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Dantalion
Dantalion
A man with many countenances — all men's and women's faces — carrying a book in his right hand.
Teaches all arts and sciences, declares the secret counsel of any one, changes thoughts at will, causes love, and shows the similitude of any person in a vision, wherever they are.
Reading and changing thoughts — “for he knows the thoughts of all and can change them at his will” — is the grimoire's fantasy of total power over another mind. One of the four spirits absent from Weyer (1577).
As an angel Dantalion tended Heaven's archives, and during his fall he managed to carry part of their books away with him; in Hell he became Keeper of the Forbidden Library of Bibliotheca, which holds the Inferno's history and oldest secrets. He shares that knowledge with fellow fallen such as Stolas and Eligos but rarely with humans — though a bargain with Cleopatra herself is hinted at; he is also the author of the "Jeremiad of Dantalion," a prophecy of Hell's ultimate judgment. Notably the wiki lists him as neutral rather than evil; in its legend he was slain by Mundus's forces for sheltering Vergil, son of Sparda, in his library, and his apprentice took his place as keeper.
Dantalion reads thoughts and changes them. If you suddenly no longer wish to write your petition — too late.
Make an offering · DantalionIn the message with your offering, name the spirit and state your petition — the keeper will enter them in the ledger.