Iron Liners

Come north of Vegas and east of California, and one might find a peculiar group of misfits that seem to take after Grognak the barbarian more than a primitive society. These men and women would be the Iron liners, descendants of railroad workers that survived in the Wyoming interior and carved out a nice little empire in the process.

Before the bombs fell, Wyoming was undergoing immense civil development on behalf of the U.S government. Such projects needed workers and since they didn't trust the imprisoned Chinese POW's to not sabotage such projects so they gave the jobs to the civilian population mainly from the population of the state itself.

There within the deep wilderness of Americas interior they toiled away on the new infrastructure, only knowing the apocalypse had hit when it came up as a news report on the radio. Needless to say depression soon griped the already beleaguered workforce whose only source of escapism from their reality would be those old world comics you find scattered among the wasteland which would go on to prove crucial to their eventual tribal identity.

Over the centuries they have continuously modeled themselves upon their favored comic book hero, treating whatever comics they can find as "holy texts" which the current Iron liners believe to be myths from before the world was crushed beneath thousands of tons of nuclear might. They also love to fashion their weapons and armor off things more common in the 8th century than the modern era, often wearing heavy metal armor and great horned helmets along with great axes that in the correct hands could cleave a man in 2.

They gain their name from the old railroads their ancestors built and as such live in a derelict train station which needless to say has taken on a much different character over the years. The Iron liners have also developed a knack for taking slaves which form a large part of their army and agricultural workforce though their main purpose seems to be more for keeping the tribes economy afloat and to increase the glory of certain warriors as those who capture the most slaves can gain much respect in the eyes of their peers.

These men and women are warriors at heart, and though their beginnings were a bit more humble the way they stand today is a far cry from their origins. Along with the Shoshone and the Braves, they are the main opposition to the Khans expansion in Wyoming and are as yet the only tribe to defeat the Khans in open battle. And though diplomacy certainly isn't their strength they are looking to find allies in the inevitable war to come....

If they are able to subdue their rivals, they will rise to become the great power in Wyoming and perhaps one day, turn into a foe even the most accomplished factions in the wasteland would do well to avoid....