Testament of the New Ezekiel
Outlast 2: Story and Ending Explained
The people who skinned your pilot belong to a religious group, a cult known as the Testament of the New Ezekiel. Headed by one Sullivan, the group lives in an isolated, rural area of Arizona where they live as a community that follows the holy doctrine with special attention to Knoth’s Gospel, a new book guided by the hand of god that he’s writing for the bible. They come across as pious yet filthy, strictly following the teachings and leadership of Knoth.
The group doesn’t take kindly to outsiders because they are worried about the coming of the anti-christ. You, being a man, can impregnate one of their women with a demon seed so you must be dealt with. It’s why they’re trying to kill you rather than have you join them. Lynn, however, has yet to be killed. As you progress through the opening moments, you actually find Lynn and start to escape. However, realizing that she is gone, Knoth broadcasts over the loudspeakers to the whole area that Blake must be killed and Lynn must be captured so her baby can be dealt with. He claims to have examined her and found her to be with child. Blake is confused because as far as he knew, they weren’t having a baby anytime soon. More perplexing is that Lynn keeps saying Knoth is wrong, yet won’t say anything else.
Either way, the Testament of New Ezekiel is hunting both of you. They seek to take your life, and to kill the growing anti-christ that is slowly forming within Lynn. The cult eventually surrounds you but are killed by a group of what appears to be beasts lead by a woman. It turns out they’re all human and are a rival faction of sorts to the Testament of New Ezekiel known as the Heretics.
