Raised by Wolves on HBO has many mysteries that are still to be revealed, including if the Mithraic prophet is Campion, Paul, Marcus/Caleb, or no one.

Raised by Wolves on HBO has many mysteries that are still to be revealed, including who the Mithraic prophet is and what they will do for the last survivors of humanity on Kepler-22B. Interestingly, there are several contenders that it could be, all of whom fit the description.

From the beginning of season 1, Raised by Wolves has featured a Mithraic prophecy that a prophet will arise to lead humanity to salvation. The Mithraic priests say that an orphan boy will "come to lead the race into the next evolution of humanity". The obvious choice would be Campion, as he has been at the center of the show from the beginning. However, there are several others who fit the description, and Campion may only be a distraction from the truth.

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Of course, there's also the possibility that there is no prophet. Depending on where showrunnerAaron Guzikowski intends to take the plot of Raised by Wolves, the Mithraic prophet may only be a MacGuffin meant to distract the audience from more important plot twists. Even if the Mithraics choose to appoint and believe someone is the prophet,there may not be anything special about that person. After all, Marcus (Caleb) appears to be gaining trust and control amongst the group, and he is actually an atheist. It will be interesting to see what the show intends to do and the message it chooses to tell. Is humanity better off run purely by science and atheism, or does it need religious belief to survive? Either way, there are several characters who may turn out to be the Mithraic prophet.

There's definitely a solid argument that Campion is the Mithraic prophet. He has been at the forefront of the show since the beginning of the series and perfectly fits the description. He is an orphan, having never known his biological parents because he was an embryo grown in an incubator who was then raised by the androids Mother and Father.

Interestingly, Campionis also named after the atheist hacker Campion Sturges, who reprogrammed Mother for her mission to raise human children on Kepler-22B. He has been raised by Mother and Father to be an atheist, but after meeting some of the Mithraic children has begun to wonderas is natural for every personif there is something greater going on in the universe, mysteries that defy logical explanation. It's difficult to know where Campion will land, but it's likely he will question the ideas of Mother, just like a normal adolescent boy would question their parents, especially when exposed to outside influences. Either way, Campion seems a little too obvious to be the prophet, so there's a good chance the show will take a different turn.

Another character who could be the prophet is Paul. Paul is now an orphan, even if he doesn't know it yet. Marcus and his wife killed his parents, then used facial reconstructive surgery to look like them and replace them in order to escape the dying earth. The Mithraic ship took 13 years to reach Kepler-22B and, during that time, Paul seemed surprised that his parents were actually spending time with him. It's possible he already suspects they're not his real parents, but he likely won't be too upset by this revelation, as his parents didn't sound very caring.

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This means that for 13 years, Paul was raised by atheist parents who treated him with more kindness than his religious parents. He will probably have to face this realization at some point, and may or may not turn from the Mithraic path because of it. That said, he could still be the prophet, especially if he embraces his religious roots. Also interesting to note is that the name Paul corresponds with Paul the apostle from the bible, who helped to spread the word of Jesus. Another coincidence, perhaps, is the Paul shares a name with PaulAtreides from Frank Herbert's Dune, who was also a prophet.

Marcus (Travis Fimmel) is an interesting possibility. His real name is Caleb, but after having facial reconstructive surgery he looks just like Marcus, who was a devoted follower of Mithraic doctrine. He was a child soldier who knows a lot about conflict and death. What's more, in a flashback scene, the man who trained him as a child mentions that Caleb/Marcus is an orphan, thus fitting the prophecy.

Marcus has begun to hear voices, which may either indicate that he is receiving divine guidance from Sol or going crazy. Either way, these voices may be enough to sway his atheistic beliefs so that he begins to embrace the Mithraic religion, helping him to survive as he masquerades as one of them. It could also bring him or the others to believe that he is the prophet to help humanity survive on Kepler-22B.

There's also the possibility that the Mithraic prophet has not been born yet. It could be the first human baby to be born naturally on humanity's new home planet. Tempest was raped while in cryosleep by a man who claims he heard Sol's voice tell him to do it. While it's likely this man is crazy, as not even his fellow Mithraics believe him, he could be telling the truth, thereby creating the baby that is to be the one true prophet.

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Of course, if this is the case, it happened through a despicable act. What god would condone such a thing? Is Sol that kind of god? Mythologically speaking, Gods can be cruel, but it remains to be seen whether Tempest's child will turn out to be humanity's hope for the future.

It should also be noted that Hunter is now an orphan. He "dwells in an empty land" that has demons living beneath it, as the prophecy goes. He is also a devout Mithraic, despite now living under the care of Mother and Father, who insist he become an atheist. He fits the description, and could very well be the prophet.

Thus far in Raised by Wolves, Hunter has not been able to do much, but if he were to escape Mother and return to the Mithraics, he could prove to be a leader of the faith. It's possible he may do something heroic that will prove himself to his people.

Raised by Wolves features a conflict between the highly-religious Mithraic and the atheists. Both sides feel very strongly about their beliefs, one based on faith and the other based on science, so much so that they fought and destroyed Earth, making it uninhabitable for humans. This central conflict points to the core issues of humanity, both of which have made people strong and enabled civilizations to prosper and thrive, despite the fact that they are at war with each other.

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So far, Raised by Wolves has been careful not to pick sides, which may be an indication that the writers believe both views are valid. Indeed, the best civilizations are those that find a way to incorporate both faith and science together to fuel progress and prosperity. The materialization of a prophet would point to faith being the stronger of the two, while having no prophet come forward would support a more nihilistic view that the atheists are correct.

If the show is careful, it won't support either view, and will leave things open to thought and interpretation. Even if a prophet is decided by the Mithraic group, that person may only be a normal person and thus a false prophet. Either way, as Raised by Wolves continues to develop in season 1, it's obvious that humanity has brought all of their problems and conflicts from Earth to Kepler-22B. It remains to be seen whether the Mithraics and the atheists will find a way to live in peace.

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