SCP-2128 The Liars Cradle - Summary

Summary

In the year 850 CE, the High Priest of the Brazen Heart cult, worshippers of the deity Moloch, celebrates a victory over an enemy church by torturing prisoners with various devices in his "Game Room." The Liars' Cradle, a torture device that incinerates liars, is his favorite. The SCP Foundation later discovers this device, designating it SCP-2128, and uses it to extract true/false information by sacrificing D-Class personnel. Through these tests, they prevent a catastrophic event and continue to explore the Cradle's knowledge capabilities and limitations.

Facts

Here are the key facts from the text, numbered and in short sentences:

1. The year is 850 CE.
2. The High Priest is a member of the Brazen Heart cult, which worships the god Moloch.
3. The cult invaded an enemy Church in the hills and slaughtered most of the congregation.
4. Some prisoners were taken and brought back to the castle for "questioning" by the High Priest.
5. The High Priest has a collection of torture tools in a room called the "Game Room".
6. The Liars' Cradle is a stone furnace with metal grates that can incinerate people who tell lies.
7. The Cradle was invented by the Brazen Heart cult around the 9th Century CE.
8. The cult used the Cradle as a torture device to extract information from their enemies.
9. The SCP Foundation discovered the Liars' Cradle in an undisclosed castle.
10. The Foundation has been using the Cradle to extract information from prisoners.
11. The Cradle can detect lies and will incinerate anyone who tells a falsehood.
12. The Foundation has developed a protocol, EP 37-Sparafucile, to use the Cradle to extract information.
13. The protocol involves using D-Class personnel as messengers to ask questions and test the Cradle's abilities.
14. The Foundation has used the Cradle to gather information on various topics, including the location of a dangerous item.
15. The Cradle has been used to test the Foundation's knowledge of logical paradoxes and subjective opinions.
16. The Cradle has been given the rare Safe Object Class due to its static nature.
17. Containment Site-403 has been built around the castle to hold the Cradle.
18. A healthy supply of D-Class personnel is regularly siphoned off for use with the Cradle.
19. The Brazen Heart cult was wiped out by the Spanish Inquisition.
20. The SCP Foundation has been experimenting with the Liars' Cradle since 2014.