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*** Odium is the Shard of Hatred. He seems to be shaping up to become the GreaterScopeVillain of ''The Cosmere'', and is at least the BigBad of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''. He is, essentially, a force of living hatred, and has already begun [[spoiler:murdering all his fellow Shards in order to become the supreme deity of the entire Cosmere; notably he doesn't claim the other Shards for himself, as taking multiple Shards would [[FusionDance combine them to create a new one]] and dilute the "purity" of Odium's Intent, so instead he ''destroys'' the other Shards so that no-one can have them]]. His pastimes include creating [[EldritchAbomination cosmic horrors]] and roving about the Cosmere, causing chaos everywhere he goes. According to Odium himself, he's actually the Shard of ''passion and emotion'', not just hatred, and he's the only Shard that actually understands and cares for mortals. Evidence suggests he's wrong if not intentionally lying, as other Shards have shown considerable concern for mortals, in their own strange ways, and do at least somewhat understand them, if incompletely. According to Hoid, Rayse was already a selfish asshole ''before'' he became the Vessel of the nastiest of all the Shards, which made him even worse.
*** Odium is the Shard of Hatred. He seems to be shaping up to become the GreaterScopeVillain of ''The Cosmere'', and is at least the BigBad of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''. He is, essentially, a force of living hatred, and has already begun [[spoiler:murdering all his fellow Shards in order to become the supreme deity of the entire Cosmere; notably he doesn't claim the other Shards for himself, as taking multiple Shards would [[FusionDance combine them to create a new one]] and dilute the "purity" of Odium's Intent, so instead he ''destroys'' the other Shards so that no-one can have them]]. His pastimes include creating [[EldritchAbomination cosmic horrors]] and roving about the Cosmere, causing chaos everywhere he goes. According to Odium himself, he's actually the Shard of ''passion and emotion'', not just hatred, and he's the only Shard that actually understands and cares for mortals. Evidence suggests he's wrong if not intentionally lying, as other Shards have shown considerable concern for mortals, in their own strange ways, and do at least somewhat understand them, if incompletely. According to Hoid, Rayse was already a selfish asshole ''before'' he became the Vessel of the nastiest of all the Shards, which made him even worse.
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***''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Odium is the Shard of Hatred. He seems to be shaping up to become the GreaterScopeVillain of ''The Cosmere'', Hatred and is at least the BigBad of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''. He is, essentially, a force of living hatred, and has already begun [[spoiler:murdering all his fellow Shards in order to become the supreme deity of the entire Cosmere; notably he doesn't claim the other Shards for himself, as taking multiple Shards would [[FusionDance combine them to create a new one]] and dilute the "purity" of Odium's Intent, so instead he ''destroys'' the other Shards so that no-one can have them]]. His pastimes include creating [[EldritchAbomination cosmic horrors]] and roving about the Cosmere, causing chaos everywhere he goes. According to Odium himself, he's actually the Shard of ''passion and emotion'', not just hatred, and he's the only Shard that actually understands and cares for mortals. Evidence suggests he's wrong if not intentionally lying, as other Shards have shown considerable concern for mortals, in their own strange ways, and do at least somewhat understand them, if incompletely. According to Hoid, Rayse was already a selfish asshole ''before'' he became the Vessel of the nastiest of all the Shards, which made him even worse.
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** Autonomy, ostensibly the Shard of rugged individualism and going it alone. Except she doesn't exactly live up to the most positive reading of that ideal... She believes in a DieOrFly mentality, where she pushes her followers to make big plays with great rewards for succeeding and likely death if they fail. In her eyes, you must continually earn your right to continue existing. Whilst she certainly desires to stand apart from the other Shards and do her own thing, even going so far as to close the borders of her home planet [[Literature/WhiteSand Taldain]] so no outsiders can interfere with it, she isn't willing to afford the same respect to anyone else, and meddles in other worlds constantly. While every other Shard seen so far only acts on one world, Autonomy has spread her influence everywhere, manifesting semi-autonomous avatars on other worlds (or just elevating a mortal to that status) that function as that world's Shard, and thus is relevant to multiple series. As such, she's the best candidate at the moment for the GreaterScopeVillain of the entire Cosmere.
*** Though she makes no direct appearances in ''Literature/WhiteSand'' despite it being set on her primary home planet, WordOfGod has confirmed that the Sand Lord worshipped by the locals is one of her avatars. Confusingly, the Sand Lord is credited with both creating the Sand Masters and decrying them as an abomination that must be destroyed to two different groups; presumably, Autonomy figures whichever side wins is the more worthy to rule.
*** ''Literature/SixthOfTheDusk'': The Pantheon is a chain of islands that are [[EverythingTryingToKillYou extremely dangerous in basically every possible way]], but are the only place where the superpower-granting [[BondCreatures aviar]] can be found. The islands themselves are worshipped as gods, and it is confirmed that Patji, the KingOfTheGods and the most dangerous island of all, is another one of Autonomy's avatars, though it is unknown how far that extends to the other islands. Dusk comes to believe that Patji was teaching his people harsh lessons on how to survive in a universe where you control a valuable resource but lack the strength to stop people from just taking it.
*** ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'': Autonomy is at least the ArcVillain after Ruin in the second Mistborn era. She doesn't get directly named until the last book, ''[[Literature/TheLostMetal]]'', but she was the one behind the Set; Trell is yet another one of her avatars. [[spoiler:She is concerned about Scadrial's fast advancement after the Lord Ruler stopped holding the planet in MedievalStasis, and desires to either replace Harmony as its god or destroy it before it can become a threat. She's stopped on both counts and is forced to retreat, though no-one involved has any doubts that she'll try again in the future.]]
*** Though she makes no direct appearances in ''Literature/WhiteSand'' despite it being set on her primary home planet, WordOfGod has confirmed that the Sand Lord worshipped by the locals is one of her avatars. Confusingly, the Sand Lord is credited with both creating the Sand Masters and decrying them as an abomination that must be destroyed to two different groups; presumably, Autonomy figures whichever side wins is the more worthy to rule.
*** ''Literature/SixthOfTheDusk'': The Pantheon is a chain of islands that are [[EverythingTryingToKillYou extremely dangerous in basically every possible way]], but are the only place where the superpower-granting [[BondCreatures aviar]] can be found. The islands themselves are worshipped as gods, and it is confirmed that Patji, the KingOfTheGods and the most dangerous island of all, is another one of Autonomy's avatars, though it is unknown how far that extends to the other islands. Dusk comes to believe that Patji was teaching his people harsh lessons on how to survive in a universe where you control a valuable resource but lack the strength to stop people from just taking it.
*** ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'': Autonomy is at least the ArcVillain after Ruin in the second Mistborn era. She doesn't get directly named until the last book, ''[[Literature/TheLostMetal]]'', but she was the one behind the Set; Trell is yet another one of her avatars. [[spoiler:She is concerned about Scadrial's fast advancement after the Lord Ruler stopped holding the planet in MedievalStasis, and desires to either replace Harmony as its god or destroy it before it can become a threat. She's stopped on both counts and is forced to retreat, though no-one involved has any doubts that she'll try again in the future.]]
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** Set is portrayed as this to a degree in later versions of the mythology, though contrary to popular opinion he ''wasn't'' a snake god, and was actually a ''good guy'' in earlier myths; Set lost ground as the Horus cult gained it in later centuries, and became more identified with foreigners and the desert, even becoming identified sometimes with the chaos-serpent he had used to fight. By the time Petrarch recorded the most familiar-to-moderns versions of the Egyptian gods, he was bidding fair for this role. But even at his most evil, [[EvilVersusOblivion Set still comes to Ra's aid to prevent Apep from destroying the world]].
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** Set is portrayed as this to a degree in later versions of the mythology, though contrary to popular opinion he ''wasn't'' a snake god, and was actually a ''good guy'' in earlier myths; Set lost ground as the Horus cult gained it in later centuries, and became more identified with foreigners and the desert, even becoming identified sometimes with the chaos-serpent he had used to fight. By the time Petrarch Plutarch recorded the most familiar-to-moderns versions of the Egyptian gods, he was bidding fair for this role. But even at his most evil, [[EvilVersusOblivion Set still comes to Ra's aid to prevent Apep from destroying the world]].
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** Amatsu-Mikaboshi is one of the ComicBook/IncredibleHercules's worst foes. He's the Japanese god of evil and once murdered Herc's papa Zeus himself. Turns out Amatsu-Mikaboshi is even worse than thought, he's actually [[EldritchAbomination the Chaos King]] which is one of the worst avatars of the embodiment of [[CosmicEntity Oblivion]], who's so powerful that Death fled rather than face him. The Japanese gods capturing him ages ago and transforming him was a fairly successful attempt to [[SealedEvilInACan contain his harm]].
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** Amatsu-Mikaboshi is one of the ComicBook/IncredibleHercules's worst foes. He's the Japanese god of evil and once murdered Herc's papa Zeus himself. Turns out Amatsu-Mikaboshi is even worse than thought, he's actually [[EldritchAbomination the Chaos King]] which is one of the worst avatars of the embodiment of [[CosmicEntity Oblivion]], who's so powerful that Death fled rather than face him. The Japanese gods capturing him ages ago and transforming him into their god of evil was a fairly successful attempt to [[SealedEvilInACan contain his harm]].
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** Amatsu-Mikaboshi is one of the ComicBook/IncredibleHercules's worst foes. He's the Japanese god of evil and once murdered Herc's papa Zeus himself. Turns out Amatsu-Mikaboshi is even worse than thought, he's actually [[EldritchAbomination the Chaos King]] which is one of the worst avatars of the embodiment of [[CosmicEntity Oblivion]], who's so powerful that Death fled rather than face him. The Japanese gods capturing him ages ago and transforming him was a fairly successful attempt to [[SealedEvilInACan contain his harm]].
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** The Black Lodge are daemon-possessed corpses and fallen old gods who are the ancestors to the Fey and trapped in exile largely in outer space but many escaped and rejoined their old bodies in the Lodge just outside the afterlife. The Fey worship them as ancestor gods though the ruling Sidhe Lords such as Oberon and Titania seek to replace them. They are based on the fallen pantheon of the Elves/Eldar.
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** The Black Lodge are daemon-possessed corpses and fallen old gods who are the ancestors to the Fey and trapped in exile largely in outer space but many escaped and rejoined their old bodies in the Lodge just outside the afterlife. The Fey worship them as ancestor gods though the cruel ruling Sidhe Lords such as Oberon and Titania seek to replace them. They are based on the fallen pantheon of the Elves/Eldar.
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** Finally there's the Witch Queen, an elven crone who was struck down by her fellows within the Black Lodge but came back to life again to go to a frozen wasteland and bringing her exiled followers the Siabra (expies of the Dark Elves) and created the Fomorians (expies of the Fimir). She's a mix of Morathi and Tsarina Tatiana, the Witch Queen of the Kislev.
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** Finally there's the Witch Queen, an a frost and blood magic using elven crone who was struck down by her fellows within the Black Lodge but came back to life again to go to a frozen wasteland and bringing her exiled followers the Siabra (expies of the Dark Elves) and created the Fomorians (expies of the Fimir). She's a mix of Morathi and Tsarina Tatiana, Katarin, the Witch Queen of the Kislev.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Zweihander}}'' has a pantheon of the evil gods modelled after beings in ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'' and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', they are:
** Foremost are the Abyssal Princes of Chaos to correspond to main 4 Chaos Gods plus one. They are the Prince of Change, the Prince of Decay, the Prince of Pleasure, the Prince of Chaos and the Outsider. They are clearly based on Tzeentch, Nurgle, Slaanesh, Khorne and Malal.
** The Ancient Ones are based on the Old Ones and are likewise worshipped the Slann equivalent Aztlan. However unlike the Old Ones, these beings are evil having the morality of Creator/HPLovecraft's Great Old Ones.
** The Black Lodge are daemon-possessed corpses and fallen old gods who are the ancestors to the Fey and trapped in exile largely in outer space but many escaped and rejoined their old bodies in the Lodge just outside the afterlife. The Fey worship them as ancestor gods though the ruling Sidhe Lords such as Oberon and Titania seek to replace them. They are based on the fallen pantheon of the Elves/Eldar.
** The Gilded Pharoah was in ancient times, the first person to develop necromancy and grew to become a god in his own right. He's clearly based on Nagash.
** The Thirteen is a daemon composed of 13 ideal type souls of the rat men, Skrzzak which are based on the Skaven. Clearly he's based on the Horned Rat.
** The Tusked One is the demonic god of the Orx (Orcs with an alternate spelling), Goblins, Trolls, Ogres and Dvergar (similar to the Chaos Dwarfs). Accounts of its appearance varies depending on race, Orx think of it as a giant maw while the Dvergar think of its as the billowing Hell Furnace. It's essentially an amalgamation of the Great Maw and Hashut.
** Finally there's the Witch Queen, an elven crone who was struck down by her fellows within the Black Lodge but came back to life again to go to a frozen wasteland and bringing her exiled followers the Siabra (expies of the Dark Elves) and created the Fomorians (expies of the Fimir). She's a mix of Morathi and Tsarina Tatiana, the Witch Queen of the Kislev.
** Foremost are the Abyssal Princes of Chaos to correspond to main 4 Chaos Gods plus one. They are the Prince of Change, the Prince of Decay, the Prince of Pleasure, the Prince of Chaos and the Outsider. They are clearly based on Tzeentch, Nurgle, Slaanesh, Khorne and Malal.
** The Ancient Ones are based on the Old Ones and are likewise worshipped the Slann equivalent Aztlan. However unlike the Old Ones, these beings are evil having the morality of Creator/HPLovecraft's Great Old Ones.
** The Black Lodge are daemon-possessed corpses and fallen old gods who are the ancestors to the Fey and trapped in exile largely in outer space but many escaped and rejoined their old bodies in the Lodge just outside the afterlife. The Fey worship them as ancestor gods though the ruling Sidhe Lords such as Oberon and Titania seek to replace them. They are based on the fallen pantheon of the Elves/Eldar.
** The Gilded Pharoah was in ancient times, the first person to develop necromancy and grew to become a god in his own right. He's clearly based on Nagash.
** The Thirteen is a daemon composed of 13 ideal type souls of the rat men, Skrzzak which are based on the Skaven. Clearly he's based on the Horned Rat.
** The Tusked One is the demonic god of the Orx (Orcs with an alternate spelling), Goblins, Trolls, Ogres and Dvergar (similar to the Chaos Dwarfs). Accounts of its appearance varies depending on race, Orx think of it as a giant maw while the Dvergar think of its as the billowing Hell Furnace. It's essentially an amalgamation of the Great Maw and Hashut.
** Finally there's the Witch Queen, an elven crone who was struck down by her fellows within the Black Lodge but came back to life again to go to a frozen wasteland and bringing her exiled followers the Siabra (expies of the Dark Elves) and created the Fomorians (expies of the Fimir). She's a mix of Morathi and Tsarina Tatiana, the Witch Queen of the Kislev.
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*** Jergal ''was'' this as the Lord of the End of Everything, being the original deity who held the portfolios of Murder, Strife, and Death. He himself wasn't actually evil though, being a Lawful Neutral deity who treated godhood as an accounting job.
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*** Jergal ''was'' this as the Lord of the End of Everything, being the original deity who held the portfolios of Murder, Strife, and Death. He himself wasn't actually evil though, being a Lawful Neutral deity who treated godhood as an accounting job. Jergal actually handed these portfolios off to the Dead Three so that they'd stop pestering him, then became a seneschal to Kelemvor, a much more noble god of death (and, funnily enough, Cyric's old adventuring buddy).
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** Woedica is an interesting case. Nominally a god of law, justice, and oaths, her own rather flexible moral compass saw her eventually cast down from the role of TopGod. Perhaps as a consequence, she has extremely cynical views about mortal capabilities and frequently recommends courses of action that are aggressive and/or fatalistic.
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* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'':
** ''[[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Xenoblade Chronicles]]'': [[spoiler:Zanza]] turns out to be this retroactively; ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' confirms that he was the half of [[spoiler:Professor Klaus]] who retained his unfettered ambition and malevolence, whereas [[spoiler:the Architect]] retained his hopes for humanity and benevolence.
** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': Moebius Z is a much more straight example than [[spoiler:Zanza]], as Z is the embodiment of the negativity, fears, and selfishness of the people of Aionios, and exhibits this by expressing amusement in watching the denizens of Aionios suffer and continuously kill each other in a ForeverWar.
** ''[[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Xenoblade Chronicles]]'': [[spoiler:Zanza]] turns out to be this retroactively; ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' confirms that he was the half of [[spoiler:Professor Klaus]] who retained his unfettered ambition and malevolence, whereas [[spoiler:the Architect]] retained his hopes for humanity and benevolence.
** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': Moebius Z is a much more straight example than [[spoiler:Zanza]], as Z is the embodiment of the negativity, fears, and selfishness of the people of Aionios, and exhibits this by expressing amusement in watching the denizens of Aionios suffer and continuously kill each other in a ForeverWar.
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* ''Literature/TheAfterward'': The Old God was sadistic, always tormenting his creatures just for the hell of it. Later when he's been brought back, he threatens to harm the loved ones of Sir Erris' if she won't worship him.
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* ''Anime/LostUniverse'': Dark Star Dugradigdu is named after one of the Dark Lords from ''Anime/{{Slayers}}'', and is sometimes believed to be one and the same as him.
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* ''Anime/LostUniverse'': ''Literature/LostUniverse'': Dark Star Dugradigdu is named after one of the Dark Lords from ''Anime/{{Slayers}}'', and is sometimes believed to be one and the same as him.
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*** Bhaal, Bane's former adventuring partner when they were still mortal godhood seekers was the god of Murder before and after Cyric.[[note]]Their other partner Myrkul wasn't a god of evil (his domain was Death) but he was an evil god[[/note]].
*** Jergal ''was'' this as the Lord of the End of Everything, being the original deity who held the portfolios of Murder, Strife, and Death. He himself wasn't actually evil though, being a Lawful Neutral deity who treated godhood as an accounting job.
*** Jergal ''was'' this as the Lord of the End of Everything, being the original deity who held the portfolios of Murder, Strife, and Death. He himself wasn't actually evil though, being a Lawful Neutral deity who treated godhood as an accounting job.
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* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'': The final bosses of ''VideoGame/{{Dragon Quest}}s [[VideoGame/DragonQuestIII 3]]'', ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestV 5]]'', ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestVI 6]]'', ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestVII 7]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII 8]]''.
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* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'': ''Franchise/DragonQuest'': The final bosses of ''VideoGame/{{Dragon Quest}}s [[VideoGame/DragonQuestIII 3]]'', ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestV 5]]'', ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestVI 6]]'', ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestVII 7]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII 8]]''.
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* Creator/StephenKing's ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'': The Crimson King definitely qualifies. Before he got nerfed he was depicted as an invincible anti-God that had always existed, but was trapped on a balcony near the top of the Dark Tower. Even trapped his avatar "The Court of the Crimson King" was so powerful that almost no force in King's multiverse could stand against it. Supposedly if his physical body was free he would become utterly infallible, and so he planned to bring the Tower (and by proxy all of existence) crashing down. Later King retconned him into a senile half-god that was not nearly so imposing.
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** ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'': The Crimson King definitely qualifies. Before he got nerfed he was depicted as an invincible anti-God that had always existed, but was trapped on a balcony near the top of the Dark Tower. Even trapped his avatar "The Court of the Crimson King" was so powerful that almost no force in King's multiverse could stand against it. Supposedly if his physical body was free he would become utterly infallible, and so he planned to bring the Tower (and by proxy all of existence) crashing down. Later King retconned him into a senile half-god that was not nearly soimposing.imposing.
** Mother in ''Literature/{{Revival}}'' is an EldritchAbomination that absorbs the souls of everyone who dies and seem to be worshiped as a god by its ant-like minions.
** ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'': The Crimson King definitely qualifies. Before he got nerfed he was depicted as an invincible anti-God that had always existed, but was trapped on a balcony near the top of the Dark Tower. Even trapped his avatar "The Court of the Crimson King" was so powerful that almost no force in King's multiverse could stand against it. Supposedly if his physical body was free he would become utterly infallible, and so he planned to bring the Tower (and by proxy all of existence) crashing down. Later King retconned him into a senile half-god that was not nearly so
** Mother in ''Literature/{{Revival}}'' is an EldritchAbomination that absorbs the souls of everyone who dies and seem to be worshiped as a god by its ant-like minions.
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* The concept of the game ''TabletopGame/Midnight2003'' is fighting hopelessly against the Evil God Izrador who rules the world. However, Izrador is not the Creator, but merely the evil member of a pantheon exiled to the mortal world. However Izrador, being a god of chaos and corruption, screwed up the seal that locked him into the world. Instead of being a world where every being except Izrador could enter and leave at will (by normal ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' standards), nobody is free to enter or leave, not even the other gods of the pantheon.
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* The ''TabletopGame/ShadowOfTheDemonLord'' RPG from Schwalb Entertainment, has TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy as one of its biggest influences. In this CrapsackWorld, CosmicHorror DarkFantasy RPG, the universe is under threat from the all-consuming, near omnipotent Demon Lord, the most powerful being in existence. The Demon Lord is [[spoiler:actually God himself, but with his best bits removed by ambitious genies when he was taking a break after creation. Sure he's a lot less powerful now, but he's all spite and rage with plenty of sadism mixed in too.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'', there is Loptr, who is [[spoiler:the evil side of Aesir, Creator-God of the mortal world. Created when Aesir decided to divide his powers and give them to humanity so humans would have free will, he wants to take control of reality back from them by any means necessary.]]
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* In the CrapsackWorld of ''Videogame/DemonsSouls'', Magic is explained as power that comes from the human (Or demon) will, and Faith is explained as a power that comes from God. For this reason, Faith-users are usually pretty rude toward ungodly mages. This is all well and good, but in multiple places in the game you can discover that [[spoiler:the "god" that faith users actually get their power from is the world-destroying BigBad Demon Overlord, the Old One, and that faith users are not aware of this. Whether the religion is completely wrong, or whether (even worse) the Old One actually IS God is not revealed. However, faith coming from the Old One is implied by Sage Freke in an optional conversation, and confirmed by the item description of the Talisman of Beasts.]]
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There are some examples in real-world pantheons, but sometimes more morally-ambiguous or outright decent gods get depicted as Gods Of Evil in SadlyMythtaken fiction just because they are [[DarkIsNotEvil dark]] or [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy associated with violence]]. For various reasons, this happens often enough with [[EverybodyHatesHades death gods]] to create a subtrope. Its worth to note that evil gods from real world religions (i.e. [[UsefulNotes/{{Zoroastrianism}} Angra Mainyu]], [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Lamashtu]], [[Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths Marmoo]], [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Apep]]) were never worshipped, in the latter's case even worshipped ''against''. So the concept of a ReligionOfEvil is relatively unrealistic ([[Administrivia/TropesAreTools not that fiction needs to be]]).
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There are some examples in real-world pantheons, but sometimes more morally-ambiguous or outright decent gods get depicted as Gods Of Evil in SadlyMythtaken fiction just because they are [[DarkIsNotEvil dark]] or [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy associated with violence]]. For various reasons, this happens often enough with [[EverybodyHatesHades death gods]] to create a subtrope. Its It's worth to note noting that evil gods from real world religions (i.e. [[UsefulNotes/{{Zoroastrianism}} Angra Mainyu]], [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Lamashtu]], [[Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths Marmoo]], [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Apep]]) were never worshipped, and in the latter's case Apep's case, were even worshipped ''against''. So the concept of a ReligionOfEvil is relatively unrealistic ([[Administrivia/TropesAreTools not that fiction needs to be]]).
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* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': The Eater is "a fictional deity" that's "a representation of pure evil" as said by Genevive in her history lessons.
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* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': The Eater is "a fictional deity" that's "a representation of pure evil" as said by Genevive Genevieve in her history lessons.
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* ''Videogame/{{Okami}}'' has Yami, God of Darkness as the true villain of the game who happens to be a foil to Amaterasu in almost all the ways that matter. While Ammy is a nature goddess who represents the Sun and whose powers revolve around healing and creation, Yami is a God of Science responsible for granting mortals technology represented by the [[{{Lunacy}} cold and lifeless moon]] who adopts a [[MechanicalAbomination mechanical body]] and whose powers are wholly destructive.
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* ''Videogame/{{Okami}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' has Yami, God of Darkness as the true villain of the game who happens to be a foil to Amaterasu in almost all the ways that matter. While Ammy is a nature goddess who represents the Sun and whose powers revolve around healing and creation, Yami is a God of Science responsible for granting mortals technology represented by the [[{{Lunacy}} cold and lifeless moon]] who adopts a [[MechanicalAbomination mechanical body]] and whose powers are wholly destructive.
* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': The Eater is "a fictional deity" that's "a representation of pure evil" as said by Genevive in her history lessons.
* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': The Eater is "a fictional deity" that's "a representation of pure evil" as said by Genevive in her history lessons.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Aku, who is the incarnation of all evil and seeks to rule not just the world, but the entire universe. Interestingly, he is merely a small part derived from a mindless straight-up EldritchAbomination that was almost entirely destroyed by a pantheon of good gods. It took millions of years and a magic spell before he gained sentience and became the demon god of evil.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Aku, [[Characters/SamuraiJackAku Aku]], who is the incarnation of all evil and seeks to rule not just the world, but the entire universe. Interestingly, he is merely a small part derived from a mindless straight-up EldritchAbomination that was almost entirely destroyed by a pantheon of good gods. It took millions of years and a magic spell before he gained sentience and became the demon god of evil.
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* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': Downplayed. Some demons worship Lucifer as a dualistic evil counterpart to God. Lucifer himself doesn't mind this (especially if it keeps his minions too scared to try anything), but he personally knows better.
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* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' has the [[EldritchAbomination Outer Gods]], which are different shades of malicious:
** The Scarlet Rot is a sentient magical plague, taking the form of an AlienKudzu that corrupts the land and everyone in it - first by devolving them into mindless creatures of instinct, before eventually assimilating them into itself. Becoming infected with the Rot is considered as a FateWorseThanDeath - except for the [[ReligionOfEvil Order of Rot]], which is almost exclusively made up of centipede-like abominations born from corrupted lands and consider the Scarlet Rot a 'blessing' to be spread - everyone else firmly disagrees.
** The Formless Mother is, as the name implies, a formless entity that entered into a covenant with [[SatanicArchetype Mohg, Lord of Blood]] for the sole purpose of spreading bloodshed and pain in the material realm - and delights in being harmed too, as some of the Bloodflame spells involve reaching into a portal, clawing at the [[MindScrew formless body of the Mother]] and throwing her burning blood at your enemies.
** The Flame of Frenzy is an ancient power in conflict with the [[TopGod Greater Will]]. It represents maddening knowledge, yellow flames and destruction - it believes that the Greater Will creating life and individuality was a mistake, and its solution to that is [[OmnicidalManiac kill every living being]] and melt them down [[AssimilationPlot to reform the 'One Great']], the origin of all life. All of its worshippers are nihilistic madmen or have been forced into servitude after the flames burrowed its way into their eyes and metaphorically melted their minds.
** The Scarlet Rot is a sentient magical plague, taking the form of an AlienKudzu that corrupts the land and everyone in it - first by devolving them into mindless creatures of instinct, before eventually assimilating them into itself. Becoming infected with the Rot is considered as a FateWorseThanDeath - except for the [[ReligionOfEvil Order of Rot]], which is almost exclusively made up of centipede-like abominations born from corrupted lands and consider the Scarlet Rot a 'blessing' to be spread - everyone else firmly disagrees.
** The Formless Mother is, as the name implies, a formless entity that entered into a covenant with [[SatanicArchetype Mohg, Lord of Blood]] for the sole purpose of spreading bloodshed and pain in the material realm - and delights in being harmed too, as some of the Bloodflame spells involve reaching into a portal, clawing at the [[MindScrew formless body of the Mother]] and throwing her burning blood at your enemies.
** The Flame of Frenzy is an ancient power in conflict with the [[TopGod Greater Will]]. It represents maddening knowledge, yellow flames and destruction - it believes that the Greater Will creating life and individuality was a mistake, and its solution to that is [[OmnicidalManiac kill every living being]] and melt them down [[AssimilationPlot to reform the 'One Great']], the origin of all life. All of its worshippers are nihilistic madmen or have been forced into servitude after the flames burrowed its way into their eyes and metaphorically melted their minds.
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** {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, the BigBad of Creator/JackKirby's ''ComicBook/NewGods'', has been called the God of Evil by many people in the DCU- and in point of fact, he's the literal God of Tyranny, so close enough. And in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' he comes close to being a full-blown EldritchAbomination -- [[spoiler:''his very existence'' is causing reality to die]]. Just to bring this point home, here's what Boss Dark Side says: "There was a war in Heaven. ''I won''." He is the poster boy for DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans- his goal is to turn the entire universe into an even more hellish version of Apokolips, a world of perpetual enslavement and burning fire pits where the only purpose you are told to have is to endlessly worship Darkseid.
** However, Darkseid wasn't ''always'' the GodOfEvil, his father Yuga Khan was his predecessor and was considered ''[[EvilerThanThou even worse]]'' than he is.
** [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Trigon the Terrible]] isn't just referred to as a god, but the Literal Manifestation of ALL Evil that has ever existed. Think Dormmamu, but in the DC Universe instead of Marvel.
** However, Darkseid wasn't ''always'' the GodOfEvil, his father Yuga Khan was his predecessor and was considered ''[[EvilerThanThou even worse]]'' than he is.
** [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Trigon the Terrible]] isn't just referred to as a god, but the Literal Manifestation of ALL Evil that has ever existed. Think Dormmamu, but in the DC Universe instead of Marvel.
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** {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, the BigBad of Creator/JackKirby's ''ComicBook/NewGods'', has been called the God of Evil by many people in the DCU- and in point of fact, he's the literal God of Tyranny, so close enough. And in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' he comes close is revealed to being be a full-blown EldritchAbomination -- [[spoiler:''his [[spoiler:his very existence'' ''existence'' is causing reality to die]]. Just to bring this point home, here's what Boss Dark Side says: "There was a war in Heaven. ''I won''." He is the poster boy for DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans- his goal is to turn the entire universe into an even more hellish version of Apokolips, a world of perpetual enslavement and burning fire pits where the only purpose you are told to have is to endlessly worship Darkseid.
** However, Darkseid wasn't''always'' always the GodOfEvil, his father Yuga Khan was his predecessor and was considered ''[[EvilerThanThou [[EvilerThanThou even worse]]'' WORSE]] than he is.
** [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Trigon the Terrible]] isn't just referred to as a god, but theLiteral Manifestation literal manifestation of ALL Evil evil that has ever existed. Think Dormmamu, but in the DC Universe instead of Marvel.
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** The Shuma-Gorath is a high-end example, dwarfing the likes of Mephisto and Dormammu by a significant margin and having enslaved hundreds if not thousands of other realms. Out of all of Marvel's evil Gods, he is likely the most powerful, which goes a long way to explaining why it both appears very sparingly and only manages to partially manifest small fractions of itself at any given time.
** Chton, Marvel's resident [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Chtulhu]]-expy, is a recurring foe of Doctor Strange and the Avengers, and the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Darkhold]] he wrote continues to plague the universe to this day.
** Chton, Marvel's resident [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Chtulhu]]-expy, is a recurring foe of Doctor Strange and the Avengers, and the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Darkhold]] he wrote continues to plague the universe to this day.
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** The Shuma-Gorath is a high-end example, dwarfing the likes of Mephisto and Dormammu by a significant margin and having enslaved hundreds if not thousands of other realms. Out of all of Marvel's evil Gods, gods, he is likely the most powerful, which powerful. Which goes a long way to explaining why it he both appears very sparingly and only manages to partially manifest small fractions of itself himself at any given time.
** Chton, Marvel's resident [[Franchise/CthulhuMythosChtulhu]]-expy, Chtulhu]] {{Expy}}, is a recurring foe of Doctor Strange and the Avengers, and the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Darkhold]] he wrote continues to plague the universe to this day.
** Chton, Marvel's resident [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'': The Ebon Dragon, as a Primordial, decided to add certain qualities to Creation -- like betrayal, suffering, and antitheses. The Unconquered Sun, generally the BigGood of the setting, came into existence just so that the Ebon Dragon would be stronger by having something to contrast against. After being defeated, turned into a Yozi, and cast into Malfeas, the Ebon Dragon was one of the beings behind the idea of Reclamation, which means escaping Hell by making Creation so equal in quality to Hell that the Yozis can move in without technically violating the terms of their imprisonment.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has the Ebon Dragon. As a Primordial, the Ebon Dragon decided to add certain qualities to Creation - like betrayal, suffering, and antithesis. The Unconquered Sun, possibly the BigGood of the setting, came into existence just so that the Ebon Dragon would be stronger by having something to contrast against. After being defeated, turned into a Yozi, and cast into Malfeas, the Ebon Dragon was one of the beings behind the idea of Reclamation, which means escaping Hell by making Creation so equal in quality to Hell that the Yozis can move in without technically violating the terms of their imprisonment.
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*** Garod, the god of tyranny, is listed as LawfulEvil. He is worshiped by the evil races like the vampires and the Karevi, but, in the absence of the sun and moon gods, his influence has grown to the point that even non-evil races worship him in his capacity as a god of order.
*** Demien, a lesser god, presides over evil as a concept. His cult is full of nihilists who see the unending night as an inevitability.
*** Garod, the god of tyranny, is listed as LawfulEvil. He is worshiped by the evil races like the vampires and the Karevi, but, in the absence of the sun and moon gods, his influence has grown to the point that even non-evil races worship him in his capacity as a god of order.
*** Demien, a lesser god, presides over evil as a concept. His cult is full of nihilists who see the unending night as an inevitability.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Villainous}}'': Lord Black Hat, a purely evil being with no clear limit to his power. He is so powerful, in fact, that he got [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction bored of winning all the time]], and ultimately decided to start a business on earth in order to help other villains.
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* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Played with. During the Third Holy Grail War the Einzberns tried to guarantee a victory by summoning [[spoiler:the [[SuperRinger Zoroastrian god of evil, Angra Mainyu]]]]. It turns out that [[spoiler:the Grail can't actually summon gods]], so the Grail grabbed the closest thing it could find: [[spoiler:an ancient villager who was sacrificed by his people as the ''[[TheScapegoat representation]]'' of all their sins, who eventually became known in legend as Angra Mainyu. Having no special abilities he was quickly killed and absorbed by the Grail. But because this man represented the ''wish'' of those ancient villagers for there to exist a singular source of evil, the Grail [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor attempted to grant that wish]]. Had there been a victor in either the [[LightNovel/FateZero Fourth]] or [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Fifth]] Grail Wars, he would have become a PhysicalGod]].
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* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Played with. During the Third Holy Grail War the Einzberns tried to guarantee a victory by summoning [[spoiler:the [[SuperRinger Zoroastrian god of evil, Angra Mainyu]]]]. It turns out that [[spoiler:the Grail can't actually summon gods]], so the Grail grabbed the closest thing it could find: [[spoiler:an ancient villager who was sacrificed by his people as the ''[[TheScapegoat representation]]'' of all their sins, who eventually became known in legend as Angra Mainyu. Having no special abilities he was quickly killed and absorbed by the Grail. But because this man represented the ''wish'' of those ancient villagers for there to exist a singular source of evil, the Grail [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor attempted to grant that wish]]. Had there been a victor in either the [[LightNovel/FateZero [[Literature/FateZero Fourth]] or [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Fifth]] Grail Wars, he would have become a PhysicalGod]].
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** In ''Literature/TheBelgariad'', BigBad Torak is one of these and loosely follows the {{Satan}} model, as does the mentioned but never directly confronted [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast King of Hell]].
** In ''Literature/TheElenium'', Azash is an elder evil that verges on EldritchAbomination if he didn't manipulate human desires so often (though it's clear his understanding of humanity is imperfect, and largely based on the cultural group most of his worshipers come from). In the sequel series ''Literature/TheTamuli'', Cyrgon is a straight example and Klael is ''the god'' of Gods of Evil.
** In ''Literature/TheBelgariad'', BigBad Torak is one of these and loosely follows the {{Satan}} model, as does the mentioned but never directly confronted [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast King of Hell]].
** In ''Literature/TheElenium'', Azash is an elder evil that verges on EldritchAbomination if he didn't manipulate human desires so often (though it's clear his understanding of humanity is imperfect, and largely based on the cultural group most of his worshipers come from). In the sequel series ''Literature/TheTamuli'', Cyrgon is a straight example and Klael is ''the god'' of Gods of Evil.
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** In ''Literature/TheBelgariad'', BigBad Torak is one of these and loosely follows the {{Satan}} model, as does the mentioned but never directly confronted [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast King of Hell]].
**one: In ''Literature/TheElenium'', Azash is an elder evil that verges on EldritchAbomination if he didn't manipulate human desires so often (though it's clear his understanding of humanity is imperfect, and largely based on the cultural group most of his worshipers come from). In the sequel series ''Literature/TheTamuli'', Cyrgon is a straight example and Klael is ''the god'' of Gods of Evil.
** In ''Literature/TheBelgariad'', BigBad Torak is one of these and loosely follows the {{Satan}} model, as does the mentioned but never directly confronted [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast King of Hell]].
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SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!"]]THRONE! LET THE GALAXY... '''BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURN!!!!!!!"''']]
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* ''WesternAnimation/Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse'': Cythonna, the Kryptonian goddess of darkness, plague and suffering, and the BigBad of the film. She is portrayed as [[TheCorrupter the corrupter]] capable by stuffing the hearts of her victims with evil in order to become stronger, control the minds of her victims and turn them their servants, and can possess people and make them her hosts.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse'': ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoAndDCSuperHeroGirlsMayhemInTheMultiverse'': Cythonna, the Kryptonian goddess of darkness, plague and suffering, and the BigBad of the film. She is portrayed as [[TheCorrupter the corrupter]] capable by stuffing the hearts of her victims with evil in order to become stronger, control the minds of her victims and turn them their servants, and can possess people and make them her hosts.
