SCP-3456-D

The SCP-3456-D instance known as 'Death'.

## **`DESCRIPTION`**

SCP-3456-D consists of a group of four quadrupedal entities resembling horses. Instances deviate significantly from other equines, particularly due to the lack of hair, decayed, mummified or entirely absent skin, and a human torso fused to its back. The size, appearance and anomalous effects of each SCP-3456-D instance varies, but all have, to date, proven impervious to conventional weaponry.

Instances materialize near the sites of war, terrorist attacks, and natural disasters. Multiple manifestations may occur depending on the scale of the event. SCP-3456-D instances display high levels of adaptive intelligence during incidents, often engineering situations to trap or torture their targets. Due to this, it is currently theorized that the SCP-3456-D instances may be sapient. Direct observation of SCP-3456-D by an individual will result in the entity becoming aware of the observer, at which point it will display directional awareness of said individuals at all times. SCP-3456-D manifestations are known to engage in predatory and stalking behavior, utilizing the environment to conceal and camouflage themselves.

The instances each seem to possess traits analagous to common interpretations of the Four Horsemen of Judeo-Christian Biblical lore. The following are a list of known instances and their unique properities:

* **WAR:** The 3456-D instance commonly referred to as 'War' by Foundation staff has the capability of instilling feelings of rage and agression in multicellular organisms. While sapient beings such as humans are able to resist to a degree, an individual's temperament will affect the degree to which a subject is affected.
* **PESTILENCE:** The 3456-D instance commonly referred to as 'Pestilence' by Foundation staff has the capability of inducing any number of detrimental illnesses, both anomalous and non anomalous, into any multicellular organism within its range of effect. To date, this includes all viral and bacterial illnesses which afflict humans, as well as several previously unknown pathogens.
* **FAMINE:** The 3456-D instance commonly referred to as 'Famine' by Foundation staff has the capability to instill in all multicellular organisms nearby a sense of great longing or hunger. The most prevalent result of this effect is an amplified craving for substances or other needs or wants for which the target has a significant, pre existing desire or need. These can include alcohol, food and beverage, narcotics, and even sexual desires. The longerr they are exposed, the more extreme lengths the affected will go to fulfill these needs. However, those affected have reported that the feelings continue to subsist regardless of the degree to which they indulge in their desires or needs.
* **DEATH:** The 3456-D instance commonly referred to as 'Death' by Foundation staff has the capability of ceasing all biological functions in any multicellular organism that comes into contact with its skin. It also has the capability of reanimating all deceased multicellular organisms within its range of effecacy as undead lifeforms, at well as causing a number of mutations to the reanimated corpses. These mutations typically cause the entities to become significantly more powerful than a baseline human, as well as taking on a similar blackened skin tone as the 3456-D instance itself.