Void of Oblivion

"Know this, the greatest paradox of the will of the Void; that we must live so that all others may die. One with the Void is the fate of the living, for what else is the destiny of all life, except unto oblivion?"

- Krovo Scrios

The Void of Oblivion, also known simply as oblivion, is the primary religious and philosophical creed of the Charon, and is considered to be the antithesis of the Void of Animus. Unlike concepts with the Force, Voidborn adherents to the Void of Oblivion did not prescribe subjection to shades or extremes of moralities, make distinctions between actions in regard to the concepts of good and evil, or attain power from emotional expressions, such as hatred, anger or fear did for the Dark Side of the Force. Instead, followers of the Void of Oblivion derived strength from emotional detachment, and strove to nurture apathy and indifference as regards to physical pursuits, living only for the purpose of bringing all life in harmony with the Void.

The origins of the Void of Oblivion are unknown, but manifested during the time the original Charon species dominated Otherspace. At some point between the cataclysmic event that plunged a portion of the Charr Ontee, the genetic precursors to the Charon species, into Otherspace and their progressive transformation into the Charon people, the worship of death took root among them. During the eras of the Galactic Empire and its growing revolutionary elements, Charon mythology holds that the then-Prophet of the Void was said to have been "spirited away" to the Void, and returned with a relic that served as the core object of worship for the Charon people, as well as their vassal species, and the basis for the formation of their philosophy; the Void Stone.

Following the Charon acquiring the Void Stone, nearly all members of the Charon species began developing unique abilities. Over time, it was eventually seen by the Charon that some among the vassal races were acquiring powers as well, which was taken as an omen that another species would take their mantle and succeed where they had failed, in a crusade against the galaxy. At some unknown point after the Second Galactic Civil War, the original Charon species gave a final commission to the vassal races before partaking of a ritualistic mass suicide. That action directly led to a massive civil war for supremacy among the vassal races, both those native to Otherspace and those abducted into slavery from the galaxy. The conflict lasted ten standard galactic years, which saw the Human species rise to the apex, and thereafter take the name Charon for themselves, not unlike the way the philosophical Sith Lords adopted their name from the species.

The philosophy of the Void of Oblivion was that all the destiny of all life was death, and once all life in the universe was at one with oblivion, the cessation of all life, then all would be at one with the Void, gaining true understanding, knowledge, harmony and peace. Life was seen as a struggle, rife with constant vying, conflict, misery, regret, grief and injustice. In the absence of life, death, there was only rest, peace and equality. To that end, the Charon following the Void of Oblivion saw the death of all life as a service to them, whether they acknowledged or appreciated it or not. At least in part, a belief in the Void of Oblivion was that oneness with the Void did not come simply from death, but from the absence of life affecting all across the galaxy. Consequently, some Charon not only saw their crusades as a way of bringing peace to others, but to themselves as well.

In the tenants of the Void of Oblivion, the Void is seen not only as an energy field, but as a sapient cosmic and transdimensional entity that directs them and events toward the singular purpose of the oblivion of all life, thus the cause of the namesake of the Charon's philosophical beliefs. Fate and destiny were significant pillars in the creeds of the Void of Oblivion, but were also considered to be determined by an individual's actions; fate was the result of a person's actions toward their destiny. This belief is what served as the catalyst for the ritualistic mass suicide, known as the Embrace, as part of the Rite of Kenosis. The reason for the Charon inducting vassal races was connected to the potential need for the Rite of Kenosis. Should the dominant species following the Void of Oblivion see themselves as having become inferior or wanting, they can force another race to take their place through a competitive warfare which was part of the rite, called the Ascent; a conflict for dominance between the vassal races, which would result in the victorious species carrying on the crusade against all life.