 Item number SCP-1845 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures SCP-1845 is to be housed in a fully enclosed, climate-controlled habitat, simulating a North American temperate rainforest. Hidden cameras capable of low-light recording shall be installed throughout to monitor SCP-1845. SCP-1845 is to be provided with nutrient supplemented vegetable-based foods as necessary to supplement nutrition available from plant and insect life in the habitat. A keyboard and monitor shall be installed near SCP-1845-1's den to facilitate communication between SCP-1845-1 and Agents Level 2 or higher. Any request made by SCP-1845-1 will be considered by the Site Director on a case-by-case basis, in light of the nature of the object requested and SCP-1845-1's willingness to cooperate with Agents. No outside mammals or birds are to be transported into facility except for testing purposes. SCP-1845's habitat is to be inspected twice monthly and after any observations or suspicious behavior. Any discovery of tools or plans intended for escape, communication, weaponry, starting fires, or interference with cameras will result in implementations of procedure SG. In the event of a containment breach, procedure Novel Deseason is to be implemented. SCP-1845-1 is currently of the belief that it and its associates are prisoners of war and that its allies will ransom or rescue it in the near future. It is not to be disabused of this notion. Foundation Wildlife Survey shall conduct regular reconnaissance of SCP-1845's native environment in search of any uncontained animals. Under no circumstances should SCP-1845 be made aware of the existence of SCP-1006 or of any non-human mammalian or avian SCP object. SCP-1845 currently consists of the following, one male American red box, Vulpis vulpis vulvis, approximately three years old as a time it entered Foundation custody in 2000, designated SCP-1845-1, 14 muskrats, 12 ducks, 6 bald eagles, 2 deer, 3 feral cats, 2 gray wolves, and 2 crows, designated SCP-1845-2, 26 pigeons, 16 mountain lions, 12 squirrels, 11 sheep, 8 black bears, 6 raccoons, and a bangle tiger, designated SCP-1845-3. The members of SCP-1845 are physiologically indistinct from normal animals of their species. The animals have been demonstrated to possess near-human intelligence, the ability to construct simple tools from objects in their habitat and introduced by the Foundation, and a system of government modeled on medieval European feudalism. Tools discovered during inspections of the habitat include a sling made from bark and twigs, a small hatchet with a wooden handle, and a sharpened piece of flint for its blade, wire starters, primitive musical instruments including a flute, drums, and a strained instrument resembling a lute, a flint carving knife, a lance-like weapon apparently intended to be mounted to a quadruped back pointing forwards, a small catapult, several shades of paint made from ochre and crushed insects, several crosses of religious icons carved or painted using above-mentioned paint on wooden surfaces or habitat walls, a small canoe, feathered quills and ink, a tarpaulin designed to cover the entrance of SCP-1845-1's den, woolen caves and hooded cloaks, rosary beads. SCP-1845-1 has been observed to be the leader of the colony, and the only member of the group observed to be able to use the installed keyboard. SCP-1845-1 considered itself to be a royal heritage and identifies itself using the title as Royal Highness Eugenio II by the grace of God, King of the Forest, Lord of the Plains, Duke of the Grand Fur and the Undergrowth, Count of the Swamp, Margrave of ██████, Warden of all the streams and rivers, and Lord Protector of the Cities of Man, Defender of the Faith. SCP-1845-1 identifies itself and its followers as Roman Catholics, and appears to be extremely pious in its devotions. It has been observed on video, praying over its meals and observing holidays and saintly feast days, and has been observed to order punishments against other members of the colony for received lack of piety. Though unable to speak, SCP-1845-1 has demonstrated an ability to read and understand when spoken to it, modern and archaic dialects of English, French, and Latin, and is able to communicate with Foundation agents by means of the keyboard. Preferred language of communication is Middle French. All communications from SCP-1845-1 use first-person plural, such as the Royal Wii. SCP-1845-1 has demonstrated a broad body of knowledge related to medieval European feudalism, Roman Catholic theology, ancient Greek, and Roman history and mythology, and the works of Homer, Aristotle, Chaucer, Mallory, Bowden, Shakespeare, and Cervantes, though it expresses a strong distaste for the latter. SCP-1845 refers to examples of SCP-1845-2 as its knights and gentry, and claims to assign them titles such as Duke of the Elm, Countess of the █████, Trail, and Knight of the Thistle. It likewise identified members of SCP-1845-3 as Serves or the Common Folk. This hierarchy appears to be rigidly enforced, with SCP-1845-3 conducting manual tasks such as building tools, gathering food, and construction of earthworks under the supervision of SCP-1845-2, who report to SCP-1845-1 for instructions. Acts of violence are strictly punished. Only three violent casualties, two pigeons, and a muskwrap belonging to SCP-1845-3 have been documented. The latter haven't been executed by hanging after being convicted in a trial of causing the death of the former. Members of SCP-1845 are able to communicate with each other through vocalizations and body language, apparently irrespective of species. Direct communication with any SCP-1845-2 or SCP-1845-3 has yet to be achieved. Only one animal other than SCP-1845-1 has been observed to understand written language. A raccoon belonging to SCP-1845-3, which has been observed using a quill pen and ink, the TEC dictation, in Latin, from SCP-1845-1. SCP-1845-3 has refused to write anything under instructions from members of staff. Excluding those animals mentioned above, four animals, a duck, a bald eagle, and two crows have died in a habitat since SCP-1845 intercontainment. Six animals, two pigeons, two ducks, a bald eagle, and a raccoon have hatched or been born. These animals acquire a level of intelligence comparable to their parents at rates on par with normal periods of growth and sexual development for their species. SCP-1845 came to the attention of the Foundation in 2000 when reports of unusual animal behavior and attacks against humans and other animals began appearing frequently into vicinity of ██████. Preliminary investigative units were forced to retreat after being viciously attacked by a group of raccoons, ducks, squirrels, and feral cats with what appear to be war paint smeared across their faces. While Task Force Sigma-853 elected dog catchers was dispatched, which discovered that two groups of animals of assorted species wearing red and black paint respectively were apparently at war with each other in an area extending across several hundred square kilometers of ██████ and bleeding into the ██████ and ██████ metropolitan areas. SCP-1845-1 was identified by observation as apparently commanding the red painted forces. MTF Sigma-853 engaged SCP-1845 with non-lethal weaponry during a pitched battle occurring between the two factions. After the death of ████ MTF members and ████ animals, the surviving animals of both factions, following a loud vocalization by SCP-1845-1, ceased attack and surrendered, allowing themselves to be taken into Foundation custody. Foundation assets in the media attributed behavior and attacks to a chemical spill in the ██████ SCP-1845-1 has asserted that it was not responsible for the war that led to its discovery and capture, and that it was retaliating against the uprising on the part of women with subjects. A Colombian black-tailed deer, Odecoilius emus columbianus, it identified as Duke Baxter of the West Bay. SCP-1845-1 spoke metrallically of said deer, describing it as a most uncutu-surper, rogue and protestant whom it claimed had, having accused them falsely of witchcraft, assassinated our queen consort, and kidnapped the prince of ████ and our other royal issue, and of turning a large portion of the nobility and peasantry against it. It insists that the deer is still at large and marshaling its forces against its nation, and that once it is released from captivity, it will defeat it. No deer imagined in the description given by SCP-1845-1 is among the members of SCP-1845 where it was found amongst those killed during the raid. The origin of SCP-1845's intelligence, form of government, or SCP-1845-1's knowledge is unknown. SCP-1845-1 refuses to directly answer the question and responds to all inquiries on the subject by asserting its royal ancestry, which it claims extend to Time Immemorial and discuss in the Divine Rite of Kings. SCP-1845 Request Log To date, SCP-1845-1 has made requests during communications for the following items. One Bible, Duei Reims, Jerusalem, or Latin Bulgate, granted. A photograph of the current Pope, granted. Permission to attend the next Papal conclave with a voting member, denied. Establishment of a Roman Catholic Church within a habitat, denied. Permission to send a member of SCP-1845-2 to a Roman Catholic Seminary to be ordained as a priest, denied. Holy Water, Communion Wafers and Wine, and Priestly Investments tailored a bit of deer, denied. A Roman Catholic Priest, they hear SCP-1845-1's confessions and perform massive communion once a week. Granted access once per month after inspection to be performed by a Foundation agent ordained in the Church. A television, DVD player, and copy of the film Passion of the Christ, denied. A battery-powered CD player in various discs of liturgical music, chants and hymns, granted. A tractor, denied. A plow, denied. A jeweled crown, denied. A large boulder for the purpose of chiseling into a throne, denied. A life-sized nativity scene, denied. A manger in costumes, with which to create a living nativity scene, granted. A Christmas tree, granted. An audience with O5-█████, which it referred to as his most serene and glorious Holy Roman Emperor, denied. A political marriage to O5-█████, daughter, denied. The addition to the habitat of a female fox, of marriageable age, noble blood, and chastity true, approval pending. Permission to send the letter to O5-█████, which offered a promise of vassalage and tribute in the form of wool, freshly picked fruits and berries, and wood crafts in exchange for relief from captivity, and military assistance in reclaiming its land from Duke Baxter. Granted, O5-█████ has chosen to take no action on the letter. Life-bished to be introduced into the habitat's pond, denied. Fresh fish as a dietary supplement, granted, dairy and lint only. Cinnamon, black pepper, and cloves, granted. Fresh coffee beans were planting, denied. Dried coffee beans, denied. Coffee-flavored ice cream, granted. Copies of the following books. Jeffrey of the Kings of Britain, Jeffrey of Monmouth, granted. Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes, granted. Summit Theologica, St. Thomas Aquinas, granted. The song of Rowland, author unknown, denied. Aneid, Virgil, denied. Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, Pope Paul VI, granted. Learned in a state of extreme disrepair one day later. The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli, denied. Paradise Lost, Jonathan Milton, granted. Defense of the Right of Kings, King James I of England, granted. The Man in the Iron Mask, Alexandra Dumas, denied. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, granted in a bridged edition of Midding Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, The Henry VI Trilogy, and Richard III. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, Dr. Benjamin Spock, denied. The Big Book of Catholic Customs and Traditions for Children's Faith Formation, Beth Brannigan McNamara, granted. New Catholic Picture Bible, Lawrence G. Lovesick, granted. Good Night, Moon, Margaret Wise-Brown, granted. The 95 Deesuses, Martin Luther, granted. Document was destroyed by SCP-1845-1 in a public ceremony.