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Item ID #: SCP-4972

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4972 is to be placed in a 0.53m box of pure silver with along with the following items:

A Virgin Mary statuette.
A vial of holy water and oil.
A piece of papyrus paper inscribed with Revelation 12:9.
A cross of pure silver.

The box is to be buried 6m underneath a gravel crossroads in Site [REDACTED]. Standard security measures are already in place around the aforementioned site. Any attempts to use SCP-4972 on any humanoid lifeform without O5 clearance are strictly forbidden. SCP-4972 was recovered from a tomb in what was once ancient Mesopotamia, after reports of “angels” were notified to the Foundation. The dagger was found half-buried in the sand, next to a burnt corpse.

Description: SCP-4972-1 appears to be a silver colored dagger of unknown material composition. All attempts to melt, scratch, break, or in any other way harm the blade have been to know avail. At the base of the dagger is a dial that ranges from numbers 1 through 100 in Hebrew digits. The dial can be screwed open to reveal a hollow chamber inside the hilt of the dagger, where a strange glass encasing around a red, glowing mist can be found attached to the inside. The vial can be removed from the dagger, and a small hole in the bottom of the chamber can be used to extract the mist via syringe. The mist has been associated as SCP-4972-2. The dagger itself seems to not have any effect near or on any religious artifacts.

The next section will be test reports on both SCP-4972-1, and SCP-4972-2, both separate and combined.

SCP-4972-1 TEST REPORT

D-81934 (Will be referred to as “Subject 1”) is to be subjected to SCP-4972-1 without SCP-4972-2 inserted. A second subject is ordered to scratch Subject 1 with the dagger. Subject 1 yelps in pain, but is shortly calmed. No permanent physical damage observed. Subject 2 is next ordered to slice hard enough to draw blood. Subject 1 screams, but no anomalous activity is detected. This continues until Subject 2 is ordered to terminate Subject 1 with SCP-4972-1. Again, zero anomalous activity observed. Both subjects terminated. It appears that, without SCP-4972-2, SCP-4972-1 is a normal dagger, although still unbreakable.

SCP-4972-(2, 3) TEST REPORT

A new subject, Subject 3, is injected with 0.5mL of SCP-4972-2 through a syringe. Subject begins suffering from seizures, before being terminated and placed in the morgue. The next day, the subject is found roaming the halls, intentionally letting several SCPs breach containment. When guards attempted to detain/terminate/[DATA EXPUNGED] the subject, it revealed large, glowing wings composed of an intense red light. Upon seeing the subject (now labeled as SCP-4972-3), the security personnel's retinas were nearly instantaneously fried. None died from the sudden vision loss and excruciating pain, but some were killed by SCP-173, who had breached containment during the incident. The instance of SCP-4972-3 eventually weared down and disintegrated, and all escaped SCPs were returned to their containment cells.

SCP-4972-(1, 2 Combined) TEST REPORT

Two new subjects, Subject 4 and 5, are ordered to terminate each other. Subject 5 is given the complete SCP-4972, and Subject 4 is given a bronze viking longsword. Upon receiving SCP-4972, Subject 5 immediately began running towards Subject 4, and stabbed him in the throat. Subject 4, and his longsword, disintegrated into the same red mist as SCP-4972-2, and was absorbed by SCP-4972. Subject 5 then transformed into an instance of SCP-4972-3. The entity then began another killing spree, but avoided those of Abrahamic faith. The entity was eventually detained by a large group of Christian-raised security personnel with handcuffs made of pure silver. The entity was brought in for an audio-only interrogation.

SCP-4972-3 INTERROGATION

Interviewed: SECOND INSTANCE OF SCP-4972-3

Interviewer: Dr. ██████

Foreword: SCP-4972-3 Is brought in for questioning after slaughtering several personnel of non-Abrahamic faith and releasing several SCPs from containment. SCP-4972 has been confiscated and being sent to another facility for containment. Due to the nature of the entity, Dr. ██████ is not allowed to make visual contact with SCP-4972-3.

<Begin Log>

Dr. ██████: Please state your name, species, and intention as an individual.

SCP-4972-3: My name was lost long ago. I do not have a species, but I am here to guide others to do the will of God.

Dr. ██████: By God, which one do you mean?

SCP-4972-3: There is only one God, and he is merciless.

Dr. ██████: Are you the same entity that killed all those people the first time?

SCP-4972-3: Yes, but I could not control myself without my blade. It is me.

Dr. ██████: Who created the you?

SCP-4972-3: I was forged from the souls of the sinful, and I am to be wielded by the Archangels of old.

Dr. ██████: So, angels are real?

SCP-4972-3: You are a disbeliever?

Dr. ██████: I am a man of science.

SCP-4972-3: Ah, I see. You are blind. And forever you shall be! This Foundation has sinned, and for that you shall burn!

Dr. ██████: [DATA EXPUNGED]

SCP-4972-3: [DATA EXPUNGED]
<End Log>

Closing Statement: Both Dr. ██████ and SCP-4972-3 have been terminated.

Conclusion: Further research with any instances of SCP-497 are strictly banned by order of O5-████████