- "Eldest, that's what I am...Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn...he knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless — before the Dark Lord came from Outside.."
- ― Tom Bombadil (LOTR)
- "Stop. I have learned much from you. Thank you, my teachers, and now for your education. Before there was time, before there was anything, there was nothing, and before there was nothing, there were monsters. Here's your gold star!"
- ― Sweet P/The Lich (Adventure Time)
The power to use the traits of primordial entities. Variation of Eldritch Physiology. Opposite to Last Entity Physiology.
Also Called
- Primordial Being Mimicry/Physiology
- Primordial Entity Mimicry
- Primordial Mimicry/Physiology
Capabilities
The user either is or can transform into a primordial being, an entity that has existed since or even prior to the beginning of time itself.
Applications
- Chaos Manipulation
- Immortality/Amortality/Undetermined Existence
- Omnilock
- Primordial Force Manipulation
- Primordial Reality Manipulation
Variations
- Anti-God
- Causa Sui Physiology
- Divine-Demonic Physiology
- Monotheistic Deity Physiology
- Non Created Physiology
- Primordial Deity Physiology
- Primordial Dragon Physiology
Associations
Known Users
See Also: Time Abyss.
Cartoons
- Primordial Monsters (Adventure Time)
- Gunter/Orgalorg
- Hunson Abadeer
- The Lich (Adventure Time)
- Celestialsapiens (Ben 10)
- Contemelia (Ben 10)
- Annona (Bionicle)
- Nibblonians (Futurama)
- Yivo (Futurama)
- Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
- Lollilandians (Regular Show)
- Alphabetrians (Rick and Morty)
- Ice-T/Water-T
- Tikki (Miraculous Ladybug)
Comics
- Jin En Mok (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
- Mother Night/Nyx (DC Comics)
- Relic (DC Comics)
- The Architects (Gold Digger)
- Aspirants/Astro-Gods (Marvel Comics)
- Dweller-in-Darkness (Marvel Comics)
- Galactus (Marvel Comics)
- Oblivion (Marvel Comics)
- Phoenix Force (Marvel Comics)
- Scrier (Marvel Comics)
- Eternity (Marvel Comics)
- Death (Marvel Comics)
- Hell (Nancy in Hell)
Literature
- Antiquity (Flight of Dragons)
- The Architect (The Keys to the Kingdom)
- Nameless Things (Lord of the Rings)
- Tom Bombadil (Lord of the Rings)
- Ungoliant (Lord of the Rings)
Live Television
- First Evil (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Old Ones (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Illyria (Angel)
- The Weeping Angels (Doctor Who); presumably
- The Artifact (Eureka)
- Iris (Lost Girl); as Nyx
- Mrs. Byrne (Mr. Young)
- Precursors (Stargate Universe)
- Archangels (Supernatural)
- Cosmic Entity (Supernatural)
- The Darkness/Amara (Supernatural)
- Death (Supernatural)
- Eve (Supernatural)
- God (Supernatural)
- Leviathans (Supernatural)
Manga/Anime
- Majin Buu (Dragon Ball)
- Ophis (Highschool DxD)
- Harumi Sakuraba/Goddess of Dawn (Invaders of the Rokujyoma)
- Ajimu Najimi (Medaka Box)
- Shinju/Ten-Tails (Naruto)
- FAR/First Ancestral Race (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- The Will of The Abbys (Pandora Hearts)
- Karla, The Grey Witch (Record of Lodoss War)
- Lord of Nightmares/L-Sama (Slayers)
- Synapsians (Sora No Otoshimono)
- Daedalus
- Minos
- Unnamed Synapsians
- The Gentle Darkness (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Mythology/Folklore
- God (Abrahamic Religions)
- Protogenoi (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Chaos
- Kotoamatsukami (Japanese/Shinto Mythology)
- Rahab/Tannin (Jewish Mythology)
- Primordial Deities (Mythology)
- Physis (Greco-Roman Mythology)
Tabletop Games
- Oramus (Exalted)
- Atropus (Forgotten Realms)
- Dendar, The Night Serpent (Forgotten Realms)
- Shadevari (Forgotten Realms)
- Obyriths (Planescape)
- Speaker of the True Words (Planescape)
- Titans (Scarred Lands)
- C'tan (Warhammer 40k)
Video Games
- First Civilization (Assassin's Creed)
- Juno
- Jupiter
- Minerva
- The Everlasting Dragons (Dark Souls)
- Primordial Serpents (Dark Souls)
- Kingseeker Frampt
- Darkstalker Kaathe
- Old Ones (Darksiders)
- Anu (Diablo)
- Tathamet (Diablo)
- Jack of Blades (Fable)
- The Precursors (Halo)
- Elder God (Legacy of Kain)
- Arceus (Pokémon)
- The Creation Trio (Pokémon)
- The Lake Guardians (Pokémon)
- The Great Will (Shin Megami Tensei)
- YHVH (Shin Megami Tensei)
- Chip/Light Gaia (Sonic Unleashed)
- Dark Gaia (Sonic Unleashed)
- The Golden Goddesses (The Legend of Zelda Series)
- Cybele (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Eden Maker (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Gaia (Valkyrie Crusade)
- The Creations of Gaia (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Calypso
- Dione
- Rhea
- Gilgamesh (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Birthday (Valkyrie Crusade)
Web Comics
- Jones/The Wandering Eye (Gunnerkrigg Court)
Movies
- Rock of Ages (Merlin)
Gallery
Comics/Cartoons
Primordial Monsters (Adventure Time) such as Orgalorg and Hunson Abadeer, are such ancient beings that they predate literally everything, and even nothing.
Hunson Abadeer (Adventure Time) has existed since before time and before everything, when "there were only monsters" like Orgalorg.
The Lich King (Adventure Time) is a primordial monster that not only predates existence but even the time before that.
The Nibblonian race (Futurama) was already 17 years old by the time of the Big Bang.
The Dweller-In-Darkness (Marvel Comics) is so ancient he predates not only the big-bang but even the universe before that one.
Eternity (Marvel Comics)
Galactus (Marvel Comics) predates the Big Bang.
Tikki (Miraculous Ladybug) is the abstract embodiment of creation, being the first being to come into existence and having lived since the dawn of the universe itself.
Hell (Nancy in Hell) is a semi-sentient realm that was originally the Primordial Darkness before God brought light, having taking shape feeding off of the suffering of the banished Lucifer.
Anime/Manga
Contrary to initial belief that he was a creation of Bibidi, Majin Buu (Dragon Ball) has existed since the dawn of time itself.
Ophis (Highschool DxD) formed from the nothingness of the dimensional gap before time began.
Ajimu Najimi (Medaka Box) is trillions of years older than the universe and everything else.
The Shinju (Naruto) is the primordial source of chakra in the Ninja World.
Lord of Nightmares/L-sama (Slayers)
Video Games
Juno, Minerva, and Jupiter (Assassin's Creed) are members of the First Civilization, beings who not only predate the human race, but created it.
The Precursors (Halo) were a race of beings believed to be even older than the universe itself.
The Elder God (Legacy of Kain) predates recorded history and claims to be the "engine of Life" itself.
Chip/Light Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog) is a primordial deity who embodies day, light, and rebirth…
…while his counterpart, Dark Gaia, is a primordial energy being that symbolizes darkness, night, and destruction.
Cybele (Valkyrie Crusade) is a primordial goddess that predates concepts such as life and death, being the one that created life itself in the first place.
Eden Maker (Valkyrie Crusade) is a primordial goddess and one of the creators of the Celestial Realm.
Birthday (Valkyrie Crusade) as the embodiment of the celestial realm's birthday, is as old as the celestial realm itself.
Gilgamesh's (Valkyrie Crusade) age is virtually immesurable, as she is eons years old.
Ulthane (Darksiders) is one of the Makers, a race that predates Heaven and Hell.
Jack of Blades (Fables) has existed for thousands of years, and was already ancient by the time humanity came into existence.
Live Television/Movies
Illyria (Angel) is one of the Old Ones, an ancient race of pureblood demons who lived during the Primordium Age.
The First Evil (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) came into existence long before the universe was created, and will remain long after its end.
The Archangels (Supernatural) predate the universe itself, battling The Darkness alongside God.
Eve (Supernatural) predates the angels themselves, and is obscurely related to the Leviathans.
The Leviathans (Supernatural) are the very first beasts ever created by God, and are as old as time.
The Cosmic Entity (Supernatural) is a nameless being whose existence predates all things, including Amara, God, Death, Creation and Destruction, as he is the original emptiness/nonexistence they all eventually emerged from.
Others
Dendar, The Night Serpent (Forgotten Realms) is the original primordial nightmare and as such is as old as time and conscious thought itself.
Known as the First and the Fatherless, Tom Bombadil (The Lord of the Rings) is the oldest being in all of middle earth and beyond, having already existed long before even the creation and awakening of the Ainur by Eru Illuvatar.
Like all Obyriths, Pale Night (Planescape) has been around long before the multiverse ever existed, as she and her kind have been destroying countless realities outside of the proper multiverse before it was even born.