Exploring the SCP Foundation: The Wandsmen

Artists Include:

[LucasDimoveo]

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

[jessamynpratt]

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!

[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.

[CrazyGiaky]

SCP Foundation: * _commits highly unethical acts_ *
The Wandsmen: *"In bird culture, that's considered a **_dick_** move."*

[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.

[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.

[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

[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.

[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

[briantaulbee]

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.

[Raunefault]

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

[spartanstone]

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

[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

[Jedishill]

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

[nibblrrr]

🧭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

[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?)

[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.

[thegreatcthulhu]

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.

[danieljames]

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...

[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.