Wielder of Names 1-16
“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 rawest Chaos whyle styll allowyng him to be controlled. As he grows older he makes secret Bargayns with Fools and finds clever ways to lop these Names off, and thus metamorphoses, changing Color and Shape most drastycally. Thus does the Pallyd become Blue, the Blue become Crymson, the Crymson become Verdant, the Verdant become Gylded.
An Ebon Devyl has but a syngle Name. There are but a few Dozen in all of Creation.
I wyll speak no further on the matter of Devyl Bynding for the Hour grows most late and a Chyll is settlyng up my old Spyne..”
– Thulsa Drulle’s Daemonica Maleficum.
All prior errors fade before this one.
Trust to the example of Aesma, most favored disciple of YISUN; that when folly is concentrated in such density as to bore a hole through space and time, that which lies on the other side of the worm’s-hole shall be wisdom.
One must not forget that our heroine still intends to enter the Floating Castle of Mother Om. She is still very much playing the Fool-… Which is for the best, as far as my amusement is concerned.
“Our Fool’s got belongings slung over his or her back, with a little dog yapping right at the edge of the drop. Meanwhile, the Fool’s staring off into the sky, perched on the edge between disaster and flight.”
-Archmaster Porthos Fitz-Empress, Order of Hermes
Preem Porthos is a wise one indeed, as his knowledge of the Archetypes can show. I should read more into this ‘Order of Hermes’.
This quote came from Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary, an enormous brick of a book published to honor the legacy of one of the most intellectually stimulating tabletop role-playing games ever published. The Order of Hermes is one organization/player faction in said game of philosophical knife fights.
[Technically there’s also an Order of Hermes in Ars Magica (the tabletop RPG, not the more recent video game), but that’s a slightly different game. Mage and Ars share the Order of Hermes, their respective publishers co-owning the property out of respect to their shared history. All of this is neither here nor there, however.]
Fear most the bungling hero, for she will stumble into your camp and apologize as she mistakenly beheads your greatest warrior.
Antagonize not the bungling hero, lest ye are broken against her arc.
Behold, what the Holders of Multifarious Tropes call a ‘Refuge in Audacity.’
Bold choice, ‘Usagi’… Bold choice.
OH MY GOD ALLISON
STOP WHAT YOU DO
Blue becomes Crimson? This means Cio’s next form is incredibly fighty. That would be very odd indeed to see.
Also, this seems like a terrible plan doomed to failure. But no plan whatsoever went very badly, so maybe this is an improvement.
Writing self-insert fanfiction seems thematically appropriate as a sneaky way to discard names. I wonder if Ms. Cio is of a higher weight class in that regard than her apparent blueness would indicate.
She does have awfully few names, given her supposed standing.
Maybe Cioelle is actually far more powerful than she wants others to believe. Perhaps she is wearing two masks? One over the other, yes~
Cio had stolen a Key of Kings before, she did! Aha, well, that would be most intelligent of her. As well, it would explain why she is so much larger than the other blue-faced implings. Hahaha!
Well, in the original KSBD, we saw Oscar remove his mask and replace it with a “Harlotte O’Scar” mask; perhaps Cio has done something similar?
Wonderful! I love this comic!
What happens when the Ebon Devil loses his last name?
Ascension. The Devil shall no longer be a devil. It shall become a force of nature, impersonal and free. To name something is to give it definition and will, but also to define what it is not.
When a devil loses its last name, it shall return back to the blessed dark, to sleep and dream forever more. Undefined and infinite.
The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t. Worse still is the devil you can’t know.
Devyl Theory: Have we already seen an ebon devil? We’ve got one sketch of ebon devils from abbadon’s tumblr here: http://orbitaldropkick.tumblr.com/image/117329549016
There are a couple of individuals we’ve seen who resemble this sketch, both of whom were encountered in Hell 71.
The first, and less likely of the two, is The Duke, seen here: http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/ksbd-2-32/
Given his mask, head-flame, size and duplicated eyes, I believe he’s a viable candidate for an ebon devil. What gives me pause is his resemblance to other non-devil, non-mask wearing individuals we’ve seen in throne before, though I can’t recall anything of his exact size anywhere else.
The second possible ebon devil, who I believe it quite likely to actually be an ebon devil, is seen in these pages: http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/ksbd-3-49/
http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/ksbd-4-57/
This large, three faced gentleman resembles nothing I can recall from anywhere else in throne, and its resemblance to the sketch and devil-like qualities are undeniable.
The question I’m sure you’re asking yourself is if there is an ebon devil in Hell 71, why wasn’t it running the show and kicking asses? I believe that mask color is not the end-all-be-all of the devil hierarchy. Preem Nand is clearly a gilded devil, but one different and more powerful than any we’ve seen before. There’s also plenty of red-masked devils hanging around that are small and subservient, such as number 1. I believe that the mask-hierarchy is more about progression of individual devils, who have great variation in terms of intellect and power.
I was thinking Preem Nand was an Ebon Devyl; the lord of hell 71 does not fit the tall shrouded figure type to this one.
With all these descriptions of devils from Thulsa’s writings, I’m getting the impression that each class of devil is monogender, which means at some point in the future Cio ends up going full masculine appearance. Disappointing, really.
It would seem that Alice-UN is under the impression that dear old Mottom will simply take the key, hold a tea party in her honor, and send her home with a thank you and a basket of candied treats. The poor child will find the truth of the matter soon enough, to her dismay. Perhaps, in the multiverse’s grand sense of irony, Mottom will use her skull as a teapot.
BEHOLD Al-YISUN
BEHOLD as all errors become one
BEHOLD as the rivers of foolishness converge into a sea of wisdom
BEHOLD as she fucks up so bad as to somehow come out on top
She will face the beast and she will annihilate it but mostly on accident
I accidentally the whole godhead.
Ascend to heaven through foolishness.
I thought she was from the plastic cult of immortality! She and Oskar are going to have to get their stories straight.
Looks like an early mention of demon binding on this page.
http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/wielder-of-names-1-4/
WAIT WHAT THE HECK GOG AGOG IS THERE WHAT IS GOG AGOG DOING YOU ARE NOT A GILDED DEVIL
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If devil colour is a natural factor of age and experience, wouldn’t that imply only the Pallid are ever Masked and Dubbed by mortals? It appears a Crimson mask is being proferred by the magistrates a mere 3 pages aft. Would not a demon have to develop on its own (from Pallid, through Azure) to become Crimson?
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