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Encanis

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“The masked demon of Tehlin myth, bound by Tehlu's burning wheel”

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Encanis is consistently a form of darkness, his face hidden entirely in shadow. In Trapis's myth he is the greatest of demons, a swallowing darkness whose voice cuts like a knife in men's minds, ultimately broken in Tehlu's hands and pinned to a burning iron wheel. When a figure dressed as Encanis appears to Kvothe during Midwinter in Tarbean, he wears a black hooded cloak, black mask, and black gloves, and holds out a bright bit of silver that catches the moonlight.

Description§

Encanis is the great demon of Tehlin mythology, known chiefly from the story the beggar-priest Trapis tells in Tarbean. In that tale, Tehlu spends seven years driving demons from the world until only Encanis remains free; Encanis is a swallowing darkness whose voice cuts like a knife in men's minds, who destroys farms, poisons water, and turns men against one another, laying waste to cities. Because he cannot be killed or held in any ordinary cage, Tehlu binds him to a great iron wheel set against a tree and burns alongside him, breaking and cursing the demon and casting him back into the outer darkness; both are reduced to ash. Encanis is rendered as pure darkness, a black cloaked figure whose face is hidden entirely in shadow. Trapis's account is an unreliable and collaged version, containing anachronisms such as references to a church that did not yet exist. During Midwinter in Tarbean, a man dressed as Encanis aids the badly beaten Kvothe and offers him a silver coin.

Relationships§

  • Aided Kvothe — A man dressed as Encanis at Midwinter helps the beaten Kvothe and offers a silver coin
  • Slain By Tehlu — Tehlu binds him to an iron wheel and burns alongside him, both reduced to ash
  • Story Told In Tarbean — Trapis tells his tale in Tarbean, where the Midwinter figure appears
  • Demon Of The Tehlin Church — The great demon of Tehlin mythology
  • Told By Trapis — Known chiefly from the story the beggar-priest Trapis tells in Tarbean
  • Echoes Daeonica — The Midwinter aid echoes the Daeonica scene of Tarsus
  • Echoes Tarsus — The silver coin scene echoes Tarsus in Daeonica

Established facts§

  • Encanis is the great demon of Tehlin mythology, defeated by Tehlu in the story Trapis tells.
  • Unable to kill or cage him, Tehlu binds Encanis to a great iron wheel set against a tree, burns alongside him, and casts him back into the outer darkness.
  • Tehlu and Encanis both die in the fire, burned to ash.
  • Encanis is depicted as a form of darkness with his face hidden entirely in shadow; the Midwinter figure wears a black hooded cloak, black mask, and black gloves.
  • Tehlu spends seven years driving demons from the world until only Encanis remains free.
  • Encanis is a swallowing darkness whose voice cuts like a knife in men's minds, destroying farms, poisoning water, and turning men against one another.
  • Iron sears Encanis's skin like frost.
  • When Encanis dies bound to the wheel, his scream shatters stones for half a mile in every direction.
  • Encanis is associated with the destruction of cities, laying waste to six before being defeated and the seventh struck.
  • In Tarbean, a man dressed as Encanis for Midwinter helps the badly beaten Kvothe and offers him a silver coin, echoing the Daeonica scene of Tarsus.
  • Trapis's version of the story is an unreliable, collaged account containing anachronisms, such as references to a church that did not yet exist.

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