SKM

SKM

SKM's avatar on Within Hubris.

Name	SKM
Alias	LiquidSaint
Affiliation	Harbingers Lunar Children (Spy)
Gender	Male
Status	Alive
Relations	Max (Brother)

SKM is an extremely skilled hacker who has used his talents to oppose the Lunar Children and assist the players throughout the ARG. After his brother Max was tragically killed by the cult, SKM devoted his life to taking them down, infiltrating their ranks under the alias "LiquidSaint". Over the years, SKM was able to divulge many of the cult's secrets to the players while working alongside the friendly amalgamate known as Drowned. At some point after 2018, SKM seems to have entered into the Parallelos.

Story

Origins

SKM was raised in Europe with his brother Max. While not much is known about his childhood, it is known that SKM developed an intense love for technology, becoming a skilled hacker over time. In 2011, SKM and Max travelled to the United States to visit their grandparents in Florida. His brother, Max, would often frequent Within Hubris, where he claimed to speak with BEN and Patrem. At the time, SKM simply wrote this off as silly online roleplaying. However, tragedy struck when Max was kidnapped by Patrem in a local Florida park. When SKM went to investigate, all he found was a camera containing a photograph of a distorted, purple mass.

From this point onwards, SKM devoted his life to taking down the Lunar Children. He began exploring various sites related to the cult, though he wasn't able to make much progress. In November of 2011, SKM was contacted by Tenebris going by the name BEN. Days later on Undecim Nocte 2011, the entity named Drowned escaped Tenebris's possession and hid inside SKM's computer, resulting in it combusting right in-front of him. When he came to, SKM discovered a text file left by Drowned that contained coordinates to the Lunar Children's base - the Fishery.

At some point, SKM made contact with the Lunar Children and began undergoing an initiation process. Before SKM would be allowed to meet the cult at the fishery, he was tasked with travelling to the Moon Children's old base, The Orchard, and recording some masks left in an old building there. SKM carried out this task and retrieved the copy of the Libro Lunarus stolen by Alex years prior. For his success, SKM was allowed to meet with the cult on December 1st. Unfortunately, SKM was late to their meeting after having gotten lost in the surrounding forest. On December 2nd, SKM arrived at the fishery, which was now completely abandoned. However, he was still allowed to join and was gifted a gas mask in a briefcase for his services.

SKM later returned the Libro Lunarus to the cult and began assisting them with various technological projects. He continued this façade until 2013, when he attempted to destroy Patrem by downloading him into a laptop and destroying it. This attempt was unsuccessful, unfortunately, and likely resulted in SKM being outed as a traitor. At some point, SKM managed to rejoin the cult under the alias "LiquidSaint". One year later in 2014, SKM began working alongside the Hacker Group. Sadly, their alliance was cut short when SKM suddenly stopped contacting them - presumably as to not risk his "LiquidSaint" persona.

Assisting the Harbingers

In early 2015, SKM began observing the players directly, occasionally helping them from the shadows. On February 20th, 2015, SKM sent Drowned to chat with the players over Skype to distract Patrem. SKM did this again on May 14th, 2015, where he was able to use this opportunity to chat with the players directly on Within Hubris a few days later. Here, he divulged some important information to them before being forced to flee upon Patrem's return - though this, too, was implied to intentionally cause Patrem to over-exert himself, temporarily putting him out of commission. Around this time, SKM managed to remotely destroy Tyler's computer. This was done to force him to create an online account to store his files so that the players could contact him, resulting in the creation of Silentdork.

On May 19th, 2015, SKM hacked Lunarchildren.com, locking off most of the site and replacing it with a taunting message. Later that night, he created a chatroom on Johnisdead.com. Here, he was able to properly introduce himself to the players and chat freely. Throughout this conversation, he used Drowned to distract Regiminis by creating pages on Johnisdead.com. However, Regiminis eventually became too much of a danger, resulting in the two of them being forced to leave, but not before giving the players the link to Silentdork. A few days later on May 21st, 2015, SKM informed the players on Within Hubris that Tyler would soon start uploading videos to YouTube. Shortly after this, Patrem threatened SKM, but his text was cut off as he was still damaged from SKM's previous attack. SKM seemingly used this opportunity to damage Patrem further, overloading him with data and trapping him in the "/key592" directory on Johnisdead.com.

On May 28th, 2015, SKM chatted with the players on Johnisdead.com once again. Here, he explained his backstory with Patrem and Max to the players and gave them some behind-the-scenes information regarding some terminology that was currently being processed on Lunarchildren.com. Their conversation was cut short once again when SKM's alarm went off, implying Regiminis was nearing their location. The next day, SKM managed to get Tyler's electricity working once again, which the Lunar Children had just recently turned off.

On June 16th, 2015, SKM posted made an announcement on Lunarchildren.com under the "Liquidsaint" persona praising the Lunar Child Daniel and discussing the site's buffed security. The next day, SKM made another announcement on Lunarchildren.com linking to footage recorded during the Blood Moon Ritual. On July 7th, 2015, SKM announced on Lunarchildren.com that he was currently preparing to travel back to Florida to work on the Lunar Children servers at the Fishery. Later that month on July 21st, he made another announcement addressing some rumors in which he denounced the idea that he was SKM and the existence of the Hacker Group.

On July 30th, 2015, players were linked to Drowned's YouTube channel - lostmemory423, which contained various recordings of SKM's past journeys. A few days later on August 3rd, 2015, SKM left Tyler a "Max Headroom" poster before travelling to The Spire in Ohio. Once he arrived, SKM was placed under heavy surveillance and was constantly being recorded. At The Spire, SKM continued his technical maintenance of Lunar Children networks, as evidenced by a post he made on August 15th where he mentioned he was working on the Lunar Children Forums.

Sometime, presumably around late October, SKM released Drowned from his computer who then managed to contact the players via the Remember.exe games. On November 2nd, 2015, SKM addressed some concerns in another Lunar Children announcement regarding some strange pages that recently appeared on their website. Days later on November 6th, SKM posted another announcement addressing some technical issues with the forums. Shortly after this, he began chatting with the players through another chatroom on Johnisdead.com. Here, he confirmed to the players that he was Liquidsaint and allowed them access to the Lunar Children Forums, where they would be able to use their stolen Ocarina powers once more. This allowed the players to rescue Tyler on Undecim Nocte 2015, thwarting the Lunar Children's plans.

Capture

The failure of Undecim Nocte sparked chaos among the Lunar Children. On November 12th, 2015, Thoth could be seen frantically searching for SKM, questioning why the forums were currently not responsive. At some point after this, SKM was outed as a traitor by the cult, having been officially deemed one by Thoth in an announcement posted on March 2nd, 2016.

It was presumably around this time that both SKM and Drowned were captured by Regiminis. Drowned reached out to the players on Skype explaining that Regiminis was intending to trade them to Tenebris in exchange for John's spirit - John was Regiminis's original conduit, meaning once he regained possession of him, he would become far more powerful. Here, Drowned explicitly reveals that he is actually two souls merged into one - Ben and Max, which meant that SKM was unknowingly working alongside his missing brother all along.

Drowned reveals more of SKM's past to the players before implying that SKM was going to be given to Tenebris as well to be used as a host-body of sorts. In an attempt to hide Drowned and SKM, the players submitted the "Garo's Mask". This successfully hid SKM, sparing him from being used by Tenebris. Unfortunately, Drowned was unable to escape, once again being used as Tenebris's conduit. Not long after this, Tenebris seemingly used his newly expanded powers to revive Youshouldnthavedonethat.net.

Continued Assistance

SKM did not make any appearances for over a year after this event. It is assumed that, at some point, he was reunited with Max's spirit which was no longer fused with Ben. On May 7th, 2018, a mysterious video appeared on Silentdork that seemed to be a message from SKM attempting to contact someone. Months later - presumably sometime near November, Tyler discovered a few objects outside his home including SKM's gas mask, a red mask with an "R" written on it, and a photograph of Hank and Diana. It is possible that SKM left these objects for Tyler to discover. SKM also stole Tyler's Bullet Necklace and presumably infused Max's spirit into it somehow.

During Tyler's livestream on November 2nd, 2018, SKM can be seen sneaking into Tyler's room and retrieving his gas mask. Before he leaves, he returns the bullet necklace, asking Tyler to keep Max safe. At some point after this interaction, SKM entered into the Parallelos. Here, he managed to create a small camp where he could occasionally steal internet usage from a nearby building - this allowed him to speak through the IIIII account on Discord. When he first entered into the Parallelos, it is implied that Erika had a brief casual chat with him. However, not wanting to entertain disembodied voices, SKM ignored her.

While in the Parallelos, SKM seems to have befriended George - a friendly spirit who spoke to the players back in 2015. While George would go out in search of food, SKM seemed to continue experimenting with devices, having somehow tapped into the strange array of phonelines strewn across the Parallelos's highways. At some point, a strange individual that spoke in many voices approached SKM's camp in a "silly" manner, leaving a black and red flannel jacket behind. Unfortunately, SKM's chat with the players was cut short when the player Pako submitted the "Elegy of Emptiness".

After this, SKM's presence was seen in the Treeline Janus Room, where some of his past calls could be heard on a phone. These calls include SKM asking George for food and SKM regretting playing the game "Cyberpunk 2077" at his camp, as it supposedly ruined his equipment.

Personality

SKM

A very important friend who has sadly been lost on us with time. What we see here is a reflection of something, a caricature. But I will still be happy to see him. One of the most frightening yet beautifully kind men one could ever know and this is all compliment really. We will make it lad.

Archive

Relevant documents and files pertaining to SKM.

References

Characters
Harbingers	Links DougLunar Children: The First Giant Lunar Children: Douglas • JadusableLunar Children: The Second Giant Moon Children: Alex Hall • Kayd HendricksMoon Children: Rem • Mason • Tyler Internet Detectives CircleHunter • Dawn • Greth • JacobLunar Children: Vincent Adams • John • JoséAstral Observatory: Yugi • Wolfcat Allies DeadOne • Drowned • Erika • Helper • Max • SKMLunar Children: LiquidSaint
Lunar Children	Figures Luna • Patrem • Tenebris LinkMoon Children: Mr. D • The First GiantHarbingers: Doug Lunar Children: Douglas • The Second GiantHarbingers: Jadusable Moon Children: Alex Hall • The Third GiantMoon Children: Spencer • The Fourth Giant Elder Children Alan Alphonse • Ezekiel Konrad • Jennifer • Kylie • LiquidSaintHarbingers: SKM • MattRMoon Children: Ifrit • Vincent AdamsHarbingers: Jacob Members Alignak • Carla • Cici849 • Daniel • Douglas • Eddie • George • HarryM1 • Hina616 • Hope • Jarilo333Moon Children: Jeremy Jarvis • Jie_Lin_HunterL • Jason • Kalfu9000 • KevinMoon Children: Insidiae • Losna152 • Luke • Mason • Sheepdog • Sin_Yarikh • 1_Tsukuyomi_1
Moon Children	Moderators Chris • SpencerLunar Children: The Third Giant • IfritLunar Children: MattR • InsidiaeLunar Children: Kevin • Mr. DLunar Children: Tenebris Link Members Alex HallHarbingers: Jadusable Lunar Children: The Second Giant • Ben Hubbard • Danielle • David • Diana Hubbard • Hank Hubbard • Jeremy JarvisLunar Children: Jarilo333 • RemHarbingers: Kayd Hendricks • Rosa • The Old Man • Thomas • William Reynolds
Astral Observatory	Astral Children IsocelesAssassinHacker Group: The Gray Man • Kaiden_Zoromichi • moonman31 • Nocta • NotAHoax_M12 • Samuel Charleston • YugiHarbingers: José • yuukichan Hacker Group GHOSTBABEL • Seth • Dusk • The Gray ManAstral Observatory: IsocelesAssassin
Other / Unaffiliated	Layered Beings BUP • IIIII • Synchron • TheLaw • The Producer WireTalk Mr. Silent • Mrs. Moon Janus Entities Child • Dead • Halicord • Prominence • Shadow_0388 • Stackoverflow • Trapped Other Cody • Hilario • Hotspot • Kyle • OFA Group • Pumpkinhead • Pursan • The Jaeger • Time Turner • Randy BUP's DnD Game Flint • Greth of Ruskunne • Innsman Greth • The Jester • Max (DnD) • Munnin • Sam the Genasi