Mountain Men



Mountain Men, is a term used by the Sky People and the Grounders to describe a person who comes from Mount Weather. The Mountain Men alive today are descendants of humans who survived the nuclear apocalypse 97 years ago, by living inside of Mount Weather.They are responsible for creating the savage Reapers as well as the Acid Fog that has killed many. Because of this the Grounders have a negative view of Mountain Men. As of Fog of War part of the remaining delinquents finds out about this, and they no longer see them as their salvation.

Dr. Tsing mentioned in Long Into an Abyss that there are 382 Mountain Men living inside of Mount Weather. However, in Coup de Grâce, the number drops to 380 when a sniper from Mount Weather is killed by a Grounder and Sgt. Lovejoy is killed by Bellamy. In Rubicon, Bellamy causes a radiation leak that causes the death of 11 Mountain Men (including Dr. Tsing), and that puts the number of Mountain Men to 369. By the end of Resurrection, two guardsman are killed by Bellamy and another by Jasper, leaving only 366 Mountain Men left.

Society
Dante Wallace has been a president of Mount Weather for a long time. His father was one before him, stating that Mount Weather obtains some sort of monarchy-based government. He mentions 56 years ago he went outside for 5 minutes at the age 7.

His father, who was the leader at the time, thought that the earth was survivable again. Within a week 54 people were dead from the exposure, among them, Dante's mother and sister.

Some time in history, the mountain men decided to engage in several projects and tests, driven by mostly their survival instinct and to find a solution for possible radiation.

The Harvest

 * The harvest is a project currently led by Dr. Tsing known throughout Mount Weather. Grounders are captured in 'the outside world' by Reapers. Their blood is drained and used to treat the effects of radiation among the mountain men because Grounders have a higher tolerance of radiation.

The Cerberus Project

 * The Cerberus Project is a project led by Cage Wallace, that is unknown to the rest of Mount Weather, aside from a limited few. Cage will take grounders who are originally meant for the harvest. He will capture them and restrain them, before administering a drug that is most likely highly addictive. Through senortherapy the test subjects learn to associate high pitched noise with pain, this way Cage controls the test subjects. Eventually after several stages, the subject will become savage and will turn into a reaper.

Language
The Mountain Men speak common English, like the people from the ark do.

Among the mountain men there potentially more dialects and other languages intact, seeing as Mountain Men had more books at their disposal to study and learn other languages. This is highly suggested by the numerous flags seen in the Mess Hall.

Notes and Trivia

 * So far, no congressmen or women have been seen. Suggesting the president may be the single ruler of the Mountain Men.
 * Cage has taken over as the president of Mt. Weather and has imprisoned his father and taken over his office. Cage reveals he along with Dr. Tsing and many others within the mountain want to live on the ground.
 * There is a group of people that was led my Mayas Mom and now her and her dad that are against grounders dying to treat radiation.