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The history and its interpretations of SCP-073/Cain.
Possible Origins[]
Project PARAGON[]
Cain was born the first son of Lilith and the powerful reality-bender named Adam el Asem of the Children of the Sun, also known as Homo aeturnus, and lived alongside his brothers Able and Seth in the flying city of Audapaupadopolis which was reigned over by their father. Cain was apparently a known skilled warrior as he and his brother Able assisted their father in protecting Audapaupadopolis from their enemies such as the Faeries, and helped in the creation of the very first language Audapaupadopolisian.
After Adam transformed a star into a powerful crown which would become known as the Crown of Apollyon, he and his elder sons became obsessed with it. Both Cain and Abel became so obsessed with the crown that they each organized revolts to overthrow their father and become the new ruler of Audapaupadopolis. This led to Able fighting Cain over the crown, but when the former decided to make peace with his brother Cain instead killed Able. Cain soon regretted this and brought Able's body to their father in order to bring him back to life. Adam was able to accomplish this, but not before punishing Cain by ripping his limbs and cursing him by making all plant life die around Cain and giving him perfect memory so he would never forget what he had done, while locking Abel inside his coffin.
Cain decided to leave Audapaupadopolis which was then attacked and mostly destroyed by the Children of the Night who were sent by the faeries in order to capture Adam. Thanks to him being the very first and best scholar at the time Cain helped create the very first languages which were known as the Canaanite languages, and during his time through history Cain met a powerful sorcerer of the House of Malidraug named Methuselah, but was absent in most of history regarding the House of Apollyon.
Charon[]
Cain, originally named Arakur, was one of the ancient humans living in the first universe known as the First Hytoth. However, when the powerful entity known as Apakht began destroying the entire universe, Cain joined his brother Eabani (Able) and their two friends, Ninkigal (SCP-232-ARC) and Giringeme (SCP-353) to help stop Apakht from killing everyone. Eventually, Cain was able to create a lock which they used it to imprison Apakht and allow the universe to rebuild into the Second Hytoth. Although they were able to trap Apakht within the lock, each of them also became connected with the being, granting them immortality, along with unique special abilities, while most of their people died as a result of universe's reconstruction. As a result of their heroic act, the four of them became known as guardians of the Sumer, but because they were now cursed as result of Apakht, they were banished from their home and forced to wander through the land. After some period of time passed, Apakht was able to free itself, which was then followed by Cain killing his brother, causing Ninkigal and Giringeme to leave them and go on their separate paths.
Beneath Two Trees[]
After Adam and his tribe settled in a valley containing the Tree of Knowledge guarded by Nahash and the Tree of Life guarded by Hakhama, he and his wife Hawwah bored Qayin and his two younger brothers Hevel and Set. Qayin became a shaman and eventually chief of the People of the Valley as a result of his gifted ability in magic and storytelling. However, when the evil Old God known as the Scarlet King began rising from the Abyss Nahash gifted Qayin knowledge that could help him in fighting the threat, but this overwhelmed him so much that during a heated argument with Hevel regarding their mother Qayin bashed his brother's head with a rock, killing him and causing the banishment of Qayin. Because of this act, Qayin was cursed as punishment before being banished from the Valley and forced to wander.
Enkidu[]
SCP-073 was the legendary Enkidu, companion of Gilgamesh. The gods seeing that Gilgamesh became an arrogant king who mistreated his subjects they created Enkidu out of clay to have him fight the king and show him his place. However, instead of fighting, the two became close friend and even brothers in arms. The two went to fight together various monsters such as Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven sent by the gods. The gods as punishment killed Enkidu who died despite Gilgamesh's best efforts.
Echoes of Shattered Erikesh[]
Cain was the son of Adam and Lilith and brother of Able and Seth who alongside ancient humanity lived in the shadow of the technologically advanced Yeren. After the evil Queen Mab returned from death, she manipulated Adam into instigating a revolt against the Yeren. His two sons assisted humanity in overthrowing the Yeren and becoming the dominant species, establishing the kingdom of Erikesh. Unfortunately, just like their father, both Cain and Able were corrupted by Mab's malice which led to the two brothers fighting between them, ending in each other's deaths.
Millennia later, his body was found in a river by Reader Enyah and their group. Thanks to their connection to the oneirois, Enyah could feel Cain's soul still present in the corpse, especially his guilt over killing his brother and longing for his home. Enyah saw little use in him, but decided to give the body to Saint-Legate Trunnion in Ahtlant, figuring she might find some value in him. Upon his arrival to the Mekhanite Empire, Cain was resurrected as a cyborg in Trunnion's workshop.
Antiquity[]
(Note: There have been various tales that detail what SCP-073 did during the ancient times.)
A Restless Wanderer On The Earth[]
Following his branding, Cain exiled himself to the land of Nod, since there his curse wouldn't affect plant life as the land was too inhabitable. There Cain began building numerous cities for wandering people who arrived to the land through the Wanderer's Library's Ways, and as the cities filled, Cain became their leader and by taking advantage of his curse he waged wars on his enemies. Despite his victories, Cain's depression and desire to wander grew more and more which led to him deciding to form a family and become a patriarch like his father, and so he got married with a woman who bore Cain a son named Enoch. Cain proceeded to build a city for his son, but as his desire to wander kept increasing, Cain began sleepwalking outside of the land and in order to resolve this he had his descendants chain him under Enoch's palace. After being chained, Cain's desire to wander was lessened but remained, while he also became numb to most forms of emotion. Eventually, all of the cities he had build began crumbling down as punishment, which culminated in Enoch's palace collapsing on Cain, trapping him for several years. As Cain spent years trapped beneath the rubble, the Lost Children and the High Golem came to his burial site and told him secrets and prophecies. At first Cain ignored them, but eventually he began to listen to their words, and after they became silent the Children unearthed Cain and helped him get free. Upon being freed from the rubble, Cain found that his family and most of his descendants had died out as the cities were left in ruins, and after being told by the Children which path he should follow Cain decided to wander the lands in order to atone for his sins and find peace.
During his wanders, Cain avoided some settlements in order to not damage their crops with his curse, but one day while he sleepwalked he accidentally destroyed the crops of an entire village, causing all of the villagers to die except for a man who possessed powers of healing. After Cain reawakened he was greeted by the man who told him what had happened and recognizing Cain as a god of death he wished to become his follower. Cain tried to apologize for this, but considered the man's worship of him foolish and resumed his wandering while being followed by the man. As Cain kept walking, the man started to complain about the other gods which he used to worship before they died because of Cain, but after the man questioned Cain why he wasn't responding to him Cain replied that he already said enough and that the man shouldn't speak ill of the dead. Following this, the man began assuming that Cain wasn't a god but a demon and so he tried attack him, but the damage reflected on him because of the curse. Despite this the man continued following Cain and after sometime he admitted to Cain that he loved those gods and began pleading him to use his supernatural powers to revive them, but Cain told him that he was unable to do that and just kept going. After walking through a land covered in snow they reached the shoals of the eternal sea called Never where Cain proceeded to build a metallic boat and after finishing he and the man embarked on the boat and began traversing the sea. While paddling through the sea, the man began mourning for his people and blaming himself for their demise. As the sun rose, the duo arrived to a new shore and found the sun-city and there Cain told the man that they would depart ways and that he should go to the city in order to find new people which he could heal and not abandon. The man complied and went to the city while Cain continued his wandering.
Empire of Dirt[]
Years following his banishment, Qayin decided to return to his home upon hearing that his brother Hevel had been brainwashed into Ab-Leshal by the Scarlet King's army of the Daevites and was leading them to conquer the Valley. Qayin confronted Hevel and the Daevite army and tried to defend his home by killing his brother again with another rock, but Ab-Leshal responded by ripping his brother's arms and leaving him to be turned into a slave by the Daevas. After Ab-Leshal and Daevites destroyed all of the Valley, icluding its guardians, and took the survivors as more slaves, Qayin's limbs were replaced with magecraft metallic arms and since he was spared by his brother he was marked on his forehead with the rating of "khuk" which was for the highest rated slaves. He was then given to a Daeva artist named Curix Noan as a gift by a slave-broker and was used as a conversation piece, while the artist worked with her pieces.
Eventually, after Ab-Leshal broke free of the Daevas' control and started a massive slave revolt, Curix Noan and the slave-broker became infected by the Sarkites' disease, leaving Qayin free without a master. During the chaos, Qayin reunited with his brother and the two reconciled. He tried to convince his brother to come back home, but Ab-Leshal refused, stating that he would remain in Daevon and fight the remaining Daeva gods and suffer as punishment for his actions. The two then parted ways, with Qayin leaving Daevon and escaping the destruction.
Qayin returned to the Valley, which because of the Daevites' destruction was left completely barren. When Gilgamesh began his quest to achieve eternal life, he went to the abandoned Valley where he found Qayin, referring to him as Utnapishtim. Gilgamesh asked him for a way to become immortal, but Qayin decided to show him the ruins of the Valley and the suffering brought by the Daeva. After showing the heart of Hakhama, Qayin told Gilgamesh that people should seek knowledge instead of immortality as he and his brother suffered a lot because of this. This prompted Gilgamesh to abandon his quest and return home, while Qayin remained in the desolate Valley.
REMEMBER[]
After Cain became cursed by the Gate Guardian for killing his brother, he began wandering aimlessly through Earth while being haunted by the memory his murder which Cain was unable to forget. Wanting to find a way to get some peace from this memory, Cain went to different civilizations such the Daeva, the Erikesh and the Yeren and asked them for help, but they all rebuked him and refused to help. Cain then sought help from Lilith since they were both cursed by God for their actions, but she instead mocked him, telling him that her crime was an act of her honor while his was selfish and cruel. This enraged Cain who thought of killing her before deciding to simply leave. Seeing that he would not get any help, Cain tried to the memory of his brother's death through different ways, which included drinking large amount of nepenthe, stabbing his skull with the Spear of Those Forgotten, and drowning himself for seven years within a part of an ocean where the Serpent's Dark Brother resided. However, all of these attempts had failed, leaving Cain to simply wander while bearing that painful memory.
SCP-2975[]
At some point in time, Cain encountered an eldritch being known as the White Sun which resided in a dream-like world magically located inside the Earth's core and could only be accessed through a deep cavern named the Gate of Horn where the house designated SCP-2975 would be built on. Seeing that the evil entity planned to take over the entire Earth, Cain put it in an eternal sleep in order to keep it trapped inside the world it created.
Enkidu[]
Following Enkidu's death Gilgamesh became obsessed with his own mortality which led to him sacrificing his entire kingdom in order to evade death and achieve immense strength. As Gilgamesh with newfound powers began causing great destruction across the lands, the gods brought Enkidu back to life, replacing his decayed body parts with metal and giving him divine powers such as reflecting attacks directed at him in order to stop Gilgamesh's unstoppable rampage. The two fought a catastrophic battle which lasted for seven years and a half, destroying multiple empires in the process. Eventually, after Gilgamesh struck Enkidu with powerful attack it reflected on him, causing him to be defeated. Gilgamesh then allowed Enkidu to seal him away, while Enkidu lived on through years, becoming known as Osiris, Lazarus, Wandering Jew, St. Germain, and and others.
All Alone on a Friday[]
During his wanderings, Cain would come across other immortal beings such as Bes and Kedesh-Nanaya. He would befriend both of the deities and even falling in love with the latter.
Laid in Blood[]
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Foundation custody[]
During World War I, SCP-073 was present in a small village which became the battleground between the English and Austrian forces. 073 attempted to get away from there, but was confronted the English soldiers who opened fire on him. This led to their own deaths, and as the rest of platoon became alarmed by this they attempted to shoot 073 down, leading to their complete eradication.
In the modern times, SCP-073 had arrived in New York, America where he came across some racist criminal gang members preparing to assault a defenseless African-American man. 073 intervened by getting between them and gave the poor man the chance to escape. The gang members became angry at 073 and attacked him, which resulted in their own deaths. 073 was then found and taken by the police, thinking that he killed the criminals and was labeled as a "John Doe". The SCP Foundation discovered 073 during their usual check of John Does and he was taken by the Foundation to Site-17 and given the designation of SCP-073.
While at Site-17, SCP-073 was very cooperative with personnel and often helped them on some tasks, which prompted the higher ups to let him freely roam the site, albeit having a tracking device attached to his body. He explained to the Foundation that he was Cain, son of Adam and either Eve or Lilith from the Abrahamic religions and additionally told them about some historical events which he had participated. After seeing his property of photographic memory, the Foundation downloaded information regarding most SCPs into his brain, but when information regarding SCP-076 was downloaded, 073 recognized 076-2 as his brother Able and told the Foundation that it would best for all parties involved that he did not meet 076-2.
When Dr. Charles with Mobile Task Force Epsilon-59 "Time Cops" began using SCP-4678, a blue-tinted disk of igneous rock carved with a modified version of Astaroth's Seal that could be used as part of a ritual to send people into a specific point in the future, he decided to use the anomaly to avert the apocalypse foreseen by the Gate Guardian. In order to do so, Charles and two members of the MTF, EP-1 and EP-3, brought 073 into the chamber where he conducted the ritual using a stone knife. 073 immediately became horrified of this and wished to not take part in mission, but after the completion of the ritual all of them were transported into the future where the apocalypse was taking place. They found themselves near the outskirts of Chicago and in that moment 073 began berating Charles stating that they were now doomed and that he was a deranged fool, but Charles insisted that they were doing the right thing. 073 then noticed flashes of light coming from the runway and began running to source, prompting the others to follow him. Upon arriving to the source they found the future 073 killing his brother again using a mass of concrete. This filled the present 073 with despair and after the future 076-2's death the Gate Guardian arrived and proceeded to dissolve the future 073 in a flash of light. As 073 began lashing out at Charles, the Guardian began attacking them, killing EP-1 before chasing EP-3. 073 stopped the Guardian from harming her by using the stone knife to attack it, but ended up heavily injured. As 073 began carrying a wounded EP-3 away from the being, they alongside Charles returned to the chamber in their present time. In the aftermath of this incident, SCP-4678 was left destroyed causing the MTF to be disbanded while 073 refused to elaborate on what really happened as the footage had malfunctioned during the Incident.
"Resurrection"[]
During "Incident Zero", an event that nearly led to the destruction of the universe, SCP-073, accompanied MTF Omega-7 as an alternate reality, in which he had joined the MTF instead of his brother, merged with their reality. He alongside Adrian Andrews and Beatrix Maddox helped the Foundation in preventing other universes from crashing with their own by resetting the Bloom within the Yellowstone National Park.
However after the demise of both agents at the hands of a Steel Doll that originated from another reality, SCP-073 was joined by SCP-076-2 who suppressed his anger towards his brother and together destroyed the Bloom, saving not only countless lives, but also keeping the universe mostly intact in the process. Afterwards, both brothers were taken to their respective site, and as part of a cover up 076-2 was blamed for the death of most of Omega-7.
Following this incident, after SCP-105 used her powers to take down some attackers known as The Ones in Black, the O5 Council decided to revitalize the previously defunct MTF Omega-7 into Mobile Task Force Alpha-9, since this type of team was necessary for the Foundation. SCP-073 became a member of the newly formed MTF alongside other SCPs, not only due to his properties, but also to convince 105 to join, since the two had become close friends while living in Site-17.
Following the containment of SCP-4818, 073 was introduced to her in order to help her familiarize with the new environment and adjust to her new life. The two quickly became friends, with 073 displaying his properties to her and 4818 stories from his past. After learning that he was unable to touch plants without destroying them, 4818 used her photokinesis to form a flower of light for 073.
During Halloween, SCP-239 wanting to celebrate altered reality into a Halloween environment. In this alternate reality SCP-073 became the timid brother of the delinquent Abe, named Cade. After Abe forced his girlfriend Iris to go to a rave, Iris tasked Cade with accompanying the girls Sigurrós, Stella, Cindy and Fiona trick-or-treating to different houses throughout the town of Daleport. Cade did so but as he became busy talking to Ms. Agatha Rights, he let the girls go without him as they didn't go too far. This alternate reality was turned back to normal after Dr. Clef stabbed 239 with SCP-668 when she attempted to become friends with him.
On a Friday, while 073 hanged with his old friend SCP-208, they were reunited with their ex-girlfriend SCP-4960. As they talked 4960 kept flirting 208, causing 073 to become jealous and try to gain her affection by impressing her. Things gradually escalated over the course of the day which led to 073 fighting with 208. During the fight, a furious 073 brought up 208's failure over saving the Egyptian firstborns from the Angel of Death, leading to the latter becoming enraged and bring up his brother's murder. Realizing that he had taken it too far 073 left the argument to be alone. Fellow contained humans, Anne Byrne and SCP-3009-C tried to cheer him up before being interrupted by 105 and 4818. An apologetic 208 later found 073 in the archives reading SCP-076's file and the two friends reconciled, not willing to let his jealousy get the better of him again. With their friendship fixed, 073 met up with the two girls, and admitted that his pursuit of 4960's love wasn't worth the trouble.
Possible Endings[]
Oblivious[]
One day, a level-3 researcher from the Chinese branch of the Foundation, Dorothy Zhang, formed a project to neutralize 076-2. She and other members of the staff filled the corridor where SCP-076-2 entered after exiting SCP-076-1 with amnestics making SCP-076-2 forget his death by the hand of SCP-073. This plan worked as after being exposed to the amnestics he became docile. However, he then asked to meet his brother, but his request was denied. Realizing he was being lied to, SCP-076-2 breached containment and finally reunited with SCP-073. SCP-073 immediately apologized to SCP-076-2 and asked his brother for forgiveness, but SCP-076-2 had no idea what he was talking about. The brothers reformed their relationship and SCP-076-2 began aging with the speed of a normal human, until he died of old age.
maybe god will forgive you if we both begged[]
One day the Foundation asked SCP-073 to reunite with his brother and after three days he agreed to meet him, and following three more days of preparation 073 was ready to talk to 076-2 inside a confined white room. When 073 tried to talk to 076-2 through his coffin, 076-2 awoke and as expected tried to decapitate his brother which resulted in his own death. Following this 076-2 would get out of his coffin every two days and try to kill 073 to no avail, but after two months of trying he asked his brother why he was here but before 073 could answer 076-2 again attempted to kill him. After another month of trying to kill 073 and asking the same question, 073 began singing to 076-2 his mother's lullabies while inside his coffin. This prompted 076-2 to properly ask his brother the reason why he killed him and left him behind to which 073 explained that he was immature and jealous back then but had become more wise and extremely remorseful of his actions and now just wanted to say sorry. 076-2 initially tried to respond by attempting to kill 073 again, but was overwhelmed by sadness and eventually the two brothers finally embraced one another before crumbling to dust.
SCP-001 (Djoric-Dmatix Proposal)[]
After acquiring SCP-001-011, a member of a group of thirty six anomalous individuals who can neutralize anomalies without harming the individuals involved, the Foundation decided to cross-test him with SCP-073 who not notified of this. Upon encountering 001-011, he told 073 that he was now free of his curse. Wanting to confirm this, 073 asked 001-011 to slap to which he did with impact not reflecting back, meaning that he became a normal human once again. 073 then asked if him that when he met his brother tell him that he was sorry. Following this, 073 was re-designated SCP-073-N but was still left under the observation of the Foundation.
When We Came Home[]
During the destructive attack of the Scarlet King and his army on the universe, SCP-076-2 was finally face to face with his brother SCP-073. Knowing that there was no other way the two brothers fought each other for the last time which in the death of both of them. Their long lost brother Set found what little remained of their bodies and build cairns for each of them as there wasn't much to bury. It is unknown what happened to them following the defeat of the Scarlet King at the hands of Isabel Wondertainment.
The List Of Wonders[]
Following some unknown catastrophe which the Foundation was unable to stop, humanity became nearly extinct, forming tribes which began worshiping the notable Foundation personnel as gods. Through countless years, SCP-073 became an old man known as Benadam. He was acquainted with a young man named Beller who was curious of the wonders that roamed the Earth before humanity fell. After he showed Benadam some ancient documents regarding the anomalies once contained by the Foundation and wanted to explore the world, but tried to dissuade him because of the danger. Unfortunately this was all in vain as Beller went on with his journey anyway.
The Stars Do Not Wait For You[]
When the reality bender known as SCP-1915 became the all destructive entity known as the “Absence”, SCP-076-2 and SCP-073 were among the SCPs used by the Foundation to try to stop the entity from destroying the entire Earth, but none of them succeeded. During their final moments together the two brothers finally reconciled with one another, before being killed by the Absence. Following this encounter with SCP-073 and SCP-076-2 and seeing them embracing each other, the Absence was reminded about his own relationship with his late brother.
Brother's Keeper[]
As the world was undergoing an XK-class scenario, Prof. Kain Pathos Crow gave SCP-073 a suitcase which contained something that would help him prolong humanity in the post-apocalyptic world. However, 073 refused, stating that this was his chance to finally die after all these years. He then decided to explain to Crow how he and his friends had formed a group similar to the Foundation in the ancient times, with the goal preventing the anomalies from harming humanity, but had failed which led to 073 being cursed in order to live past the apocalypses. After being informed of this Crow asked if 073 could pass his mark to him so he could become immortal and guide humanity once the XK-class scenario was over. 073 agreed to his request passed his curse onto Crow.
SCP-6776[]
One day, a hive-minded plant anomaly breached containment and began growing all over Site-19, taking over the entire site and trapping all of the contained anomalies inside, which included SCP-073, while the personnel fled and abandoned the site. Following this, the plants, later designated SCP-6776-A began to properly contain Site-19's anomalies in a better way than the Foundation, with some of the benevolent anomalies like 073 finding peace and becoming happy inside the new state of the site. When STF Epsilon-55 went inside the site to see what was going on inside, they witnessed many anomalies having adapted to SCP-6776-A, including SCP-073 who was seen herding a group of the recently extinct aurochs.
Project Isorropía[]
Following the success of the cross-testing of anomalies at Site-100, SCP-073 was cross-tested with SCP-166, a young girl with deer features who caused man-made objects to degrade and plant life grow out of them. 073 became SCP-166's guardian, using his property of damage reflection to protect her from the Global Occult Coalition's assassination attempts on her. Meanwhile, their effects on plant life canceled each other out, keeping 166's property in check and allowing 073 to finally eat food beside meat and wear organic clothing.