The Black Dog Motel would be an antagonistic group inspired by Timothy, a ragtag group of misfit thieves that live in a derelict motel in the middle of the desert. They light the desert up at night with neon lights to light the way, and steal & scavenge for supplies. They are fiercely loyal to each other, but very wary of outsiders. They don't have strong beliefs in any benevolent celestial beings, instead believing in their own instincts to survive in a world they see is dangerous. They believe that lost souls from the underworld wander the surrounding desert, mainly due to a mysterious crater that is permanently on fire some distance away from the motel. In reality, it's due to a natural gas field that collapsed after the nuclear fallout. But, this group believes that it is the gate to the underworld, a gate which is open for lost souls to escape from and wander their territory. Due to this, they have ceremonial rituals where they sacrifice a martyr to the fiery crater frequently to appease the underworld and protect their people from the evil lost souls.