Elder Evils
The so-called Elder Evils are a group of largely unconnected ancient, malevolent, enigmatic entities whom most beings, including scholars, do not or cannot understand. What little we know of them indicates they are forces of extraordinary malevolence capable of feats of incredible destruction.
Again, the Elder Evils are mostly unconnected. "Elder Evil" is a very loose term. There are no real criteria for what qualifies an entity as an Elder Evil, and there's no set list. It's not some evil club of villains with membership cards who have meetings every Saturday in one of their moms' basements. It's merely an umbrella term scholars use to categorize a group of largely uncategorizable malignant entities.
Elder Eternal Evils
The so-called Elder Eternal Evils are three powerful entities known to the peoples of the Forgotten Realms. They are:
- Dendar the Night Serpent
- Kezef (I say "KAY-zeff") the Chaos Hound
- Ityak-Ortheel the Elf-Eater
True Elder Evils
The so-called True Elder Evils are as follows:[1]
- Atropus ("uh-TROH-piss"), the World Born Dead
- Father Llymic
- Hulks of Zoretha ("zor-AYY-thuh"), or the Stone Titans
- Kyuss ("KY-iss"), the Worm That Walks
- Leviathan
- Pandorym the Elder Destroyer
- Ragnorra, the Mother of Monsters.[2]
- Sertrous
- Zargon the Returner, an ancient archfiend of unknown origin.
Greater Elder Evils
The so-called Greater Elder Evils are:
- Ahthundal ("AH-thun-dahl")
- Arseth, or Arseth of Many Faces
- Chahazz ("chah-HAHZ")
- Dulshan ("DULL-shan," first syllable rhymes with "gull")
- Kallifer ("KAL-ih-fer")
- Kaizan ("KY-zahn" or "ky-ZAHN")
Infested stars
The sky in the Forgotten Realms is home to several so-called "infested stars": planet-sized interdimensional entities infested with energies from the Far Realm. These beings are as massive as they are malignant.
Predominant among them is Hadar, but the full list is as follows:
Aboleth gods
These are a group of Elder Evils whom the aboleths worship as gods.
- Bolothamogg
- Holashner
- Piscaethces
- Shothotugg
- Y'chak ("yih-CHALK")
Aberrant gods
These are gods which aberrations (including aboleths) worship.[3]
Old Ones
Main article: Cthulhu Mythos
These are deities of the Cthulhu Mythos.
- Azathoth
- Cthulhu
- Cxaxukluth
- Hastur
- Nyarlathotep
- Shub-Niggurath.
- Thasaidon
- Tsathoggua
- Yig
- Yog-Sothoth
Great Old One patrons
- Great Cthulhu
- Dendar the Night Serpent
- Ghaunadaur
- Tharizdun
- Zargon the Returner
Overlords
Main article: Overlords
The overlords of Eberron are considered Elder Evils by the native aboleths there. Some of them include:
Obyriths
Main article: Obyrith
See also
Endnotes
- ↑ Source: Elder Evils.
- ↑ Possibly Shub-Niggurath.
- ↑ Source: Lords of Madness, page 177-178.
