Exploring the SCP Foundation: The Hanged King

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The Hanged King in the SCP Universe is inspired by Lovecraftian themes and The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers, featured in SCP-701, a play causing anomalous behavior and deaths with a connection to Alagadda, an extradimensional city. Alagadda is ruled by four masked lords, one of whom, now SCP-035, was exiled to our dimension after a political struggle, leading to the O5 council sending in a task force to locate the ambassador and the king with disastrous results.

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  • The Hanged King in the SCP Universe draws inspiration from Lovecraftian and Robert Chambers' themes, featuring in SCP-701, a play causing anomalous behavior and deaths with consistent violent outcomes.
  • Alagadda, an extradimensional city accessed through SCP-2264, showcases impossible architecture, humanoid inhabitants, and a yellow sky with black stars, ruled by four masked lords including SCP-035, with Marshall Carter and Dark as merchants, leading to a mission by the O5 council deploying Psi-9 Abyss Gazers to confront the eldritch entity and its rulers.

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  • What is the inspiration behind the Hanged King in the SCP Universe?

    The Hanged King in the SCP Universe is inspired by Lovecraftian themes and is connected to The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers.

  • What anomalous effects does SCP-701, The Hanged King's Tragedy, cause?

    Performances of SCP-701 follow a consistent pattern, leading to violent and chaotic outcomes, causing anomalous behavior and deaths.

  • What is the setting of SCP-701, The Hanged King's Tragedy?

    The play involves a plot of murder, betrayal, and revenge within a royal family set in a fantastical 14th-century Italy, leading to violent and disturbing performances.

  • How is Alagadda described in the SCP Universe?

    Alagadda is an extradimensional city accessed through an alchemical process beneath the Tower of London, featuring humanoid inhabitants, impossible architecture, and a yellow sky with black stars.

  • Who rules over Alagadda in the SCP Universe?

    The city is ruled by four masked lords advising the king, with the black lord, now SCP-035, exiled to our dimension after a political struggle, as mentioned by Marshall Carter and Dark.

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Summary

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"The Hanged King: Lovecraftian Influence in SCP"

  • The Hanged King in the SCP Universe is inspired by Lovecraftian themes and is connected to The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers.
  • The Hanged King is featured in SCP-701, a play titled The Hanged King's Tragedy, causing anomalous behavior and deaths.
  • Performances of SCP-701 follow a consistent pattern, leading to violent and chaotic outcomes.
  • The play involves a plot of murder, betrayal, and revenge within a royal family set in a fantastical 14th-century Italy.
  • SCP-701 events introduce deviations involving the mysterious kingdom of Alagadda, leading to violent and disturbing performances.
  • The King in Yellow book inspires SCP-701, featuring a mysterious play driving readers mad, similar to SCP-701's effects.
  • SCP-2264 introduces Alagadda, an extradimensional city accessed through an alchemical process beneath the Tower of London.
  • Alagadda features humanoid inhabitants, impossible architecture, and a yellow sky with black stars, referencing The King in Yellow.
  • Visitors to Alagadda experience distorted time and space perception, addictive tendencies, and encounter powerful entities.
  • The city is ruled by four masked lords advising the king, with the black lord, now SCP-035, exiled to our dimension after a political struggle.

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"Deathless merchants, dimension hopper, cursed city"

  • Marshall Carter and Dark are mentioned as deathless merchants of London driven by greed and black ambition.
  • SCP-507, the Foundation's dimension hopper, is introduced as a stranger in a strange land that vanished suddenly.
  • Sarkites, reeking of decay and embryonic fluid, are noted to have made their way to Alagadda.
  • The O5 council decides to send in a mobile task force, Psi-9 Abyss Gazers, to locate the ambassador and the king in Alagadda.
  • Twelve agents are sent in, with only one returning alive, in critical condition.
  • The surviving agent describes Alagadda as a city with dream-like logic, filled with individuals engaging in sexual pleasures.
  • The agent encounters the ambassador, an entity with no face, forcing the agents to harm themselves for its amusement.
  • SCP-701, the Hanged King, is revealed as an eldritch entity bound to his throne, with the ambassador and four masked lords ruling Alagadda.
  • A tale titled "And so the Crows Laughed" provides insight into the creation of the Hanged King and the cursed city of Alagadda.
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