Nah, he's actually a pretty nice guy once you get to know him. He doesn't cause deaths; he's just the one who cleans up afterward. And he'd probably be grateful for a chance to retire peacefully.

The proper incarnation of entropy is the Frost Giant, not the bony-looking guy in a cape.

You beat me to it. I already tend to narrativise this. Other cases, though, are very risky; an alternative, striving-based narrative might be better.