Daevastan

National flag of Daevastan

The **Republic of Daevastan**, also known as **SCP-6140-A** and formerly known as **Daeva**, is a country located in Central Asia, presumably bordering Kazakhstan, Russia and China. The republic is formed of the descendants of the slave revolutionaries who had overthrown the oppressing and cruel Daevite Empire and taking the land for themselves. However, when the orientalist Thomas Bruce created SCP-140 it created a separate timeline in which Daevastan was removed and replaced by Bruce's portrayal as an evil barbaric civilization with thaumaturgic and herbomantic powers.

This was soon undone when the Children of the Scarlet King accidentally destroyed SCP-140 and all of its copies, causing Daevastan's timeline and the new one to merge back together, leaving the SCP Foundation personnel who were aware of the reality restructuring event, such as the O5 Council to try to decide what to do with the newly discovered republic.

## Relevant history

During the rule of the non-anomalous Daevite Empire in the Grand Khanate of the Daeva, a cruel prince of the Daeva class decided to devour an innocent slave child during one of his feasts. The oppressed slaves who had grown furious over their treatment became enraged by this act, and soon they all revolted against their oppressors. Led by the two heroes Qayin and Ab-Leshal the slaves were able to overthrow the Daeva class and punish them for their atrocities. Following the success of the revolt and the collapse of the Empire, the liberated slaves and their descendants began living as tribal sects which admonished slavery, except for the shortlived Koevar sect.

This state would go through different changes, existing peacefully alongside its contemporaries and not representing a threat to the world. The nation's horticultural techniques also helped other states worldwide in perfecting their own horticultural designs. However, in 1786 the 6th Earl of Elgin, Thomas Bruce, visited the Grand Khanate but rather then admiring its people and current state he became more fascinated by its bloody past. This experience inspired him to write the book *A Chronicle of the Daeva*, a scandalous and orientalist take of the Daevites which portrayed them as magical and evil barbarians whose empire still existed. After writing it in 1788 Bruce had an occultist perform a ritual on the summer solstice in order to make the history he wrote reality. This caused a new timeline to be created in which Daevastan didn't exist and were instead replaced by Bruce's take on the Daevites, while in the original timeline the nation kept existing as normal. In the modern times, Daevastan fell under the control of the Soviet Union but after its dissolution the nation became recognized as the Republic of Daevastan by the United Nations. The SCP Foundation also began operating within Daevastan, building Site-761 and Area-25.

Meanwhile, in the new timeline, the cult known as the Children of the Scarlet King sought to bring the evil Daevite Empire into their current era and so after stealing a copy of the Chronicle from Bruce's descendant Richard Bruce they performed another ritual on it in the winter solstice of 2022. This alarmed this version of the Foundation and fearing that the Daevites would manifest and take over the world, they went inside their Exclusionary Sites to protect them from the ensuing CK-class Restructuring Scenario and prepare for the possible world war. However, what really happened was the two timelines merging back together due to the Children having actually undone the first ritual done on the Chronicle, allowing the Republic of Daevastan to "return". The Foundation personnel, including the O5 Council became extremely confused at the existence of Daevastan and after finding out that they had facilities in the nation after gathering information about Thomas Bruce's actions they interviewed one of their Daevastani employees, Dr. Jad-Leshal Pretten, about the nation and what had transpired. After things were solved, the Foundation allowed the Republic to exist as it posed no threat to normalcy.

Daevastan was briefly visited by both Tilda D. Moose and SCP-6000-A during their exploration of stories contained within the Wanderer's Library from other worlds. Before leaving for the next story, Moose listened to an orchestra performing SCP-6999.

## Alternate realities

### SCP-3799

In the altered timeline created by SCP-3799, the Daevites had managed to survive to the modern times and inhabited the nation of Daevastan. Daevastan, alongside Tibet and Uighurstan, were used by the Snow Containment Foundation as bases to try to prevent SCP-3799 from expanding. Following the defeat of the anomaly, Daevastan ceased to exist.

### SCP-5005

An alternate universe Daevastan which appeared to also be a peaceful nation bordering Karakorum was the place of origin of playwright Ömer Kastamonu before he left to the interdimensional Bohemian paradise known as Lamplight. This version of Daevastan was visited by a female member of the foundation of nomads after she had been left stranded from the Multiversal Cargo Train.

### Sacred Relic #5674

When the Ecumene used Sacred Relic #5674 to look into alternate timelines in which the King of Magog was never born, they saw an iteration of Daevastan governed by the evil powerful Daevites conquering multiple lands using their Wormwoods.

## Meta

### Appearances

* Entry Page: 3799
* Entry Page: 5005
* Entry Page: 5674
* Entry Page: 6140
* On the West-Bound Passenger Train
* Vast Suspended Ruins
* A look back on what we accomplished
* Entry Page: 7557

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Entry Page: 6140
2. ↑ A look back on what we accomplished
3. ↑ Entry Page: 3799
4. ↑ Entry Page: 5005
5. ↑ On the West-Bound Passenger Train
6. ↑ Entry Page: 5674