Not all, shockingly. There is usually a tiny bit of truth to be had… Perhaps it was no more than an observation idly recorded centuries ago by someone who did manage to meet a demon. But those fragments are also so rare that they would hardly make a compelling pamphlet, much less a book.
[ Sebastian makes a thoughtful noise as he pulls a book closer. He starts to skim through the words of the page, but it doesn’t take long before he makes another noise, this time of recognition. He points to a passage in the book: ]
Forneus is a great marquesse, like unto a monster of the sea, he maketh men woondeffull in rhetorike, he adorneth a man with a good name, and the knowledge of toongs, and maketh one beloved as well of foes as freends: there are under him nine and twentie legions, of the order partlie of thrones, and partlie of angels.
Take this, for example. Forneus does indeed grant those that summon him a silver tongue, at least traditionally. Yet, I would hardly call him a monster of the sea. Nearly every entry is like this, as well. One piece of truth mixed in with some colorful storytelling.
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[ Sebastian makes a thoughtful noise as he pulls a book closer. He starts to skim through the words of the page, but it doesn’t take long before he makes another noise, this time of recognition. He points to a passage in the book: ]
Forneus is a great marquesse, like unto a monster of the sea, he maketh men woondeffull in rhetorike, he adorneth a man with a good name, and the knowledge of toongs, and maketh one beloved as well of foes as freends: there are under him nine and twentie legions, of the order partlie of thrones, and partlie of angels.
Take this, for example. Forneus does indeed grant those that summon him a silver tongue, at least traditionally. Yet, I would hardly call him a monster of the sea. Nearly every entry is like this, as well. One piece of truth mixed in with some colorful storytelling.