History Main / LeakingCanOFEvil

* The creator of Phyrexia, Yawgmoth, was the BigBad of the storyline of ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' until the Invasion block, where it was defeated by Jerrard Capashen and his crew with the activation of the Legacy Weapon. In the Time Spiral block we learn that Urborg, the land where Yawgmoth was defeated is still tainted by the blood, oil and pieces of phyrexian corpses more than three hundred years later. (Urborg was an [[SwampsAreEvil evil swamp]] to begin with, but it turned out even worse.) When [[spoiler: Lord Windgrace sacrificed himself to close the rift over Urborg he infused part of his essence in the land to keep it in check and prevent an ulterior spreading of the phyrexian infection.]]

* The creator of Phyrexia, Yawgmoth, was the [[BigBad big bad]] of the storyline of ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' until the Invasion block, where it was defeated by Jerrard Capashen and his crew with the activation of the Legacy Weapon. In the Time Spiral block we learn that Urborg, the land where Yawgmoth was defeated is still tainted by the blood, oil and pieces of phyrexian corpses more than three hundred years later. (Urborg was an [[SwampsAreEvil evil swamp]] to begin with, but it turned out even worse.) When [[spoiler: Lord Windgrace sacrificed himself to close the rift over Urborg he infused part of his essence in the land to keep it in check and prevent an ulterior spreading of the phyrexian infection.]]
* Rovagug in {{Pathfinder}}, a god of destruction so dangerous that all the other deities came to seal him within the earth. His struggles cause earthquakes and volcanoes to this day, and there is a 20 mile wide chasm called the Pit of Gormuz that leads to him, and every few centuries some new Spawn Of Rovagug escapes it to wreak havoc.

* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'': Due to the work of the [[BigGood Archangel Tyrael]] and a group of humans he trained named the Horadrim, the three Prime Evils, Diablo, Mephisto and Baal, were locked away into [[SoulJar soulstones]] designed to contain their essences and stop them from pursuing the Eternal Conflict onto Sanctuary. Unfortunately, these soulstones don't prevent the Evils from corrupting mortals who have the misfortune to be near their resting places, and all of them end up manipulating said mortals into releasing them, as a result of [[spoiler:[[FallenAngel Izual]]]] filling the Prime Evils in on how to corrupt them. Mephisto's soulstone in particular resulted in the Zakarum high priesthood becoming corrupted and turning into demons. In ''Diablo III'', they all get locked into the Black Soulstone, a super-jar for demons. Despite this, their power is such that spells must constantly be cast to prevent their demonic rage from leaking out.

* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'': Due to the work of the [[BigGood Archangel Tyrael]] and a group of humans he trained named the Horadrim, several of the Prime Evils were locked away into [[SoulJar soulstones]] designed to contain their essences and stop them from pursuing the Eternal Conflict onto Sanctuary. Unfortunately, these soulstones don't prevent the Evils from corrupting mortals who have the misfortune to be near their resting places, and all of them end up manipulating said mortals into releasing them, as a result of [[spoiler:[[FallenAngel Izual]]]] filling the Prime Evils in on how to corrupt them. Mephisto's soulstone in particular resulted in the Zakarum high priesthood becoming corrupted and turning into demons. In ''Diablo III'', they all get locked into the Black Soulstone, a super-jar for demons. Despite this, their power is such that spells must constantly be cast to prevent their demonic rage from leaking out.

* The Soulstones from the ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series turned out to be this as a result of [[spoiler:[[FallenAngel Izual]]]] filling the Prime Evils in on how to corrupt them. Mephisto's soulstone in particular resulted in the Zakarum high priesthood becoming corrupted and turning into demons.

* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'': Due to the work of the [[BigGood Archangel Tyrael]] and a group of humans he trained named the Horadrim, several of the Prime Evils were locked away into [[SoulJar soulstones]] designed to contain their essences and stop them from pursuing the Eternal Conflict onto Sanctuary. Unfortunately, these soulstones don't prevent the Evils from corrupting mortals who have the misfortune to be near their resting places, and all of them end up manipulating said mortals into releasing them. In ''Diablo III'', they all get locked into the Black Soulstone, a super-jar for demons. Despite this, their power is such that spells must constantly be cast to prevent their demonic rage from leaking out.

* Several decades before the start of ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'', a [[EldritchAbomination Dark One]], Avoozl, attempted to break through into the world, assisted by a cult who worshiped him. After a tremendously bloody battle, the archmage Erana sealed him away at the cost of her own life. Unfortunately, her seal was not perfect, and Avoozl has had a lingering effect on Mordavia as his power leeches into the surrounding woods. In particular, certain types of magic (particularly teleportation and scrying) don't work properly in the vicinity of the Cave of the Dark One, the woods are increasingly filled with undead monsters, and by the time of the game itself the road into and out of Mordavia has been blocked by a swamp which drowns anyone who attempts to pass it.

* The [[EldritchAbomination Demon God]] [[TheBigBad Asura]] from ''Manga/SoulEater'' was sealed in a bag made of his own skin. Even after this, his [[TheCorruption madness]] is strong enough to warp the statue of a god holding his container and make everyone who tries to approach it [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness see horrible hallucinations]]. However, it is only when Asura is freed that his madness is able to spread all over the world.

** In ''Pyramids of Mars'' despite being paralyzed in an Egyptian Tomb [[Sutekh OmnicidalManiac]] is able to control the archaeologist Marcus Scarman who entered the Tomb and Mummies even when they are working in England. Finally he focuses his power through Marcus to destroy the Eye of Horus keeping him imprisoned even though Marcus has to travel to Mars to achieve this.

* Corypheus, the ancient sentient Darkspawn in the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series, has been sealed away by the Grey Wardens since the First Blight, but is still able to telepathically enthrall individuals in the general vicinity of his prison, who then devote their lives to finding a way to break him out (which involves trying to kill the PlayerCharacter and his/her sibling in the ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' DLC ''Legacy'').

* Ganon was sealed away into the Dark World by the seven mages in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', but used his evil influence to recruit Agahnim. The mage infiltrates Hyrule Castle and sets into motion Ganon's plans to capture the seven maidens and break the seal made by the seven sages.

* Several decades before the start of ''[[VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV]]'', a [[EldritchAbomination Dark One]], Avoozl, attempted to break through into the world, assisted by a cult who worshiped him. After a tremendously bloody battle, the archmage Erana sealed him away at the cost of her own life. Unfortunately, her seal was not perfect, and Avoozl has had a lingering effect on Mordavia as his power leeches into the surrounding woods. In particular, certain types of magic (particularly teleportation and scrying) don't work properly in the vicinity of the Cave of the Dark One, the woods are increasingly filled with undead monsters, and by the time of the game itself the road into and out of Mordavia has been blocked by a swamp which drowns anyone who attempts to pass it.

* [[EldritchAbomination The Snarl]] from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' was sealed by the gods in a jail that used the entire planet for the lock. However, five rifts have formed in said jail, one of which allowed it to reach through and kill Soon the paladin's wife. Soon's party locked the rifts with impassable gates, but now four of the five gates have been destroyed, and the rifts they covered have grown huge. (Although, oddly, nothing of the Snarl has yet reached through.)

* Many of the [[EldritchAbomination Old Gods]] in the ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' universe were sealed away by the Titans, but their influence remains, affecting events on Azeroth through the centuries.

Is a Subtrope of SealedEvilInACan. If the evil is SealedInAPersonShapedCan it will usually become this trope. If the evil is sealed within a physical object, that object is likely to become an ArtifactOfDoom. Compare MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll, for when this applies to mundane criminals. See also EvilIsNotAToy and MadeOfEvil.

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-->--'''Lord Windgrace''', flavor text of ''[[MagicTheGathering Tomb of Yawgmoth]]''

* In Seasons Four of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' we find out that Lucifer is this trope. [[spoiler: Azazel]] first finds "the crack in his cage" in order to communicate with him; it's implied that Lucifer also [[spoiler: made a backup plan that Lilith and Ruby carried out in order to get Sam Winchester to release him.]]

** Module B3 "Palace of the Silver Princess". Arik (AKA Arik of the Hundred Eyes) is an ancient, evil being of great power. He was banished to a special dimension centuries ago to be imprisoned for all eternity. However, he has managed to send one of his eyes into the campaign world, where it works to open the dimensional barriers and free him from his imprisonment.

* A specialty of daemonically-possessed weapons in Warhammer40K / {{Warhammer}}. Using them gradually brings you under the daemon's control (or just makes you go insane, which is often the same thing). ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar II: Chaos Rising'' has an entire game mechanic based on this, to determine which member of your squad becomes the traitor.

* The creator of Phyrexia, Yawgmoth, was the [[BigBad big bad]] of the storyline of ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' until the Invasion block, where it was defeated by Jerrard Capashen and his crew with the activation of the Legacy Weapon. In the Time Spiral block we learn that Urborg, the land where Yawgmoth was defeated is still tainted by the blood, oil and pieces of phyrexian corpses more than three hundred years later.(Urborg was an [[SwampsAreEvil evil swamp]] to begin with, but it turned out even worse.) When [[spoiler: Lord Windgrace sacrificed himself to close the rift over Urborg he infused part of his essence in the land to keep it in check and prevent an ulterior spreading of the phyrexian infection. ]]

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* In ''Videogame/EternalDarkness'', Mantarok the "Corpse God" is in its death throes for more than ''seven centuries''. However, it had already set a chain of events in motion by this time that manipulate several pawns and allow them to defeat the other {{Eldritch Abomination}}s that bound him.