As such, they are one of the few groups in the game that lack morals and are known for their villainous nature. In fact, numerous notes can be found in the area written by residents who either escaped or killed themselves to avoid being captured. Given the fate that awaits those captured, some runaways steal guns to commit suicide. Despite this, some were still willing to join the group as it secured them protection for their family. They purposely harm slaves in a way that wounds them but does not kill them, evidenced by one Rattler stopping another from beating Abby to death with a bat and a patrol leader instructing her squad to shoot runaways in their legs to stop them running. Those who do escape are dubbed "runaways" or "strays" that the Rattlers chase to recapture.
The Rattlers treat their victims with such cruelty that dying in an escape attempt is preferred by some. The Rattlers are sadistic in nature, some intentionally infecting slaves and chaining them up for their amusement. Those who did escape harbored a deep hatred for them, some even plotting to gather a group together to attack the Rattler's dome. Those who resist their enslavement are sent to "the pillars", wooden beams set out on the beach where they are strung up and left to die from exposure to the elements. Capturing other survivors to use as slaves demonstrates that the Rattlers have a long-term method to secure a stable food supply for their themselves, similar to the Jackson community, but with far more brutal methods of accomplishing it. They have traps set up across the city to catch infected and humans alike, with the former chained up and used as guard dogs while the latter are forced into slavery. The group ambush unwary travelers and take their supplies for their own uses.
Their base of operations is the dome within the city, formerly a hotel that the Rattlers converted into a fortress and slave labor camp. They also occupy and patrol the suburbs and woodland areas. They are a heavily armed group of hostile survivors who have set up camp in an oceanside resort in Santa Barbara, California. Sometime after the outbreak of the Cordyceps brain infection, the Rattlers were created.
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