History Main / GodOfChaos

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'', [[spoiler:Yune, the Goddess of Chaos is sealed inside Lehran's Medallion, this game's [[{{Macguffin}} Fire Emblem]]. Despite this, [[GodIsGood she is not the evil "Dark God" that history has made her out to be]] and [[BerserkButton hates being called that.]]]] Notable for being one of the rare examples of this trope that is [[spoiler:completely and unambiguously the BigGood; she is benevolent and genuinely loves humanity in spite of its flaws, and it is only through her support that Ike and Micaiah stand a chance against [[GodOfOrder Ashera]], Yune's other half who has decided to purge humanity for its flaws. As Yune herself [[DiscussedTrope explains]], Order and Chaos are [[AboveGoodAndEvil entirely separate from good and evil and have both positive and negative aspects]]. Yune held onto the positive aspects of Chaos because she spent her slumber surrounded by the songs of the heron clan, preserving her connection to mortals, while Ashera succumbed to the negative aspects of order because she spent her sleep in [[GoMadFromTheIsolation in complete isolation]] and forgot her connection to mortals.]]
* Lucifer from ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''. If he is not presented as a FallenAngel, he is this: [[AnthropomorphicPersonification the incarnation of Chaos itself, a primal force of revolution and change]] to counterbalance [[GodIsEvil YHVH]], who represents dogmatic order.
* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Princes]] are generally considered Chaos Gods [[OrderVersusChaos in comparison to the more ordered Aedric deities]] (with the notable exception of [[ControlFreak Jyggalag]], who claims Order as his sphere of influence despite being a Daedra). The Daedra who most strongly embody Chaos include Mehrunes Dagon [[DestroyerDeity Prince of Destruction, Revolution, and Change]], Sheogorath [[MadGod Prince of Madness and Creativity]], and Boethiah [[ManipulativeBastard Prince of Deceit, Conspiracy]], [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Treachery, and Sedition]].
** [[GreatGazoo Lorkhan]] straddles a fine line between this and a GodOfOrder, for example according to some he is a son of Sithis, the essence of Chaos, begotten for the express purpose to spread Sithis. However, it's not clear where he falls on the OrderVsChaos scale.

* The Trickster from the ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' series is a powerful NatureSpirit who embodies the chaotic aspects of the natural world and dreams of the collapse of human civilisation. Pagans worship him as the god of Chaos, Nature and Magic, while [[CrystalDragonJesus The Hammerites]], who worship the concepts of Order, Technology and Civilisation, despise him as a SatanicArchetype.
* In the universe of ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', all of creation is split into three different realms: [[{{Heaven}} Paradiso]] (representing the Light), [[{{Hell}} Inferno]] (representing the Darkness) and Purgatorio and the mortal realm (the Chaos in-between). Each of these realms have a god that shaped them into what they are and is the creator of their inhabitants, with Aesir as the creator of the Chaos.
* Chaos from ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}''. They are, well, ''the'' PrimordialChaos of Myth/ClassicalMythology personified; in their case, rather than disorder or destruction they instead embody the Greek definition of "Chaos" as the vast, infinite void. True of the trope, they are mostly AboveGoodAndEvil and operate entirely on ItAmusedMe, helping PlayerCharacter Zagreus mostly because he is causing a lot of chaos.
* ''VideoGame/ForTheKing'': Omus the God of Chaos is the GreaterScopeVillain of the main campaign, the unseen master of the BigBad and his ApocalypseCult, and the ultimate source of the [[ChaosIsEvil Chaos energy corrupting the world]].

* ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'': [[GreaterScopeVillain Void Termina]]'s true nature is one of these. [[spoiler:As the so-called "[[TheMaker progenitor of origination]]", he is said to exist in every dimension, and [[DubInducedPlotHole in the Japanese version]], he's said to be a "chaotic possibility" born from the darkness, dreams, heart, and soul of the universe. Void Soul's Boss Subtitles even call him the "Essence of Chaos". Interestingly, this gives him just as much potential for evil as it does for good.]]

Their morality varies. Many gods of chaos [[ChaosIsEvil are outright evil]], and fall under the GodOfEvil label. Maybe [[BlueAndOrangeMorality they have a morality incomprehensible to mortal beings]], assuming they aren't just [[MadGod insane]] or [[AlmightyIdiot completely mindless]], that is. They are usually an EldritchAbomination as well, who are often associated with chaos and disorder anyway. Sometimes they are a more neutral TricksterGod or GreatGazoo, though few can be called outright good. If they have a goal outside of [[ItAmusedMe amusement]] or promoting chaos, it's either [[OrderVersusChaos opposing order]] or trying to bring about a WorldOfChaos. If ReligionIsMagic, those who worship the God of Chaos would use EntropyAndChaosMagic. Don't expect anyone to mention that [[FridgeLogic having a god to manage chaos makes it less chaotic.]]

* In her ''Circle'' DVD, Creator/EddieIzzard states that she prefers the idea of a flawed God of Chaos to an all-powerful God as portrayed in the Abrahamic faiths. In her version of the creation story, Chaos lives in a caravan in deep space and accidentally created the universe when his oven exploded while he was trying to bake a flan.

* ''Reapertale'' has Chara, the BigBad, become a Goddess of Entropy after Sans fails to reap her. This failure would later come back to haunt everyone.

* ''Literature/{{Kane}}'' has the Seven Nameless, [[ElderGods old gods]] that exist in a dimension beyond good and evil, filled by timeless chaos. While they have their disciples, they do not usually interfere in the world.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': Like in Greek mythology, Eris acts as the goddess of chaos who screws over mortals [[ForTheEvulz for fun]]. [[DatingCatwoman She has a relationship with superntural hunter Hoss Delgado]], which at a point distracted her that she could not fulfill her duties which led to the natural order being thrown out of whack.

* ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendoftheSevenSeas'' has Eris, the Goddess of Discord, making things chaotic and dangerous for our hero, because chaos is what she does best.

* ''ComicBook/MalibuComicsMortalKombat'' has Zaggot, the God of Chaos, an AnthropomorphicPersonification who looks like a hobo version of [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] who reigns in chaos and wants to get the world summed in chaos. He first appeared in the ''Goro: Prince of Pain'' miniseries as the one who takes him off the first game to be his champion.

* ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy'': Nahadoth, first of the Three [[TheOldGods Old Gods]] and co-creator of the universe, embodies Chaos and change. He is not evil per se, but does not align with human morality most of the time. It does not help that he has endured 2000 years of SanitySlippage from being trapped [[GodInHumanForm in human form]] or that he is shaped by the belief of mortals around him, most of whom see him as a terrifying monster.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'', [[spoiler:Yune, the Goddess of Chaos is sealed inside Lehran's Medallion, this game's [[{{Macguffin}} Fire Emblem]]. Despite this, [[GodIsGood she is not the evil "Dark God" that history has made her out to be]] and [[BerserkButton hates being called that.]]]] Notable for being one of the rare examples of this trope that is [[spoiler:completely and unambiguously the BigGood; she is benevolent and genuinely loves humanity in spite of its flaws, and it is only through her support that Ike and Micaiah stand a chance against [[GodOfOrder Ashera]], Yune's other half who has decided to purge humanity for its flaws.]]

* ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'': The BonusBoss at the end of the [[BossRush Ultimate Choice]] mode set on the hardest difficulty is [[spoiler:Void Soul, a PaletteSwap of the FinalBoss [[DestroyerDeity Void Termina]] that's referred to as the "[[BossSubtitles Essence of Chaos]]"]]. [[spoiler: Come the version 4.0 update, even Void Soul is eclipsed by '''[[TrueFinalBoss Void]]''', an ''[[HarderThanHard even harder]]'' version of the FinalBoss. He is said to exist in every dimension, and [[DubInducedPlotHole in the Japanese version]], he's said to be a "chaotic possibility" born from darkness, dreams, heart, and soul.]]