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- SITRA ACHRA
- Introduction
- Terminology
- Beliefs & Sacraments
- History & Mythology
- Proto-Sarkicism
- Neo-Sarkicism
- Organisms
- Excerpts from the Valkzaron
On Sarkicism by Dr. Judith Low, Department of History - Religious GoI Threat Analysis, in cooperation with Dr. Bernhard Fashingbauer, GOC Counter-Occult Studies:
Sarkicism (derived from the Greek σάρξ, or “flesh”) is a religion/philosophy that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to "Grand Karcist Ion", its deified founder. Adherents practice ritual cannibalism, mortification of the flesh, human sacrifice, corporeal augmentation ("flesh-crafting"), dimensional manipulation, and thaumaturgy. Sarkicites also speak and write in a unique language that appears to be a syncretism of Proto-Uralic, Indo-European, and γλῶσσαχάος("Chaos-Tongue"; a poorly understood language that lacks any known human equivalent) but primarily Proto-Uralic.
The speculated goals of Sarkicism represent an SK-class dominance shift with the possibility of an XK-class end-of-the-world scenario. Disease, particularly cancer, is viewed as a divine blessing and Sarkic shrines have been discovered with offerings of swollen lymph nodes and tumorous growths. A convenient belief, as Sarkicites appear to be highly resistant or even immune to disease – increasing the likelihood of a biological attack.
Practitioners of Sarkicism (or Sarkicites) do not refer to themselves as "Sarkic" - the term a pejorative employed by the ancient Mekhanites (predecessor the Church of the Broken God) for their enemies. Presumed as their true name, it was adopted by the Global Occult Coalition and later by the Foundation as part of Project: Sitra Achra. It is now known that Sarkicites refer to their belief system as Nälkä1.
Through adopting Mekhanite terminology, the Foundation and GOC have unwittingly perpetuated the "FLESH/MEKHANE" cosmic narrative of the CotBG. Although this "FLESH" is theorized to be related to Sarkicism, the two should not be considered equivalent. However, in light of recent events associated with SCP-████, Project: Sitra Achra is in the process of improving relations with moderate CotBG sects. While this document aims to recognize and correct previously errors, its terminology is to remain relatively unchanged.
Titles and Hierarchy:
- Karcist
- The spiritual and secular leaders among Sarkic organizations. Karcists are considered biologically immortal and vary in form2 and anomalous ability. It is theorized that they are able to control their Halkost via the release of complex pheromones.
- Klavigar
- Roughly analogous to a saint. The names of four Klavigar are presently known.
- Vergaas
- The lowest rank of the Sarkic hierarchy. Adherents who do not descend from a Sarkic bloodline begin at this level.
- Vend
- A middling rank of the Sarkic Hierarchy. Have a degree of power and protection unlike the Vergaas.
Scripture:
- Eluvanklaas
- A grimoire referenced by Sarkic documents. Its exact purpose remains unknown.
- Ioitsu-Vith
- A Sarkic grimoire recovered from SCP-2191. Believed to include instructions on how to summon an "Archon". Partially translated.
- Sone
- Designates a book or section of Sarkic scripture, such as the Valkzaron.
- Valkzaron
- A Sarkic grimoire recovered from Adytum's Wake. Appears to detail the history, dogma, and rituals related to early Sarkicism. Partially translated.
- Zsen-Vh'adhru
- A grimoire referenced by Sarkic documents. Its exact purpose remains unknown.
Phenomena/Ritual:
- Halkost
- Or "hive"; the group of anomalous organic entities controlled by a Karcist.
- Lihaaskur
- Corporeal modification or "flesh crafting".
- Nyúz
- Similar to the Chinese lingchi (often translated as death by a thousand cuts, the lingering death, or slow slicing), the Rite of Nyúz involves the methodical removal of portions of the body over an extended period of time, eventually resulting in the death.
- Valtaak
- Or "authority"; the controlling influence of a Karcist over their Halkost.
- Z'alkun
- A ritual (and potentially literal) metamorphosis resulting in the creation of a Karcist.
Sacred Organisms:
- Akuloth
- A symbiotic organism that acts as a secondary immune system for its host, as well as denoting the host as Sarkic - functioning much as a biological means of identification among Sarkicites. May be involved in the Z'alkun.
- Vultaas
- Also known as "Archons". Otherworldly entities in service to a god whose "flesh was shaped into Ion's Throne.” Their existence remains indeterminate and may be entirely mythological.
- Kiraak
- An organic, biologically living structure used as a temple. The Foundation presently has a deceased instance (SCP-2095) in containment but other, possibly living instances are theorized to exist across the world.
Locations:
- Adytum/Ädi-um
- "A city of unnumbered, unspeakable crimes" according to the ancient Mekhanites. Considered the capital of Sarkicism, it remains unknown if the location still exists in some form.
- Kurst
- "The first to fall so that He might rise"; said to be the first kingdom to fall to Adytum and having become symbolic of the inevitable defeat of those who stand in opposition to Sarkicism.
- Kythera
- Kythera is a location that appears in both Sarkic and Church of the Broken God scripture. The Valkzaron3 describes the conquest of Kythera and the conversion of its people. The Maxwellian Book of Horrors associates the location with a prophesied NK-class end-of-the-world scenario.
Sarkic cults, at least those presently known, do not suffer sectarian division. While differences exist, they are fundamentally differences of culture - not belief. Thus Sarkicism, in all its iterations, is of a single creed whose core beliefs include concepts such as apotheosis4, substance monism5, theophagy6, and existential nihilism.
The earliest7 archaeological evidence for Sarkicism is SCP-2095, an organic temple complex on the Greek island of Gyaros has been dated to approximately 1000–1200 BCE but artifacts8 and scattered, obscure references9 may place their origins as far back as 1500-1800 BCE. Scrolls discovered within contain phrases and terms archetypal to Sarkic cults, including references to a "Grand Karcist Ion". Early Mekhanite documents paint this entity as more opportunist than religious leader, constructing the cult to serve its own personal ambitions but this may easily be propaganda. Ion, if still alive, represents a high level reality bender and has been classified as PoI-9310.
Little is known about the Grand Karcist, "Sorcerer-King of Adytum", all information being in the form of deification or demonization and lacking in factual reliability. The Valkzaron refers to Ion as having been born to a Daevite mother and sired by a concubinus father - implying that males born of such unions were destined for slavery. The exact nature of Ion's bondage is unknown but his supposed intellect suggests that he was not used for combat or manual labor, perhaps serving under an alchemist or priestess.
It is remains unknown which came first: Ion's doctrine or his revolution. If these events are grounded in reality, it is possible that the religion developed in coincidence with the slave revolt. In his mission, Ion was aided by four saint-like figures known as the klavigar - figures of reverence and supposed disciples of Ion.
Klavigar Hagiography:
Seal of NADOX.
Associated with intelligence, wisdom, perception, and mysteries. Epithets include: the Tongueless Speaker, Lord of Mysteries, the All-Seeing, and the Anticipation of Ion. Once a sage in the southernmost region of Daevite influence, he preached a philosophy of peace and equality, building a following among the impoverished.
Agitating the Daeva, he was captured and publicly tortured - the poor he had tried to help now hurling stones upon him. Before the crowd of hundreds, "drunk and atrocious in their stupidity", a Daeva priestess cut off his tongue, sewed shut his mouth, and had him emasculated11. Rather than having Nadox executed, they instead had him "marked" - a symbol placed upon the forehead. Impossible to remove, the symbol designated him as a "Sufferer" - one who the people were required, by the Daeva's decree, to forever torment but never kill.
Nadox wandered the land as a pariah; denied refuge and safe passage; struck with rocks and slashed with knives - all by the people he had hoped to save.
It is written that he beheld a prophet while suffering a fever dream; a messianic entity, that could rescue him, and humanity, from an existence of "suffering and tears". Nadox would travel north, in search of this savior, █ ██████ ███ ████ ██ █████ █ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █ ██ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ██ █████ █ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ██ █████ █ ██ ██ █████ ███ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ██ ██ ███ █ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ██ █████ █ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ██ █████ █ ██ ███████ ███ ███ █████ █ ██ ███ █ ██ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █ ██ ███ ███ ███ ████ ██ █████ █ ██ ███████ ███ ███ █
Seal of LOVATAAR.
Associated with sex, eroticism, pleasure, motherhood, disease, and unrestrained reproduction (breeding, cancers, growth, etc.). Epithets include: the One Whom Ion Most Desired, the Highblood Redeemer, and the Mother (on rare occasion "Brood" or "Hive" Mother). ███ ███ ████ ██ ██ ███ █ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ██ █████ █ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ██ █████ █ ██ ███████ ███ ███ █████ █ ██ ███ █ ██ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █ ██ ███ ███ ███ ████ ██ █████ █ ██ ███████ ███ ███ █
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Seal of OROK.
A figure of reverence and supposed disciple of Ion. Associated with strength, war, violence, wilderness, hunting and, seemingly in contradiction, loyalty and revolt. Epithets include: the Horned Beast, the Brute Lord, and the Pale Hunter.
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Seal of SAARN.
A figure of reverence and supposed disciple of Ion. Associated with darkness, secrecy, deception, poison, assassination, and justice (or jaka12). Epithets include: the Whisperer, the Coiled Shadow, the Faceless One, and the Judgment of Ion.
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"Yaldabaoth"13 is regarded by Sarkicites as the most powerful entity in the cosmos. Despite being viewed with reverence, Yaldabaoth is not worshiped and treated as subservient to Ion in some manner. Translated fragments of the Valkzaron suggests that Ion has in somehow usurped this entity, wearing the flesh of the "God-Eater" as a sort of armor. As with all things related to Sarkicism, it is difficult to discern reality from myth.
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Individual orders vary by region but can be divided into two primary14 types: Proto-Sarkicism and Neo-Sarkicism. These do not represent divergent beliefs but rather, environmental adaptations.
Practitioners of Proto-Sarkicism do not operate in the open unless a location is significantly isolated. Such sects display acute technophobia and eschew modernity, willing to go so far as destroy or disable advanced electronics when encountered15.
Known Orders:
Draga Negrescu, a village elder, midwife, and Solomonari from the Hoia Forest.
A Sarkic stronghold16, since classified as SCP-████, was discovered in the Southern Carpathians and is believed to be the heart of the Solomonari cult.
At the present, the Solomonari lack leadership and its followers simply practice the faith primarily out of tradition. However, evidence discovered at SCP-████ and SCP-2191 suggest that the Solomonari remained highly influential, albeit secretive, until the 15th century - possibly destroyed by John Hunyadi, a leading Hungarian military and political figure. Several boyars of Wallachia and Moldavia, as well as the Gutkeled clan of Hungarian nobles, are now believed to have been under the control of the Solomonari. The Gutkeled clan may in fact descend from a Solomonari bloodline.
It remains debatable whether modern practitioners should be considered true Solomonari, in event of what has been learned at SCP-████. Most are located in isolated pockets throughout the Carpathians, with little to no connection with one another. The religion, in its current state, is an amalgam of local folk traditions and Solomonari blood rituals17.
Members of GoI-0251.
The Hathan18 are a primarily nomadic Proto-Sarkic sect, active throughout the Sahara. It is difficult to divide their faith from their violent crimes as they are better known for their raids of small communities. A propensity for child kidnapping, they have long served as "boogeymen" in the cautioning tales told to children by parents.
A peripatetic nature has rendered the cult difficult to study but the recent discovery of SCP-████ has revealed that they do indeed represent an anomalous threat. Furthermore, the organization may be Carthaginian in origin based on the archaeological findings at SCP-████. There may also exist a link to the "Minoan conspirators", referenced in documents found at SCP-2095, and descriptions of a horned "archon"19.
Followers of the Church of the Red Harvest.
The Church of the Red Harvest were discovered at SCP-2133 in 1936 by GRU Division "P". The Foundation became aware of the sect shortly after gaining control of SCP-2133 following the dissolution of the USSR.
SCP-2133 is an unnamed village located in the northern Ural Mountains, its denizens the only known members of the Church of the Red Harvest. The church practices a regeneration ritual, their recent dead harvested as newborns from the turnip fields found throughout SCP-2133. Members refer to the regenerative process as a part of an "old covenant", one that cannot be broken and is to last until the return of "paradise" (Adytum).
It is currently believed that the Church of the Red Harvest is directly controlled by a Karcist ("Karcist Alka") located in a subterranean dwelling beneath the nearby mountains, connected to the village by a series of tunnels accessible via the village church.
A Vātula sadhu in meditation.
The Vātula (Sanskrit: वातुल) were initially mistaken for Aghori20 due to several, superficially similar rituals. Known to the Foundation since 1969, a Sarkic connection was only established in 2010 through extensive research.
The Vātula command fear and respect among the rural poor in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab, and Gujarat. They trace their origins to Karcist Vaski, who they claim arrived from the northwest - granting them his blessing and spreading a virulent plague to their enemies.
Neo-Sarkicism displays only a superficial resemblance to historical and current Proto-Sarkic sects. Whereas Proto-Sarkicism is isolated and archaic, bound by superstition and taboo, Neo-Sarkicism embraces modernity. Whereas Proto-Sarkicism is fragmented (each group existing in a vacuum), Neo-Sarkicism is cosmopolitan and unified.
It remains unknown whether Neo-Sarkic cults represent a relatively recent development or a willing evolution of Proto-Sarkic sects. Neo-Sarkicites display no qualms with technology and may be found in heavily populated locations, their daily lives differing little from others of their culture and social status.
Known Orders:
Members of Adytum's Wake, 1916.
Active throughout the Northeastern United States, Adytum's Wake is thought to be the oldest Sarkic organization in North America with evidence of their existence dating as far back as 1650. The organization was presumably destroyed on November 28, 1952 but not before the creation of SCP-2480 - considered by the founders of Project: Sitra Achra to represent the "first shots" of what would become a complex and invisible conflict.
Cornelius P. Bodfel III, a millionaire industrialist with an acute interest in the occult, was the acting leader of Adytum's Wake until his death in 1952. Dismissed by the Foundation in 1932 as merely another "decadent social club", their anomalous capabilities were not recognized until the November 28, 1952 incident.
A symbol associated with the Red Lantern Society.
Otari "Zver'" Ivankov (AKA "Karcist Serad"), leader of the Black Lodge.
GoI-0432 is an anomalous criminal cult primarily active in the post-Soviet states. Known as "The Hunter's Black Lodge" (or simply the "Black Lodge"), GoI-0432 has been linked to extortion, murder, robbery, gambling, prostitution, human trafficking, drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, and underground fighting rings. While these activities are not inherently anomalous, the anomalous capabilities of GoI-0432 has had an aberrant effect on their practice.
The Foundation first became aware of the Black Lodge on 03/22/1998 after receiving a tip from informants in INTERPOL. Further investigation uncovered GoI-0432 related documents from the recently dissolved GRU Division "P", later corroborated by former members. It appears that GRU Division "P" was unable to fully contain or neutralize the threat presented by the Black Lodge, with one source describing them as a "hydra" - the organization thought neutralized on several occasions only for it to reappear months later, "stronger than before". Victims of the Black Lodge have been discovered impaled, penetrated by large organic spines21 - the decedents commonly showing evidence of ritual cannibalism.
- SK-BIO Type A
- Colloquially referred to as "behemoths" by personnel. Over 4 meters tall, weighing approximately 7,000 kg, with pale, flabby skin. Lack visible eyes, ears, and noses - their faces dominated by a large toothy mouth. The first recorded instance of an SK-BIO Type A was SCP-2480-2. They appear to be of limited intelligence.
- SK-BIO Type B
- Generally 1.5 to 2 meters tall and weigh approximately 250 kg. Mouths are vertical, running the length of what approximates a face, and their spindly fingers end in 50 to 60 cm talons. Bodies are partially protected by a white, chitinous carapace - the flesh beneath black and visible at movable joints.
- SK-BIO Type Γ
- Also classified as SCP-2191-1. SK-BIO Type Γ are considered genetically human but have undergone several significant, seemingly fatal mutations. SK-BIO Type Γ lack all major internal organs with the exception of the lungs, heart, and brain stem. The outer epidermis lacks pigmentation and displays a condition resembling cracked porcelain, possibly related to Harlequin syndrome. Entities appear androgynous, lacking or having somehow removed secondary sex characteristics. Their regressed eyes are covered by a layer of skin, rendering them mostly blind but still able to react to light (universally displaying aversion to wavelengths > 100 nm). Further deviations from baseline homo sapiens include especially flat, upturned noses, and funnel-shaped ears; both considered related to their dependency on olfactory and auditory perception. They do not appear to communicate via language, the only sound produced being a persistent clicking of the tongue – speculated to be a form of echolocation.
- SK-BIO Type Δ
- Colloquially referred to as "snatchers" by personnel. Prehensile organic structures, dark red in color and with a tentaculoid shape. SK-BIO Type Δ are sedentary and used by Sarkicites to guard specific locations.
Excerpts from the Valkzaron:
As Orok said to the Kytherans: "Power is made from the pain of the fragile. Here weakness dies. Here strength is born. I exert myself, a pale reflection of Ion's sacrifice of flesh to the intolerable force, and shed frailty's husk. I commune with my akuloth core - my sacred metamorphosis complete."
Sone Szusk, 3:21
The Wound, cut from the flesh of totality - deep, it severed the line of future and past. Drawn to its ancient fester, gods swarmed as flies to a corpse. We waited within bloodless veins, faithful to that which we could not know - unable to imagine that we might become their greater.
Here, we slept - until our souls became flesh.
Sone Alku 1:06
And Ion held six fingers aloft and upon their spears did the soldiers impale themselves. "For you!" they cried before the blood drowned their words. And Ion said, "Now do you see?" And Nadox wept, as more did skewer themselves in Ion's name, for he had seen and now knew the truth of his words.
Sone Suraas
The swineherd prostrated himself before the Sorcerer-King and asked, "Grand Karcist. I speak for the men of the cold-marsh. We fear the red lanterns that dance without harmony."
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