Lux

Lux is an organization of survivors, first appearing in the first chapter of The Darkness Within. It is currently under Nathaniel's leadership and serves as a primary antagonistic group for many Quarantine Zones and lone survivors.

Before The Darkness Within
Lux was founded by Cyrus a few months after the Privatio Vitae Outbreak as a small group of survivors with a goal to keep humanity alive. They created a gated community in a nature preserve located in Oyster Bay Cove and gladly accepted other survivors.

Once Nathaniel found Luxfort, he became a member and stayed loyal to the group, bringing many resources and weapons as well as expanding the base. After Cyrus was killed by a Sulker, Nathaniel was appointed the new leader of Lux. Over time, he grew tired of forcing himself to accept the world's current situation and persuaded the group into searching for a cure.

With no success in finding a cure to the outbreak, Nathaniel became a manipulative and ruthless leader and his members mimicked his attitude. He began capturing survivors to use them as experiments for the vials he stole from Zone B1 and Zone B2 containing the fungus and possible cures. If the testees failed the experiments, they would be hung outside of the Quarantine Zones and other military-protected bases as a warning that if a cure isn't found, humanity will die out because of the tainted or other humans.

In July 2031, Lux was engaged in a fight with the Manhattan military in Brooklyn. After successfully defeating the soldiers, Nathaniel and the few members started to raid the shops but found Noelle, Olive and Jackson during their mission. Although most members were opposed to the idea of taking the three young survivors, Nathaniel believed they'd witnessed too much and brought them to the base to conduct his experiments. Out of the three, Noelle was the only survivor after the first few tests.

Events of The Darkness Within
At the beginning of the story, Noelle is running from Lux's second-in-command and main guard