SABNOCK

§ Introduction

Sabnock (often spelled Savnock) is traditionally listed as the 43rd spirit and ranked as a Marquis. In public-domain grimoire tradition, he's essentially a war engineer: building fortifications, stocking them with arms, and afflicting enemies with injuries that become grotesque and lingering. He represents the dark side of "security": the fortress that protects some by harming others.

§ Grimoire Profile

Rank: Marquis
Legions: 50
Attributed office: building castles/towers; furnishing weapons; causing corrupting wounds (as described)

§ Appearance (Traditional Description)

Sabnock is commonly described as appearing as a soldier in armor riding a pale horse, often carrying weapons. The image is plain propaganda: militarized authority given supernatural rank.

§ Powers and Attributions

Traditional catalogues commonly attribute to Sabnock:

• Constructing defensive structures (castles, towers, strongholds)
• Furnishing them with arms
• Causing wounds that become infected or worm-like in the period's imagery (a symbolic language of corruption)

§ Practical Use (Historical / Educational)

Sabnock is a useful lens for how early modern minds understood warfare: not just battles, but infrastructure and aftermath.

Symbolically (non-ritual), he maps to: institutional power and "security theater," escalation through fortification, how violence persists through systems, not only individuals.

§ Pop Culture Footprints

Sabnock is used in modern rosters and dark-fantasy lore as a "fortress marquis" or infernal engineer figure.

§ 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)