The Copper Toes

''“You, O king, were looking and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary splendor, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome. “The head of that statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay." - Daniel 2: The King's Dream.''

The Copper Toes are a militaristic tribe from the north, they are lead by a prophet by the name of Casamir, who's slightly warped view of the bible as lead him to believe that the Copper Toes will be the next great Empire, after the destruction of the world.

History
Casamir was initially a Mormon from Vault 70 as his torn jumpsuit suggests and obviously grew up with a Christian upbringing. Casamir took the job as a Missionary at a young age and went from tribe to tribe in order to bring them the word of God and to help them grow as communities. Casamir was quite shocked to see how poor the living conditions of the tribals were and how powerless they were to stop foreign invaders.

He eventually decided that he had to do more than spread the word of God, he would have to give these people the leadership that they so desperately needed. He decided to go from camp to camp, asking them to join his cause, due to his rather charismatic nature, the tribals were willing to give him a chance and so, he was able to get at least three of the five tribes onboard.

The Tribes quickly lost their identity under his rule and though this caused some upset, the majority were just happy to be safer in larger numbers and were also happy to have food and water that wasn't contaminated. Casamir, however, still quite young, was somewhat stressed by this sudden change, now being responsible for the lives of nearly one hundred people. He often experimented with various tribal drugs to help calm himself down, it is this that many claim caused his later delusions.

Casamir came to the conclusion that the toes of iron and clay on the King's statue must be a post apocalyptic empire. Though the NCR and Caesar's Legion seemed like likely candidates, he dismissed them as 'upstarts' and set out to claim a new Empire for himself. He went out to the remaining tribes and assimilated them, anyone who refused was brutally executed. With the resources that these tribes offered and the arsenal he had amassed, Casamir lead the Copper Toes to Denver, hoping to claim the city as their own.

Casamir found little resistence in his way as he carved a huge chunk of the territory out for himself, however, there was the problem of the Dog Lords, an inferior but larger grouped collection of enemies who were quite prominent in the region. Though Casamir was able to push them back to an extent, they hit a point where their conflict was stalemate and no further progress could be made. Now both factions war over the territory and Casamir, still hoping to have an army that can crush both the Legion and NCR, is somewhat desperate to take the city for himself. If Casamir can assimilate the Dog Lords and take the territory, then maybe he can be a force to be reckoned with and then he can take the fight to the bigger factions, out west.