Bakkers

The Bakkers were a nomad family sometime before 2077. They merged with Snake Nation and dissipated within their ranks. A V who chooses the Nomad lifepath was originally from this clan.

History
The Bakkers family was for many years under the leadership of Selita Bakker. Selita was a believer in centralized decision making and was either unable or unwilling to delegate responsibilities to subordinates in the family. As a result she held too much power in the family and and objections or opposition to her directives were few and far between. Despite her micromanaging style of leadership she was held with deep respect and affection by the Bakkers. These factors combined to make her position of leadership unassailable.

Selita's death was a watershed moment for the Bakkers. Her absence brought about a power vacuum that nobody else in the family was able to fill, a situation that Selita had ominously predicted in her final days. In the first of many leadership transitions she was succeeded in her position by DeLou Bakker. DeLou's tenure was brief, dying during a skirmish with Raffen Shiv. The leadership then fell to Lorna Ruiz who resigned the leadership a short time afterwards, possibly relating to her problems with alcoholism. Chari Dahlin took her place as the family's fourth leader in two years. Unable to exhibit any firm, unilateral decision making Chari abdicated her responsibilities one day by abruptly gathering her belongings and leaving the family camp never to be seen by the Bakkers again.

A succession of subsequent leaders were even less able to lead the family with distinction with supplies running low and contracts and agreements with other clans breaking down. Eventually the influence of the Bakkers had receded to the point where they could no longer operate autonomously and the decision was made to merge with Snake Nation. Not all members of the Bakkers were in agreeance with their family being subsumed by Snake Nation. As a result there was a split with many young members such as Trin Bakker (Selita's granddaughter) leaving the family to find their own fortune, none retaining any links with the Bakkers who joined Snake Nation.

Members

 * Selita Bakker (deceased)
 * DeLou Bakker (deceased)
 * Lorna Ruiz

Former Members

 * Chari Dahlin
 * Trin Bakker
 * V (dependent)
 * Ossian
 * Lil Elam
 * Afshin
 * Persia