However, the spores from the fossil still lived and when the miners breathed them in, Las Plagas developed within them many years later. Now with Salazar's backing and fortune, Saddler hired workers from the nearby village to mine the parasites, which had been fossilized and seemed dead.

Taking advantage of Ramon's isolation and loneliness, Saddler used his charisma to convince the eight castellan that his ancestor had committed a great sin by sealing the Las Plagas and stopping the Los Illuminados, leading to Salazar resolving to undo the seal placed on the Las Plagas parasites to atone for his ancestor's 'sins.'

Some time before the year 2004, Saddler met Ramon Salazar, the castellan and ancestor of the Salazar family that had sealed the Las Plagas within their castle. Not much is known about his past, other than the fact that his non-Spanish name betrayed his status as an outsider and he had obtained enough materials for bio-weapons research along with resources to fund a paramilitary organisation, all of which is necessary to revive Los Illuminados cult. Saddler is a mysterious bio-weapons research chief who somehow learned the existence of Las Plagas, parasitic organism which served as the focus of Los Illuminados' worship.

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