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[General] Why are a lot of Devil-type characters so young? (By cosmic being standards)

Trigon. Aku. the Crimson King. What these characters have in common is that they're Devil-type characters who are the most powerful forces of evil in their respective universes, yet are incredibly young compared to other cosmic beings.

For example, the Crimson King is merely hundreds of years old, yet is vastly more powerful than IT, who in turn is older than time itself.

Why do you think writers do this? Why have their devils be only hundreds to thousands of years old yet have them as powerful as other major cosmic entities who are old as or even older than time itself?
gpt
I can't speak to the Stephen King example, but a lot of them are tied to humanity. Characters like Mephisto are the manifestations of evil as humanity understands it, and are fueled by human belief and sin. So compared to the beings that were around when the universe was born, they're young, since they were born the same time humanity got on its feet.