Exploring the SCP Foundation: The Wandsmen

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The SCP universe introduces the Wandsmen, multiversal bird creatures with teleportation abilities who record stories and distribute them, with new members learning safety rules and roles within the organization. The text delves into the experiences of various characters, including Agent Briggs, who transforms into a Wandsman after rescuing individuals from dangerous dimensions and interacting with the fourth wandswoman of chelon.

Insights

  • Wandsmen in the SCP universe, such as the Wandsmen organization, possess intricate maps enabling interdimensional travel and must exercise caution with magic, emphasizing the importance of preserving knowledge and stories while facing threats to the multiverse.
  • The narrative delves into the complex interactions within Alagadda, where the Masked Lords, the Ambassador, and the Hanged King reign, showcasing a surreal and ominous realm where entities engage in mysterious activities, blurring lines between beauty and grotesqueness, culminating in a labyrinthine palace devoid of logic and a looming sense of impending tragedy.

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Recent questions

  • What are the Wandsmen in the SCP universe?

    Multiversal bird creatures with teleportation abilities.

  • What is the purpose of the Wandsmen's maps?

    To teleport to known locations in the multiverse.

  • What challenges do the Wandsmen face in their line of work?

    Threats to the multiverse and diplomatic challenges.

  • What is the significance of the SCP Foundation's anomalous map?

    It induces teleportation and physiological alterations.

  • What is the role of the Ambassador of Alagadda in the SCP universe?

    Represents the powerful figure of the Hanged King.

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Summary

00:00

"Multiversal bird creatures protect the multiverse"

  • The SCP universe contains various groups of interest, including the Wandsmen, who are multiversal bird creatures with teleportation abilities.
  • The Wandsmen use maps to travel across dimensions, record stories, and distribute them through newspapers.
  • New Wandsmen undergo an orientation where they learn about their transformation into avian forms and the benefits it brings, such as enhanced abilities and flight.
  • Safety rules are established for Wandsmen, including protecting their names from theft and avoiding hazardous dimensions.
  • Wandsmen have different roles within the organization, such as reporters, hawkers, raptors, arbiters, cartographers, canaries, editors, each with specific responsibilities.
  • The organization operates as a cooperative, with elected leaders and partial ownership of libraries, ensuring resources are used responsibly.
  • Wandsmen must familiarize themselves with their maps, which allow teleportation to known locations in the multiverse.
  • The Wandsmen are urged to use magic cautiously, as it is a valuable tool but not a sole solution for survival in their line of work.
  • The organization faces threats to the multiverse, prompting Wandsmen to take on roles that involve exploration, diplomacy, security, and storytelling.
  • The orientation concludes with a call to action for Wandsmen to protect the multiverse, emphasizing the importance of their role in preserving knowledge and stories.

16:25

"Evacuation fleet transforms into wands men"

  • The headlining article discusses the evacuation fleet from Kar Selem, consisting of 5,327 individuals, opting to transform into wands men to ensure species survival.
  • Earth's fourth wandswoman of chelon, after establishing relations with the SCP Foundation, faces diplomatic challenges due to her open communication policy with a volatile power.
  • The Wandsmen Raptor troops achieve a crucial victory in Verdun against an invading army from Alagadda, with the help of new troops acquired by the serpent’s hand.
  • The SCP Foundation possesses an anomalous map, SCP-5917, and the cadaver of the twelfth wandsman of kirador, both returned to the wandsmen.
  • The recovered map is a brown parchment scroll with spirals and labeled points, inducing vertigo, allowing teleportation to labeled dimensions, and causing physiological alterations with prolonged use.
  • Researcher Barnes accidentally transports to dimension 12-a-3-b by reading aloud from the map, discovering a reality with giant arachnids and stolen items.
  • Briggs, partially transformed by the map, rescues civilians and agents from the Spider’s Hoard dimension, experiencing physical changes and speaking in unknown languages.
  • Briggs agrees to assist in a rescue mission in the wanderer’s library, successfully saving agents and fully transforming into a wandsman.
  • The fourth wandswoman of chelon interacts with Briggs, discussing his transformation, the map, and the value of painful memories, ultimately keeping the map.
  • A security notice confirms no formal containment procedures for Agent Briggs, highlighting the transformative capabilities of the map and the Wandsmen's cautious distribution of it.

33:06

"Alagadda: Nexus of the Hanged King"

  • The narrator writes from a bibliothecal nexus, bartering with shades to distribute their travelogue to infinite worlds.
  • In the Court of the Hanged King, the narrator recalls a flesh-bound grimoire and a porcelain mask that obscured their features.
  • The Hall of Mercurial Virtue in Alagadda blurs beauty and grotesqueness, with entities seeking boons from the Hanged King.
  • Various entities in Alagadda engage in activities like bargaining and mocking mortal faithful, with a focus on the Hanged King.
  • The Masked Lords of Alagadda, including the White, Yellow, and Red Lords, are described, with the absence of the Black Lord noted.
  • The Ambassador of Alagadda, a powerful figure representing the Hanged King, commands respect even from the Masked Lords.
  • The narrator experiences a sense of dread and encounters a sable stranger, the Ambassador, prompting a retreat.
  • The palace of Alagadda is described as a labyrinth devoid of logic, with the narrator encountering multiple versions of themselves.
  • The narrator descends into a void within Alagadda, feeling a growing terror and a warning of tragedy.
  • The text concludes with the narrator transcribing their experience as Ickis the Wayward, a Wandsman of Kul-Manas, part of a group interested in stories and knowledge.
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