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A Demon trap is a magic device that Nightingale compared to a magical landmine. They contain the soul of a living being who has been tortured and their soul trapped at the point of death. They can have a number of effects ranging from psychological damage to more explosive damage or both.
Origin[]
Nightingale states that the Vikings developed the technology to protect their longhouses during the long winters, but that the Nazi's perfected the technique using prisoners as subjects.
Appearances[]
- Varvara Sidorovna is known to have manufactured demon traps/dog batteries for the Faceless Man mark 2 containing the souls of dogs.[1]
- An demon trap of German design was found at The Strip Club of Doctor Moreau. It contained the soul of Larry the Lark and dissipated by Nightingale.[2]
- A trap was found in Albert Woodville-Gentle's flat at the Barbican Estate. It was set to trigger at any use of magic and was dissipated by Nightingale.[3]
- The first Drinking bell at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry was considered an Improvised Demonic Device (IDD) as it had a soul trapped within in much the same was as a Demon trap.[4]
Technology[]
Demon Traps contain the soul of a living being who has been tortured--creating the 'Demon'--and their soul trapped at the point of death in a type of enchantment.[3]
Disarmament and Dissipation[]
Demon traps, like landmines, can be set of inadvertently if handled casually. The best course of action is to use green wood, preferably a sapling, to handle the trap or find the edges of the trap.[1] Green wood is likely used because it is magically inert. Wood, especially fresh wood, is bad at containing magic or vestigia.[1] Once found the trap can be channelled into a surrounding material such as concrete in a type of controlled explosion. This decreases the unpleasant physical and psychological effects of the device, although Leslie and Peter both experienced a strong effect. When triggered at full power such as the demon trap went in the Barbican Estate the shock wave was very strong and could be felt at least 6 kilometers away at the Goblin market in Brixton.[3]
The Faceless Man used the same enchantment technology to develop the Dog Battery.[1]