[Game Story] The Last of Us 2 - Seraphites, Primitive Cult with Strange Beliefs and Dogmas

Even though the story The Last of Us 2 This story focuses on Ellie and Abby, but the dynamics of the conflicts that occur in their world are getting wider and have their own background stories. From Ellie’s point of view, the dangers she faced were three times more difficult than Abby’s. In addition to having to risk her life through hordes of zombies, Ellie also has to pass through two warring groups; They are Scars and Wolf. On the occasion of this article, we will discuss some information about one of the groups in question.
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When Ellie decides to go on a mission alone, it is certain that no area in Seattle provides a sense of security for her. After escaping the attack of a number of stalker, Ellie jumped from the building and was carried away by the swift current of the river until she came to an underground aqueduct. Luckily Ellie found a way out and continued her journey to the hospital through a recreation park that was already filled with plants and large trees.
Unbeknownst to Ellie, she is actually entering an area controlled by a mysterious and dangerous group; They are Seraphites or commonly called Scars.
When your memory is still fresh, Scars was a group more akin to a sect. The members’ characteristics are always wearing long brown robes with hoodies. They were first introduced through trailers cinematic The Last of Us 2 a few years ago. In the video, a mysterious woman appears and tries to rip Abby’s insides out before being interrupted by the presence of two men who are dragging a young girl. The woman, who looked like the leader of the group, was throwing a curse ‘apostate’ to the young girl named Yara. Yara, who was one of them, seems to have defected or violated the sect’s rules so that she was brutally punished; his arm joint was crushed with a hammer. ‘Apostate’ or apostasy is a typical term for people who hold a belief and Scars obviously they were meant to be.
Scars is one of the three factions living in the world The Last of Us 2. The group’s intentions were not much different from those of the other surviving gangs; They killed, robbed, raped, enslaved, and committed other immoral acts. In this apocalyptic era, of course, completely changed the way humans lived. Apart from that, the moral shift that occurs is also very far from what we might imagine.
PRIMITIVE CECTS; OTHER BELIEFS AND DOGMA.
Scars as dangerous as the group Wolves or Rattlers. The difference is, Scars doesn’t have full weaponry like in ‘Old World’ like members of the military or rebels. They refuse to use leftover technology from modern times and consider it a ‘sin’ big. If you pay attention, the explanation of the origin of the group is also unique.
As the dogma of a belief, Seraphites of course have it. Starting from information about the characteristics, strange rituals, to the role models they believe are depicted quite clearly in the pictures The Last of Us 2. This primitive sect seems to have been formed not long after the world was destroyed after the attack of the fungus virus. Of course they do not exist without a reason. Ideas about religion mingled with post-horror experiences ‘apocalypse’ small allows the birth of the ideology that they managed to embody. Presence Scars very relevant to ‘apocalypse’ small thing that happened decades ago.
In each group, there must be a leader who is believed to be able to bring about change. Group Scars believe in an old woman who for whatever reason is considered the Prophet or the Messiah. They often say “May she guide us.” As a sign of respect for the leader. Ellie or Abby unfortunately will never meet or fight the mysterious woman, but she is only represented in the form of diaries, conversations, or symbols typical of their largest group in the Seattle area.
However, based on the instructions above, it is most likely that the holy woman’s figure had actually died due to uncertain reasons.
During the episode of Abby, there was one level where she found the base Seraphites on a large island called The Haven. There we are shown that other life still exists but is hidden. It seems they have been building these traditional structures for a long time. Mdan can only be passed by boat. Apparently, Scars himself shunned the use of modern technology decades after the pandemic fungus attack (except for a gun) and was adept at hunting with arrows.
It never ends well.
For Scars, people outside their group are sinners. The sinners are considered more and more sinful because they use technology from modern times. One of the typical dogmas Seraphites is to say “Set them free.” Before killing his enemies. The cleansing of the sin they think must use one way, namely adopting the ritual of execution. The way they carry out the execution will be easily discovered. Ellie will be shown a number of corpses hanging from the ceiling of buildings or trees with their guts just expelled. For the author, their actions are certainly not far from the example of Satanic worship rituals and their sacrifices.
Apart from that, if we look at the members’ cheeks Scars visible rips or cuts. Turns out to get ‘sign’ it is an obligation. This indicates that Seraphites uphold group loyalty. This reminds writers of real groups like the Japanese Yakuza who have to cut off their little finger to qualify to join. Terrible, isn’t it?
WOLVES ORGANIZATION RIVAL
Members’ skills Scars also cannot be underestimated. They savant in hunting using arrows also communicates guerrilla warfare. No wonder the area of operation controlled by sect one is an environment full of plants and trees. Since they come in groups, then guerrilla is an equally good strategy against Scars. On average, in one group they have one or two archers, then two others hold long guns and large hammers.
The feud between Scars and Wolf seems to have happened a long time after the destruction of the world. However, the history of why the two fought each other was not explicitly explained, but only a strong suspicion about the struggle for territory in Seattle.
However, in the end there are members Scars who finally decided to ‘make peace’ with the Wolf group and adventure together up to several chapter forward.
save writer, Seraphites appears as a new threat that needs to be explored more in its existence because it still leaves a number of questions. This one enemy is very interesting. Ex-groups that are still alive might give birth to new herds in the future like Firefly which turned into WLF. Hopefully Naughty Dog will continue the project The Last of Us third in the future.