ANDRAS

§ Introduction

Andras is the Sixty-third Spirit in the Ars Goetia, and he is described in unusually blunt terms: a spirit whose "office" is to sow discord—the grimoire's way of pinning him to conflict as a specialty.

§ Grimoire Profile

Rank: Great Marquis
Legions: 30
Attributed office: Sowing discord, engineering quarrels

§ Appearance (Traditional Description)

Andras is depicted as an angelic form with the head of a black raven, riding a strong black wolf, holding a bright sword aloft. That set of symbols is basically a medieval mood board for "ominous authority": predator mount + carrion bird head + weapon.

§ Powers and Attributions

• Engineering quarrels and divisions
• Danger to the unprepared (the grimoire warns of harm—recorded here as a historical claim)

§ Historical and Practical Context

In modern historical reading, Andras is a personification of splitting forces: factions, rumor cascades, and the fragile mechanics of trust. He is a useful lens for studying how older magical texts mapped social breakdown onto named entities.

§ Pop Culture Notes

Andras appears periodically in demon-catalog fiction and games, typically as a "conflict generator" archetype.

§ Short Sources

• Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis (Ars Goetia), 17th-century manuscript tradition