User:Derik/The One

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"'Til all are one" is a phrase knit through Transformers mythology and legend, often used as a rallying cry by Transformers, most frequently the Autobots.

The peace of one planet will become the peace over the universe and the peace of the universe will become the peace over all universes, 'til all are one!{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:Primus"Homecoming"|Primus{{#if:"Homecoming"|, "Homecoming"|}}|}}

That which does not become part of the one shall become void.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:The Vok"Other Voices, Part 1"|The Vok{{#if:"Other Voices, Part 1"|, "Other Voices, Part 1"|}}|}}

Maintain the balance, until all are one.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:Primus"Trap"|Primus{{#if:"Trap"|, "Trap"|}}|}}

Until the Day, 'til all are one.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:Cybertronian maxim"The Transformers: The Movie"|Cybertronian maxim{{#if:"The Transformers: The Movie"|, "The Transformers: The Movie"|}}|}}

For The One is power ultimate. And there are those who would divert its creation to their own ends.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:The Vok"Primeval Dawn Part 1"|The Vok{{#if:"Primeval Dawn Part 1"|, "Primeval Dawn Part 1"|}}|}}

Meaning

It's been translated as either until the end of the Great War, when all Transformers shed their factional affiliations, or until all are rejoined into the Allspark of Primus.

Fiction

Generation 1 Animated Continuity

The phrase was first introduced as Optimus Prime's deathbed mantra, and it would then be repeated regularly by Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime, and many of the other Autobots. The Transformers: The Movie

It even appears in the movie's closing theme: The last verse ends with a declaration that although the stand has been made and the immediate battle is over, the war with the powers of darkness will continue "'til the day when all are one."

Having seized the Matrix of Leadership, Galvatron gloated that "all shall be one" under his rule. The Burden Hardest to Bear

Beast Wars

Rhinox refers to the Matrix dimension as a place "where all are one." Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)

Beast Machines

As Megatron consumed the captured sparks of every Cybertronian, he urged "let us all become one!" Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege

Robots in Disguise

Omega Prime's Matrix Blade had this phrase written across the hilt. Omega Prime toy

Unicron Trilogy

Cybertron

When communicating with the Autobots, Primus would intone the phrase in reference to their quest to restore his Allspark. Later, when he created the Ark out of the four Cybertronian starships signifying the unity of the Transformers, he said that all were finally one. End

Dreamwave comics continuity

You're on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of Prime.

The Autobot Council of Ancients held court in a chamber embossed with the same logo that had appeared on Omega Prime's sword. The War Within #1

The Seal of Primus also had "'til all are one" written on it. Conflagration

IDW comics continuity

The Decepticons seem to have a much darker use for the phrase. During a gladiatorial death match between Megatron and an unnamed opponent, the crowd begin to chant the phrase, apparently attempting to goad Megatron into finishing off his opponent. It is unknown why the crowd would choose this chant to encourage a gladiator to kill someone. Megatron Origin issue 2

Shattered Glass

The evil Optimus Prime sports a mocking juxtaposition of the famous saying on his alternate mode, reading "'Til all are gone!" Shattered Glass

Notes

• The phrase has its roots in early script drafts of The Transformers: The Movie. Rather than feature the Matrix of Leadership, early versions of the movie's story instead had "Life Sparks", Transformer life-forces very similar to the sparks that would later be introduced in Beast Wars. Upon his death, Prime transfers his own Life Spark to Ultra Magnus, and then utters a prototypical version of the phrase clearly derived from this practise: "Til all Life Sparks are one!" The original intent of the phrase, then, was clearly to reference a time when all Transformer life would become one either in the afterlife or passed down into one final being, alla Highlander. This was of course long before the idea of a singular afterlife for the entire race was independently created by other writers.

See also

• Darkest hour

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"</ref> is an extradimensional entity from before time, in whom Order and Chaos exist in perfect harmony. It created Unicron (boo!), then cut him in half to make Primus (yay!). 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. The Void! It promised that Primus could return to his reserved place within the Omniversal Matrix once he was victorious. Primal Scream

This "sentient core" wasn't called The One, and it didn't seem to create Primus from Unicron, but, well, 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.

Capitalization of Vok quotes is at editor's discretion; their lines were printed in all caps.

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.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:|{{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}|}}|}}

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

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

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.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:|{{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}|}}|}}

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. Primeval Dawn Part 3 As Tarantulas would later be seen inside Unicron during the Universe War, Unicron is likely that enemy. 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

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. Transformers: The Ultimate Guide

Wings of Honor

When Landshark's boring mission aboard the Eight Track was cut short due to complications at home, he quietly thanked the One. Wings of Honor

During an Elite Guard mission briefing, Alpha Trion noted that all Transformers believed that the One—or the Ones—created them equal. Flames of Yesterday

The AllSpark Almanac

The Core was one of ten figures that made up the Cybertronian zodiac. Its associated aspect was "unity" and assigned orbital cycle was Chōkoneon. Its constellation forms a familiar spiral. The AllSpark Almanac II

Notes

• The One's method of creating Primus from the substance of Unicron mirrors Primus's creation of the Transformers, whose sparks 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".
• He seems to be kinda similar to this guy. No known relation between the two, though.

References

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Key notes

• Emanation and Reconciliation
• Wikipedia:Gnosticism#The_main_features_of_Gnosticism