Ringworm

## Basic Info

SCP-8697 "Ringworm" is an ornate Jade ring with a golden covering, yet the body of the ring remains a beautifully carved Jade. The size of the ring works to fit it's wielder where and whenever possible, but always fits tightly and snugly around their finger.

## Origins

In an ancient lava tube, traveling directly underneath a temple of the ancient Wari Empire of costal Peru, a group of tomb robbers and "archeologists" find a network of underground tunnels after looting a previously unknown and undiscovered temple. There, one of the men, Jairo Espiga, picks up a ring that he sees lodged into the walls of the caverns, believing it to be valuable. He pockets the ring as him and the rest of the crew leave the site, where in later that night, he puts on the ring. After a flash of Green light, the entity known within the ring takes control of his body. Scared and confused as to how he got here or where exactly he is, "Ringworm" attacked the fellow man that was rooming in the same tent as the host. The other tomb robber tried to calm Ringworm down, and understand what had happened to his friend, and why he was speaking a strange tongue, but it was too late for the robber. His mind fully shattered by the influence of the Ring, he continued to lash out in an uncontrollable frenzy of animalistic strength and fury, before being put down by one of the Mercenaries acting as hired help and firepower for the "Expedition".

Seeing the ring upon the finger of their dead colleague, the other men realized that he had been stealing things behind the back of the rest of the group, and decided to take the ring with them, agreeing to split the price of the ring and all other valuables that they found within the temple on the Black Market. Deciding to go to an old contact within Lima, the group of grave robbers makes contact with an appraiser, who ran a front for the anomalous business Marshall, Carter and Dark. Observing and making note of the ancient nature of the ring itself and where it was found, as well as listening closely to the stories the men told of how the ancient Wari tomb had cursed their friend with first greed, and then Madness, the merchant purchased the ring for the silence and the contact information of the Tomb Robbers, before bringing it to the MCD HQ in Lima, immediately including the object within the upcoming auction that was set to take place later that night.

Appraised for around 2 Million dollars, Ringworm was sold for 3.6 Million dollars to the SCP Foundation, who had also heard of the Ring's power and influence. At a bar in Huancayo, also in Peru, a Foundation agent that was hunting for leads on a Chaos Insurgency base met one of the Grave Robbers, who was getting insanely drunk of of MCD money. The Robber, told the agent from America about the temple, the ring and the "Curse" that it had put on his friend. Recognizing that there was an unknown anomalous artifact in the area, the agent redirected course for Lima, where he bought the ring with foundation cash and sent it on a plane to a Foundation site in Caracas, Venezuela. Upon arrival, the researchers named the ring SCP-8697, and filed it away for future observation, and testing...

## Extra Info (Lore)

Attempts to try and translate the language spoken by the ring have resulted in little results, along with communication with any instances of SCP-8697-B (Individuals who wear the ring) when they are processed by the ring's force. SCP Foundation explorers and archeologists later swept through the ruins, and found a single hint as to the existence of "Ringworm" a painting of several rings, 19 to be exact, all in a circle. What bearing these rings have, or if they also hold anomalous powers, in unknown to the foundation, who is currently still searching for methods to communicate with the ring itself.

## Stats and Info

Personality: Kind

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