One of Lazarus's disciples, Carter, was a fundamentalist. He observed a handful of people and their nature, their contradictions as well as their natural recations to loss, betrayal, pain and joy. He observed the effect of drugs on those who had a past of mental illnesses and those who had none of those.
In two years, he came to the radical conclusion that humanity deserved to be tested at all times to remain humble, and that in this way, it would link to God in the way that he tests our faith in Him to be sure that we stick to our words and His.
He's the one who, in one of his many writings, came up with the saying "practice what you preach in order to remain cold on asphalt." Many misunderstood the sentence and thought they were being called out to be as sinful as they could as long as they confessed their sins. But he had to come out publicly and underlign the obvious meaning he had in mind upon writing it. "The asphalt, when scorching hot, would burn your skin upon contact. But as you are cold, you can walk forever."
The late Carter was finally revered within the realms of philosophy, inspiring many younger souls to confess their crimes in a religious manner rather than a social one. Evidently so, many unfollowed his principles and chose a darker path to be able to keep on committing sins. But many stayed and practiced sanctity, rejecting and denouncing blasphemy. They noticed something strange. Those following the "darker path" had black sightings on their face and skin, subtle ones, for instance as they laughed, one could notice darker facial traits even though their skin was always pale white.
It had come to the point where the priests who became the Servants of Lazarus, named them the Black Angels. For they had already been made into the Followers of Efalis. And their smiles were always exaggerated, which is why, gifted by God of their discernment, the Servants of Lazarus prevailed the idea that it was their sins but also and most importantly the acceptance of their sins, as well as the complacency in their actions that made them so blind to the horrors they committed.
Before dying, Carter warned: "they will come by thousands, they will bring their excuses and their argumentations, their pitches and their forks, demanding the burning of Belfort, they will justify treason and treachery, genocide and blasphemy, they will sin until their last breath and repent when it is too late."
Lazarus Qogehn, aged a hundred and fifty two years old, slithered a few words to his apprentices one night before sleeping: "Carter was right in every way, more than he could ever believe it today if he was alive. I saw a young man, torching the world to flames, forcing our sons and daughters to harm themselves and each others for his own pleasure. This young man will be the end of humanity if he isn't killed. His name will be Efalis."
Along the way, the servants found the perfect emplacement to worship Yael. In those daunting times where the Black Angels grew in number and in intensity, their spiritual relationship with Yael grew stronger.