The Ruler of The Deep

## Basic Info

Dr Viktor Stankovic was born in Pristina, the largest city in the region of modern day Kovoso, a small republic within the Balkans that broke away from Serbia in 2008. Born on May 21st, 1969, Viktor lived in Yugoslavia during the height of the Cold War and was born to a family of Communist sympathizers. Viktor's father, Larush was the head chairman of one of the Local Worker's Councils, that helped to try and build up the economic power of the region. Viktor has short brown hair that is shaved in a military cut, but has a massive tidal beard, almost like a wave that is wild and unsightly for most. The beard is braided in some areas, keeping the volume down to a more reasonable length, but it's clear that Viktor has not shaved in many years, since the death of his father.

## Origin

Viktor first appeared on the radar of not just the foundation, but the entirety of the Balkan region by bringing himself and the massive Kraken he commanded towards the city of Sibenik, on the coast of Croatia. The third largest city in the region of Dalmatia, Viktor chose the city to bring to ruins as the beginning of his conquest, and his goals as a "Supervillain" as many would describe him. Rampaging through the city in a complete havoc, having his Kraken deal major damage to the city's infastructure and historical landmarks, Sibenik remained standing, but roughly 22,362 people of the 37,000 inhabitants of the city were confirmed dead as a result of the rampage. After wreaking such havoc and bringing about the near complete destruction of the city, Viktor returned to the water as quickly as he came. The people of Croatia were shocked at such a catastrophe, and many were outraged, though claims of a Kraken with tentacles flying through the storms were responsible for such a horrific act. With tensions rising in the Balkans, the SCP Foundation took note of such an attack and what it could mean for the stability in the region, and used their political contacts to assure the international community that a localized storm was responsible for the attack, where multiple MTF Squads and Admiral Nightly were deployed into the Adriatic Sea to search for the man responsible.

Viktor returned to one of his many hideouts within the Greek Islands of the Mediterranean in order to plot his next move, reveling in the chaos. The capitalists of the world would fall, and Yugoslavia would be reborn. Yet, he knew that there were agents of the Bourgeoisie were after him, and he had to act carefully. During an analysis, Viktor correctly surmised that the only threat to his power was Admiral Nightly. He made plans to attack and put an end to the Admiral once and for all, in order to ensure that there would be no threat to the Red Tide that would emerge from the seas of the Adriatic. Contacting several Croatian, Greek and Turkish pirates, he put together a small fleet together. Promising the pirates that they would be free to continue their profits and remain harassing vessels and other vessels at sea without restriction, all that they needed was to band together to destroy the Nautilus, the thing they all feared.

With the alliance with the Pirates secured, Viktor put the plan into action, luring the Nautilus into a trap, bringing the battle off the coast of Crete near civilians where the Nautilus would be harder pressed to use it's full power. With Nightly occupied, Viktor approached from the back with his Kraken, having no reservations about civilian lives being at stake with absolutely no difficulties. The Kraken began to wrap it's tentacles around the Nautilus, beginning to crush it, the massive destroyer beginning to indent and sustain significant hull damage to the vessel itself. Yet, as all hope seemed to be lost for the Nautilus, a new power entering the fray, someone jumped up from the water onto the Kraken. Maelstrom, Nightly's very own son sought to engage the invader in combat, just as he did with the last attacker Fizban of Marshall, Carter and Dark. The two engaged in battle, as Viktor immediately took the upper hand, delivering a massive punch that nearly ruptured Maelstrom's liver, sending the boy to his knees 10 feet back. Viktor then grabbed the son of the Ocean by the hair, and began delivering blow after blow. Breaking his jaw and crushing his skull, bringing him to near death. Yet, before the final blow could be delivered, Vice Admiral Hector joined the fray in an attempt to save Maelstrom by throwing his trident at Viktor. The Trident pinned him to the carapase of his Kraken, driving deep into the armor, and as much as Viktor tried, he was unable to remove it from his arm, which the cold steel was deep into his flesh. Realizing that he was trapped, he ordered the Kraken to flee, but a cannon shot knocked him off the head of the beast, and sent him flying down within to the water, where he was retrieved by Hector.

Maelstrom was taken into emergency medical procedures, of which it was only through the intervention of SCP Foundation doctors that his life was saved by the brutal punishment given by Viktor. Vice Admiral Hector handed over Viktor to the SCP Foundation, who was given the title of SCP-7397 "The Ruler of the Deep" by Foundation staff, which brought him to a remote site in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, away from any ocean or large body of water. Viktor remains in custody, cursing Hector and Admiral Nightly as "Champions of the Vile Bourgeoisie." And telling Foundation Staff that he will escape and bring about his dreams of a Red Tide.

## Extra Info (Lore)

Born on May 21st, 1969, Viktor lived in Yugoslavia during the height of the Cold War and was born to a family of Communist sympathizers. Viktor's father, Larush was the head chairman of one of the Local Worker's Councils, that helped to try and build up the economic power of the region. Kosovo, a very underdeveloped and poor region, was given many supplies and funding by the other regions of Yugoslavia, much to their distain, and in the late 80's, when Viktor was a teenager, he saw for himself the instability that was beginning to grip his homeland. Nationalistic movements began to rise and rise, and Viktor attended school in Moscow at the behest of his father, who wanted his son to get a Revolutionary education. Viktor graduated High School and went to school at the University of Tomsk in 1986, where he worked to study Ocean Biology. A lover of the seas from a young age, Viktor believed that bringing in international study of the seas was the best way to bring stability and prosperity to Yugoslavia. And yet, it was there in Tomsk that Viktor witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and later that year in 1992, war began to break out as Nationalist movements in Bosnia and Croatia revolted against the Yugoslavian government. Returning home to help his father in the war effort, Viktor enlisted in the Communist army, but was driven back by the Serbian Nationalists, of which one of the battles claimed his father's life.

Viktor returned home to Kosovo a changed, and broken man, and in 1998 as tensions were rising between Serbia and the Kosovan people, Viktor traveled to Albania in an attempt to try and get his family out of the area and flee south. The attempt failed, as Viktor's remaining family; mother and younger sister was killed at the border by government troops. Viktor was also shot and left for dead, but he miraculously survived. His body was thrown into the sea, but was found and nurtured back to health by the one who would become his life long companion, the Kraken. Filled with vengeance and hatred at the fate of his country, Viktor formed an identity as the "Ruler of the Deep" someone who would bring a red tide from the oceans of the Adriatic Sea, and bring revenge to the people that had destroyed Yugolslavia, that had destroyed Socialism, that had destroyed him.

After initial analysis, it was discovered that Viktor had strange genes within his system, that his very blood seemed to be anomalous in nature, giving him faster reflexes, strength and intelligence than a normal man, putting his capabilities at the possible peak of what a human could do. Current study is under way to determine who or what is responsible for this seemingly genetic based anomaly within SCP-7397.

According to interviews with him, Viktor has named his Kraken "Tito", after the founder of Yugolslavia.

## Stats

Strength: 10 (Superhuman)

Speed: 8 (Usain Bolt)

Senses: 9 (Mind's Eye)

IQ: 8 (Einstein)

Aim: 8 (Gabi)

Background: Supervillain (+1 to All Stats)

Personality: Diety Genes (+2 to all Stats)

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