Black Thing

"Itt iss Eevil. Itt iss thee Ppowers of Ddarrkkness!"

- Mrs. Which about the Black Thing.

The Black Thing is the overarching antagonist of the Time Quintet series, appearing only in the novel A Wrinkle in Time. It is a cosmic evil force as well as the incarnation of evil, and is insinuated to be It's master.

History
Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin land on the hospitable planet Uriel in a distant galaxy. There, Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Who show them the Black Thing, which is in the form of a dark cloud. Calvin instantly shows dislike upon seeing it. He asks what it is, and Mrs. Whatsit reveals that it is simply evil, the powers of darkness.