Flauros

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In demonology, Flauros is a strong Great Duke of Hell, having thirty-six (twenty according to Pseudomonarchia Daemonum) legions of demons under his rule.

He gives true answers of all things past, present and future, but he must be first commanded to enter a magic triangle for if not he will lie, deceive the conjurer, and beguile him in other business. But if he enters the triangle he will answer truly, and gladly speak about divinity, the creation of the world, himself, and other fallen angels. He can also destroy all the conjurer's enemies by burning them up. If the magician requests it, he will not suffer temptations from any spirit or in any form. Commonly people represent him as a humanoid Leopard with big claws. Flauros is depicted as a terrible and strong leopard that under request of the conjurer changes into a man with fiery eyes and an awful expression.

Flauros can also supposedly be called upon when a mortal wishes to take vengeance on other demons. This is likely included in his capability to destroy the conjurer's enemies.

Other spellings: Flavros, Hauras, Haures, Havres. The last three spellings probably came from copyists mistaking the first two letters of "Flauros", when written too closely together, for an "H".

[edit] In Modern Culture

In the survival horror video game Silent Hill, the Flauros is a mystical pyramid-shaped object. It is about two inches on each side, and has a triangular base with three sides slanting up to pyramid formation. Each side is made up of four smaller triangles inside the larger one. The Flauros is used by the protagonist in the course of stopping the antagonist's daughter.

In Silent Hill: Origins, the Flauros is mistaken for an object that can contain the psychic powers of character Alessa Gillespie.

In Golden Sun: The Lost Age, Haures is a Summoned Spirit.

Flauros is featured in numerous installments of the Megami Tensei series as an enemy as well as an acquirable demon.