The Laurentian Order has a special mandate to watch for the Antichrist, the antithesis to Jesus Christ who will usher in the end of days. There are rumors suggesting that Charles Atterley is the Antichrist which is why Jared Osborne is sent to Germany to investigate these claims. This is why he is eventually assassinated. Shirin, as B, claims that she is the Antichrist because it means to end the totalitarian agricultural culture in an effort to save the world from Man's destruction.