Scarlet King ( SCP )

> He cannot exist where there is no modernity, because his entire purpose is given to him by modernity. He is a god of blood, a god of spine and bone and sinew, to remind the denizens of this world that it is not good. It is cruel and hateful and that is good, that is right. Modernity is a sin and he is the correction, so that we can once again live as we must: cold, and hungry, and starving, and very, very afraid.
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## Summary

**The Scarlet King** is the identity of one of the SCP-001 proposals. While the Foundation was aware of the Scarlet King for a long period of time, his true nature was not known. Only aspects and effects of his existence were truly contained. In an attempt to discover the true nature of the King, Dr. Montauk interviewed a former member of the Children of the Scarlet King.

Through thorough investigating and interviewing, Dr. Montauk discovered that the Scarlet King was not a singular deity, but an abstract idea. An idea born during the birth of modernity, and which then proceeded to shift the past to introduce itself as the Scarlet King. This idea was the tension between the Pre-Modern and the Modern made manifest. As the new world tore down the old world, replacing the pain and brutality of life with concrete structures and a strict method of living, the Scarlet King manifested itself. It represents the Law of Howling, the cry for reality and authenticity that has been lost through the modernization of the world mostly created by the SCP Foundation itself.

He is a weaker part of the Scarlet Demon. The Scarlet Demon can merge with SCP-2747 if it absorbs the Red Existence.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** High 1-A, eventually 0

**Name:** The Scarlet King, SCP-001

**Origin:** SCP Foundation
**Gender:** Male

**Age:** Unknown (Started coming into existence less than 300 years ago, but has retroactively modified the past to insert itself since the beginning of time)

**Classification:** Safe Class Anomalous Entity, Idea, Manifestation of the Boundary between the Pre-Modern and the Modern

**Powers and Abilities:** Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Abstract Existence (Type 1. Exists as an abstract idea that represents the tension between the Modern and the Pre-Modern), Avatar Creation (Can manifest under many different forms, sometimes as other, abstract ideas), Reality Warping (Can modify the past of entire civilizations or that of his avatars to match his newest form), Transduality (Type 2), Nonexistent Physiology (Nature 2; Aspect 1, 2, 3 and 4), Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 2), Acausality (Type 5. Exists far beyond The Scarlet King (Djoricverse)|his incarnations and should have similar characteristics to them), Causality Manipulation (Frequently causes changes in his past), Portal Creation (Can create portals to his various realms), Corruption (Type 2. Can corrupt various entities or civilizations in order to bear his image), Large Size (Type 11), Sound Manipulation (Created sounds of hymns sung about him), Dream Manipulation (Can inflict dreams to people), Blood Manipulation (Created a large quantity of pages of blood-stained documents), Fire Manipulation (Created wildfires and fiery images ressembling him), Earth Manipulation]] (Created cracks in the earth), Smoke Manipulation (Can generate smoke), Immortality (Type 8. Stated to be a manifestation of SCP-2747, as a mean of destroying unwanted narratives Word of God), should have the abilities of his incarnations, the "red entropy" aspect of him should eventually have the abilities of every SCP-001 proposal other than McDoctorate's, Keter Duty, and Pickman's Proposal due to claiming everything in a similar way Tufto's Proposal likely did to SCP-2317's body and power

**Attack Potency:** **High Outerverse level** (As an idea, the Scarlet King exists beyond the scope of all other incarnations of The Scarlet King and retroactively caused all of them to come into existence), eventually **Boundless** (As described in Keter Duty - Light, the "red entropy" aspect of him would eventually go on to consume everything, including the Absence, except the narrative itself, and was used to counter I. H. Pickman's Proposal after the Foundation decided to change Tufto's Proposal back to a Keter object)

**Speed:** **Nigh-Omnipresent** (Exists as an idea present across time, seeping in and filling every spot across history where it might fit in the story of SCP-6462, the article where the Scarlet King, as a "grand flame" and the god Khahrahk, exists beyond the Tufto's Proposal version of him. Tufto's Proposal exists far beyond the scope of most other Scarlet Kings written about, with Djoricverse's Scarlet King already being a nigh-omnipresent law of the multiverse)

**Lifting Strength:** **Immeasurable**

**Striking Strength:** **Unknown**

**Durability:** **High Outerverse level**, eventually **Boundless**

**Stamina:** Endless (As long as tension between the modern and the pre-modern remains, although in SCP-6462, it is suggested he also represents the concepts of modern and premodernity)

**Range:** High Outerversal, eventually Boundless

**Standard Equipment:** All of the Scarlet King incarnations

**Intelligence:** Unknown (It is unclear how much agency the Scarlet King as an idea possesses, but it is likely the same as individual incarnations)

**Standard Tactics:** Wants to subjugate and annihilate all of reality, and will twist reality and history to manifest itself

**Weaknesses:** His individual incarnations can be temporarily defeated, but at their peaks, they should be comparable to the Absence. Actions taken under extreme emotions, such as fear in Fear Alone, can counter some of the Scarlet King's abilities. His existence relies on the "modern", the idea of classifying the natural world and forcing humans in a set in and stone and solid lifestyle, opposed to the pre-modern's brutality. In the absence of either the Modern or the Pre-Modern, the Scarlet King will be weakened or even completely de-powered. Stated to be unable to create anything, only twist already existing things in its image. Pickman's proposal also contained it in turn, and the SCP-001 facility in Keter Duty - Dark also helped to do this. In SCP-6140, the Scarlet King of that article's universe was permanently destroyed due to the retroactive restoration of Daevastan. In McDoctorate's Proposal, the Scarlet King of the multiverse was weakened when Maria Jones severely limited the effects of The Placeholder on consensus reality and the Foundation used letters in anomaly naming instead of numbers. Afterwards, the restoration of Daevastan also wiped out the multiversal Scarlet King alongside with that universe's particular weaker avatar of him and also aided in limiting the effects of the Placeholder, along with Daevastan Foundation personnel for simply existing. However, this was just one Infosphere's version(s) of the Scarlet King and there are many others.