Disconcerting Demons : Andras, The Great Marquis of Hell

 According to the Goetia, Andras is one of the Marquises of hell who has thirty legions of demons in his command. He is held responsible for sowing discord (disagreement) and he is the 63rd demon summoned by Solomon.

 Andras is an extremely dangerous demon due to his major lack of patience and has the potential to kill the magician summoning it. The summoner should stay within a magic circle when Andras is around to prevent him from killing them. It is said that Andras will always try to lure the conjurer out of this circle but if they give in to his temptations, they will surely be killed by him.

 Andras can kill any person the conjurer wants but, he is very stern. Hence, summoners should be careful while speaking to him as offending him would result in dire consequences. He is only conjured for serious proceedings and due to his perilous personality, he is often summoned as a last resort.

 He was frequently summoned by military leaders to start wars that lasted for years together and modified the political structure. He is very skilled in the use of using human beings' very own anger towards them, having the ability to infect people with uncontrollable dooming rage. He's capable of controlling a person's anger or inflicting rage upon any individual the conjurer wishes and tempts humans to kill their servants or masters. He teaches humans how to kill their enemies. He could also give the summoner the answers to all secrets of the Earth, in exchange for a terrible price.

 His skills with the sword and ruthlessness in combat were acknowledged by the legions of hell. At some point in time, Andras even sparred with the Dark Knight himself however, each time he was defeated but this sparked a type of good-natured rivalry between him and Sparda. In spite of his skills in combat and risky personality, Andras is exceptionally honorable as he presented his loyalty to Vergil after he was defeated by the son of Sparda. He also explicitly appreciates other robust warriors that prove their worth and ability.

Appearance

 Andras is described as an entity with a human body, angelic wings, and an owl's head. Seems to be a weird combination, doesn't it? But as people say, appearances are deceptive. He rides a black wolf blessed with bestial strength and wields a bright sword that is extremely sharp. There are a few instances where he appeared as an almost naked elf with an Owl's head and angelic wings mounted on a giant wolf. It is said that only powerful magicians can summon him in this second form.

Abilities

• Rage Projection: Andras has the ability to enrage people by magnifying their anger until they commit a violent act.
• Possession: He has the ability to control human beings by entering into their body. However, he can only possess people who are overcome by anger.
• Teleportation: He has the ability to teleport from one place to another. He glows during this process
• Clairvoyance: He has the ability to locate people and see things that are happening far away.
• Immortality: Like most other demons, Andras can live forever.

Origins

 Andras used to be an angel dwelling in heaven despite the fact that a good deal of his activities in heaven is unknown. He joined Lucifer's revolt and fought against God only to be thrown out just like the rest of his fellow fallen accomplices. Like most fallen angels, his fall and awakening had been unsightly and took part in the making of Hell.

 Slowly Andras commenced the build of his recognition and power within the newly-shaped hierarchy of Ars Goetia. He was appointed as a Great Marquis of Hell with thirty legions of demons below his command whose one and only directive is to hunt and kill people. Andras served for hundreds of years as a paladin after which a blackguard.

 Andras possessed a woman in East Africa in 1890. A clergyman named Ota Benga carried out an exorcism, but he did not want the demon to return to Hell. So, he imprisoned Andras in his very own body.

 He remained within the Benga's body for over a century, until he was visited by B.P.R.D. agent Ashley Strode. Sybacco, one of Andras's servants, contacted Strode wanting her to release his master to stabilize the hierarchy of hell. The demon revealed that he held the soul of a young boy hostage, and threatened to drag the kid's soul to Hell if his needs were not met.

 Benga and Strode made a plan to banish him as killing him is impossible. They traveled to a spiritual plane where they battled Andras managing to drive him out of Benga and made him possess a goat. They later killed the goat forcing him to return to hell.