The culture of SCP-3838 is typical of nomadic tribes of the region. 
They primarily live in gers, and each tribe is ruled by a khan, despite 
the small sizes of each group. They all speak the same antiquated 
dialect of Turkmen, believed to have been common in the region 
during the 15th century; some also speak Persian and Chagatai, 
with a small number possessing knowledge of classical Arabic. 
SCP-3838 instances often practice a fusion of traditional and Islamic 
beliefs, with some exceptions (detailed below). 


Economically, SCP-3838 instances primarily live off the milk and 
meat of goats and sheep, with a natural spring located within the 
bounds of their physical territory providing water. A large number of 
handicrafts are created by the SCP-3838 instances; this is often the 
role of the women, although the traditionally egalitarian nature of 
nomadic societies also affords them a limited role in herding, 
rearing, combat and sometimes tribal leadership. The exception to 
this is SCP-3838-2, which is a solely matriarchal tribe. Of note is the 
possession of large quantities of advanced technology and 


weaponry possessed by all of the SCP-3838 instances. These have 
reportedly been raided or traded from tribes whose "territory" is in 
the future. 


SCP-3838-3 is the current SCP-3838 instance occupying the 
pastureland. The Foundation has promised protection for 
SCP-3838-3 against SCP-3838-4, a hostile tribe seeking to 
aggressively expand its "territory" into the 21st century. In exchange, 
SCP-3838-3 voluntarily offers the Foundation advanced technology 
which the Foundation believes may be useful. The Foundation has a 
similar arrangement with SCP-3838-2, although as their "territory" is 
now in the past, this agreement is rarely activated in modern times. 
Communication with the tribes is difficult, as the Foundation 
encounters them at wildly different points in their personal timelines 
and often recieve contradictory information as a result, a problem 
exacerbated by the continuous rewriting of the timeline. 


SCP-3838 was first discovered in 1696, when the Foundation 
predecessor organisation Devan-e Jaaduyih (Office of Magic), a part 
of the Safavid governmental apparatus which would later become an 
independent organisation, responded to reports of "disappearing 
and reappearing tents" by relocated Kurdish tribesmen in the area. 
The Devan-e Jaaduyih continued to contain the tribes until its 
absorption into the Foundation in 1834. The anomaly itself is 
believed to have started in the 15th century BCE, following a "vast 
battle"; they have, however, been heavily influenced by later Turkic 
and Islamic nomads, and their oral history contains few reliable 
elements from before the 1st century CE. 


Below are details of all of the SCP-3838 tribes, their zones of 
control, and the nature of the two parley zones. Note that some of 
this information was recorded during earlier periods of the 
Foundation's history, and that of their predecessors, when social 
attitudes and data gathering were performed under markedly 
different standards. 


Tribe/Zone Period Details 
The "Holy Years" c. 15th century BCE} Within the variant of 
Tengri beliefs 
practised (often 
syncretically with 


SCP-3838-1 


SCP-3838-2 


c. 110 CE toc. 290 
CE 


c. 1130 CE to 1799 
CE 


Islam) by SCP-3838, 
these years are 
considered to be a 
particularly holy site, 
where a great 
conglomeration of 
spirits gather. It is 
believed that a great 
battle occured shortly 
before the beginning 
of these years, but 
there is uncertainty as 
to its nature. 

Little is known about 
this tribe; they were 
only observed in the 
"Marketplace" years. 
They are rumoured to 
produce particularly 
fine earthenware pots, 
and these were often 
seen in the 
marketplace. 
Unusually, they 
appear to follow 
strong Manichean 
beliefs, but associated 
"darkness" in 
Manichean dualism 
with the colour red. 

A matriarchal tribe; 
combat, herding and 
tribal leadership are 
solely the preserve of 
women. This unusual 
arrangement is 
credited to a "hero" 
during the ancient 
battle mentioned 
earlier. Their 


The "Marketplace" 


1800 CE to 1858 CE 


unusually large 
territory is a mark of 
their particular 
success as a tribe. 
Information on this 
tribe is scant, and 
filled with 
exaggeration and 
myth by earlier writers; 
it is known, however, 
that they were skilled 
hunters who often 
ranged further afield 
than the other tribes, 
engaging in the 
Mongol tradition of the 
nerge2. They practice 
a mixture of 
shamanism and Isiam. 
A place of pre-agreed 
upon gatherings. 
Tribes often arrive 
here to trade 
technology and 
talismans, as well as 
to arbitrate disputes. 
SCP-3838-4's hostility 
has resulted in their 
exclusion from this 
period; SCP-3838-8 
instances are never 
seen. A description by 
Foundation operative 
Ali Quli Beg describes 
the ware on offer as 
"strange and terrible 
things; muskets and 
rifles altered to emit 
bolts of light, pagan 
talismans which glow 


SCP-500: Panacea 


Item #: SCP-500 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-500 must be stored ina 
cool and dry place away from bright light. SCP-500 is only allowed 
to be accessed by personnel with level 4 security clearance to 
prevent misapplication. 


Description: SCP-500 is a small plastic can which at the time of 
writing contains forty-seven (47) red pills. One pill, when taken 
orally, effectively cures the subject of all diseases within two hours, 
exact time depending on the severity and amount of the subject's 
conditions. Despite extensive trials, all attempts at synthesizing 
more of what is thought to be the active ingredient of the pills have 
been unsuccessful. 


Note From Dr. Klein: 

SCP personnel below Level 3 are now banned from 
handling SCP-500. This is not to be used to cure a 
hangover. Get AIDS and then ask permission. 


Request 500-1774-k 
Dr. [500-0022F] has requested one (1) SCP-500 pill for testing with 
SCP-038. Request has been approved. 


Request 500-1862-b 
Dr. Gears has requested one (1) SCP-500 pill for testing in 
SCP-914. Request has been approved. 


Request 500-2354-f 
Dr. has requested one (1) SCP-500 pill for testing with 
SCP-253. Request denied. 


Request 500-5667-e 


SCP-3838-3 


SCP-3838-4 


1870 CE to 2054 CE 


2054 CE to c. 3000 
CE 


with strange fire, an 
antique funeral urn 
with shifting markings, 
and arrows which 
followed their targets 
like hounds.” 

The current tribe. 
SCP-3838-3 is ruled 
by a khanin 
consultation with 
several begs, perhaps 
mirroring the 
traditional position in 
the region of a khan 
being a senior 
governor and a beg 
being a lesser 
governor. Members of 
SCP-3838-3 are 
known for the 
particular quality of 
their carpet-weaving, 
which they often use 
as objects of 
bartering. They 
formerly held many 
more years, but have 
been pushed back by 
SCP-3838-4. 

The largest known 
tribe in terms of time 
occupied, SCP-3838-4 
is shunned by and 
hostile to other tribes 
and to the Foundation. 
They are often 
dressed in human 
skins, although 
captured members 
claim that these are 


SCP-3838-5 


c. 3000 to c. 3020 CE 


only the skins of 
SCP-3838-8 
members. 
Nevertheless, this 
practice has led them 
to be abhorred by the 
other tribes; the only 
exceptions are the 
SCP-3838-7 survivors, 
who have a good 
relationship with 
SCP-3838-4. They are 
reportedly obsessed 
with SCP-3838-8 and 
are attempting to 
create an "empire of 
time" to stand against 
them. They often 
enslave or incorporate 
other tribes into their 
own. They are known 
for their protection of a 
particular funeral urn, 
which houses the 
body of a "fallen foe". 
Interestingly, oral 
tradition among 
SCP-3838-2 includes 
a reference to an 
"ancient urn", and 
older survivors of 
SCP-3838-7 have 
talked of "losing their 
urn”. 

A small tribe, 
SCP-3838-5 has been 
almost wiped out. Its 
members are 
renowned for their skill 
at cooking, and could 


SCP-3838-6 


SCP-3838-7 


c. 3020 CE to c. 3450 
CE 


None; formerly c. 
3500 CE to c. 4100 
CE 


be found in large 
numbers at the 
marketplace and 
sometimes within 
other tribes. 
Reportedly, they are 
running low on good 
pastureland, and 
"constantly meet 
themselves" within the 
tiny size of their 
remaining territory. 
Traditional allies of 
SCP-3838-5, 
SCP-3838-6 possess 
particularly advanced 
technology often 
found at the 
Marketplace. 
SCP-3838-6 are 
known for their lack of 
syncretism, practising 
a relatively pure form 
of Shi'ite Islam. They 
are known to have 
dealings with a group 
calling themselves the 
"Empire for the 
Reclamation of Islamic 
Artifacts", believed to 
be a future variant of 
the ORIA; they are, 
however, extremely 
friendly and co- 
operative with the 
Foundation despite 
this. 

This tribe was 
destroyed; surviving 
members and their 


SCP-3838-8 


Unknown; in the far 
future. 


descendants can 
occasionally be found 
in other tribes and at 
the marketplace, 
although most were 
incorporated into 
SCP-3838-5. Although 
the other SCP-3838 
instances ascribe this 
destruction to 
SCP-3838-4, surviving 
SCP-3838-7 members 
claim it was done by 
SCP-3838-8. 

Very little is known of 
this tribe; no members 
have ever been 
encountered, and the 
other SCP-3838 
instances ordinarily 
refuse to speak of 
them outside of their 
oral tradition, which 
states that they were 
the tribe fought 
against at the "great 
battle" (although other 
sources state that it 
was a single powerful 
figure who was fought 
against; both traditions 
are believed to have 
been created well 
after the event). The 
only exception is 
SCP-3838-4, who 
refers to them as the 
"enemy above all 
enemies" and the 
"rejectors"; limited 


contact with 
SCP-3838-4 has 
prevented the 
Foundation from 
learning more, 
however. 


Addendum 1: On 02/01/2011, a member of SCP-3838-4 
approached the research base attached to the perimeter defences. 
Claiming to be an envoy, the figure asked for an interview with the 
site director, which was granted; a transcript can be found below. 


Interview 3838-1 


Interviewer: Dr. Sayyeda Aisha Rizvi, Site 
Director. 


Interviewee: An envoy from SCP-3838-4. 
Date: 02/11/2011 

<Begin Log> 

Dr. Rizvi: Hello there. 

The envoy is silent. 


Dr. Rizvi: Look, tell me what you want. You're 
lucky we've even granting you this interview. 


Envoy: We have met your kind before. You'll 
understand my... hesitancy in trusting you, 
khanum. You capture our people, kill our 
soldiers. We do not easily forget. 


Dr. Rizvi: You kill ours. You kill our friends 
among the tribes. 


Envoy: Oh, what is the point of this? | could 
tell you we have a purpose, | could tell you we 
have a purpose behind our raids, that | take no 
joy in the killing of our brothers, but to what 


end? It would convince you of nothing. Let us 
stick to the matter at hand. 


Dr. Rizvi: Go on, then. What was it you 
wanted to dicuss? 


Envoy: What do you know of the battle? The 
great battle that defined our world? 


Dr. Rizvi: Little. 
The envoy sighs heavily 


Envoy: It matters little. Let me find another 
way to put it... imagine we made a prison. 


Dr. Rizvi: | didn't think you went into that kind 
of thing. 


Envoy: A prison, but one of many aspects. If 
you want to truly lock something away, you 
make its substance uncertain. You trap part of 
itin another reality, another in a different 
concept of existence- and another in a pocket 
of time. 


Dr. Rizvi: ...Something is being imprisoned by 
you? 


Envoy: Yes. 
Dr. Rizvi: I'll need more than that. 


Envoy: And | cannot give it to you, Knanum. 
We have nine centuries of time to look after, 
pastures and children and womenfolk. Our 
years are good, and vast, and we protect our 
own. Nobody else remembers. They all forget. 
They see us only as bloodthirsty tyrants. They 
all forgot! And now we stand alone. The 
seventh tribe were the only others, and they 
died. We need help. You contain things, yes? 


You keep them hidden? 


Dr. Rizvi: We do. But that's not how it works. 
We need to know what we're dealing with, 
what- 


Envoy: No. We cannot. | am sorry. 
Dr. Rizvi: Then we cannot make a deal. 


Envoy: Look, I- you can stand on your 
principles all you like, but this is happening, 
khanum. The Eternal Heaven has orchestrated 
this. If we told you, we would be breaking our 
promise. We made a pact. We will not bend. 
And if you do not, then it will be released. 


Dr. Rizvi: ...What do you want from us, then? 


Envoy: To talk. To have you as an 
intermediary, for they will not trust us. We 
cannot unite the tribes, so we must join with 
them. Please, khanum. Please help us. 


The envoy is visibly shaking at this point. 
Dr. Rizvi: ...How do | know that you won't- 


Envoy: You don't, khanum. But you are the 
Jailors. You are the ones who keep us safe. 
Everyone safe. From the dark behind the eyes. 


A pause for five seconds. 


Dr. Rizvi: Alright. Come with me. There are 
some people you should speak to. 


<End Log> 


Following this, SCP-3838-4 has agreed to stop its program of 
aggressive expansion against the other SCP-3838 instances. 
SCP-3838-4 has refused to elaborate further on the nature of 


SCP-3838-8, but the Foundation has agreed to support its efforts at 
political alliance and communication with the other SCP-3838 
instances, as it is believed the nature of the threat described is 
serious enough to warrant precautions. 


RESTRICTED TO CLEARANCE LEVEL 5 ONLY 


Addendum 2: On 20/09/2017, several documents in the 
personal collection of the 19th century Foundation 
operative and Orientalist John Callaghan were recovered 
by the Foundation. Among these was a translation into 
English of a song Callaghan heard during the 
"Marketplace" period, said to originate among 
SCP-3838-8. It reads as follows: 


They forget the hallowed words upon the 
death of time. 


May they share the fate of those who deny to 
me what's mine, 


They forget the howling chains that bind me 
safe away, 


One of many old chanyus$ forgotten in this 
way. 


They forget the steel swords they used to cast 
me down, 


They shall not forget again before my flaming 
crown. 


They forget the seven brides that wait for my 
return, 


Such loveliness is lost upon the children of the 
urns. 


They forget the seals that are used to keep me 
still, 


Only one remembers and is not bent to my 
will. 


Seven seals, seven tribes, six reclaimed, one 
shall be mine, 


And ere the end of all your days the Crimson 
Khan shall ride. 


Footnotes 

1. Often called ayurt, ageris a type of tent used by the nomadic 
peoples of Inner Asia. 

2. A type of ceremonial hunt, wherein the hunters encircle an animal 
together before firing upon it. 

3. A term used for the leader of a steppe tribe beforekhan. 


SCP-3839: Liposlugtion: 2 Fat 2 Furious 


Item #: SCP-3839 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3839 is to be contained in 
a large, reinforced, Heavy Bio-Containment Cell in the lower levels 
of Site-234, sealed according to BSL-4. SCP-3839 is to be fed 

100 kg of lipids, preferably in the form of lard, once a week. All direct 
interaction with SCP-3839 and maintenance of its cell is to be done 
via robotic drone; no personnel are allowed inside the cell unless 
given direct permission by both the Project Head (currently Dr. 
Maravilla) and the Site Directors (currently Drs. Leep and Sherry 
Andrews). 


The ceiling of this room is to be equipped with sprinklers filled with 
10M NaOH solution, to be used in the event of an imminent breach. 


Description: SCP-3839 is a large amorphous mass comprised 
mostly of undifferentiated fat cells, measuring approximately 2.5 m 
in radius and weighing approximately 60 metric tons. SCP-3839 
constantly alters its shape and size and moves using a method 
similar to amoeboid movement.