The One
The One is an extradimensional entity responsible for the creation of Unicron (boo!) and Primus (yay!).
The One witnessed the Big Bang which created our universe.[1] Curious to explore the infant Universe, The One created a herald to go in its place and report back. This was Unicron, but not as we know him. Like The One, this Unicron was a harmonious blending of Chaos and Order. The One subdivided its creation into two heralds, one of Chaos (Unicron) and one of Order (Primus.)[2]
Both entities extended themselves across many planets and throughout many realities, eventually gaining sentience. When Unicron actually ate an entire Universe[1], Primus made himself the champion of all living things and attacked Unicron directly.[2] As life began to spread throughout the cosmos, Primus prepared to take his place in the Omniversal Matrix, but before doign that he had to destroy Unicron. He failed, but in doing so succeeded in trapping both of them within a single universe where they underwent a period of extended dormancy. Some 9 billion years[3] would pass before they clashed again.
Also, The One seems to have some connection with the Vok, as shown in Primeval Dawn Part 3. This could be really good, or extremely bad.
Notes
- The One's method of exploring by creating heralds mirrors that employed by Primus, who created Transformers [4][5]
- The One's method off creating Unicron as an independent extension of itself parallels Primus's creation of the transformers, whose Sparks are fragment of his own lifeglow. This proscessed was explored in slightly more detail in the Simon Furman's apocryphal text story Alignmnet.
- The One's (and Primus's, and the Liege Maximo's in Alignment, and to a lesser extent budding) method of splitting off portions of their lifeforce all have a strong correspondence with Wikipedia:Emanationism, specifically the Gnostic flavor, wherein an all-powerful God known as 'The One' responded to the unresolvable conflicts in the world by 'emanating' polarized aspects of itself to fight them out until they achieved resolution, and then return to enlighten the One with their findings. (William Blake wrote a tiresome cycle of epic poetry about one such conflict.) In The One's case, this correspondance is almost certainly intentional.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Unicron: From Chaos Comes Order", Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, p51, (1st ed.)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Primus: Wise and Munificent", Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, p53, (1st ed.)
- ↑ Vector Prime, one of the 13 original Transformers, is 9 million years old.
- ↑ In search of other lifeforms, Primus sent explorers out into the galaxy, from the opening monologue of First Encounter
- ↑ Cybertron is a living planet that could learn. The Transformers pre-war goal was to explore the universe, and when they returned home they downloaded their knowledge itno the planet so it could grow in knowledge. {{subst:m-}}From The Battle Begins, p4+5, novelizing the Armada premiere. (paraphrased)
