Elder evil

Elder evils are powerful and ancient generally evil beings or entities. Their power can rival, or even surpass, that of demigods to such that they can destroy an entire world. Examples of these beings include Atropus, an undead planetoid said to the be the first atropal, a stillborn god; Zargon the Returner, the original lord of the Nine Hells who was cast out by Asmodeus; Father Llymic, 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 to the world by the ancient Imaskari to intimidate the gods of their slaves. Other beings called Elder Evils include Shothragot and Haask, Voice of Hargut.

Elder Eternal Evils
Three beings appear in Powers and Pantheons under the heading "Elder Eternal Evil." These are Dendar the Night Serpent, Kezef the Chaos Hound, and Ityak-Ortheel, the Elf Eater. Later, Dendar and Kezef were considered primordials.

Aboleth Elder Evils
The aboleth race recognizes a class of powerful alien entities who predate the gods and inhabit the Far Realm. Collectively known as the "Elder Evils," these beings generally care nothing for any mortal race, offering only madness and destruction.


 * Bolothamogg, Him Who Watches from Beyond the Stars, is a guardian force that seeks to protect the Far Realm from the "taint" of our reality. Bolothamogg has some sort of alliance with the demon lord Areex.


 * Holashner, the Hunger Below, is one of the few Elder Evils to exist fully in the Prime Material Plane. Appearing as part squid and part centipede, this massive creature burrows through the deepest reaches of the world, driven only by its unending hunger. It eats stone, magma, creatures, and anything else in its path.


 * Piscaethces, the Blood Queen, is the source of the aboleth race, depicted as a vast aboleth with no tentacles and with mucus the color of blood.


 * Shothotugg, the Eater of Worlds, dwells in a distant corner of the multiverse, physically far removed from the world itself. An undulant mass of seething fluid the size of a mountain, Shothotugg travels through the gulfs of space from world to world, poisoning and parasitizing any world on which it alights.


 * Y'chak, the Violet Flame, is unique among the Elder Evils in a terrible way—it is actively interested in the development of life or, to be more precise, in the development of the destruction of life. Its true form is said to be a brilliant pillar of violet flames that conceal an inner form so horrifying that to see it clearly is to invite utter destruction upon the body and soul.