Elder evil

Elder evils are powerful and ancient chaotic evil beings or entities. Their power can rival, or even surpass, that of demigods to such that they can destroy the entire world. Examples of these beings include Atropus, a giant sphere of negative energy said to the be the first atropal, a stillborn god; Zargon the Returner, the original lord of the Nine Hells but was cast out by Asmodeus; Father Lymic, a being of intense power from the Far Realm that escaped the plane of madness to destroy the world but was encased in ice by elven mages; Pandorym, an entity from a space between the planes whose mind is imprisoned in a huge crystal, that was called by an the ancient Imaskari to intimidate the gods of their slaves.