SCP-2264 - In the Court of Alagadda (SCP Animation) 

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"He begged to be killed, a request that was denied" is the most SCP sounding sentence I've ever heard

"Your existence is nothing but an echo of a dying God's screams." is a genuinely terrifying quote.

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.

D-Class : *gets killed without any consent or knowledge* Foundation Personal : *requests to be killed, is denied*

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.

You know what's more sad than any scp... The fact I can't cure the pestilence 😐

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.

“Sears Tower” Chicagoan: Damn straight.

I love it when there's interconnected SCPs. it really helps flesh out the lore.

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.

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 love how this is literally just an SCP to give context to The Hanged Kings Tragedy

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.)

Addition to this : SCP 035 is the Black Lord after its bannishment

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

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!!!

Whoever voices these is incredible. His transitions, the way he constructs his sentences, and that soothing ass tone are just marvellous to listen to

Hold up, that crowd crying at the beginninh is highly inaccurate. Executions were treated like festivals back then lol

I kept thinking of The King In Yellow once the humanoid form on the throne was shone.

BLOOD FOR THE HANGED KING

Alagadda feels like a SCP cursed wonderland.

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.

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? 🤗

"Sears Tower". You're absolutely correct. It will ALWAYS be that name!

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.

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.

Hold up... The yellow robes, the concealed face, the tentacles. HOLY SHIT it's Hastur!

I love how like half the comments are people appreciating the fact that he called it the Sears Tower. I agree.

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.

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.

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

So the home of the Hanged King? Just let SCP 1440 into there, we all know how strong the Brothers Death is.

This SCP connects sooo many SCPs I love it!

Anything connected to the hanged king has me hooked

Edward Elric watching this video: “….I can just open the door with my hand”

"Blood for the Hanged King" Who else saw the connection the moment they say the ambassador?

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.

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.

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

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

This is so connected to the hanged kings Tragedy

As a Chicagoin I appreciate that you called it the Sears Tower

Seriously the foundation should go to the wanderers Library they have knowledge about all of this stuff.

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.

SCPE: "The list goes on and on..." Me: "...And it goes on and on and oooooon yeah!"

So this SCP is actually connected to The Hanged King's Tragedy

Fun fact, the Wandsman is actually a group of interest

Fun fact: It’s hinted that 035 is the Black lord of Alagadda

I just really appreciate how you called our beloved Chicago Landmark by its TRUE name

As always Hunter's work is excellent.

These lords should be named as Nigredo, Albedo, Citrinitas and Rubedo.

YES I WAS WAITING FOR THIS ONE FOR SO LONG

This is the all time favorite of mine .Amazing work voicing Agent Papadopolous I felt the terrible thing he beheld.

"God shaped hole" Is a sentence that sounds wierd and terrifying, but... what does it mean?

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?

Do a video about the Red Right Hand MTF Alpha 1. Love the vids.

This one spooked me a bit, this one goes on the list of my favorite scps

For a good few minutes I thought I was mistakenly watching a video from Infographic Ch.... 😅

Jesus christ, Hunter did so well voice acting this.

I am once again asking for a dedicated video on Dr clef or marshall Carter and dark ltd

Jesus the voice acting for this, it's amazing

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

So alagadda is a scp version of wonderland.

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?

Appreciate you calling my city’s most famous building by it’s true & ONLY name! 😊

Wow. Who knew the Hanged King lorded over inter-dimensional Cancun?

FINALLY! FINALLY ALAGADDA!

The Hanged King... Oh-- Oh boy..! I see where they originated from--

This reality is the source of Mardi Gras...

caught that fancy plague docter.

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.

Omg the ambassador is the same creature from the hanged king

Beautiful!!!

“Sears Tower” damn straight it’s called the Sears Tower!

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

This makes me wanna go to the Tower Of London and if i end up in Alagadda i'll tell you how that goes😂😂😂

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

aw hell yeah an Alagadda episode

I was wondering when my favorite SCP would get a video.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Alagadda a breeding ground for pattern screamers?

Imagine you're about to meet the Ambassador and it's Hedonism Bot from Futurama 🤣🤣🤣

Obviously this is Carcosa and you have seen Hastur "Take off your mask"

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

Scp 701 , scp 35 , scp 49 Could someone make a story about these SCPs in the City of Alagadda And I know that SCP 35 is The black Lord and used to be the court jester of Alagadda

Going into a dream like realm and having your attire change and a mask forced upon your face?? hmmmm getting Persona vibes

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

*This... This SCP is literally Persona's Mementos...*

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!"**

11:32 I'm going to say it That's the hanged king

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.

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.

SCP Explained, please make a video on four kings.

Nice vid keep it up

This was a good one.

The cursed play is referring to ‘McBeth’, the foundation doesn’t like talking of ‘McBeth’.