Exploring the SCP Foundation: The Wandsmen

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[@jessamynpratt5068]

As the Wandsmen Hub author, thank you so much for putting a spotlight on the work the Wandsmen team has done so far. We continue to have multiple stories in the works and hope you enjoy them!

[@grilledleeks6514]

X to doubt

[@jessamynpratt5068]

@@grilledleeks6514 Well I didn't do it alone. I'm chaucer345 on the wiki. The first Wandsmen story was written by Metaphysician and I continued on with his blessing, then others joined in. I did write the hub though (with assistance with formatting from Cole).

[@eksprolek2924]

I just want to ask, your ok with adding articles to the hub? Soon i will aply to the wiki, and after i get more experienced in main SCP format i want to write wandman article. I know there guidlines for comunity projects but i think asking the author is good idea.

[@jessamynpratt5068]

@@eksprolek2924 I am responsible for that, yes. If your articles are deemed worthy by the wiki at large, I would be glad to add them to the hub.

[@JTAKIZZA]

Love the work you guys have done can’t wait for more been meaning to come up with my own organisation for a while will be fun to see if it gets dunked on or loved hahaha.

[@LucasDimoveo]

An entire species becoming Wandsmen to avoid extinction is a 10/10 move

[@diewildemathilde4432]

They transform themselves into another species to avoid extinction, therefore becoming extinct by default. 10/10 16D Chess move right there

[@l-x-10]

@@diewildemathilde4432 Nat 20 Wisdom right there.

[@waterpicker6879]

Their species did go extinct. They just chose the end that allowed that species members and memory to endure.

[@durere]

@@diewildemathilde4432 ''You don't extinct us, we extinct ourselves, and live to tell the tale''

[@ShadeSlayer1911]

@@durere You can't extinct us if we extinct ourselves first!"

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Briggs risking his life to save others while not caring that he's becoming SCP Big Bird. He's a true hero.

[@fly8641]

Dahomey

[@ricardohoang8452]

Super Briggs

[@becsbecs3116]

how'd u post 2 days ago when the video came out today?

[@HuỳnhMinhTuệ1997]

@@becsbecs3116 join the elite squad, they can watch the vid earlier

[@TheBenBen253]

Yes, Briggs is the epitome of a ride or die

[@Connor-ONeill]

I wonder what the wandsmen opinion is on SCP-507. Must suck knowing that there's a guy who can travel the multiverse and DOESN'T turn into a bird person.

[@seraphinw1]

He can't control it so they probably find it funny

[@Xanatosvr2]

I wonder what would happen if they gave him a map. Would it mix with his ability? Would they clash and some bad stuff happen? Or just alotta nothing. Where's bright? he'd be down to find out.

[@jacobcain9008]

Considering one of the Harbringer SCPs, it's someone from a mirror world controlling his teleportations.

[@DarkHypernova]

The wandsman in the Alagada article does seem to mention him, finding him a strange curious case.

[@Connor-ONeill]

He's always teleported to a universe he can survive in though. Something that some wandmen seem to have trouble learning.

[@karkeris]

I was a bit skeptical about Wandsmen because the synopsis sounded boring. But fuck me after watching this video i feel like they are the most interesting GOI

[@navidzamzami9220]

What is "GOI" Short of?

[@lorddio663]

@@navidzamzami9220 Group of Interest

[@navidzamzami9220]

@@lorddio663 thank you sir for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.

[@Kropothead]

@@navidzamzami9220 GOIs are organizations parallel to the SCP Foundation that have different interests and goals. Other GOIs include the Mekhanite and Sarkic Cults, the mages of the Wanderer’s Library, and the FBI Unusual Incidents Unit.

[@navidzamzami9220]

@@Kropothead thank you so much for the info

[@Raunefault]

At this point, I'd like a wiki to keep track of the wiki. Though, until then, your videos are a welcomed blessing.

[@gayrurumon]

These guys seem cool. Interesting how they transform into a type of bird they previously found repulsive, it makes me imagine a lot of them are "ugly" types of birds like vultures or turkeys, or perhaps birds that are often considered pests/nuisances like pigeons or seagulls. There might also be good number who became birds infamous for their aggression towards humans, like geese, roosters, or Australian magpies, etc.; I'm imagining a wandsman who grew up on a farm and was terrified of the family rooster, only to end up turning into one as a direct result of their trauma.

[@Xanatosvr2]

It's even worse tho. Your looking at this from a person from our earth and our dimensions point of view. These are birds aliens from other dimensions found repulsive....like who knows what kinda messed up looking melted skin, 4 leg, , teeth for eyes looking birds they have where they come from.

[@harrylion6689]

Guessing there are a lot of turkey vultures, shoebills, spoonbills, and chickens

[@SenseiFuji]

Knowing that, I'd probably be a bluejay. Pretty birds, but they're loud bullies who harassed all the cardinals and other birds where I used to live and would feed daily. Had to chase them off every time, especially when the cardinals would bring their young around to feed

[@stormsummerstone2908]

Turn into a woodpecker

[@professoroak7545]

Peregrine falcons are repulsive, peregrine falcons are repulsive. Seriously tho I don't find any animal and especially birds repulsive so I wonder how that would work.

[@spicyLEGO]

Agent Briggs proved his loyalty to the Foundation even when offered the map that can teleport you anywhere. He deserves to be on the O5 council one day.

[@Old_Jack_Ketch]

I’m certain 05-Big Bird would be the least strange thing to ever happen there.

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@Old_Jack_Ketch Big Bird Briggs deserved better

[@stevenwilliams9413]

::Chaos Insurgency loading up on birdshot::

[@xXx_Regulus_xXx]

loyalty to the cause, anomalous augmentations, most importantly to his cognition, yep he's well on his way

[@datboii2877]

@@xXx_Regulus_xXx and don't forget he's now eternal, and pretty fuckin resistant

[@Hugh_Amungus]

1:20 'they can use the marker placed on their maps to easily teleport back to their beds' God what I wouldn't give to have this ability irl

[@toooes]

You leave your bedroom?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Talk about SCP fast travel/save points.

[@Hugh_Amungus]

@@toooes gotta wagecuck to afford my bedroom, unfortunately

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

I’m pretty we all would to have the ability to do that. Beats having to just walk to our bed

[@TicklesTrout]

Anything can be a bed anywhere

[@briantaulbee5744]

For those of you (like me) who've been digging through the listed artists trying to figure out where the image around 45:30 comes from, it's not in there. The artist is Michael Hutter, who did a series of Carcosa paintings. This particular one is Carcosa XLI, also called The Bird Market. I think his Carcosa series is gorgeous, but views may vary of course.

[@Thug_Nuts1]

i thought it kind of looked like a beksinski, especially with the choice of color pallete

[@DeviantFish]

Thanks!

[@Lunam_D._Roger]

Strange is the night when dark stars rise and strange moons circles through the skies, but stranger still is lost Carcossa.

[@defot7673]

Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.

[@HCG]

What a fantastic story. Maybe I’ve been spoiled by all the interesting, well written SCPs, but this is the first SCP in awhile that completely immersed me and made me wish there were complete book series based on the Wandsmen. I hope the author writes many, many more of these stories and continues to flesh out the Wandsmen lore

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

Agreed, the concept of scholars and writers who travel the multiverse searching for stories and knowledge to share with others is so interesting!

[@bababoyyye]

@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 Is the plague doctor a wandsman.

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

@@bababoyyye I don’t think so, he made have a bird mask that’s part of his body, but that’s the only avian part about him. However, Ikkis made it pretty clear in SCP-6500 that he’s familiar with the plague doctor, so it’s possible all the Wandsmen are familiar with him and know what he really is!

[@bababoyyye]

@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 I think they're connected someway.

[@IWearShoes31]

@Eliot I was immersed the entire time I feel there is soooo much potential for stories from their perspective seeing as their order sound like they are billions of years old

[@RelativelyBest]

Finally! I've been fond of the Wandsmen ever since I found out about them. I just love that there's a faction of friendly bird-wizard scholars who just wants information to be free, while also being seemingly powerful enough that they don't really need to take any shit from the Foundation. (Although, I must ask: Who the heck finds canaries repulsive?)

[@xerothedarkstar]

Mine safety officers?

[@JCTheSniper15]

Who finds any bird repulsive?! Other than my wife, she's scared of birds, lol.

[@spartanstone837]

I wanna believe the scp writers are actually just our universe's wandsmen

[@Jedishill680]

The wandsmen are a pretty cool unequivocally good faction for the SCP universe

[@llim7sNll]

Not entirely, they can do some fucked up shit for the sake of storing information.

[@professoroak7545]

@Qagmez 7668 theyre against amnesticising

[@talleyturtle6506]

Grain of salt: They are a large multidimensional media outlet led by Editors. The possibilities of large scale propaganda, cover-ups, and general or malicious mismanagement are endless. That being said, personally, I'd probably always trust a wandsman.

[@DarkVeghetta]

Any large organization that has stated goals will eventually do some pretty shady things in support of those goals - it's just a matter of time and opportunity, both of which they have had a lot of. There are plenty of skeletons in that particular closet, we just haven't read about any of them yet.

[@eksprolek2924]

@@DarkVeghetta i think wandsmen mostly do good stuff.

[@nibblrrr7124]

🧭01:05 *Wandsmen Orientation* · 9:41 - 15:10 📰16:09 *Watching The Watchers* 🗺18:47 *SCP-5917* - The Map of the Multiverse · 21:21 · 26:18 - 31:12 🪶31:37 *A Wandsman in the Court of the Hanged King* · ~32:16~ 33:18 - 33:51 · 40:22 · 45:15 ~47:13~ 48:03 - 50:31

[@marin8141]

I love how your videos are getting longer and better every week You've come a long way since a 15 ish min take on Sarkicism :) Keep on going mate your channel is the best

[@colinbailey5736]

If only we could get a revamped video on 1730

[@marin8141]

@@colinbailey5736 vids on gois cannons, lores and concepts are better than singular scps Even the big ones in my opinion So idm personally 1730 He was decent at it and if I want a deeper dive I can read it myself

[@danieljames1868]

I'll be honest, it sounds like a pretty sweet gig. Going about the multiverse as a magical reporter, bringing knowledge, helping people, and even sometimes saving lives? That's straight out of a much brighter setting than the SCP foundation. And while the bird shape may be less than ideal, it doesn't seem like there's anything keeping you from coming to like your new body, and it certainly comes with enough benefits...

[@Kropothead]

The Wandsmen are generally kinda heroic and likable.

[@jeremy7157]

I'd sign up for the bird shape alone

[@danieljames1868]

@@jeremy7157 I like the sound of the bird shape too, but given how it's explicitly described as a shape you dislike, I suspect even if you like all earthly birds it'd manage to find some bird from somewhere in the multiverse that still manages to turn your stomach.

[@MelodyofDarkness0001]

SCP is the gift that keeps on giving, and the current schisms between certain groups is especially sad. Nonetheless, we appreciate the work you do more than words can say. Thank you.

[@IdiotinGlans]

what schisms?

[@mud4309]

@@IdiotinGlans yeah wtf did I miss???

[@uppercutgrandma4425]

Schisms in utopia are typically invented, man made. No matter where, there are schisms. Luckily for us, it's not life or death.

[@raghnall847]

@@IdiotinGlans From what I heard the spanish branch has been removing pride flags from the SCP logo in their articles due to a policy of having no poltical imagery in their articles. There might be some other stuff going on, like them leaving up other political statements and targeting just the pride flag, but I'm not sure if that has been confirmed or not. Regardless this lead to some authors demanding their articles be removed and any other things they write to not be translated for the spanish branch. I know somewhere it was metioned that someone was trying to talk to the people who run the spanish branch.

[@onealja61]

@@raghnall847 people think that because we all like SCPS we have to agree on everything else. It just not the case. To try and force people to conform to another’s beliefs for the sake of unity is no better than any government that tries to control and limit what people know/think.

[@goyohan6637]

I've been a long time fan and can't even begin to tell you how honored I am to have my art used as the thumbnail, it's an awesome feeling, thanks man!

[@jessamynpratt5068]

I'm the hub writer for this GOI. I have to say I'm very impressed with your work. I don't suppose you'd be interested in doing some more illustrations for the wiki?

[@goyohan6637]

@@jessamynpratt5068 That sounds like it could be a fun project. I'd be more than happy to discuss details with you. Do you have a preferred method of communication?

[@diogene_s8032]

This is my favourite group of interest. And I love the bird boy Ickis of Kul-Manas. Thank you for covering them!

[@danieljames1868]

Ickis is pretty nifty, yeah. Dude got his brain blended by some of the best alagadda had to offer, and his response was to grab an inkwell and some paper to start writing before he forgot important details.

[@JaqenHghar.]

I hope Briggs features in more articles. Hes a pretty cool dude

[@jessamynpratt5068]

He's had cameo appearances in SCP-5316 and SCP-5687, but he probably does deserve some more focused content.

[@codeofclaw]

This has got to be one of the only GOI that I would earnestly want to be a part of. 100% down to be a teleporting bird man, of the big and strong, or tiny time traveler variety

[@treeeyed8578]

Forget teleporting i would love persevering knowledge

[@codeofclaw]

@@treeeyed8578 plus it’s SCP so there’s like 10x the knowledge! The majority of it cursed but that’s what they have thaumaturgy for

[@d4s0n282]

@@codeofclaw only big downside is you are a birb which you dont like, makes me wonder if you are a bird lover

[@codeofclaw]

@@d4s0n282 I do like birds, the only one I don’t like is the bastard that’s outside my window every night cycling though chirps like ringtones

[@ianharrison5758]

@@d4s0n282 I like birds in general, but the only ones I have a feeling close enough to bad about that would make me take them as a form, are also the most terrifying and eerie looking birds ever, so while I personally would not like looking at an owls face every time I look in the mirror I know a lot of people don’t have the pain of knowing what they look like without feathers. So I get to be a multiverse time traveler that looks like in either a wise owl or something like an emu that honestly are badass enough that if anyone attacks me I’ll already know they got something I don’t bc fuck fighting a emu. Anyway, doesn’t matter what I look like, this is so much better than my 9-5 I’ll take it

[@remor698]

This is a really interesting GoI. Not just because of the intruiging aesthetic of a bunch of superhuman, anthro birds with maps zapping across the universes in search of finding and spreading knowledge, but also because their news reporter's flair makes for an interesting opportunity to experience the SCP multiverse from a much different perspective than the iconically formulaic database entries. Journalism of the goings on in these weird worlds rather than the persistent, documented struggle to uphold normalcy, that we have become very familiar with.

[@timothycoupland5832]

I was just relistening to your episode about the Hanged King and wondering if the Wandsman of Col Manis was just a weird thing for that SCP or something more significant

[@LDIndustries]

The Wandsmen are cool enough on their own (especially with the orientation style intro story) but any SCP that includes the hanged king instantly becomes one of my favorites.

[@billcipherproductions1789]

Same.

[@ThatCasulGuy]

When I read the Wandsmen originally, I saw them as an allegory for the readers/writers of SCP articles. We jump between all the different tales/worlds/dimensions, some people just observe and others join in.

[@ianharrison5758]

I wanna make a SCP that will occasionally pop up and just solve whatever problem the foundation is having, no matter the scale or what the threat is. I’m not super knowledgeable on SCP cannon, but since my SCP is literally just the concept of someone dropping out of know where, solves the problem then leaves with no explanation, only answering the occasional question with some cryptic answer that only confuses everyone more. It’s not like it’s a savior of humanity in its darkest hour, usually it will just show up and slap the wrist of whatever foundation member is about to make an ethical decision so dumb it creates a really obvious problem. I just find the idea of chaotic neutral SCPs that kinda just do shit and no one knows why

[@thegreatcthulhu8049]

The role of the canary is a nice touch. Back in the day Cole miners used to keep one in its cage with them down in the mines. If there was a buildup of carbon monoxide or something, it would kill the canary before it was overwhelming enough to kill the miners, telling them it was time to get out. In short, highly useful but ultimately expendable.

[@iamnotreal_9]

just like d class

[@troesler81]

The form makes perfect sense, as observers of everything you don't want to be part of the story. How often do we see birds but not really pay them attention?

[@zacharycha4791]

The Wandsmen are one of my favorite Wanders Library SCPs. I've read everyone I can find.

[@chasefrost1401]

Missed an -er in wanderer's

[@chasefrost1401]

To -er is only avian.

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

I guess they can be considered the secondary faces of The Wanderer’s Library aside from The Serpent’s Hand.

[@Hurricayne92]

I would say it seems more like they have a working relationship.

[@thedukeofchutney468]

Huh your right I guess they are more of a “Wanderer’s Library” SCP. I personally always associated them with Alagadda because the first time I heard one mentioned was in that SCP.

[@noahschneider400]

Good for agent Briggs! He's truly loyal to the foundation and humanity. It's so refreshing to not have one of the weak agents who gives in to the anomaly. He stuck to his guns.

[@eksprolek2924]

Its refreshing to see fundation personell not evil. I usually read stuff where they are.

[@thedonut1097]

damn finally an scp orginization that isnt awful and would be amazing to join

[@eksprolek2924]

I mean seprpents hand is pretty good.

[@no.9327]

Love how this channel explains the scp universe!

[@IndigoWhiskey]

I like what you have going on between name and profile picture. On point from a certain point of view.

[@AvenjaNinja]

Finally a GOI I could see myself joining

[@baltofarlander2618]

Would you really be ready to transform into a bird guy? Because I'm not sure if I would (not saying definitely no). Though definitely one of my fav GoIs.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Am gonna guess these guys are the mage equivalent of the Kingsmen. Edit: Just starting, and I think I'm proven wrong... although this talk of the Multiverse fascinates me.

[@FiveHundredHungryGhosts]

One of the best in a while. Off to read everything on The Wandsmen

[@jakii3621]

Normally I love the complicated jargon and technical scps but this has to be my favorite thing other than maybe the Avalon tale with 507. I love groups that see knowledge as sacred and the more wholesome stories about those groups, I smiled when you talked about the Wandsmen finding love, especially when most of the scps are about horror or dread

[@heliveruscalion9124]

now, when you say you become a repulsive bird, does that mean, say, if you found shoebills particularly ugly in your human life, you would become a shoebill as a wandsman?

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

That might be what they were implying. You change to resemble a bird that you personally find ugly and/or repulsive, which would make it understandable why a number of Wandsmen have tried to find a way to change back.

[@thedukeofchutney468]

Who knows. Personally I have orinthophobia (fear of birds) so I have no idea what species I’d get. Hopefully something cool like a eagle, but just my luck it would be a pigeon.

[@brandonsnyder9950]

@@thedukeofchutney468 Hopefully you wouldn't turn into a monstrous amalgamation of all bird species. That'd be pretty messed up.

[@thedukeofchutney468]

@@brandonsnyder9950 True. Then again I'd probably become the single most powerful Wandsman of all time.

[@eksprolek2924]

@@thedukeofchutney468 you would became shapeshfiter because you find them all repulsive. Or more likely its rolling the dice. Or even more likely you would become oppsite of what you would want to become. So pigeon i guess

[@sovelissfiremane]

This sounds like a wonderful existence if I'm being honest.

[@ExGearUser]

"Canaries are a minor exception to this" did...did you make a pun?

[@sparking023]

I can't help but picture the Wandsmen as the Chozo in my head. A race of very knowledgeable "alien" bird people, capable of feats way beyond our comprehension. Now all we need is an interdimensional bounty hunter with a power armor

[@Nekomancer69]

Love this scp article/video. Easy to follow along, no complex jargon babble.

[@polkalamypekopeko2969]

> me who plays Touhou > Knows Aya Shameimaru of Bunbunmaru News > A multiversal bubble world full of phantasmic beings (and some humans) > Literally a bird human youkai (working in news) This has to be written by a former Touhou player. And Aya is a Wandswoman.

[@polkalamypekopeko2969]

Also is 049 a deviant from them ?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Another magical girl? That explains a lot.

[@polkalamypekopeko2969]

@@michaelandreipalon359 lol imagine if somewhere in the library there is a section filled with Bunbunmaru News, that and whatever magazine the other tengu girl writes for. What is really amazing is that as a story base, you can write so many stories including possibly one where the unintentional dimension traveler can meet one.

[@hauntaholic0]

the fact they turn into a bird they found repulsive means there likely very many of them that are turkey vultures

[@noaboahQR]

The day will come when you will have nothing left to talk about but gamers against weed. You can run but you cant hide forever

[@marchernandezzz817]

Getting close to 1 million subs man!! Thanks for the upload again! Favorite part of my weekend/start of the week

[@chemputer]

The fact that he's still only at 930K subs 2 years later does make me a bit sad.

[@indigo8130]

i love that theres a new GOI popping up because i can actually see it grow unlike how i missed the other ones

[@halonostalgiatheater7440]

Ever since the Hanged King episode I've wondered about the Wandsman and what they meant

[@thedukeofchutney468]

Same! I always wished someone would expand on who that was, I’m glad to see that it happened!

[@khango6138]

This is my new favourite GOI, I would join them and become a smol birb journalist :3

[@josuebuenrostro6269]

Wait a minute: bird people in search of knowledge, travels the mutilverse, and they are good at magic... I smell some Tzeench tomfoolery going on.

[@TheKaiser416]

.... that one O5 in the Ouroboros Cycle makes a lot more sense now.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

You mean Blackbird?

[@hesiod_delta9209]

@@michaelandreipalon359 Exactly

[@brandonspears6996]

It says that new wandsmen take form of a bird they previously found repulsive, but what happens if you don't find any birds repulsive? Do you transom into a bird that'd your least favorite?

[@commonviewer2488]

They mentioned raptors, so maybe some turn into birds they fear or are wary of?

[@justinsmith5870]

A wandsmen comes in with the "multiversal big book of birds" to help the transition along. Lol

[@LDIndustries]

Probably just any bird you had a disliking of, whether it be because you find it ugly, scary, or just unlikeable

[@grilledleeks6514]

It's clearly talking about the avian form As a whole as being repulsive. Because they aren't human anymore. Seems pretty silly to assume every being in existence had a bird breed they find icky.

[@grilledleeks6514]

@@commonviewer2488 was just a name of a role. Had nothing to do with their transformation

[@desdenova1]

"... an amber-colored substance imbued with the sick scent of failed creation." Sounds like SEELE is at it again with Human Instrumentality.

[@TheActualMrLink]

Oh my god, you’re right!

[@fuzzytransmissionman]

Lmao

[@cambodiandeathsquads]

thank you, i am terribly scared of storms and the dark so i listen to you talk about scp so i dont focus on thunder or the dark. your truly awsome.

[@bathtub_barracuda]

May your heart be calm as the thunder rages on the earth.

[@Xanatosvr2]

If I didn't have to become big birds cousin I'd be pretty down to join these guys. Seem like a decent group with decent goals and decently powerful. Sadly I'm found of aposable thumbs and things. Plus I feel like that map would get me stuck in the 40k universe or something and that's not really some place you wanna go, especially not looking human and hard to kill.

[@Hurricayne92]

I mean looking like a Lord of Change is probably really not great either 😅

[@stewartglencrose9023]

I’ve been working night shifts and forgot what day it was, this was a pleasant surprise

[@redashea3004]

Ssdd man, ssdd

[@aft3rst0ry7]

Hey Exploring Series, I've been enjoying all the readings from you so far, I'm here with a request, SCP-6765 "The Demon Ogier and the Bleeding Throne of Malidraug" which is the latest work for the Kaktusverse, I'm wondering if you can cover it as well? Since the entire Kaktusverse is so huge and complex, I wish you can explain it more in lay men's term like you always do, thank you!

[@dylanthatcher4513]

When the Kings cloak got lifted off and the descriptions of his 'face' started, I was on the litteraly edge of my chair until I heard that "God shapped hole line", and fugging loved hearin it as always

[@crowe3875]

I've read a few comments and can't believe no one is talking about scp 049 being an ex-wandsman (or affliated in some regard). As soon as I heard the name 'Icus' it blew me away.

[@Mekhane]

Agreed. I love that this finally gives some sort of context to the character and not in the old school peanut boy or old man form. Great Entry!

[@ForBraig]

How is he ex wandsman? He's not a bird. He's some sort of supernatural plague doctor looking alike. He's rambles about nonsensical "pestilence" all day and does weird experiments on animals or people.

[@Mekhane]

@@ForBraig did you listen to his story?

[@crowe3875]

@@ForBraig listen to inevitable,( I think part 6), the agent who goes to ?allegada? (Don't know how it's spelt) runs into icus and says, "I know you and your vile cure." Icus says like ew no I'm not him and we don't like him.

[@ForBraig]

@@crowe3875 doesn't mean he's part of the group just means they k own about him

[@antknee0]

Definitely one of my new favorite scp foundation stories/organizations

[@91Caesar]

So you take the form of a bird you found repulsive? Well I'm out, I don't want to be a bin chicken

[@masterzoroark6664]

I quite like the idea of the transformation as a job requirement. Reminds me of followers of certain gods in Warhammer and other fantasy tales. It seems quite unique in regard of Wandsmen since the bird shape seems to be usefull in multiverse travel... As someone who kinda likes mixing universes I think would work together nicely I wonder if any of Wandsmen ever encoutnered Void (from The Void by Icepick Lodge, quite an existential location) or Backrooms, maybe even the location 106 claimed

[@AltxTempest]

Gonna listen to this while going to sleep lol.

[@HazzardousEco]

As they are both scholars and explorers, I think Lord Blackwood would get along nicely with one of them =)

[@Wineblood]

TES: The Wandsmen Me, who has watched the SCP-701 video too many times: Wait a minute, I know that term

[@DancaniaX]

The wandsmen sound like the SCP equivelent of the myst series' Dni.

[@BTMadness]

This really makes me want to run a game of D&D based on the Wandsmen

[@nddragoon]

YES! My favorite GOI finally got a video!

[@curtailedbike4123]

I actually thought of something, the scp foundation has documents that describe anomalies that destroyed earth or cause major damages but the scp foundation has no knowledge of these events. What if the wandsmen are the ones who bring these documents to other universe’s foundation so they could avoid the same mistake.

[@maxhatterschannel5140]

You always turn into a bird you think are repulsive? I can think of a few 🤔 Northern Bald Ibis King Vulture Muscovy duck Marabou Stork

[@SericAlturezOne]

Eyy, new episode. looks like i got something to finally fall asleep to tonight

[@Fulgrim2]

So I would end up as a pigeon bird man?

[@FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN]

Yeah this is shaping up to be interesting

[@nicholasmcclure2890]

Three big groups I wanna see a first hand videogame of. A life of a mechinite, the life of a wandsmen, and the life of a fairy from the demon hector story ark

[@christophewells3918]

Let's all see and help The Exploring Series and the other SCP historians to 1 Million subs!

[@Jo-bs2uu]

is it an unpopular opinion to prefer the GOI descriptions over the SCPs?

[@JenkoRun]

If you're taking requests could you do SCP-3426 next? I love your format of story telling, and I'd really like to see you do this one, it's hella creepy.

[@Siegmernes]

This is actually going to be pretty helpful because I do not feckin understand the wandsmen xD

[@ThatVia]

Oh of course! It is a Monday after all now, but I only just finished your new 1 hour gameplay video lol

[@Sara3346]

Hey Mang will you ever explore more 40k stuff? You've never done a FAQ on that universe so I don't really know.

[@sunbro197]

He wants a full on exploring series on 40k, which won't happen until SCP one ends. And that won't happen for looong time, I think.

[@exilestudios9546]

@@sunbro197 I believe he also doesn't want to risk getting his videos taken down by games workshop as their anti fan project policy is pretty strict

[@sunbro197]

@@exilestudios9546 It's more recent development than his statment on Exploring the 40k, but also should be considered if he has plans on doing it.

[@thedukeofchutney468]

Why are they so anti-fan projects? I’m not all that into 40k but most of the fans I meet are chill and passionate plus the fan projects I see (like Astartes) are usually pretty high quality.

[@GNerdful]

@@thedukeofchutney468 they're insanely protective of their IP. A couple years ago they changed all the names of all the factions so they could get better copyright protection.

[@salaufer]

can i be fully honest about the fact that i am ready to sign on with the wandsmen right now

[@JXEditor]

Wait was one of these in Alagada?

[@icefire5799]

Ayo the Lanterns but for gaining the knowledge of the multiverse. And with real consequenses for gaining their powers.

[@orlando9321]

Wisdom-keeping bird people? I'm betting on the egiptian god Thot

[@Christian-gr3gu]

"we're here to document the different worlds. Also btw the multiverse is I'm danger and you gotta save it good luck!"

[@Use26486hdjoahwb]

Is this real? my friends The truth, I hope it's real ^^

[@nosfonader8792]

That spider part in the middle of the video sounds like 342, A Train Ride to Nowhere. Way to bring out the arachnophobia in fans with this one. I like the multiverse side of the SCP Foundation a lot more than the monster of the week articles you usually get. I feel multiverse stories can be very interesting, like this one, and has lots of potential.

[@SyntheticHuman01]

The O5-5 overseer is Blackbird. Could this where he came from? It fits since Blackbird can go anywhere, anytime and any dimension. They even said some birds goes somewhere and never comes back. Makes me wonder is BlackBird decided not to come back and fine other versions of himself and make them see the map???

[@baltofarlander2618]

Iirc in The Way It Ends his genesis is described pretty clearly, he originated from some semi-apocalyptic version of London devastated by plague.

[@SyntheticHuman01]

@@baltofarlander2618 but that only states he origin. Not what happened to him after or even before. Blackbird as a being can appear human. So why can't they? The other Birds since magic is involved

[@NavnikBHSilver]

I love this, truly, gimme a map already!

[@necron9930]

I know why they are Bird People. The Egyptian God Ptah. The OG Walker of Strange Paths, and knower of Knowledge most Eldritch. If you ever Spell Jammed in Old Skoll Dungeons and Dragons and wanted to be a Cleric, you worshiped Ptah. If you wanted any of your stuff to work anyways. Only God to be worshiped in ALL of the Realm Spheres.

[@bgbrthrswtchngu2012]

You briefly mentioned the Watchers. When you did, that was a completely different subject however, is the role of the Fallen Angels to make absolutely certain that the Watchers stay out of everyone's affairs

[@grilledleeks6514]

Wut

[@kittymaximum2826]

"They can even find love." *laughs in multiple points on the A Spectrums and snatches the map* Make me a harpy, good luck finding a bird I ever found repulsive! I'm gonna peacock regardless of what I become.

[@Imaproshaman7]

This is so interesting! Wow. I loved this. I'd love a book on something like this, or the author to write more. Or anyone, really. Glad you covered this so we could learn of it!

[@Slop_Dogg]

The Fartsman: He has 500,000 words of lore & 17 connected tales

[@jamescampbell39]

could Wandsmen be the avatar of THOTH? He was the great sage of the Gods and was depicted with an IBIS HEAD

[@ErenJeagerBomb]

Haven't seen the video yet. Wonderfully done, regardless

[@jimjimmler9825]

The Floridan Shark-squach, quite a tale

[@raynejx2]

who'd have thought that fast travel maps exist outside of video games

[@cfh_doomed8879]

Awesome just b4 bed thx brother 🤟

[@jaykubisanidiot8657]

Finally found my place in the SCP universe... Even if that means being a Tzenntchian deamon

[@alyssakitten6006]

Now knowing where the possessive mask came from suddenly makes so much sense