Children of Man

Children of Man were a radical apocalyptic cult that maintained a significant presence in the region before the apocalypse. They were regularly engaging in election interference in local elections and waging conflict with the local law enforcement. For years, the FBI monitored them regularly in hopes of gaining insight into their actions and nefarious activities.

When the infection spread and people around town began to die, the Seekers began to double down on their claims that the world was full of sin. The significant loss of life was used as a justification for all their beliefs and actions. Quickly as other Seekers began to succumb to the virus, many opted to take their own life.

### Background

Born in 1960 in the small town of Aurora, Tess McClain lived a quiet life on her family’s ranch. Her father was the preacher of a little white church in Broken Arrow. Alfred McClain established himself as a fiery, apocalyptic preacher where nearly every sermon warned of the end to come. “Repent. For the end is near. Will He see you as pure?”, Alfred would say at the end of every bombastic sermon.

Tess spent every Sunday from sun up to sun down on the front row of that little white wooden church, soaking in every last word her father spoke. Alfred died in 1998 of a heart attack in his sleep. John Mark took over as preacher, but he had a different tact. A more reserved and quiet approach to the guiding from the pulpit.

Years later, Tess established her own church at the top of a hill near Ruby Ridge, calling the church “Faith’s Gate”. Tess always believed the death of her father was an act by dark spirits sent to kill a man that was guiding so many to be pure. Quickly she resumed the fiery, impassioned sermons she learned long ago and began to prophesies about the end to come because the world had become so sinful in her eyes.

Tess held deep down that it was now her responsibility to pick up the mantle her father once carried, but now it was time to fight back. In a sermon dated July 7, 2007, Tess proclaimed, ”For I saw a dwindling flame and a cold darkness. There was a valley before the flame filling with the tears of weeping children. Suddenly the flame grew cold. Darkness had won. But surely I say unto you, the tears of our children washed over that cold flame like a flood and behold I found myself standing amongst the children, whose tears fell no more. For they were in awe of me. For I am their new light. For I am their new nation. For I am their judge and their protector sent to lead these Children of Man through the wicked world. For I am Deborah Abraham.”

### Leadership

* Leader name: Tess McClain
* Alias: Deborah Abraham
* Deborah was a judge and military leader that led Israel into battle against the Canaanites in the Old Testament Book of Judges. She called herself “mother in Israel”. Abraham is regarded as the Father of the Israel Nation). AKA: The Founder

### Key Sayings/Verses:

* Behold, I saw a new light and a new home. The light of old had grown cold.
* Are you pure of heart?
* Come all you sick and weary. Find your rest at the feet of The Founder.
* Followers are called "seekers"

### Revelations

Survivors can find the Book of Revelations which contains some insight into the cult leader, Deborah Abraham. In a sermon dated July 7, 2007, Tess proclaimed, ”For I saw a dwindling flame and a cold darkness. There was a valley before the flame filling with the tears of weeping children. Suddenly the flame grew cold. Darkness had won. But surely I say unto you, the tears of our children washed over that cold flame like a flood and behold I found myself standing amongst the children, whose tears fell no more. For they were in awe of me. For I am their new light. For I am their new nation. For I am their judge and their protector sent to lead these Children of Man through the wicked world. For I am Deborah Abraham.”