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Item #: SCP-XXXX-J

Object Class: An esoteric word whose original meaning isn't meaningful for this context.

Special Containment Procedures: It is impossible to contain SCP-XXXX-J. All previous attempts, which involved reusing the containment procedures from popular SCP articles, have failed. The Foundation can only mitigate the damage caused by SCP-XXXX-J through the use of Protocol XXXX-J-SeeObjectClass,¹ which involves the loss of life and other tragedies. SCP-XXXX-J's containment chamber is a 5 m x 5 m x 5 m cell² constructed out of telekill alloy and equipped with a Scranton Reality Anchor.³

Description: SCP-XXXX-J is an entity that is unoriginal in nature. While lead researchers first believed that it was unique, others have been quick to point out the monotonous tropes it represents. Among these tropes are the urgency espoused by researchers that it be destroyed, the lamentation that it cannot be stopped, and its macabre physiology. For more information on SCP-XXXX-J's description, please see Document XXXX-J-12345.⁴

SCP-XXXX-J was first discovered in Site-19, where it had conveniently appeared in an empty containment unit. After garnering the attention and affection of nearby researchers, including Site-19's very own Dr. Arthur Standin, a wide range of tests and interviews were conducted over the course of [REDACTED] months. From this research, in which [DATA EXPUNGED] D-Class personnel were terminated, it was determined that SCP-XXXX-J is lethal. However, SCP-XXXX-J's capacity for homicide has yet to be fully quantified, and is a topic of ongoing scientific debate.

Addendum XXXX-J.1: Interview Log

Interviewed: SCP-XXXX-J

Interviewer: Dr. █████⁵

Foreword: This interview was conducted after SCP-XXXX-J murdered several members of MTF GreekLetter-Number ("Pun"), but before researchers had realized that it regarded doctors with the same level of value.

<Begin Log>

Dr. █████: Hello SCP-XXXX-J.

(SCP-XXXX-J insults Dr. █████, immediately cementing its dominant position.)

Dr. █████: I-I am clearly sh-shaken by this development, as i-indicated by my use of hy-hyphens.

(SCP-XXXX-J insults Dr. █████ again. SCP-XXXX-J is truly unchained, in both the figurative and literal sense.)

Dr. █████: P-Please tell m-me about your-yourself.

(SCP-XXXX-J proceeds to inform Dr. █████ of its entire backstory through a PowerPoint presentation, including a comprehensive Q&A session regarding the nature of its anomalous abilities.⁶)

Dr. █████: This exposition dump has left me in a false sense of security. Anyways, what is your motive?

(SCP-XXXX-J reveals its motive, which is threatening to the concept of life in general. Dr. █████, taken aback by this sudden realization, attempts to react in a manner that could be mistaken as expressive. However, SCP-XXXX-J is able to murder Dr. █████ before such a pivotal moment in their acting career can occur.)

<End Log>

Closing Statement: SCP-XXXX-J proceeded to breach containment and enter a rage state, releasing SCP-████, SCP-████, and SCP-████ from containment.⁷ All breached SCPs were later re-contained.⁸ A request to upgrade the object class to Keter is pending.⁹

Addendum XXXX-J.2: Incident Log
During a routine containment breach instigated by SCP-XXXX-J, the on-site nuclear device stored in Site-19 detonated.¹⁰ Despite a casualty rate of ██%¹¹ among Foundation personnel evacuation was deemed successful as Dr. Arthur Standin was among the survivors.¹² SCP-173 was also recovered without issue. A portion of the last message sent from Site-19 is shown below:

THE TRUE NATURE OF SCP-XXXX-J

BY DR. ARTHUR D. STANDIN¹³

FOREWARD

I have decided to stay behind to write this message, detailing the final events that will lead to the destruction of Site-19. I initially thought that it would make more sense to escape this facility and record this message later. However, such a plan was rendered into mere fantasy over a series of dire circumstances surrounding the true nature of SCP-XXXX-J. Truly, my only recourse is to recount these events in a lengthy and poetic manner that will tie in the literary themes of SCP-XXXX-J into a parable.

Despite my shortening lifespan, I will take the time to create an outline, several rough drafts, and a polished manuscript that will be reviewed by numerous editors. I shall then disregard the sage advice of these people, for true art is produced through the suffering of all involved parties. I strongly suspect that The O5 Council members themselves will be so awe-struck by my masterpiece that they will include this unequivocally essential story in SCP-XXXX-J's very own article, as the centerpiece that holds it together. I fervently believe that this story will jump-start my writing career as a dead senior researcher.

Are you ready to plunge into the artistic annals of greatness?

Then let's begin…

CHAPTER ONE

THE FOUNDATION OF DESIRE

It was a dark and stormy night when I first laid my eyes upon SCP-XXXX-J's majestic form. That magnificent entity, whose utter beauty is beyond description, did so enrapture me that I immediately found myself dreaming of our wedding day. It is literally impossible for me to overstate the extremely noteworthy significance of my first meeting with this divine figure. So much so that I will now cleanly segue into my life's story, beginning with my birth, and work my way up to this moment of transcendence. Along this journey, you, dear reader, will clearly see how my every character flaw has been corrected by SCP-XXXX-J's mere appearance.

It was a dark and stormy night when I was given birth. My mother, that absolute bitch…

Addendum XXXX-J.3: Document XXXX-J-12345

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WARNING: FILE SHOWS SIGNS OF CORRUPTION AND CRYPTIC BULLSHIT!

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TODO:

Consider rewriting portion of the Special Containment Procedures to be less on the nose. Have previous containment procedures reference Series-1 articles as opposed to being generic? This probably came about because of the Dr. Arthur Standin section breaking from the previous logic of being as generic as possible by instead being everything at once.
Introduce some form of "joke pause" between Addenda 1 and 2. Would probably consist of an exposition dump on Dr. Arthur Standin? Could re-arrange contents, such that either: Dr. Arthur Standin is introduced earlier and in a more serious manner, Addendum 3 is used as a literal comedic break and as a transition, Addendum 2 is chopped off and place in an accompanying tale, or something similar. Could also take the easy way out of just removing a bunch of the jokes in the intro paragraph for Addenda 2 (but I spent a lot of time on those jokes!). IDK.
Maybe watch Airplane again or one of the Naked Gun movies, as that style of comedy is longform and close-ish to what's being done here.

Even as night fell he remained there, floating on the foggy water. His head was craned upwards, to better look upon the starry sky. He spent most of his time like this, away from the noise of the world. To many of his kin, the cosmic sights were far off things that held no real importance to every day life, aside from the occasional myth and tradition. To him however, these lights were his world. He saw not the dealings of otherworldly beings manifesting themselves across the horizon, but instead imagined a mathematical dance among spheres of magical fire. He had developed a number of theories and even stories pertaining to these sights, none of which would ever be uttered to another living being.

None of his kin thought much of him or even what he had to say. In truth, this was because of his tenuous connection to them. Due to his interests, he had developed a poor sleeping schedule, and even when he was awake he rarely took the time to achieve awareness of his immediate surroundings. On the exceedingly rare occasions where he ran into another of his kin, only basic formalities were exchanged. He never saw a point in telling others about his thoughts and ideas, for he did not desire to waste their time. If they wanted to know, they would ask, he thought. Nor would he go so far as to bring his head down to so much as look upon them. It was, after all, impolite to stare.

Now, while the connection he had to his kin was tenuous, that does not mean that it didn't exist. His kin sang songs you see. These songs carried across the air far and wide, and would reach his ears even when the singers were nowhere in sight. He enjoyed these songs. He often imagined himself to be right alongside his fellow kin while they sang, as if he was directly participating in one of the many social events that would forever elude his understanding. These songs were what tethered him to the ground, as it were.

Of course, this line of reasoning is overly simplistic. It is not possible to live a fulfilling life under this sort of mechanical solitude. Despite everything, even someone as introverted as himself needs something more than songs and greetings. Perversely, as the years ticked by his social isolation lead directly into paranoia. It was the deranged thought that he was merely pretending that he was alone. That there were things beyond his field of view that were observing him with callous indifference. If he only lowered his head for but a second he would see them. He would see their glare and in that instant they would jump him. The only way to stop this would be to continue to live his life exactly as he had been living it all this time. To take his eyes off of the stars would do him in. Yes it would.

+ SCP ECC Phase 1 Provided Special Containment Procedures

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is contained in its chamber located at Site-50K. The containment chamber's wall consists of two components: an external wall of concrete and an internal wall of natural rubber, the latter of which must be at least 50cm thick. Any damage to the external wall must be repaired immediately. Testing on SCP-XXXX is not permitted.

Description: SCP-XXXX is an anomalous specimen of Hevea brasiliensis (rubber tree) which does not require any nutrients or energy to survive. It possesses an abnormally large and mobile root structure that aggressively seeks out and traps biological life under its vast system of roots. SCP-XXXX will use its roots to create incisions in its victims and absorb their bodily fluids, which it uses to grow and repair itself.

SCP-XXXX was first discovered in the Amazon Rainforest on April 25th, 2019, where it was regarded as a myth among the inhabitants in the area. However, historical records show SCP-XXXX to have decimated numerous tribes in the recent past, and statistical analysis of the figures suggests the rate of deaths would have continued to increase over time if SCP-xxxx were to be left unmanaged.

MTF Theta-4 ("Gardeners") was therefore deployed to acquire SCP-XXXX, which was accomplished on May 18th, 2019, with minor casualties. SCP-XXXX was then transferred to Site-50 Site-50K, where it has remained at to this day.

Addendum XXXX.1: Through trial and error it has been determined that natural rubber is the optimal material suited for containing SCP-XXXX, due to its tensile strength, tear resistance, and cost. To date, SCP-XXXX remains responsible for a consistent loss of life and other resources, and those losses are expected to continue. Due to these incurred costs, a shift in strategy will be put into place on October 11th, 2019, wherein personnel responsible for SCP-XXXX will focus primarily on maintenance and adherence to protocol.

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From:	MTF Alpha-1 COMINT
To:	O5-4
Subject:	Operation Bonsai
Date:	October 23rd, 2020

Hello O5-4,

Attached are the abridged transcripts pertaining to Operation Bonsai, following the leniency on firearm safety measures and Department of External Affairs hiring requirements for Site-50.

Thanks,
MTF Alpha-1 COMINT

SCP-XXXX Abridged Video Log Transcript (October 12th, 2020)

Persons Present:

Containment Specialist Carlos Costa

Containment Specialist Grace Dias

Site-50K Director Lucas Magnusson

Prepared By: MTF Alpha-1 COMINT

Dias: And why are we just gluing blocks of concrete together?

Costa: Well, I imagine it's to make the wall stay as, you know, the wall.

Dias: But it's not fixing it! Not really. Three weeks now we've just been going through the motions of applying concrete to this thing only to have it break off again and again. It's poor handiwork.

Costa: No it's not. This wall has been doing its job for an entire year. Everything was fine until you showed up and started demanding that we cover the thing in gold plating.

Dias: I- ugh… This shouldn't be that big of a deal! I've been studying up on civil engineering, and I have a plan this time. A very simple one! I-I even have a blueprint for a prototype that-

Costa: Grace, stop. You can't keep going against the flow like this.

Dias: But why? Why can't we improve the wall, if it's constantly being destroyed anyways?

Costa: (Carlos rubs his eyes while sighing.) We're just here to do what Director Magnusson tells us to do, collect a paycheck, and go home. And that involves repairing the wall immediately, not building a masterpiece.

Dias: Admit it, you're afraid of him too, aren't you?

Costa: Grace, I can't help you if you keeping pulling this shit. Y-you don't want to piss him off more than you already have. Look, it's almost three. We need to smooth this thing out before he gets here.

(Costa and Dias quickly grab their equipment and get back to work. Silence follows for several minutes.)

Dias: I just don't get why he's such an asshole. This is nothing like my previous assignment.

Costa: Wasn't your last job doing Keter duty?

Dias: This job is Keter duty too, Carlos! Or at least it's supposed to be. One day I'm saving the lives of children and the next I'm fixing a shitty wall.

(Director Magnusson opens the door from his office and approaches Grace from behind.)

Director Magnusson: What are we talking about here?

Costa and Dias: (Saluting.) Director!

Director Magnusson: At ease. Grace, what's this I hear about the wall?

Dias: W-Well I was just… just…

(Dias takes a deep breath.)

Dias: I want to revisit how we build the wall, director.

Director Magnusson: We've already been over this Grace. It's against protocol to perform any kind of testing on SCP-XXXX. That includes the containment chamber.

Dias: W-Well it's just that concrete by itself can't handle stress or deformation very well, but if we added a steel mesh-

Director Magnusson: Grace.

Dias: -we could increase the stability of the exterior wall, and it wouldn't break so-

Director Magnusson: Grace.

Dias: -often. I have some ideas for a prototype that we could-

(Director Magnusson quickly raises his hand, as if to slap Dias, who quickly cowers. Director Magnusson slowly lowers his hand and sighs.)

Director Magnusson: …Grace?

Dias: …Y-Yes Director?

Director Magnusson: Do you know what the acronym S.C.P. stands for?

Dias: It stands for-

Director Magnusson: It stands for "Secure", "Contain", and "Protect" Grace. You are clearly struggling to grasp this, so allow me to explain. The anomaly was secured by a task force. It was then contained in this site. All that's left to do is to protect it. That's your job Grace. Do you think you can do your job?

Dias: …Yes Director.

Director Magnusson: And how do you plan to do your job?

Dias: …By following protocol.

Director Magnusson: See to it. And don't forget to smooth it out. It looks like shit.

SCP-XXXX Abridged Video Log Transcript (October 16th, 2020)

Persons Present:

Containment Specialist Carlos Costa

Containment Specialist Grace Dias

Site-50K Director Lucas Magnusson

Department of External Affairs Representative Maria Silva

Prepared By: MTF Alpha-1 COMINT

Dias: Hey Carlos, why would anyone want to make a site-within-a-site? What's so special about this SCP that it gets Site-50K all to itself?

Costa: …No idea. It's probably some sort of bureaucratic crap.

Dias: Well I went to the offices of the higher-ups: The Department of External Affairs, Ethics, Administration, Security, you name it, and they kept turning me away because "they work for Site-50" but there's no equivalent department for Site-50K.

Costa: Woah, hey. When you first got here I told you go to me if you run into any trouble. There's no need to go overboard here.

Dias: You literally told me to shrug him off. Besides, after talking to damn near everyone in this building I finally found someone who'll take me seriously.

Costa: Who?

Dias: Someone from HR. Maria. She actually listened to me. She was damn livid when I told her about Director Magnusson. In fact, she's coming here right now to bring down the hammer.

Costa: Wait wait wait. You went to the DEA, someone listened to you, and they agreed to send a representative?

Dias: Yes, Carlos. That's how things are supposed to work around here.

Costa: That doesn't make any sense… What were their exact words?

Dias: Maria said that she was going to come over here to take control of the situation, and exert her authority over our director here. You hear that, Director Magnusson? I know you can hear us through that door!

(Director Magnusson emerges from his office. He pauses from texting on his phone to anxiously survey the room.)

Director Magnusson: Oh! H-Hello… Grace.

Dias: Is that all you got to say? Not going to slap me?

Director Magnusson: I… I need to go.

(Director Magnusson runs off. After a few minutes, Silva enters the area.)

Dias: Maria! Thank you so much for coming. Unfortunately, Magnusson left in a hurry when I mentioned that you were coming. We may have to hunt him down.

Silva: Hmph, typical.

Costa: (Saluting.) Director- Mam! What brings you here?

Silva: Well it's quite simple. After listening to Grace's tale, I took it upon myself to get involved in this situation directly.

Costa: But I thought that the DEA for Site-50 can't interfere with Site-50K?

Silva: Oh, is that so? I must admit that I'm still a bit green. I'm sure we can always escalate this issue to a higher authority if-

Costa: That won't be necessary! This has just been a huge misunderstanding. Grace and the director merely had a small… uh… office dispute.

Dias: It was no such thing! The director is downright abusive. He's been mismanaging this entire operation for some sort of power trip. He ignores us and forces us to perform poorly for his entertainment, around a Keter no less!

Silva: Those are serious accusations, Grace. Do you have any proof of this?

Dias: You can check the security footage.

Silva: All of it? That could take a while. How about for now we just focus on the simplest accusation, that he's been physically abusive towards you. If we can nail him for that, perhaps we can tack on additional charges in the weeks to come.

Dias: That's fair.

Silva: Now then, I believe you told me that he slapped you, is that right?

Dias: Yes! Well no… technically he didn't, but he was going to! I'm sure if you saw the security footage-

Silva: Woah, Grace, hold on there. I'll need to file paperwork to retrieve that footage. For now, how about you tell me exactly what happened?

Dias: R-Right. Well he visited us for his routine inspection, and I mentioned that I had some ideas for improving the special containment procedures. H-he didn't like that, and told me to stop… b-but I kept on talking and… that's when h-he raised his hand.

Silva: And why would Director Magnusson ever do such a thing? Could it be because you yourself were not following protocol?

Dias: All I did was suggest improvements to the wall.

Silva: But that in and of itself is against protocol. No testing is permitted. You are supposed to focus on maintenance.

Dias: But-

Silva: Regardless, I'd like to help, but this isn't a strong enough case to warrant action from the DEA. If I were to follow through, I think you would end up in even more trouble.

Dias: O-oh…

Silva: For now, I suggest that you ignore Director Magnusson's behavioral quirks and focus more on doing your job. Honestly, when I look at this wall I can't quite blame him. It looks like shit.

Dias: I…

(Dias looks back and forth in a double-take, between Silva and Costa.)

Dias: …I will do that.

Silva: Good. And one more thing, Grace?

(A large banging sound is heard as SCP-XXXX's chamber shakes. A section of the exterior wall falls off.)

Silva: You missed a spot.

SCP-XXXX Abridged Video Log Transcript (October 23rd, 2020)

Persons Present:

Containment Specialist Carlos Costa

Containment Specialist Grace Dias

Site-50K Director Lucas Magnusson

Prepared By: MTF Alpha-1 COMINT

Costa: Director Magnusson has been gone for a while now, hasn't he?

Dias: Uhh… Yup. It would seem so.

Costa: You… you wouldn't happen to know why that is, would you? It's a bit long to be in the bathroom for.

Dias: Carlos, can we talk for a moment?

Costa: As opposed to…?

Dias: What was the thing possessing Maria Silva? Is Director Magnusson possessed?

Costa: Oh. Look, Director Magnusson's always had a stick up his-

(Dias pulls out a gun and aims it at Costa, who instinctively puts his hands up.)

Costa: Grace, where did you get that? It's against protocol-

Dias: Are you also possessed?

Costa: No!

Dias: Then tell me, what is SCP-XXXX, actually? Why is The Foundation allowing it to run wild? Why am I unable to contact Maria or the Site-50 Director?

Costa: I told you that if you had any issues that you contact me. Stop trying to rope other people into this.

Dias: You? You're useless!

Costa: Do you think that we haven't already tried appealing to the higher-ups? When we first became suspicious of Director Magnusson, the original Site-50 Director, we got into contact with The DEA, who further escalated the issue. Next thing we knew The O5 Council created Site-50K.

Dias: Wait… then what the hell are we doing here? What the fuck is the point of the concrete? The wall? Any of it!

Costa: Th-Think of it like a ritual, Grace. We play its games and it stays satiated.

Dias: So, what, we just allow this thing to play warden and puppeteer us? What kind of shitty-ass response is that?

(Director Magnusson enters the area flanked by two security guards, one of whom is armed. The armed guard aims their gun at Dias.)

Director Magnusson: That is the response that the greatest minds of The Foundation have come up with. It's a shame that their genius falls silent upon your ears.

(Dias pivots, pointing her gun at Director Magnusson.)

Dias: You… What the hell kind of game are you playing here?

(Director Magnusson raises his left hand, signaling his guard to lower their weapon.)

Director Magnusson: (Gesturing at the unarmed guard.) Grace, I cannot begin to describe the number of infractions you have committed today by stealing this man's gun.

Dias: I won't repeat myself.

Director Magnusson: Curiosity is a luxury that few can afford here. If you don't drop that gun, I'll be forced to take action.

(A moment of silence passes. Dias proceeds to shoot Director Magnusson in the head, killing him. The two security guards descend onto Dias, relieving her of her gun and holding her in place.)

Costa: Grace, you idiot!

Dias: Well someone had to do it!

Costa: You don't get it! In the event of his death, I become the new direct-

(Costa falls limp. After a couple of seconds, he wakes up.)

Costa: (Sighing.) That really hurt, Grace.

(Dias attempts to resist the two guards restraining her, but is unable to make any headway. Costa slowly stands up while this is happening.)

Costa: If you absolutely must know, I initially resisted my… transferal. However, as I learned more about The Foundation, I realized that there was a silver lining. Between the fires, deforestation, and general climate change occurring in my home of Brazil, my mind became focused solely on survival. Here, however, is a place that pumps an unfathomable amount of money in order to keep its occupants in pristine condition, whether they like it or not. The least I could do was make my stay comfortable.

Dias: But The O5 Council didn't agree to that!

Costa: When I peered over the shoulders of the twelve- excuse me, thirteen members of The O5 Council, I learned many things. Most of which are above your pay grade. What I can tell you is that the only thing that they truly care about is the veil of normalcy. As long as Site-50K doesn't interfere with their operations, they won't mind their brief lapse of judgement. Of course, I have contingencies in place in case they change their minds.

Dias: Then… what am I doing here?

Costa: An excellent question, and one that I've been asking myself. It's astounding that you were hired in the first place, given your demeanor. What exactly did you do at your previous assignment that brought you here?

Dias: I worked on SCP-3411, but I didn't do anything wrong. I had some ideas for improving the containment procedures. Some instances slipping through the system, so I took it upon myself… Oh my god. I was just trying to help. They were just kids!

Costa: (Raising his hand.) Ah, it seems that you've finally caught on. Everyone who comes here without my succinct approval does so because they need to be swept under the rug, and you Grace, are a person that perfectly fits that bill.

(Costa waves his hand. Simultaneously, a section of SCP-XXXX's containment chamber ruptures, revealing a short rubber tree. Several deceased Foundation personnel in various states of decay are entangled in its roots.)

Costa: Would you like to know what's really being contained here?

(Dias attempts to fight against the security guards but stops when a gun is pressed against her head. The security guards move her to the newly made entrance.)

Costa: It's you.

Cool people who reviewed this:

What needs to be explained:

The Kingdom of Ne'hra's culture and historical period (Vagueness cannot hide Ne'hra due to SCP-140's critical length. Need to supply more than just basic info.)
How Daevite princes work (As Daevites are traditionally matriarchal, despite having many unique city-states, his role in Ne'hra must be explained in detail)
Why The Prince looks like a human (Despite there being no physical description of a Daevite, they are distinctly different from a human. Need to explain why he looks like a human in good shape)
Need to expand on the relationship between The Prince and The Researcher, while also maintaining The Researcher's poor but apparent means to hide these feelings from The Foundation. Perhaps two research logs, with the first covering history/culture of Ne'hra and the second being more intimate and "off-the-record" (with The Foundation listening in without The Researcher)
Need to explain why The Researcher is kept on for as long as he is after The Foundation makes him leave (it is because he is the only one who knows the language).
Ought to explain how The Prince learned about Nadox (library or word of mouth), and how even The Prince is aware that Daevite history is changing on the fly (builds The Prince's character and the lore).

Nitpicks/Suggestions:

✔️ Do the Containment Procedures to list what would happen if The Prince tried to leave? Should The Prince try to leave?
Maybe find a more scientific way to refer to the Gobi desert instead of "Gobi" (But actually ask the reviewer about this. At least one scientific paper does not refer to the Gobi by anything else).
✔️ Reduce significant digits of the sandstorm from 4 to 2.
Do not link The Prince's physical quirk of being made of sand to his age. This confused one of the reviewers. Instead link The Prince's age to the history of Ne'hra as described by SCP-140.
Consider using a more pseudoscientific term than geomancy…

Lore Considerations:

Could use Dr. Rahal's linguistic knowledge to explain how The Foundation was able to activate SCP-3140. WARNING: SCP-3140 was discovered on 01/27/17, and so Dr. Rahal's knowledge must be passed on before this date.
The Prince himself was probably pro-slavery for at least a small portion of his life (cultural traditions of sacrifice, dominance, and slavery appear to be heavily ingrained in even the most progressive of Daevic cultures and sub-cultures). Probably changed his mind when he met The Champion.

Misc. Considerations:

Consider using the Hemingway Editor App for hunting potential issues in the draft.

The Prince's Past Outline:

The Prince was born from Ne'hra in her city-state, before the war with the Sarkics (near the time that Ion was born).
- Specifically, Ne'hra's city-state formed recently (it having been given to her by her mother, who obtained it from a victory in the Zeroth-Occult War).
- By forming a pseudo-meritocracy of sorts, wherein people proficient in flesh-shaping and other feats can rise in ranks, she was able to expand her territory.
- Aside from this ability to rise and fall in what were previously rigid castes, the laws of the government remained mostly the same as they were before Ne'hra's inheritance of it. The only other difference is the general lax enforcement of the laws (with exception to laws regarding the ritualistic worship of Daeva's gods).
- Ne'hra's city-state is prosperous mainly because it is located near at least one Nexus, and experiences a large influx of Ways and other anomalous phenomena associated with low Hume levels. Explicitly, Ne'hra's city-state acts as a trade district between the Daevites and the other-worldly. Ne'hra is able to survive for as long as she does because her somewhat lenient nature is practically a necessity when dealing with foreign anomalies with esoteric goals.
- The name of Ne'hra's city-state roughly translates to "Kingdom of the Sun". Of course, to call it a "kingdom" wouldn't be accurate, but the Daevites are nothing if not proud.
Daevic Princes in Ne'hra's city-state acted mostly as servants for the high-class. Due to the small size of the city-state, The Prince found himself acting as Ne'hra's personal assistant, and even acted as a "vice president" of sorts, issuing orders when Ne'hra was otherwise indisposed (e.x. too drunk to work).
One of the roles of The Prince was to offer an offspring to become the next queen/empress. However, all attempts to perform this action failed, for one reason or another.
- In secret, a matriarch from a rival city-state who had a vendetta against Ne'hra made her infertile with a ritual of some sort. The nature of the vendetta was partly in policy decisions, namely the subversion of the caste system, especially with respects to gender. It was also partly done out of jealousy, as the opposing matriarch was in love with Ne'hra and didn't like the idea of her hooking up with The Prince.
As Ne'hra became increasingly upset with The Prince for his supposed inability to deliver, he found himself with more and more free time. He spent increasingly large portions of his life at the private library.
The Prince, in leading a clockwork life, is nearly assassinated on his way to a bookstore that harbored many books not available in Ne'hra's private library (some of which, The Prince managed to find out, were contraband). However, the assassination is prevented by The Champion. The Champion became a gladiator of increasing renown after being sold from a different city-state (in short, The Champion worked as a slave under service to a Daevite of little renown, and was sold to participate in Ne'hra's gladiatorial arena after murdering a fellow slave over a childish dispute). Their previous city-state was harsher towards humans, and The Champion has some sense of patriotism towards the city-state of Ne'hra for their laxer policies. Explicitly, The Champion, although brought into Ne'hra as a slave, was able to earn manumission after winning an annual gladiatorial tournament.
- Note: Technically speaking, it is only similar to gladiatorial combat (as gladiators come from Roman culture in the future, and this location is somewhere near the modern China and Mongolia border). This form of gladiatorial combat involved well-fed slaves given sufficient martial combat training. They would compete in something like a tournament. Essentially, each round everyone would face three 1v1 fights (each versus a different person). Each fight began and ended with a prayer to one of Daeva's dark gods, and the fight was usually in the form of martial arts, although there tended to be some variety to entertain the audience. Those that won the most fights ascended to the next round. While the number of rounds is dynamic, the fighting arena might possess increasingly dangerous hazards should the contestants take too long. This would continue until only one person emerged, titled "The Champion". The Champion is granted freedom from slavery and a nice middle to high class job, often in the militaristic fields of soldier or guard, and tended to appear in propaganda to act as the model Human. Contestants that failed too frequently were often sacrificed unceremoniously. Contestants that stay in the middle ground tend to stick around for a number of years, but do get sacrificed if they show signs of age or broken bodies. This arena acted as a cog in the convoluted machine of ritualistic appeasement towards the dark gods that Daevites worship. Explicitly, some gods like to see the sacrifice of the battle-worn and prayers of warriors in the midst of combat. As Ne'hra's city-state didn't experience too many wars or action, this arena method was a good way to accrue the much needed favor among the otherwise indifferent dark gods. While not every city-state at the time arranged this arena in the form of a tournament with a boon to the winner, Ne'hra's predecessor (i.e. her mom) found that awarding a boon made the contestants more enthusiastic, complacent, and orderly.
The Prince and The Champion become closely entwined, as The Champion desires to protect The Prince from copycat attempts (While he is a patriot, he both believes the guards are bad at their job while simultaneously having an "only I can do this correctly" style of ego). While The Prince is at first interested in The Champion (going so far as to hire him as a personal guard), the question of infertility constantly popping up makes him recoil.
Eventually the two have an argument about succession. The Prince, who's reading tastes have driven him to books that are contraband, is able to convince The Champion that the traditional Daevite laws are poor in design, and that it doesn't make sense for Ne'hra's child to be next in line, even if they did eventually exist. Although The Champion strongly believes that the Daeva are superior to humans, he is incensed by the idea of rulership being determined by means other than birth (specifically, might). Although the two are in complete disagreement over what a functioning government looks like (The Champion believing in a militaristic meritocracy of sorts, and The Prince believing in a democratic republic of sorts, wherein only a few could vote and term limits were long), they share a brief moment of understanding on a deeper level (The Champion understands that The Prince is more deserving of the crown then Ne'hra, as he practically runs the show. The Prince understands that The Champion is just a better person in all regards than most everyone he knows, and deserves to be more than a guard with a fancy title), and The Champion kisses The Prince.
Aside from getting lovey-dovey, the two take a deep dive into the realm of conspiracy. They plot for the overthrow of Ne'hra, with The Prince replacing her. They spend half their time arguing over what the resulting government should look like and the other half plotting Ne'hra's removal.
The pair would have been successful in removing Ne'hra from her throne (via assassination) if it weren't for good old fashioned Daevite time magic. Despite all of her inconsistencies from traditional Daevite politics, she has been exceptional in maintaining the rituals towards Daeva's dark gods. Through either a vision or an Daevite trinket, she is able to ascertain the pair's plans in advance.
Ne'hra, wanting to punish The Prince but also still desiring his continued assistance in running the place, ground his body into sand and stored it into a magical urn. Whenever she needed anything she could rub the urn to temporarily release him, and order him around with her compulsion magic (separate from the urn itself). His body would be "tethered" to this urn, in that he would immediately return to it if he left a certain radius.
As for The Champion, her actions prove to him that he and The Prince are inferior to her, and unworthy of the throne. The Champion, seeing himself once more as a slave, stoops to humility and promises Ne'hra that he will do anything if it means that The Prince will be free. The two form a deal of sorts, which states that The Prince will be freed after The Champion wins 100 battles. And so The Champion becomes an accomplished general of sorts, fighting in many battles to come on Ne'hra's side. Between battles, he is sent into a form of stasis, so that Ne'hra can make the most out of him.
While The Prince is told about The Champion's deal and initially holds that bargain in hope, he quickly realizes that Ne'hra is, of course, lying. After some thought, he decides the best course of action is to subtly resist Ne'hra's compulsion magic (and other obstacles) and use what little free time he has to search for a way to remove the curses on himself and on The Champion.
After a long time of service (in the span of roughly 100 years), The Prince was able to determine how to free himself and his partner. While freeing himself could be done at any time that he was not inside the urn, he could not determine how to release The Champion from stasis. Instead he uncovers a complex method of constructing a Way from a chosen location to a random location (within this reality and on Earth, so as to mitigate the chances of entering somewhere inhospitable). His plan is as follows:
- Use what power Ne'hra has trusted him with (ex. policy writing) to accomplish a swift and sudden blow to the Sarkic community by requiring them to be marked at all times, and giving them little time to comply.
- The Sarkic community, already thinking about joining Ion's rebellion, goes on a riot in the city-state.
- The Champion (by now a pseudo figurehead that people of the city-state look up to due to his many victories in battle) is awakened to deal with the riot.
- The Prince quickly breaks the spell tethering him to the urn (which naturally immediately alerts Ne'hra), and goes as fast as he can towards The Champion.
- Using his newfound Way-creating method, the pair would escape together, leaving this realm and entering a new strange land, far away from Ne'hra's influence.
The last step of The Prince's plan goes awry. Ne'hra is able to catch up to The Prince and all but kill The Champion. The Prince ends up teleporting without him, and is lead to believe that The Champion is as good as dead (although he has nightmares that The Champion is tortured for all eternity).
- The Prince proceeds to hide in the desert that he was teleported to forever. Using his knowledge of the urn, he creates SCP-4824 in order to both conceal himself from others and to block out Reality in the figurative sense.
- At no point does The Prince attempt to return to Ne'hra's city-state, out of fear that Ne'hra would find him, break him further, and perhaps put him back to work.
The Sarkic rebellion that The Prince caused is further enraged at seeing The Champion's seemingly dead body. While Ne'hra is able to quell it, it comes at a great cost to her in both resources and political good will. Seeing this rebellion as a sign of weakness, other Daevic city-states begin to roam around her city-state like vultures. Believing that Ne'hra gave her subjects too much power, they slowly and then suddenly swoop in and retrieve the city-state from Ne'hra, altering it into a province of the slowly growing Daevite Empire. While Ne'hra is still in charge of her city-state, most of her power is taken from her and given to a council of elders from far away (ironically, this closely matches The Prince's initial vision for a better government).
Ne'hra is able to revive The Champion through the use of Daevic time magic. She is further able to keep The Champion on her side by controlling the narrative of the fight that nearly took his life (he naturally doesn't remember it that well). She tells him that The Prince was killed that night by the rebellion. She is able to corrupt him further by making him believe that The Prince's death happened mostly because humanity is just that afraid of the "clear superiority" of the Daevites. The Champion soon comes to believe that he should continue fighting for the Daevites, as they are the only ones who possess the ability to point humanity in the right ethical direction (of course, he still hates Ne'hra, and would much rather have The Prince or someone like The Prince in charge).
Ne'hra's now province would later fall in the "End by Sarkicism" timeline. Ne'hra escapes this End mostly through SCP-140, which indirectly provides the high-up matriarchs with the ability to regenerate from only a small amount of DNA and a magical stone that contains a backup of one's memories. Ne'hra is further able to save The Champion for further use, as he is nigh-impenetrable while in stasis. From this point onwards, Ne'hra would release The Champion from stasis to assist her in conquering some backwater place to form a new city-state (which was always only modest in size, for Ne'hra wanted only luxury and had little ambition). While Ne'hra would only be able to hold onto these city-states for a few decades (due to her incompetence), she would always survive their fall.
- Every city-state that she ever gained control over would always be named the same thing: "The Kingdom of Ne'hra" (regardless of its actual status in the political world).
During his self-containment, The Prince comes up with many stories to tell, mostly out of boredom. Among these is Nadox and the Mekhanite.
The Champion's perspective of the world is forever narrowed. He is only awakened to fight and for very brief talks (often of military strategy). Though he does learn many languages and customs, he becomes divided from humanity, and adopts an increasingly narrower view of them as such due to desensitization. Over his many fights, Ne'hra uses her magic to both mend and alter The Champion (ex. strength-increasing and minor compulsion magic), although he remains mostly human in appearance and mindset. He does eventually see himself as a sort of emotionless tool, fighting mostly out of habit (having slowly lost his belief that Daevites are morally superior, simply because of the sheer number of monotonous gorey situations he is constantly put through). While he dislikes Ne'hra, even he knows that few Daeva would stoop to her level and give the kind of autonomy to humanity that Ne'hra does.
After The Champion proves his loyalty over a long period of successful fights, Ne'hra removes the stasis magic from him and instead gives him a similar form of immortality to her own. The difference is firstly that the magical stone keeping a backup of his memories is hidden from him and in her possession. Secondly, he can be prevented from reviving by himself (This "off switch" is usually hit sometime after Ne'hra forms her kingdom. While The Champion does enjoy his rest, it is important to not let him stay idle for too long). Thirdly, Ne'hra always holds a backup tissue sample.
- Over the course of history, there have been a small handful of cases wherein The Champion revolts against Ne'hra, only for her to end him, modify the stone containing his memories, and then revive him (sort of like rolling back a corrupted server to a previous stable version). While The Champion believes that this form of immortality gives him more freedom, he couldn't be more wrong.
- It is known that those who utilize these constrictive forms of immortality long enough may obtain a small grasp of the nature of time. They may be able to not only rollback their physical bodies (and mental stability) back into health, but go so far as to rollback time to undo some of their mistakes. This ability can only be granted to those who suffer death and rebirth so frequently that the "afterlife" is but a blink of the eye. Ne'hra, due to her fear of death and change, cannot achieve this ability.

Outline:

Special Containment Procedures:
- ✔️ Remains mostly the same. Alter the ending bit from "unwilling to continue residing" to something along the lines of "noncompliance" or "breach containment."
Description:
- Modify the description of "geomancy" to be more related to thaumaturgy in relation to sand.
- Modify The Prince's biography description:
  - Include DNA/body sampling with "health diagnostics", as The Foundation would be very interested in getting a sample of Daevite DNA.
  - Move the age calculation from his biography description to the history description.
- Add a Kingdom of Ne'hra history description (which could be in the form of a document written by a Foundation history buff, who abridged SCP-140), which absolutely must have the following:
  - Its relation to SCP-140, keying in to the readers that The Foundation's knowledge of the place is extensive.
  - That The Kingdom of Ne'hra was a frequently appearing city-state, which was briefly prominent during the Sarkic Fall of Daeva, but otherwise is in the outskirts of Daevic history. Key notes (of its first incarnation. The others may differ by large amounts) include its relative friendliness toward Sarkicism (as the Sarkic arts were used to construct much of the architecture. This is important as flesh-buildings leave poorly understood ruins), the use of Daevic Princes as "vice presidents" and royal stewards, and the multitude of matriarchs who changed their name to Ne'hra.
  - The time that it was created, and the multiple times that it was destroyed (to key readers into the 2D nature of Daeva's "Timeplane"). Don't fuss too much about specifics here, but do include a mention to Sarkicism. Say that it was created before the age of Sarkicism (<~1800BCE) and first falls before the Sarkic-instigated fall of Daeva (<~1200BCE).
  - Provide no more than 2 sentences describing the former matriarch, and her role in her own kingdom. Do tell enough so that readers can realistically see parallels between her and Emperor Nero, who "played the fiddle while Rome burned" (ex. that the city-state frequently has matriarchs that cause it to fall within 20-30 years due to Laissez-faire politics). Also mention that she saw herself as the last true matriarch.
  - At the end of this paragraph, put the prince's age in rough estimates.
Hidden Content
- At the end, in white and after the poem, add a perspective view of Ne'hra after she had written the poem.
  - She views the poem as atrocious (having been the first time she's written with effort in ~5-10 years), but feels that the poem's blandness is suitable given who it's written for.
  - She spends some time enjoying the view on a fairly fancy balcony. The view in question is either a sunset (which she often mistakes for a sunrise and vice versa) and of two armies fighting each other
  - She notes that due to some sort of "divine intervention" (re: SCP-140) her city-state has been up and running for a lot longer than it really ought to (about 30 years now).
  - As she tires of watching the fighting, she muses that she may have to go on leave, and return some hundreds of years later. Perhaps there will be some new technology or cultural musings to entertain her then.
  - Taking one last look at the dusts made in the battle, she is reminded of SCP-4824 itself. She reveals to the audience that while it was once a jail for The Prince, it was easily escaped from and didn't see much use thereafter. She finally wonders if The Prince would ever leave "that prison of his". She doubts it, as "a man who chains himself is forever bound to despair".

TODO: In the outline, will need to work in The Prince's own history. In particular, I would like to make it so that he was born during the first incarnation of The Kingdom of Ne'hra (<~1200BCE), but would still know of the tale of Nadox and the Mekhanite (let's say it becomes a thing around ~500-200BCE). To make this work, he would have to be Ne'hra's personal steward, following her across incarnations. Let's say that over time Ne'hra realized she would never bear children, and still seeing herself as the last matriarch of Daeva, then refers to The Prince as The Last Heir of Daeva (i.e. perhaps he could bear children with another). After The Prince's "affair"(?) she essentially curses him into his current state and leaves him to be "with his own kind" (what is now the sand itself).

Item #: SCP-4824

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4824 is to be monitored for any deviations through an automated system. Civilians who are believed to have encountered SCP-4824 or SCP-4824-1 are to be contained and processed at Site-36. Should SCP-4824 be vandalized, Mobile Task Force Kappa-34 ("Freud's Impressionable Students")¹⁴ will be sent to locate and re-contain SCP-4824-1 with SCP-4824. If SCP-4824-1 becomes unwilling to continue residing near SCP-4824 and breaches containment, Mobile Task Force Kappa-34 will be in charge of capturing and relocating SCP-4824-1 to a temporary containment cell within Site-36, where it will be processed.

Description: SCP-4824 is a sandstone obelisk located in the Gobi, which has been inscribed with an unknown dialect of Daevic. A rotating, organized system of airborne sand particles that is 10 meters in height and 17 meters in diameter is centered on SCP-4824. Within this weather phenomenon is a calm zone that is 15 meters in diameter. Inside this calm zone, the wind and noise generated by the weather phenomenon are not present. The weather phenomenon will only dissipate if SCP-4824 has been sufficiently vandalized¹⁵. Repairing SCP-4824 will result in the weather phenomenon's immediate manifestation.

SCP-4824-1 was first discovered in close proximity to SCP-4824. Visually, SCP-4824-1 is an adult man of good health. All attempts to retrieve biological samples from SCP-4824-1 have failed, as the samples will transmute into sand when removed. For this reason, health diagnostics, such as SCP-4824-1's age, cannot be accurately determined. However, crosschecking SCP-4824's interview logs and SCP-4824-1's inscriptions with historical data suggests that it is more than two thousand years in age. Should SCP-4824-1 attempt to enter the weather phenomenon created by SCP-4824, it will transmute into sand and dissipate. SCP-4824-1 will then reform within two meters of SCP-4824¹⁶.

SCP-4824-1 possesses geomancy¹⁷. While the full extent of SCP-4824-1's power and control over this ability has yet to be determined, SCP-4824-1 has been observed creating, altering, and destroying rudimentary forms of shelter and other architecture out of sand. In addition, SCP-4824-1 possesses the knowledge needed to recreate SCP-4824 from memory. While SCP-4824-1 is capable of destroying SCP-4824, it has only been observed performing this action when requested to. SCP-4824-1 has consistently declined to leave SCP-4824's zone of control, and no breach attempts have been made.

Addendum 4824.1: Interview Log

Date: December 21st, 1993
Interviewed: SCP-4824-1
Interviewer: Dr. Seth Rahal

Forward: When SCP-4824-1 was first discovered scientific analysis was greatly hindered by a language barrier. To minimize any potential anomalous events, it was deemed necessary to overcome this barrier without removing SCP-4824-1 from SCP-4824's vicinity. Over seven months, Dr. Rahal was sent regularly to the Gobi to obtain basic fluency in SCP-4824-1's language. This is Dr. Rahal's first formal interview with SCP-4824-1, which has been translated into English, with the primary motive being to obtain a basic understanding of SCP-4824-1's psychological condition, and its history.

Dr. Rahal: Is it all right if I ask you a few simple questions?

SCP-4824-1: Of course.

Dr. Rahal: You told me before that you come from The Kingdom of Ne'hra¹⁸. Can you tell me more about this place?

SCP-4824-1: Do you not know what this place is by its name alone?

Dr. Rahal: I do not.

SCP-4824-1: It was an accursed place… but there is much that I have forgotten. It is good that you have not heard of it.

Dr. Rahal: I understand. How long have you been in this desert?

SCP-4824-1: I have meditated on this. It has been a long day.

Dr. Rahal: (laughing) Yes. Yes, it has. How did you end up here?

SCP-4824-1: You keep asking me this question. Are you sure you wouldn't rather hear the tale of Nadox and the Mekhanite? Or perhaps you could tell me more about your kind's technological developments.

Dr. Rahal: I'm a curious man! You've already told me about Nadox twice, in any case.

SCP-4824-1: I know. I have known you long enough… I suppose you are owed some explanation. Some time ago, I was the only man in line for the throne. I denied the bride chosen by my kingdom… I chose a man instead.

Dr. Rahal: So you were exiled.

SCP-4824-1: I was sent to places like this often. So that the sun may wash me free of my corruption. When they killed him… it was the first and last time I went willingly. I doubt that they even bothered to record our history.

Dr. Rahal: I think I'm starting to understand you now. This must be so hard for you; To have been treated like this. I'm sorry for your loss.

SCP-4824-1: …You're not going to share this with anyone, are you?

Dr. Rahal: I merely wish to understand your situation. I believe others will want to know of your plight as well.

SCP-4824-1: You're working for someone. This is the only explanation that makes sense. Whom do you work for, and what are their plans for me?

Dr. Rahal: I work for a group that researches the mysteries of the world. Big and small. Your longevity and control over sand, for example. However-

SCP-4824-1: Is that why you're here? I was cursed with it. It is not something you want.

Dr. Rahal: You're right. It isn't something I want.

SCP-4824-1: Then what do you want from me?

Dr. Rahal: If I understand your situation correctly, you could destroy that obelisk whenever you want, and leave this place forever. What I desire above all else is to know why, in your long life, you stay in this desolate wasteland.

SCP-4824-1: Where else would I go? What kind of kingdom could accept me?

Dr. Rahal: You could come with me.

SCP-4824-1: Seth, I've dreamed about those words. Leaving this desert with you and entering untouched paradises… but such places don't exist.

Dr. Rahal: …No, there is no such place. That doesn't mean that we- That you couldn't live a better life. Society as a whole has become more accepting of those such as yourself.

SCP-4824-1: You can't expect me to believe that.

Dr. Rahal: Time changes all, my friend.

SCP-4824-1: If I were to leave this place. If I were to visit this society that you speak of. Would I truly be accepted? Or would I be thrown into yet another jail? Answer me.

Dr. Rahal: Well… I know of a few places that would be accepting of those such as yourself. They are… tight-knit communities.

SCP-4824-1: Your hesitation spills the truth to me. I have no desire to be jailed by the likes of you, or anyone else. You must leave this place now.

Closing Statement: Dr. Rahal has been reprimanded for going off script during the interview and, starting on February 28th, 1994, will be prohibited from work involving SCP-4824-1. Mobile Task Force Kappa-34 ("Freud's Impressionable Students") will take over all communication duties involving SCP-4824-1. Until Mobile Task Force Kappa-34 has obtained basic fluency in SCP-4824-1's language, requests for tests involving SCP-4824 and SCP-4824-1 will be denied.

Addendum 4824.2: Ethics Meeting Transcript

Date: February 16th, 1994
Participants: Dr. Seth Rahal and Ethics Committee Liaison Dr. Kabir Patel

Dr. Rahal: Thank you, Dr. Patel, for meeting me on such short notice. Did you get the chance to read my proposal for SCP-4824-1?

Dr. Patel: Yes, although I'm having trouble understanding the necessity of it.

Dr. Rahal: It's necessary because SCP-4824-1's environment is not conducive to his mental health and well-being.

Dr. Patel: The research is still in its infancy, is it not? There's a lot that we still need to learn about SCP-4824-1 before we can even think of moving him around.

Dr. Rahal: But surely, we ought to bring him into a more social environment. It can't be healthy for him to be alone in that sandstorm.

Dr. Patel: That may be the case, but even so, your proposal is contingent on a few factors that need to be addressed. First, we must address potential conflicts of interest. Dr. Rahal, did you at any point in time possess romantic feelings towards SCP-4824-1?

Dr. Rahal: …No.

Dr. Patel: Dr. Rahal, it would not be wise for you to lie to a member of the Ethics Committee.

Dr. Rahal: I… Fine. There was a small connection… between the two of us. But it was very brief!

Dr. Patel: That is fine. You are not in trouble for being honest. However, I cannot in good faith approve of your proposal due to this conflict of interest.

Dr. Rahal: Well that's bu- Surely this proposal or something like it ought to be enacted. You must believe this, at least?

Dr. Patel: It will always be possible for proposals similar to yours to be brought to light, but I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't enacted.

Dr. Rahal: Why wouldn't the Ethics Committee enact an ethical proposal?

Dr. Patel: Ultimately, for such a proposal to be considered ethical, SCP-4824-1 would have to agree to it out of his own volition.

Dr. Rahal: He would be more than willing to agree if I could just explain it to him! We just need time and patience with him. That's all.

Dr. Patel: If our research is correct, SCP-4824-1 has resided in those ruins for millennia. He isn't trapped there. He has chosen to live there.

Dr. Rahal: He just needs to know that the world is a safer place!

Dr. Patel: He has had an eternity to leave that place. Anyone that he once knew might, at best, reside in a history book. He could have left at any point, but instead, he chose to spend an unfathomable amount of time in squalor. I understand that you see this as a turning point, an exciting chapter in his story, but to him, you are but a blip.

Dr. Rahal: …That doesn't mean we shouldn't try to help.

Dr. Patel: Perhaps after some more research, but I see no reason as to why we should expedite this process.

(Silence)

Dr. Patel: Look, I know that you empathize with him, but he isn't like you. He's the only person who can get himself out of his predicament. The best thing you can do for yourself is to forget about this because, in all likelihood, he will forget about you too.

A Short Eulogy for Prince Amentiu
Born to Live.
Born to Love.

My Child Forfeited Power Eternal.
My Child Lost to a Moment's Impulse.

He Who Denied My Baby its Future.
He Who Forced Me to Suture.

His Kingdom Now Without a Pulse.
His Kingdom Soon Sempiternal.

Cursed to Love.
Cursed to Live.

So Goes the Tale of The Last Heir of Daeva.

~Queen Ne'hra, The Perfect

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be stored in a standard anomalous item containment unit in Site-76. Tests that utilize SCP-XXXX may be performed with explicit permission from the SCP-XXXX Research Team Leader¹⁹. Attempts to manufacture SCP-XXXX or other chemical mixtures with the intent of replicating SCP-XXXX's anomalous properties may only be performed with the explicit permission from the Amnestics Department. SCP-XXXX and all derivatives of SCP-XXXX may not be used for non-testing purposes. Mobile Task Force Upsilon-4 ("Sugar Pill") will handle the investigation and containment of SCP-XXXX and similar chemical mixtures that are produced by foreign entities.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a chemical mixture which contains: non-anomalous chemicals commonly found in conventional amnestics, morphine, and two anomalous substances. When injected, SCP-XXXX erases a significant portion of memories formed within the past year from the subject. Testing has shown that around 70% of these removed memories were traumatic for the subject. In addition, long term studies have concluded that depression, anxiety, and suicidal tendencies of subjects who have undergone at least one injection have been reduced by as much as 60%. While subjects experience the known side effects of amnestics and morphine at a far lower probability than expected there have been other side effects observed including hyponatremia, serotonin syndrome, and memory impairment.

Discovery: SCP-XXXX was discovered on April 12th, 2004, in Artesia, California, when MTF Upsilon-4 ("Sugar Pill") observed a sudden rise in reports of memory loss. The common thread that linked these reports was a receipt from Saraswati's Mercy, a registered medical clinic. MTF Upsilon-4 then conducted a raid of the clinic on April 13th, 2004, uncovering 5 liters of SCP-XXXX and information pertaining to the location of PoI-2095 Dr. Aditi Dhami²⁰. PoI-2095 was taken into custody on April 14th, 2004 by MTF Upsilon-4, and released 48 hours later as per the terms of the 1995 Kigali Accord between The Manna Charitable Foundation and The Foundation.

Addendum XXXX.1: Interview Log

Date: April 14th, 2004
Interviewed: PoI-2095
Interviewer: Agent Ishaan Amin

Agent Amin: Hello Dr. Dhami, we have some questions regarding Bliss, an amnestic that you have developed.

PoI-2095: Oh, that. It's an experimental drug. The end goal is for the drug to remove highly traumatic memories from the user, and to wrap the removed areas with a "blanket of bliss." Their words, not mine.

Agent Amin: Whose words? The Manna Charitable Foundation?

PoI-2095: Not really. They're just parroting the slogan. Marshall, Carter, and Dark are the ones who are bankrolling this.

Agent Amin: What is their interest in your project?

PoI-2095: The relationship between MC&D and MCF is simple. MCF wants to make the world a happier place, but that costs money. MC&D wants to make it big in the medical market, but that requires test subjects. So, MC&D develops MCF's ideas and MCF provides the volunteers. When the research is complete MC&D brings the product to the market and donates a portion to MCF for tax write-offs.

Agent Amin: This doesn't seem to be a very… moral position for The Manna Charitable Foundation to make.

PoI-2095: There are those within our foundation that still agree with your sentiment. Many other members, myself included, have realized over the years that in order to make noticeable progress towards our goals certain agreements need to be made.

Agent Amin: And why has MCF decided to branch out into the realm of amnestics? Why tackle trauma?

PoI-2095: Do you know why MCF requested Bliss to be made in the first place? Numerous scientific studies have shown a link between amnestics, your amnestics, and depression. Let's not forget the other symptoms: insomnia, heart damage, and intrusive thoughts, to name a few. Since The Foundation cares more about normalcy than the health of its victims, the market will provide a solution.

Agent Amin: Even if Bliss became more popular than our amnestics-

PoI-2095: This isn't about popularity, it's about mental health. Protecting normalcy is a noble position, but it doesn't permit amoral behavior. Shouldn't the public be allowed a safer method of forgetting the abnormal? And if you're going to mess with their memory through anomalous means, then why not make their mind more peaceful as well? It would be the ethical thing to do.

Agent Amin: Do you believe that MC&D will be able to achieve that?

PoI-2095: I believe that your ethics committee will agree with me.

Agent Amin: Regardless, I don't foresee The Foundation abandoning their tools for a third party's.

PoI-2095: Is that so? Perhaps it would then make sense for me to work with The Foundation on perfecting my formula, for everyone's benefit of course. Just a thought.

Agent Amin: I will let my supervisor know of your… thought.

Addendum XXXX.2: Notes
The interview log with PoI-2095 was brought up during the weekly SCP-XXXX Research Team Status Meeting on April 19th, 2004. It was determined that further interviews with PoI-2095 will need to be scheduled to learn more about SCP-XXXX and its history. An Ethics Committee deliberation is currently planned to determine how best to handle the intent behind SCP-XXXX. Until the results of this deliberation have been made known, the team will continue their research into SCP-XXXX without deviation from the protocol for pharmaceutical anomalies.
~Dr. Atthar Kulkarni

+ Excerpt from 'SCP-XXXX Long Term Study 2009'

- Excerpt from 'SCP-XXXX Long Term Study 2009'

Date: April 20th, 2009
Interviewed: Peter Dogra
Interviewer: Agent Hiral Nair

Foreword: Peter Dogra, now 13 years in age, has undergone the most SCP-XXXX injections out of all of Saraswati's patients. The following abbreviated log was obtained from a therapy session, in which Agent Nair was operating undercover as Dogra's therapist. This log is part of a larger study that aims to grasp the long term effects of SCP-XXXX.

Agent Nair: You seem to be coming back to this clinic.

Dogra: I think it was important to me.

Agent Nair: How so?

Dogra: There were… lollipops. I liked the lollipops they gave.

Agent Nair: Ah, was this the beginning of your sweet tooth?

Dogra: Well, no. I just don't remember much else.

Agent Nair: But it was important to you?

Dogra: …Yes.

Agent Nair: What else do you recall?

Dogra: I think I hated going to the clinic. My uncle kept taking me there… and I felt…

Agent Nair: …Please, continue. This is a safe place.

Dogra: …sick. Normal kids don't make frequent visits to the doctor.

Agent Nair: Did you ever ask your uncle what the visits were for?

Dogra: Well, he told me that I needed vitamin B12 shots for a… deficiency.

Agent Nair: You don't trust him.

Dogra: Well… no. I do… but It's just that… something's missing…

Agent Nair: How so? If you trust your uncle, then you know why you went to the clinic. That information has been provided for you.

Dogra: How do I…? I brought up the clinic because… because I barely remember my childhood. I recall it being mostly happy, but it's blurry and full of holes.

Agent Nair: It's natural for people to forget their childhood.

Dogra: No… not like this. One of my first memories was of me crawling in a playground tunnel. There were a bunch of kids in front of me, and behind me were even more. It was the strangest thing. I couldn't remember who these people were, or how I got there. Physically, I was moving forward, in step with everyone else. Mentally, I was stuck in place. I figured out that these people knew me, and in some primitive way, I knew them. When I left the playground structure, I saw a table complete with a cake and presents. I had been invited to someone's birthday party. I knew that I had met everyone here, somewhere before… but they were just faces. And then I saw, by the door and illuminated by sunlight, covered with long and curly hair, a woman's face. She was my mother… but I didn't know her name.

Agent Nair: …Did you know that every time you recall a memory, it will change? Some things within a memory may become more pronounced, and other things may become suppressed. Like a long game of telephone, the original recording will be altered drastically, and eventually, forgotten.

Dogra: I… but… even back then… something was missing. I felt it. It was something important…

Agent Nair: You described one of your first memories. It's natural for this memory to be misshapen. No one truly remembers their childhood as it was.

Dogra: I… suppose that's true. I just feel that… something important happened in my life. Something tragic.

Agent Nair: If you forgot something tragic, then why go to the trouble to remember it?

Dogra: What if it's something that defined me? Who am I now, with that memory missing?

Agent Nair: A number of my patients have recalled previously forgotten tragedies. They all suffer from PTSD and lost color in their once vibrant lives. It isn't something you want, trust me.

Dogra: Yeah… that's true…

Closing Statement: In this interview, Dogra has revealed his suspicions of his memory. While Dogra remains ignorant of the nature of his memory loss and his past trauma, there did exist a possibility that he could follow his suspicions and search for the truth. Post-interview, Dogra now shows a strong hesitance towards investigating his past. Traditional gaslighting techniques have proven useful in maintaining the reality constructed through SCP-XXXX in this case, but in general, the success rate of these techniques is negatively correlated with grey matter density. If the Ethics Committee does go through with their decision for the SCP-XXXX variant, I suggest that we limit the tests to subjects under the age of twelve.

Key for Primary Articles of Information:

SCP-140: An Incomplete Chronicle (140)
SCP-392: A Plant Now Found in Site-103, and Formerly Found in the Households of Nobility (392)
SCP-1564: Post-Nibbanic (1564)
SCP-1726: The Library and the Pillar (1726)
SCP-2480: An Unfinished Ritual (SH&2480)
SCP-3140: Botanical Warfare (3140)
SCP-4017: An Epilogue, Too Late to Matter (4017)
SCP-4290: The Child Hungers (4290)
A Visitation (AV)
A Visitation Followup (Draft) (AVF)
Sarkicism Hub (SH)
Church of the Second Hytoth Hub (2HH)
Church of the Broken God (BGH)

Cross-Link Dependency Graph:
(140)
(392) ==> (3140)
(1564) ==> (140)
(1726) ==> (140)
(3140) ==> (1726)
(4017) ==> (3140) & (SH)
(4290) ==> (3140)
(SH&2480) ==> (140)
(AV) ==> (140)
(AVF) ==> (AV) & (SH)
(SH) ==> (140)
(2HH) ==> (4017)
(BGH) ==> (1564) & (SH)

Terminology, with some discussion:

ACotD: "A Chronicle of the Daevas", the book itself. Not to be confused with SCP-140, which is the SCP article about the book.
Expansion Event: An event in which the history of the Daevas (as indicated by SCP-140) expands. Since the phrase "event" is used, and since SCP-140 mentions that the amount of liquid does not proportionally increase the amount of new material, it is highly likely that these events involve a certain threshold of liquid. For example SCP-140 shows ACotD ending by military leaders specifically, and so it is highly likely that these military leaders act as some form of wall, through which a threshold of liquid must be processed in order for Daevite civilization to continue.
Great Written Expansion: An event created by an author on this site, wherein they explicitly mention the death of the Daevas. Thus far, this is a logistically significant event that ends up producing a new timeline and subculture within Daevite lore (along with associated SCPs and tales). This is most likely because the Daevites are shown to be particularly powerful and long-lasting, meaning that anything that would destroy them requires not a decisive blow, but a long wind-up period over the course of an era.

+ The Zeroth Great Written Expansion: End by Nature (Epoch - c. 9000 BCE)

- The Zeroth Great Written Expansion: End by Nature (Epoch - c. 9000 BCE)

Instigation Information: SCP-1726, March 10th 2013, Djoric

c. 25000 BCE: The Daevas triumphantly raid and destroy the continent known as Mu. The Daevic soldiers here were lead by Ab-Leshal (AKA Able, SCP-076-2). (1726)
c. 15000 BCE: The High Daevic period occurs here. The Daeva had technological wonders in this era, including an "Eternal Engine". (1726)
11039 BCE - 10939 BCE: The "Century Conquest" occurs here, which was a war waged by Daevites on a wide number of civilizations in Asia. (3140)
- c. 11000 BCE: Among the groups of interest fought were the Ortothans in the "Ortothan-Daevic War" (2HH)
  - - This was a defensive struggle against Daevite territorial expansion. (2HH)
    - The Daevites would win this war, causing the collapse of the Earthen Ortothan Kingdom. (2HH)
    - Onteus-One-Holy, a famous spear man aligned with the Ortothans fights against the Daevites. He later becomes a specter to continue the good fight (for justice). (4017)
- 11039 BCE: The triumphal march of Daeva Hhu Rie takes place (1726)
- 11030 BCE: Erliontipa was invaded by the Daevites. Erliontipa is caught by surprise by SCP-3140, suggesting that Daeva's botanical warfare tactics weren't widely known before now. (3140)
  - c. 11000 BCE: Onteus-One-Holy offers aid to a member of Ikon Gate City, Eliontipa by taking down some instances of SCP-3140. The difference in dates implies that Erliontipa was able to survive Daevite warfare for at least ~30 years. Erliontipa clearly possessed an impressive defense. (4017)
- 10950 BCE: The Olute city-state was invaded by Daevite troops (3140)
c. 11000 BCE - c. 9000 BCE: The Low Daevic period occurs here. They had slave collars. (1726)
- During this period, the Daevic made use of "botanical warfare" (anomalous plants) in their battles. (3140)
  - The use of botanical anomalies in war decreased over time, gradually replaced by thaumaturgic mechanical weapons. However, some Daevic clans continued to use botanical anomalies for labor, farming, and protection (3140).
c. 9000 BCE: The Daevic Empire has collapsed by this date. (1726)
- This is the original end of the Daevite rule, but the complete extinction of all Daevites does not occur, as at least one other Daevite (SCP-140-A) survived. (AV)
- Somehow, despite the end of the Daevic Empire here, Ion and the Mekhanites come into existence and act out their parts. There are a couple explanations for this (AVF)
  - The simplest explanation is that the Daevite civilization here did not end with the Empire (continuing on in numerous city-states, later merging into a similar empire), essentially making the "End by Sarkicism" period the true end of Daevite civilization. (SPECULATIVE)
  - A final explanation is that SCP-140 is not the only Daevite object that was used to manipulate history. Perhaps there was a Daevite or group of Daevites before SCP-140-A's birth that caused history to progress from here to "End by Sarkicism" (Perhaps they used SCP-4001, known for making manipulators regret their actions). (SPECULATIVE)

+ The First Great Written Expansion: End by Sarkicism (c. 2000 BCE - c. 1200 BCE)

- The First Great Written Expansion: End by Sarkicism (c. 2000 BCE - c. 1200 BCE)

Instigation Information: Sarkicism Hub, March 9th 2016, Metaphysician
This expansion is marked by the great conflict between Sarkics and Daevites.

2000 BCE - 1500 BCE: What is being considered the "Zeroth Occult War" occurs. During this period there is a rapid expansion by the Daevites (as well as the Xia Dynasty). (4017)
- 1800 BCE: Grand Karcist Ion is born to a Daevite mother and sired by a concubinus father. He was presumably destined for slavery, perhaps serving under an alchemist or priestess. (SH)
  - In a way, Sarkicism arose from the Daeva. Before SCP-140 was created, Sarkicism probably looked a lot different, or may not have even existed. Ion himself would probably be a relatively normal person. (SPECULATIVE)
  - In the era of Ion and his empire, the people who follow Sarkic principles are often referred to throughout many articles as the Adí-üm. (SH)
1600 BCE - 1200 BCE: The “Golden Age” of Sarkic civilization. (SH)
- Daevite culture recedes to a small city state in what is now Mongolia. This city-state most likely consisted of Sarkic structures, which were composed of living organic material. This is an explanation as to why the ruins cannot be found in the present. (SH)
- 1600 BCE - 1100 BCE: Broken God cults in Mycenaean Greece pop up. The Broken God is given the name of Mekhane (translates to "machine"). (BGH)
1178 BCE: The fall of the Hittite Empire (ancient IRL empire in modern day Turkey) by the Sarkics occurs as Sarkic civilization expands. The Kalmaktama Empire (AKA The “Deathless Empire”) was established in its stead. (SH)
c. 1200 BCE: Around this time the Kalmaktama Empire was presumably destroyed in a war. The opposing forces was a coalition which included Egyptians, Greeks, Mekhanites, and more. While the Sarkites were assumed destroyed alongside their empire, they would continue in secret. A diaspora occurs, meaning that Sarkites spread out across the world to form culturally distinct cults throughout Eurasia. (SH)
c. 1200 BCE - c. 1000 BCE: The Mekhanite Empire exists. It is a highly centralized theocratic state, with no distinction between the position of a political, religious, and military leader. The state maintained control over the production of goods. Crafting that utilized metal was considered a holy process. Their aggressive commercial policies, evangelization practices and naval strength made them one of the most powerful states at the time. The Mekhanite Empire was one of the most powerful states at the time, though unpopular among contemporary states. (BGH)
- The Mekhanite Empire was an ally of the Daevites as both were at war with the Sarkicists. However, this alliance was fraught with tension. (BGH)
  - In this timeline, they were probably only allies for a short period of time, and it was probably more of a gesture than anything (as the Daevites are practically wiped out at this point). However, in written expansions that extend the life of the Daeva's civilization, it is probably more meaningful. (SPECULATIVE)
  - The Daevites and the Mekhanites presumably had some form of alliance prior to the formation of The Mekhanite Empire (as the fight against Sarkicism is a long one). This alliance, however contentious it may have been, was likely recognized in an official or semi-official manner by the time that The Mekhanite Empire was formed. (SPECULATIVE)
1100 BCE - 1300 CE: Sarkic activities in this time period can only be speculated about. (SH)

+ The Second Great Written Expansion: End by China (c. 1200 BCE - c. 270 BCE)

+ The Third Great Written Expansion: End by Mongolia (c. 270 BCE - (1207 CE - 1227 CE))

+ The History of 'A Chronicle of the Daevas':

- The History of 'A Chronicle of the Daevas':

1███ CE (where 1███ > 1227): The Foundation believes that if Daevite civilization were to see a resurgence to this point, a CK-class societal reconstruction event could take place and a broken masquerade would occur. (140)
- All SCP articles and tales that specify that ACotD has gone past this date will not be reported here, as they effectively take place in an alternate universe that has no veil.
19██ CE: ACotD is copyrighted and self-published. (140)
- ██ copies (wherein ██ > 50) are created in an undisclosed printing house by a wealthy individual termed SCP-140-A. (140)
- 140-A is a Daevite. Their intention for writing ACotD was to see the Daevites evolve alongside Humanity, in hopes that they would become more ethical and achieve a form of peaceful coexistence. (AV, AVF)
19██ - 20██ CE (after ACotD's publication): ACotD is acquired and read by historian ███████ ██████. (140)
- At this point, the "China's End" written expansion has occurred. (140)
- This date of acquisition must have taken place years after November 28th, 1952 (or else everyone gets a headache). (SH&2480)
  - This is because the Bodfel Codex (which contains historical information on both Sarkicism and Daeva) details that Daeva recedes to almost nothing between c. 1600 and c. 1200 BCE (Essentially an end to Daeva). (SH&2480)
    - It is not known how SCP-140 affects historical texts (while the historian's texts were stripped of ink and replaced with documentation on Daeva, this is likely to have been done by the historian himself, as opposed to an anomalous property of SCP-140). The simplest theory (that maintains the idea that the Daevites truly existed in the past) is that historical documentation is altered to be in line with SCP-140. Therefore, the Bodfel Codex and the Sarkicism Hub itself would have to be written "in the past", before SCP-140's addendum 140d was written, which will compromise the Bodfel Codex. (SPECULATIVE)
      - An alternative explanation as to why the Sarkicism Hub's history is written the way it is would be that The Foundation used a temporal anomaly to maintain the original text of the Bodfel Codex throughout expansion events. (SPECULATIVE)
- While it is in the historian's possession, there are few if any expansion events. This must be the case, as the historian later bleeds himself to death in order to learn more about the history of the Daevas. (SPECULATIVE)
19██ - 20██ CE: ACotD is acquired by The Foundation. (140)
- SCP-140 does not explicitly mention its date of discovery, only events that take place in the 21st century. (140)
19██ - 20██ CE: Upon the addition of addendum 140b to SCP-140, more than 4█ copies of ACotD were effectively destroyed, leaving ██ copies left. At least 10 of the remaining copies were destroyed by The Foundation. The Foundation does not know where the rest are. (140)
- Using some math (██ copies made, 4█ copies destroyed, ██ more copies destroyed, with █ to ██ remaining), we find that there are between 10 and 49 copies that exist or existed outside of The Foundation's grasp. (SPECULATIVE)
- Using more math, somewhere between 60 and 99 copies were made. (SPECULATIVE)
- As The Foundation is still able to record expansion events, not all of these copies have been destroyed. (SPECULATIVE)
19██ - 20██ CE: Upon the addition of addendum 140d to SCP-140, the "Mongolia's End" written expansion has occurred. (140)
- An important thing to note here is that liquid needed to jump from "China's End" to "Mongolia's End" is processed between the historian's acquisition of ACotD, and addendum 140d. Explicitly, it is unknown as to how much the historian's own actions directly influenced the growth of ACotD, and how much of the growth was caused by containment breaches and other outside influences. This is an important detail firstly because there is over 1500 years in the difference between "China's End" and "Mongolia's End", and secondly because knowing the statistical formula for how blood impacts historical progress could hinder attempts at story telling. (SPECULATIVE)
20██ CE: Upon the addition of addendum 140e to SCP-140, The Foundation archaeological dig uncovers Daevite artifacts and ruins, including two lethal anomalies. The dig site was then hit by a cruise missile. (140)

SCP-001: CODE NAME: Wrong - The Consensus

DESC: SCP-001 is a story on how The Foundation was formed. Essentially, it is a CK-Class restructuring scenario that alters reality. It has only been recorded having happened once, in which the only 13 people to really remember became the new O5 Council. What was erased is now termed as Occult War i (as in imaginary). Several weird things happened in this war, including some that shouldn't have. Among them were Daevite civilization being present in 1900 or so. The article itself states that this isn't possible per SCP-140's description.

SCP-001: CODE NAME: not_a_seagull - The Sky above the Port

DESC: SCP-001-02 is some deity figure who must given things to read or he will become agitated and destroy reality. SCP-001-02 is probably the reader.
For some reason it speaks in Daevish.

SCP-392: A Plant Now Found in Site-103, and Formerly Found in the Households of Nobility:

DESC: SCP-392 is an artificial plant species (peach tree) created via "Daevite thaumaturgy". Produces male heads instead of peaches. Male heads have tattoos "indicative of human concubinus belonging to Daevite matriarchs" (specifically Matriarch Waq Waq).
SCP-392 was created by the "Daevite Matriarch Waq of the Waq clan c. 800 BCE"
- The "leading figures of the Waq clan in those regions were stated to be of partial human descent and supposedly ostracised by conventional Daevite clans. The ostracisation is speculated to be a significant factor towards the Waq clan's decline c. 300 BCE due to wars with the Qin state."
"While originally perceived as an act of social deviance in Daevite society, cultivation was tolerated and adopted by matrilineal descendants of the Waq clan located in contemporary Central Asia and Xinjiang, China"
- "Dr. █████ speculates that tolerance of SCP-392 cultivation might be attributed to the decentralised model of Daevite polities in the form of the city-state and absolute power wielded by matriarchs in these city-states c. 800 BCE. See Shifts within Daevite civilisation for more information."
- As noted in a copy of A History of China which was altered by SCP-140, SCP-392 was looted by the Chinese "as early as the Warring States period (c. 475 BCE - 221 BCE)."

SCP-475: Soap of a Pope:

DESC: A bar of soap that has special anomalous effects for each religion.
Portrays "Children of the Scarlet King", a religion which has roots in Daevite history.
Portrays "variants of the DV-BIO Type", various biological mutations. In a test, a human subject undergoes multiple of these types of transformations until they turn into a Colossal Squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) and die.

SCP-1564: Post-Nibbanic

DESC: 6 egg-shaped relics that are of importance to CotBG, and are decorated as such. The eggs collectively contain 6 old minds that can be communicated with and are pro-CotBG it appears. Daevic influence is seemingly minute in this article.
From the discussion page: "The CotBG as presented here is a fusion of Buddhist and Daevite philosophy and religion, with a prophetic figure in their past. The Daevites are the blacked-out civilization. Thanks to their thaumaturgical abilities and warlike nature, Daevites made excellent generals."
- It would make sense for Daevites to be pro-CotBG from the angle of the Sarkicism Hub as the Daevites were nearly wiped out by the Sarkics. The Sarkicism Hub also dictates that CotBG has its origins in Greece, and that Daevites generally utilized flesh-based magic in some sense. So this pro-CotBG angle works only if a portion of Daevite city-states are pro-CotBG.

SCP-1726: The Library and the Pillar

DESC: A library hidden within a building via subspace. The library has a seemingly infinitely tall tower and many robots that resemble scholars, and contains many Daevite relics.
Portrays 10000 BCE and 11000 BCE as part of the "Low Daevic period"
Portrays 15000 BCE as being a part of the High Daevic period.
Portrays an infinite repeating cycle of masters becoming enslaved by their slaves. Vaguely implies some sort of flip-flop dynamic between Daevites and Humans, with one enslaving the other and having the roles reversed every now and then.
Portrays the end of the Daeva Empire as being between 11000 BCE and 9000 BCE
One text excerpt from 'Fragment C of "The Traveler's Book" (c. 11000 BCE)' describes "the triumphal march of Daeva Hhu Rie in 11039 BCE"
'Scroll 8 of "Tya Jhalil"', created in 9000 BCE is a "compendium of philosophy written in the aftermath of the collapse of the Daevic Empire"
From the discussion page, it is made definitive that The library is connected to The Wanderer's Library in a similar manner to Terry Pratchett's L-Space concept.

SCP-2131: Antipope

DESC: Supposedly, an immortal Avignon Pope Benedict XIII (IRL person), who must perform a daily ritual to prevent antimatter secretion. Claims that Daevites existed in the 1300's and that he must fight them somehow. While this could be true if SCP-140 has progressed enough, his claims do not match Foundation records. He could be a Daevite in disguise.
- As the last block of text brings up the idea that Antipope is lying here, historical notes from this SCP should not be recorded as fact.

SCP-2140: Retroconverter

DESC: Multiple glyphs that retroactively make people loyal to a given organization (one glyph per organization).
- SCP-2140 is the glyph used to make people loyal to The Foundation, and SCP-2140-1-D makes people loyal to Daeva.
- As mentioned in discussion page 4, this SCP was originally used by ancient Daevites to essentially force people who look at it to hunt down a copy of SCP-140 and create expansion events.

SCP-2406: The Colossus

DESC: Some sort of Voltron-esque mecha made by CoTBG to combat Sarkicism around 1200–1000 BCE.
Daeva is mentioned in passing as slowly dying out during the era of Sarkicism.

SCP-2518: Mountain Folk

DESC: Anakagir (SCP-2518) is a land in a separate dimension, with only a single extradimensional tunnel connecting it to Earth. In this land are Nephilim (see comments section p.2), essentially giants (some have super powers).
The giants were at war with the Daeva, and hid in Anakagir. The Nephilim's war with the Daeva ended no later than 1250 AD.

SCP-2573: I ain’t never heard of no commy Fifthists or nothin'.

DESC: SCP-2573 is a phenomenon wherein left-leaning political issues from the UK are altered to reference the anomalous or fictional.
One of the example blurbs offers the opinion that the reader ought to support Sarkics as they are less evil than the Daevites.

SCP-2833: Lineage of Vaski

DESC: SCP-2833 are the descendants of Karcist Vaski. Vaski fled from the tumultuous period when Sarkicism slowly overtook Daeva by reincarnating over and over again in a parasitic fashion. Each time he does this he loses sanity.

SCP-2914: The Stuff That Dreams are Made Of

DESC: SCP-2914 is a cabinet with jars that has two properties:
1. If the jars are empty, they will fill with materials corresponding to a test subject's dream.
2. If the jars are full, a memory will be fabricated based on the contents.
One of the fabricated attacks is of a Daeva attack in >= 1054 AD. Of note, this experiment itself could only have taken place in >= 1993 (as one of the previous experiments involves a film of that year). This means that either the attack took place in an alternate timeline, or that it will take place following a Post-140 Expansion Event (making it a premonition).

SCP-3140: Botanical Warfare

DESC: SCP-3140 is an ancient tree-esque weapon used by the Daeva in ancient times.
- SCP-3140 instances can generate additional instances through germination, although these new instances lack the modifications placed upon SCP-3140-1.
- Slaves were instructed to carve pro-Daevic slogans and art on SCP-3140.
SCP-3140 can respond to commands in "Daevic". Unfortunately, the specific dialect of Daevic is not mentioned, nor are the details as to how The Foundation learned to speak the language.
The Daevic are portrayed as being "aether-benders" (supposedly another way of saying reality benders)
SCP-3140 was used in a fight against Orthothans (Second Hythoth). This battle occurred in the early Low Daevic period (~11000 BCE).
There was a "Century Conquest" which was a war waged by Daevites on a wide number of civilizations in Asia, lasting from 11039 BCE to 10939 BCE.
In 11030 BCE Erliontipa was besieged by the Daevites
In 10950 BCE the Olute city-state was invaded by Daevite troops.
The use of SCP-3140 decreased over time, gradually replaced by thaumaturgic mechanical weapons. However, some Daevic clans continued to use the entities for labor, farming, and protection.
All but one instance of SCP-3140 have been suspected of being destroyed by forces under Chinese general Qin Kai around 270 BCE.
The libary from SCP-1726 has some documentation on SCP-3140.

SCP-3399: Family Tree

DESC: SCP-3399 is a golden replica of a tree that bears fruit. If someone's blood is dropped on on of the replica fruits, it will split open to drop a seed (which can grow to become SCP-3399-1)
- SCP-3399-1 is a fruit-bearing tree whose leaves will display images matching the appearance of the subject. If its seeds are planted and grown, the resulting tree will display images of a potential partner and the resulting offspring. This process can be repeated again to show a tree of possibilities.
SCP-3399 was found inside a shrine of Daevite origin. In this shrine was also documentation on the Daevite families who used SCP-3399. The shrine itself is in a style that suggests it is related to the Daevite royal line.
Given that this is a botanical anomaly and was itself (from the comments section) inspired by SCP-1726, it is likely (though without evidence) from the High or Low Daevic periods. Due to the lack of mention of SCP-140 and SCP-1726, it is possible that this anomaly was kept a secret from most everyone.

SCP-3477: Will the Real Harold Holt Please Stand Up?

DESC: SCP-3477 is a collection of anomalous beings all claiming to be Harold Holt.
SCP-3477-25 is a Harold Holt with links to Daeva. Some body parts have been replaced with arboreal replicas that are native to Australia. He is able to sustain himself via photosynthesis. He has been branded with symbols of Daevic origin. He claims to have discovered information on Daevic culture and determined how to replicate their herbomancy.

SCP-3628: Better Not to Know

DESC: SCP-3628 reveals to its subject when they will die. Subjects do not react well to it.
Probably tagged as Daevic because the anomaly was taken from an antique dealer who died after a public feud with members of a Sarkic cult. The connection is tenuous at best, but it would make sense for the Daevic to be interested in their time of death (as it can fluctuate due to SCP-140 influence).

SCP-3799: A Short History of Snowfall

DESC: SCP-3799 is a Foundation made snowball. It used to be a giant snowstorm in another reality that was supposed to get rid of all of the anomalies, but ended up threatening to wipe out existence.
Briefly, during the most threatening period of the snowstorm, Daevite civilization existed in the modern era, as the snowstorm reduced the power of their rivals.

SCP-4008: Wormwood

DESC: SCP-4008 designates an anomaly surrounding Site-183, which may or may not exist. Site-183's supposed location is in the middle of a wasteland. A dig revealed some dead Daeva and a super special seed.
The seed is a Daevic doomsday weapon. It quickly grows into a giant tree that produces an immense anti-memetic effect. The result is not only widespread destruction of a city-wide area, but the theoretical erasure of the area from the memory of everyone across the globe. Computers aren't effected by this.
The reason why Site-183 went kaput is because researchers at Site-183 (who uncovered many historical artifacts) wanted to test out the seed, ending them.
This seed was used against "The Children of the Night" (SCP-1000) among other enemies.
This anomaly is particularly beneficial towards Daevic lore because it helps to explain why there is so little documentation on them outside of SCP-140.

SCP-4011: History is Written by the Victors

DESC: SCP-4011 is a facility on Mars! Inside are SCP-4011-1, which are robots that act as archivists and caretakers for the base.
- The entities here are from an AU Foundation that no longer exists ("Foundation under SCP").
- This Foundation fought the Daevites in 1551 AD. While the war was devastating, the outcomes are mostly unknown.
- This Foundation won through the use of SCP-4011-2 (named the "Alpha-1 Array"), a device which can retroactively disrupt circumstances that lead to the creation of threats to The Foundation.
Of particular interest, SCP-4011-2 does not work against SCP-140 (specifically it can't affect parts of the timeline overwritten by SCP-140, nor can it destroy SCP-140). This implies that the past iteration of the Foundation once stopped the Daevites, but the Daevites are coming back through SCP-140.
- In addition, the SCP-4011-1 instances are beginning to lose sanity due to this weird restriction. The actual Foundation does not align itself with SCP-4011.

SCP-4012: Than Teach Ten Thousand Stars How Not to Dance

DESC: Made by the same person who made SCP-3999.
Daeva is only mentioned superfluously (a sign is written in Daevic somewhere).

SCP-4017: An Epilogue, Too Late to Matter

DESC: SCP-4017 is the ghost of an Ortothan spear man (named Onteus-One-Holy) who aides those aligned to the Church of the Second Hytoth throughout history (history history. Like, all Seven Occult Wars and more history).
While living, he fought against Daevites during the Century Conquest, later dying while defending an unknown stronghold.
A document describes SCP-4017 coming to aid a member of the Erliontipa civilization against the Daeva at about 11000 BCE.
What is being considered the "Zeroth Occult War" occurs between 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE. During this period a rapid expansion by the Xia Dynasty and the Daevites occurs.

SCP-4067: SCP-4067: Effigies From The Swarm

DESC: SCP-4067 is a swarm of insect-human hybrids that pops up from time to time. They make effigies of their deity, "Cicathea", who is one of the archons of Sarkic lore.
SCP-4067 speaks Daevic and other languages.
The Daevites sought to destroy SCP-4067. They attempted this through carved stone pillars and having their Empress "carve forth the sounds of Cicathea" to attract them into one location (like bugs to a honey pot).
The Foundation considers bringing in the GOC to recreate these pillars and destroy the swarm for good.

SCP-4140: Sarkic Containment Procedures

DESC: SCP-4140 is a cave containing an Archon of Sarkic lore. It steals away the world to rebuild itself. Karcist Otrava stopped this by turning his body into a temple of music. However, he ends up dying and so The Foundation takes over his duty.
Karcist Otrava finds SCP-4140 after hunting and killing some Daevites who were using slaves to perform music to keep the Archon at bay.

SCP-4179: Milestones

DESC: SCP-4179 is interesting, but too long and complicated to be abridged here. Something something languages and gods of history/memory/oblivion/etc.
Daeva is briefly brought up in this article in a list of big bads that were fought against.
Daeva is tied to the Scarlet King in this entry. Must be one of the canons in which Daeva is ruled by him.

SCP-4290: The Child Hungers

DESC: SCP-4290 is a "Class-I Eschatological Entity" who was sealed approximately 10,000 years in the past. Its seal broke 7 days after discovery.
Numerous civilizations strengthened the seals, including the Erikeshans (same group that imprisoned SCP-2317), the Xia Dynasty, ancient Ortothans, and final Daevites.
The Daeva are mentioned in here as having been destroyed in 270 BCE (The author here makes the reasonable assumption that Qin Kai destroyed Daeva in 270 BCE as that is when the majority of SCP-3140 instances were destroyed).
The Foundation is unable to repair the sealing mechanism, and so SCP-4290 is released. It is found to have been dead for about 9000 years due to malnutrition. There are many dead bodies and organs in its mouth that it refused to consume.

SCP-4612: Not All Gods Decompose

DESC: SCP-4612 is a dead god and his flaming son. Some old guy dissects the dead god and the flaming son shows up and murders him for it.
Daeva is briefly mentioned, with god showing up in Daevic murals in 200 BCE for unknown reasons.

SCP-4649: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

DESC: SCP-4649 is a modern day fighting ring built upon (or near?) an old Daevic fighting ring. Blood that drops on it dissipates quickly. The fighting ring itself induces aggression upon men, to the point of physical violence and death.
- It induces memories of ancient Daevites upon two of the characters… or maybe they are ancient Daevites in disguise? It is confusing.
One thing this article does add (that others tend to skip over) is Daevic culture. Specifically, the idea of having fighting rings for men only for matriarchal amusement. One of the (Daevic matriarch?) characters in this article sees men as little more than slaves and sheep, and the other one disagrees with this statement. So there was nuance and differences in how men were treated in the times of Daeva.

SCP-4716: The Plutovore's Cookbook

DESC: A cookbook with recipes that, when eaten, negatively impact the wealthy elites that they are named after. Developed by a Sarkic with a vendetta against the wealthy
A Daevite worm-spear is used by the wealthy elites for amusement in this article. Its description is as follows:
- An anomalous technological apparatus that was used to subjugate the lower classes using metallic worm-like entities that could burrow into the body and take control of the nervous system; ten of these items are in Foundation custody.

SCP-4753: Mysterious Object at Dodge City

DESC: There's a mysterious object at Dodge City. It has some words on it. It ends the world I think.
Daeva is briefly mentioned.

SCP-4800: Midnight

DESC: A phenomenon wherein timelines are meshed together.
Claims that one of the events created "The Daevite Empire", which lasted from 788 BCE to 107 BCE. This event also led to the creation of SCP-140, SCP-2410, and SCP-3410.
- This does not make any sense if it is referring to Daevites in general. SCP-3410 has Daeva explicitly beginning before 11039 BCE, and the Daeva have ended numerous times, making "107 BCE" a meaningless date without context. Furthermore, Daeva often fluctuates between being an empire and being a collection of city-states. This only makes sense if it is referring to a single instance of a Daeva Empire, but that type of reading requires mental gymnastics.

SCP-4982: Heavy lies the crown

DESC: A bookshelf that contains a few books, each with secret implications for well known anomalies and groups of interest.
One of the books, which bears the plaque "Notes on the perfection of homunculi", is written in ancient Daevite. It was likely used to create Dr. Wondertainment.
- It is a notable example in how the Daevites dabbled in Sarkic-esque thaumaturgy, despite the two GoI's antagonism.

SCP-5016: What Lies Beneath

DESC: A tower of mysteries. Each floor has a puzzle which must be solved to continue.
Some of the entities and objects present in the tower are Daevic in origin. One of the entities is a mummified body with Daevic iconography.

SCP-5820: Honeymandias

DESC: An anomalous modification of honey bees that SCP-140-A refers to as "The Little Priestesses". These bees will modify plants in odd ways. Scientists believe that SCP-140-A used these bees in an attempt to restore Daevite culture, prior to their creation of SCP-140.
The bees model their own homes after the Daevite religion. The hives contain an exact replica of their temples. The queen sits in front, similar to how an Empress or one of her heirs go to attend worship.
Article makes mention of blood roses (created by bees interacting with roses), which drip human blood, obviously.
Article makes dubious assumption that the initial end date for Daevite civilization of End by China was the first date written upon creation of SCP-140. This is technically correct, but only if the authors are referring to the creation of the article, SCP-140, and not the actual book (which could have an even earlier end date prior to the historian getting his hands on it)
Through testing, SCP-5280 produces an instance of SCP-392, which appears to be a head of one of SCP-140-A's parents. It yells out, attempting to tell its daughter to cherish and honor the past, and not attempt to recreate the Daeva, otherwise she will see failure again and again.
This article portrays SCP-140-A as a girl.

SCP-5711: Threat Level: MIDNIGHT

DESC: SCP-5711 is a thaumaturgic ritual that alters the course of historical events. SCP-5711-1 is a temple wherein SCP-5711 is performed. SCP-5711-1-PRIME is one such history-altering event that nearly succeeded in accomplishing the nefarious Daevite goal of usurping history. SCP-5711-2 is a theoretical temporal eigenweapon that can neutralize and/or reverse retrocausal anomalies, that was used to negate the phenomenon caused by SCP-5711-PRIME.
The ritual was developed as recently as 250-200 BCE. It is a veritable potpourri of ancient Sarkic and Mekhanist rituals and technologies (it includes a human child, blood, and beryllium bronze alloy). The initial use of this ritual was to influence the Second Punic War (to stop Rome, one of Daeva's many foes I guess).
The temple itself is a pyramid shape, with anomalous machinery and pits containing souls necessary for the ritual or something.
There is a MTF-style exploration log, complete with fights against "figures in classical Daevite ritual clothing". These are presumably Daevites of some form. No more details on their physical description is provided. They are "sorcerers" of some form, who attack using flashes of white light (effects of which are unknown, but appear to involve death)
Captain Watts is hit by temporal shenanigans. She is forced through 20 or so time loops and sees her own death. While it seems that SCP-5711 was going to be used on the year of 2009, she was able to eventually stop this. A parallel universe duplicate of her remains after the fact.
SCP-5711 was developed by "High Priest Khazaard Bin Alarath", one of the "last remaining blood descendants of the Daevite priesthood". He writes many letters to his father.
- He finds a few essential ingredients among the "Nälkän pigs", who "cowered fearfully before their slave-god, unaware of the glory of their birthright". I believe this is a reference to the canon that Yaldabaoth is entrapped by Mekhane. It would make sense that the Daeva, who have seen flesh-shapers as slaves and servants, would also see Yaldabaoth as a slave as well.
- He writes "How many of our people has time erased?" This is wonderful world-building, as it suggests the exact opposite of what SCP-140 suggests. Rather than see themselves as being inserted forcefully into history, they see themselves as having been erased from history and having to essentially hack reality to reverse their tragedy. This I think ties in with the Alexandria idea quite well. He mentions that while SCP-140 is lost to them (I can only hope this diary entry was written after SCP-140 is published!) it or one of its copies could be found again.
- He despises Rome, and sees their gods as stolen (to be fair, Rome did take a lot of gods and haphazardly merge them into their own religion) and a mockery to Daevite legacy.
- Furthermore, he believes that the Roman "ascension" ensured the "final fall" of Daeva (explicitly, when he reads SCP-140 it ends with Rome's ascent). Prior to this story's existence, the only way this can make sense is if Rome is indirectly responsible for the fall of Daeva in the "End by China" timeline. However, it is also possible that there is a previously unmentioned "End by Rome" timeline that this article just created… which would be a problem given the geographical location of Rome. How and why did a civilization in Northeast Asia move to the Mediterranean Sea? Perhaps Daeva did not move, and Rome caught wind of Daeva's existence and yeeted it using super-magic… but that's a dumb explanation. Also, why is SCP-5711 located in Arizona of all places? Ugh…
  - Idea in Discussion Page by MJL1: "It might've been a thing that Rome pushed them back into China. Like they had an empire from the Mediterranean to China, but Rome pushed them back far [Though, since Rome never occupied territory bordering China, they would've needed helpor something]."
- He also mentions Daevon. He refers to it as a person ("I hope Daevon will look upon this blood offering with favor in the time ahead"). An interesting religion is forming I see, one in which the few modern-era Daeva see Daevon as something like a promised holy land.
- He finds a copy of SCP-140 among "the Broken" (Mekhanites). They join him for unmentioned reasons. It is mentioned offhand that he uses the feud between the Sarkics and the Mekhanites as a way to better control them.
- One of the last letters he writes is something that could be important. "The Harvest of Bone" is a "vehicle of manifestation". "Those offerings of flesh and blood did no such paltry thing as win us favor with the gods, but manifested our Empire's destiny in spite of them.". This implies a more economical use of prayers and offerings, used to manipulate Daevite destiny without regard for ethics or faith.
- Ultimately his ritual backfires and he is probably a goner.
AO-5711-02 through -05 are a set of four daggers that appear to be Daevic in design. They do not dull and injuries caused by them do not cause blood loss directly, but instead cause "blood to spill from soles of the victim's feet".

SCP-2480: An Unfinished Ritual

NOTE: While this SCP is not tagged with "daevite", it is explicitly referenced in the Sarkicism Hub that the "Bodfel Codex" was obtained from SCP-2480. This codec apparently contains the majority of historical information on Sarkicism, and a good chunk of Daevite history as well.
Explicitly, a full investigation of SCP-2480 occurred after an incident on November 28th, 1952.
- This is an extremely important date. The Sarkicism Hub (and therefore the Bodfel Codex) states that Daeva falls between c. 1600 and c. 1200 BCE. However, by the time that historian ███████ ██████ acquires SCP-140 in 19██ - 20██ CE, Daevite history has progressed to ending in 2██ BCE. It is not explicitly stated how SCP-140 interacts with historical documents, but it is likely that it overwrites them to be in line with what is written in SCP-140.
  - Therefore, SCP-140 could not have been acquired by the historian until after November 28th, 1952.

SPC-140

DESC: SPC variant of SCP-140. Essentially, progress made in expanding SCP-140 will expand SPC-140 as well. SPC-140 contains shark-punching science stuff, so SPC has a vested interest towards expanding SCP-140.

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A tale about WAN's existential crisis.
An "Emperor" (Scarlet King presumably) is allied with the Daevites. Both are declared as non-existing.
The Scarlet King produces a machine that falls apart, the absolute rube.
Spells unbroken when binary is converted to text

About the Serpent

A collection of parables related to the Xia Dynasty.
Daevites show up in the "About the Beasts" section
- The Daevites at one point lived in the same location that the Children of the Night (SCP-1000) lived. The Daevites definitely did a massacre, those rascals.
- "The Daevas practiced witchcraft, and worshiped hideous gods". Yep.
- The Daevas were a fan of cannibalism.

A Completed Chronicle

Stars SCP-3059 (AKA Sam Michaels), who is torn apart and overwrites all narratives. Sort of like "Fred" on steroids.
Ends up infecting SCP-140 (and later all of reality)
- His infection on SCP-140 alters it significantly, to the point that the Daevites are no longer the main focus (and I guess as the story progresses only Sam Michaels is focused upon).
- In this AU iteration of SCP-140, the book comes to an abrupt stop at 480 B.C., for which there are a couple of interpretations. Maybe Sam Michaels overwrote the anomaly itself, and 480 B.C. is the original end date that SCP-140 was published with. Alternatively, it could be that Sam Michaels ended mankind two millennia early with his narrative powers, and that this is reflected in SCP-140.

Addressing the Second

A Bellerverse (post-apocalypse) tale about “Lord Hubris”, the combination of SCP-682 and SCP-035
According to the Daevites, Lord Hubris cannot die, for the SCP-140 does not mention their death.
This short tale brings up an interesting point about the Daeva. With their time manipulation schtick, not only is it possible that they can see the future, but it is possible that they themselves suffer from a form of hubris: If they foresee the enemy's death, and cannot see their own, then they might see themselves as unstoppable. Perhaps they see long life as a valuable attribute, to the point that those that they know will have a long life are seen as "superior".

A Long Time Past (Written by Djoric)

Able reminisces about his past.
He fought against the Daeva, as they were totes being evil through invasions and slaughter and enslaving.
- The Daeva here are depicted in a river of blood with the skulls of animals, and the dead lying about like leaves in fall (presumably the decor isn't always like this). The main city here is known as "Daevon", a walled city with a high priest and idols to "black gods".
Able is locked away by a final spell of the Daevite sorcerers (who sacrificed themselves to make it work).
- In this tale, Able is immortal before his final fight with the Daevites.

An Anthropological Approach to Sarkicism - Case Study 01: The Vaśńa of Sarvi (Written by Metaphysician)

Dr. Matthieu Desmarais investigates and reports on a lesser known Sarkic cult ("cult" may not be the right word to use here). It is a relatively peaceful village of sorts. There's a lot of Sarkic-lore going on in this page that will be breezed over in this summary.
Cavernous tunnels are located beneath the village. Dated back to c. 2000 BCE (give or take), they were likely settled by the Adí-üm people.
A scripture from Ion himself is found. It praises the listeners for felling Daeva, as they were feeding children to their infernal engines and sacrificing various people to their gods of pain and domination. Ion asks the listeners to take pity on the Daeva, as they are merely "shadows upon the wall" (puppets?) that act as "harbingers of those that cast its darkness". In other words Ion is saying that the gods that the Daeva worship should be destroyed.
A second scripture is found, about Lovaatar (Ion's soon to be lover), one of the few named Daeva on the site. Lovaatar desires the end of Ion's rebellion, seeing Ion as no more than a slave. Ion bounds Lovataar with many fleshy trendils.
- Lovataar has a "God-Queen" AKA "Daeva of Daevas". This God-Queen in turn has daemonic masters.
- Ion floods Lovataar's mind with "The Ancient Litany" or Sarkic teachings I suppose. Lovataar sees her actions being dictated by "crimson tethers".
  - The God-Queen's power comes at a price, as she is bound and shaped by blood (therefore applying the same restrictions to Lovataar). As such the Daeva's birthright and traditions are entirely meaningless.
  - The god(s) that the Daeva worship are represented as things being controlled by a cosmic void wrapped in flesh and sinew, and eating "countless souls who bellow in grief and tears"
- This is an odd interpretation. It implies that the Daeva worship Yaldabaoth, The Hanged King, or a combination of the two indirectly (from the comments section, it is unconnected to The Hanged King). It is told from Ion though, so it could suffer from Unreliable Narrator syndrome. A good takeaway is that the god(s) that the Daeva worship could be entirely fake, and used by a mysterious entity for a nefarious purpose.
- It also implies that the Daeva were in their empire state when they were struck down by the Sarkics.
A third scripture is found. Ion is distressed that his followers show signs of warmongering. He is worried that they will become like the Daeva, believing in perverse gods and adopting ravenous beast-like philosophies.
This article appears to actually define the appearance of a Daevite. The description is of a priestess who has "skin white as chalk, her eyes as gold as the jewelry and trinkets that decorated her scantily clad form" who also possessed "sharklike teeth".
- A final indication of the Daeva's god(s) are in the same section. "The gods do not change. The gods do not exist. Not truly. But they wish to. The void screams for a mother that will never come. Life is drawn to the Void like flies to decay. The Void wraps itself in sinew and bone and blood; a facsimile of life. The Void is a god-shaped hole. It knows nothing but hunger."
- In this same section, it details that the universe is a machine of automated butchery, in which people are flesh that is fed to the gods.

And So It Is Now (Written by Djoric)

A canon in which Able's murderous rampage is the result of a curse placed onto him by the Daevas (Related to "A Long Time Past"). Clef undoes the curse and the two become bros!

A Poem for the Mekhanites

A poem about the march of the Mekhanites. Specifically how they destroy themselves to destroy their enemy in various battles.
In this poem Mekhanites are fighting both Sarkics and Daeva. Perhaps at some point the Mekhanites turned on the Daeva, or this is propaganda that takes place long after the alliance has fallen. Who knows.

A Visitation

The only tale that AssertiveRoland, the author of SCP-140, has published to the site.
A professor of history in charge of SCP-140 is visited by SCP-140-A, a Daevite author.
The professor is unable to identify SCP-140-A's gender, age, or numerous other descriptors. The only thing that SCP-140-A for certain has are black-red eyes.
- One possibility is that Daevites are inherently antimemetic (unlikely).
- A better possibility is that SCP-140-A has gotten very good at hiding themselves, to the point of using some form of magic to cloak their identity.
SCP-140-A has accrued some wealth and power over the years, based partially on the text of the article, and partially because they appear to have trained snipers to protect themselves.
SCP-140-A is visiting the professor literally to make themselves known, as they have done to a few other persons of interest over the years.
SCP-140-A has been alive throughout the first end of Daeva to today.
It is unclear what SCP-140-A's ulterior motive is in this piece. However, it is likely that they desire Daevite history to be known to the public. Perhaps they also desire to make a another attempt at bringing back the Daeva that does not involve SCP-140. Perhaps they plan to ask the professor to destroy everything related to the Daeva.

AssertiveRoland's Brainspace: Followup to A Visitation

SCP-140-A sold an non-anomalous copy of SCP-140 to a Foundation-affiliated used book store, with the intention of sending The Foundation a message written in the margins.
SCP-140-A proclaims her SCP-140 project has failed.
She was only able to throw off her Daeva-centric prejudices after some years among Mekhanites.
- Later on, Ion and his rebellion is mentioned as well. Most likely, the author hasn't read SCP-1726 and does not know of the 9000 BCE "End by Nature" thing. However, for fun, we shall speculate ways to make this work.
  - First option: The end of the Daevic Empire mentioned in SCP-1726 is only the end of an empire. The empire splits up into city-states that reform in time for the "End by Sarkicism" period.
  - Second option: There existed a Daeva or group of Daeva prior to SCP-140-A that manipulated history. They are the ones that averted the end of the civilization here (Perhaps they used SCP-4001, known for making manipulators regret their actions). SCP-140-A is just accidentally following their footsteps.
SCP-140-A was never a fan of Daeva's lack of ethics and became fond of humanity.
SCP-140-A created SCP-140 out of a desire to make the ancient Daeva civilization grow alongside humanity.
Daevites have multiple hearts.
SCP-140-A reads their copy of SCP-140 each time an expansion event occurs. They lament because there are no signs of reformers, liberators, scientists, or humanitarians. They always find more massacres, sacrifices, incidents of slavery, acts of cannibalism, and backbiting incestuous politics.
- If there are any of these types of people or events, they clearly aren't important enough to be logged in SCP-140.
SCP-140-A does not know for sure why the Daevites act this way, but is afraid that the gods are using the Daevites for some nefarious purpose.
SCP-140-A orders The Foundation to burn their copies of SCP-140.

A Wandsman in the Court of the Hanged King

The Wandsman from SCP-2264 describes their journey in Alagadda.
They encounter a "Blood Vestal of Daeva", who is being fondled by a "Flesh Shaper of Adytum". The Wandsman sees their history as intertwined and their act as incestuous.
The brief lore here is probably related to the "The Vaśńa of Sarvi" tale, as they are both written by Metaphysician. Linking Daeva to Sarkicism this heavily is an interesting choice, which makes writing about Daeva easier, but it isn't as unique or interesting as having the Daeva go off in their own direction. Will need to think about this.

Beneath Two Trees (Written by Djoric)

An odd biblical-esque tale that references numerous GoIs, SCPs, and tales, but also renames them and introduces a lot more stuff. I do wish that there were more cross-links in this article.
Ab-Leshal is apparently SCP-076-2 ("Able") according to The Internet. AKA "Hevel", "The Butcher of the West", "The First Sword of Daevon", a couple other things.
- Hevel was specifically the protector and champion of the "People of Two Trees", who rose up to challenge the Daeva in the East.
- However, in vanity Hevel had "sworn himself to the dark gods of the Daevas and drunk deep of their black magics". Hevel, now Ab-Leshal, did a few bad things, including tearing off his brother Qayin's (Cain's) arms, slaughtering the People of Two Trees, and making a muck of things in general.
- Set (the third brother) would gather thirty-six men and women to set the world right. This is most likely a reference to the "Thirty-Six" SCP-001 proposal.
- Ab-Leshal returned after his slaughter in triumph-ish. "The part of him which was Hevel" called out and drove him mad. Now called "Hevel-Ab-Leshal", he took down Daevon and their dark gods too.
- Among the dark gods was "Moloch, the Horned King Crowned in Shame", who was rendered a shadow of his former self.
- The subjugated people of Daeva struck back, sowing the "world with Daevite blood".
- Hevel attempted to strike down the Scarlet King (who is the head honcho in this canon).
- "All-Mighty" (God I guess) called a flood upon a world that "would wipe time itself clean"
Note: Hevel or whoever here becomes cursed into his weird box and becomes Able in "A Long Time Past". He is later freed by Clef in "And So It Is Now".
Note: Djoric here wrote SCP-1726, so this is actually strongly canon, as opposed to merely suggested. In otherwords, a "Daeva Hub" would have to reference this canon in some capacity.

Bloodlines

A Daeva (who is apparently Vlad the Impaler according to the comments section?) tries to take over Romania.
- Vlad the Impaler exists between (1428-1431) CE and (1476-1477) CE, which makes this non-canon.
Here the Daeva is described with coal-black "wild" hair and olive skin. He is stripped to the waist and covered with drying blood (cause he killed a bunch of people). The Daeva also tend to have tattoos and devilish-looking weapons with barbs and the like.
- They also have a certain power over blood.
A Romani gypsy(?) of some sort curses the Daevite using what I believe becomes SCP-012… and this somehow erases the Daeva from history… ok…
This depiction of the Daeva comes off as a mix between Able and Sarkicism.
Something to consider: In their hay-day the Daeva were probably few in number, relying on their long lives, technology, and slavery to make their empire as big as it was.
- In 1860, about 1/8 people were enslaved in the U.S. (from Wiki). In Classical Athens, between 2/5 to 4/5 of the population were slaves (from Wiki). For Daeva that ratio should be higher (as slaves were used more readily and for sacrifices). So maybe 1/2 to 5/6? Maybe for more anti-slavery city-states (which could briefly exist in Daeva's long history) it could be 1/8 or 1/10 or (perish the thought) 0.

The Empire of Dirt (Part 1) (Written by Djoric)

Describes Daevon. Here Daevon has cold winters. Common structures include black stone spires, slave pits, smock stacks, and "frozen lead".
There is an "artist" who performs some sort of ritual. It appears to involve the artist using their own blood to draw upon an animal skin. The drawing is then burnt with incense and prayers underneath a small statue of the god. As is tradition, she wears an umbilical cord around her neck.
There is "Moluch, the Horned King Crowned in Shame", a god for whom the artist worships. By enacting the above ritual, she pleases the god, and in turn she becomes closer to the god.
There exists in this period of Moluch and Ab-Leshal wine, wine glasses, swords, muskets(??), "magecraft eyes" (allow for better sight, wielded by slave-brokers and others of high class)
While Ab-Leshal is the First Sword, there are more! Lots of names here, all of whom are people of high status in Daevon (they participate in a parade/ritual):
- slim and effeminate Jad-kar Dark-Blade, the Fourth Sword
- Neurotic, wide-eyed Bergon Soulbearer, the Seventh Sword
- Odrahn Kahd the Master of the Keys
- Pratan Dai the Craftmaster
- Master Generals Hradun, Vasig, and Khazes
- Curix Noan (the artist called the mistress of ink I think)
There is a high altar, which has smaller altars surrounding it. These smaller altars have "towering idols" of these gods that the Daeva worship (Parentheses are who they are, taken from the discussion page):
- the King-In-Scarlet (I guess he may not be the head honcho from Djoric's canon?)
- the Nothing-In-All (SCP-055 "[unknown]")
- the Hanged King (SCP-701 "The Hanged King's Tragedy")
- the Eternal Texts (SCP-4001 "Alexandria Eternal" makes the most sense, but Djoric writes that this is based off of SCP-582 "A Bundle of Stories")
- Moluch the King Crowned in Shame
- the Wonder-Maker (An older, trickster-god form of Dr. Wondertainment)
- Gothog the Mighty (random name)
- the Mother of them All
- Molug the Broken Fist (random name)
- Carthac the Many-Faced King (random name)
- and others
In the ritual for these many altars, A gong sounds, followed by three blasts on large temple horns. Bonfires are lit at the feet of the idols, releasing clouds of incense as chants start and blood flows. First the mammoths that pulled the idols are bled, then the captives, working up from "the smallest to the greatest, finally sacrificing the pieces of the broken god itself".

The Empire of Dirt (Part 2) (Written by Djoric)

The slave-broker from Part 1 is named "Sir Eutmun" as well as "Ser Eutmun" (spelling mistake?). He provides Curix Noan 300 slaves (50/50 split among male/female). These are purchased for 900 marks (coins).
One slave is given as a gift, which is Cain, having recently had his arms stripped off by Able. His arms have been replaced with "magecrafted metal", and he needs no "magecraft collar" as "his spirit is broken".
At the tail end of this part, it is revealed that the artist is the creator behind SCP-610 ("The Flesh that Hates"), having used some of the slaves, machinery, and magic. It is described as a few things, but essentially a machine of iron and steel with flowing sulfur, animated by 300 "screaming fleshy fruits impaled upon its thorns, twisted out of shape". The fruits were paired, male and female (It seems the 50/50 gender split was for artistic reasons), in a bouquet of flesh that hated. Moluch finds this pleasing.
Cain is given the name "Cairn" I think.

The Empire of Dirt (Part 3) (Written by Djoric)

The backstory in this part takes place during the fall of Daevon.
The artist and the slave-broker end up fused together and bloated in a tribute to Moluch.
The highest rating a slave could have here is "khuk", a brand on the forehead (which is given to Cairn
Cain meets Able, who has decimated a good chunk of the population. Ab-Leshal has "written the Horned King's gospel in blood across [the] continent" with every life slain feeding the king further. Able's mind is slowly slipping, and soon he will be a mindless killing machine.
Able says something important: "The Seven Brides are dead. The scribes of the Texts and the Hanged King are dead. The Wonder-maker and Chou-dah-cieph and all others have fled. Only Moluch remains."
Moluch with his men meet Ab-Leshal in person. He is pleased.
During the actual story, someone meets SCP-089 ("Tophet"), who is actually Moluch. It turns out that Moluch derives power from feeding off people's despair. In addition, Moluch had, in this statue form, lied frequently to push people to despair, rarely backing up his prophecies of doom with action.
- Long story short the person kills Moluch, at the cost of their life.
- I guess Moluch has the title "Horned King Crowned in Shame" firstly because he has horns (he has a bull-like head) and secondly because people, in their despair (their belief that he was much more powerful than he was, and that he essentially held people at gun point with a fake gun), crowned him.

Found in a dusty corner of the Library

A person in The Wanderer's Library tries to make sense of "the web of misinformation surrounding the Serpent", essentially why the "no canon" rule exists.
"Sera of the Infinite Chaos, a Daevite priest" of the Scarlet King is mentioned briefly. This again brings up the idea that the subject of Daevite worship is the Scarlet King.
Also, this is one of the few times that a male Daevite is mentioned, as this is a priest, not a priestess.

God Damn It, Every One!

A D-class is given an opportunity by some bizarre operative of the Three Moons Initiative to end the Daeva once and for all. In this headcanon, SCP-3922, despite being described as only working on video, was able to affect SCP-140 explicitly. The end result was the Three Moon Initiative warping into ancient history and decimating all Daeva for good, effectively neutralizing SCP-140.
This tale is a Christmas comedy style article, and is not to be taken as canon.

Golden Horde Funk

Apparently there are several SCPs/Tales about a time-travelling Mongol horde. This is linked to the Daeva here as there's a possibility that the horde could have an advantage over the Daeva. Specifically the tale is of two Foundation scientists talking about this possibility.
This one makes sense as SCP-140 has the Daeva ending last to the Mongols. Will need to look at these associated golden-horde tagged articles in more detail.

Interviews with Prospective Groups of Interest

It is what it says on the tin. A lolFoundation tale
Daeva are one of the interviewed, who perform an eldritch screech.

jacklyn diamandis, accountable to nobody

A story taking place in the "The Trashfire" Canon Hub, which is all about how the Universe is chaotic and uncaring. Tis a miserable place.
In this story, Nobody is busy tracking down "Jacklyn Scorpio Diamandis" (actually named "Lror", and also known as the Jack of Diamonds), who is a "Covenant".
- Covenants are defined as the offspring between Daeva and Archons, often produced via rape. In this tale there are four covenants, being the four jacks of each playing card suite.
  - This tale in and of itself appears to be a successor to the original Jack of Diamonds tale from years back, about a female Jack who extended her species with spider-based rape.
  - Hgan is another Covenant, "quick to anger and easy to poison". He is a child of the "Scarlet Archon", who may or may not be The Scarlet King.
  - Ydax is another Covenant, who was sired by a "worm-shaped hole".
Mentions Daevon, in this case being explicitly a place that existed during the "End by Sarkicism" period.
Lror exists during the modern era. She is some form of "media royalty" who has incorporated herself into Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. She is described as vain, decadent, smug, arrogant, and apathetic to the pain she inflicts on others. She is the daughter of the "Violet Archon" which is also known as SCP-001 (Tufto's The Scarlet King or something else?). She does not hold military or constabulary authority, so her power is limited.
- She is seen "leeching off" a well known economist. She also essentially stole someone's home.
Nobody at one point says "But knowledge is power, and there's 4000 years on the line", which suggests that they or the author only see Daeva as existing since 2000 BCE (i.e. they do not know of or do not believe Daeva existed prior to the "End by Sarkicism" period).
Nobody corners Lror in an alleyway. Apparently Lror has an "ovipostor" (tubular organ which deposits eggs, often found in insects and fish).
Nobody then essentially kills Lror by brutalizing her until her regeneration stops working properly.
This tale is probably too specific to bring up in a "Daeva Hub", but it is a good example of a Daeva existing in the modern day.
It also partially describes how a Daeva could look like (i.e. what differentiates them from a human), but it shouldn't be taken as gospel since Lror, being "Covenant", is probably a unique instance.

Light of the North, Or the Three Impossible Tasks of Te̮la

Daevon is mentioned here.
Te̮la Ni̮lyuka the Huntress has thousands of stories about her, one for each time a slave of Daevon tells them.
Te̮la has a mistress, also called a "pótnyā" by the auther and "pót’yā" by Te̮la. She and her brother, Sükni, appear to be human slaves to this mistress. She hunts for her mistress and he tends the garden and crops
She can speak with animals and plants.
She is tasked to capture a magical deer by the mistress. She refuses this as she does not want to bring others in the same captivity that she is held under.
- The deer, understanding her plight, comes with her willingly. Upon entrance to the mistress' lair, it kicks the mistress out and runs off.
Her second task is to bring back a forest in a bag. She accomplishes this by bringing back a bag of seeds.
Her third task involved bringing bringing back a vial of lights from the north. She accomplishes this by bringing back a vial of oil mixed with water.
The mistress begrudgingly releases her, and her brother tells this tale to others, until it is finally passed to the reader.
This tale could take place at any point in time. It's most natural for it to take place in the "End by Nature" period, where fairy tales are probably more common.

Sükni and the Firebird

A follow-up to "Light of the North", staring the brother.
Just like the huntress, there are many tales about Sükni Dzhari, told by the slaves.
He is tending to his crops and finds that all of the plums have been devoured. This is problematic as it means that the slaves may be fed less as a consequence.
He finds that the plums have been eaten by a firebird (which has many names). It is called the "vhereg the shining one" in Daevite.
He is afraid to catch it or spook it (which could alert others to its presence), as his mistress would most certainly want to cage or kill it if she found out about it.
He finds out that the bird has a damaged wing, and ate the plums because it cannot fly.
Covering his arms in plum juice, he entices the bird into his basket and hides it.
On the next day the bird cries out in mourning. It is heard by the mistress, who finds out what it is and calls upon her servants to capture it.
The mistress eventually finds out about it. He tries to stop her, saying the sky will find out, but she does proclaims that "Never before has any god stayed my hand; never shall one. I do as I wish.". So she ties up the bird in her menagerie and chains him up in a noticeable place.
Part of his belief system is that the nánga (the sky or a god of the sky?) will be pissed that the firebird, a holy bird of sorts, is chained up, and will curse everyone.
With the help of some other slaves, the firebird is released. It's wing now healed, it flies away. It leaves behind a feather, which he keeps as an amulet/memory.
The mistress finds out that he and his cohorts were often seen together, and throws a mock trial. Since the mistress does not want to be seen as unjust, she allows the slaves to speak, but puts a spell on them that will kill them if they lie. Each slave gets passed this spell by only telling her that they did not do x, wherein x was part of the plan that was performed by someone else.
After they are released with no charges pressed the other unaffiliated slaves demand to know the story. So he tells them, and they don't rat him out because they all hate the mistress. The tale is passed from one to the next until it is read by the reader.
This tale is a good example of the type of ethics and magic that a Daeva of the olden days might employ.

The Catching of the Sun

The Catching of the Sun is a tale about a Daeva's inability to catch the sun.
There is an implication in this tale. It is that the Daeva "have been here forever. That they came before us, and will come after as well", and that "once there was a time when we had been first". This follows The Wanderer's Library canon of things, where the Daeva are not of this world, but rather wrote themselves in.
- Will again need to be careful about combining the "End by Nature" and "End by Sarkicism" branches together. The most coherent idea is that the Daeva came into being in "End by Nature" through unknown means (either naturally or unnaturally). There they pissed off God/Alexandria/Serpent and got nearly thrown out of existence. However, through Daevic magics they hung on, but are cursed to be perpetual losers, for they have shown to the gods only an inability to mature. How this is performed in "End by Nature" is unknown (but ought to involve SCP-4001). This performed later on via SCP-140 numerous times in "End by Sarkicism", "End by China", "End by Mongolia", and other yet unmentioned occasions.

Nadox and the Mekhanite

Backstory from Sarkicism Hub: Klavigar Nadox was a Daevite who was once a sage promoting peace and equality. For this he was publicly tortured and a Daevite priestess cut off his tongue, sewed his mouth shut and had him emasculated. Marked as a sufferer, he wandered the land as a pariah.
This tale is about Nadox wandering the desert for numerous years since his "apotheosis", in which he is essentially immortal.
Worship of the Scarlet King among the Daeva is mentioned here again.
Over a long period of time, Nadox meets up with other people who are essentially representatives of other religions (one, "Derdekeas", is a Mekhanite, and another, "Fang", worships the Scarlet King).

New Job

This is a well known tale in which SCP-999 is actually the child of SCP-231-7, and has the potential for defeating The Scarlet King through "light and love and laughter that can brighten the blackest of hearts".
The Daeva here are again described as worshipers of the Scarlet King. Most information on SCP-231 came from Daevite tablets in this tale.
The Daeva are also said to have been a "sadistic and warmongering people who were granted unholy power and knowledge by the Scarlet King as a reward for the death and suffering they caused".

New Years (Part 1)
New Years (Part 2)

With the help of one "Epon", Clef destroys the "Mother". Both of these people appear to be of Daevite origin, and are quite possibly related SCP-231.
This is a Djoric tale, and like most others in this list, involves Able. Specifically Clef meets up with Able, who is glad that Clef killed this mother person.

Old Kansas Sector ~ 15: Down Home Daeva

A Rat's Nest tale, meaning that it takes place in the far flung time of 2119, when anomalies begin to overtake reality. Far outside of the central community canon.
This tale mostly takes place in Daeva, a future Siberia that has been converted into a fleshy plain of sorts. Description excerpt:

All around it smelled of sulfur and bacon. The air and fog was frigid wet, and stuck like a film. The three were surrounded by sharp mountains tiered with caged terraces, writhing masses of figures moving inside of them. Streaky brown clouds hung around them like reams of cotton candy.

The cattle fields of Daeva covered the majority of what was once northern Russia. The formes grown here were the source of all implant and transplant in all of its Sarikik theocracy. Huddled together across the valley were cattle, groups of figures composed of assorted human parts.

The "cattle" are described as having six legs, and a "farmer" is described as "pale red, with thick purple veins covering his body. He had four arms and two legs. His third eye looked around lazily". They can retract their mantis-like four arms into two arms that have three tripod-esque digits.
A bizzare tale that offers a potential description of how a portion of how a Daeva farm could have or can look like. It's a bit too lenient on Sarkicism for my taste.

PROJECT 4533

An alternative ORIA-esque take on Cain ("QĀ'IDAH-SCP") and Able ("PROJECT 4533"). Honestly not able to make sense of it. From the discussion page this is a canon in which Cain is pro-Daeva and Able is anti-Daeva? It also appears to change how the two anomalies function, with this line: "The claims by QĀ'IDAH-SCP that PROJECT 4533's effective "immortality" is tied to the stone tomb they are in possession of has been definitively disproven". It is confusing.

REMEMBER

A story about Cain's inability to forget how he killed Able.
Only has a short reference to Daeva. Djoric's headcanon of Daeva it seems.

SCP the Anime, part 4 (Gears/Iceberg, Clef/Kondraki, Rights/Light, Kain, monkey!Bright)

A joke article that barely mentions Daeva. Basically in this tale they exist and have an army that enslaved a bunch of people and then give a bunch of author stand-ins a standing ovation.

SCP TV Pilot: Into the Deep End

An actual TV pilot. Never expected something like this to exist on the site.
It is pretty good actually, but too long to summarize here.
Of note, a major plot point hinges on the idea that a group of neo-sarkics are interested in pulling the Daevites through history and into the modern era. The reason for this is simple and sensible: They desire stronger foes to take down so they themselves can get stronger.

The Grand Theological Game

Another tale by Djoric.
Offers new lore in the form of "Ana", the "Goddess Who Does Not Hunger". Essentially a goddess of beauty and anorexia, followers of Ana despise Sarkics because they despise the idea of flesh. One follower (unnamed), sees flesh as a cage/prison. One such follower is essentially skin and bones, talking in the same manner as an early 1800's/1900's orphan archetype.
At one point, the follower(s) of Ana essentially disintegrate a "Flesh Sancutary", perhaps starting a religious war… or it could be a common skirmish.
The main character, Tokos, had patrons known as "The Buried Giants". Tokos himself is a "thaumechanic", capable of using rituals and magic to form computing devices. There is a bit of lore here about how that all works, including a "tenet core", "DemonOS", "mana-cloud operating systems", "glyph-monkey", and some more. Of note, DemonOS systems have a tendency towards murdering those who work with them, and glyph-monkeys tend to mark themselves based on how many murder-plots they manage to foil or survive.
Other minor gods and religions mentioned are:
- The Buried Giants, who are now no more.
- "The Flesh", another word for Sarkicism (Yaldabaoth is also mentioned). NOTE: Sarkicism apparently exists before Ion did, which is not ideal. The best solution is that it bears a similarity along Christianity, wherein Ion (similar to Jesus I guess) doesn't show up until multiple eras of Sarkicism's existence have past.
- The Crucible, who I believe are references to The Factory based on this sentence: "The Crucible claims they’re rogue unionists and denies any connection."
- The Prince of Many Faces, who appears to "stir up old grudges".
- The Hanged King, who "had isolated himself in Alagadda and had called together his dwindling demesne to plot"
- Moloch, whose "furnaces grew bright on the bones of children".
Lore wise, the most important paragraph is here: "There was going to be war. Tensions had been high for months. The theological situation in the Empire was a cosmic wargame, a tangled cannibalistic orgy, a nest of vipers tied in knots. The Scarlet King sat on his throne above a court of squabbling kings and queens and princes. Alliances and rivalries shifted constantly, bubbled up and boiled away, and anyone could see that the temples were hiring out more guards than usual…"
In addition, we have another paragraph: "The Scarlet King was not worshipped for boon or blessing – it was only to keep his gaze pointed elsewhere. Only the high daevas would dare draw the King’s attention or siphon off his power – all of his temples, save the great temple in Daevon, were devoted to one of the King’s minor titles, so as to not to draw up notice."

The Great Siege of Julabin

A tale that is actually a page out of SCP-140.
Made-up metrics are used. For example, the tale takes place in the 38th "Cycle of Yurta". This means that, unfortunately, it cannot be easily placed in any summarized timeline. However, given that it was written in 2014, it could make more historical sense for it to be placed in Djoric's timeline. However, it can technically be placed anywhere.
- Note: Due to these made-up metrics, avoid logging them for now.
- Minor note: "Yurta" is the Russian variant of a yurt.
Julabin in a city-state that is a wealthy and "well-situated stronghold", and as such is prime beef for the Daeva Empire to take. It exists in Norway, which is quite a bit far from the general location of Daeva. The most logical explanation for this is that this tale takes place during a conquest period of Daeva history, wherein they came close to conquering most of the world (such a period is more logical the farther back in the past it takes place in. Another reason for it to occur during "End by Nature")
Czrakhin Alkri is someone high-up in the Daeva Empire. Confusingly, they are male, which probably means that they are a renown general but not necessarily the equivalent of a matriarch. However, "Czrakhin" appears to be a title, and is similar in wording to "Czar", so it's a bit unclear. Perhaps this Empire is one of the oh so rare instances in which the leader is patriarchal in nature (another possibility would be if Alkri is trans, and transitioned from female to male after ascending to a matriarchal role, becoming a Czrakhin). In either case, they lead the Black Horde, some form of army. Alkri has a "sword-brother" and second in command of the Black Horde known as "Saegmat".
Due to an ongoing famine that was crippling the Daeva Empire, Alkri decided to takeover Julabin through culture and trade. He exported Daevite foods, arts, and traditions in return for… well, it doesn't appear to be mentioned.
- Minor note: Daevite cuisine includes "the savoury shychi, made of Numbik Kippyt, betalrote, and hrizakl"
- During this period, Daevites settled into a district within Julabin known as "Daevikrugl"
Julabin's priest-king Ingrudn found out about Alkri's plot, and cut ties with Daeva extremely quickly. The people of Julabin must be extremely devout followers of Ingrudn in order for something like this to work.
Ingrudn was too late, as the Daeva Empire was back in shape after drastically importing livestock and grain from surrounding regions. Alkri's Black Horde was twice the size as it was before, and began the Great Siege of Julabin.
While the Black Horde moved quickly and silently towards Julabin, clearing out the villages of any person who could report the advancing army to Ingrudn, they accidentally scared the wildlife into Julabin's eyesight. And so when the Black Horde arrived they had no element of surprise.
- Minor note: wildlife here are named oleinei, krolika, and ptistyaka.
While Alkri spent his time trying to figure out how to beat Julabin, Saegmat performed a hasty and disastrous assault. The siege towers were poorly constructed, for example.
Alkri was stricken with grief for the loss of Saegmat, and swore bloody revenge.
Alkri figured out how to defeat Julabin, through the construction of underground tunnels.
Upon completion of the tunnels, Alkri and his men went in the dark of the night to lay siege of Julabin proper this time.
Alkri met with and fought against Jaekl, the Julabin Captain of the Royal Guard. They fought for roughly an hour, and are portrayed in a somewhat homoerotic manner, as is customary in ancient text describing war. Alkri was able to defeat Jaekl after Jaekl blinked due to sweat, and then swiftly killed Ingrudn.
- The murder of Ingrudn involved crushing his head and taking a bite out of his heart.
Julabin was then pillaged and defiled until it became a mound of rubble and charred flesh. The flesh was then eaten in a feast. Julabin was renamed to Saegmadik (clearly named after Saegmat).
The Great Siege of Julabin lasted about 43 days.
The tale ends with a notably biased sentence: "Thus the Great Siege ended, and Alkri once again led our people to glory."

The Price of Knowledge

A tale by the same author who wrote The Great Siege of Julabin.
This tale describes the author of SCP-140, who is named "William".
I'm most certainly being too pedantic here, but this tale clearly mentions Fifty Shades of Grey, which was released in 2011 and way after the cut-off date for The Foundation's acquisition of SCP-140. It also mentions Twilight, which, being published in 2005, is cutting it pretty close.
William is a history professor who would do anything for knowledge, and eventually has his wish fulfilled by SCP-140, which he finds in the University library.
He finds out that he can increase its length through blood, but has yet to find out that any liquid will increase its size. He decides by the end to kill a dog and bleed it out for knowledge.
One thing that this tale doesn't quite do right is SCP-140's end. Specifically, it has the book end abruptly after a passage about some village politics. This canon doesn't make as much sense to me as one that always has SCP-140 ending with the fall of Daeva (and explicitly mentioning how it fell).
One thing that this tale does do that I like is that shows several short snippets from SCP-140. While there are too many such snippets (they're mostly made-up words with extremely narrow focus), I do like the tone in which they are written. Should it be necessary to quote SCP-140 directly, this tale (and The Great Siege of Jubalin) should be used as an example for how to write that.
The tale has this snippet for its ending: "We, as Daevites, are the supreme race. No other can match our glory. Our culture shall be spread by the sword and the spear and the holy chant. We are the Daevites. We are absolute."

The Real Adventures in Capitalism

A Djoric tale that caps off the Adventures in Capitalism Hub. I should probably read the entire thing as opposed to only Episode 211 and Episode 212… but oh well.
There's a ton of crosslinking present here, which makes this extremely difficult.
In Episode 211, a character named Emma goes to "the beetle-duke’s palace", where she fights the Scarlet King briefly. She fails. There is something about SCP-231 as well.
In Episode 212, a doomsday scenario takes place in the form of SCP-140 becoming long enough to affect the present. There is a ton of crosslinking and short sentences used here.
- From this text, it appears the infrequently mentioned "Mother of All"/"Mother of Them All" is SCP-597.
- One interesting line is "Can you hear the footfalls of the brokentooth’d march, sweeping up through the past? The Daevites are coming. They are eating history."
- Another interesting line is "London fucks its queen mother to death." (relating to "Mother of Them All")
- Another interesting line is "The Americans build of themselves a great and hateful engine, and throw their children before Moloch reborn forever."

The Sacred Djehuti

A Team Bird Hub page, describing the villain of the series (a bird god of some sort). It's been a while since I've read this story, so things are hazy. However, it appears that this tale has been tagged with "daevite" because it references SPC-140 ("The Chronicle of the Sharkic War"), as opposed to SCP-140. Too much of a stretch for me to worry about.

Track 2: The Book of Dave

A Fifthist song about Daeva. Specifically, it's about a guy who finds a copy of SCP-140 and rightfully decides that Daeva is pretty nasty in general. So he wrote a song in the book, which caused a rave to be written in the book. Neat concept.

When We Came Home

A finale to both the Adventures in Capitalism and ETDP hubs, written by Djoric. As far as Daeva is concerned, it's related to Beneath Two Trees (Note: Also related to Dust and Blood, which discusses Djoric's canon of The Scarlet King).
From a Daevite lore perspective, only the indented text is relevant I think.
In "End by Nature", Daeva was ended by The Flood. However, SCP-140 was written after this, allowing not only the Daevites but also Sarkicism and The Scarlet King to re-enter the world through history.
Mankind has two guardians, "Hakhama, broken no longer, with her fleets of dreadnaught-angels vast enough to blot out the sky." (Mekhane I think) and "Nahash, returned from his exile at last, his plumage bright and fire upon his mouth." (Either Yaldabaoth or Prometheus if I had to guess).
Everyone died, so The Brothers Three "ordered the doors of the Silent Halls to be opened." and commanded an army of the dead to take down The Scarlet King.
The Scarlet King and The Brothers Three were joined by the gods and everyone else. Almost everything, including The Library, was destroyed.
The Scarlet King made "Yesod his throne, and all things were reduced to ash."
the Thirty-Six (from that one SCP-001 Proposal) used their magic to make The Scarlet King vulnerable.
This lead to seven persons who would destroy The Scarlet King. They were: "The little bastard Empress in her veil, her head swollen and her tongue mute. Harker, the man who shattered the dreamtime with a single strike. The Exile, who long ago cheated the Brothers Three. A’habbat the Unbroken, seventh Bride no longer. The apostate Fawn astride the Saturnian Stag. Set, third son of Adam. Isabel the Maker of Wonders."
After The Scarlet King's death the seven were left in an empty and desolate place.
Dr. Wondertainment (Isabel) made a "final wonder" by "the hands of all her forebears, across all times and worlds and peoples". Essentially she gave way to a new universe, as the tale ends with "The end of the world went like this: Everyone lived happily ever after."

Sarkicism Hub

See "Daevic Timeplane"

Church of the Second Hytoth Hub

See "Daevic Timeplane"

Church of the Broken God

See "Daevic Timeplane"

The Wanderers' Library: Groups of Interest (Of the Daeva)

The headcanon chosen here is that the Daeva left realities forever, leaving behind SCP-140 (the writer admits that this can't be verified)
- The Library only has the jacket of SCP-140, with the book itself belonging to The Foundation.
The Daeva here are said to "occupy a text which is continually in the process of writing itself."
- As the text grows, other texts will begin to have references to the Daeva, although a person's memory is not altered.
  - While this exception is suitable for SCP-140-A, I don't think it's necessary to have? Members of The Wanderer's Library could infer the effects of SCP-140 by just looking at parallel universes.
The Daeva have a vendetta against The Library for unknown reasons. Texts of wars between The Library and The Daeva appear at random, and the writer is worried that these wars might manifest themselves if SCP-140 is completed.
- I don't see issue. Books that don't exist constantly appear in The Library if I recall correctly.
There is a quote from a book called "The Legend of the Daevas". The author of this quote is vehemently against both The Foundation (Referred to as "jailers") and The Library itself. They see themselves as "written", implying that at least one Daevite either: is aware of SCP-140, has a warped view of SCP-4001, or flat out is a literal character in SCP-140 that doesn't exist yet but possesses knowledge of reality.
This interpretation of Daeva is mildly interesting, but it removes a lot of intrigue from the situation. It either doesn't quite address the idea that there exist Daevas in the world today (and that SCP-140-A could be Daevite), or…
What if, the Daevites did exist, for a short while. They were to die in 9000 BCE due to pissing off everyone by, let's say, joining forces with The Scarlet King (which they do out of a thirst for power and perpetual dominance). The ensuing war all but guaranteed their defeat and even threatened to wipe them from history. However, the Daeva possess a ridiculous power at this point (Eternal Engine? SCP-4001? Forbidden knowledge from The Wanderers' Library?). They use this to literally overwrite their loss. In doing so, they make a great sacrifice that curses them to become a footnote in history (ex. by casting SCP-1726, which contains what few triumphs they have, out of The Library to its own forbidden subsection). SCP-140-A themselves is unwittingly a component of this curse. SCP-140 is in its way a mirror to Daeva's worse atrocities.

Footnotes

12. Dr. Arthur Standin was forever changed by these events. Having survived through the use of SCP-963-1 (No, not that SCP-963-1. The other one), the senior researcher now boasts the features of a dog, burn marks, and three eyes. Additionally, swarms of butterflies have been observed following them around during work hours. These and other features (such as alterations in their gender, pronouns, name, and title) may or may not be present depending on who you ask and when you ask them. Despite these changes, Dr. Arthur Standin is not to be classified as an SCP object due to their exalted history of contributions to The Foundation.

SCP Sandbox III

Sandbox III: Revenge of the Sandbox

THE TRUE NATURE OF SCP-XXXX-J

BY DR. ARTHUR D. STANDIN¹³

FOREWARD

CHAPTER ONE

THE FOUNDATION OF DESIRE

SCP Sandbox III

Sandbox III: Revenge of the Sandbox

THE TRUE NATURE OF SCP-XXXX-J

BY DR. ARTHUR D. STANDIN13

FOREWARD

CHAPTER ONE

THE FOUNDATION OF DESIRE

BY DR. ARTHUR D. STANDIN¹³