The Profane

The Profane, the Dark One, or the Great Influence is a malevolent deity that was believed to exist by the followers of the Church of the One. The Profane is thought to be a primordial being and the sibling of the One. The Profane is believed to tempt humans with greed, lust, and power, and the Church of the One thought that the Profane had successfully influenced humanity into doing his bidding and it was under his complete control, hence their isolation on Jupiter.
== Beliefs ==
The Profane is depicted as being deceitful, cunning, and wrathful. He is thought to be omnipotent, like his brother, but he did not create the universe or anything else, instead he only corrupted that which his brother created. Because both he and his brother are omnipotent, they are at constant odds with each other, and one cannot overcome the other in the great struggle between good and evil. Like the One, the Profane is not typically described as having a physical form, rather being a conscious force. Once Nathaniel Titus believed that he was the One, he thought that the Profane was also in mortal form somewhere in the inner solar system, and all those that did not believe in him were under the Profane's influence, hence his invasion.
== Depictions ==
Although supposedly not having a physical form, religious texts and propaganda made by the Church of the One including the Epiphanic Tomes depict the Profane as a shadowy, cloaked figure, sometimes wearing armor and a mask of crude dark iron. Many of these depictions often show the Profane controlling political leaders of the inner solar system with strings like puppets. Although these depictions were meant to be metaphors at first, once Titus believed himself to be the One and thought that the Profane was also now in physical form they were retroactively made literal depictions. On holidays, effigies of the Profane were often burned to honor Titus.