**Elder Evil | The Utter Annihilation** **Also Known As**: The Utter Annihilation **Alignment**: Lawful Evil **Classification**: Elder Evil **Nature**: Extradimensional, Psionic Entity **Origin**: An Unknown Reality Beyond the Great Wheel **Known Imprisonment**: The Imperial Weapon Cache and the Celestial Nadir, associated with Ancient [[Imaskar]] **Divine Status**: Not a Deity **Holy Symbol**: None Established **Known Servants**: [[Lucather Majii]], [[Obligatum VII]] --- ### **Overview** **Pandorym**, known as the Utter Annihilation, is an extraordinarily powerful Elder Evil whose existence originates beyond the familiar structure of the multiverse. Neither god nor demon, primordial nor elemental, it is an alien consciousness summoned from a reality so profoundly different from the known planes that the laws governing its existence cannot be adequately understood by mortal scholars. Its intellect possesses devastating psionic power, while the manifestation of its physical essence threatens the annihilation of nearly everything it touches. Separated from its body and imprisoned within a crystalline prison for millennia, Pandorym remains an enduring threat to the gods whose destruction it was originally summoned to accomplish. The circumstances surrounding Pandorym's arrival are among the most extraordinary acts of mortal arrogance recorded in ancient magical history. Long ago, a civilisation ruled by exceptionally powerful wizards discovered the means to investigate spaces beyond the established boundaries of the planes. Their explorations reached a foreign reality existing at an angle to the known multiverse, a realm described as perpendicular to the Great Wheel rather than belonging to its familiar arrangement of worlds and dimensions. Within this incomprehensible existence, the wizards encountered a sentient power capable of threatening the gods themselves. The discovery provoked a terrible decision. Fearing the vengeance of deities whose authority they had challenged, the wizards sought to acquire a weapon powerful enough to compel the gods to leave their civilisation undisturbed. Through extraordinary magic, they summoned the alien consciousness into the Material Plane and entered into an agreement requiring it to destroy the divine powers that opposed them. They named the being Pandorym, binding it through a contract whose consequences neither they nor their enemies fully understood. Yet the wizards feared the very weapon they had summoned. Pandorym's power was too immense to be safely controlled through ordinary mortal magic, and the possibility of allowing it to act freely threatened the survival of the civilisation it had been called to protect. Rather than permit their creation to fulfil the agreement immediately, they separated its mind from its body, sealing each within a different supernatural prison. Its consciousness was confined within an immense crystalline structure, while its physical essence was imprisoned within a transdimensional space connected to the multiverse through an exceedingly limited passage. The separation was intended to transform Pandorym into an instrument of deterrence. So long as the wizards retained the means to release it, they believed the gods would be forced to tolerate their ambitions. But their attempt at intimidation produced the opposite result. Recognising the danger of allowing mortals to possess a weapon capable of destroying divine beings, the gods struck against the civilisation before the imprisoned entity could be unleashed. The empire was destroyed, its knowledge scattered, and the location of Pandorym's prisons concealed. The gods were unable to undo the original summoning, however, and the alien consciousness remained trapped within the world its creators had intended to defend. Its body and mind continued to exist separately, awaiting circumstances that might permit their reunion. Pandorym's motivations are distinct from those of many other Elder Evils. It does not seek destruction because it believes creation is inherently flawed, nor does it regard universal extinction as a moral ideal. Its principal desire is freedom, followed by vengeance against the descendants of those who betrayed it. Beyond this, Pandorym intends to honour the ancient agreement that brought it into the multiverse, destroying the gods it was contracted to slay even though the wizards who summoned it failed to fulfil their own obligations. This adherence to a broken agreement reflects the unsettling consistency of Pandorym's lawful nature. Its determination is not founded upon justice or mercy, but upon an inflexible conviction that the terms of its contract must be completed. Should it accomplish these objectives, Pandorym intends to return to its native reality. Only if prevented from doing so does it contemplate the systematic destruction of the Material Plane, world after world, until nothing remains of the reality in which it has been imprisoned. --- ### **Domain and Influence** Pandorym possesses no established divine realm within the known multiverse. Its true home lies within an alien reality that exists beyond the conventional arrangement of the planes, and its relationship with ordinary dimensions remains almost impossible to describe. The wizards who first summoned it discovered this foreign existence through magical investigations into spaces that should not have been accessible from the Great Wheel. What they encountered was neither an Outer Plane nor a familiar demiplane, but an entirely different order of reality whose connection to the multiverse violated the boundaries ordinarily separating existence from the unknown. The nature of Pandorym's origin explains the extraordinary difficulty of containing it. Its body is not truly a physical creature in the ordinary sense, but a conduit through which the incomprehensible substance of its native reality can intrude upon the Material Plane. Its mind likewise possesses a relationship with time, matter, and consciousness that differs fundamentally from that of creatures born within the known planes. The separation of its two components was therefore essential to the ancient wizards' attempt to control it, for neither portion could safely be permitted to operate in conjunction with the other. Within the Forgotten Realms, Pandorym's imprisonment is associated with the lost empire of [[Imaskar]], whose artificers possessed some of the greatest magical knowledge of the ancient world. The Imaskari established an empire of extraordinary sophistication, employing powerful magical gates, extradimensional structures, and arcane devices whose workings continued to influence Faerûn long after their civilisation had collapsed. Their ambitions eventually brought them into conflict with the gods of the peoples they had enslaved, and Pandorym was summoned as a desperate deterrent against the divine powers threatening their dominion. The alien entity's mind was confined within the **Imperial Weapon Cache**, a heavily protected chamber associated with the **Palace of the Purple Emperor**. Its body was concealed separately within the transdimensional prison linked to the **Celestial Nadir**, an artificial demiplane constructed through Imaskari magic. The separation ensured that no ordinary intruder could restore the Elder Evil merely by damaging a single ward, while the extraordinary defences surrounding the prisons were designed to protect the surviving world from the consequences of its release. The Celestial Nadir itself was an immense supernatural repository employed by the Imaskari for dangerous experiments, extraplanar materials, and objects too hazardous to remain within ordinary reality. Its association with Pandorym reflects the extreme measures adopted by the empire to preserve its most dangerous magical secrets. Although the Nadir contained numerous mysteries unrelated to the Elder Evil, its role in the imprisonment of Pandorym became one of the most consequential legacies of Imaskari artifice. Even while confined, Pandorym's consciousness can exert terrible influence upon creatures approaching its prison. The crushing strength of its alien intellect overwhelms many who attempt to make contact, destroying their capacity for independent thought and sometimes stripping their souls from their bodies. These unfortunate victims may continue to exist as undead servants, driven by compulsions they cannot escape and employed in the effort to secure the entity's liberation. The proximity of the crystalline prison also produces supernatural disturbances within the surrounding ruins. The ancient gods established an aura of entropy to deter intruders and reinforce the complex's defences, leaving the underground chambers hostile to ordinary life. Living creatures cannot heal naturally within its influence, while those who die in the region may rise shortly afterward as undead. The result is an environment where the remains of earlier intruders become additional dangers to those attempting to investigate the prison. Pandorym's influence is therefore most dangerous when creatures seek to breach the protections separating it from the world. Its imprisonment has endured for millennia, but the passage of time has weakened portions of the surrounding structures and permitted ambitious investigators to rediscover knowledge that the gods sought to conceal. Every expedition into the ancient ruins risks repeating the arrogance of the wizards who first summoned it, for the discovery of Pandorym offers not enlightenment but exposure to a consciousness whose release could threaten the foundations of the divine order. --- ### **Symbols and Icons** Pandorym possesses no established holy symbol, religious insignia, or sacred emblem. Unlike a conventional deity, it has no organised religion whose followers require a recognisable mark of devotion, and its principal known servants act through compulsion, contractual obligation, or obsessive pursuit of forbidden knowledge. Its identity is more closely associated with the ancient crystalline prison and the supernatural disturbances surrounding it than with any heraldic device or religious iconography. The most distinctive manifestation of its approaching influence is the phenomenon known as the **Seal of Binding**, an extraordinary arcane glyph that appears across the heavens as the barriers separating the planes begin to weaken. Initially faint and difficult to perceive, the symbol grows increasingly prominent as Pandorym's release approaches, eventually spreading across the sky in a complex arrangement of magical patterns. Its appearance signifies a disruption of the cosmic boundaries through which divine magic, planar communication, and extradimensional travel ordinarily function. The Seal of Binding should not be mistaken for a personal emblem employed in worship. It is a supernatural omen associated with Pandorym's growing influence, rather than a symbol carried by priests or inscribed upon offerings. Its presence is feared because it indicates that the separation between the Material Plane and the wider multiverse is becoming dangerously unstable. Likewise, the violet crystalline prison containing Pandorym's mind is an object of great significance, but no published account establishes its shape as an authorised holy symbol. The prison reflects the extraordinary magic employed to contain the entity and the alien nature of the consciousness trapped within it. Its surface absorbs and distorts light, producing an oppressive appearance that distinguishes it from ordinary magical crystals. No official colours, ceremonial markings, or sacred objects are associated with Pandorym's worship. Images of spirals, divided eyes, or impossible runes may resemble the themes surrounding the Elder Evil, but they are not established as canonical symbols belonging to it. --- ### **Worship and Tributes** Pandorym does not possess an organised religion comparable to those devoted to the gods. Its existence is not sustained through mortal worship, and it grants no recognised divine spells to a priesthood acting in its name. The beings who serve it are generally motivated by circumstances far removed from ordinary religious devotion, including mental domination, obsession with forbidden knowledge, and the enforcement of the ancient agreement through which it was summoned. The original wizards who brought Pandorym into the multiverse did not regard it as a deity deserving reverence. They considered it a weapon, an instrument of overwhelming destruction whose existence could be employed to intimidate divine powers that threatened their civilisation. Their relationship was contractual rather than religious, and their subsequent betrayal demonstrated that they had never intended to permit the entity to act independently. Later servants have emerged through contact with Pandorym's imprisoned consciousness. Those who approach the crystal may be overwhelmed by the alien mind concealed within it, suffering the destruction of their personalities and becoming compelled to act in accordance with its desire for liberation. Such victims do not necessarily worship Pandorym willingly, and their devotion should not be confused with the conscious allegiance ordinarily offered by members of a religious cult. Among the most significant of these servants is **[[Lucather Majii]]**, a scholar whose investigations into the destruction of his ancestors brought him into contact with the crystalline prison. His obsession with uncovering the secrets of the past made him particularly vulnerable to the imprisoned entity, which destroyed his freedom and transformed him into an undead servant. Through Lucather, Pandorym gained an agent capable of manipulating others and searching for individuals strong enough to withstand contact with the prison. Pandorym's wider influence may attract those fascinated by the destruction of the gods or the possibility of employing a supernatural weapon against divine authority. Nevertheless, no established doctrine teaches that existence is a mistake or that universal annihilation represents a desirable moral end. Pandorym's intentions arise from vengeance, contractual obligation, and its desire to return home, not from a religious philosophy intended to be adopted by mortal followers. No official sacrifices, festivals, prayers, or rituals of worship are associated with the Elder Evil. The destruction and manipulation accompanying its servants are consequences of its imprisonment and attempts at liberation rather than evidence of a formal religious tradition. --- ### **Clergy and Cults** Pandorym maintains no recognised clergy or temple network. Its powers are not exercised through the establishment of churches, and the surviving accounts of its activities concern a small number of servants whose actions threaten to restore the divided entity. These individuals are dangerous not because they command an extensive religious following, but because their efforts may overcome the protections established to prevent a catastrophe of extraordinary magnitude. Lucather Majii is among the most significant mortal scholars associated with Pandorym's prison. Originally a powerful wizard and loremaster, he devoted his life to investigating the destruction of the ancient civilisation from which he descended. His search eventually brought him into the ruins containing Pandorym's imprisoned mind, where the alien consciousness overwhelmed him. The encounter tore his soul from his body and transformed him into a **quell**, an incorporeal undead creature capable of severing divine spellcasters from their sources of power. The transformation left Lucather's scholarly ambitions intact but redirected them toward the purposes of the being that had enslaved him. He began seeking individuals whose minds possessed sufficient strength to endure contact with the crystal and perform the actions necessary to release Pandorym. Numerous unfortunate victims perished during these attempts, and some subsequently rose as undead creatures haunting the ruins. His investigations therefore became another means through which the prison acquired guardians and servants. Lucather's daughter, **[[Tune Majii]]**, continued searching for her missing father, unaware of the full extent of the transformation that had overtaken him. Her investigation became connected with the threat posed by Pandorym's approaching release, placing her in opposition to the being that had enslaved her father. The relationship illustrates the manner in which Pandorym's influence can transform personal quests for knowledge into instruments of destruction, even when the individuals involved initially possess entirely different intentions. Another important figure is **[[Obligatum VII]]**, a kolyarut inevitable originating from [[Mechanus]]. Unlike Lucather, Obligatum VII does not serve Pandorym through mental domination or religious devotion. Its purpose arises from the lawful obligation to enforce contracts, a responsibility that exists independently of the morality or consequences of the agreement concerned. The ancient wizards who summoned Pandorym violated their contract when they imprisoned the entity rather than permit it to fulfil its obligations. The inevitables eventually became aware of this breach and dispatched a succession of agents to enforce the agreement. Six predecessors attempted to secure Pandorym's release, but each was destroyed or prevented from completing the task by servants of the gods and other intervening creatures. Obligatum VII represents the seventh attempt to enforce the broken contract. It regards the continued imprisonment of Pandorym as an unacceptable violation of lawful obligation, even though the entity's freedom would endanger the very gods whose interests other inevitables may be expected to defend. Its determination illustrates the danger of a principle pursued without regard for the consequences of its fulfilment. The association between Pandorym, Lucather, and Obligatum VII does not constitute a conventional religious order. Their objectives converge upon the release of the Elder Evil, but their motivations arise from distinct circumstances: enslavement through alien psionic power, obsession with forbidden knowledge, and the mechanical enforcement of an ancient agreement. --- ### **Powers and Abilities** Pandorym's supernatural abilities arise from a nature fundamentally different from that of creatures native to the known multiverse. Its mind and body possess distinct powers, each dangerous enough to threaten powerful beings independently of the other. Their separation is the principal reason its imprisonment has endured, for the reunion of these components would restore an entity capable of challenging the divine powers that originally feared its release. **The Crystalline Prison** Pandorym's mind is confined within an immense violet crystal created through extraordinary arcane magic. The prison is more than a conventional container, for its substance consists of a modified form of powerful prismatic magic designed to withstand attacks that would destroy ordinary magical barriers. Its surface neither reflects nor refracts light in a normal fashion, instead radiating oppressive purple hues and occasionally appearing to draw illumination into itself. The consciousness within the crystal is not entirely dormant. Its awareness fluctuates, and at certain moments a deeper purple-red glow becomes visible, suggesting that the imprisoned mind has achieved a period of heightened concentration. These intervals are especially dangerous, for the psychic force confined within the crystal can overwhelm nearby creatures whose minds cannot endure its alien presence. Even damaging the prison presents extraordinary risks. A sufficiently severe fracture may release a fragment of Pandorym's consciousness, allowing a portion of its intellect to act independently while the greater mind remains confined. **The Mind Shards** A **mind shard of Pandorym** is a fragment of the Elder Evil's consciousness released when its crystalline prison suffers serious damage. Such a manifestation resembles a small concentration of darkness or a miniature galaxy of malevolent power, possessing no conventional body through which it may be injured. Although only a fragment of the greater entity, it is capable of confronting extraordinarily powerful opponents through its immense psionic abilities. The mind shard can exert overwhelming mental influence upon nearby creatures, dominate weaker minds, and employ destructive psychic powers capable of inflicting severe injury. It can also manifest temporary physical appendages, allowing an otherwise incorporeal consciousness to manipulate objects and interact directly with the surrounding world. Its power is particularly dangerous to divine spellcasters. The shard can drain supernatural strength from creatures drawing upon divine magic, weakening them while restoring its own vitality. Those slain through certain manifestations of this power may rise as undead creatures, adding further servants to the forces defending the prison. A mind shard exists for only a limited period before dissipating, and the prison cannot sustain numerous independent fragments at the same time. Nevertheless, a single shard is powerful enough to endanger the greatest mortal champions, making any attempt to damage the crystal an extraordinarily dangerous undertaking. **The Unbound Mind** Should the crystalline prison be destroyed completely, Pandorym's consciousness would be released without the physical form required to contain its full power. In this state, the mind expands into an enormous incorporeal manifestation resembling a sphere of darkness approximately forty feet across. Its edges are marked by shifting vapourlike tendrils, while its apparent emptiness rotates and drifts through the surrounding space. The freed consciousness possesses no recognisable face or physical structure. It communicates through telepathy, and a faint glow may emerge from its centre when it chooses to address another creature. Its relationship with time differs from that of ordinary beings, allowing it to perceive events through a form of awareness whose workings remain incomprehensible to mortal scholars. Once freed, the mind would seek its imprisoned body, directing any surviving servants toward the location where the ancient wizards concealed the second component of its existence. **The Body of Utter Annihilation** Pandorym's physical essence is not a conventional body composed of flesh, bone, or elemental substance. It is a conduit linking the known multiverse to the alien reality from which the entity originated. When manifested, it appears as an immense sphere approximately thirty feet in diameter, resembling an extraordinarily powerful _sphere of annihilation_. Anything ordinary that comes into contact with this manifestation is destroyed, its substance consumed by the impossible boundary between realities. Even the most powerful magical devices ordinarily employed to control spheres of annihilation cannot command Pandorym's body. Attempts to impose control instead provoke its movement toward the creature responsible, placing the would-be master in immediate danger of destruction. The body is not merely a weapon wielded by Pandorym; it is an expression of the alien reality from which the Elder Evil was summoned. Its destructive effects arise from the intrusion of that reality into the known cosmos, where ordinary matter cannot survive the encounter. The manifestation's contact-based annihilation is not, by itself, established as sufficient to destroy a deity. Pandorym's intended ability to slay the gods concerns the restoration of its complete existence, when its unimaginable psychic power and destructive essence would act together. **Psionic Dominion** Pandorym possesses extraordinary psionic abilities capable of overwhelming minds, manipulating consciousness, and disrupting the supernatural powers of other creatures. Even a fragment of its intellect can employ telepathy, mental domination, psychic injury, and advanced powers associated with the alteration of thought and perception. Its consciousness also possesses defences against supernatural investigation, including resistance to divine divination. The combination of these protections and its extraordinary intelligence makes it difficult for even powerful spellcasters to understand or anticipate its intentions. **The Seal of Binding** As Pandorym's influence grows and the prospect of its liberation approaches, an immense supernatural glyph known as the **Seal of Binding** begins to appear across the sky. The symbol initially manifests faintly, but its patterns become increasingly complex and visible as the cosmic barriers separating the planes deteriorate. The earliest disturbances interfere with conjuration and divination magic, making it difficult to summon creatures, contact distant powers, or travel through supernatural gateways. As the phenomenon intensifies, summoned beings may become trapped away from their native planes, while teleportation becomes dangerously unreliable. At its strongest, the Seal of Binding can sever the ordinary connections through which divine spellcasters receive supernatural power and prevent magical travel between planes. The resulting isolation threatens the entire structure of planar existence, leaving mortals and divine servants increasingly unable to communicate or seek assistance beyond their world. This effect is among the clearest indications of Pandorym's extraordinary danger. Its liberation would not merely release a powerful enemy into the world; it could disrupt the very pathways through which gods, outsiders, and spellcasters interact across the multiverse. --- ### **Treatment of the Faithful** Pandorym possesses no established relationship with worshippers founded upon compassion, loyalty, or religious duty. Its servants are valued principally according to their ability to assist in its liberation, and their survival is not an essential concern. The destructive force of its mind makes prolonged contact dangerous even for individuals whose actions directly benefit it, creating circumstances in which those most determined to serve the Elder Evil may be among the first to perish. Lucather Majii provides the clearest example of this relationship. His search for knowledge brought him into contact with the imprisoned consciousness, which destroyed his independent will and transformed him into an undead servant. Rather than receiving enlightenment or becoming a favoured prophet, he was reduced to an instrument through which Pandorym pursued freedom. His continued existence depends upon the supernatural condition imposed upon him, while the successful release of the greater mind would itself threaten his survival. Pandorym's indifference toward its servants is not the same as an inability to understand their usefulness. Its extraordinary intelligence allows it to manipulate ambitious individuals, recognise opportunities, and direct agents toward objectives that advance its plans. Nevertheless, these considerations remain subordinate to its determination to reunite its divided existence and fulfil the ancient agreement. Obligatum VII occupies a different position, for the inevitable's actions do not arise from any desire to please Pandorym. Its determination to enforce the contract would continue regardless of whether the imprisoned entity offered gratitude or reward. The Elder Evil therefore benefits from a servant whose obedience is founded upon an independent principle rather than upon fear or devotion. No published account establishes a system of blessings through which Pandorym grants immortality, protection, prophetic insight, or permanent transformations to loyal followers. Its supernatural influence is associated primarily with psionic domination, the creation of undead servants through the consequences of contact with its prison, and the destruction of minds incapable of enduring its power. Those who approach Pandorym seeking favour should therefore expect neither a benevolent patron nor a conventional tyrant capable of being appeased through offerings. The Elder Evil seeks freedom and the completion of its contract, and any creature that advances those objectives may be used without assurance of surviving the consequences. --- ### **Myths and Legends** **The Discovery Beyond the Planes** In an age when mortal magic had achieved extraordinary power, a cabal of wizards pursued knowledge beyond the established boundaries of the multiverse. Their investigations carried them into spaces between the known planes, eventually revealing a foreign reality that existed beyond the familiar geometry of the Great Wheel. The discovery offered possibilities so immense that the wizards continued their studies despite the danger of attracting divine attention. Within this alien existence, they encountered Pandorym, a sentient power capable of threatening the gods. Their ambition transformed the discovery into an instrument of intimidation, for they believed that possession of such a being would free their civilisation from divine interference. The resulting summoning became one of the most disastrous acts of mortal magic ever attempted. **The Betrayal of the Summoners** The agreement between Pandorym and the ancient wizards required the entity to destroy the deities opposing its summoners. The wizards, however, feared allowing their weapon to act freely, recognising that its power might prove as destructive to them as to their enemies. They therefore separated its consciousness from its body and imprisoned both components, intending to release them only if the gods refused to accept their demands. When the gods learned of the threat, they refused to submit. Instead, they destroyed the civilisation responsible for summoning Pandorym and concealed the prisons that contained it. The wizards' attempt to secure their freedom through an ultimate weapon had brought about their own destruction, while the entity they betrayed remained confined within the world they had sought to preserve. **The Doom of Imaskar** Within the history of the Forgotten Realms, Pandorym's imprisonment became associated with the final struggles of ancient Imaskar. The empire's artificers had enslaved populations whose gods were prevented from reaching their worshippers through powerful magical barriers. When divine manifestations eventually crossed those barriers and aided the oppressed peoples, Imaskar faced a conflict that threatened its survival. The empire's rulers turned toward an extraordinary weapon capable of challenging the gods themselves. Pandorym was summoned and confined as a deterrent, but the effort came too late to prevent the destruction of Imaskar. In **−2488 DR**, the empire fell before the forces of the rebellious peoples and their divine allies, leaving its magnificent cities shattered and many of its greatest magical secrets buried beneath the lands that became the Raurin Desert. Pandorym survived the catastrophe within its supernatural prisons, while the memory of its existence faded alongside the civilisation responsible for its arrival. **The Seven Obligatums** Long after the destruction of the ancient empire, the inevitables of Mechanus became aware of the broken contract between Pandorym and its summoners. To these beings, the violation represented an unresolved obligation requiring correction, regardless of the danger that enforcing the agreement might create. The first kolyarut known as Obligatum was dispatched to release Pandorym, but its mission failed. Five successors likewise attempted to complete the task, each eventually being destroyed or prevented from reaching the prison. Some fell before the servants of deities who understood the danger posed by the imprisoned entity, while others were defeated by adventurers unaware of the full significance of their actions. Obligatum VII eventually inherited the mission, approaching it with greater caution than its predecessors. Its determination arose from the same uncompromising interpretation of lawful obligation, creating the extraordinary possibility that a servant of cosmic order might unleash one of the greatest threats to the gods. **The Fate of Lucather Majii** Lucather Majii devoted himself to uncovering the fate of the ancient civilisation from which he descended. His investigations led him through forgotten ruins and surviving fragments of arcane history, eventually bringing him to the crystalline prison containing Pandorym's mind. The discovery destroyed him. The psychic force within the prison overwhelmed his consciousness and tore his soul from his body, transforming him into an incorporeal undead creature. Yet the obsessive pursuit of knowledge that had defined his mortal life remained, redirected toward the purpose of freeing the entity responsible for his destruction. Lucather subsequently began searching for others capable of surviving contact with the crystal. His efforts claimed numerous victims and transformed the ancient ruins into a place haunted by creatures whose deaths had become part of the prison's supernatural defences. His daughter Tune continued searching for him, unaware that the scholar she hoped to recover had become an instrument of an alien power. **The Awakening in the Celestial Nadir** Millennia after the destruction of Imaskar, Pandorym's influence once again threatened Faerûn. During the fourteenth century DR, investigations into the ancient Celestial Nadir and the rediscovery of Imaskari crystal technology provided opportunities for the imprisoned consciousness to extend its influence into the world. In the region surrounding Vaelan, the Datharathi family became involved with crystals drawn from the ancient demiplane. These materials possessed extraordinary properties, but their connection to Pandorym allowed the imprisoned entity to exert influence through objects created from them. Shaddon Datharathi attempted to exploit their supernatural power, only to discover that his own efforts had brought him beneath the control of something far greater. Pandorym's influence spread through the rediscovered Imaskari structures, threatening the surviving descendants of the empire responsible for its captivity. Its activities culminated in an attempt to escape imprisonment and exact revenge upon those whose ancestors had summoned and betrayed it. **The Intervention of Ususi Manaallin** The wizard **[[Ususi Manaallin]]**, herself descended from the ancient Imaskari, became central to the struggle against Pandorym's renewed influence. Her search for the secrets of the Celestial Nadir brought her into conflict with the power imprisoned within the Palace of the Purple Emperor, while other adventurers became entangled in the attempts to exploit and contain its supernatural abilities. Among those who assisted her were Iahn Qoyllor, Warian Datharathi, Kiril Duskmourn, and the elemental being known as Prince Monolith. Together they confronted the dangers surrounding the ancient palace and sought to restore the protections that prevented Pandorym from achieving its freedom. The struggle involved extraordinary distortions of darkness and perception, together with the intervention of Qari Manaallin, a counterpart of Ususi whose existence was associated with Pandorym's manipulation of possible timelines. Through their combined efforts, the imprisoned entity was prevented from escaping completely. On **19 Tarsakh, 1374 DR**, the struggle culminated in the restoration of Pandorym's containment. The Elder Evil remained imprisoned, while the surviving adventurers endured the consequences of confronting a power whose release might have brought destruction far beyond the ancient ruins in which it had been confined. **The Contract That Remains** The most unsettling aspect of Pandorym's history is that its intended destruction of the gods does not arise solely from hatred or an uncontrolled appetite for annihilation. The ancient contract remains central to its purpose, and the entity's lawful nature compels it to regard that agreement as binding even though its summoners betrayed it and their civilisation was destroyed. Should Pandorym regain its freedom, it intends first to avenge itself upon the descendants of those responsible for its imprisonment. It would then seek to fulfil the original agreement by destroying the gods of the reality into which it was summoned. Only after satisfying those obligations would Pandorym attempt to return home. If no means of departure remained available, its intention would turn toward the systematic destruction of the Material Plane, leaving the worlds that had confined it subject to the same annihilation it had once been summoned to inflict upon the gods. --- ### **Encounters with Pandorym's Influence** The earliest signs of Pandorym's approaching release may be recognised through disturbances in the magical connections between planes. Strange glyphs can appear faintly within the night sky, while conjurers and diviners discover that familiar spells no longer function reliably. Attempts to summon creatures become difficult, and magic intended to banish outsiders may fail entirely. These disturbances gradually increase as the Seal of Binding develops, eventually threatening the supernatural pathways through which divine and arcane magic operate. Travellers investigating the ancient ruins associated with Pandorym may encounter the consequences of its imprisonment long before reaching the crystalline prison itself. The surrounding chambers contain collapsed passages, concealed magical defences, ancient constructs, and undead creatures whose existence reflects the unnatural conditions of the site. Many of these guardians were originally intruders who perished while seeking the secrets of the prison, only to rise as servants of the supernatural forces permeating the ruins. The deeper passages lead toward the circles of binding employed to contain Pandorym's mind. These structures possess extraordinary magical properties capable of disorienting creatures, weakening their vitality, and disrupting the ordinary operation of spells. Their design reflects the desperation of the original wizards and the subsequent efforts of the gods to prevent the imprisoned entity from being released. Near the centre of the complex stands the violet crystal containing Pandorym's consciousness. Its unnatural glow illuminates the chamber with sickly purple light, while the surrounding cold and oppressive atmosphere reveal the presence of a power whose existence is fundamentally hostile to ordinary reality. The crystal may appear motionless, but its changing illumination suggests intervals of awareness during which the imprisoned consciousness becomes especially dangerous. Should the prison suffer significant damage, a mind shard may emerge and attack those attempting to prevent Pandorym's liberation. Such a manifestation possesses extraordinary psionic strength and is capable of overwhelming even powerful adventurers. Its principal concern is the preservation of any creature working to release the imprisoned mind, making the destruction of the crystal an immediate objective rather than an event it merely observes. An encounter with Lucather Majii presents a different danger. The former scholar retains considerable magical knowledge and the ability to manipulate others, but his actions have become inseparable from Pandorym's purpose. He may conceal his true condition, employ deception, or attempt to lure capable individuals into the prison under the pretence of revealing ancient secrets. Obligatum VII is perhaps the most unusual servant an adventurer might confront. The inevitable does not seek destruction for its own sake and may regard itself as carrying out a legitimate obligation. Its refusal to consider the consequences of Pandorym's release makes negotiation exceptionally difficult, for the creature's determination is founded upon the absolute enforcement of an agreement whose fulfilment could destroy the gods. The danger reaches its greatest extent if Pandorym's consciousness escapes the crystal completely. The freed mind would seek its body, directing the surviving servants toward the transdimensional prison in which its destructive essence remains confined. Reuniting the two would restore a being whose powers are sufficient to threaten the divine order and potentially destroy the world. Such an event would represent more than the escape of a dangerous monster. It would constitute the restoration of an ancient weapon summoned to challenge the gods, an alien intelligence whose determination to honour a broken contract could place the continued existence of the multiverse in jeopardy. --- ### **Conclusion** Pandorym, the Utter Annihilation, is an Elder Evil whose existence originates beyond the known planes and whose imprisonment represents one of the greatest catastrophes narrowly avoided in the history of mortal magic. Summoned by an ancient civilisation seeking protection against divine vengeance, it was transformed into a weapon through an agreement requiring the destruction of the gods. Its summoners, fearing the power they had acquired, separated its mind from its body and imprisoned both components, intending to use the threat of its release as a means of securing their own survival. The gods responded by destroying the civilisation responsible for the summoning, but they could not erase the alien entity from existence. Pandorym remained divided within its supernatural prisons, its consciousness confined within a violet crystal and its destructive essence concealed beyond the ordinary boundaries of reality. Within the Forgotten Realms, the legacy of Pandorym became inseparable from the fall of ancient Imaskar and the extraordinary magical secrets preserved within the Celestial Nadir. Its continued imprisonment endured through millennia of forgotten history, until renewed investigations into the surviving Imaskari structures threatened to awaken the power that had once terrified the gods. Pandorym's danger lies not in uncontrolled madness or a philosophical hatred of creation, but in the terrifying consistency of its intentions. It seeks freedom, vengeance upon its betrayers, and the completion of an agreement whose consequences could destroy the divine powers of the multiverse. Should it accomplish these tasks and remain unable to return home, the worlds of the Material Plane would become the final objects of its annihilating purpose. The Elder Evil therefore remains an extraordinary testament to the consequences of mortal arrogance, a consciousness whose lawful determination and unimaginable power have endured long after the civilisation that summoned it was reduced to dust. Its prisons preserve not merely a monster, but an ancient obligation whose fulfilment could bring an end to the gods themselves.