Pretty cruel if you asked me. Whatever the guy saw when The Hanged King revealed his face, traumatized him to the point of wanting to die, and The Foundation is keeping him alive and in his psychologically broken state just so they can squeeze information out of him.
@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 In the article they go further to explain that his arms and legs had to be cut off due to his injuries, making it impossible for him to do basic things. He even tried to end his life, though it failed, and they still are keeping him alive.
If they kept him alive for information there shoULD BE MORE IN THE ARTICLE! I HAVE SPENT TOO LONG TRYING TO PEICE TOGETHER A NARRATIVE THAT DOESN’T FIT! Excuse the vent, too obsessed with alagadda.
Most Elder Gods, Outer Gods and eldritches abominations have this innate ability to twist the minds of mortals. Mortals, normal humans, cannot comprehend the vastness of reality and all its knowledge. The human brain function is limited and thus when encountered a being that have this vast wisdom gazes upon its eyes. You'll likely end up going insane or begging to die as you can't comprehend and understand the vastness of things that your puny human brain can't handled.
I love how even though it's been over 10 years since the rename and people still refuse to call it the "Willis" Tower. That is the power of the Sears Tower.
When the Wandsman is describing the Four Lords, he mentions one of them had been deposed and thrown into a backwater dimension. The implication is that this lord is the Possessive Mask in Foundation's custody.
The mask is actually a remnant of the Hanged King's loyal jester. The Black Lord was under his control for a while, until the Plague Doctor (none other than SCP 049) cured him and separated them, causing the jester's presence to fade and allowing the Black Lord control of the mask The black acid that pours from the mask is originated from the Black Lord.
"So we just threw this mask into this random-ass dimension cause it was an asshole and very dangerous." "Oh hey, we have a mask in containment just like that one!" "..." "..." "I'm going to go smash that mask with a mallet, cya later."
When I was younger, my brother introduced me to SCP and the first one he showed me was 049, and for the longest time after this I was freaking out thinking that it was real.
Interesting fact: This is related to the Hanged King's Tragedy (don't remember SCP designation of it, though) as well as SCP-035 (presumably). The Ambassador mentioned here is the same Ambassador mentioned in The Hanged King's Tragedy, and it's the entity that appears in the play as well as during rehearsals.
SCP-049: The Plague Doctor, had visited this place, where he encountered the Red Lord first. 049 was led by the seemingly courteous Lord to see the Black Lord, who was holding his prized medical notebook captive until he attempted to cure his suffering. Upon reaching the Black Lord, a large frown of anguish on his face and a black liquid oozing from his mask, 049 did his best to help what we now know was SCP-035. Alas 049 was given his medical journal and allowed to leave, swearing to never return to that terrible place of “tricksters”.
YES Alagadda my beloved. I'm so glad you're covering my favorite grouping of SCPs!! If you haven't ever read into the deeper lore of Alagadda and the SCPs related to it PLEASE do!!!
@@javapuffs it's pretty much all in the tales, you can find them by looking into the Alagadda tag on the SCP wiki. It was actually what got me into tales tbh, didn't really like to read them at first
Well... You've cured me of it multiple times but every time I come back I get stuck with it so... *Shrug* maybe it isn't as deadly as an infinite respawn curse
Real life: Roman building used as a fortress, used as a prison in the Middle Ages and both World Wars, the British royal palace at one point, and currently a popular tourist destination SCPverse: door
I don't know why I just feel kinda bad for the King of Alagadda... He's no more than a puppet for the Ambassador to rule Alagadda from the shadows. The king's foolishness induced by the ideas of power implanted in his mind by the Ambassador sure put him indefinitely in the position of king but made of him an Eldritch horror that is powerless and chained to his throne :c
Wandsman: The Ambassador is a being of great and terrible power. You have no chance of beating him. SCP Foundation: Meh, just send a dozen agents in there. What could go wrong? 🤗
everyone probably already knows this, but the masks are the four 'humors' of blood. (medieval theory that blood is made from four 'humors' of black bile, an excess of which was said to cause gloominess. yellow bile, an excess of which was said to cause anger. blood, an excess of which was said to cause ecstasy. and phlegm, an excess of which was said to cause reserved behavior.)
I believe SCP-2264-2 is the only entity we might truly trust in Alagadda and sought them immediately. The city contains thousands, if not millions, but SCP-2264-2 stands out and appears to have a strictly scholarly interest in SCP-2264-B - most especially the palace library. The collection was impressive and could have been infinite in size for all I knew (there was no visible end to the room, the corridor stretching long into the horizon). I wandered the seemingly endless hall, Agent Cromwell and Dr. Yu at my side, in search of SCP-2264-2. I scanned through a few grimoires and scrolls, the alien symbols failing to translate (leading me to suspect that no earthly translation was possible). In time we found SCP-2264-2, affable as before and expressing concern about our well-being. I asked that they elaborate and I write their response as best as my memory allows: "The Ambassador of Alagadda will soon return from Adytum and only the mad shall remain. I suggest you leave posthaste, for I intend the same." I thanked them for their warning and declared that we would not linger for long. I asked them about Adytum. They replied: "A terrible city, filled with equally terrible people. It is said that the Grand Karcist of Adytum serves the designs of an elder being, a horror thought to rival even the Hanged King of Alagadda. Craw! (SCP-2264-2 made a sound not unlike a crow) I should not speak of them. Not here." I asked about who they were (SCP-2264-2), wanting to know more about them. They replied: "I am the Wandsman of Kul-Manas. A scholar, as you undoubtedly know. I am a walker of the astral plane, a sailor of the celestial sea, and a spelunker of the planar deep." SCP-2264-2 noted something about our "aura"; declaring it rare across the multiverse but admitted to having encountered similar during previous visits to SCP-2264-B. They said something along the lines of: "The Deathless Merchant of London; driven by greed and black ambition. There was another; a stranger in a strange land. It appeared as though they did not know where they were, smelling of fear. I cannot imagine how one might accidentally stumble upon Alagadda, I did not believe such a thing was possible. They vanished soon after yet I never witnessed them leave. Simply gone in a blink." They would continue to reference the "Karcists" and "Clavigers" of Adytum, stating that they "reeked of decay and embryonic fluid". That was the extent of people encountered with a similar "aura" to our own; I suspect SCP-2264-2 is able to sense a person's "dimensional neighborhood". SCP-2264-2 turned their head completely around (somewhat like an owl) and cawed, declaring: "I sense the Ambassador of Alagadda has returned. I take my leave of this place and I suggest you do the same. Flee; do not delay. Perhaps I will pay your realm a visit in the future." SCP-2264-2 exited the nearest door. The door refused to budge but I suspect it connected SCP-2264-2 to their native dimension. We exited the library, walking quickly (not wishing to bring too much attention upon ourselves by running). We found an unlocked door and returned home. We never saw the ambassador or their king, but I feel it best that we not seek them out. Although not directly encountered, the Ambassador of Alagadda and the King of Alagadda have been respectively classified as SCP-2264-4 and SCP-2264-5. - ACCESS GRANTED The O5 Council voted 10 to 3 in support of sending Mobile Task Force Psi-9 ("Abyss Gazers") into SCP-2264-B. The goal of the operation was to locate SCP-2264-4 and SCP-2264-5 and calculate the level of threat they represented to humanity, Earth, and local dimensional space. Twelve agents, trained in hand-to-hand combat and Counter Occult Stratagems (COS), entered SCP-2264-A on ██/██/████ at 0800. One agent returned alive; the rest are presumed dead or otherwise irretrievable. Interviewed: Agent Alexander Papadopoulos Interviewer: Dr. Laxmi Narang Foreword: Agent Papadopoulos was found to be in critical condition upon their exit of SCP-2264, losing consciousness soon after. A physical examination revealed fractured bones throughout the entirety of their body and extensive internal bleeding. After three weeks of hospitalization, Agent Papadopoulos was deemed healthy enough for interview. Dr. Laxmi Narang: I know it might be difficult but please tell me what you are able to remember. Agent Alexander Papadopoulos: The city was remarkable. Command prepped us for it as best they could but words fail to do it justice. We all had the appearance of harlequins or something out of a 17th century masquerade. Wasn't exactly the same but close enough. Couldn't take the masks off, hard as we tried. We had a mission to complete but the details were quite vague. Dr. Laxmi Narang: Vague? Agent Alexander Papadopoulos: Find SCP-2264-4 and -5; get an estimate on their threat level. We knew they were important to SCP-2264 but we had no idea what they looked like or how to locate them. Dr. Laxmi Narang: Go on. Agent Alexander Papadopoulos: Right. Well. We found the palace. Don't know how long it took. Time was kind of impossible to tell in that place. The city is full of people, especially that palace, but it didn't feel like being in a busy city in our world. There was something different about it but I don't know how else to describe it. Not important I guess. Things blurred a lot. Everything seemed to follow a sort of dream logic. Dr. Laxmi Narang: Dream logic? Agent Alexander Papadopoulos: Yeah. I mean. It wasn't a dream, I'm certain of that. And I have the scars to prove it. It was all real but have you ever noticed how dreams rush through the details? You end up one place but don't really recall how? It was like that. I remember the masquerade; the music and the dancing… oh, and the fucking. All with their masks on, of course. Still adorned with their masks. Seeing some of them nude made us aware of just how much was an elaborate costume. Their skin was like porcelain. You could sort of tell those were the natives. You know, SCP-2264-1. But the more you stared, the less human everyone seemed; some had too many limbs, some had too few - like, snake people - was similar to monsters in an old fantasy comic I read as a kid. Sorry. Rambling. Head hurts trying to remember. [distracted] I can't move my arms or legs. What's wrong with them? Dr. Laxmi Narang: The numbness is just a side effect of your medication. Please focus on my questions. Agent Alexander Papadopoulos: Okay. If you say so. I remember having to pull Agent Maher away from some woman; wasn't attacking him, quite the opposite. Couldn't blame him. She had curves in all the right places - made it easy to ignore the tentacles. So, the twelve of us stick together. Hard to not look like you're out for trouble with that many. Anyway, we wandered around the palace and it was like a labyrinth; I honestly wouldn't have been surprised if we walked into a minotaur or something. We spent most of the time descending the stairs, I think? I remember feeling like we were traveling deeper and deeper… And then, somehow, just when we thought we had reached the bottom, we're back outside. It looked like we were in exactly the same spot as when we first entered SCP-2264-B. Hell, we could all see the palace in the distance. But something was different. Everything was dark, drained of color. Like, we could see and all but it was a hazy gray twilight. The streets were empty and the buildings looked… ruined? Yeah. Was like the whole city was abandoned long ago. Desolate and silent; not a sound but our own footsteps. We entered this iteration of the palace. Everything was identical, architecturally speaking. That was when we started to hear the whispers. It spoke in a language I had never heard before. I could feel it slithering into my ear, penetrating my brain… We… [hesitates, his eyes grow damp with tears] Dr. Laxmi Narang: Please continue. Agent Alexander Papadopoulos: We destroyed ourselves. Dr. Laxmi Narang: …What?
You'd think with their utter willingness to terminate just about anything given the chance that they'd eventually comply with that poor man's request out of pity.
I really like the lore surrounding the Hanged King and Alagadda and its a shame there's no official canon. I really wanted to know more about the place. And the idea it's a hub for entities from different places to visit is really cool and opens so many doors.
The most troubling thing about the SCP Foundation is not the monsters, creatures, or items in it, it's the fact that it *could* exist in our real world, and we would never know because of the use of amnestics and all the procedures they take to keep everything secret.
And you know the ending part of the black moon tale where the counterpart presses the button of that machine and says that a new life will start now what if that is the start to our world.
Damn, they didnt mention the part where the Black Lord was a victim of a political struggle and exiled into a "dreadful dimensional backwater"... And became SCP-035
Oh the first introduction of the fine fellow known as Ickis the Wayward, Wandsman of Kul-Manas - Walker of the Astral Plane, Sailor of the Celestial Sea, and Spelunker of the Dimensional Depths. To quote the hub: "As much as I love my dear Ickis, working the Red Zone beat has made him a fascinating combination of paranoid, over-prepared and insane. Frankly that's the most rational way to be if you want to explore some of the multiverse's more terrible places."
Given the fact that the Brothers Death don't even care about the Scarlet King or the conflict between Yaldabaoth and Mekhane, I doubt that they would play into the hands of the Foundation.
I appreciate it as someone who grew up across the lake from Chicago, and always knew it as the Sears tower. They can't ever change the name for many people.
Did you guys know that scp-035 is the former ambassador who was banished into our world as a punishment? And the new ambassador is the thing seen in tha tragedy of the hanged king? Alagadda is a beautiful place and its inhabitats are good, except the rulers.
@@ibraheemtemur3469 SCP-035 was a court jester that was turned into the Black Lord after the King’s Hanging, not an ambassador. No idea where you got that?
Well, since they don't see to be actively threating us with anything but a terrible play, maybe we should just stay out. But if you REALLY want to stop The Hanged King/Ambassador of Alagadda and The King, just throw SCP-2317's door inside. If bag of holding + portable hole logic applies, they should collapse each other.
Actually from what I can tell, there’s a number of other SCPS that are connected to Alagadda and The Hanged King. In fact, SCP-035 is actually one of the four lords, more specifically The Black Lord
@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 Ooo. Now I've really invested. Thanks! Also, thanks for telling me what else we gotta throw in there before throwing in the door. XD
I wonder, but I remember hearing that SCP-035 the Possessive Mask might have some relation to the city. However I’m not sure where and think it could be an interesting connection
As soon as I saw the door I did the "horror movie fan" thing and started (**LITERALLY**) yelling **"DONT OPEN THE DOOR!! DONT OPEN THE DOOR!!!"** and when they opened it and all the stuff happened I said **"SEE I TOLD YOU NOT TO OPEN THE DOOR....DUMBASSES!"**
Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa. Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies, But stranger still is Lost Carcosa. Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa. Song of my soul, my voice is dead, Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.-"Cassilda's Song" in The King in Yellow Act 1, Scene 2
That quote fits perfectly well for this, especially for the fact that Alagadda and The Hanged King were both inspired by The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers, which eventually became a part of the Cthulhu Mythos
This could be because my version is a new copy of The King in Yellow, but the Carcosa song on the back of my book says "sinking beneath the lake" and not "sinking behind the lake" for some reason.
As a Chicagoan, I appreciate you saying the Sears Tower and not the Willis Tower. No one will ever call it that unless it’s required formally on paper. Maybe the “new” name isn’t even known outside of the city since no one uses it, but it’s been like 13 years at least. Good! Lol
So SCP-2264 is (or was, or ought to have been) actually a Thaumiel class which kept the prime version of SCP-701-1 (which is actually classified as SCP-2264-4) contained? Until they opened the door... now it's kinda split: -A is neutralized and -B is Safe After researching further, it looks like Marlowe did indeed take on SCP-2264-4 as his patron, the play he produced was likely SCP-701, and its explicit purpose was to manifest SCP-2264-4 / SCP-701-1 into our world to cause people to go insane and kill each other. SCP-2264-2 mentions having encountered a "Deathless Merchant of London," and another man with the same "aura" (an ability which allows SCP-2264-2 to determine the origin of an instance of non-native instances of SCP-2264-1) as the foundation staff. SCP-2264-2 mentions the "Deathless Merchant of London" as being driven by greed and black ambition. Certainly a playwright who takes on the Ambassador of Alagadda as a patron and who ultimately produces SCP-701 fits that description nicely. The other person was implied to be the Earl. So the question remains: Are SCP-2264-4 and SCP-701-1 the same entity? Or is 701-1 just an interdimensional avatar for 2264-4?
Really love scp stories. Been considering doing a role playing game around the scp stories. Using some of different role-playing games out there like d&d or palladium games. When doing scp no limit on imagination
immediately as i saw this video i was so happy because "oh look somebody is giving alagadda attention" and then when i saw the channel.. ALAGADDA NOO DID INFOGRAPHICS PURGE YOU TOO?
My Granda, who served in the British Army had to do a period as a tower guard and to this day he says it's definitely haunt, swears he saw the ghost of Anne Boleyn. Don't give much thought to it myself, but the stories are interesting.
@@ahitfan1captaina Really? I thought The Wandsman was just that one character that’s become a reoccurring figure in Alagadda themed articles and tales. Do you know of any Wandsman themed articles?
Nurse0013: good luck Lucky Man: huh, wait! *Lucky Man was killed by SCP-2264-4 in action* Nurse0013: that was my bad *Royal People are seen walking around* *SCP-701-1 is seen talking* Nurse0013: I better run!
My personal theory is Alagadda is a literal dream of the hanged king and the inhabitants are merely a extension of the king in the same way in Lovecraft that all of existence is a dream of the blind idiot god. The play itself is either a nightmare or traumatic memory of the hanged king while the Ambassador is a symbol of the trauma.
No idea where this might fit in, but the four lords seem to match up with the four humors of Hippocratic medicine. Black bile, Yellow bile, Blood, and Phlegm. Black, Yellow, Red, and White, just like the lords.
could u do a video about the history of the hanged king if you haven't already? I've seen the video about SCP-701 as well as this one and I would to see one about the history of the hanged king and alagadda
Is the black lord the possessive mask because it look kinda similar like when Percy open the doorway he killed the possessive mask and took it and then sealed it then he was killed that must be the origin of the possessive mask
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The Philosopher's Stone is not a physical thing but the representation of the ever search for knowledge
Humans are mere microbes in the face of gods they go unnoticed do not try to intervene
Nice
Did someone say scp-999 plush!
YYEEESSSS , been waiting for this for so damn long.
Glory to the Yellow King, i mean Hanged King.
"He begged to be killed, a request that was denied" is the most SCP sounding sentence I've ever heard
Pretty cruel if you asked me. Whatever the guy saw when The Hanged King revealed his face, traumatized him to the point of wanting to die, and The Foundation is keeping him alive and in his psychologically broken state just so they can squeeze information out of him.
@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 In the article they go further to explain that his arms and legs had to be cut off due to his injuries, making it impossible for him to do basic things. He even tried to end his life, though it failed, and they still are keeping him alive.
@@thereebstir9572 Cold, not cruel my ass! That is straight up evil!
@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 Yeah, he's done so much for the Foundation, he deserves to have his wish granted.
If they kept him alive for information there shoULD BE MORE IN THE ARTICLE! I HAVE SPENT TOO LONG TRYING TO PEICE TOGETHER A NARRATIVE THAT DOESN’T FIT! Excuse the vent, too obsessed with alagadda.
"Your existence is nothing but an echo of a dying God's screams." is a genuinely terrifying quote.
“God has died, and his death was the life of the world.” ― Philipp Mainländer
Yes, it's a terrifying quote.
Decent
Most Elder Gods, Outer Gods and eldritches abominations have this innate ability to twist the minds of mortals.
Mortals, normal humans, cannot comprehend the vastness of reality and all its knowledge.
The human brain function is limited and thus when encountered a being that have this vast wisdom gazes upon its eyes. You'll likely end up going insane or begging to die as you can't comprehend and understand the vastness of things that your puny human brain can't handled.
@@rogueascendant6611 “Knowledge is harmful, ignorance is bliss”
I love how even though it's been over 10 years since the rename and people still refuse to call it the "Willis" Tower. That is the power of the Sears Tower.
A true Chicagoian knows.
You could almost say it's... Anomalous
I’ve never even HEARD of the rename… damn, lol
"Whatchu talkin bout Willis?"
@@PlusVeX exactly they should have just kept the name🤣
When the Wandsman is describing the Four Lords, he mentions one of them had been deposed and thrown into a backwater dimension. The implication is that this lord is the Possessive Mask in Foundation's custody.
The mask is actually a remnant of the Hanged King's loyal jester. The Black Lord was under his control for a while, until the Plague Doctor (none other than SCP 049) cured him and separated them, causing the jester's presence to fade and allowing the Black Lord control of the mask
The black acid that pours from the mask is originated from the Black Lord.
@@starmanexe7721 so thaaaaaats what happened! Could never seem to piece the Comedy together with the rest of the lore, this helped a lot!
"So we just threw this mask into this random-ass dimension cause it was an asshole and very dangerous."
"Oh hey, we have a mask in containment just like that one!"
"..."
"..."
"I'm going to go smash that mask with a mallet, cya later."
Thanks captain obvious
@@evangonzalez7732 you’re not funny
You know its an SCP explained video when you are 25 seconds into the video and Hunter is calmly talking about blood, death, and gore.
Don't forget about the Interdimentional Chaos Gods
I love it when there's interconnected SCPs. it really helps flesh out the lore.
D-Class : *gets killed without any consent or knowledge*
Foundation Personal : *requests to be killed, is denied*
When I was younger, my brother introduced me to SCP and the first one he showed me was 049, and for the longest time after this I was freaking out thinking that it was real.
This scp049 your talking about... who is he?
@@MrKnowsItAllNot Love the irony
@@peseckiss1235 Y thank you
There is also a death note scp. (Along with a pin as well but.....)
I got hooked from SCP-272. That just shows how interesting these stories are if you can get hooked from the story of an anomalous rusty nail.
Interesting fact:
This is related to the Hanged King's Tragedy (don't remember SCP designation of it, though) as well as SCP-035 (presumably).
The Ambassador mentioned here is the same Ambassador mentioned in The Hanged King's Tragedy, and it's the entity that appears in the play as well as during rehearsals.
And the city's king looks like the King in Yellow. Connection there? I think so.
SCP-701 "The Hanged King's Tragedy"
@@jagrjr45
Thanks.
@@jeffwolcott7815 And this place seems inspired by Carcosa
SCP-049: The Plague Doctor, had visited this place, where he encountered the Red Lord first. 049 was led by the seemingly courteous Lord to see the Black Lord, who was holding his prized medical notebook captive until he attempted to cure his suffering. Upon reaching the Black Lord, a large frown of anguish on his face and a black liquid oozing from his mask, 049 did his best to help what we now know was SCP-035. Alas 049 was given his medical journal and allowed to leave, swearing to never return to that terrible place of “tricksters”.
“Sears Tower”
Chicagoan: Damn straight.
*nods* that's its name
As it should be
YES Alagadda my beloved. I'm so glad you're covering my favorite grouping of SCPs!! If you haven't ever read into the deeper lore of Alagadda and the SCPs related to it PLEASE do!!!
Hmmm
Yes! Please! You totally won’t fall slowly into oblivion as your mind collapses at the eldritch horrors of Alagadda! HELP!!!
please tell me where to find the deeper lore
@@javapuffs it's pretty much all in the tales, you can find them by looking into the Alagadda tag on the SCP wiki. It was actually what got me into tales tbh, didn't really like to read them at first
Sounds like you got a little sarkic in you. May Mekhane save your shitty soul and rebuild it in her image
Whoever voices these is incredible. His transitions, the way he constructs his sentences, and that soothing ass tone are just marvellous to listen to
He also does meme reading on Limenade! His personal channel is hitherehunter
He has a channel called Liminade
It's @hitherehunter
You know what's more sad than any scp...
The fact I can't cure the pestilence 😐
Feelsbadman
You know what's even sadder than that?
The fact that you won't tell us what it is
@@LaCabraAsada it's very obvious.. it's [REDACTED].
@@MrKnowsItAllNot bruh
Well... You've cured me of it multiple times but every time I come back I get stuck with it so... *Shrug* maybe it isn't as deadly as an infinite respawn curse
I love how this is literally just an SCP to give context to The Hanged Kings Tragedy
Real life: Roman building used as a fortress, used as a prison in the Middle Ages and both World Wars, the British royal palace at one point, and currently a popular tourist destination
SCPverse: door
SCPverse: extradimensional city
That sounds like modern warfare 2s description of the gulag price was kept in
I don't think the Tower of London was built in Roman times, was it built on a Roman site?
@@johannaweichsel3602 it was built in 1070 said google
I believe the infamous Cray twins, made internationally more famous by the film starring Tom Hardy, were the last to be imprisoned there.
I don't know why I just feel kinda bad for the King of Alagadda... He's no more than a puppet for the Ambassador to rule Alagadda from the shadows. The king's foolishness induced by the ideas of power implanted in his mind by the Ambassador sure put him indefinitely in the position of king but made of him an Eldritch horror that is powerless and chained to his throne :c
Yeah, he is taking advantage of the Kings curse…
Wandsman: The Ambassador is a being of great and terrible power. You have no chance of beating him.
SCP Foundation: Meh, just send a dozen agents in there. What could go wrong? 🤗
Nothing nothing at all. Said no living soul
This is why you read the inter-dimensional news!
Scp 682
@@Human_traain lol no, if 682 and The Ambassador worked together then.... 💀🐊🗿
Actually if Omega 12 steps in, they might have had better odds.
everyone probably already knows this, but the masks are the four 'humors' of blood. (medieval theory that blood is made from four 'humors' of black bile, an excess of which was said to cause gloominess. yellow bile, an excess of which was said to cause anger. blood, an excess of which was said to cause ecstasy. and phlegm, an excess of which was said to cause reserved behavior.)
Like the doctor carry’s in his bacg
I'm from Chicago. I remember when they renamed it to Willis Tower years ago. Damn near every Chicagoan I know still calls it the Sears Tower.
And so is the rest of the world. People kept calling Transnistria "Transnistria" and not "Pridnestrovie" which is its actual name...
Its like calling a burly, 6 foot tall, fat, bearded dude a woman...
Hold up, that crowd crying at the beginninh is highly inaccurate. Executions were treated like festivals back then lol
They still are at few countries. Some day when my daughter is older id love us going to a hanging together.
@@ibraheemtemur3469 WHAT??
@@Human_traainHE SAID HE'D LOVE TO GO TO A HANGING WITH HIS DAUGHTER SOME DAY.
@@AnimeFan9833 yes i fully understood him but WHAAAT????
@@Human_traain Thought I should write it louder just in case
Addition to this : SCP 035 is the Black Lord after its bannishment
BLOOD FOR THE HANGED KING
"Sears Tower". You're absolutely correct. It will ALWAYS be that name!
I kept thinking of The King In Yellow once the humanoid form on the throne was shone.
That's not a coincidence. The alagadda mythos and many of the SCPs connected to it, are heavily inspired by The King In Yellow.
I believe SCP-2264-2 is the only entity we might truly trust in Alagadda and sought them immediately. The city contains thousands, if not millions, but SCP-2264-2 stands out and appears to have a strictly scholarly interest in SCP-2264-B - most especially the palace library.
The collection was impressive and could have been infinite in size for all I knew (there was no visible end to the room, the corridor stretching long into the horizon). I wandered the seemingly endless hall, Agent Cromwell and Dr. Yu at my side, in search of SCP-2264-2. I scanned through a few grimoires and scrolls, the alien symbols failing to translate (leading me to suspect that no earthly translation was possible).
In time we found SCP-2264-2, affable as before and expressing concern about our well-being. I asked that they elaborate and I write their response as best as my memory allows:
"The Ambassador of Alagadda will soon return from Adytum and only the mad shall remain. I suggest you leave posthaste, for I intend the same."
I thanked them for their warning and declared that we would not linger for long. I asked them about Adytum. They replied:
"A terrible city, filled with equally terrible people. It is said that the Grand Karcist of Adytum serves the designs of an elder being, a horror thought to rival even the Hanged King of Alagadda. Craw! (SCP-2264-2 made a sound not unlike a crow) I should not speak of them. Not here."
I asked about who they were (SCP-2264-2), wanting to know more about them. They replied:
"I am the Wandsman of Kul-Manas. A scholar, as you undoubtedly know. I am a walker of the astral plane, a sailor of the celestial sea, and a spelunker of the planar deep."
SCP-2264-2 noted something about our "aura"; declaring it rare across the multiverse but admitted to having encountered similar during previous visits to SCP-2264-B. They said something along the lines of:
"The Deathless Merchant of London; driven by greed and black ambition. There was another; a stranger in a strange land. It appeared as though they did not know where they were, smelling of fear. I cannot imagine how one might accidentally stumble upon Alagadda, I did not believe such a thing was possible. They vanished soon after yet I never witnessed them leave. Simply gone in a blink."
They would continue to reference the "Karcists" and "Clavigers" of Adytum, stating that they "reeked of decay and embryonic fluid". That was the extent of people encountered with a similar "aura" to our own; I suspect SCP-2264-2 is able to sense a person's "dimensional neighborhood". SCP-2264-2 turned their head completely around (somewhat like an owl) and cawed, declaring:
"I sense the Ambassador of Alagadda has returned. I take my leave of this place and I suggest you do the same. Flee; do not delay. Perhaps I will pay your realm a visit in the future."
SCP-2264-2 exited the nearest door. The door refused to budge but I suspect it connected SCP-2264-2 to their native dimension. We exited the library, walking quickly (not wishing to bring too much attention upon ourselves by running). We found an unlocked door and returned home. We never saw the ambassador or their king, but I feel it best that we not seek them out.
Although not directly encountered, the Ambassador of Alagadda and the King of Alagadda have been respectively classified as SCP-2264-4 and SCP-2264-5.
- ACCESS GRANTED
The O5 Council voted 10 to 3 in support of sending Mobile Task Force Psi-9 ("Abyss Gazers") into SCP-2264-B. The goal of the operation was to locate SCP-2264-4 and SCP-2264-5 and calculate the level of threat they represented to humanity, Earth, and local dimensional space. Twelve agents, trained in hand-to-hand combat and Counter Occult Stratagems (COS), entered SCP-2264-A on ██/██/████ at 0800.
One agent returned alive; the rest are presumed dead or otherwise irretrievable.
Interviewed: Agent Alexander Papadopoulos
Interviewer: Dr. Laxmi Narang
Foreword: Agent Papadopoulos was found to be in critical condition upon their exit of SCP-2264, losing consciousness soon after. A physical examination revealed fractured bones throughout the entirety of their body and extensive internal bleeding. After three weeks of hospitalization, Agent Papadopoulos was deemed healthy enough for interview.
Dr. Laxmi Narang: I know it might be difficult but please tell me what you are able to remember.
Agent Alexander Papadopoulos: The city was remarkable. Command prepped us for it as best they could but words fail to do it justice. We all had the appearance of harlequins or something out of a 17th century masquerade. Wasn't exactly the same but close enough. Couldn't take the masks off, hard as we tried. We had a mission to complete but the details were quite vague.
Dr. Laxmi Narang: Vague?
Agent Alexander Papadopoulos: Find SCP-2264-4 and -5; get an estimate on their threat level. We knew they were important to SCP-2264 but we had no idea what they looked like or how to locate them.
Dr. Laxmi Narang: Go on.
Agent Alexander Papadopoulos: Right. Well. We found the palace. Don't know how long it took. Time was kind of impossible to tell in that place. The city is full of people, especially that palace, but it didn't feel like being in a busy city in our world. There was something different about it but I don't know how else to describe it. Not important I guess.
Things blurred a lot. Everything seemed to follow a sort of dream logic.
Dr. Laxmi Narang: Dream logic?
Agent Alexander Papadopoulos: Yeah. I mean. It wasn't a dream, I'm certain of that. And I have the scars to prove it. It was all real but have you ever noticed how dreams rush through the details? You end up one place but don't really recall how? It was like that. I remember the masquerade; the music and the dancing… oh, and the fucking. All with their masks on, of course. Still adorned with their masks. Seeing some of them nude made us aware of just how much was an elaborate costume. Their skin was like porcelain. You could sort of tell those were the natives. You know, SCP-2264-1. But the more you stared, the less human everyone seemed; some had too many limbs, some had too few - like, snake people - was similar to monsters in an old fantasy comic I read as a kid.
Sorry. Rambling. Head hurts trying to remember. [distracted] I can't move my arms or legs. What's wrong with them?
Dr. Laxmi Narang: The numbness is just a side effect of your medication. Please focus on my questions.
Agent Alexander Papadopoulos: Okay. If you say so. I remember having to pull Agent Maher away from some woman; wasn't attacking him, quite the opposite. Couldn't blame him. She had curves in all the right places - made it easy to ignore the tentacles.
So, the twelve of us stick together. Hard to not look like you're out for trouble with that many. Anyway, we wandered around the palace and it was like a labyrinth; I honestly wouldn't have been surprised if we walked into a minotaur or something. We spent most of the time descending the stairs, I think? I remember feeling like we were traveling deeper and deeper…
And then, somehow, just when we thought we had reached the bottom, we're back outside. It looked like we were in exactly the same spot as when we first entered SCP-2264-B. Hell, we could all see the palace in the distance.
But something was different. Everything was dark, drained of color. Like, we could see and all but it was a hazy gray twilight. The streets were empty and the buildings looked… ruined? Yeah. Was like the whole city was abandoned long ago. Desolate and silent; not a sound but our own footsteps.
We entered this iteration of the palace. Everything was identical, architecturally speaking.
That was when we started to hear the whispers. It spoke in a language I had never heard before. I could feel it slithering into my ear, penetrating my brain…
We… [hesitates, his eyes grow damp with tears]
Dr. Laxmi Narang: Please continue.
Agent Alexander Papadopoulos: We destroyed ourselves.
Dr. Laxmi Narang: …What?
You'd think with their utter willingness to terminate just about anything given the chance that they'd eventually comply with that poor man's request out of pity.
I really like the lore surrounding the Hanged King and Alagadda and its a shame there's no official canon. I really wanted to know more about the place.
And the idea it's a hub for entities from different places to visit is really cool and opens so many doors.
Alagadda feels like a SCP cursed wonderland.
I love how like half the comments are people appreciating the fact that he called it the Sears Tower. I agree.
The most troubling thing about the SCP Foundation is not the monsters, creatures, or items in it, it's the fact that it *could* exist in our real world, and we would never know because of the use of amnestics and all the procedures they take to keep everything secret.
Yes
If it was, then makeing a 'fictional' site for it so everyone would think it wasn't real was pure genius.
I doubt such competent organization exist
Yaaa i had this on mind
And you know the ending part of the black moon tale where the counterpart presses the button of that machine and says that a new life will start now what if that is the start to our world.
This SCP connects sooo many SCPs I love it!
Damn, they didnt mention the part where the Black Lord was a victim of a political struggle and exiled into a "dreadful dimensional backwater"...
And became SCP-035
And the "dreadful dimensional backwater" is how they called Earth?
@@maestrulgamer9695 yep. Our dimension is the backwater
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O U C H.
Edward Elric watching this video: “….I can just open the door with my hand”
Oh the first introduction of the fine fellow known as Ickis the Wayward, Wandsman of Kul-Manas - Walker of the Astral Plane, Sailor of the Celestial Sea, and Spelunker of the Dimensional Depths.
To quote the hub:
"As much as I love my dear Ickis, working the Red Zone beat has made him a fascinating combination of paranoid, over-prepared and insane. Frankly that's the most rational way to be if you want to explore some of the multiverse's more terrible places."
Alagada is probably my favorite SCP deal. The whole thing with the Yellow King and stuff is just really interesting to me.
This is the all time favorite of mine .Amazing work voicing Agent Papadopolous I felt the terrible thing he beheld.
Hold up... The yellow robes, the concealed face, the tentacles. HOLY SHIT it's Hastur!
"Blood for the Hanged King"
Who else saw the connection the moment they say the ambassador?
So the home of the Hanged King? Just let SCP 1440 into there, we all know how strong the Brothers Death is.
Given the fact that the Brothers Death don't even care about the Scarlet King or the conflict between Yaldabaoth and Mekhane, I doubt that they would play into the hands of the Foundation.
wouldn't make sense as The Brothers Death had a huge role in The Hanged King's current state
SCPE: "The list goes on and on..."
Me: "...And it goes on and on and oooooon yeah!"
As a Chicagoin I appreciate that you called it the Sears Tower
I appreciate it as someone who grew up across the lake from Chicago, and always knew it as the Sears tower. They can't ever change the name for many people.
Irrelevant to the video, why the local doesn't want to call it with its new name?
This one spooked me a bit, this one goes on the list of my favorite scps
Did you guys know that scp-035 is the former ambassador who was banished into our world as a punishment? And the new ambassador is the thing seen in tha tragedy of the hanged king? Alagadda is a beautiful place and its inhabitats are good, except the rulers.
No he was the black lord.
@@mapleflag6518 Thats incorrect, but its an easy mistake to make. : )
@@ibraheemtemur3469 SCP-035 was a court jester that was turned into the Black Lord after the King’s Hanging, not an ambassador. No idea where you got that?
As always Hunter's work is excellent.
Well, since they don't see to be actively threating us with anything but a terrible play, maybe we should just stay out. But if you REALLY want to stop The Hanged King/Ambassador of Alagadda and The King, just throw SCP-2317's door inside. If bag of holding + portable hole logic applies, they should collapse each other.
Actually from what I can tell, there’s a number of other SCPS that are connected to Alagadda and The Hanged King. In fact, SCP-035 is actually one of the four lords, more specifically The Black Lord
@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 Ooo. Now I've really invested. Thanks! Also, thanks for telling me what else we gotta throw in there before throwing in the door. XD
Anything connected to the hanged king has me hooked
This is so connected to the hanged kings Tragedy
I wonder, but I remember hearing that SCP-035 the Possessive Mask might have some relation to the city. However I’m not sure where and think it could be an interesting connection
Jesus the voice acting for this, it's amazing
YES I WAS WAITING FOR THIS ONE FOR SO LONG
What goes on in Alagadda, stays in Alegadda.
think of it as... las vegas but in dream form...
Hanged King making it's appearance again eh?
Day 105 of asking the O5 Council to use SCP-1968 to create a universe in which 682 doesn't exist.
So this SCP is actually connected to The Hanged King's Tragedy
I just really appreciate how you called our beloved Chicago Landmark by its TRUE name
Do a video about the Red Right Hand MTF Alpha 1. Love the vids.
Fun fact: It’s hinted that 035 is the Black lord of Alagadda
I think the hanged king also had to do something with this.
Seriously the foundation should go to the wanderers Library they have knowledge about all of this stuff.
Isn’t the Wanderer’s Library under the Serpent Hands control?
Appreciate you calling my city’s most famous building by it’s true & ONLY name! 😊
As soon as I saw the door I did the "horror movie fan" thing and started (**LITERALLY**) yelling **"DONT OPEN THE DOOR!! DONT OPEN THE DOOR!!!"**
and when they opened it and all the stuff happened I said **"SEE I TOLD YOU NOT TO OPEN THE DOOR....DUMBASSES!"**
These lords should be named as Nigredo, Albedo, Citrinitas and Rubedo.
Along the shore the cloud waves break,
The twin suns sink behind the lake,
The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa.
Strange is the night where black stars rise,
And strange moons circle through the skies,
But stranger still is
Lost Carcosa.
Songs that the Hyades shall sing,
Where flap the tatters of the King,
Must die unheard in
Dim Carcosa.
Song of my soul, my voice is dead,
Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed
Shall dry and die in
Lost Carcosa.-"Cassilda's Song" in The King in Yellow Act 1, Scene 2
Wow
That quote fits perfectly well for this, especially for the fact that Alagadda and The Hanged King were both inspired by The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers, which eventually became a part of the Cthulhu Mythos
@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 Exactly why I shared it. As soon as it said 'black stars', I knew where its inspiration arose from.
This could be because my version is a new copy of The King in Yellow, but the Carcosa song on the back of my book says "sinking beneath the lake" and not "sinking behind the lake" for some reason.
@@nekopuppet I think it was sinking beneath, that just makes it sound almost right, but not quite.
Jesus christ, Hunter did so well voice acting this.
As a Chicagoan, I appreciate you saying the Sears Tower and not the Willis Tower. No one will ever call it that unless it’s required formally on paper. Maybe the “new” name isn’t even known outside of the city since no one uses it, but it’s been like 13 years at least. Good! Lol
So SCP-2264 is (or was, or ought to have been) actually a Thaumiel class which kept the prime version of SCP-701-1 (which is actually classified as SCP-2264-4) contained? Until they opened the door... now it's kinda split: -A is neutralized and -B is Safe
After researching further, it looks like Marlowe did indeed take on SCP-2264-4 as his patron, the play he produced was likely SCP-701, and its explicit purpose was to manifest SCP-2264-4 / SCP-701-1 into our world to cause people to go insane and kill each other.
SCP-2264-2 mentions having encountered a "Deathless Merchant of London," and another man with the same "aura" (an ability which allows SCP-2264-2 to determine the origin of an instance of non-native instances of SCP-2264-1) as the foundation staff. SCP-2264-2 mentions the "Deathless Merchant of London" as being driven by greed and black ambition. Certainly a playwright who takes on the Ambassador of Alagadda as a patron and who ultimately produces SCP-701 fits that description nicely. The other person was implied to be the Earl.
So the question remains: Are SCP-2264-4 and SCP-701-1 the same entity? Or is 701-1 just an interdimensional avatar for 2264-4?
Wow. Who knew the Hanged King lorded over inter-dimensional Cancun?
Really love scp stories. Been considering doing a role playing game around the scp stories. Using some of different role-playing games out there like d&d or palladium games. When doing scp no limit on imagination
immediately as i saw this video i was so happy because "oh look somebody is giving alagadda attention" and then when i saw the channel.. ALAGADDA NOO DID INFOGRAPHICS PURGE YOU TOO?
aw hell yeah an Alagadda episode
My Granda, who served in the British Army had to do a period as a tower guard and to this day he says it's definitely haunt, swears he saw the ghost of Anne Boleyn. Don't give much thought to it myself, but the stories are interesting.
caught that fancy plague docter.
The Hanged King...
Oh--
Oh boy..! I see where they originated from--
Is no one gonna talk about how this seems like it's related to the Hanged Kings Tragedy? This is too elite and similar to that kind of event
Because it is related. Scroll more and you should find more discussion of it.
11:32 I'm going to say it
That's the hanged king
FINALLY! FINALLY ALAGADDA!
I am once again asking for a dedicated video on Dr clef or marshall Carter and dark ltd
This makes me wanna go to the Tower Of London and if i end up in Alagadda i'll tell you how that goes😂😂😂
This reality is the source of Mardi Gras...
Fun fact, the Wandsman is actually a group of interest
The bird guy is a Group of Interest?
@@theshellderinslowbrostail5422 not just him and you do know that he's wear a face mask right?
@@ahitfan1captaina Really? I thought The Wandsman was just that one character that’s become a reoccurring figure in Alagadda themed articles and tales. Do you know of any Wandsman themed articles?
Obviously this is Carcosa
and you have seen Hastur
"Take off your mask"
"God shaped hole"
Is a sentence that sounds wierd and terrifying, but... what does it mean?
Nothing it means nothing.
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The king of Alagadda is the Hanged King, and the SCP known as the Possessive Mask was once his jester.
Imagine you're about to meet the Ambassador and it's Hedonism Bot from Futurama 🤣🤣🤣
For a good few minutes I thought I was mistakenly watching a video from Infographic Ch.... 😅
*This... This SCP is literally Persona's Mementos...*
Nurse0013: good luck
Lucky Man: huh, wait!
*Lucky Man was killed by SCP-2264-4 in action*
Nurse0013: that was my bad
*Royal People are seen walking around*
*SCP-701-1 is seen talking*
Nurse0013: I better run!
fun fact there used to be a queen she was the sister of the hanged king, if you want to know what happened to her search goodnight miss moon
My personal theory is Alagadda is a literal dream of the hanged king and the inhabitants are merely a extension of the king in the same way in Lovecraft that all of existence is a dream of the blind idiot god. The play itself is either a nightmare or traumatic memory of the hanged king while the Ambassador is a symbol of the trauma.
Omg the ambassador is the same creature from the hanged king
Beautiful!!!
Going into a dream like realm and having your attire change and a mask forced upon your face?? hmmmm getting Persona vibes
Even the color scheme is similar lol
"Your existence is nothing more than a dying God's screams"
-man that wants to die
So alagadda is a scp version of wonderland.
No idea where this might fit in, but the four lords seem to match up with the four humors of Hippocratic medicine. Black bile, Yellow bile, Blood, and Phlegm. Black, Yellow, Red, and White, just like the lords.
Lmao everytime they found a new scp they're like "yeah that was the worse thing we've ever encountered"
The cursed play is referring to ‘McBeth’, the foundation doesn’t like talking of ‘McBeth’.
could u do a video about the history of the hanged king if you haven't already? I've seen the video about SCP-701 as well as this one and I would to see one about the history of the hanged king and alagadda
ah yes the hanged king is from alagadda
Is the black lord the possessive mask because it look kinda similar like when Percy open the doorway he killed the possessive mask and took it and then sealed it then he was killed that must be the origin of the possessive mask
it is believed so
SCP Explained, please make a video on four kings.