The Rusted Dawn

Roster · Part One

Tribal Elders

Elder isn't a rank — it just marks who was there at the founding. Elders get a vote on tribe matters, and that's the whole privilege. These four lit the first fire.

Grandpa's badge: an illustration of a bearded man in a red-banded hat reading The Wastelander newspaper in a plaid armchair.
Grandpa
Founding Elder

Reads The Wastelander in a plaid armchair while the desert does its worst. The badge isn't a joke — there's photographic evidence on the Wall of Dust.

Founding Four● Active
Brisket's badge: a cartoon crash-test dummy head with a checkered patch and dents.
Brisket
Founding Elder

Built like the Jeep-grille throne he was photographed on, with the temperament of the crash-test dummy on his badge: takes the hit, keeps smiling.

Founding Four● Active
Sweet Tooth's badge: a cartoon tooth glazed like a donut with sprinkles and a cavity.
Sweet Tooth
Founding Elder

Named for the teeth worked into the kit — look closely, then wish you hadn't. Carries a parasol in the wastes because sunburn is for amateurs.

Founding Four● Active
Champ Chicharrón's badge: a black rooster with a gold chain smoking a cigar in front of a sunset.
Champ Chicharrón
Founding Elder

Chicken symbology throughout the kit, chainmail over the face, and a personal bottlecap whose rooster smokes a better cigar than you.

Founding Four● Active

Roster · Part Two

Tribal Leaders

A Tribal Leader is whoever leads a job or responsibility. Four posts keep the camp alive. Today the Elders hold all four — that changes as the tribe grows.

Champ Chicharrón's badge: a black rooster with a gold chain smoking a cigar in front of a sunset.
Mess Boss
Held by Champ Chicharrón

Runs the meal plan and prep for every day of the event, and delegates kitchen work — cooking and cleaning both — to the tribe. Dietary restrictions accommodated; complaints composted.

Head of Kitchen● Staffed
Sweet Tooth's badge: a cartoon tooth glazed like a donut with sprinkles and a cavity.
Camp Mommy
Held by Sweet Tooth

Shows new members the ropes and mediates conflict inside the tribe before it grows teeth. First face a new recruit learns; last word in a camp dispute.

Inner Camp Relations● Staffed
Brisket's badge: a cartoon crash-test dummy head with a checkered patch and dents.
Waste Envoy
Held by Brisket

Handles land allocation and settles disputes with the other Wasteland groups. Camping out of a car or RV? Talk to this post before the event so you land on the right patch of dirt.

Exterior Relations● Staffed
Grandpa's badge: an illustration of a bearded man in a red-banded hat reading The Wastelander newspaper in a plaid armchair.
Road Warden
Held by Grandpa

Keeps every member inside Wasteland Weekend safety rules and runs concerns up to event staff when they arise. The one job where "nothing happened" is a brag.

Head Safety Officer● Staffed

Roster · Part Three

Tribal Members

Everyone who isn't an Elder. The backbone of any tribe — and right now, the most open job market in the wastes.

[ Unclaimed ]
Tribal Member

No Tribal Members yet. This tag is blank on purpose — somebody's going to earn a name out there, and the stamp is waiting.

Open Slot○ Vacant
[ Unclaimed ]
Tribal Member

Could be you. Build a kit, survive a sunrise, accept the name strangers hand you. The dog tag gets riveted after.

Open Slot○ Vacant

Recruitment Manifest

Tribal Members: Recruiting

The roster above is the whole tribe — four Elders wearing every hat. We're recruiting our first Tribal Members now. Build a kit, survive a sunrise, earn a name. The Field Manual covers everything you need to get started.

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