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[[>]] [[module Rate]] [[/>]] The following document was recovered on a raid of a Serpents Hand safehouse in ██████, Indiana. It was labeled as a fragment of a larger document, known in occult circles as 'The Book of Beginnings' or 'The Book of Foundations.' Recovery of the rest of this book has been labeled as a high priority by O5-6. The document has been translated from the original Coptic Egyptian, and may contain mistranslations. Where other translations may apply, the other options have been offered. //but the days of Chaos have always been numbered for it is Order which always comes as has been fortold out of the (swirling) Chaos did come One who sought less not more and this One did (bend) his will to nothing but Order// //but Order welded by One of Chaos leads to more Chaos and so the one did seek out more, to bestow his (gifts/curse/body) those that would aid him and two who would betray him// //first did he go to the (House) where another of Order and Chaos did dwell he spoke to the other and offered of himself the other did agree to aid in his (quest/task) but took no part of the One// //then did he seek out a man of stoney (demeanor/mind) whom could make numbers dance to his whim the One did take of his head did make of himself a// [INDECIPHERABLE] //did place himself upon that brow to show what really was// //the third was found in the (gutter/undercity) drunk on lies the One gave of his mouth so his teeth might (bite/injure/hold) Chaos// //he plucked forth his eye that she of the (unknown/misplaced) mind might see for once// //the One sought out metal from the (stars/sky/blood) and did forge of it a blade he set his own fingers to it as a hilt before bestowing it upon the (multiple/shattered/divided) mind and did (best bestow sanity flames poured hunting sphere)// //his muscles were braided together into a stout ring and he went down amongst the (unbelievers/heretics/lesser beings)// [INDECIPHERABLE] [INDECIPHERABLE] [INDECIPHERABLE] //Fountains of blood hidden behind sheets of (evil/nothing) the birthing cries of a new god decry the pain of one betrayed who waits not with the arm of the One in her hair// [INDECIPHERABLE] //of his shin a stout defense against those who die but do not end// //and of his skin were tanned boots that wherever the walking man should stand the world would stop moving and be unknown to the Chaos that (breeds/devours/replaces)// //to the betrayer he offered his ribs of no use but in hiding for those that dwell in (darkness/shadow/outdoors) look not on the betrayed// //wearied, the One sought respite in his favored one but she too did ask of his body that she might hear the Chaos when it called and know its true form// //lastly did he give of his heart to she who returns time and again and the advice of ages for she might know it// //the One did look upon what he had wrought the (beginning/foundation) of those who would impose order with his body and he was pleased and did he hide himself away, that they might do his bidding// //and he forsaw the gathering (animate building/warehouse/plant) that would raise and create those he had given himself to even if they did not know it// //darkness comes light to follow be known to it and secure// The last page is ripped, the ending of the document unknown. [[include :scp-wiki:component:license-box]] [[include :scp-wiki:component:license-box-end]]