‘The Final of Us’ Season 2: Who’re the Seraphites or ‘Scars’?

We’re off and away with The Final of Us Season 2, with geared-up new factions and mysterious hooded nomads roaming post-apocalyptic America and threatening the lives of our beloved protagonists.

In Season 1 of Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann’s Naughty Canine recreation adaptation, it was all about FEDRA and the Fireflies. However now, with the vast majority of Fireflies despatched into oblivion by Joel (Pedro Pascal) within the Season 1 finale — was that a good suggestion, Joel? — and FEDRA seemingly nowhere to be seen, there are new gamers on the board.

And that features the bow-armed, hooded travelling group generally known as the Seraphites or “Scars.”

Now, I am not going to inform you all the pieces about this group — for those who’ve performed the video games, you may know what occurs with them in The Final of Us Half II. However this is what I can inform viewers of the HBO sequence concerning the Seraphites because it occurs in Season 2 (with no spoilers past what occurs within the newest episode on Max).

When will we meet the Seraphites in The Final of Us?

The primary we see of the Seraphites past the trailer is available in Season 2, episode 3. We meet a gaggle of individuals on a forest path to Seattle (the identical highway Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Dina (Isabela Mercred) take later within the episode), with every member clad in hooded clothes branded with the identical unusual image.

They’re all additionally marked by the identical self-inflicted facial scarring on both cheek (therefore their nickname, the “Scars”). It seems like these marks are given early in life for members of this group, as even Constance (Makena Whitlock), the very younger woman of their celebration, has them. They’re talked about in episode 4 because the “holy mortification” to affix the faction.

The Seraphites additionally desire melee weapons like their signature hammer or stealth weapons like bows and arrows, and so they talk in a classy whistling language.

What do the Seraphites imagine?

“She watches over me, she fills my soul.”
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We do not know a lot concerning the Seraphites’ religious beliefs at this level within the TV sequence, however we do know just a few issues. First, we all know they comply with a pacesetter generally known as “The Prophet.”

“The Prophet isn’t magic, they’re just people that see truths hidden from others and share their truth no matter what the cost,” the Seraphite chief (Michael Abbott Jr.) explains to Constance in episode 3. “So it was with our Prophet. That’s how we keep her spirit alive, we follow her words, we obey her teaching, but we keep ourselves safe.”

In episode 4, throughout Washington Liberation Entrance (WLF) chief Isaac Dixon’s (Jeffrey Wright) brutal torture and interrogation of a Seraphite (Ryan Masson), the captive calls Wolves “heretics” and repeats the phrase, “She watches over me, she fills my soul.”

Nevertheless, in episode 3, the Seraphite within the woods additionally mentions that The Prophet has been useless for 10 years, and that he “wouldn’t count on her to help” their scenario. Within the following episode, Isaac additionally dismisses the Prophet, telling his captive, “You know there are even Scars who don’t believe she’s some magic fairy in the sky, yeah? Some of you actually understand she was just a person.”

So, who is that this Prophet and what do they preach? We’ll discover out quickly sufficient.

What is the deal between the Seraphites and the WLF?

Uhh… this seems dangerous.
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The connection between the WLF and the Seraphites is direct rivalry. After we meet the Seraphites in episode 3, the chief of their group requires the group to take cowl when it seems “Wolves” are on their path. We all know this because the nickname for the WLF, who’ve a snarling wolf on a yellow triangle for his or her brand — considered one of their members, Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), killed Joel.

Judging by the Seraphite chief’s response to “Wolves” over what his daughter calls “Demons” as a risk, we expect they’re extra frightened of the WLF than they’re of Contaminated. And they need to be, with Ellie and Dina discovering the complete group slain on the finish of episode 4 — it is not clear who dedicated the bloodbath, however it’s strongly urged to be the WLF.

In episode 4’s interrogation scene, each Isaac and his captive accuse the WLF and the Seraphites of “breaking the truce” (we do not know what that’s but), and Isaac seems amused when he is instructed his aspect will lose. “We have automatic weapons and hospitals, you lunatics have bolt action rifles, bows and arrows, and superstition,” he says. “So tell me how are we going to lose?”

Isaac (Jeffrey Wright) tortures a Seraphite for info on assaults.
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With each events present in Seattle, the rivalry appears territorial — however from the seems of the WLF’s tanks, weapons, and foot troopers in episodes 3 and 4, the percentages appear considerably in opposition to the Seraphites. However the Seraphite captive signifies that their ranks are constructing. “Every day a Wolf leaves you to take the holy mortification and become a Seraphite,” they are saying. “And none of us leaves to become a Wolf.” And bear in mind, worry can also be a weapon.

In episode 4, Ellie and Dina discover a WLF man riddled with arrows in a Seattle constructing and later discover a complete group of Wolves hanged and disembowelled, lit from beneath, with a Seraphite image and message written of their blood on the wall studying “Feel her love.” It is fairly ugly and meant to be discovered as a terrifying message, referring to the Seraphites’ religious chief, the Prophet.

The Final of Us Season 2 is now streaming on Max. New episodes air weekly on Sundays 9 p.m. ET on HBO.

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