Explaining hater characters pt 3: The Scarlet King
Name: The Scarlet King, SCP-2317, SCP-001
Story: SCP
Background:
Canon: The Scarlet King is first introduced in SCP-231 when a cult dedicated to him kidnaps and impregnates 7 women. As each one gives birth progressively worse disasters are released onto the earth. The foundation thinks the final woman will give birth to the King and he will destroy the earth. In SCP-2317 a doorway is found that leads to a barren wasteland where a horned figure is being trapped by a single chain, with 6 more broken around him. This figure is the Scarlet King with each chain being related to the pregnant women, or so we think as the ending of the story implies that none if it might be true.
-001 Proposal (Tufto): This story follow the last two as a conversation goes on between two scientists who propose that the true Scarlet King is the clash between pre-modernism and modernity. The conversation starts as one scientist notices connections between events related to the Scarlet King and the Foundation. The other scientist, a former cult member, begins to explain that the King is an idea, and that even though he wasn't SCP-2317, but he may be now. Everything the Foundation does that brings the world forward increases his power. Certain figures in the Foundation try to weaken the King by not observing him and even changing his classification from Keter (difficult to contain) to Safe (easy to contain). This does not work.
SCP-2747: This story follows an anomaly dubbed "As Below, So Above," which is a collection of fictional tropes and archetypes that ruins any story it can find itself in, eventually consuming the story and moving on. In one story it traps the Scarlet King, who quickly proves too string for the seals, until it changes the narrative to keep him contained. 2747 would use the King as a pawn to destroy worlds as it destroyed Universes. The suggestion of this story is that his assimilation into 2747 allows him to be used as an anti-narrative device to destroy the stories and worlds they wish to conquer.
SCP-6747-C: A "joke" entry that is implied to be the anti-narritive Scarlet King from 2747. It destroys worlds with the goal of becoming more complex and gaining more control over reality. It is stated to be able to destroy the SCP's universal anrrative.
Djoricverse: This is an origin narrative that supposes that the Scarlet King was born alongside the planting of Khahrank, the Tree of Knowledge. He had self-awareness, which caused him much pain and suffering, so he vows to everything. After eons he succeeds in destroying or subjugating every god and names himself The King of Darkness Below. He then seeks to destroy The Creator. To this end he has his way with one of the gods and sires 7 daughters, who he takes as his brides. One of them helps him in his war efforts, but ultimately raises his children to betray him. The King manifests on earth and brings destruction to the Daevite (an ancient civilization) people. The children who were against him would try to destroy him once and for all, but were not impervious to hid mind control. He commands the leader Hevel, to kill the army and the Daevite people. He does as he is commanded, and afterwards challenges his father/grandfather to a battle to the death. The challenge is accepted and they begin to fight when The Almighty brings down the flood and wipes him away from the world
In modern times the events of the original SCP-231 happen, a cult kidnaps seven women who give birth to parts of the King's power called Leviathans. The Foundation works to stop the last woman from giving birth. Meanwhile a woman goes out to slaughter the Leviathans and in doing so frees the rebellious daughter from the spear which had sealed her. Using this the woman challenges the King through 2317, but he swats her away with his hand and she dies. A researcher with the Foundation then casts an SCP into the flood to bring back the Daevite people who perform a ritual to summon back the King. Despite the best attempts from the modern forces of The Creator, including the The Brothers Death, ultimately the King succeeds. He kills the Creator and takes Yesod as his throne. As he brings destruction on the world a group of people manage to break a seal that makes him invulnerable. A small group of SCP elites take on fragments of the shattered Seventh Spear and fight him. All but one die, and the final hero manages to take hit him in such a way that he impaled himself on the remaining spear fragments, temporarily sealing him. While sealed the smaller Death suits his throat and kills him.
Powers: Reality Manipulation, Fate Manipulation, Narrative Manipulation, Immortality, Avatar Creation, Regeneration, Power Bestowal, etc. He is a force of destruction and in all stories he uses a variety of tactics to destroy narratives.
Scaling: Canon | 001 | 2747 | Djoricverse
AP: At least 3-A (Threatens the Universal SCP Foundation) | At least 3-A (Is shaped by narratives of him, a threat to the Universal SCP Foundation) | At least 1-C (Destroys countless stories and is rapidly approaching the real Multiverse) | At least 1-B (Destroys the Creator and all forces that seek to stop him)
Speed: Unknown | Unkown | Irrelevant (Time is not a factor to the anti-narrarive which can destroy and narrative) | Nigh-Omnipresent (As part of the Tree of Knowledge he exists as a law of creation and in all parts of the Multiverse)
Reaction Speed: Unknown | Unknown | Instant | At least MFTL+, probably Infinite (Not bound by the constraints of time he can move as he wishes, but couldn't stop the attack from the heroes)
Lifting Strength: Unknown | Unknown | Multiversal | Multiversal
Striking Strength: Unknown | Unknown | Multiversal (Destroys narrative verses) | Multiversal (Clashes with The Brothers Death destroy layers of the Multiverse)
Durability: Unknown | Unknown | Multiversal (Has to contend with the Narrative) | Multiversal (Clashes with The Creator)
Stamina: Infinite | Unknown | Infinite | Infinite
Range: Irrelevant (Influneces the Cult from his prison) | Irrelevant (No matter where it is it's a threat to the Foundation) | Irrelevant | Irrelevant
Intelligence: Supergenius (Knows how to influence the Cult despite imprisonment) | Nigh-Omniscience (Knows what all things think of it) | Supergenius (As a constant in 2747, it knows all things that are relevant to its purpose, in this case, it knows of the narratives) | Supergenius (Was able to outsmart other dimensional beings with its superior intelligence, completely incomprehensible to humans)
Weaknesses: In canon it's sealed away and unable to affect the world beyond its cult. In the 001 proposal it's still developing, but is currently an inevitable force. In 2747 it's contained entirely in the anti-narrative, so it can't affect stories that don't have tropes which 2747 uses to destroy them. And in Djoricverse, it dies to having it's seal broken, making it vulnerable.
Name: The Scarlet King, SCP-2317, SCP-001
Story: SCP
Background:
Canon: The Scarlet King is first introduced in SCP-231 when a cult dedicated to him kidnaps and impregnates 7 women. As each one gives birth progressively worse disasters are released onto the earth. The foundation thinks the final woman will give birth to the King and he will destroy the earth. In SCP-2317 a doorway is found that leads to a barren wasteland where a horned figure is being trapped by a single chain, with 6 more broken around him. This figure is the Scarlet King with each chain being related to the pregnant women, or so we think as the ending of the story implies that none if it might be true.
-001 Proposal (Tufto): This story follow the last two as a conversation goes on between two scientists who propose that the true Scarlet King is the clash between pre-modernism and modernity. The conversation starts as one scientist notices connections between events related to the Scarlet King and the Foundation. The other scientist, a former cult member, begins to explain that the King is an idea, and that even though he wasn't SCP-2317, but he may be now. Everything the Foundation does that brings the world forward increases his power. Certain figures in the Foundation try to weaken the King by not observing him and even changing his classification from Keter (difficult to contain) to Safe (easy to contain). This does not work.
SCP-2747: This story follows an anomaly dubbed "As Below, So Above," which is a collection of fictional tropes and archetypes that ruins any story it can find itself in, eventually consuming the story and moving on. In one story it traps the Scarlet King, who quickly proves too string for the seals, until it changes the narrative to keep him contained. 2747 would use the King as a pawn to destroy worlds as it destroyed Universes. The suggestion of this story is that his assimilation into 2747 allows him to be used as an anti-narrative device to destroy the stories and worlds they wish to conquer.
SCP-6747-C: A "joke" entry that is implied to be the anti-narritive Scarlet King from 2747. It destroys worlds with the goal of becoming more complex and gaining more control over reality. It is stated to be able to destroy the SCP's universal anrrative.
Djoricverse: This is an origin narrative that supposes that the Scarlet King was born alongside the planting of Khahrank, the Tree of Knowledge. He had self-awareness, which caused him much pain and suffering, so he vows to everything. After eons he succeeds in destroying or subjugating every god and names himself The King of Darkness Below. He then seeks to destroy The Creator. To this end he has his way with one of the gods and sires 7 daughters, who he takes as his brides. One of them helps him in his war efforts, but ultimately raises his children to betray him. The King manifests on earth and brings destruction to the Daevite (an ancient civilization) people. The children who were against him would try to destroy him once and for all, but were not impervious to hid mind control. He commands the leader Hevel, to kill the army and the Daevite people. He does as he is commanded, and afterwards challenges his father/grandfather to a battle to the death. The challenge is accepted and they begin to fight when The Almighty brings down the flood and wipes him away from the world
In modern times the events of the original SCP-231 happen, a cult kidnaps seven women who give birth to parts of the King's power called Leviathans. The Foundation works to stop the last woman from giving birth. Meanwhile a woman goes out to slaughter the Leviathans and in doing so frees the rebellious daughter from the spear which had sealed her. Using this the woman challenges the King through 2317, but he swats her away with his hand and she dies. A researcher with the Foundation then casts an SCP into the flood to bring back the Daevite people who perform a ritual to summon back the King. Despite the best attempts from the modern forces of The Creator, including the The Brothers Death, ultimately the King succeeds. He kills the Creator and takes Yesod as his throne. As he brings destruction on the world a group of people manage to break a seal that makes him invulnerable. A small group of SCP elites take on fragments of the shattered Seventh Spear and fight him. All but one die, and the final hero manages to take hit him in such a way that he impaled himself on the remaining spear fragments, temporarily sealing him. While sealed the smaller Death suits his throat and kills him.
Powers: Reality Manipulation, Fate Manipulation, Narrative Manipulation, Immortality, Avatar Creation, Regeneration, Power Bestowal, etc. He is a force of destruction and in all stories he uses a variety of tactics to destroy narratives.
Scaling: Canon | 001 | 2747 | Djoricverse
AP: At least 3-A (Threatens the Universal SCP Foundation) | At least 3-A (Is shaped by narratives of him, a threat to the Universal SCP Foundation) | At least 1-C (Destroys countless stories and is rapidly approaching the real Multiverse) | At least 1-B (Destroys the Creator and all forces that seek to stop him)
Speed: Unknown | Unkown | Irrelevant (Time is not a factor to the anti-narrarive which can destroy and narrative) | Nigh-Omnipresent (As part of the Tree of Knowledge he exists as a law of creation and in all parts of the Multiverse)
Reaction Speed: Unknown | Unknown | Instant | At least MFTL+, probably Infinite (Not bound by the constraints of time he can move as he wishes, but couldn't stop the attack from the heroes)
Lifting Strength: Unknown | Unknown | Multiversal | Multiversal
Striking Strength: Unknown | Unknown | Multiversal (Destroys narrative verses) | Multiversal (Clashes with The Brothers Death destroy layers of the Multiverse)
Durability: Unknown | Unknown | Multiversal (Has to contend with the Narrative) | Multiversal (Clashes with The Creator)
Stamina: Infinite | Unknown | Infinite | Infinite
Range: Irrelevant (Influneces the Cult from his prison) | Irrelevant (No matter where it is it's a threat to the Foundation) | Irrelevant | Irrelevant
Intelligence: Supergenius (Knows how to influence the Cult despite imprisonment) | Nigh-Omniscience (Knows what all things think of it) | Supergenius (As a constant in 2747, it knows all things that are relevant to its purpose, in this case, it knows of the narratives) | Supergenius (Was able to outsmart other dimensional beings with its superior intelligence, completely incomprehensible to humans)
Weaknesses: In canon it's sealed away and unable to affect the world beyond its cult. In the 001 proposal it's still developing, but is currently an inevitable force. In 2747 it's contained entirely in the anti-narrative, so it can't affect stories that don't have tropes which 2747 uses to destroy them. And in Djoricverse, it dies to having it's seal broken, making it vulnerable.