Chernobog

"When the battle is born, holy power power foresworn, and the thralls of defiance destroyed; In Oblivion's roar, then shall come our great war, with a lord who dared harken the Void"

- Poem of the First One

The First Prophet, also known as the First One, was a legendary figure, revered by the Charon Dominion, and was believed by some to be the first indication to the original Charon that a vassal species would eventually succeed them. The First Prophet's name was long lost to history, with some accounts contradicting each other as to the reason; some believed the First Prophet's name was no longer important or applicable to the individual, while other believed the First Prophet himself shed his name following his advent. There was also speculation that the original Charon, specifically the next Prophet of the Void, struck the First Prophet's name from record, due to the First Prophet being of a vassal race. By the time of the Extant War, it was even theorized that no one actually knew the identity of the First Prophet to begin with.

A great deal of myth surrounded the First Prophet, which made facts about him almost impossible to ascertain even by Charon Thralls that acted as keepers of historical accounts. The most famous claim attributed to the First Prophet was that he began and led the Oblivion Crusades, the thousand-year long war against the Otherspace galaxy. It was also known that the First Prophet was the first Voidborn to exist, at least according to the knowledge of Charon society. The First Prophet was also the creator of, and the first individual to hold, the title and position of the Prophet of the Void, the absolute ruler of the Charon. It was through that action that the First Prophet transformed the Charon cult into the First Dominion, and launched the Oblivion Crusades.

The First Prophet was also believed to have been the first lifeform to have come into contact with the Presence within the Void, and is known for having allegedly brought the most prized relic to the Charon, the Void Stone to Erebus. According to the legend surrounding the First Prophet, he was spirited to the Void by the Presence, although by the time of the Extant War, events surrounding the First Prophet were considered to be more myth than factual occurrence. Nevertheless, the First Prophet was seen as the true founding father of the Charon Dominion and of all Voidborn, if obscured to some degree. Because the First Prophet was not Charon, but a vassal race, his exact species was unknown, aside from being depicted as pale-skinned, tattooed, white-eyed, gray-haired and Humanoid in form.