Charon

The Charon are, in broad terms, Humans that descended from the slaves abducted to Otherspace centuries before the Extant War, and usually refer to such Humans that are part of the Charon Dominion, and follow the death-worshiping philosophies of the Void of Oblivion. Originally, the term "Charon" referred to a species, not a people, not unlike the evolution of the term "Sith", which changed from the referring to a species, to the inclusion of a group of people following a code of religious beliefs. Originally a species from the world of Kathol, the Charr Ontee, they eventually degenerated into the Charon after a cataclysmic event known as the Great Collaspe broke down the barrier between realspace and Otherspace. Stranded, the Charr Ontee eventually warped into the Charon, and at some point following, began a crusade against all life in their galaxy. By the time their crusade had neared its finish, rediscovery of the galaxy occurred. By that time, the Charon had already taken enslaved species, or "vassal races", to aid in their previous war, and in the small incursions in which they managed to pass from Otherspace to the galaxy, habitually took as slaves the survivors of populations they'd slaughtered, to enlarge their forces.

After centuries of failure in attacking the galaxy, including failing to secure a permanent method of passage between Otherspace and the galaxy, the Charon species enacted a species-wide ritual suicide, known as the Rite of Kenosis, which would catapult a new vassal race to take dominance. Composed of two aspects, in the Embrace, the Charon species would give their final command to their vassal races, which following their suicides, would begin the Ascent, the warring of the species to determine which is most fit to become the new dominant race to carry out the will of oblivion. It was in this conflict that Humans ultimately arose as the superior species, with more Voidborn than any of the other vassal races. In their ascension, the Humans took on the name of their former masters, becoming "the Charon", although unlike the species, this name was then applied to all who followed the Void of Oblivion.