Ahriman - The Evil One

Ahriman

Ahriman is the evil twin brother of Ahura Mazda. Zurvan, who created both twins, sensed the evil and potential for destruction in his offspring and rejected Ahriman at birth (actually casting both offspring aside as a failed experiment). Since that day, Ahriman had been a god of death, disease and wanton destruction. He dwells in a plane of evil known in the Persian language as , "The place of bad food, the house of the lie." 
He delights in perverting the innocent, twisting good intentions and corrupting all around him. He can be a devilish tempter or a berserk demon of violence. 
Ahriman and Ahura Mazda clashed once in a battle that lasted several days and in which all the gods fought. This battle was waged in several different worlds at the same time. Millions of humans and other creatures were killed and, for a while, it seemed that life on those worlds would be extinguished. In the end, however, Ahriman was defeated when the Gods of Light called elemental spirits to their side. 
The evil god was finally imprisoned in another dimension which he rules but cannot leave. Ahriman has plotted to escape and destroy all life on the worlds on which that last battle was fought, including Earth. 
During his imprisonment, Ahriman has met and made pacts with dozens of other evil beings, including the rulers of both Hades and Dyval. Whereas in the first battle he thought he was the only one of his kind, he now realizes that the forces of evil are many and that some have even greater powers than he. His plots and counterplots now span dozens of dimensions. 
The Old Ones, the Sumerian demon Apsu, the Greek Titans and some even more horrible entities are locked in dismal dimensional prisons. Ahriman is trying to find ways to release all of these creatures while keeping them under his control. With those beings as his minions, Ahriman could crush the Gods of Light and rule the Megaverse! 
One of his lighter projects consists of incorporating technology into his common bag of tricks. As he learns more about "technology," he's beginning to wonder if the key to his plan doesn't rest with mortals. Maybe trying to release the Old Ones through nuclear or antimatter explosions is the answer. Ahriman will try anything once , no matter what the cost to others.