QAnon: History, Hypotheses, Legends

Some possible sources--(N.B.: I would treat the first one with extreme caution, using common sense reality checking all along the way since the truth might never be known.  Berkowitz only pretends to be the anonymous "Rabbit Rabbit" [see the first sentence link to his extensive resume] and his analysis positions itself as an hypothesis about the way online game design can explain how "Q drops" work on their readers, which is far more like academic analysis than a mysterious voice from the crypt.)

Anonymous [?"Q"?].  "The First Q."  Ed Morrison.  24 August 2020
From the site: "* I did not write this. This was posted anonymously on pastebin. I have simply replicated it here for ease of formatting. It is presented entirely as it was found. I cannot speak for it veracity. It purports to explain the origin story of the character at the centre of the Qanon movement, Q. ***"
https://daniel-ed-morrison.medium.com/the-first-q-e2b8f389d533

Reid Berkowitz ["Rabbit Rabbit"].  "A Game Designer's Analysis of QAnon / by Rabbit Rabbit."  curiouserinstitute.  Reposted on The Medium.  30 September 2020.
https://medium.com/curiouserinstitute/a-game-designers-analysis-of-qanon-580972548be5