“Them that’s young and well and free and yearn to do their part, is tenth as worse as them that’s old with hunger in their hearts.” -Folk saying, attributed to upper Shades
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“Sure I’ve got a few debts in me, and I’ve got the marks to prove it. But power’s quite the mistress, fool. Tell me, have you seen this before?” – Splitpin, Devil Binder
“Fynally, I wyll speak on the Ebon Devyl, or True Devyl. A Devyl when he is born as Pallyd has many hundreds of Names, none of whych are useful to hym, a method of his Bynding that gyves Shape to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Next I wyll dyscuss the Gylded Devyl, or Yellow Devyl as they are sometymes called. The Gylded Devyl has the appearance of one tall and shrouded, hyr Mask is Or, hyr Blood is Ebon. Hyr shryveled Flesh is sayd to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Next I wyll speak of the Verdant Devyl, or Dead Man’s Devyl as they are called. Hys Skyn is scaled or horned verdant, he carries the Vysyge of a Death’s Head, hys Mask verdant, and hys Blood thyck and argent. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Next I wyll speak on those Devyls most pryzed and sought by Kyngs, Rulers, and those Fools who clasp for earthly Power. The Crymson Devyl, or War Devyl, is massyve of Form and Syze and myddlyng of Wyts. Hys Flesh […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Next I wyll speak on the Ymps, or Blue Devyls. Ymps are flymsy of Body but possesseth a Tongue most vyle and skylfull in the Art. The Blue Devyl possesseth Skin of nyght-hue, hyr Mask is royal, and hyr Blood […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“It doth not suyt a Sum’nr of Devyls to speak on their Propertys, as those godsblood Fools who speak them into beyng must by varyos Means know their Nature as the Back of their Hand. But here I shall make […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“The lightn’ings on which they rode were bent with talon’d lash, An’ few there were that rode ahead and batter’d out their path, But others reach’d with grasping hands to pluck fools from the fray, An’ best as known them […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…