Question

A hairy man intercepts messengers sent to consult this being and predicts the king’s death from injuries sustained by falling through a lattice. Louis Le Breton depicted this being with skull-and-crossbones on two of his wings in the Dictionnaire Infernal. This being’s popular name is either a corruption of a title referring to (15[1])the “heavenly ■END■

ANSWER: Baalzebub [or Beelzebub; or Baalzebul; or the Lord of the Flies; prompt on Baal; prompt on Satan or the devil] (The first sentence refers to an incident in Second Kings, Chapter 1.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Will AlstonWalston et. al.just one more half-dot bro5215
Zaid Asif12 Litres of Green TeaCope is the thing with feathers5915
Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)jeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club12210

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%33%131.67
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y580%20%20%106.50
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%0%17%123.33
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%67%0%77.67
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%33%130.00