Void Screamers

The **Ruk'tamuh**, also known as the **Void Screamers** are the secondary antagonistic faction of the *Lightning SMP.*

They serve as the secondary antagonistic faction of the Taiga Arc, the tertiary antagonistic faction of the Liberal Arc and the main antagonistic faction of the ongoing Indigo Arc.

They are a cult of Enderlings who aided Horus in conquering the three dimensions. After Horus' defeat in the hands of Lothius, the screamers scattered and went into hiding. Coming into conflict with the SMP, the Void Screamers plot to aid Horus in controlling the SMP.

They are led by Horus' messenger, the Voidal Paladin.

## History

### Background

The Void Screamers were once a group of ender humanoids that lived in the End Dimension. After Horus entered the End Dimension, he wage war against various civilizations, conquering and crushing them. The will-be Void Screamers surrender themselves to Horus, they gave important information of the whereabouts of surviving resistances, Horus was pleased by this and asked them to join him in taking over the three dimensions and rebuilding it in his image due to the dimensions being deemed "imperfect". The Void Screamers agreed and began making themselves useful by betraying their fellow Ender-Noids and massacring those who oppose Horus.

Afterwards, they aided Horus in conquering kingdoms and continents, they began worshipping Horus and perceiving him as their "one, true savior". However, it all went downhill when Horus was killed by SERVER, the Void Screamers went into hiding to avoid being decimated by SERVER. For centuries, they have await their master's orders.

### Taiga Arc

In "Bleeding Ice", the Void Screamers were briefly seen hiding behind pillars of ice while watching over v0yx. They oddly weren't seen again when Horus killed v0yx. Later on, one of the Void Screamers was spying over Attar, the latter noticed and shot an arrow at the screamer before chasing after it. The chase went from Stonehattan all the way to New Honduras, it ended when a lightning bolt struck in front of Attar, prompting the screamer to escape.

The Void Screamers came back in "Into the Dune", knocking out Zillius and leaving him unconscious in the sand by Horus' command in order to infect the former's mind. One of the Void Screamers was seen entering the burial with an iron sword to fight Inmos, only to be instantly burned alive by the flint god.

In "It's Not Over", some of the Void Screamers were raiding a desert temple, looking for resources. Three of them were seen trampling over crops in Stonehattan before leaving behind v0yx's bow to frame him.

### Liberal Arc

The Void Screamers succeeded in framing v0yx and causing him to get in trouble with Stonehattan in “Empty Promises”. Stonehattan became angry to New Honduras for their meaningless promises and decide to take action of it.

In "Edge of War", one of the screamers left a compass in Attar's house that leads to the iron farm, there Attar found Triscuit who, due to financial reasons, was supposed to be banned from areas near Stonehattan. The two fought and took off until landing near Krytox's house, a screamer is seen in the distance watching the fight.

The Void Screamers appeared in "Revelated Science", which details the story of Distortion during his time doing experiments. It is revealed in a flashback that Distortion was successful of somehow reanimating Moltar and giving it a humanoid cyborg body, Distortion decided to bring it to Attar in order to showcase it to him. Moltar however was unknowingly shot in the back by a crossbow, this angered Moltar and it charged at Attar. Attar fought the reanimated Moltar before slicing off it's head with his enchanted sword, killing it again. The Void Screamers were revealed to be the ones responsible for shooting Moltar with a crossbow in an attempt to make Attar kill it. In the present, one screamer infiltrated Distortion's lab and entered the test chamber, the screamer sets their sights on a test tube that contained the remnants of the cyborg Moltar's body, frozen in ice. The screamer approached the frozen test tube and chuckled slightly.

The Void Screamers were name-dropped in “Broken Mind” when Triscuit rambled on the chances of outside force ruining his country and why he has increased security.

## Overview

Ruk'tamuh are devoted worshippers of Horus, doing anything to please their god. They truly believe that their god’s ideals are correct and calls others who don’t believe in their god as “foolish”. They are willing to betray their fellow Enderlings because they perceive them as the deluded ones.

Within the cult, they strictly follow Horus’ rules and principles and devote their life to follow said rules. The cult also believes that the Paladin is Horus’ messiah and follow everything they preach. The Void Screamers also praise and venerate the Spirits of Hormlash, considering them as patron saints.

There had been several different religious phases of the Void Screamers throughout their existence, phases where beliefs were retconned or altered. Before Horus’ death, there were the "Orthodox" Ruk'tamuh who considered Horus as more of a monarch than a god, they followed him for salvation but they did not worship him.

When Horus was killed by Lothius and disappeared, the "Orthodox Ruk'tamuh" dwindled as the cult turned to an altered belief due to the harsh impact of Horus’ death, known as the "Reformed Ruk'tamuh", they believed Horus will return and eventually liberate them from their dark times, therefore they began excessively preaching and praying for their savior’s arrival, this stage is where the Void Screamers began their ritual of traveling to the End and shrieking out into the void, giving them the name of the Void Screamers.

When Horus finally returned to them, alongside the spirits Dagon and Amun, the cult was enlightened by the three spirits and were given a new view of life. The reformed Ruk'tamuh began transitioning into this new teaching called the "Enlightened Ruk'tamuh", this stage is where the Void Screamers finally regard Horus as their god as they preach and idolize him and his allies.

## Trivia

* According to the series creator, the Void Screamers, alongside Horus, are one of the main reasons on why the Ender Dragons species are near-extinct.
* They seem to show hatred towards other cults and wants to prove to Horus that they are the most loyal to him.
* The Void Screamers’ name was inspired from the Pattern Screamers of the SCP Foundation.
* Their true name, Ruk'tamuh, is derived from two words in the Enderling language, "Ruk" and "Tamuh". Ruk means "the" while Tamuh means "devoted". If translated, their true name means "The Devoted".