The SCP Foundation is no stranger to pure
evil. Whether itās a reptile that wants to end
all life, a sadistic old man with his own torture dimension, or the personification
of death itself lurking beyond a limestone cavern. But what if there was something even worse
out there? The embodiment of chaos and cruelty, existing
across multiple realities and dimensions. And what if it was coming for us. This is The Scarlet King - believed by many
to be the ultimate evil behind much of the trouble the Foundation has faced and some
even speculate that fighting him was the reason the Foundation was created in the first place. But what exactly is the Scarlet King? Heās known by many names, almost always
including some allusion to the color āredā, and then a reference to royalty or power-
Harak, Khahrahk, the Red Shah, the Crimson Khan, PTE-616-Mendes-Ex-Machina, the LÄla
RÄjÄ, and of course SCP - 001 to name a few. And like many of the Foundationās mysterious
enemies, stories about his true nature and origins abound and are often contradictory. According to the official SCP - 001 files
of Tuftoās proposal, symbology of the Scarlet King has existed in multiple cultures throughout
history, with the king often depicted the same way, as a huge, red demonic figure, often
wearing a gold crown of other headdress indicating royalty. He shows up looking similarly within different
culturesā mythologies, despite existing at different points in history or them not
having the means to communicate with one another. A number of entities that the SCP Foundation
is familiar with are believed to be somehow connected to the Scarlet King, including SCP
- 2317 - a wooden door leading to the realm of a being known as the Devourer, whoās
expected to escape and cause an apocalyptic event in the next thirty years. But really, thereās no way of knowing just
how many SCPs are directly connected to the Scarlet King. Strangely, the Foundation's official file
on the Scarlet King once designated his containment class as Keter, but that has since been downgraded
to Safe. According to the file, any attempt to change
this designation is likely to lead to horrifying results. It is widely known that the Scarlet King still
has considerable influence over a number of groups, individuals, and anomalies in our
universe, and if ever he made his way into our universe, it would likely lead to the
irreversible damage of reality itself, so then why safe? And why are the O5 Council so adamant that
it remain that way? Getting to the bottom of this mystery is exactly
why weāre here today. But, to fully grasp the true nature of the
Scarlet King, we must first understand the man whose life and fate have always been tied
to it: Dr. Robert Montauk. If that name feels oddly familiar to you,
itās because of its association with one of the Scarlet Kingās most recent attempts
to enter our reality: SCP - 231. This SCP, often referred to as the Brides
of the Scarlet King, was formed of seven women - seven, by the way, being an extremely significant
number for the King - all kidnapped by the most recent in a long line of the Kingās
devoted cults known as The Children of the Scarlet King. Each of these seven unfortunate women were
impregnated with anomalous horrors, such as the infamous SCP-682, and every time one of
these horrors were birthed, a catastrophe occurred and the mother died. At the time, Dr. Montauk was a prominent researcher
studying this anomaly, and as six catastrophes had already occurred, pressure was mounting
to figure out a way to prevent the final birth. But as he was working on the issue, Dr. Montauk
was struck with a personal tragedy - The mysterious disappearance of his 14 year old brother,
Jacob. In his fear and anger, Montauk believed that
this must have had something to do with the Scarlet King and his disciples. Wanting revenge, Montauk proposed an idea
so horrifying that the details were never made public - a procedure known as 110-Montauk
to be performed on the final bride at regular intervals. However, this wasnāt the end of Dr. Montaukās
fraught relationship with the Scarlet King - it was just the beginning. To give you some perspective on just how dangerous
the Scarlet King is, the SCP Foundation and the Global Occult Coalition decided to put
aside their differences and form a joint effort to stamp out the Children of the Scarlet King. They were successful in this mission, and
even managed to capture the Childrenās leader - a mysterious man named Dipesh Spivak. Dr. Montauk, whoād become the lead researcher
on 231 and 2317, was naturally the first choice for interviewing Dipesh about the true nature
of The Children and of The Scarlet King. Dr. Montauk could never be the impartial interviewer
that the SCP Foundation wanted though, the suspicion that the Scarlet King or the Children
had something to do with the loss of his younger brother, still lingered just beneath the surface. Like a lot of cult leaders, Dipesh was extremely
cryptic in his answers to Dr. Montaukās questioning. Heād already heard of the doctor from the
reputation of the horrifying Montauk procedure, and was surprised to see him so calm and courteous
in person. A few key facts about the King and his cult
were revealed in the first few rounds of questioning: The Children had once worked with the Serpentās
Hand before being excommunicated for their allegiance to the King, and they had stolen
sacred texts from the mystical Wandererās Library to assist in their summoning rituals. Dipesh also revealed that the Scarlet King
is bound by three Laws - the Law of Blood, the Law of Concrete, and the Law of Howling. Dr. Montauk, confused and frustrated by Dipeshās
secrecy, had to learn more. He found an old memoir from a former member
of the Children of the Scarlet King, Jack Hearst, who had the ability to invade the
minds of people from the past and experience what they experienced. He recounted a battle between the Scarlet
King and his followers and a group of time-traveling Turkmen warriors from SCP - 3838. Hearst saw both sides of the battle. From the perspective of the Children of the
Scarlet King, their lord ruled over them from an immense fortress embedded in a volcano. From the perspective of the Turkmen, the Children
were starved and beaten peasants, commanded by the Kingās voice in the roaring howl
of the wind. Montauk also found extensive records of summoning
rituals performed by various Scarlet King-aligned cults. Interestingly, some of them incorporated the
use of carved SCP Foundation symbols. What could this mean? Montauk returned again to Dipesh, who finally
gave him the truth about the Law of Blood. This is the Law of the Scarlet King - itās
defined by poverty, violence, starvation, hate, and most of all, fear. Like the serfs in the Middle Ages, persecuted
by and subjected to violence from the nobles. To the Children of the Scarlet King, this
sense of holy pain and awe is the only way to live. The alternative is the Law of Concrete - which
means the modern age, defined by empty safety and false comfort. Buildings, easy to access food, healthcare,
knowledge, technology. This is everything that the Scarlet King despises. But the mystery only deepened as Montauk found
files from a former Foundation operative by the name of Agent de Beauvoir. Montauk learned that the Scarlet King didnāt
seem to appear until after the Foundation was created, and in fact, it seemed that the
greater interest the Foundation took in the Scarlet King, the more powerful he became. How could this be? Things were also getting stranger on a personal
level for Dr. Montauk - Dipesh repeatedly pressed him about his brotherās disappearance,
and the Montauk Procedure, during the interviews. Little by little, it was beginning to take
its toll. The questions still plagued him: What was
the Law of Howling? Who or what really is the Scarlet King? How did he come to be? Montaukās search was causing him to act
more like the Children of the Scarlet King - ranting about the horrors of the modern
world, how all of us are living a lie. how the only āhonestā way to live is suffering
under the dominion of the Scarlet King. This philosophy is summed up in the words
of one cultist named Ariadne Cartwright who said: āWe must learn what it is to die. To be enslaved- truly, brutally enslaved,
with no compassion or compunction from our masters. We must learn what it is to be taken towards
a single purpose, to know and truly understand our lack of agency. We must be beholden to a world of gods and
darkness, the tempest-tossed refuse of a race of fools. We must kill modernity, postmodernity, with
all its analysis and sneering observation. There is only one rule; the rule of chaos. For humanity! For life! For the Scarlet King!ā Basically, any time humanity tries to exert
control over the world, the Scarlet King gets stronger. Every time they try to understand or organize
or categorize their world, the Scarlet King gets stronger. As colonial and imperial powers conquered
and invaded lands like India, Africa, and South America, and subjugated their beliefs
under western ideas, the Scarlet King got stronger. Montauk was beginning to truly understand
the power of his enemy here, and even worse, he was starting to understand his part in
it. Montauk, slowly being driven mad by the knowledge
he was gaining, realized that the Scarlet Kingās greatest enemy - The SCP Foundation
- was also its greatest asset. Every time they tried to understand the monster,
to give him some kind of comprehensible form, they only made him more powerful. Just in time with Montaukās new revelation,
a red crack appeared in the wall of Dipesh Spivakās containment cell - a portal to
the realm of the Scarlet King. Foundation staff found that they were unable
to enter the cell, and Dipesh demanded a final interview with Montauk. With no other options, the Foundation relented. In their very last conversation, Dipesh congratulated
Montauk for finally understanding what he was dealing with. The Scarlet King, Dipesh told him, is an idea,
a concept. He is a being given power through the conflict
between the old and new. This is the Law of the Howling - The Scarlet
Kingās endless rage at the direction the world and humanity has taken. The King, according to Dipesh, hated the Foundationās
belief that science and rationality was the true path to progress. The King saw this as little more than petty
arrogance. The reason Montaukās Procedure on the final
Bride of the Scarlet King was so effective was because it wasnāt born out of science
- it was born out of hate, pain, the desire for revenge, and in the Scarlet Kingās realm,
that would be all there is. Unless our world, and especially the Foundation
changed course, the Scarlet Kingās rise to absolute power would be inevitable. Montauk, his mind practically gone, asked
one last question: Did the Children or the Scarlet King take his brother, Jacob? When Dipesh told him the answerā¦ no. And in response, Montauk shot him dead. Finally bringing an end to the Children of
the Scarlet King. In light of his new revelations, Montauk begged
the O5 Council to change their ways in order to avoid letting the Scarlet King break into
our reality. They refused, saying Montaukās ideas were
too radical. But they knew they couldnāt just ignore
the threat posed by the Scarlet King, they would have to take some steps. And so, the O5 council of the SCP Foundation,
the most powerful and secretive group in the entire world, in order to prevent the most
dangerous threat that humanity has ever known from breaking into our reality and enslaving
all the people of the world, finally did something. They changed the classification of the Scarlet
King from Keterā¦ to Safe, and made its description on the official Foundation files deliberately
vague. The O5 council thinks this will be enough
to stop the Scarlet Kingās power from continuing to grow, but Montauk knew it wasnāt enough. He had seen the truth, and he couldnāt unsee
it. While the Foundation was going on as normal,
Montauk grew to despise them. He knew the Scarlet King was coming, he knew
that he couldnāt be stopped, and that our whole reality was little more than sitting
ducks. Dr. Robert Montauk is no longer a researcher
for the SCP Foundation, no Dr. Robert Montauk chose a different path. Heās now a child of the Scarlet King, a
devotee of madness, hate, and chaos. You canāt beat the Scarlet King after all,
and as the old adage goes, āIf you canāt beat āem, join āem.ā Now go watch āSCP - 682 - Ways The Foundation
Tried To Kill The Hard To Destroy Reptileā and āSCP - 4999 - Someone To Watch Over
Usā for more about the strangest and most mysterious entries in the SCP Foundationās
database.
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