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Publish the Obsidian vault's Knowledge folder as /knowledge (881 notes, 67 folders), with a Knowledge item in the nav and footer. - scripts/import_knowledge.py regenerates data/knowledge from the vault: slugged paths, folder notes as index pages, wikilinks resolved to site links (or plain text), callouts, highlights, and Dataview tables rendered statically. Personal notes are withheld via an exclusion list plus a privacy guard. - tuftecms/core/knowledge.py builds a concept index from note titles and aliases. First mentions on ordinary pages link to their Knowledge note (capped, never in headings, code, links, or sidenotes); Knowledge pages list related notes and where they're mentioned across the site; other pages get a Related Knowledge block. - Knowledge URLs join sitemap.xml (so the sweep test covers them), never displace existing legacy slugs, list alphabetically, and mermaid diagrams render client-side only on pages that have them.
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description: A child upon a dragon, keeper of the things that hide in the dark.
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source: obsidian-knowledge
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# Valac
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> *A child upon a dragon, keeper of the things that hide in the dark.*
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## The Spirit
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Valac — variously spelled Valak, Ualac, or Volac — is the sixty-second spirit of the Ars Goetia and holds the rank of President. His appearance is among the most memorable in the whole catalogue: he manifests as a small boy with the wings of an angel, riding upon a two-headed dragon. The incongruity of the innocent child astride the monstrous serpent has made him a favourite of later illustrators and a striking emblem of the grimoire's habit of clothing power in unexpected forms.
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The tradition assigns him a curious specialty. Where his neighbours teach arts or transmute substances, Valac deals in things concealed — the hidden treasures of the earth and the serpents that guard them. He is, in the older reading, a finder and a revealer, a spirit whose gift is disclosure rather than force.
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## Office
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The Ars Goetia holds that Valac gives true answers concerning hidden treasures, and reveals where serpents may be seen. He delivers such serpents into the hand of the conjurer, tame and harmless, so that the coiled guardians of buried things are set aside and their hoards laid open. His office thus joins the seeking of treasure with mastery over the creatures that keep it, a single competence for one who would recover what the earth conceals.
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## Attributes
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| Attribute | Value |
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| Number | 62 |
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| Rank | President |
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| Legions | 38 |
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| Appearance | A small boy with an angel's wings, riding a two-headed dragon |
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## Related
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- [Zagan](/knowledge/angels-and-demons/ars-goetia/zagan)
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- [Andras](/knowledge/angels-and-demons/ars-goetia/andras)
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- [Ars Goetia](/knowledge/angels-and-demons/ars-goetia)
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