1st Apostle

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> "My voice sounds and others obey."
> "My will governs all."
> "My words bring perfect order."
> "I am God's will. The one true ruler. The ultimate Authority."
> "I stand above."
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> - The Authority

The 1st Apostle, the Authority, is one of the 12 Apostles and ancestor to all of monster kind. Her twin is the 2nd Apostle, the Power. They both came into existence together and are some of the most powerful beings in existence. It is the monster parent of Jake Huxley.

## Background

The 1st Apostle is one of the 12 original progenitors of all monster species. Like all Apostles, it represents some of the fundamental components of reality and is worshiped as a god by most monster kind. The 1st seems to represent the "Rule" or "Law" of everything in the universe - a kind of divine direction or imposition of will on reality.

The 1st was born alongside it's twin the 2nd Apostle and works separately towards its own unfathomable goals.

It currently exists only in the "Higher Plane" and to manifest into the player's dimension it needs an avatar body. These avatars display the full strength of the apostle but are burned out in short order due to the sheer power coursing through them. The apostle then returns to the "Higher Plane", discarding the avatar corpse.

### Early Arcs

The 1st Apostle would have manifested an avatar when Jake Huxley consumed the pill given to him by Ella Vulpe. It approved of him and ascended him as a superhuman spawn

### Mafia Arc

When Jake Huxley overuses his powers on Mia Lishi and triggers his evolution the 1st presumably tried to connect and communicate with him. Unfortunately Jake passed out from fear during the process and missed out on vital knowledge about his own powers.

### Jake Arc

The 1st is constantly subconsciously communicating with Jake throughout his time at the prime minister's office. It is both encouraging and power hungry, telling Jake more about his powers and wanting for him to grow.

If the MC chooses to devour Jake Huxley after the fight at the PM's office his mind is momentarily transferred to the "Higher Plane". There he is confronted by the **1st Apostle** who - speculatively - wanted to subdue his mind so the corruption could take it over. The 1st commands him to kneel and the MC instantly complies but the 3rd Apostle and 4th Apostle both simultaneously interfere and attack the 1st. They ensnare it with their tentacles before dragging it into the earth - symbolically binding it (or Jake's portion of it's essence) into the subconscious space the MC keeps all his devoured personalities in.

## Powers and Abilities

### The 6 Arbiters

According to Aglaecwif, there existed 6 arbiters who represented the 6 original powers. She also believes that of these arbiters, the greatest was "Order". Order was the power to command all things. To structure all things. To write the laws that govern the universe and to have both the Power and the Authority to enforce them. The Authority trait is one part of this original power and is represented by the 1st Apostle. Without its Apostle twin, it likely cannot command inanimate things or abstract reality but even without that, absolutely any thought or cognition is governed by the 1st Apostle.

Therefore, the 1st Apostle is one of the most powerful beings in existence. Being called "The Authority", the 1st displays absolute mental domination of anyone it commands. Most of its powers are speculation since the only instances of the 1st's powers seen so far are: its interaction with the MC in the "Higher Plane" and the powers displayed by Level 2 direct spawn of the 1st Jake Huxley and the other monsters related to the 1st like the M22: Minyak. Like the other apostles the 1st is practically invincible. Its avatar is likely incredibly fast and strong and it can presumably instantly subvert and command the minds of any living thing around it.

### Other Information

Spawns and Monsters derived from the 1st naturally work with the minds and bodies of others. They have been shown to either directly control their minds (like Jake) or subvert control of some aspect of their selves (like M22: Minyak's oil). By extension some of them project their control, thoughts, and ideas or can make their victims feel/learn/remember things. Typically any number of mental effects and abilities owe their origin to the 1st.

Monsters spawned from the 1st's line are relatively common due to the broad and versatile nature of it's trait and shown to be all over the power spectrum. These monsters are likely not too dangerous physically but rather pose an extremely high infiltration and subversion threat. This makes them extremely dangerous as they tend to be quite good at avoiding notice and can turn their enemies' strength against them. Because their powers tend be non physical and highly mental or supernaturally focused, their bodies are usually less tough than comparably powerful monsters and superhumans. Often however, they make up for this with powerful and strange supernatural defenses.