SCP-017

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SCP-017 in containment

Background

SCP-017 is a humanoid figure approximately 80 centimeters tall, anatomically similar to a small child, but with no discernible identifying features. SCP-017 seems to be composed of a shadowy, smoke-like shroud. No attempt to find any object beneath the shroud has been successful, but the possibility has not been ruled out.

General Information

Name: SCP-017

Origin: SCP Foundation

First Appearance: SCP-017 File Log

Company: SCP Foundation

Creator: Kain Pathos Crow

Assigned Gender: None (SCP-017 is a shadowy humanoid figure with no discernable features)

Sexuality: None

Pronouns: It

Age: Unknown

Time Period: Unknown

Timeline: Main Timeline

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: SCP Foundation Containment Area

Story Role: SCP

Legacy: Unknown Legacy (SCPs are entities kept secret by the general public, being kept within The Foundation)

Classification: Keter Class

Species: Shadow

State of Being: Inorganic

Physiology: Shadow Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown

Occupation: None

Containment Status: Contained (SCP-017 is contained in an acrylic glass cage, 100 cm by 50 cm by 50 cm, centrally suspended in a concrete room measuring 6 m by 6 m by 4 m. Attached to the walls, ceiling, and floor of the room are high-intensity arc lamp spotlights pointed directly at the acrylic cage, to ensure that SCP-017 is constantly exposed to light from every angle. Personnel assigned to the SCP-017 control room are to monitor the functionality of the spotlights and the emergency generator system and call for maintenance immediately upon knowledge of a burnt-out lamp or an issue with the generator.)

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Shadows (SCP-017 attacks those who cast shadows upon it.)

Height: 80 cm.

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive

Alignment: True Neutral (SCP-017 does not do anything unless shadows are cast upon it, in which it will only attack the individual who has cast shadows upon it.)

Threat Level: Street Threat (SCP-017 will attack anything which casts a shadow upon it.)

Codex Statistics

Grade: B (SCP-017 is a seemingly bottomless and shadowy pit that completely engulfs all which casts a shadow on it before going back to its original size, with the Foundation not knowing if there is an object beneath the shroud)

Tier: Unknown-D. Can ignore conventional durability with its abilities

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Unknown

Attack Potency: Unknown: True level (Does not attack physically). Can ignore conventional durability with its abilities (SCP-017 attacks through leaping into the air and closes whatever casts a shadow upon it in its shroud, before turning into its normal size)

Durability: Unknown: True level

Travel Speed: Immobile

Attack Speed: Immobile

Range: Standard Melee

Intelligence: Unknown Intelligence (SCP-017 is a shadowy shroud)

Knowledge: Unknown level

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Powers and Techniques

• Darkness Manipulation (SCP-017 is a dark shadowy mass, which expands and consumes individuals. When doing so, it will soon return to its form, making it unclear what happened to the individuals and items at hand that were affected by it)
  • Likely Absorption

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Other

Standard Tactics: SCP-017 does nothing unless shadows are cast upon it, if shadows are cast upon it then it will expand and consume the individual.

Weaknesses Nothing notable.

References

• SCP-017 Original File Log.