72 Pillars

72 Pillars, also known as the Goetial Authorities, are the noble houses of pureblood devils who are the aristocracy of the Netherworld.
While their number were originally 72, only 32 houses remained while the remaining 40 houses went extinct in the Devil Civil War.
==Overview==
The Latin term goetia refers to the evocation of demons or evil spirits. It is derived from the Ancient Greek word meaning "witchcraft" or "jugglery". While the text is more properly called "Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis, or, The little Key of Solomon". The title most commonly used, "The Lesser Key of Solomon," does not in fact occur in the manuscripts.
In medieval and Renaissance Europe, goetia was generally considered evil and heretical, in contrast to theurgia (theurgy) and magia naturalis (natural magic), which were sometimes considered more noble. 
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, in his Three Books of Occult Philosophy, writes "Now the parts of ceremonial magic are goetia and theurgia. Goetia is unfortunate, by the commerces of unclean spirits made up of the rites of wicked curiosities, unlawful charms, and deprecations, and is abandoned and execrated by all laws."
==Summary==
The 72 Pillars were founded in antediluvian times, long before the birth of the primordial gods, though no one, not even the first head, realized this after a very long time afterward. They descended from the original demons, soldiers who fought alongside Lucifer against the heavenly host during the Heavenly War, and thus, were banished to the Underworld as punishment.
The original heads of the 72 Pillars were all created from the blood of the demons using Lilith, the first cardinal devil, as an artificial "womb", thus making them the pseudo-offspring of Lilith and the original demons, thus earning her the epithet "Mother of All Devils".
After their birth, each of them was given a large piece of land within the First Ring of the Underworld, where, prior to the devils' birth, was mainly inhabited by the numerous daemon and other demonic beasts created by the demons as mockeries of the numerous animals created by God in Tellus Mahte and the Garden of Eden. In the ring, they began to build their own territory, each with their own culture and traditions that were only connected to each other by the fact they were all demonic civilizations.
Millennia afterward, after becoming tired of ruling by themselves, the 72 progenitor devils came to their "mother" to ask for a consort to keep them company and to procreate and widen their lineage. They then each took turns becoming Lilith's lover for a night, and after 6 years 6 months and 6 days, she gave birth to their children who the 72 progenitor devils then took as their consorts.
With their consorts, the reproduced and found noble houses in their name, and with the blessing of the demons, took on noble rankings such as [King], [Duke], [Prince]... ranking based on their power and the order of their birth, though several of them have noted that this only applied to one-fourth of them and the rest were randomized.
Many years later, King Solomon gained a favor from the Celestial Prince Michael and was given an enchanted ring that allowed him to summon and control the 72 progenitor devils. With its power, he used their powers to build the numerous pagan temples for his 700 wives and 300 concubines.
After these events, King Solomon wrote all the knowledge and information he gained from the 72 devils into several sets of grimoire, all of which would later be collected and rewrote into the Clavicula Salomonis, or the Key of Solomon. Because of this infamous grimoire, the 72 progenitor devils also gained their most infamous and well-known alias: The Ars Goetia.
During the Great War, the Four Great Seraphs created the Ouroboros Barrier in an attempt to defeat the Underworld's army by sealing the majority of the demons within the Underworld, but in the process, a shockwave of its power accidentally severed the first ring of the Underworld where the majority of devils, daemon, and demonic creatures inhabited, resulting in them floating amid the Dimensional Gap for hundreds of years before they were linked into the Realm of the Dead by Leviathan and became the Netherworld.
After the Great War ended with the death of the Four Great Satans, the Netherworld was filled with chaos and entered dozens of continuous wars among conflicting factions as well as against foreign gods who opposed the idea of devils and daemon inhabiting the Realm of the Dead. Seeing this, countless young devils from the 72 Pillars rose up and gained for themselves reputation as war heroes such as Baelor Belial, Zeoticus Gremory, or Aerion Sitri.
Later on, during the Devil Civil War, the 72 Pillars became divided into two factions: The Anti-Satan Faction who supported the disposal of the Second Satans and the Old Satan Faction who supported the reign of the Second Satans and their plans to restart the Great War. Because of this war, 40 of the 72 houses went extinct and only 32 houses remained.
==List of 72 Clans==
№ 	Goetic Clan 	Ranking 	First Head 	Hereditary Power 	Status
1 	Bael Clan 	Great King	Lord Bael 	Power of Destruction	Active
2 	Agares Clan 	Archduke 	Lord Agares 	Power of Time 	Active
3 	Vassago Clan 	Prince 	Lord Vassago 	Power of Light 	Active
4 	Gamigin Clan 	Marquis 	Lord Gamigin 	King of Souls 	Active
5 	Marbas Clan 	President 	Lord Marbas 	Alternate Visions 	Extinct
6 	Valefor Clan 	Duke 	Lord Valefor 	Snatch 	Extinct
7 	Amon Clan 	Marquis 	Lord Amon 	Sunlight 	Active
8 	Barbatos Clan 	Duke 	Lord Barbatos 	Full Mark 	Active
9 	Paimon Clan 	King 	Lady Paimon 	Thunderous Applause 	Active
10	Buer Clan 	President 	Lord Buer 	False Immortality 	Extinct
11	Gusion Clan 	Duke 	Lord Gusion 	Concealment 	Extinct
12	Sitri Clan 	Prince 	Lord Sitri 	Veil's Piercer 	Active
13	Beleth Clan 	King 	Lord Beleth 	Calculation 	Active
14	Leraje Clan 	Marquis 	Lady Leraje 	Camouflage 	Extinct
15	Eligos Clan 	Duke 	Lord Eligos 	Demonic Lance 	Extinct
16	Zepar Clan 	Duke 	Lady Zepar 	Arousal 	Active
17	Botis Clan 	Count 	Lord Botis 	Reconciliation 	Extinct
18	Bathin Clan 	Duke 	Lady Bathin 	Teleportation 	Extinct
19	Sallos Clan 	Duke 	Lord Sallos 	Peaceful Aura 	Active
20	Purson Clan 	King 	Lord Purson 	Truth Enforcement 	Active
21	Marax Clan 	Count 	Lady Marax 	Unmove 	Extinct
22	Ipos Clan 	Prince 	Lady Ipos 	Full Love Gauge 	Extinct
23	Aim Clan 	Duke 	Lord Aim 	Detonation 	Extinct
24	Naberius Clan 	Marquis 	Lord Naberius 	Canine Taming 	Active
25	Glasya-Labolas Clan	President 	Lord Glasya-Labolas	Excoriation 	Active
26	Buné Clan 	Duke 	Lady Buné 	Dragon Taming 	Extinct
27	Ronové Clan 	Marquis 	Lady Ronové 	Charisma 	Extinct
28	Berith Clan 	Duke 	Lord Berith 	Covenant 	Active
29	Astaroth Clan 	Archduke 	Lady Astaroth 	White Metal 	Active
30	Forneus Clan 	Marquis 	Lord Forneus 	Absolute Defense 	Active
31	Foras Clan 	President 	Lord Foras 	Perfect Recollection	Extinct
32	Asmoday Clan 	Great King	Lord Asmoday 	Daimon Taming 	Active
33	Gäap Clan 	President 	Lord Gäap 	Wind Blade 	Extinct
34	Furfur Clan 	Count 	Lady Furfur 	Stormbreaker 	Active
35	Marchosias Clan 	Marquis 	Lady Marchosias 	Devouring Wolf 	Extinct
36	Stolas Clan 	Prince 	Lord Stolas 	Gateway 	Active
37	Phenex Clan 	Marquis 	Lord Phenex 	Infernal Phoenix 	Active
38	Halphas Clan 	Count 	Lady Halphas 	Thousand Blades 	Extinct
39	Malphas Clan 	President 	Lord Maphas 	Heart Reading 	Extinct
40	Raim Clan 	Count 	Lady Raim 	Aesthetic Eye 	Extinct
41	Focalor Clan 	Duke 	Lord Focalor 	Power of Shadows 	Extinct
42	Vepar Clan 	Duke 	Lady Vepar 	Hellish Waters 	Extinct
43	Sabnock Clan 	Marquis 	Lord Sabnock 	Weapon Creation 	Extinct
44	Shax Clan 	Marquis 	Lord Shax 	Sense Stealer 	Active
45	Viné Clan 	King 	Lord Viné 	Breaking Point 	Extinct
46	Bifrons Clan 	Count 	Lady Bifrons 	Deathless King 	Extinct
47	Uvall Clan 	Duke 	Lady Uvall 	Scorching Caress 	Active
48	Häagenti Clan 	President 	Lord Häagenti 	Poisonous Touch 	Extinct
49	Crocell Clan 	Duke 	Lord Crocell 	Ice Surface 	Extinct
50	Furcas Clan 	Knight 	Lord Furcas 	Horse Taming 	Active
51	Balam Clan 	King 	Lord Balam 	Bell of Lies 	Active
52	Alocer Clan 	Duke 	Lady Alocer 	Celestial Circlet 	Extinct
53	Caim Clan 	President 	Lord Caim 	Commander 	Extinct
54	Murmur Clan 	Duke 	Lord Murmur 	Silence 	Extinct
55	Orobas Clan 	Prince 	Lord Orobas 	Trauma Projector 	Extinct
56	Gremory Clan 	Duke 	Lord Gremory 	Eye of Providence 	Active
57	Ose Clan 	President 	Lord Ose 	Oscillating Crown 	Extinct
58	Amy Clan 	President 	Lord Amy 	Invisible Barrier 	Extinct
59	Oriax Clan 	Marquis 	Lord Oriax 	Stellar Fortune 	Active
60	Vapula Clan 	Duke 	Lady Vapula 	Lion Taming 	Active
61	Zagan Clan 	King 	Lord Zagan 	Transmutation 	Extinct
62	Valac Clan 	President 	Lord Valac 	Serpent Taming 	Active
63	Andras Clan 	Marquis 	Lord Andras 	Berserker 	Extinct
64	Flauros Clan 	Duke 	Lady Flauros 	Hell Fire 	Extinct
65	Andrealphus Clan 	Marquis 	Lord Anrealphus 	Imperial Wrath 	Active
66	Cimerius Clan 	Marquis 	Lord Cimerius 	Fusion 	Extinct
67	Amduscias Clan 	Duke 	Lord Amduscias 	Hellsent Symphony 	Extinct
68	Belial Clan 	Great King	Lord Belial 	Worthless 	Active
69	Decarabia Clan 	Marquis 	Lady Decarabia 	Avian Taming 	Extinct
70	Seere Clan 	Prince 	Lady Seere 	Future Vision 	Extinct
71	Dantalion Clan 	Duke 	Lord Dantalion 	Illusionist 	Active
72	Andromalius Clan 	Count 	Lord Andromalius 	Furtive Glance 	Extinct
==Trivia==
*Unlike in the human world, the title "Lord" is generally used to describe the head of a devil clan rather than an actual title.
*The first 15 houses are considered to be the most powerful among the 72 houses.
*Many houses went "extinct" due to economic bankruptcy or due to them no longer being pureblood.
*Higher-ranked houses are typically more traditional and old-fashioned, often looking down on Low-class and reincarnated devils.
*Many houses are considered "relatives" due to their progenitors being created from the same demon's blood, such as the Vassago Clan and the Astaroth Clan, or the Zepar Clan, the Ipos Clan, and the Asmoday Clan.
*Several houses originated from the Seven Deadly Sins (Beelzebub - Bael Clan, Satan - Belial Clan, Asmodeus - Asmoday Clan...), and thus, can be considered "true royalty" in the devils' eyes.
*Despite popular belief, many of the 72 Pillars' progenitors can also be considered daemon or even Daimon Kings.
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