Sigil of Andras
At a glance
- Entry
- 63 of 72
- Rank
- Marquis
- Legions
- 30 in the text
Description in the text
Andras is assigned the task of sowing discord. The entry is unusually stark in warning that an incautious summoner and companions may be killed.
Read entry 63 on page 42 of the 1916 edition
Appearance
A raven-headed angel-like figure on a black wolf, raising a bright sword.
Topics attributed to this entry
- Discord
- Warfare
Reading this entry
Andras is an angelic figure with a black night-raven head, riding a black wolf and brandishing a bright sword. The marquis’s sole office is sowing discord. The passage adds a direct warning that the operator and companions may be killed if they are careless. This threat is part of the grimoire’s characterization and sets the entry apart from the many spirits whose offices include both conflict and reconciliation.
The image combines angel, raven, wolf, and weapon but gives no second form or genealogy. Andras governs 30 legions and has a seal. The description’s economy makes its violent point unambiguous; adding advice on using that supposed power would change the purpose of a historical reference page. It is more accurate to document the warning as text than to present it as a measured danger.
Read entry 63 on page 42 of the 1916 edition or compare the 1904 transcription.
A closer reading of entry 63
What the numbered text says
Andras’s office is unusually concise and hostile: sowing discord. The raven-like head, black wolf, and raised sword create a martial picture, but the passage supplies no teaching, discovery, or favorable office to balance it. It immediately warns of fatal danger to an incautious summoner and companions. That warning is part of the historical narrative, not practical advice or evidence of an actual threat. The title is marquis and the stated following is 30 legions; the source gives no additional rank to soften the stark entry.
About the printed seal
The fifth frontispiece assigns Andras seal 63. The printed sign records the catalogue identification, while the black bird head and wolf mount are textual details. The edition does not label a stroke as a sword, nor does it show the warned-about event. A cautious caption identifies the image without dramatizing the claim.
Compare another entry
Compare entry 64: Haures. The next entry also includes a threat, here directed at enemies, but surrounds it with truth claims and a lengthy warning about deception. Andras is far shorter: discord and peril dominate almost the entire office. Adjacent numbers do not imply similar scope.