Quote Originally Posted by Iamyourking View Post
Possible, although Bael came to power quite a long time after the Fall. The problem with that is that Lucifer's first act was to drastically cull the population of Hellspawn to manageable levels; leaving a dozen at most. It is true that the Fallen drove at least three of them into hiding though-Astaroth, Adremmalek, and Sammael.
This fits quite well with the Zargon the Returner story, and of there being a few ones buried in the ice of Caina. If Zargon was the first and greatest "hellspawn" whom even Asmodeus/Lucifer could not permanently slay, that goes very well with Elder Evils.