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The Seraphites formed in Seattle a few years after the outbreak. They sprang up after people began to follow a religious fanatic in the city, a woman who considered herself a prophet and preached that mankind's fall to the Cordyceps Brain Infection was brought on by their own sin and efforts to live in a machine dependent world.

Over time, hundreds joined her following and capitalized on the WLF's war with FEDRA to form their own community on an island a few miles from Seattle's shore. Building their houses from trees and creating their own farms, the Seraphites became a thriving community about one thousand strong, although Yara mentioned only around half of them were trained for combat. They developed several villages on the island and made a city that was dubbed "Haven" where the majority of the civilians lived.

Once FEDRA was defeated, the prophet wrote down her beliefs and teachings and began preaching them to members of her community, essentially starting an entire religion. After her death, the elders in the community grew hostile towards the WLF in the main city and sparked a war with them for control of the forest areas, notably in the parks and at Martyr Gate. They created shrines to honor the prophet and made it mandatory for members to learn her prayers and chants, especially among soldiers while in combat. The elders also began a tradition of capturing trespassers and WLF soldiers and disemboweling them while praying in an effort to atone for their sins. According to Lev, they used the prophet's teachings to justify these acts even though they were not found in her sacred texts.

Years on from the war, a peace was brokered between the Seraphites and the WLF. However, holdouts and a growing desire among elders to control certain parts of the city caused the war to break out again. They also began accepting people from the WLF who defected so long as they practiced their beliefs. Soldiers also became exempt from certain Seraphite religious followings, notably the decree that forbade them from using "old world" creations (guns and electricity) in order to make combating the WLF easier. They also at some point made bases high up in skyscrapers, building bridges between the buildings to make traveling around WLF controlled terrain easier.

Lev wished to join his sister Yara in the new war but the elders arranged for him to marry another Seraphite. He refused and shaved his head, an act that was deemed blasphemous and treasonous. These incidents were rare but substantial enough that elders branded them as apostates and permitted their killings if found.

By the spring in 2039, the Seraphites were once more losing the war against the WLF and suffered a large scale attack on their island. The Seraphites in the farmlands evacuated their children as best they could to their lifeboats, though many were destroyed by the WLF. Haven was set ablaze and close-quarters fighting broke out between the residents at Haven and the WLF soldiers.

Despite the surprise attack, the Seraphites' resilience proved too much for the WLF, with at least three battalions (Alpha, Bravo and Echo) all being defeated in the night's fighting, including Isaac's company. Yara remarked that the Seraphites had been expecting an attack for months, hence their ability to launch a counterattack in mere hours.

The fighting ended with the Seraphites forcing what was left of the WLF's invasion force to retreat, albeit leaving much of their island and homes in ruins.