Lampyra, the Watcher

There once lived a young woman named Lampyra, who no longer exists.

Lampyra, the Watcher

Introduction


There once lived a young woman named Lampyra, who no longer exists. Her given name held no particular distinction amongst the crowds. Lampyra lived within The Wanderers' Library after renouncing ties to her former bonds. She is survived by her phantasmal feline, Buckwheat, who loved her dearly.

It is in the nature of the Library and Her Archivists to document all information that enters through Her Doors and finds shelter with the wanderers resting in Her hearth. There is nothing, nothing, that can shadow the Light of All Worlds. While characters of questionable ontology prove much more difficult to track down, even they can rest safely under the purview of the Library. For it is in Her providence to catalogue all, and for all to bask in Her catalogue.

By that rite, information surrounding Lampyra has been detailed in this informational space for your perusal.

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Lampyra's sigil.
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Relevant Works


We, The People's Sub-Ministry of Misplaced Artifacts and Miscellaneous Rediscoveries, believe Lampyra was fond of the following works and, indeed, proved vital to their retrieval. We found them, filed in a Shelf, at the former chapterhouse of a group she was aligned with — known as The Watchers.

Cave Story

2020 Wanderers' Depths Contest, First Place

I cannot see far beyond where I lie, for leagues upon leagues below ground. I do not quake at that thought; somewhere, there, I end, and somewhere else, the sea begins.

Interplanetary Colonization

2021 Scavenger Hunt Contest, Day Two

The alien of the future is human, and for some, no worthy alien is one which still subsists.

I'll Take You to the Parashops

2021 Scavenger Hunt Contest, Day Three

There are glow-in-the-dark honeybees with sparkler stingers, snakes with translucent balloon-like sacks which secrete a whisky-like substance, a pair of giraffes almost fully camouflaged in an exotic jungle, alligators with naturally occurring tailbone spears.

Talk of the Town (Collaboration)

Last Light

Your task is straightforward: Keep a look-out. If something shiny captures your attention while out questing, make sure you jot it down. If it feels good, slap on a creative title. Then bring back your notes to us.

The Foolish One

Writings of The Silver’d Fabulist of Alagadda

Giucà was a cunning and odious one, but within his core of intellect you will find naught but cobwebs and scurrying little spiders.

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Additional Information


We, The People's Sub-Ministry of Misplaced Artifacts and Miscellaneous Rediscoveries, would be remiss if We did not detail the background behind the group in question, The Watchers,1 so they may also be honoured.

The Watchers of The Lost Glade


The Watchers were a minor Serpent's Hand cell that settled in and ran operations out of the far reaches of The Wanderers' Library. They were a close-knit coalition that formed when at least two other Hand affinities came together under a common banner. At their height they stood no more than 30 members strong. Lampyra, after experiencing a rude awakening to the existence of the paranatural during a feud within her family, is believed to have found her way into the group (and the Library at large) sometime during this merger. Many of its recruited members were paranatural people who faced disenfranchisement and undue suffering, either directly or indirectly, at the hands of:

  • The Jailors.
  • The Bookburners.
  • Those others who firmly enforced an unjust world, choked by an ever-present Veil over all aspects of existence.

Unlike some other cells,2 The Watchers were leaderless. Instead, different members assumed different types of temporary leadership positions during specific operations, activities, and times of strife. The group and its structure were horizontally organized, and each member had an equal say in every decision. Lampyra, who had a great deal of experience as a “lone wolf” and independent, was often fielded to lead knowledge-collection missions. Her talents in securing information made her esteemed among her peers, and she assumed this role for some months until her devastating encounter with

Warning: Unexpected Knowledge Evacuation. Please contact your section's Librarians.

The Watchers believe in the fair and equitable treatment of all paranatural humans, entities, and creatures, and the solidarity among them. They believe in the free dissemination of knowledge and information. They achieve this by seeking and spreading obscured, censored, or redacted knowledge which might prove helpful to the causes of their fellow people. They fight to create a bright, beautiful, sustainable, and united future for all those who are under threat of containment and control, and the powers that enforce it. One in which all can feel at peace with nature, with the knowledge of the worlds, and with themselves. One where all can bask in the Light and feel liberated by its rays.

Appearances


These are not the only evidences of the group in question. We believe the group exiled themselves from The Wanderers' Library after Lampyra faced the consequences of her condition. She fell, and will be missed, but she will never be truly forgotten. We will not allow it. We cannot allow it. And if we are unable to leave our mark on the Cosmos, may this be considered an act of remembrance — not of failure.

Lampyra survives as an ideal. It is more powerful than each of us and transcends all of us.

May her Light touch all.


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Out-of-Universe


Hi! I'm Lt FlopsLt Flops (they/she). I am a non-binary transfemme, anarchist, political theory nerd, and techno music geek. I am currently on hiatus. You can find my SCP Foundation Author Page here:

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