Ethan was a notable member who covertly renounced his faith due to his guilt. While some members of the cult relished in killing their own children to prevent the birth of the Anti-Christ, others are deeply remorseful for what they've done, some to the point of suicide, for committing such an atrocity. When searching for or chasing Blake they are usually heard spouting or mumbling warped religious passages. Most of the cultists are innately violent, and will immediately attempt to murder Blake when spotted, some only attack him when provoked and others are completely unresponsive to his presence. Temple Gate's inhabitants follow the "Testament of the New Ezekiel", a religious text written by Knoth that calls him God's prophet and is also heavy with sexual imagery, in addition to religious imagery. They have completely cut themselves off from society at large, although some members still go to the "damned world" to buy medicine, gasoline, batteries and other necessities. Most of them are completely insane and cannot tell the difference between reality and fantasy anymore, a resultant of the microwave radio towers placed around the area by the Murkoff Corporation. The followers of the Testament of the New Ezekiel are maniacally devoted and loyal to Sullivan Knoth and the word of the so-called God he speaks of. By the end of the game, every last member of the Testament of the New Ezekiel, including Knoth himself, has committed mass suicide, mostly via cyanide poisoning as they had ultimately failed at their goals, with Lynn giving birth to the 'Anti-Christ' and Knoth no longer able to hear 'God'. After members of the Testament storm the mines and begin slaughtering the rival cultists, it can be assumed that the Testament won the civil war and all Heretics are killed.
The cultists spend the entire night relentlessly pursuing Blake throughout Temple Gate, occasionally clashing with the Heretics due to their polar opposite views. The Testament intends on torturing and murdering Lynn and her unborn child as they believe it's the Anti-Christ, however she escapes and is kidnapped by the Heretics instead. Venturing deeper, Langermann soon realizes that he's been stranded in a remote village that's inhabited by a delirious cult who believes that the end of times is upon them. Blake wakes up some time after, only to discover that Lynn's missing. Because of the location's inaccessibility by road vehicles, the two take a chopper which ends up crashing in a narrow ravine due to issues with the chopper's engine. A heretic more than willing to tarnish you mind, body and soul.As Blake and Lynn Langermann investigate the murder of a Jane Doe, they're led to the canyons of northern Arizona.
They smelled like copper and dirt, pallid skin smeared with mud and other unknown substances. Val clambered over your body, their lanky limbs encasing you like a spider trapping a fly.
Such eagerness is reciprocated, and this is shown by the hand that slaps itself onto the back of your head so you don't leave her lips and her soul wanting. Your hands are holding onto her cheeks, something she used to do to you, while you're staring into the abyss that are her eyes, and you lean in.