CAELI GRATIA
From the EMPEROR, a PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS ███ has voluntarily submitted to Our rule,
AND WHEREAS from said ███ a written declaration of Our Sovereignty over SCP-CN-008-2 has reached our Court,
KNOW YE THAT We of Our Imperial grace do, by this Proclamation, hereby advance and prefer our loyal and trusty ███, to the Title and Honour of the King of SCP-CN-008-2, and we do grant and give the said Title and Honour of the King of SCP-CN-008-2 unto the said ███ and heirs lawfully begotten,
AND THAT We do hereby require and command First Privy Scholar O5-CN-1 and Privy Scholar of Wenyuan O5-CN-12, that Imperial Ambassadors shall be arranged to present ███ with kingly regalia,
AND THAT We do hereby constitute and appoint Scholar Yao ██ Minister Resident in
SCP-CN-008-2, who shall be command of a retinue of ten thousand men,
AND THAT We do hereby authorize said Minister Resident to control the foreign relations and military of SCP-CN-008-2, but nothing unauthorized above, in the policies of SCP-CN-008-2,
AND THAT We do hereby require and command the King of SCP-CN-008-2 to assume the duties of a vassal King, AND THAT We do hereby allow normal trade from SCP-CN-008-2 to Our court,
AND THAT We do hereby warn that the people of SCP-CN-008-2 shall not breach their borders without authorization, nor start border wars, as otherwise they would have committed an act of Treason and shall be punished with the Imperial Might,
AND THAT We do hereby allow this Proclamation to be distributed for the knowledge of all subjects,
On the Day █ of the Month █, in the Year ████ of the Reign of the Foundation.
SCP-CN-008, during its dormant period, stored in Relic Containment Center
Item #: SCP-CN-008
Object Class: Keter Safe
Special Containment Procedures: The possession of SCP-CN-008 has been transferred to Former Foundation Agent ███, who has become SCP-CN-008-1. Armed Storage Containment Area CN-08 has been established at the current residence of ███ for the containment of SCP-CN-008. 10000 armed personnel with military background, with voluntarily implanted remote-controlled explosive device at necks, form the members of Mobile Task Force Alpha-8 "Force of Emperor"「帝力」 , which is stationed within Armed Storage Containment Area CN-08. The Project Director must keep SCP-CN-008-4 on his or her person, logging down any update in its content daily. The existence of SCP-CN-008-4 must be kept secret from SCP-CN-008-3.
The water body outside of SCP-CN-008-2, which constitutes 100 km2 of water surface, is disguised as a military closed zone. Non-Foundation personnel are to be strictly denied entry. Unauthorized trespassers are to be issued Class-C amnestics before release. All personnel stationed at SCP-CN-008-2 should be wearing historical Chinese clothing (Hanfu, Zhou dynasty to Ming dynasty). Other than exceptional cases, no modern items should be allowed in sight of SCP-CN-008-3, to prevent them gaining knowledge of the modern world. Agents should be dispatched to SCP-CN-008-2 for propaganda and education of SCP-CN-008-3, with the cover identity of Confucian scholar-officials. The education of SCP-CN-008-3 should focus on obedience to the Foundation, birth control and pacifism. All seeds, agricultural products and livestock sold to SCP-CN-008-3 have been neutered and/or rendered sterile, in order to control food access by SCP-CN-008-3. In addition, the trends of general public opinion and actions of high-ranked officials among SCP-CN-008-3 should be regularly monitored. Unless an SCP-CN-008-3 instance has the intention to betray SCP-CN-008-1, or attempts to exit SCP-CN-008-2, the actions of SCP-CN-008-3 should not be hindered.
If Mobile Task Force(s) are unable to prevent SCP-CN-008-3 from exiting SCP-CN-008-2, a containment breach is deemed to have occurred. SCP-CN-008-1's implanted explosive device would be immediately triggered to explode, while other stationed personnel should be on alert until SCP-CN-008 selects another person as SCP-CN-008-1 and restarts its cycle.
Description: SCP-CN-008 is an indestructible crown of variable shape. It assumes an appearance based on the wearer's ethnic background. In all its appearances, SCP-CN-008-3 bears the minimalist silhouette representation of a flying seagull holding a key in its beak.
When a human individual (referred to as SCP-CN-008-1) wears SCP-CN-008, the area 10 km2 centered on SCP-CN-008-1 would become SCP-CN-008-1's kingdom (referred to as SCP-CN-008-2). Within SCP-CN-008-2, 500 to 10000 humanoids of random age and sex would be generated (referred to as SCP-CN-008-3). SCP-CN-008-3, when generated, only have knowledge characteristic of the feudal period), but imparting knowledge through knowledge is possible. SCP-CN-008-3 can also engage in reproduction to increase in number. At first generation, all SCP-CN-008-3 are fully loyal to SCP-CN-008-3, but changes are possible based on the quality of SCP-CN-008-1's rule. Simultaneous to the generation of SCP-CN-008-3, a thread-binded book (referred to as SCP-CN-008-4) generates in the hand of SCP-CN-008-1. SCP-CN-008-4 has, on its cover, the same seagull pattern as on SCP-CN-008. The content of SCP-CN-008-4 updates every day, and chronicles the rule of SCP-CN-008-1. )
Experiments have shown that SCP-CN-008-3 and SCP-CN-008-4 are both indestructible along with SCP-CN-008. SCP-CN-008-3 can die only in the case of damage from each other, suicide, hunger, old age, and autogenous disease of unknown causes. The death rate of SCP-CN-008-3 is similar to that during the feudal period. The culture of SCP-CN-008-3 is highly correlated with the ethnic background of SCP-CN-008-1. However, independent of the personal religious belief of SCP-CN-008-1, SCP-CN-008-3 always venerates a nameless deity, depicted with a body of a bird, a head of a loong (East Asian dragon), and holding a key in its mouth. SCP-CN-008-3 conduct rituals of veneration with jade utensils and milled rice, which they place on mats weaved from Themeda as offerings. Studies have shown similarities to deities from the ancient record [DATA EXPUNGED].
Once SCP-CN-008 is worn, there is no known method to remove it other than the death of SCP-CN-008-1. The civilization of SCP-CN-008-2 displays, in its politics and culture, one year's worth of change in one day. According to the content of SCP-CN-008-4, before containment, 20 activations of SCP-CN-008. The longest dynasty was maintained for 732 days, while the shortest was 10 days. Afterwards, the dynasty declines from mismanagement by SCP-CN-008-1, causing, eventually, the death of SCP-CN-008-1.
At the death of SCP-CN-008-1, SCP-CN-008-3 and SCP-CN-008-4 both erode into loess. SCP-CN-008 enters an dormant period of between 30 days and 50 years, during which wearing SCP-CN-008 does not activate its anomaly. Afterwards, at a random point in time, it would teleport to the head of a random human individual within the 10 km2 area centered on SCP-CN-008. No intervening objects are known to be able to prevent this teleportation. This action is henceforth referred to as "coronation" (n.) or "crown" (v.). Both coronation and a human actively placing SCP-CN-008 on his/her head after the end of the dormant period triggers ths start of a new cycle, during which SCP-CN-008-3 do not retain memories from previous cycles.
The dynasties of SCP-CN-008, with some exceptions, usually undergoes five phases: establishment, expansion, stagnation, decline and fall.
- Establishment: SCP-CN-008-1 must establish rules during this period when SCP-CN-008-3 remain most loyal; otherwise the realm will, through lawlessness, enter the fall phase directly.
- Expansion: If the laws and reign of SCP-CN-008-1 enjoys high support among it's subjects, while intending to invade non-SCP-CN-008-2 regions, the expansion phases starts. SCP-CN-008-3 will actively participate in military actions of SCP-CN-008-1. Due to the indestructibility of SCP-CN-008-3, non-anomalous humans often cannot resist the invasion of SCP-CN-008-3, while the occupied land is incorporated within SCP-CN-008-2, with the creation of additional instances of SCP-CN-008-3. The largest area of occupied lands observed to date is [DATA EXPUNGED] km2. Formation of different interest groups among SCP-CN-008-3, in cooperation with the reign of SCP-CN-008-1, is common during this period.
- Stagnation: SCP-CN-008-1's rule enters conflict with the SCP-CN-008-3 interest groups. SCP-CN-008-1 rules in coalition with loyalist SCP-CN-008-3, countering the impact of interest groups, which reduce administrative efficiency, but allows SCP-CN-008-1 with a certain amount of authority and power to rule.
- Decline: The escalation of political conflict inhibits the effectiveness of political edicts. The area of SCP-008-2 reduces, unrest among SCP-CN-008-3 towards SCP-CN-008-1 increases, local polities outside the control of SCP-CN-008-1 form.
- Fall: The Court falls entirely in control of powerful ministers, while local warlords engage in wars with each other. Popular support of the government is low and revolts are common. In the end, SCP-CN-008-1 would die from one of usurpation by powerful ministers, fallout from warlord infighting, or popular revolt.
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Abstract of records from SCP-CN-008-4, relating to the rise and fall of dynasties:
Dynasty: 1st Dynasty
Length of existence: 10 days
Synopsis: The records of the first SCP-CN-008-1 are unclear. SCP-CN-008-4 describes him as "One of an apotheosized group". He and his associates looted the "Execution Grounds of the Dead" and obtained the "Relic of Rulership", thus acknoledged with the title of "God of the Rise and Fall of Nations". During activation of SCP-CN-008, he abused his power with SCP-CN-008-3, causing his associates to become dissatisfied, resulting in infighting that caused the "engulfment by the Dead" of everything related to him, including his name.
Dynasty: 4th Dynasty, or MC&D Dynasty
Length of existence: 37 days
Synopsis: SCP-CN-008 was purchased by Marshall, Carter & Dark, whose company manager activated SCP-CN-008. SCP-CN-008-1 regarded SCP-CN-008-3 as slaves and attempted to accrue wealth, causing a revolt by SCP-CN-008-3 which killed the SCP-CN-008-1.
Dynasty: 10th Dynasty
Length of existence: 732 days
Synopsis: SCP-CN-008 crowned a historian as SCP-CN-008-1, who instituted enfeoffment and establishment of vassal states. While this extended the age of the nation, SCP-CN-008-1 was unable to maintain control over the vassal states. The failure of SCP-CN-008-1's political system reform caused the complete loss of central authority. Vassal states attacked and annexed each other, until a new unified government forms and executes SCP-CN-008-1.
Dynasty: 19th dynasty, or Chaos Dynasty
Length of existence: 389 days
Synopsis: The hostile GOI Chaos Insurgency (Chinese branch) seized control of SCP-CN-008 and declared war to the Foundation (Chinese branch). The Foundation was unable to mount a useful defense, and nearly all Sites were occupied. When the Chaos Insurgency forces breached the defences of Site-CN-01, where the O5-CN council was located, Agent ███ activated SCP-CN-███ with the sacrifice of [DATA EXPUNGED] and killed SCP-CN-008-1, with which the Foundation counterattacked and recaptured lost Sites. 30 days later, SCP-CN-008 crowned Agent ███.
Dynasty: 20th dynasty, or Foundation Dynasty
Length of existence: Extant
Synopsis: After studies of SCP-CN-008-4, Foundation historians, using the stable constitutional monarchies of Great Britain and Japan as blueprint, designed the long-term containment protocols of SCP-CN-008. The O5-CN council, by application to O5-9 as executor of SCP-CN-001, established suzerainty over SCP-CN-008-2 under the front of "The Great Empire of the Foundation". O5-9 orders SCP-CN-008-1 to relocate the realm and its people to ██ Island in the Wanshan Islands, Guangdong, where containment was established. In accordance with the containment protocol, the Foundation gradually reforms SCP-CN-008-1 as a figurehead monarch with religious roles, while establishing power within a parliament formed by SCP-CN-008-3. As of date, SCP-CN-008 has existed for over 1████ days, with a properly functioning regime.
TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY
From:
Your humble servant, O5-CN-1, First Privy Scholar;
Your humble servant, O5-CN-12, Privy Scholar of Wenyuan;
Your humble servant, Yao ██, Scholar, Minister Resident in SCP-CN-008-2;
Your humble servant, ███ FS, King of SCP-CN-008-2.
May it please Your Imperial Majesty,
Your humble servants are replying to Your proclamation on the completion of Area CN-08 and it's defense force of ten thousand. Since the vassalization of Your humble servant King ███, Your especial Grace has blessed the lands of this kingdom with prosperity and plentitude. Your humble subjects wish to espress their gratitude.
Your humble servants understand that the construction of Area CN-08 has occupied large amounts of resources. From its completion, Your subjects with their bodies hard as stone have been compliant to the righteous rule of the Celestial Empire. It is only that while Your subjects are awed at the Celestial Imperial Army and their strength, the Army with none to do spends their supply aimlessly.
Your humble servants hereby propose that Area-CN-08 be additionally employed to contain anomalous items disobeying the Imperial will, such that the Army has its own mission, while Your subjects can also be recruited with their bodies hard as stone and will unbendable as steel.
Your humble servants request Your wisdom.
We have the honour to remain Your most humble servants.
Day █ of the Month █, in the Year ████ of the Reign of the Foundation..
Approved. O5-9
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