§ Introduction
Focalor is traditionally listed as the 41st spirit and ranked as a Duke. In public-domain grimoire tradition, his domain is brutally specific: winds, storms, and drowning—the hazards that made maritime life terrifying in the pre-modern world. Focalor represents nature's indifference, mythologized as a being with intention.
§ Grimoire Profile
Rank: Duke
Legions: 30
Attributed office: raising tempests; wrecking ships; endangering sailors (as the texts describe)
§ Appearance (Traditional Description)
Focalor is commonly described as appearing in a human-like form with griffin wings. The hybrid suggests predation + altitude: a hunter that rides the air—fitting for a spirit associated with wind and storm.
§ Powers and Attributions
Traditional catalogues commonly associate Focalor with:
- Tempests and violent winds
- Shipwreck motifs and sea danger
- Influence over watery death (often described starkly in the texts)
§ Practical Use (Historical / Educational)
Focalor is a great window into how people once made sense of disaster: storms were not "weather systems," they were moral and spiritual threats.
Symbolically (non-ritual), he fits: studying risk at sea in pre-modern history, the psychology of fear in unpredictable environments, how humans personify chaos to make it feel negotiable.
§ Pop Culture Footprints
Focalor's name and "storm duke" role appear in modern demon rosters and nautical dark-fantasy references.
§ Short Sources
- Johann Weyer — Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577)
- Reginald Scot — The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584)
- The Lesser Key of Solomon — Ars Goetia (17th-century manuscript tradition)
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This article is a historical summary of public-domain grimoire material. It does not provide ritual instructions or claim supernatural efficacy.
Quick Reference
Number:
41st Spirit
Rank:
Duke
Legions:
30
Appearance:
Human with griffin wings
Powers:
Tempests, shipwrecks, sea dangers