The Scarlet King

The Scarlet King is one of the main antagonists of the SCP Foundation series. He is an ancient and evil god worshiped by groups such as the Children of the Scarlet King as a ruthless powerful monarch often tied to the destruction of the current world as we know it.

He serves as the overarching antagonist behind the articles SCP-231 and possibly SCP-2317, and the main antagonist of the "Operation MAGNOLIA" series. He is one of the many anomalies proposed for the title of "SCP-001", an entry originally written for the 2018 Doomsday Contest.

In the tale "Three Short Scenes About Death" the Scarlet King is given a little description. His fist are described as massive and gnarled, holding the chains of his consorts and concubines. The same fists could effortlessly smash a man's throat. The King's voice is described as similar to "the chittering of a billion infinitesimal insects", and swirling and constantly moving. His voice also was neither "high nor low nor cacophonous nor methodical", simply just being. When the Scarlet King first appeared to the Serpent, he took the form of a girl in red clothes sitting on a rocking throne. On other occasions, the Scarlet King was depicted as a gigantic monstrous red whale that swam through the watery abyss, devoured everything in his path and dominated the food chain.

According to Tufto's SCP-001 Proposal, the King is more akin to a living idea than an individual entity; in effect, he is the idea of nihilism, the people's dissatisfaction with the modern way of life, and can assimilate an entity thought to be him into an aspect of himself just as it did with SCP-2317-K. He is always depicted as figure with a crown-like ornament over his head showing royalty and associated with the color red, or in the cases of alien cultures lacking the perception of the color red the King would be associated with a color that would be synonymous or close with the color. In SCP-4989, Dr. Simon Kells described looking at the King "like staring at a Pattern Screamer only more hollow".

The Scarlet King as an old god from the Abyss was shown to be a cruel, manipulative, greedy and selfish individual, though this was more of an image he held to his insecurity and cowardice. After coming into contact with the Tree of Life, he wished to make all of it his property, and if he were to fail then he would destroy existence so no one else would claim it. He became hellbent on conquering everything, especially the Tree of Life, by any means necessary, enslaving and devouring numerous gods and doing whatever pleased him. It is believed that if SCP-999 were to interact with the Scarlet King, then his heart would change and finally see the beauty of the world and abandon his quest of destruction. However, that turned out to be all a lie fabricated by a maddened O5. It was noted that the Scarlet King was always honest, instead having his subjects lie on his behalf.

In Tufto's Proposal, however, it is shown that the Scarlet King has no true personality of his own, instead his nature being shaped by the belief of humanity. Because the Indians became furious at the British colonizers for studying and categorizing their culture, taking away their traditions and "civilizing" them, this caused the idea of the Scarlet King to develop and form a deep-seated hatred against the current state of modern world. Because most people believed that the Scarlet King was an ancient demonic god determined to end all existence, it became so, although it can be interpreted that destroying the world means to only destroy the current state of the world and return humanity to ancient feudalism, which would also result in him completing his mission and ceasing to exist. According to URA-9521, a cephalopod-like monster born from the union of the King and a Daeva matriarch, the King was for the most part a mindless force that learned from the people believing in the ideology he represented, and even advised the Foundation that they should concentrate more on his followers rather than the King himself.

In ROUNDERHOUSE's Jade Proposal, not much is known about the Scarlet King's personality. The art representation of him portrayed the Scarlet King as a softer figure, appearing more magnanimously indifferent to the sacrifices offered by his Daeva rather than vengeful and demanding. He is also often depicted as dancing with his Maharaja, and the Daevas believe that the Scarlet King is their protector while he considered them his chosen people. He didn't take well to the arrival of the Foundation personnel in Korar, which disturbed his dreams that maintained the realm, but was willing to bond with Lt. Lucian Greaves in order to save the Daevas and get back at their common enemies.

When he's not wearing anything above his waist, markings and eyes cover his chest and biceps. The rest of his body is a plain charcoal color as usual. He is however a very muscular figure that knows how to please both genders.

NSFW context: The Scarlet King will use all forms of pleasure, positions, kings, and etc to satisfy him and his mate except for gross things. The Scarlet King, sense he can change forms, can change his dick size. However, his dick is usually a big, spiky-lined cock that draw out more pleasure. His cum is black but it glows red. He can impregnate both genders. While women form a baby like usual, a man actually forms the essence. That essence grows inside them until it's ready to be birthed, resulting in that essence exiting the body like a ghost and forming into a spawn of the Scarlet King.

In short, The Satan of the multiverse.

The Scarlet King's Cult, The Children of the Scarlet King: The Children of the Scarlet King are supporting antagonists in the SCP Foundation series. They are a series of thaumaturgical cults that worships the Scarlet King and seek to summon him into the universe in order to destroy the current state of the modern world, so they may rule over of what is left of humanity as in the premodern ancient times. The Children of the Scarlet King are comprised of various independent cults, organizations, and movements which have formed in different parts of the world throughout time and always revolve around the Scarlet King. Although each of these groups have variable doctrines, they all include key themes that connects them. Most of them have developed independently while barely having contact with each other, and some even started out without the inclusion of the Scarlet King, but became acquainted with him later on. It is believed that these groups are founded by an individual or subculture that has come into contact with the King, and new incarnations of the Children would always emerge as long as the Scarlet King exists.

The Children are not the sole organizations to worship the King, as there had been numerous other groups, both anomalous and non-anomalous, which has made it difficult to differentiate them. The only criteria that unifies them is the veneration of the Scarlet King and his teachings. They believe in a philosophy of "enlightenment through violation", meaning vile acts such as rape, pedophilia, human sacrifice, and cannibalism could be part of the dogma, as is thaumaturgy. The group often revolve themselves around the number "7" and wish to bring the Scarlet King and his Spawn to the world.