instead and the Followers withdrew all support from them and basically told them go rot.

-->''[[ScavengerWorld Humanity lost many things after the war. Methods of agriculture, techniques for survival.]] We took it upon ourselves to piece together this knowledge and bring it back to them. Other things weren't lost, but were blocked from our collective memory. [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves Knowledge of what we're capable of, and how things spiral out of control]]. It's in our nature to want to forget truths that keep us awake at night. And for that reason it's all the more important that the Followers walk the wastes to remind people of them.''
--->- Ignacio Rivas

A quasi-religious order and humanitarian organization that originated from the Los Angeles Boneyard with their headquarters located at the ruins of the former LA Public Library. The Followers are dedicated to help the less fortunate people in the wasteland by providing them with education and medical aid with the long term goal of ensuring that humanity does not repeat the mistakes that led to the Great War.

* BeingGoodSucks: [[spoiler:The only have possible good ending for them is if you get them to work with NCR and leave the republic in power (which was originally bugged; patch 1.4.0.525 finally fixed it). All the other endings results in them either kicked out of the region, get overwhelmed with patients, or hunted down and killed.]]
** [[spoiler:They get a relatively good ending if Caesar comes to power. Out of respect for his old life, he lets them leave peacefully.]]

-->''So you know about the vaults? Yes, we lived in one of those. Ours was numbered 34. In our vault, everyone had guns - [[StuffBlowingUp but the overseer wouldn't let you fire off any of the really fun ones.]] I guess all the little pops and bangs at the firing range just got boring after a while!''
--->- Pete

A bunch of Raiders prowling in the outskirts of Vegas. They are quite a threat however, since they make extensive use of drugs and are much better armed than most raiders.

* AffablyEvil: Motor-Runner. Rather hilarious when you realize that the ''leader'' of the most evil faction in the game is the only member who isn't automatically hostile to you.
** Because it's implied he's the only one not on a massive amount of drugs.
** Conversation indicates that he genuinely cares for the well-being of his people. It was the reason why he led the Fiends to Vault 3.

** In the aforementioned DummiedOut dialogue, Cook-Cook's colleague Driver Nephi will warn a female Courier not to let him get her alone.
-->''"Listen... you don't want to mess with Cook-Cook. And you ''really'' don't want to let him get you alone. Trust me." ''
*** The other DummiedOut dialogue makes it rather clear that the others really don't like Cook-Cook and only keep him around because he's a great cook.

-->'''Cook-Cook''': Hey there, sweet thing, want a ride on the Cook-Cook express?

* ZergRush: Their tactics in Camp [=McCarran=]
* YouNoTakeCandle: How Violet talks in the Dummied Out dialogue.
-> ''"Dogs? Good dogs! My dogs! Fiend dogs. Tear you up, arf arf arf! Ha ha!"''

-->''"Dear old friends, remember Navarro"''
--->- [[spoiler:The password for the Remnants Bunker]]

Six former members of the Enclave that was destroyed in Fallout 2, who can be tracked down and reunited for one last mission in a quest started by [[spoiler:Arcade Gannon]], who is one of them.

( {{Foil}}: To the Brotherhood of Steel. Like the Brotherhood, the Boomers are isolationist tech fanatics who don't trust outsiders. However, their reasons for being this way are entirely justified as their first contact when they emerged from the Vault was with violent tribals, and they realize that society has advanced and that they can't cut out the outside world forever, so they plan to slowly adjust to outside contact. The Brotherhood by contrast are isolationists due solely to their faith in their codex and stick to it in spite of realizing that it's causing their faction to wither.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Apparently an InvokedTrope, someone on the dev team thought highly of The King -- the secret perk "Meat of Champions" requires you to cannibalize Mr House, Caesar, President Kimball, and The King. Out of all the other factions and groups in the wasteland vying for power, The King is given the same level of importance as the leader of the three major powers.

* TheDragon <=> TheLancer: Pacer is this for The King, as he oscillates between the two roles throughout their quest arc.

* EntitledBastard: They get really mad when they figure out that the NCR is giving food to their citizens in Freeside, without giving any to the Kings and locals, acting like they somehow deserve it for nothing. It's especially weird because the Kings are widely known to persecute NCR citizens in Freeside with violence. While Pacer is doing this behind the King's back, the King is still fully aware that violence against the NCR happens all the time, does nothing about it, and ''still'' expects free handouts.
** The King doesn't actually say that he expects the Kings to get handouts, he says that he's angry because the NCR will only give food to NCR squatters and not any other people in need, the presence of the NCR squatters alone has already caused a drain on scarce food resources and caused the King's presence to wane enough that they seize a previously free-use water pump to prevent the NCR from gaining complete resource control of the area.

* GangOfHats: See above.

* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: The Kings take this [[UpToEleven a step further]] by acting as Freeside's De facto police force.

* SuicidalOverconfidence: In a quest involving the NCR's and King's conflict, the NCR sends a platoon of fully armed soldiers to the King's HQ. The King tells you to explain what's going on before his gang kills the soldiers. You have the option of telling him to calm down since his gang stands no chance if they start a fight. He'll take this as a challenge, and order his gang to open fire, upon which they are all gunned down.

* GutturalGrowler: Being ghouls, this is par for the course. Strangely averted by their leader, Jason Bright, who sounds as if he has a heavenly echo in the background. Chris Haversam also has this despite being the only non-ghoul of their group.

* RideOfTheValkyries: Plays when they launch their rockets.