Sarkicism

Sarkicism is a religious movement of various cults which all worship Yaldabaoth. They believe in flesh and magic. Sarkicism, also known as the Nälkä, are major antagonists in the SCP Foundation series. They are a widespread religious/philosophical cult that worships flesh and disease. The religion was originally founded by Grand Karcist Ion thousands of years ago, but has since then been fractured into several groups worldwide. The central goal of Sarkicism is to achieve apotheosis for humanity, which could lead to SK-class dominance shift or even an XK-class end-of-the-world scenario. Due to this reason many organizations view them as an apocalyptic threat in the anomalous world, and several of these groups have even banded together against this group.
== History ==
=== Origin ===
Sarkicism was founded by Ion, a slave born into the Daevite civilization. He lived in the City-state of Adytum, where he eventually led a slave revolt against their Daevite-masters. During this revolt Ion showed great powers like the ability to manipulate organic flesh both his own and that of others) and he was also able to share that power with his followers. The origin of these powers are linked to the primordial being Yaldabaoth (the creator of the universe in the beliefs of the Sarkites). Ion was also aided by four disciples called the Klavigar, Nadox, Orok, Saarn and Lovataar.
After the defeat of the Daevites, Ion and his followers terraformed many of the occupied cities, including Adytum (the new capital city of the Sarkites), into more organic structures. With this started the golden age of the Sarkic civilization (now called the Deathless Empire), and Ion's belief started to spread over Eurasia, usually through conquest.
== Occult War ==
The Sarkic Empire grew, being joined by numerous tribes such as the Kaskians, Proto-Thracians, Lycians and Illyrians, and eventually spread in the Mediterranean. There they would meet resistance by the Mekhanites allied with several other ancient civilizations such as the Egyptians, Mycenaean Greeks, Minoans, Canaanites and Assyrians. This led to a massive war between the two factions in which the Sarkites summoned massive abominations made of flesh to fight the anomalous machines of their enemies. 
The war killed twenty to thirty million people, and there were no real victors. The Sarkic empire fell and Grand Karcist Ion disappeared, while the Mekhanite-survivors would become the Church of the Broken God. The surviving Sarkites went into hiding to practice their faith, which led to creation of both the Proto-Sarkites and then the Neo-Sarkites.