Lancelot the Conqueror

Knight Lancelot (Antediluvian: Lanaselot) also known as the Scourge of Memory by the Daevites, the Conqueror by Apollyon, the Demon Lancelot after his corruption, and SCP-4840-B after his discovery, was one of the four knights of King Sarrus VIII von Apollyon, serving him during his reign in the late Antediluvian Era.
Lancelot and the other knights campaigned in the realm of the Fae, with Lancelot commanding his Shatterkrist division and utilizing his mace, Riterkas, to destroy his foes. However, Lancelot was corrupted by the Profane Adamant, and subsequently assaulted Audapaupadopolis only to be seemingly killed by the great dragon Bharata. His corpse still lies in the ruins of the First City, with the SCP Foundation keeping vigil over 4840-B's inactive body.
==Biography ==
===Early life and service===
Lancelot was born in the Antediluvian Era, after the fall of Adam el Asem and Audapaupadopolis, being raised alongside three sisters. Eventually, he joined the armies of King Sarrus VIII von Apollyon, becoming the second of his knights after La Hire. At some point, Lancelot created or claimed the black mace Riterkas, which granted him much of his power. 
Lancelot commanded Shatterkrist, his personal division, against the Daevites in a brutal war, oppressing the western hinterlands of Daeva. He fought ferociously in battle, with the Daevites naming him "the Scourge of Memory", rumoring that he would use Riterkas to break men, then drink their blood and absorb their memories. This was false, as Lancelot was a shrewd but capable commander, though stories of his strength and power spread throughout the Antediluvian world.
The armies of Lancelot were responsible for one of the greatest land acquisitions in Antediluvian history, taking the lands between Eden and Jershon as a wedding gift for King Sarrus VII after Lancelot's three sisters became the King's concubines. During his conquests in Daeva, Knight Lancelot and his armies attempted to take the citadel of Harat, only to be held off by Beowulf for thirteen months until the civilian populace left and Beowulf retreated.Entry Page: 6765
===Meeting Ogier===
After E-Rikeshan students studying under scholar Yu-Lang of E-Rikesh of Asem's religion and the deep men of Meru fled from the Cult of Idus' inquisitors led by Dogma Lord Wermir, Knight Lancelot, the Shatterkrist, and Sky Princeps Sarrus IX von Apollyon were summoned to reinforce Wermir. The E-Rikeshans were easily defeated, with Yu-Lang and other teachers killed and their remaining students taken captive. Lancelot then destroyed the last of the Deep Men at Brooding Knell, before binding the commanders to the Rock of Nakkrax to be torn apart by the sea.
Though Lancelot cared little about religious differences, he relented to Lord Wermir's wish to make the prisoners into sacrifices in Apollyona. During the 16th night of the return to Apollyona, after they made camp for the night, a powerful storm from the sea destroyed the tents and drove their horses away. Lancelot told Wermir to dismiss the storm, though his sorcery failed. 
After the encampment began to riot, one of the captured students, Ogier, prayed to Asem and was given the powers of IS, allowing Ogier to dispel the storm. Lancelot later summoned Ogier to an audience with him, protecting him from Wermir and the Inquisitors, who were embarrassed by Ogier's ability to counter the typhoon. Lancelot later took Ogier to the capital, where he eventually became the fourth and final knight.
===Conquest of the Fae===
King Sarrus VII grew bored with ruling his lands and battling man, wishing to conquer a more worthy foe. As a result, he looked across the western sea to the Fae, who Sarrus VII deemed worthy of fighting. The largest standing army ever assembled in history was formed, with his four knights leading the charge: Lancelot, La Hire, Hector, and Ogier. They boarded mighty ships to sail across the western sea and take the lands for their king.
As the Fae were distracted by their conflicts with the Children of the Night, the Fae were blindsided and utterly destroyed by the great force of Apollyon. The nobility was butchered, and their people scattered, the four knights taking the last known Fae princess prisoner and dragging her to Sarrus VII's flagship.
===The curse ===
Angered and in despair, the princess cast a foul curse upon the Sky King and the House of Apollyon as they passed the great Eye of the Sea, praying to her god for revenge. Her chains caught fire, spreading to the flagship and destroying it, with Sarrus VII being dragged down to the depths of the sea by her chains. As the fleet returned to Europ, Sarrus IX von Apollyon was crowned King. In revenge for his father, he tossed the Fae princess into a dungeon and buried it deep beneath the earth.
Days later, the knights turned one by one. Lancelot was the second, cursed by wrath and transforming into the figure of an old Fae god. He slaughtered those who encountered him as he breached the walls of Apollyona and fled northeast. This was heard by Ogier, who fled the city to Daeva out of fear of what he might become. Now known as the Demon Lancelot, the Shatterkrist sought to follow their leader and abandoned their city to follow him.
In his pursuit to the northeast, Lancelot fought the Lamanellant in the mountains of Kimmeria, driving it away from Europ's borders and into Daeva, where the battle between Lancelot and the Lamanellant caused collateral damage to Daevite envoys of Caina who fled Uqbar in Europ after the garrison seized control of the city in the wake of Apollyon's collapse. Their battle eventually ended, with Lancelot's mind turning to seek nothing but destruction.
===Supposed death===
The Demon Lancelot entered the land of Leng, where the city of Audapaupadopolis now floated since its departure from Eden. Seth el Adam, the caretaker of the city, summoned four heroes to come to Audapaupadopolis' defense: the Noddite hero Beowulf who once held the human Lancelot off at Harat, the great dragon Bharata, the sea lord Arkthurus, and Beowulf's Daevite master King Relivine of Malidraug. Seth, Beowulf, Bharata, Arkthurus, and Relivine battled the Demon for weeks, with Beowulf dying in the bitter fighting. Bharata was greatly injured, however, using his last breath to tear out Lancelot's foul heart and toss his corpse upon the Temple of Sunset, destroying much of it.Entry Page: 4840
===Discovery by the Foundation===
Eons later, when Seth's power waned, Audapaupadopolis was discovered above the North Sea in September 1933 by British airman Sir George Dansen as he flew from London to Oslo. The Royal Conservatory for Public Perception and SCP Foundation worked together to discredit Dansen before investigating his claim themselves. The body of Lancelot was dubbed SCP-4840-B; though SCP-4840-A (Seth) claimed 4840-B was dead, he still gave off a vast heat signature that indicated that he was possibly just inactive. As a result, the Foundation regularly monitors his corpse for signs of activity, though none have been detected thus far.
==Personality==
According to ancient sources, Lancelot was a ruthless and domineering warrior whose only interest was combat and war. He was such a powerful warrior that everyone was terrified of him. He instilled so much terror in others that no one dared to move in his presence. After being cursed by the fae princess, Lancelot was stricken with the curse of wrath. Because of this, he was turned into a mindless beast that destroys everything in his path.
==Attributes==
==Containment procedures==
After his corpse was discovered in SCP-4840, containment teams were ordered to monitor it for any signs of activity.
==Meta==
===Appearances===
*Entry Page: 4812 - 30 Sep 2018
*Entry Page: 4840
*Project PARAGON Hub
*Entry Page: 6765
==References==
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Category:Antediluvians
Category:House of Apollyon
Category:Knights of Apollyon
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Category:Keter
Category:Ekhi
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Category:Deceased