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"Unspeakable Evil" is a common theme in topics dealing with villains or malevolent entities / people from theology and/or folklore - it refers to a phenomena found across multiple cultures in which the mere mention of the evil-doers' name is taboo and believed to bring bad luck to those who utter it or (in extreme causes) cause death, disease or other supernatural curses. "Unspeakable Evil" can also apply to individuals/beings who have gained such a level of infamy that the mention of their name, while by no means causing harm, is shunned upon - society as a whole (whether real or fiction) prefering to try and forget the evil-doer ever existed.

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  • Unspeakable Evil
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  • "Unspeakable Evil" is a common theme in topics dealing with villains or malevolent entities / people from theology and/or folklore - it refers to a phenomena found across multiple cultures in which the mere mention of the evil-doers' name is taboo and believed to bring bad luck to those who utter it or (in extreme causes) cause death, disease or other supernatural curses. "Unspeakable Evil" can also apply to individuals/beings who have gained such a level of infamy that the mention of their name, while by no means causing harm, is shunned upon - society as a whole (whether real or fiction) prefering to try and forget the evil-doer ever existed.
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  • "Unspeakable Evil" is a common theme in topics dealing with villains or malevolent entities / people from theology and/or folklore - it refers to a phenomena found across multiple cultures in which the mere mention of the evil-doers' name is taboo and believed to bring bad luck to those who utter it or (in extreme causes) cause death, disease or other supernatural curses. "Unspeakable Evil" can also apply to individuals/beings who have gained such a level of infamy that the mention of their name, while by no means causing harm, is shunned upon - society as a whole (whether real or fiction) prefering to try and forget the evil-doer ever existed. Simply ruined innocence of/corrupting many people is not enough for a villain to had Unspeakable Evil reputation. Many will achieve this by committing atrocities in apocalyptic proportions (destroying entire planet/star system/galaxy/reality for example) that resulting the hero/heroine made the truce with other villains against them. Not surprisingly, many of Masters of Horrors can achieve this, even more than typical Complete Monsters.
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