“And the student said to the master, ‘It is known that the Gods stand supreme over all things, unrivaled in power.’ And the master laughed. ‘Why do you laugh so?’ demanded the student, ‘Surely you believe in the Gods!’ ‘I do,’ said the master, ‘but there are things older and greater than Gods. To them, the Gods are as ants to a man, or a single drop of water to the wide oceans.’”
- Excerpt from the Analects of Zhou De
The El Shaddai, also called the Great Ones, are the most powerful entities in the Universe. They are "upper Gods," timeless and wielding immense power. They exist across multiple planes, intersecting many simultaneously. The most well-known Great Ones are worshipped as major deities. They are intrinsic to the Universe itself and are therefore timeless. They supposedly can be killed, but it is prohibitively difficult and would have wide-reaching implications.
Bouwen, Decte, and Waazi are Great Ones.