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Revision as of 01:07, 23 May 2015
Caesar's Ape Colony is a colony of apes led by Caesar after the Battle on the Golden Gate Bridge. The colony was guided by Caesar's Council of Apes. In 10 years the colony grew to 2000 apes as ape families began to take shape. During the 10 years that separated the forming of the colony and its continued growth, Caesar himself established a Royal Ape Family consisting of Cornelia, a female chimpanzee whom he had become close to during his time at the San Bruno Primate Shelter, and two sons named Blue Eyes and Milo, born sometime before the rediscovery of humans in San Francisco.
History
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Life in a Colony of Apes
The Ape Colony was born in the Muir Woods Park after the famous Ape Rebellion where many of the apes of San Francisco broke out of captivity after having enough of being abused, oppressed and tortured by humans. The Colony lived in a large village on a created by the evolved apes and was filled with many kinds of apes that made up a more organized community where the apes were more intelligent and freed of the humans' grip. The Ape Colony created many activities for themselves such as hunting, teaching sign language and medicinal training, as well showing they had come a long way from the pack of wild deranged animals they originally were. Headed by their leader Caesar and his capable lieutenants Rocket, Koba, Maurice and Luca, the ape colony was able to enjoy a decade of peace and harmony since humans were no longer appearing due to the deadly virus known as the Simian Flu that wiped out half of humanity.
Rediscovery of Humans
However, their peace was short lived, as while walking through the woods, Blue Eyes and Ash (the sons of Caesar and Rocket respectively) discovered a human named Carver. Scared, Carver pulled out a revolver and shot Ash, which ended up alerting Caesar and the apes who rushed to the scene before another shot could be fired. The apes surrounded the human group as Caesar assessed the situation. The human leader Malcolm told the apes they meant them no harm, and with that he ordered his group to lower their guns down as a sign of good will. Indifferent about them Caesar, much to the humans' surprise, spoke and told them to leave, his words were joined by his faithful followers who ordered the same thing, which caused the humans to flee. As the humans left in their van Caesar had Koba secretly follow them to see where the group came from and if there were more human survivors. Later at night, Koba reported back to Caesar as the other apes. A council was in order, wondering what to do about the humans, some wanted to kill the humans while others were more focused on why the humans invaded their home. Caesar silenced the council, stating they could lose all they've worked hard for the past decade to war. Caesar then adjourned the council, to reflect on the situation and come to a decision by the next day. Koba, a bonobo who suffered abuse and torture at the hands of humans told Caesar needed to show their newly discovered pests a piece ape strength to make them understand what apes can do.
Apes' Threat
The next morning the ape army led by Caesar and his lieutenants set out for the San Francisco human colony where they came face to face with the remaining humans. It was here where the humans realized that the apes were more intelligent than thought, as Caesar talked (in English) to make sure they knew they were serious about their demands. He told the now scared humans that while the apes did not want war they would fight if they must to protect their village to make sure it lives in peace and harmony. He then had his son return the sketchbook belonging to Malcolm's son Alexander and personally warned Malcolm to never come back to ape territory or else there would be a war, with that the ape army left the city and returned to their village.
Truce with Humans
Later on, at the Village the Gorilla Guardians had captured an intruder it was the human Malcolm who broke Caesar's rule by entering Ape Territory. As the apes wanted permission to kill him the human pleaded for Caesar to spare him as he had to show him something that wasn't far. Caesar accepted Malcolm's plea and the human took Caesar to the San Francisco Dam where he explained that in order to find other surviving humans he and his group needed to work at the Dam in order to power the city to make contact. The Ape King allowed the humans in ape territory on the one condition that they hand over the guns to avoid mistrust or any conflict.
Stability Shaking
With humans in their territory many of the apes began to grow uneasy about their presence due to many of them having face pain and suffering in captivity especially Koba who decided to secretly spy on their city. However, some of the apes grew curious about the humans and even formed friendships with them but their trusting would be briefly broken when the human Carver pulled out a hidden gun and threatened the sons of the Ape King nearly killing the chances for peace. However, this incident is overlook when Malcolm's wife Ellie gives Caesar's ill wife Cornelia antibiotics which cured the queen and put the humans back in the apes good graces. The Apes then decided to help the humans work on the dam to fasten their progress on the condition that Ape Hater Carver be expelled to the woods. But peace was not entirely guaranteed as the bonobo Koba and his group of followers had just discovered the human's armory practicing with guns capable of killing all the apes in the village. With the new knowledge of the humans being armed and a potential danger to the Ape Colony, Koba set out to warn Caesar about the threat the humans now pose. Arriving in the Village, Koba asked Blue Eyes where his father was only to be told he and some of the apes were with the humans at the dam. Making it to the dam Koba angrily made a scene and attacked some of the humans while demanding for Caesar to come out. The bonobo demanded to know why Caesar let the humans stay in Ape Territory when they just threatened to kill his sons and states he has put the apes in danger by letting the humans stay. Koba then declared to the apes present Caesar loved humans more than his people and including his own sons which led to him suffering a beating at the hands of an infuriated Caesar. The Ape King mercilessly pounded koba to a bloody pulp stopping himself short from killing him due to remembering the "Ape Not Kill Ape" law. Koba begged Caesar for forgiveness and left the dam with his followers. This event though would bring forth a cataclysm of dire consequences which would forever affect both humans and apes alike.
Koba's Usurpation
Later on, the apes and humans continued fixing the dam and after completing it they celebrated their success. As Koba having recovered from his beating by Caesar broke into the human armory where after killing two humans stole an AK-47 and headed back to the village in the dead of night. As the humans and apes celebrated over their success Koba found and secretly killed the ape hater Carver before taking the human's hat and liter as his prize. Back at the Ape Village, the apes are given a surprise when their queen suddenly emerges from her home (with her infant son) having been healed by the ape's new friends. The colony then watches as Cornelia is embraced by her husband and oldest son but as this is happening Koba secretly appears and orders one of his followers to burn the village down. The bonobo then takes his new gun and heads to branch unseen by all except Caesar whom he locks eyes with before taking his weapon and shooting Caesar in the chest causing the Ape King to fall form his position and into the woods presumably to his death. Koba then leaves behind Carver's possessions and the gun which is found by Blue Eyes who brings out the evidence. As the apes begin to frenzy over the loss of their king, their homes suddenly erupts in flames causing even more chaos amongst them. Their fear is suddenly subsided when Koba appears and taking advantage of the events declares the humans are responsible for their leader's death and the destruction of their homes. He says the apes must take the fight back to them while they still have the chance.
A Colony of Madness
Duel for Power
War on the Horizon
Caesar's Laws
After the village was built, Caesar with the help of his newly formed council established laws that the apes must abide by. These laws included;
- Knowledge is Power:
- Apes Together Strong: A belief that Caesar came up with during his imprisonment in the San Bruno Primate Shelter, Caesar believed that apes who go up against powerful opponents alone are weak, but apes who go up against powerful opponents together as a team, are strong, however, this belief did not turn into arrogance, as Caesar knew that apes are not unstoppable.
- Ape Not Kill Ape: It is unknown what the punishment is, for apes who break this law; Ape Never Kill Ape. It can be assumed that the punishment is death or exile, as the only two apes to have broken this law were Caesar and Koba. Koba was thrown to his death by Caesar for breaking the law and as revenge for killing Caesar's young nephew, Ash, and shooting other apes while trying to kill Caesar. Caesar broke this law in self-defense as Koba was trying to kill him.
Known Ape Colony Inhabitants
| Ape | Status | Position/Title |
Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caesar | Alive | Leader (King) |  |
| Cornelia | Alive | Matriarch (Queen) |  |
| Blue Eyes | Alive | Caesar's son (Prince) |  |
| Alive | Caesar's second son (Prince) |   | |
| Rocket | Alive | Former Alpha Male / Caesar's Deputy |
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| Maurice | Alive | Caesar's Advisor / Ape Colony Teacher / Overseer of the Ape Colony |
  |
| Koba | Deceased | Caesar's Former Advisor / Caesar's Usurper |
  |
| Andy | Unknown | Follower of Caesar |   |
| Jeanpierre | Unknown | Follower of Caesar |   |
| Lucky | Unknown | Follower of Caesar |   |
| Ash | Deceased | Rocket's Son |   |
| Stone | Deceased | Follower of Koba |   |
| Grey | Alive | Follower of Koba later Caesar |   |
| Luca | Alive | Caesar's Defender / Colony Guard |
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Trivia
- The gorillas appeared to be the only members of Caesar's colony that weren't as smart as the other apes. Buck, the first gorilla in Caesar's uprising, appeared to have been exposed to the Simian Flu as he had green eyes when Caesar first spoke, but even if he had been, he died during the Battle on the Golden Gate Bridge. However, half of the chimpanzees and orangutans, who were liberated from the San Francisco Zoo, were not exposed directly to the ALZ-113 virus and instinctively followed the other apes, but later, like the gorillas, they may have gotten smarter through a viral transmission and from ten years of living with the evolved apes.
- It is possible that the Ape Colony in San Francisco is not the only Ape Colony in existence.
Notes
- In a promotional video from 20th Century Fox, Mark Bomback confirmed that "Caesar has become something like a king within this community, or at least a leader, and he's really informed the way all the apes treat each other, and they look to him not only for leadership but also for moral guidance". However, in the same video, Andy Serkis portrayed the ape colony less as a royal dictatorship than as a democratic republic: "Caesar sets about creating this utopia for all apes, an equality, an egalitarian society".
