Belasaphat, Devourer of Souls

Belasaphat, Devourer of Souls is an enormous serpent-like being who dwells in a lagoon in the Unheeded Plain. He wears a grim necklace, "a clacking ring of severed and dried heads, bound by the crude braids of their own hair". Each of his scales has a name written on it, including those of Jenny the Harlot and Salmo the lecher. Belasaphat normally speaks in a whisper.

The Apprentice first encounters Belasaphat when she hides in his lagoon while fleeing the Lord of Beasts. Belasaphat lies to the boar-god and says he has not seen "a nameless of the upper world". After the Lord of Beasts departs, Belasaphat attempts to devour the Apprentice's soul, but later judges her worthy of being considered a guest in his home.

Belasaphat is accompanied by two nymphs, Nayunis and Sillinas.