While she had listened to Cecile that day and never told anyone about the strange man in the field, he had unlocked something in her. With the twirl or snap of her finger, she could move things.

Little corrections, she began to call them then.

“Who is he?” Lara asked Cecile once, shortly before the older woman died. Lara didn’t need to clarify the he. Cecile understood her perfectly.

“His name is Althacazur,” said Cecile. “And no good can come from him.”

From THE NEW DEMONPEDIA.com

Althacazur (/altha-ca-zhr/) The spellings Althacazar (/altha-caz-ahr/) and Althacazure (/al-tha-caz-yoor/) have also been used. One of the princes of Hell, he is considered one of the most powerful demons, often called “Hell’s king,” primarily due to representing carnal pleasures, vanity, and lust, which affords him the greatest number of legions. He is said to command the eighth layer of Hell, where his subjects are sent upon their deaths. According to several texts, the River Styx flows primarily through the eighth layer of Hell, making him very powerful in that other demons must pay a toll to cross the main river of the underworld.

In lore, he is often depicted as handsome and vain, with flowing hair and amber eyes that he often covers with sunglasses when walking among mortals due to the permanent state of his horizontal pupils—an underworld trait that cannot be masked. An 1821 painting, Althacazar, by Bishop Worth, hangs in the British Museum and features the demon in his signature purple robe. In the painting, Althacazur has the head of a ram and dragon wings sprouting from his back. Some biographers of Worth (notably Constance van Hugh in her book Worth: A Life) have claimed the demon sat for the portrait, while many scholars of Worth have dismissed the idea as rubbish and hearsay. Van Hugh’s claim largely came from the source notes of Worth’s daughter who said that she met the demon on several occasions in the parlor while her father worked on the painting and that “when his wings were contained, he [Althacazur] was perfectly able to enjoy high tea.”