Amos Moses

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Amos Moses had been conceived and born in the Dismal Swamp Region, just North-West of the Broken Banks. His mother, Lucy, had been a rarity. She had not mutated externally like most of the Natives of the Swamps, and she looked perfectly human. This, accompanied by her close ties and primal nature with the Swamp Folks, resulted in many pregnancies. Amos was one of the last, weighing nine pounds at birth.

Born with several deformities, Lucy's beautiful genes could not withstand the more twisted genetics of Amos' bastard father. His skin was mostly pore-less and thick, even as a baby. This cause the infant Amos to overheat several times until Lucy had learned to leave the boy naked. In the summer, she would allow the boy to swim in the swamps, cooling his body in the heat of the coastal wetlands. The boy's right arm was twisted and long, and the toddler often struggled to lift it. In time, however, the young Amos learned to walk well despite this mutation.

Amos never knew his father, ( Lucy probably had known who it was, and perhaps never wanted to tell the boy. Or then again, maybe she didn't know for sure. ) and grew up without a father's guidance. ( Or what little guidance an average swamp folk could give, at least. ) Amos grew close to his mother, unlike many of her children.

Under Lucy's ( now called Grandma in her ripe old age ) watchful eye, Amos grew quickly. At sixteen, the boy was 6' 2", 240lbs, and still growing. At seventeen, Amos killed his first human using his bare hands. At eighteen, Amos had killed his first Swamp Thrasher. By his early twenties, the Native was known for his dark nature and lethal strength among the rest of the swamp folk.



When the Wolves came upon the Banks, they first filled Kitty Hawk. However, It wasn't long before they had resupplied and were sweeping south, gunning down every Native they came across. Amos fled as his mother commanded. Amos left the Banks and used a small boat to get to the shore of the mainland. Because of this his life was spared. If Amos had remained with his mother he would have been murdered by the Wolves the moment they reached Nag. Many of his kin had not been so lucky, and were executed in Nag. Because of her flawless skin, Lucy was spared the fate of the more obvious mutants.

On his own, Amos scratched out a living in the swampland. He traded the Thrashers and Hounds he killed to other Natives. The deformed young man had made a name for himself among his kin. His savagery was matched only by his determination, and he became something of a "problem solver" for the smaller families of Natives.




When the bandits of Stumpy Point would get too close to some of the families, Amos and his boys would ambush the bandits and skin them alive ( or worse ). It wasn't long before Amos Moses was being followed by several younger Natives, who were eager to do his bidding. Without necessarily wanting to be, Amos was now a figurehead for many of his fellow mutants.

In the year after the genocide of the Natives, Amos began spreading anti-Wolf propaganda during his travels. The mutant sought to rally the surviving Natives against the Wolves, hoping to eventually take back the land that was originally his home.



Amos and his boys began taking Wolven women hostage whenever possible. ( They just killed the men. ) This started when the Wolves were still in the early stages of getting settled in, they foolishly sent many women out on their patrols and scavenging missions. The mutant had taken advantage of this, and usually traded the girls to other Native families. Most of these Wolves were used to repopulate the swamp-folks numbers, eventually being executed after giving the swamp folk a child or two. It was one of these women that eventually took Amos' right eye. She met with a gruesome fate. It is Amos who has organized many of the raids on Wolven Caravans, as well as the attempted sabotage of the Wright Brothers Bridge. He currently leads a small group of Native hunters, acting as raiders and pillagers of vulnerable Wolves on the mainland.

When the Wolves realized why so many of their scouts and caravaneers had gone missing, Alpha organized a message to be sent to the Natives. The message was four fully armored Wolven squads: Alpha Team, Ghost Team, Roth Team, and Wild Team. The force forded the swamps in spreading patterns, annihilating every Native they came across. This second genocide was called off when Darwin intervened, declaring the potential cost, resources, and vulnerability outweighed the gain of primal vengeance.

For one year the Natives have been relatively silent, both the swamp folk and the Wolves waiting for the other to make a substantial move. Little has been heard from the Natives. Well, except for Amos Moses. Amos has been busier than ever...



This character is relevant to the Fallout: The Broken Banks Forum DLC.