The Scarlet King is an ancient and demonic God and the son of the Third Brood.
He is evil incarnate and the big baddie of the SCP world, often tied to the end of existence
itself.
So saying that, what do we know about him?
Well, not a whole lot, but I’m here to fill in the gaps.
So today on Top 5 Scary Videos, I’m going to be counting down our list of the Top 5
Scary Scarlet King Facts | SCP - 001.
Before we begin though, be sure to stick around until the end of the video, where I’ll be
responding to some of your comments, and with that, let’s jump in.
5 Description It is believed that the Scarlet King has no
true form, with some artists often drawing him as a classical Devil-like figure with
antlers, oftentimes even having tendrils/tentacles coming from his body, a reference to Lovecraft
perhaps.
He is sometimes depicted with eyes on his chest, and in the tale “Three Short Scenes
About Death”, he is given a little description.
I quote: “His fists are described as massive and gnarled, holding the chains of his consorts
and concubines.
The same fists could effortlessly smash a man’s throat.”
His voice is also described as similar to the “chittering of a billion infinitesimal
insects”, and swirling and constantly moving.
Now, his true power is unknown, though it is said he can conquer and destroy entire
worlds and civilizations, and threaten other low elder gods.
However, according to others, his powers are beyond comprehension.
Over the years, the Scarlet King has gathered quite the following, among them are Gods,
including, Jeser, Goran, Moloch and Hasture.
Humans, of course, also follow the King, most notably the Children of the Scarlet King cult,
which poses as an American right-wing Millenialist fire-and-brimstone Christian Church.
The Scarlet King is often theorized to possibly be the true final stage of SCP-2317, but we
will touch on that more later.
And, as most will know, he is the creator of SCP-682 and SCP-999, again, more on that
later.
Finally, it is believed that he was once a low elder God but a lesser Great Old one,
after the Koiteran arrived and granted him powers.
The Scarlet King then began to absorb the powers even turning on the Koitern in the
process.
4 SCP-999 - son SCP-999 appears to be a large, amorphous,
gelatinous mass of translucent orange slime, it is also the son of the Scarlet King.
It weighs around 120lbs with a consistency similar to that of peanut butter.
Yum.
The surface of 999 consists of a thin, transparent membrane similar to that of an animal cell
and is highly elastic, allowing 999 to flatten portions of its body up to 2cm thin.The rest
of 999’s body is filled with a viscous orange substance of unknown chemical makeup, though
it is capable of digesting organic materials with ease.
Now, it’s temperament is what sets it apart from the Scarlet King, because all in all,
they are the complete polar opposites of one another.
999’s temperament is best described as playful and dog-like: when approached, it will often
react with overwhelming elation, slithering over to the nearest person and leaping upon
them, hugging them with a pair of pseudopods while nuzzling the person’s face.
Even touching 999 will cause mild euphoria, which intensifies the long a person is exposed
to it.
Now, although injuries sometimes occur, 999 has never been found to purposefully harm
others, and will immediately back away and contract its body into a quivering mound while
gurgling in a matter similar to a whimpering dog.
On top of its playing behavior, 999 seems to love all animals, refusing to eat any meat
and even risking its own life to save others, on one occasion leaping in front of a person
to take a bullet fired at them.
3 SCP-231 SCP-231 1 through 7 were retrieved by police
following a raid on a warehouse owned by an organization called the Children of the Scarlet
King.
24 hours after rescue, SCP-231-1 went into labor, giving birth to three minutes later,
causing a catastrophic event resulting in an un-documented amount of casualties.
Foundation personnel immediately took possession of remaining SCP’s 231-2 through 231-7 and,
based on notebooks recovered from the cult, instituted Procedure 110-Montauk to prevent
future occurrences.
Following repeated escape and suicide attempts, and based on the failure of contaiment for
SCP-231-1 through 6, containment of SCP-231-7 has been amended to the following: SCP-231
is to be contained within a soundproof holding cell, adjacent to holding cells for six Class
D personnel assigned for the purposes of Procedure 110-Montauk.
Cameras will monitor every inch of the cell at all times, and must be manned 24 hours
a day.
Malfunctioning equipment will be replaced without delay by psychologically screened
staff.
Doors will be magnetically locked, openable only by positive action by the control and
monitoring facility.
SCP-231-7 is to be kept restrained to a hospital bed at all times except for the purposes of
Procedure 110-Montauk.
Hydration will be provided through IV drip.
Under no circumstances are narcotics, anesthesia, or other unapproved medication to be administered
to SCP-231-7.
2 SCP-2317 SCP-2317 is a primeval entity known as The
Scarlet King, Devourer of Worlds.
The Erikesh Codex indicates that it was captured and imprisoned by Erikeshan mystics circa
1894 BCE.
An excerpt from the relevant passage follows, I quote: “and then Keshpeth led his army
of ten thousand into the realm beyond the clouds, and there did they do battle with
the devourer, may his name remain forever unremembered.
And then Keshpeth and his ten thousand did craft seven cunning chains out of the bones
of Jaspetar, seventh bride of the dread devourer, may his name remain forever unremembered,
and bound him within the pearl of the father of oysters, he who dwells under the mirror
of salt in the realm under the sea.
And keshpeth ordered that the gates to the far country be sealed forever, lest the dread
devourer, may his name remain forever unremembered, find its way back to our world.”
Indications are that Final Containment Failure will occur at some point within the next century
as of the writing of this article: the mean time to failure being calculated at thirty
years.
All efforts to repair or replace the chains have failed.
All efforts to re-discover the method for creating these chains have proven fruitless.
As of right now, research is currently underway to determine an alternate containment plan,
but the possibility that anything can keep the Devourer from entering our universe is
slim, especially at the original material used to create the chains are no longer in
existence.
1 Origin The Scarlet King was born with the planting
of the Tree of Knowledge, and was the smallest of his siblings, but the only one aware, and
it brought him great pain.
He decided that existence itself is painful and that he’d have no part in it, as well
as destroying existence itself.
So, he began by consuming his siblings and growing stronger on their essence.
Weird flex, but okay.
He in turn vowed to destroy the Tree, the Creator and Creation, and consumed or subjugated
all the other Gods, ultimately naming himself “King of the Darkness Below”.
He then declared war on creation itself, one which will not end until the very end of everything.
He took Sanaa, one of the Gods he subjugated, forcibly as his wife and sired seven daughters
on her.
Sanaa died after birthing them, and the King took his seven daughters as his new brides,
sealing them so they would not die as their mother had.
From this seven bride-daughters he had seven children called Leviathans.
Well, there we have it!
Do you guys agree with our list?
Were there any Scarlet King facts that we missed?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below and perhaps we can
do a part 2.
Before I go though, I just want to respond to a few comments from one of our last videos,
Top 5 Scary Horror Movies That Are Illegal - Part 2.
Lars Stoeloes said: “Finally!
Our Queen is back!
And the land of horror rejoices!”
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Kill Joy said: “Lucy should be illegal” ----
Heliko said: “Of course your parents got the movie Last House on the Left for you.
Should we expect anything less from the ones who groomed such a person of darkness?
I think not.”
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James Vance said: “Hey Lucy, you’re showing movies I never knew existed!
Thanks and keep up the freakiness!
Long live the Lucyfers!”
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