Retrieval: Subject found in Service Tunnel 6r3bk without original 
equipment. Subject was wearing a simple uniform with a similar 
design to the current Foundation D-class uniform. 


Subject shifted while dining in the cafeteria. Destination dimension 
had an analogue to the Foundation with a facility in the same 
location, although internal layout had significant differences. Security 
responded to subject as an intruder and detained it immediately. 
During this process the subject was imprisoned and stripped of all 
equipment, including tracking device. For remainder of shift subject 
underwent repeated questioning, the Foundation analogue refused 
to accept subject's explanation of dimension hopping. 


Information gleaned from post-shift debriefing indicates that 
F24-9S6-33C has a Foundation analogue in the Society for 
Containment of the Paranormal. This analogue has a strong British 
influence, and is opposed by the Covert Occult Group and Church of 
the Mending God. Further details remain unclear as the Society 
refused to answer the subject's questions and only slipped details by 
assuming it knew them already. 


« Request: Replacement equipment. Request granted. 


4GT-F1Q-H17 
Retrieval: Subject was found by the cafeteria kitchen staff of site- , 
drenched, covered in mud, and suffering from severe hypothermia. 


Subject arrived in what appeared to be a large field during a 
rainstorm. Subject attempted to find shelter from the rain, but found 
none, remaining in the rain for the entire shift. After an unknown 
length of time, the subject reported seeing entities in the distance. 
Although the heavy rain obscured the subject from obtaining a 
detailed report of their appearances, the subject described them as 


SCP-3897, now confirmed 
as Eol-090 scouting and 
reconnaissance bioform 


SCP-3896, currently 
understood to function as 
loci for Eol-090 bioform 
manifestation and dispersal 


neutralization of these 
entities, however the rate of 
entity manifestation has 
accelerated to the extent 
that Foundation tactical 
asset losses are becoming 
dire. 

Multiple manifestations of 
SCP-3897 have occurred 
worldwide, with the current 
maximum observed number 
being 97 simultaneous 
instances. SCP-3897 have 
also begun to display 
greater aggression, 
significantly increasing 
predation rates and 
manifesting above densely- 
populated urban centers at 
all hours, greatly decreasing 
the effectiveness and 
feasibility of mass- 
amnesticization upon the 
Civilian populace. 

37 instances of SCP-3896 
are now recorded, each 
requiring an extensive naval 
blockade to prevent escape 
of SCP-3896-01. 
SCP-3896-01 entities have 
begun to display greatly 
increased intelligence, 
strength, durabiltiy, size, 
and manifestation rate. 
Foundation Naval Task 
Force casualties as a result 
of these manifestations now 
number in excess of 
150,000. 


As a result of these events, Operation Marduk was 
initiated, and Procedure 3894-PERSEPHONE was 
devised to supplement the Foundation's available tactical 
resources. 


Procedure 3894-PERSEPHONE describes a process 
through which willing and able Foundation task force 
personnel undergo complete metaphysical 
transformation through a series of interactions between 
SCP-3898, the influence of SCP-3894-Alpha, and a 
hyperthaumaturgic distortion field generated by a battery 
of sixteen Morgenstern-Khan Thaumaturgic Rams. Upon 
completion of this process, the subject's body is 
destroyed, and the subject adopts the standard set of 
anomalous properties exhibited by Gol-089 while 
retaining spiritual autonomy and loyalty to the 
Foundation. These properties are as follows: 


* Conversion of the body into a Type V (permanent, 

autonomous, selectively corporeal, thaumaturgic) 

ectoplasmic construct 

Greatly increased physical strength and endurance 

¢ Type IV (post-thanatotropic, substance-variable, 
nexus-conditional) immortality 

¢ Hydrokinetic and gravikinetic capability 


The subject is then registered and inducted into Special 
Task Force Sigma-01 “Foundation's Anchors”, to be 
selectively deployed alongside Gol-089 to counteract all 
sorties initiated by Eol-090, including containing now- 
global instances of SCP-3896, neutralization of all 
instances of worldwide TEHOM-class entity emergence, 
and prevention of Event Marduk-01 DEUCALION!, 
among others. 


Eol-089, tentatively designated SCP-3894-Alpha, is a 
Category 4 thaumaturgic and hyperphysical entity, 
referred to by members of Gol-089 and STF Sigma-01 
as “The Sorrow’, “The Bearer of the Burden”, and “The 
Withered King’. 


Early-stage thaumaturgical scanning of SCP-3894-Alpha 
has revealed a considerable amount of conceptual 
energy contained within its corporeal frame, when 
manifested. The majority of this energy is encoded with 
markers that coincide with Eol-090, a number of known 
Keter-level SCPs, anti-thaumic exponents of significant 
value, and several codons corresponding with Earth and 
all extant forms of life with humanity as a focal point, at 
an Association Magnitude of 9.8. This, compared to 
thaumic scans of other similar entities accessible to the 
Foundation, has led to the conclusion that SCP-3894- 
Alpha is conceptually and metaphysically interlinked with 
life on earth to such an extent that its existence is 
necessary for human civilization to exist in its current 
state. 


SCP-3894-Alpha manifests physically as an emaciated, 
decomposing male humanoid figure, dressed in a hood 
and torn coat, carrying an Admiralty-pattern anchor with 
angular flukes roughly as long as it is tall (= 2 meters). It 
will occasionally and without warning appear near the 
rear wall of Site 001-Alpha's primary equipment 
chamber, where it rarely moves and to date has only 
spoken when spoken to. During its appearances it 
willingly gives interviews, which have been performed 
and coordinated by Operation Marduk Thaumaturgy 
Department Head Dr. Kumail Khan. 


Current projections by Operation Marduk tactical 
assessment personnel estimate that given the rate of 
Eol-090's expansion compared to SCP-3894, SCP-3894 
will become redundant within months, which despite 
Foundation efforts results in a TK-class Total Human 
Transmutation scenario in 93% of all simulations to date. 
Efforts to maintain standing disinformation protocols 
(including 3895-SIRENSONG) have thus far been 
effective, but are estimated to fail alongside projected 
failure of SCP-3894. Investigation to determine possible 
alternatives or amplifying solutions that avoid the 
implementation of Lifted Veil protocols is ongoing. 


See Operation Marduk document SCP-3895 for current 
information regarding Eol-090. 


A very long time ago, a life, at some 
point, learned to care for others like it. 
Not a// others, as organisms have to 
eat, but it gained an awareness of its 
kin. And it cared for them. It was 
primitive, but a bond was formed. 


And as expected, that bond ended in 
death. That life felta new pain. Nota 
pain of the body, but a pain of the soul. 
Grief. Loss. Mourning. 


There is beauty in hardship. Every loss 
is a tale, a tapestry, and the threads 
are love, companionship, courage, and 
perseverance. The things that make 
life what it is. It was sorrow that 
solidified life's ability to see itself, to 
look inward for the first time, to 
observe and understand something 
that was beyond eating, or mating, or 
fighting. It was sorrow that taught life 
to remember things that had stopped 
existing. To reflect upon its actions, to 


feel shame for its wrongs and to 
delight in its achievements, knowing 
full well that Death waited right behind 
it. Sorrow gave life its soul. Its heart. It 
is the weight that pulls us down and 
prevents life from destroying itself in 
wrath or hedonism or terror. 


It is in Sorrow that we will find our 
salvation, and be reminded of what 
truly makes us human. 


Dr. Kumail Khan, Operation Marduk 
Thaumaturgy Dept. Head 


So long as | stand, you shall never fall. 


| am with you. 


Footnotes 

1. Described in greater detail in "Time of Mourning: An 
Analysis of SCP-3894 Failure Contingencies" by Dr. 
Kumail Khan and Dr. Hans Morgenstern 


SCP-3895: Our Unrest 


ATTENTION 


This document has been secured under 
Operation Marduk executive authority. Due to the 
Ongoing progression of SCP-3895's anomalous 
effects, portions of the information contained 
within are known to be cognitohazardous to 
personnel not primed with Infoinoculation 27- 
APOLLO. This treatment has been proven 
effective in neutralizing the memetic threat posed 
by this document in 97% of cases. Do not 
proceed unless you have undergone this 
procedure. 


Our strength endures. 


SCP-3896: The Knights Grow Weary 


Item #: SCP-3896 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Naval Task Force Omega-19 
“Dire Straits” will maintain a permanent naval blockade encircling 
Bokoneijin Island, on standby to assist SCP-3896-02 if possible, and 
to engage and terminate all instances of SCP-3896-01. 


NTF Sigma-58 "Bottomfeeders" will maintain standard Operation 
Marduk disinformation protocols. 


Under no circumstances are Foundation personnel to enter the 
cavern containing SCP-3896-03. 


Description: SCP-3896 is the joint designation for a number of 
anomalous phenomena on, within, and surrounding Bokoneijin 
Island, a lesser island in the northwestern quadrant of the Bikini 
Atoll. 


Approximately four times per month, two entities will emerge from 
the waters 700 meters from the island's southeastern coastline. 
These have been sequentially designated SCP-3896-01 and 
SCP-3896-02. 


SCP-3896-01 entities are highly variable in morphology, but share a 
similar overall composition. All are estimated to have a mass of 
several thousand kilograms, with heights ranging from 7 to 24 
meters from the surface of the water. SCP-3896-01 instances 
appear to be biological, with a wide array of bodily structures. These 
have included muscular tentacles, multiple limbs resembling human 
arms (albeit longer and with a greater number of joints), orifices 
capable of projecting large volumes of corrosive liquid, and spines 
composed of an unknown metallic substance, among others. These 
entities do not always possess heads, but those that do commonly 


exhibit powerful jaws equipped with multiple rows of jagged teeth. 
SCP-3896-01 entities display a mottled coloration visually similar to 
that of decomposing human flesh. These entities are extremely 
aggressive and have proven highly resistant to conventional 
weaponry. 


SCP-3896-02 entities are humanoid in appearance, generally 
standing between 5 and 7 meters in height. Their body dimensions 
are somewhat exaggerated, with broad torsos, wide hips, and large 
arms. Superficially, they bear resemblance to a human wearing 
heavy plate armor, although this armor varies in composition, 
ranging from corroded copper, heavily rusted iron, to stone coated in 
coral exoskeletons and barnacles, and in one notable instance, 
driftwood interspersed with strands of seaweed. Occasionally 
SCP-3896-02 instances’ armor will bear ornamentation, such as a 
cape, engraving, or inlaid jewels or precious metals. These entities 
invariably bear a weapon, typically a two-handed sword, mace, or 
axe. The weapons wielded are extremely large and heavy, generally 
being as long as the entity is tall. SCP-3896-02 also display the 
anomalous ability to manipulate their surrounding physical 
environment, in the form of apparent hydrokinesis combined with 
selectively lessening or amplifying the effects of Earth's gravitational 
field. SCP-3896-02 stands upon the surface of the ocean as though 
it were a solid substance, presumably as a result of their 
aforementioned anomalous capabilities. 


Upon manifestation, SCP-3896-01 and SCP-3896-02 instances will 
engage in combat. SCP-3896-01 will attempt to liquefy, dismantle, 
or otherwise physically destroy SCP-3896-02. SCP-3896-02 appear 
to struggle utilizing their weapons due to their great weight, but will 
compensate by hydrokinetically weaponizing the surrounding ocean 
and selectively amplifying Earth's gravitational field upon 
SCP-3896-01, causing SCP-3896-01 to become sluggish and 
maximizing the probability of landing a crippling blow. 


SCP-3896-01 are, as yet, undefeated in these engagements. 
SCP-3896-02 are consistently destroyed upon each manifestation 
wherein Foundation naval assets are unable to provide direct fire 
support. Upon destruction, SCP-3896-02 undergo total structural 
failure, collapsing into a number of base components, which then 


transmute into an equivalent volume of seawater. On the occasions 
where SCP-3896-02 survives an engagement due to Foundation 
intervention, it will face the attending SCPNF forces and raise its 
weapon skyward, whereupon its mass will transmute into an 
equivalent volume of seawater, dissipating into the surrounding 
ocean. 


SCP-3896-01, if not engaged immediately, will destroy 
SCP-3896-02 and begin to travel toward the nearest populated area. 
SCPNF forces have thus far been able to neutralize each 
SCP-3896-01 instance attempting to breach the blockade, at an 
average of $1,250,000 in tactical assets lost and 4 Foundation 
casualties per engagement. 


Postmortem examination of SCP-3896-01 has proven difficult. The 
entities' remains decompose rapidly upon neutralization into a 
viscous slurry, principally composed of an amalgam of organic 
material from 27 currently identified animal species thus far, in 
addition to genetically human flesh, blood, viscera, and an 
assortment of various toxic and acidic compounds. 


The southeastern coastline of Bokoneijin Island features a littoral 
cave, approximately 30x25x20 meters in dimension. The walls, 
ceiling, and floor of this cave are covered in a thick layer of complex 
organic growth. Testing and visual observation has revealed this 
growth to be principally comprised of algae, coral, and 
musculoskeletal tissue from a variety of species, including great 
barracuda, colossal squid, desert locust, and human, among others. 


The source of this growth appears to be a humanoid figure fused to 
the rear wall of the cave, designated SCP-3896-03. This entity has 
the general physiology of a male human, but the majority of its body 
is subsumed by the organic mass growing within the chamber, with 
the limbs, back, and dorsal cranium inseparable from the material. 
The entity also possesses a set of broad antlers growing from the 
sides of the cranium, and is missing the majority of its dermis and 
epidermis where uncovered by the anomalous growth, leaving 
internal organs and musculature exposed. This entity is capable of 
speech, and has provided information to Foundation personnel. 


being vaguely humanoid in shape. The entities began to slowly 
move towards the subject from all directions. Near the end of the 
shift, the subject reported hearing labored breathing from the 
nearest entities. 


¢ Requests: a set of warm clothing. Approved. 


2AW-9U2-E5T 
Retrieval: Uneventtful. 


Subject arrived in midair, falling from an outdoor environment into a 
subterranean body of water at the bottom of a large cavern. Though 
admittedly experiencing a strong surge of adrenaline from this event, 
subject reported swimming "a long way" before reaching land. 
Subsequent observation revealed a giant hole in the ceiling of the 
cavern, through which subject had apparently fallen. Also reported 
were archways to other large caverns, most with shafts of sunlight 
visible indicating other surface collapses. Regular vertical grooves in 
the walls indicate possible excavation, despite the caverns’ 
immense size. No other sign of life was observed.