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Circle of Light

2011-01-09T19:20:30Z

68.195.148.239: /* IDW comics continuity */

:''The Circle of Light are a faction of hippies from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Drift2-somewhereinconspicuous.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"From the day we arrive on the planet and, blinking, step into the sun..."]]

The '''Circle of Light''' is one of the independent factions of [[Cybertronian]]s that formed in the wake of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] between the [[Autobots]] and the [[Decepticons]]. Though they forbid war in any form, they do train and spar with each other using bladed weapons. In addition to ordinary swords, each warrior carries a [[Great Sword]] which is powered by its bearer's very [[spark]].

Known members are:
*[[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]
*[[Wing (G1)|Wing]]
*[[Axe (G1)|Axe]]
*[[Drift (G1)|Drift]]

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==Fiction==
===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Drift2-nosickness.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"There's more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than can ever be done..."]]
During the Great War, the [[Transformer]] civilization was split in half on their homeworld of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as many chose to either side with the Autobots or the Decepticons. Those that did not choose a side had little hope of surviving as carnage engulfed the world in a conflict the likes of which had never been previously seen. It was during this time that the members that made up the Circle of Light gathered in order to contemplate the future. They considered themselves to be the guardians of Cybertron's ancient culture. They preached against the creation of factions and its members believed that the Great War was the result of overwhelming corruption in their nation which led to the civil war. Many that came to the Circle of Light were scholars and scientists though there were some who were simply fleeing for their lives as they did not want to take part in an ideological battle. Thus, they decided to abandon their homeworld during the fighting and headed off into space in order to find a place where they could live in peace. Initially, they managed to settle but as the war expanded to other worlds and systems; the Cybertronians that made up the Circle of Light decided that they needed to find a new hiding spot. Ultimately, they found one on a distant world where they hid their civilization underground and away from prying eyes.

[[Image:Drift2-noright.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"There's far too much to take in here, more to find than can ever be found..."]]

Thus, they rescued thousands in an attempt at preserving what they believed was the true Cybertronian way of life. Underground, they built a great city where they lived a utopian lifestyle with no sickness, poverty or a government that left its citizens lost within the cracks of society. To ensure their survival, a set of laws were formed where the Circle did not involve themselves in the affairs of outsiders or even allowed foreigners to enter the city. This was part of a single minded objective of their own survival and the preservation of the lifestyle they had managed to forge in hiding. One of the members of the Circle of Light called [[Wing (G1)|Wing]] managed to save the life of the Decepticon warrior [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] who he brought to the underground city. There, [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] was displeased by Wing's actions as he believed the Decepticon could potentially be a corruptive presence for their society or worse, bring more of his kind to their settlement. This led to the burden of responsibility of watching over Deadlock being placed on Wing in order to ensure that their society did not collapse due to his actions. {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}}

[[Image:Drift4-battle.jpg|left|thumb|300|"But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky keeps great and small on the endless round!"]]

Unfortunately, their society was quickly threatened when the Decepticon [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] and a band of alien slavers tracked Drift to the planet. Noticing that Drift had recently been rebuilt, they were instantly suspicious of what company Drift had been keeping on this planet, and they demanded Drift's benefactors be traded for his freedom. Drift returned to the Circle of Light and told them of his dilemma, but swore that he would not betray his new home. Despite this, Dai Atlas was reasonably outraged, and swore off battle even in the face of his civilization's extinction. But Dai Atlas was alone in his fear of war, and the rest of the Circle of Light pledged their allegiance to Drift's plan. Since Lockdown and the slavers did not know the Circle of Light's true number, a decoy spaceship was constructed to make it appear that a few stragglers had recently crash-landed on the planet, protecting the location of Crystal City. Drift, who was rebuilt completely to match his newfound peers, joined Wing, Axe, and a handful of sworded warriors who were willing to face Lockdown and the slavers to protect their way of life. {{storylink|Drift issue 3|Drift #3}}

Sure enough, the two groups met in ferocious battle, and the casualties were quickly mounting up on both sides. Tragically, Wing met his death at the hand of the slaver, [[Braid]], an event which shook both Drift and Dai Atlas to their cores. While Drift attempted revenge (badly), Dai Atlas reconsidered his previous stance on war. Refusing to let any more of his friends die on his behalf, he rose Crystal City to the surface of the planet and unleashed the rest of its inhabitants on their intruders. Lockdown and the slavers were rapidly overwhelmed, and the survivors fled.

[[Image:Drift4-sunrise.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It's the Circle of Light!]]

Drift was offered to join them, but he refused, reminding Dai Atlas of his promise to the late Wing to return the slaves they'd freed. Still, Dai Atlas passed Wing's Great Sword on to Drift. Dai Atlas had changed his perspective on the Circle of Light, and realized that their civilization was best shared rather than hidden, and he promised a new age of evangelism. {{storylink|Drift issue 4|Drift #4}}

==Notes==
*"The Circle of Light" was a repeating theme within [[Hasbro]]'s ''[[Visionaries]]'' cartoon.

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Wing (IDW)

2011-01-09T19:17:56Z

68.195.148.239: corrected spelling from 'tenant' to 'tenet'

{{disambig2|the IDW comics character|the ''Victory'' character|Wing (Victory)}}
:''Wing is a [[Transformer]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Drift issue 1 - Wing.jpg|right|thumb|175px|That fashion isn't going to catch. *rimshot*]]
'''Wing''' is not your standard member of the [[Circle of Light]]. Like the others, he left Cybertron to save the planet's ancient culture. Unlike the others, the current isolation in [[New Crystal City]] does not sit well with him. While the likes of [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] believe that the only duty they have is to protect themselves and their society, Wing sees the concept of aiding those in need as a basic tenet of life. This view has put him at odds with his peers, but also led to his being drawn towards the [[Decepticon]] [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]]. He sees a being in need of help, and as such, Wing will do whatever it takes to bring Deadlock to the side of the angels.

{{quote|I don't need to know you to mean you no harm.|Wing|[[Drift issue 1|''Drift'' #1]]}}

==Fiction==
===IDW comics===
{{ongoing}}
Wing stumbled upon [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] while overlooking a strange facility on an unknown planet. Upon approaching the Decepticon, Deadlock took offensive measures against Wing—who continuously dodged the assault—never laying a finger on his opponent. After convincing Deadlock that he meant no harm, Wing identified the structure as a base for slave traders. Wing struck a deal with Deadlock, offering his assistance in acquiring a ship in exchange for helping him free the prisoners. After the two took down a pair of security guards, Wing's garbs were set aflame, revealing himself to be [[Transformer|Cybertronian]]. He claimed that he was neither Autobot nor Decepticon but simply "alone". Before they struck, Wing asked for Deadlock's name, who used the alias "Drift". As they went into the encampment, Deadlock deserted Wing for a ship to escape the planet, though is stopped by one of the traders. Wing then somehow rescued Deadlock from this predicament and took him back to [[Crystal City]] for repairs. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

When Deadlock woke up from his repairs, Wing told him of how when the war started, the [[Circle of Light]] had convened and decided to depart, not wanting to get involved in the civil war. At first they only moved so far, but as the war spread across the galaxy they had to hide, and eventually formed the new Crystal City which Wing deemed a "utopia". Wing is then called to answer to [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] for not only going out to rescue the slaves, but bringing Deadlock back to Crystal City, exposing and therefore endangering their existence. Wing defends his decisions, saying that they have created thier own faction and that they are giving up their morals in order to maintain their way of life. In the end, Dai Atlas charges Wing with guarding Deadlock. Wing would have a discussion with Deadlock on what the Decepticon symbol means. After coming to the conclusion that it means Deadlock is the most powerful, Wing tells him to prove it and has Deadlock engage him in a fistfight, neither party using weapons. After Wing subdues Deadlock, he says they will do this every day. If Deadlock ever wins, he is free to go. If not, he stays in Crystal City. Deadlock claims this isn't fair as Wing has trained for years, Wing tells him to learn. After weeks of fighting, Deadlock tells Wing why he joined the Decepticons was not for power, but to change the politically corrupt government. Wing tells him that his spark was in the right place, but joining the Decepticons was the wrong way to do things. Their session is interrupted when they are asked to go to the control room for an emergency.
{{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}}

==Notes==
* According to the creator of the character, [[Shane McCarthy]], there is no connection between this Wing and his [[Multiforce]] counterpart; McCarthy just liked the name.<ref>[http://twitter.com/Shane_McCarthy/status/24702628539 Shane's response regarding Wing's status]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 Transformers]]

Transformers: Exodus

2010-07-19T00:31:23Z

68.195.148.239: /* Errors */

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron|War for Cybertron]]''
|prev=
|next=Transformers: War for Cybertron
|title=''Transformers: Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron''
|image=TransformersExodusCover.jpg
|caption=Apparently the war for Cybertron is all [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]' fault. Fitting!
|publisher=[[Del Rey Books]]
|price=$27.00 USD<br>$32.00 CAD
|date=[[June 22]], [[2010]]
|writer=[[Alex Irvine|Alexander C. Irvine]]
|continuity=Unknown (see Notes)
|ISBN=ISBN 034551985X<br>ISBN 978-0345519856
|pagecount=288
}}

'''The relationship between Orion Pax and Megatron before the war is explored. Also, enjoy meeting one of the original 13 Transformers.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Cybertron]]'s once-mighty civilization is in a period of stasis and decadence. The bygone ages of space exploration and building relations with other forms of life are all but forgotten, the [[space bridge]]s having all gone offline through sabotage or millennia of neglect. The architecture of ancient cities such as [[Iacon]] display a boldness and dynamism absent from modern structures and, indeed, from most of Cybertronian life. As soon as every Cybertronian emerges from the [[Well of AllSparks]] (in which resides the [[AllSpark (Prime)|AllSpark]] itself, the device that physically creates them) they are assigned to a caste and guild from which they may never deviate throughout their lifetimes--and even this process has lost its grandeur over the eons, with the newly-sparked no longer expected to make a death-defying run through the primordial monsters' den of [[Underworld]]. There is no opportunity for change or personal growth. Some are born to lead, others are civil servants, and those of the lowest castes--manual laborers in the underground mines and factories--don't even have names.

Understanding that the social hierarchy instills tensions that must be relieved somehow, the [[High Council]] turns a blind eye to the proliferation of underground [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial combat]]. Over these brutal deathmatches, the laborer caste rallies around a charismatic and seemingly unstoppable iconic figure who--acting beyond his natural station--has taken a name, and not just any name, but that of one of the [[Thirteen original Transformers|original 13 Transformers]], the powerful and sinister [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]. In the cheers of his adoring fans, this name gets shortened to [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]], and the new form sticks.

[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]], a data clerk who feels dissatisfied with the caste system, is assigned to eavesdrop on Megatron's political speeches and file them appropriately for the High Council's knowledge. Megatron's stated goals of a free Cybertron, with each individual determining his own path in life, is highly appealing to Orion. Confused, Orion turns to guidance to his supervisor and mentor, [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|Alpha Trion]]...who, unbeknownst to Orion and everyone else still alive, is the last surviving member of the original 13 Transformers. As the scribe of past, present, and future, Alpha Trion knows that some great destiny awaits both Megatron and Orion Pax, but does not know what it is. Speaking cryptically to his younger colleague, Alpha Trion encourages Orion Pax to monitor this new upstart.

Orion makes contact with Megatron's fledgling organization, in the process enjoying his little tastes of breaking rules and acting beyond the normal limits of his station. The two find broad agreement in the need for a new form of Cybertronian government, though Megatron favors confrontation and revolution whereas Orion hopes to inspire the masses to change the system from within. The two also engage in nonstop verbal sparring and (would-be) witty repartee. Megatron's team includes the devious spymaster [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] and his army of [[Minicon]]s, and the amoral mad scientist [[Shockwave (Prime)|Shockwave]].

When Orion vocally defends Megatron in a dispute on the Cybertronian datanet, he inadvertently "outs" himself as being part of the organization and is soon viewed as just as much a revolutionary. As their movement gains power, it also grows more violent: Saboteurs professing allegiance to Megatron commit multiple bombings across the planet, including destroying the [[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]] amusement park. Megatron repeatedly (and seemingly quite earnestly) swears not to know who committed these crimes and disavows them. But he cannot hide his own involvement in the kidnapping of [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]]--carried out with cooperation from Sentinel's own [[Seeker]] bodyguards.

Chief among these bodyguards is [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]], who is disgusted by Sentinel's show of cowardice during the kidnapping but still resents the upending of his past secure position due to Megatron's actions. He flirts with joining Megatron's forces, but also makes sure to dispatch all his loyal Seekers to [[Trypticon (Prime)|Trypticon Station]]--a floating strategic asset bearing a powerful secret that he understands and that Megatron, for the moment, does not.

In the hopes of preventing all-out war, Alpha Trion helps Orion and Megatron secure an audience before the High Council in order to plead their case. The Council members are hostile from the start to any notion of change and view Megatron as nothing but a criminal. For his part, Megatron continues to disown most (but not all) of the violence being committed in his name but continues to call for the total removal of the caste system, including the Council itself. His words feed on the resentment of the underclasses in his audience, and his followers begin to chant the name "[[Decepticon]]", after a violent cult from the misty reaches of Cybertronian history. When it is Orion's turn to speak, by contrast, he makes a more noble appeal to the broader spectrum of society, speaking of their fuller potential as a race if each individual were to be acknowledged as an autonomous robot--and he coins the term "[[Autobot]]" as an expression of that ideal. High Council member [[Halogen]] at last speaks, and he grants that the two radicals might have a point, and that Cybertronian society might have become too static and stratified for its own good. Recognizing the depth of the crisis that their world faces, Halogen asserts that what they need is new visionary leadership to guide a social rebirth--and on that note, the Council proclaims Orion Pax to now be Optimus Prime, the new leader of all Cybertron, with his first mission being the retrieval of the near-mystical [[Matrix of Leadership]].

Megatron is livid at the elevation of his former colleague, believing it to have been a set-up from Orion all along. He kills Halogen at once, but as both sides marshal for war, Optimus is at least able to convince Megatron--in perhaps a final gesture of respect for civilization--not to commit further violence within the Council halls. Instead, the two sides retreat...with High Council members [[Contrail]] and [[Ratbat (Prime)|Ratbat]] aligning with Megatron's Decepticons.

The war that follows is brutal and largely one-sided. The Autobots retain control of Iacon, as well as [[Kalis]] and the key asset of its underground fusion reactor that powers their war effort; the Decepticons take over practically the rest of the planet. Autobot special teams such as the [[Wreckers]] (led by the mighty, hammer-bearing warrior [[Ultra Magnus (Prime)|Ultra Magnus]]) manage to hold their own against hulking Decepticon combiners such as [[Constructicons (Prime)|Devastator]]. Some battle sites, such as [[Praxis]], are so thoroughly devastated that the dead can never be counted and no one will ever know who won. Out of desperation, the Autobots launch the AllSpark into space to keep Megatron from gaining control of the source of Transformer life. It is in that battle that [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] has his vocal circuits painfully destroyed.

Seeking a new advantage, Megatron orders Starscream to give him access to the secret of Trypticon Station: its stockpile of [[Dark Energon]], the power-enhancing evil essence of [[Unicron]] himself. Megatron's "darkened" Decepticons now have a combat edge necessary to overwhelm the struggling Autobots. To accelerate the process, Megatron seeks control of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber (Prime)|Plasma Energy Chamber]], which would allow him to use his Dark Energon supplies to turn the energon core of Cybertron into an unlimited font of the foul substance--both permanently empowering his own forces while starving the Autobots to death. But in order to activate the Plasma Energy Chamber, he needs to acquire the [[Key of Justice]] and the [[Key of Power]]. He eventually acquires both--one of them was stored inside Sentinel Prime's chest, and Megatron resolved that problem by defeating the former leader in combat and hacking him apart.

Before Megatron can fully activate the Plasma Energy Chamber, the Autobots use their last known advantage by reactivating Cybertron's long-disused ultimate guardian, [[Omega Supreme (Prime)|Omega Supreme]]. Just by transforming from city mode to rocket ship mode, Omega nearly crushes Megatron and the Decepticons to death, and after a successful takeoff, it almost seems like he would be able to fly the Plasma Energy Chamber to safety. But Starscream and his Seekers manage to shoot down the colossal craft, and at the crater of its impact, neither the Autobots nor even Omega Supreme's robot mode can prove to be a match with a Dark Energon-empowered Megatron. Omega Supreme is defeated, and Megatron acquires the Plasma Energy Chamber. Ratchet manages to save Omega's life--barely--but nothing can stop Megatron from tainting the core of Cybertron.

Optimus and the Autobots (including [[Jetfire (Prime)|Jetfire]] and Bumblebee) struggle their way to the core, avoiding infection by Dark Energon along the way. Once at the core, Bumblebee manages to extract the Plasma Energy Chamber and Optimus receives a mental communication from the core itself. Now that the source of Dark Energon contamination has been removed, the core will eventually be able to heal itself.... but that may take centuries, and during that time, the core will not be able to generate enough energon to sustain the full Cybertronian population. Most Cybertronians will either have to abandon the planet until it heals, or risk starvation. To show him not to lose hope, the core bestows upon Optimus Prime the Matrix of Leadership.

Seeing that the planet will soon be uninhabitable, Optimus orders a mass evacuation of the Autobot fleet--but most of the ships are shot down by Trypticon Station. One Autobot vessel, the ''[[Eight Track (Prime)|Eight Track]]'', is able to link up to Trypticon Station and force it to crash...whereupon the station transforms into a bipedal reptilian monster and goes on a rampage.

Alpha Trion grows ever more despairing for the planet he has tended for unimaginable millennia, and he puts into place a radical plan: the construction of the largest spaceship in Cybertronian history, the ''[[Ark (Prime)|Ark]]'', on which most of the Autobots may escape. Ultra Magnus, his Wreckers, and a rebuilt Omega Supreme volunteer to stay behind and see to what little territory the Autobots still hold. Despite Optimus's strong wishes, Alpha Trion refuses to leave Cybertron and declares the time has come for his old friend truly to make his own command decisions without the advice from a bygone era.

As most of the Autobots flee the planet aboard the ''Ark'', Megatron commands Trypticon to transform into a ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]''-class supercruiser in which he and most of the Decepticons will give pursuit. Megatron leaves Shockwave behind as dictator of the dying planet, with orders that he is to have exterminated all remaining Autobots by the time Megatron returns. With ''Nemesis'' in hot pursuit, the Ark makes for the only possible avenue of survival: the last intact spacebridge, for which there is no guarantee the artifact will even function, as none alive know how to use it. But as the two giant spaceships get within range of the spacebridge, it does indeed activate and teleport them....''somewhere''.

Aboard the Ark, in a strange and uncharted sea of stars and with no Decepticons in sight, [[Prowl (Prime)|Prowl]] informs Optimus Prime that the has picked up the energy signature of the AllSpark. And so the search begins....

==Featured Characters==
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*[[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]]
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]
*[[Defensor (Prime)|Defensor]]
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Jetfire (Prime)|Jetfire]]
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*[[Contrail (Prime)|Contrail]]
*[[Devastator (Prime)|Devastator]]
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*[[Onslaught (Prime)|Onslaught]]
*[[Barricade (Prime)|Barricade]]
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== Errors ==

*At the end of Chapter Six Orion Pax has traveled to Kaon to meet Megatron. At the start of the next chapter when the terrorist bombs go off, he is specifically described as being back in Iacon and speaking to Megatron remotely over a videolink:

:''"On the videolink, he watched as Megatron registered the events.'' [snip...] ''"You are in Iacon, correct?"''
:'' Orion Pax nodded.(pg. 46).''

:Then, three pages and only moments later he is suddenly "still" back with Megatron's troops in Kaon.

Starscream's backstory is entirely contradictory:

: "Not even Starscream, who had spent much of his scientific career in the labs contained within these refracting walls..." (p. 78).

: "See what?" Starscream asked. Neither Starscream nor Megatron were scientists." (p. 158).

*Early on Bruticus Maximus and Onslaught are referred to as "Constructicons." The Constructicons here are a larger team than normal, but given that this description shortly follows a paragraph talking about definite actual Constructicons and that the Combaticons team name IS mentioned later, this seems a likely typo/error.

== Quotes ==

== Notes ==
*''Transformers: Exodus'' has been confirmed to tie-in with the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' video game and is partially adapted into [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] ''War for Cybertron'' comic.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-war-for-cybertron-1-information-and-team-revealed/18661/ Transformers: War For Cybertron #1 Information and Team Revealed]</ref>
**Despite this intended tie-in, the stories of ''Exodus'' and ''War for Cybertron'' are largely incompatible, other than sharing a MacGuffin and some set pieces. Even the name of the Prime before Optimus differs between the two (Sentinel versus [[Zeta Prime|Zeta]]), though [[Hasbro]] representatives at [[BotCon 2010]] attempted to [[retcon|reconcile]] this by suggesting the character's full name is "Sentinel Zeta Prime".
**Irvine said he had not played the game.<ref>[http://titanbooks.com/blog/alex-irvine-interview/ Titan Books interview]</ref>

*The synopsis boldly declares "everything that happened before Optimus and Megatron arrived on planet Earth—has always been a mystery", which is a bit of a fib: various Marvel UK strips since the 80s (especially 1986's ''[[State Games]]''), several cartoon episodes, and reams of Dreamwave and IDW comics have been set pre-Earth.

*Elements in ''Exodus'' have come from: ''[[Megatron Origin]]'', with Megs as a working class rebel, a corrupted Cybertron government, and the exposure and subsequent murder of Autobot spies [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Bumper and Fastback]]; ''[[The War Within]]'', with Optimus as a data clerk; ''State Games'' with Megatron as a warrior-gladiator who used the games as a way of inspiring the masses to follow him; [[Cybertron (cartoon)|the ''Cybertron'' cartoon]], with the long-gone era of Cybertronian colonisation and the Space Bridge network; ''[[The Rebirth]]'' and/or ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' for the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]]; and the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 film]] and [[Defiance|its comics]], with the All Spark being sent into space and then everyone leaving the planet in big ships. The explicit caste system and Optimus and Megatron being old allies, however, is original.

*The [[The Fallen| Fallen]]'s original name is Megatronus Prime, and it is from him that Megatron himself took his name, shortening it after the gladiatorial crowds' chant. In most fictions, The Fallen's name was lost to history or changed. [[Jetfire (ROTF)| Jetfire]] states in ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)| Revenge of the Fallen]]'' that after one of the Primes (the one who would become the Fallen) betrayed them, "His name forevermore was The Fallen."

*[[Bumblebee at Tyger Pax]] is an apocryphal follow up story by Alex Irvine about how Bumblebee lost his voice.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Exodus-Official-History-Cybertron/dp/034551985X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269529226&sr=8-1&tag=transformers-20 Amazon.com page]
*[http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl/9780345519856.html Random House page]
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/movie-news/EXODUS.cfm Read the first 4 chapters at Hasbro's webpage]
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