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OriginEdit
The First Evil appears to be the sum total of all that is evil, older than the Demons or even the Great Old Ones and far more ancient than humans, it has existed before the written word and trancends all reality and dimensions (at least those that appear in the Buffy universe) - it is suggested that it may even have been the very first entity to have existed as stories say that the First Evil lurked in the darkness long before the physical universe was even created and that it shall remain long after the universe ends - despite its seemingly massive power-level few have heard of it and even fewer actually believe it to exist.

The First Evil can't affect the world on a physical level - only able to deceive, torment and manipulate others, having a deep understanding of human nature since it can copy the thoughts of all human beings who have died. It uses this knowledge to drive others to commit acts such as murder and suicide.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit
The First Evil is a vastly powerful entity capable of assuming the form of any person who has died, including vampires and dead people who have been resurrected and it uses these forms to frightening effect in manipulating others throughout the series. Ability to appear as any dead or undead or resurrected being (anything that has died), ability to gain the memories of who it appears as, ability to choose to be seen and/or heard only by those it is communicating with as well as those outside of normal hearing range, omnipresence, ability to merge with certain beings and imbuing them with superhuman strength, stamina, durability, able to establish a psychic link with its victims, telepathy, ability to manifest in dreams, elemental abilities, vast dark powers. Its only true weakness is that it is unable to deal physical damage, being ghostlike in nature - it is however a master of manipulation and act through its many servants or any creature it may manage to trick into doing its bidding. 