The One

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[[Image:SentientCore.jpg|right|thumb|400px|So it's ''your'' fault! You know, for Carrot Top.]]

'''The One''', also known as the '''Source'''<ref>[[Ask Vector Prime]]</ref> and the '''sentient core of the universe''',<ref>"[[Primal Scream (issue)|Primal Scream]]"</ref> is an extradimensional entity from before time, in whom Order and Chaos exist in perfect harmony. It created [[Unicron]], then cut him in half to make [[Primus]]. The [[Vok]] claim to be guardians of The One and followers of its will. They also seem to think that either it created the multiverse, or it ''is'' the multiverse. Details are fuzzy.

==Fiction==
===Marvel comics===
After the Big Bang, the sentient core of the universe noticed that Unicron was eating everything, and so it birthed Primus to destroy him. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} It promised that Primus could return to his reserved place within the [[Omniversal Matrix]] once he was victorious. {{storylink|Primal Scream (issue)|Primal Scream}}

{{note|This "sentient core" wasn't called The One, and it didn't seem to create Primus ''from'' Unicron, but, well, [[multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]] and all that.}}

===3H comics===
The Vok were the first known source of information about The One, whom they tended to describe in relation to themselves, or vice-versa. {{note|Capitalization of Vok quotes is at editor's discretion; their lines were printed in all caps.}}

{{quote|We are the Vok. Guardians of The One. Defenders of the ultimate — of that which must be. [...] For The One is power ultimate, and there are those who would divert its creation to their own ends. These enemies must be detected and destroyed — wherever and whenever they appear.}}

The enemy in question at the time seemed to be the resurrected [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], who in fact had captured the power of two Vok and was preparing to wreak havoc upon prehistoric, post-[[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] [[Earth]]. The Vok sought to protect "the sleepers," by whom they meant the stasis-locked [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']]. They believed this to be "the will of The One". {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}}

Later, they explained themselves again to their creation, [[Primal Prime]]:

{{quote|We are the Vok, the guardians of The One. We are of the source, the core, forever committed to safeguard the plan. [...] We saw the entirety of the creator's vision. The One... and The All. A unity of worlds, timelines, and dimensions. A multiversal confluence, harmonized and organized. In perfect synchronicity.}}

That time, they seemed to be referring to The One as not the creator, but the creation. Notably, they never referred to Primus by name (nor Unicron, for that matter), though they did fear "the enemy of all creation," to whom Tarantulas was attempting to deliver the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}} As Tarantulas would later be seen inside Unicron during the [[Universe war]], Unicron is likely that enemy. {{storylink|Escape (issue)|Escape}} This raises the question of how Primus fit into their cosmology, and in fact whether ''he'' was what they meant by the creator-One. Answers remain unclear.

===DK ''Ultimate Guide''===
[[Image:Theone.png|right|300px|thumb|Yes, you read that right.]]
The One existed before time itself, witness to the birth of the universe. The One was curious about this new realm and created a new being, Unicron, to explore it. For some reason, The One then split its creation in two, one half still being Unicron while the other became Primus. In keeping with their creator's nature as a perfect balance of Order and Chaos, the twin "exploratory heralds" became the embodiments of those two principles, but separated. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}}

===Wings of Honor===
When [[Landshark]]'s boring mission aboard the ''[[Eight Track (G1)|Eight Track]]'' was cut short due to complications at home, he quietly thanked The One. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

==Notes==
* The One's method of creating Primus from the substance of Unicron mirrors Primus's creation of the Transformers, whose [[spark]]s are fragments of his own being, as stated in "[[Abduction]]". This process was explored in slightly more detail in [[Simon Furman]]'s apocryphal text story "[[Alignment]]".

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