Void of Animus

The Void of Animus, also known simply as the animus or the Cult of Light, was a religious and philosophical creed followed by a minority of the Charon and considered to be dangerously heretical by the Dominion. The antithesis of the Void of Oblivion in both practice and ideology, the adherents of the animus bound themselves and their actions to moral strictures, not unlike the many organized followers of the Force, although were unlike the Jedi or the Sith. "Animite" was the term used to indicate a follower of the Void of Animus.

In the beliefs of the Void of Animus, the highest goal of an Animite was oneness with the Void, not unlike the followers of the oblivion. In contrast with them, however, the Animites believed oneness with the Void came, not through the eradication of all life, but balance with it, between death and life, and even the Force and the Void. Consequently, the Animites saw some actions as inherently stabilizing and some inherently destabilizing to the balancing process, regardless of the terms "good" or "bad". For instance, causing the death of a living being was considered to be a destabilizing element, while preserving or protecting life was seen as stabilizing.

However, the Animites were not considered symbiotic with the Jedi Knights, who adhered to the Light Side of the Force. Identical to the followers of the Void of Oblivion, the Animites likewise derived strength from emotional detachment, capitalizing on unemotionalized actions and motivations. Like the followers of the oblivion, the Animites revered the Presence within the Void as their deity.

The Void of Animus emerged from the Void of Oblivion toward the end the Oblivion Crusades, in the Charon Civil War and the Void Wars, two simultaneous conflicts between the Savant Caste and a smaller segment of the Zealot Caste.