Post by horseman7 on Feb 22, 2015 11:51:30 GMT -5
Name: The Kingdom of Lexington
Type of Faction: Militaristic/settlement.
Faction Leader: King Robert Clay
Active Characters:
Other Notable Figures:
Goals: Protect all they have, and to expand outwards. Their most immediate goal is to secure Louisville.
Beliefs: Christianity.
Allegiances: N/A
Enemies: Raiders that live in the surrounding areas.
Headquarters: Lexington, Kentucky.
Keep: Castle Post
Locations: The Blue Grass region of Kentucky, mostly the inner bluegrass area surrounding Lexington.
Armaments: The soldiers of Lexington use a variety of weapons, usually whatever they can obtain. Common weapons include the R91 assault rifle, the hunting rifle, shotguns, lever action rifles, various handguns, small amounts of the chinese assault rifle, AR-15 style rifles, and elite forces using marksmanship carbines.
Armor and Uniform: The soldiers of Lexington wear combat armor, or leather armor, painted blue and white on the chest. Western apparel, and general wasteland attire is also worn among the population.
Mounts: The riders of the Bluegrass ride horses descended from those who survived the Great War inside of Vault 75.
Technology: The craftsmen of Lexington are able to make basic clothing and armor; make tack for their horses; forge swords, knives, axes, and spear heads; make bows and arrows; and make simple firearms.
Other: Lexington is one of the only known areas in the wasteland where horses are bred.
Numbers: The Kingdom of Lexington is home to about 1,000 people.
History: Vault 75 was created in the bluegrass region, near Lexington, Kentucky. It was constructed by Vault-Tec through the efforts of Noah Clay, a wealthy
executive at Stent Security Solutions. A native of Kentucky, Noah owned a successful Thoroughbred breeding farm outside of the city. Horses from his farm have
gone on to win such races as the Kentucky Derby, and the Breeder's Cup. Noah was a passionate equestrian, and loved all breeds of horses. This love for horses,
and the people of the bluegrass, inspired the concept of Vault 75. Vault 75 operated as a control vault, outside of the experimentation inflicted upon other vaults by
Vault-Tec. This was mostly due to large amounts of funding for the project coming from Clay personally, and his ties to the US Military, after having served in the
Army, and through the sales of his company's weapons to the Armed Forces. The vault was designed to house a few hundred human occupants, as well as many
equine ones. Horses were brought in to the vault, living in stalls in order to preserve the horse after the nuclear holocaust. Many stallions and mares were brought
in, in order to breed when they emerge from the Vault. Frozen semen from other stallions was stored within the vault as well. The Vault was also well armed. I
addition to the standard Vault uniforms and weapons, Clay was able to secure many R91 assault rifles, rifles which Stent manufactures. He also got many units of
military combat armor. When the bombs went off many people and horses survived within the safety of Vault 75. Ten years later, the vault's door opened. The
region that they were in wasn't too badly destroyed or irradiated. Lexington was not a major target, and the rivers that went through the area were sourced in the
rural Appalachian Mountains, which were not bombed at all. Many of the rivers, such as the Kentucky River, eventually empty out into the Ohio River, which was
quite irradiated. Luckily, that did not affect them in the inner bluegrass. Using a GECK, they were able to make the land fertile. They farmed for themselves, and
the horses grazed on the famed bluegrass pastures. Eventually, they were able to grow in power, and control much of the region. Clay, who became the overseer,
declared himself King of Lexington, the city that they controlled. The others agreed, and he, and his decedents, ruled as fair leaders. Other groups either joined
them, or were destroyed through their superior numbers, firepower, and cavalry. Today, the Kingdom of Lexington has a solid hold on the bluegrass region around
Lexington.