[The screen wobbles, and is inverted as Agent Byers 
removes her helmet and hands it to Agent Chou. The 
camera shakes several times, the click of a flashlight and 
the sound of tape being torn can be heard.] 


[The feed stops shaking, and there is a tapping noise.] 


Chou: Ah good, this should let us see what's going on. 
You've got your remote display on right? 


Bryans: We'll be able to see what it's doing out there. 
Good thinking Chou. Whatever it is | hope it's fucked 
right off. 


Byers: Innovative as always. 


[The feed wobbles back and forth, and the sound of the 
closet door creaking open can be heard. Night vision is 
disabled as the lens begins detecting light coming 
through the window. The entities hands grip the side of 
the windows, and its face comes into frame from the left. 
It's eyes move back and forth several times. The entity 
breaths out briefly, fogging the lens of the camera. It 
emits a vocalization, causing the camera to drop to the 
floor. The door is heard slamming shut with the force of 
the vocalization. The entity lingers in the window for a 
moment, before releasing the sides, and disappearing 
from view.] 


[SCP-3456's shadow begins moving away from the 


building and out of frame. The camera shakes, and is 
slowly pulled back into the utility closet. The camera 
shakes for 60 seconds before it is handed back to Agent 
Byers. Three minutes pass before SCP-3456 can no 
longer be heard. The other three squad members appear 
visibly shaken by the preceding events. ] 


Command: Orange Leader, is your squad still intact. 
Bryans: Regina, what the hell is going on. 


Command: You, and two of the other squads, have 
encountered SCP-3456. It wasn't supposed to be here. 


Bryans: Supposed to be? The hell was Command 
thinking sending us in without confirmation. 


Command: George, this line is being monitored. 


Bryans: | don't give a damn. You put me and my team in 
a hotzone, with a hostile entity that isn't supposed to be 
here. | need to inform them. 


Command: You can‘ do that Orange Leader, the 
security cle- 


Bryans: Security clearance be damned, we just stared a 
demon in the face. You think | give a damn about 
bureaucratic procedures right now? 


[10 seconds of radio silence pass.] 

Command: You can't tell them what it is. 
Bryans: God dammit Regina. 

Command: You can tell them what it doesn't like. 
[5 seconds of silence.] 


Bryans: Are you talking about... 


Command: Fresh water. 
[15 seconds of silence.] 


Bryans: That's helpful Regina, what are we supposed to 
do, splash a bottle of water on it and watch it melt? 


Command: George, if you get to the bridge over 
Arakawa, it won't be able to follow. 


[Bryans looks down at the display device on his wrist, 
which lights up.] 


Bryans: Regina, the crossing is still 1.5 clicks away. 
We'll never make it there. 


Command: Give me a second. 


[30 seconds pass in silence. Bryans' display lights up 
again, followed by those of the other three squad 
members. The video feed tilts down.] 


Command: Your original route took you across the 
Arakawa, upstream at a narrow point. I've rerouted you 
to a closer crossing, at the rivers widest point. It's about 
1 km out, and should take about 15 minutes, if you use 
the buildings for cover. The helo is already en-route. 


Bryans: Roger Command...what is the status of the 
other two teams? 


Command: [Muffled chatter] We've lost contact. 


[He turns and looks at each member of the group, before 
facing Byers.] 


Bryans: Anne, | need you to poke your head out the 
door, make sure that thing isn't out there. 


[Perspective shifts slightly as Byers looks out the closet 
door. SCP-3456 is not seen.] 


Byers: All clear sir. 


Bryans: Ok, so here's the deal folks. We got something 
out there that isn't supposed to be here. Command has 
our evac en-route, but we need to get over the Arakawa 
for them to do that. 


Chou: Any particular reason for that? Why can't they just 
pick us up here? 


Bryans: You saw what it can do. Command doesn't want 
to risk a chopper getting knocked out of the sky. That 
thing can't cross freshwater. The widest point of the river 
is 1 km south. We stick to the shadows, and move fast 
and quiet. That's all you need to know for now. 


[Bryans is seen giving the signal to move out. The squad 
spends the next 15 minutes moving between different 
buildings. The squad stops approximately 50 yards from 
the bridge, a few meters from a large intersection. The 
frame pans from left to right in a 360 arc as Byers 
surveys the surrounding buildings. There is no sign of 
SCP-3456.] 


Bryans: Command, we're 50 yards from the bridge. No 
sign of the entity. 


Command: The helo should be on the bridge, can you 
see it? 


[Byers turns to the front, and the camera zooms in, 
capturing a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on the bridge.] 


Bryans: Roger Command, we see it. 
Lopez: Sweet Mary, Mother of Jesus we're saved. 


[The squad begins walking forward, but stops. The 
camera experiences several severe vibrations, anda 
ticking noise begins as Chou's Kant counter buzzes in 
alarm.] 


[SCP-3456 emerges from the street to their left, five 
meters ahead and turns so that it directly faces the 
reconnaissance squad. The torso leans down on the 
right side, and both the horse and the human torso emit 
a vocalization. From the bridge small arms fire can be 
heard, and seen colliding with the entity's skin. Two 
RPGs collide with the entity along its neck to no effect.] 


Bryans: Son of a bitch was waiting for us. 
Chou: What do we do now? 


[The camera moves down to Bryans, who pulls two 
canisters from his belt, stun grenades.] 


Bryans: We run. 


Bryans flips the pin on the grenades and looks back at 
the squad. 


Bryans: Shield your eyes. Hey ugly! 


[Bryans throws the grenades into the air, and begins 
running forwards. Byers looks down to avoid the flash. 
There is a bang, and the entity is heard wailing. Byers 
looks back up, Lopez and Bryans can be seen in front, 
They've nearly reached the bridge. The camera turns 
slightly to the left, and Chou can be seen running 
alongside Byers. ] 


[The feed suddenly spins. Byers is level with the ground, 
and begins sliding backwards. The camera lifts up, and 
Byers can be heard screaming. Perspective tilts up, and 
shows the entity's hand wrapped around Byers' left leg. 
Byers head tilts back to a more level angle, depicting her 
ascent into the air as she continues screaming. The 
camera stops moving up, and focuses on SCP-3456's 
face, at which time it is noted to be smiling. The lens 
attempts to focus on something embedded within the 
entities forehead, and zooms in. A golden crucifix, and a 
World War 1 British infantry helmet can be seen before 


the camera feed terminates.] 
End log 


Postword: Time-stamps from visual footage indicate 
that SCP-3456 demanifested at the termination of the 
video feed. Agents Anne Byers, and Louzon Chou have 
been declared missing, and remain unaccounted for. 


Footnotes 

1. Who was briefed on SCP-3456 during evacuation efforts, but 
failed to encounter any manifestations. 

2. Other communications officers present later reported that the 
debate pertained to whether or not the situation superseded the 
higher level classification of SCP-3456's documentation, and thus 
required full briefing of the team. 


SCP-3457: The Rite of Solomon 


The Iron Crown of Lombardy, one of the artifacts that can be used 


within SCP-3457, on display in the Cathedral of Monza. 


Item #: SCP-3457 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Ongoing containment of 
SCP-3457 is maintained through a joint effort of the Foundation and 
the Global Occult Coalition, in accordance with the terms of the Kéln 
Agreement. Custody of the physical components of SCP-3457 has 
been entrusted to the Coalition, which may deal with all relevant 
items in whatever manner it deems most suitable; the Foundation is 
responsible for safeguarding all information relating to the use of 
these physical components as part of SCP-3457. 


To maintain the integrity of these procedures and to prevent the 
potential abuse of SCP-3457 by either party, both organizations are 
required to withhold the specific implementation details of their 
respective response and containment procedures from each other. 
Operational details regarding active containment efforts may be 
shared on a discretionary basis. Current Foundation policy is to alert 
Coalition operators when Mobile Task Forces are deployed in the 
context of SCP-3457’s containment, to avoid the possibility of 
accidental interference during field operations. Likewise, Foundation 
field agents are expected to stand down and contact their respective 
base of operations for confirmation if a Coaliation operator indicates 
that they are responding to an SCP-3457 component object. 


Information on how to perform SCP-3457 has been distributed 
among Foundation archival facilities in a mixture of digital and 
physical storage media; no facility maintains a complete copy of this 
data. The list of sites involved in the containment of SCP-3457 is 
known only to the O5 Council and select L4 individuals authorized 
by them. 


Description: SCP-3457 is a set of Grade-X occult workings, 
commonly referred to as the “Rite of Solomon” due to an alleged 
relationship to the eponymous king. When executed properly, it is 
capable of instigating a GR-Class Hostile Demiurge Event. 
Completing the Rite allows for the arbitrary reassignment of 
thaumaturgic capabilities as well as making fundamental changes to 
the nature of thaumaturgy, enabling the user to gain complete 
control over the distribution of occult ability among the human 
population. 


Completion of SCP-3457 requires the performance of two distinct 
workings and results in the creation of a deific entity to serve as a 
demiurge capable of enacting extensive control over the nature of 
thaumaturgy. This involves the use of several artifacts of religious or 
mythological importance; the working makes use of the collective 
human belief in a divine power that is present within the artifacts, 
which is then manifested as a new, actual deific entity.1 Although 
the precise extent of the demiurge's capabilities is unverified, 
recovered documents indicate that it is able to fundamentally alter 
the basic laws that govern how thaumaturgy can be used and its 
effects. 


The exact criteria which qualify an object for use as a physical 
component in this working are known only to the Global Occult 
Coalition. However, the Coalition reports that % of qualifying 
objects are in either their custody or the custody of one of their 
member organizations. The remaining % are believed to be 
distributed among remnants of the Obskuracorps, paracrime 
syndicates such as the Chaos Insurgency, and various religious 
institutions. Additionally, a small number of viable artifacts are kept 
on public display in museums around the world as part of a joint 
sting operation between the Coalition and the Horizion Initiative, with 
the goal of apprehending individuals intent on using these artifacts 
to perform the Rite of Solomon. 


Prior to 1881, the presence of an existing demiurge made the 
performance of the first working unnecessary. However, completion 
of the second working was also prevented by this demiurge, which 
took defensive measures to prevent any human thaumaturge from 
performing the Rite. Recovered documents tell of several attempts 


to utilize SCP-3457 in the past, all of which resulted in the complete 
destruction of the instigating parties by the demiurge. It is currently 
unknown whether this demiurge was also created through the first 
working of SCP-3457 or if it originally was an emergent entity tied to 
the nature of Thaumaturgy. Unverified information gained from 
remnants of the Obskuracorps? indicate that it may have been 
created by ancient Hebrew thaumaturges. However, considering the 
source of this information, this is highly suspect and can not be 
taken as reliable. After the destruction of the demiurge through 
unknown means in the Sixth Occult War, it once again became 
possible to use SCP-3457.3 


The second working of the Rite is used to control the demiurge, and 
is the mechanism through which thaumaturgy may be restructured 
at will. Seven artifacts, referred to as “Solomon's Keys”, and 
designated SCP-3457-B1 through SCP-3457-B7, are required to 
complete this working. The exact nature and location of these 
objects is not known to the Foundation; however, all seven artifacts 
are reported to be in Coalition custody. Successfully completing the 
working grants the user total control over the demiurge, allowing 
them to enact arbitrary changes to the fundamentals of thaumaturgy. 
There is currently no known counter-measure to prevent this. 


The details of how to perform the rite came into the Foundation’s 
possession after the capture of Obskuracorps commander Konrad 
Weiss in 1944, who revealed the Obskuracorps’ intent to utilize 
SCP-3457. Based on this intelligence, a joint operation was 
launched by the Foundation and the Allied Occult Initiative4 with the 
goal of preventing its completion. During this operation, the 
Obskuracorps attempted to use SCP-3457 to remove thaumaturgic 
capabilities from everyone of non-German origin as part of their 
efforts to realize their ideological belief in a superior Germanic race. 
At the same time, they intended to instill occult abilities in every 
member of an organization associated with the German government 
at the time (most prominently Obskuracorps itself, the SS and the 
Nazi High Command). Due to the efforts of the Foundation and the 
AOI, this attempt to use SCP-3457 was disrupted and the 
Obskuracorps routed, ending the Seventh Occult War. Following this 
battle, the Foundation and the AOI signed the KéIn Agreement, 
which established the current containment protocols for SCP-3457. 


Addendum A: Preliminary project plan for Operation Broken 


Eclipse. 


FOUNDATION OPERATION PROPOSAL 


‘oken Eclipse 
*. Ulysses Malcom 


Mission Lead:Agent Maggy E. Grant 


Preamble:The knowledge of how to 


Phase 1: 


perform SCP-3457, while not 
widespread, is retained by a 
number of occult organizations 
and independent 
thaumaturges. This knowledge 
jeopardizes the integrity of 
SCP-3457 containment 
measures, and creates the risk 
of further attempts to execute 
it. To ensure the continued 
containment of SCP-3457 and 
prevent a recurrence of the 
events of the Seventh Occult 
War, it is necessary to remove 
this knowledge from the occult 
population worldwide. To this 
end, a large scale operation is 
being proposed that aims to 
achieve this goal in two 
operational phases. 


Undercover agents are to be 
embedded within major occult 
organizations in order to 
identify persons and 
documents holding information 
regarding SCP-3457. Member 


Date: / / 
Test Subject: One (1) pair of brand running shoes, size twelve 
(12). 


Procedure: Ten (10) Litres of SCP-447-2 was poured into a standard 
hardware store bucket. The pair of shoes were submerged in 
SCP-447-2 for five (5) minutes and removed. Shoes were then 
applied to Researcher O _ 's feet. 


Results: Rubber in sole increased by 37% in density, allowing 
subject to run slightly faster. Shoelaces became 13% more rigid, 
slightly decreasing the chance of the knot coming unraveled. Shoes 
emitted a minty scent. 


Notes: "We could market this as some kind of shoe conditioner, but | 
seem to be aware of the fact that many dead bodies wear shoes." - 
Researcher O 


Date: / / 
Test Subject: A variety of clothing belonging to Dr. Levy. 


Procedure: 100ml of SCP-447-2 was used as a substitute for fabric 
conditioner in a washing machine. Dr. Levy's clothes were washed 
for thirty minutes, after which the clothes were dried and worn by Dr. 
Levy.