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[[Image:SentientCore.jpg|right|thumb|400px|So it's ''your'' fault! You know, for Carrot Top.]]
[[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>"[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]"</ref> is an extradimensional entity from before time, in whom Order and Chaos exist in perfect harmony. It created [[Unicron]] <small>(boo!)</small>, then cut him in half to make [[Primus]] <small>(yay!)</small>. 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.
'''The One''', also known as the '''Source''',<ref>[[Ask Vector Prime|From the original Ask Vector Prime feature]]</ref> the '''sentient core of the universe''',<ref>"[[The Void!]]"</ref> or '''G One''' (ジ·ワン ''Ji Wan'') if ya nasty,<ref>"[[Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude]]"</ref> is an extradimensional entity from before time, in whom Order and Chaos exist in perfect harmony. It created [[Unicron]] <small>(boo!)</small>, then cut him in half to make [[Primus]] <small>(yay!)</small>.


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Marvel comics===
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' 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|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}
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|The Primal Scream|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.}}
===DK ''Ultimate Guide''===
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}}


===3H comics===
===''Wings Universe''===
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.}}
When [[Landshark (G1)|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}}


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


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}}
[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] swore by the One when he suddenly regained his memory. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}


Later, they explained themselves again to their creation, [[Primal Prime]]:
===''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|orbital cycle]] was [[Chōkoneon]]. Its constellation forms a familiar spiral. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}


{{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.}}
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
In the beginning of time, a single being existed. As it roamed across a young galaxy and encountered life, it became confused and disturbed. Two voices began to develop within its mind. The first voice, Primus (meaning first and one), was reassuring and accepting. The second voice, Unicron (meaning unique and one), could not rest after seeing flaws and unanswered questions throughout the universe. The two voices began to oppose each other, causing the single being to split mentally and physically. Before they were fully separated physically, Primus and Unicron traveled with each other. Unicron would destroy what he encountered, and Primus would try to stop him or fix the harm he had done. Primus tried to reconcile with his twin, but Unicron refused to reunite as one uncertain being. Primus was filled with righteous rage, and the shared body between them fully split into two. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}


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 (Universe)|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.
===Ask Vector Prime===
Vector Prime explained that some universes had the One as their "Sentient Core"—the entire universe as an entity in itself. Societies throughout the multiverse had their different perspectives on the One and the core, notably regarding its number of components, ranging from one to thirteen, and its place in their divine pantheon. Variations on the Source could span multiple universes and could be either negative or positive forces. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/16}} He speculated that it might have been the Source who tried but did not very well stabilize the network of [[universal stream]]s centering around [[G1 World|Primax 785.06 Alpha]] after [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]] shattered the stable axis of the system, resulting in [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon timeline|this incredibly convoluted thing]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/22}}


===DK ''Ultimate Guide''===
===Precursor World===
[[Image:Theone.png|right|300px|thumb|Yes, you read that right.]]
[[File:Ivory Towers Generations Selects.jpg|thumb|left|Forgive me father, for I have made [[G1 World|JG1]] even more convoluted.]]
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}}
In the beginning was G One. Emanating from G One were the [[Star Power|Seven Lights]], fundamental forces of the [[Precursor World|primordial multiverse]]. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude|Finale Prelude}} G One tasked Oracle with the safekeeping of those lights, gifting him a shell of [[Golden Power]] to protect his core [[Angolmois Energy]] form. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}} To that end, Oracle, taking the name "Primus", founded the [[Primus Vanguard]]. A [[Statue of The One|statue of G One]], now called The One, was erected in the inner sanctum of the Vanguard's [[Ivory Towers|headquarters]].


===Wings of Honor===
When Primus's soldier, [[Go Prime|Black Go Prime]], expressed misgivings about using the [[Black Legendisc|Black Light of Time]] to scry a way to defeat the [[Vok]] menace threatening their universe, a heated Primus cited his appointment by The One. Primus later threw himself upon The One's statue, broken by terrible knowledge of [[G1 World|the future]] just as Black had feared, and begged his old mentor's spirit for guidance. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude|Finale Prelude}}
When [[Landshark (G1)|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}}


During an [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] mission briefing, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] noted that all Transformers believed that the One—or the Ones—created them equal. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}
Much, much, later, after the dissolution of Primus's Vanguard and the capture of Oracle by the traitorous [[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus twins]], the young [[Blue Order]] warrior [[Magna Convoy]] paid his respects beneath the same statue. {{storylink|Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comic}} Later still, [[Bludgeon (G1)#Precursor World|Bludgeon]] remarked to an impassive [[Soundwave (BW)|agent of Primus]] that The One's Seven Lights had passed to a new generation as they monitored a motley collection of misfits across the multiverse. {{storylink|Cybertron Magna Convoy}}
{{--}}


[[Side Burn (G1)|Side Burn]] swore by the One when he suddenly regained his memory. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}
==Notes==
[[File:Microman Giant Robo G-1.jpg|thumb|right|G The One, G The One, alright, I don't wanna give it up, fight for tomorrow...]]
*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. This process was explored in slightly more detail in [[Simon Furman]]'s apocryphal text story "[[Alignment]]".
*He seems to be kinda similar to [[God|this guy]]. No [[canon|known]] relation between the two, though.
*The statue representing The One in the headquarters of the Primus Vanguard is a [[repurposing]] of "[[Microman#GiantRobo|Giant Robo G-1]]", an unreleased 1979 ''[[Microman]]'' toy<ref>{{citesocial|quote=e-hobbyのマグナコンボイのマンガの偉大なる先駆者の面々、分かった範囲だとこんな感じですかの？ほんのちょっとだけ見切れてる人がよくわかんないですけど…(；´∀｀) https://t.co/z4uLL82adq|link=https://twitter.com/tagoal/status/811554498623586304|name=tagoal|site=Twitter|year=2016|month=12|day=21|(defunct=)}}</ref> that eventually evolved into 1980 ''[[Diaclone]]'' headliner [[Diaclone#Early Diaclone|Great Robot Base]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The large robot's transformation mechanism was based on the prototype for the unreleased Microman toy, Giant Robo G-1. This robot would later evolve into Diaclone Robot Base.|link=https://twitter.com/_necronomitron_/status/1631449712376315904|site= Twitter|name=Koji Igarashi in p.104 of ''Diaclone World Guide'', translated by Necronomitron|year=2023|month=03|day=03}}</ref> This is what the name "G One" is about, beyond [[The Transformers (franchise)|the obvious]].


===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
===Foreign names===
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. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
*''Japanese:'' '''The One''' (ザ・ワン ''Za Wan'')


==Notes==
==See also==
* 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]]".
*[[Daiakuron]]
* He seems to be kinda similar to [[God|this Guy]]. No [[canon|known]] relation between the two, though.
* The One's method of splitting off portions of its lifeforce all have a strong correspondence with Emanationism, specifically the Gnostic flavor, wherein an all-powerful God known as "The One" responds to the unresolvable conflicts in the world by "emanating" polarized aspects of itself to fight them out until they achieve resolution and then return to enlighten The One with their findings.


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Latest revision as of 03:17, 26 February 2026

So it's your fault! You know, for Carrot Top.

The One, also known as the Source,<ref>From the original Ask Vector Prime feature</ref> the sentient core of the universe,<ref>"The Void!"</ref> or G One (ジ·ワン Ji Wan) if ya nasty,<ref>"Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude"</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!).

Fiction

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Marvel The Transformers comics

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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

DK Ultimate Guide

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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 Universe

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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

Side Burn swore by the One when he suddenly regained his memory. A Flash Forward, Part 6

The AllSpark Almanac

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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

The Covenant of Primus

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In the beginning of time, a single being existed. As it roamed across a young galaxy and encountered life, it became confused and disturbed. Two voices began to develop within its mind. The first voice, Primus (meaning first and one), was reassuring and accepting. The second voice, Unicron (meaning unique and one), could not rest after seeing flaws and unanswered questions throughout the universe. The two voices began to oppose each other, causing the single being to split mentally and physically. Before they were fully separated physically, Primus and Unicron traveled with each other. Unicron would destroy what he encountered, and Primus would try to stop him or fix the harm he had done. Primus tried to reconcile with his twin, but Unicron refused to reunite as one uncertain being. Primus was filled with righteous rage, and the shared body between them fully split into two. The Covenant of Primus

Ask Vector Prime

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Vector Prime explained that some universes had the One as their "Sentient Core"—the entire universe as an entity in itself. Societies throughout the multiverse had their different perspectives on the One and the core, notably regarding its number of components, ranging from one to thirteen, and its place in their divine pantheon. Variations on the Source could span multiple universes and could be either negative or positive forces. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/16 He speculated that it might have been the Source who tried but did not very well stabilize the network of universal streams centering around Primax 785.06 Alpha after MegaZarak shattered the stable axis of the system, resulting in this incredibly convoluted thing. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/22

Precursor World

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Forgive me father, for I have made JG1 even more convoluted.

In the beginning was G One. Emanating from G One were the Seven Lights, fundamental forces of the primordial multiverse. Finale Prelude G One tasked Oracle with the safekeeping of those lights, gifting him a shell of Golden Power to protect his core Angolmois Energy form. Finale To that end, Oracle, taking the name "Primus", founded the Primus Vanguard. A statue of G One, now called The One, was erected in the inner sanctum of the Vanguard's headquarters.

When Primus's soldier, Black Go Prime, expressed misgivings about using the Black Light of Time to scry a way to defeat the Vok menace threatening their universe, a heated Primus cited his appointment by The One. Primus later threw himself upon The One's statue, broken by terrible knowledge of the future just as Black had feared, and begged his old mentor's spirit for guidance. Finale Prelude

Much, much, later, after the dissolution of Primus's Vanguard and the capture of Oracle by the traitorous Straxus twins, the young Blue Order warrior Magna Convoy paid his respects beneath the same statue. Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comic Later still, Bludgeon remarked to an impassive agent of Primus that The One's Seven Lights had passed to a new generation as they monitored a motley collection of misfits across the multiverse. Cybertron Magna Convoy

Notes

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G The One, G The One, alright, I don't wanna give it up, fight for tomorrow...

Foreign names

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  • Japanese: The One (ザ・ワン Za Wan)

See also

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References

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