Who are the seraphites?

An examination of how the seraphites in the last of us universe came to be formed, their beliefs and practices.
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[@Agente6231]

I am not a fan of the Seraphites but if I like something about them, it is the attire of their Seraphite soldiers; Leather trench coats with a hood, dark pants, white undershirts, and black shoes. It would have been great to have an outfit like that for the playable characters, it's a shame that that isn't an option like in the first game. I add that I like their whistle messages, a very useful language in an Army.

[@lonewulfmo9128]

yeah seraphites have a very rustic fashion sense which is oddly endearing. Personally i preferred the wolves paramilitary dress style. I love the contrast in the cultures of the communities.

[@Agente6231]

@@lonewulfmo9128 I also like the paramilitary side of the WLF, some models of the WLF Soldiers have a good paramilitary look although others look more civilian.

[@sunshinemunch4579]

Thanks for this video! I just finished watching TLOU series and was deeply intrigued by the various human factions at conflict with each other in TLOU2 game. You have a great voice. Please keep making these videos! This was quite insightful as not much is available about the origin story of Seraphites.

[@lonewulfmo9128]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@mnmgfdhjiuyzxcasdqwere7786]

Good video! I subbed. Also, I wonder if the Seraphites were based, to some extent, on the Mormon Church from the 1800s, which practiced something called "blood atonement." Blood atonement was the idea that some sins were so terrible, that the only way to atone for these sins was through sacrificial death, or through a blood sacrifice. One example of this is the Parrish Potter Murders of 1857, when Mormons/LDS members attempted to capture and murder the Parrish family, which chose to leave Utah for California. Only half of the family survived the attack. What's creepy about this is that one of the victims, the father, was disembowled. It has been argued that this event was an example of blood atonement by the church. Interestingly enough, the Seraphites also execute their enemies by disembowling them, and they believe that by doing so they have freed them from sin. Similarly, the Seraphites DO NOT take kindly to people who leave their cult. The similarities are surprising. Creepy stuff. If that's true, then I wonder what other deeper meanings Neil Druckmann has behind his writing.

[@lonewulfmo9128]

HI there. Thank you very much for taking time to view and respond to the video. My primary interests are post apocalyptic gaming, movies, reading as well as a fascination for such conversations. I took time to reply due to time/work constraints BUT i had to research more into the connections you pointed out between the seraphites and the mormons. Yes there are less than coincidental similarities between the ritualistic disemboweling of people by seraphites and the rituals performed by the people you mentioned allegedly a small group of people from professing mormon faith. Furthermore concerning parallels between the fictional religion and real one Mormons (according to research) for most part have a monadic view of god eg he has physical body with and jesus was his literal son, sepraphites viewed God as physical nature and angels and demons as physical beings with humans becoming demons as punishment. The fictional seraphites and real mormons pray, prefer frugal dress, revere texts, have varied racial congregation etc etc. Differences between the fictional seraphites and mormons are in polygamy and that seraphites distanced selves from material world while it seems mormons engage more in political spheres and engage in society more. My personal VIEW/OPINION which im going to reach very far and say is the same message Druckman tries to convey is that most religions or sects have (often dark) skeletons in their closets. But then again so do communist societies, democracies, capitalist societies. but that does not necessarily make them bad in totality or completely bad. These religious sects are just different ways humans to band together to survive a chaotic/ volatile world. But members of these groups view each other as soo different and as being wrong as compared to their own way of life (Re the wolves/seraphites and independent society of Ellie). So what matters is the deep human connection between these groups and across the fence the friendship, competing interests, competition for resource etc etc .

[@lonewulfmo9128]

ps if you are a gamer, reader or movie fan let me know what you playing or watching...

[@mnmgfdhjiuyzxcasdqwere7786]

@@lonewulfmo9128 I'm more of a gamer than everything else, though I do enjoy reading, and I am quite selective when it comes to movies. Interesting feedback, by the way. Also, others have also pointed out that the Seraphites may have been named after the Seraphim, which are celestial beings described in the Hebrew, Christian, and Islamic religions. The Last of Us has a lot of interesting things you can investigate and speculate about.

[@omarmzaham7248]

great vid on the seraphites aka scars.

[@lonewulfmo9128]

Wa! Thanx b!

[@sobahoe6890]

Fuck what that guy said about your stutter keep doing your thing ❤

[@lonewulfmo9128]

Thanx 😃

[@FireandBlood161]

Great video! I’ve been looking for a real in depth explanation this group. Also, fuck that dude! You are so intelligent and articulate.

[@lonewulfmo9128]

Thanks bro. How you finding the TV show?

[@FireandBlood161]

@@lonewulfmo9128 Quite good! So happy we’re finally seeing it on the big screen. It’s really a dream come true.

[@ssjgreensamurai7348]

Basically a post apocalyptic ethnic group

[@thewolfmanricardo5191]

So is the Lady propet dead?

[@lonewulfmo9128]

To my knowledge yeah. My understanding is that she died but her beliefs and group lived on. She became immortal like. What direction do you think tlou3 will take? You reckon people will warm up to Abby?

[@paulhamill456]

Yes, You come across a prision van which was ambushed. It is implied this was the site of her death and it has been made a shrine to her

[@up-set1451]

​@@paulhamill456 isaac executed her at a qz checkpoint which is why its called martyrs gate

[@thepeskyone]

​@lonewulfmo9128 i bet they will. people hated negan from twd but eventually loved him

[@Gadanfer]

What's the name Seraphites came from?

[@sobahoe6890]

The initial lady. Sarah

[@mariedanyeris2811]

Seraphim from christiniaty

[@kuunami]

I love the effort but the stuttering makes it a hard listen.

[@lonewulfmo9128]

Thanks for watching. Will try to improve quality, will try. Thanks for watching.

[@lonewulfmo9128]

I share similar sentiments to you. Although i've come to understand and accept that few people can handle life with out religion or some equivalent anesthetic. So i've learnt to look beyond what people profess and try identify their character.

[@lonewulfmo9128]

I visited your channel. You are quite advanced in unreal etc. Very humbled you watched my video.

[@aurahbeats8871]

@@lonewulfmo9128 hey man ! nice video!! don’t feel bad i just would recommend some slight edits and you’ll be 100% perfect! most of everything was cohesive, not to be too preachy but i’m an audio engineer as a job and re recording errors and punching it in with an edit is something we gotta do every day for that type of mistake. it’s pretty much impossible to record something like this all the way through with no mistakes. don’t try to fix your stutter it’s natural and not really something you can just fix!

[@lonewulfmo9128]

@@aurahbeats8871 thanx a tonne bro. I'm glad you liked the video.

[@BigFaoiter]

You gotta practice your scripts my man, cause if you do you would be stuttering a lot less

[@lonewulfmo9128]

Will do ma man.