Bestiary

The seventy-two.

Each demon catalogued in the original Lesser Key of Solomon appears here. Entries fill in as the story reveals them.

First and chief of seventy-two, with a voice that makes the air slack.

Teaches all tongues, can make those who run stand still.

A gentle hand that declares things past and to come.

Speaks for the dead who drowned at sea.

Reveals hidden things and brings or removes disease.

A faithful familiar — until he isn't.

Knows things past and to come, reconciles old quarrels.

Hears the song of every animal that walks.

Sits crowned, with the noise of trumpets before him.

Teaches moral philosophy and the virtues of plants.