Ars Kerisa
Being a totally accurate, comprehensive, and veracious description of the demon princes and the demon lords of Kerisa.
Queen Dulmea
According to the Zanarara Texts, Dulmea is the queen of the hellish realm of Kerisa. She is the first demon listed in the Texts, and is depicted as an empress with a crown made of teeth whose hair is every colour of the rainbow. Cadaka Calisa claims that she constantly plays music, and anyone who joins in that music - even to tap their fingers along - is possessed by Dulmea. She commands twelve legions of demons, but hides them as assassins and beasts. She teaches men the secrets of poisons, hidden ways and subtlety, and her kiss bestows calmness and temperance.
Serpent-King Pekhijira
Pekhijira (also Pekijira, Pecijilo) is said to rule the border of Kerisa. He takes the form of a great serpent with feathers and teeth made of silver, or a woman with long red hair who dresses all in red and gold. He leads no demon legions, for his might is such that he needs no servants. If offered fine wine and food, he will speak in a gravelly voice and teach the questioner the ways that one might make a man or a woman love them. If offered gold, however, he will fall into a rage and therefore may be bound with a collar of rowan wood.
Prince Rathan
Rathan (also Raffan, Rat King, Brattan) is the fairest and most innocent of the demons of Kerisa. The Zanarara Texts state that long ago his wicked sisters bound him within the moon, and mock and torment him endlessly, dripping acid into his eyes. He is fair-humoured and well-spoken, with a melodious voice. He takes the form of a handsome man with long red wavy red hair and pearls for teeth. He rides a horse with foam for a mane, or a river dragon made from ice. He thanks any summoner who frees him from his endless jail, and will perform a task for them, but the summoner must beware the attempts of his sisters to recapture and enslave him.
Princess Eko
Eko rules a great wasteland within Kerisa, where all is hot and dry and barren. She commands twenty legions of demons, who ride steeds as fast as the North wind. Narama Janapi writes that she wears the form of a smiling woman with black hair and long limbs who is quick with her jests and jibes, but Cadaka Calisa claims that she takes the form of a black scorpion sitting on the head of a fox or a red wind which comes surrounded by rains of blood or toads. Eko ruins cities, causes land to become desert and steals lifestock, and so is summoned to blight a foe.
Princess Haneyl
Haneyl (also Anneh, Hanni, Haargh) dwells within a great forest, and commands fifty legions of demons. She is the greatest general in Kerisa and seeks to enslave Pekhijira for some past insult. She wears the form of a beautiful woman with pale skin and bright green eyes, or a dragon whose scales are orchid petals. The number seven is sacred to her, and she may be bound within a seven-sided summoning circle. If one gives her seven gifts or tells her seven secrets she has never known before, she will carry out any task for her summoner. She is weak against the touch of a beautiful virgin, and cannot move if one lays hands on her or falls into a deep sleep if she is kissed by one. She teaches secrets of herbs, how to scry with fire, or the arts of war.
Duchess Calesco
Calesco (also Kaleseko) hides within the dark places of Kerisa, and beneath the clouds of a great swamp. She is described as a poisoner of wells and a drowner of infants, and commands ten demonic legions. Animals that feed off flesh swarm to her, and thus she is surrounded by wolves, hawks and snakes. She rides a tyrant lizard whose scales are as black as tar. She appears as a dark skinned woman who covers herself in veils to hide her ugliness, although Cadaka Calisa says that she has no real shape and must steal the forms from others. She will teach a summoner the arts of pleasure, of lies or the ways to handle hounds.
Duke Vali
Vali rules a cruel and bitter coastline and commands a great fleet upon which eight legions of demons are borne. Cadaka Calisa states that he rides a whale, and that his hair is lightning and his voice is the boom of thunder. He has the bearing of a man with weathered skin and many scars, and has chains upon his wrists and legs for he too was enslaved by his sisters. A conjurer must pretend that they are not trying to bind him and if they keep up the pretence he will willingly go into slavery, but if he catches their deceit he will slay them. He will take a man's weaknesses away and leave them only strength.
Count and Countess Zanra
Count and Countess Zanra rule the lands of Zanra, which islands within a tropical sea within Kerisa. Each of them commands five legions of demons. Their true names are not recorded within any book, but due to ancient pacts they may be bound with just their title. They are married, but refuse to spend any time near to each other. Count Zanra takes the form of a bald man with pale skin, or a dark skinned man with long green hair. Countess Zanra appears as a woman whose ink-blue skin is covered in tattoos. They each ride a great scarab beetle through the sky every day and night, taking turns. They will teach a summoner the liberal arts and the humanities, or paint a picture of the summoner which grants long life.
