The Fallen

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{{featured}}{{disambig2|the servant of Unicron|the first episode of ''Cybertron''|Fallen (episode)}}

: ''The Fallen is a Transformer in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family (and possibly in more).''

[[Image:Thefallen.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Y'know, it's funny, these people they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good, and wake up the next day and they're on fire!"]]

At the dawn of time, [[Primus]] created new life, the [[13 original Transformers]], to crew his planetary form into battle against his eternal nemesis [[Unicron]]. One of these 13, his original name now lost to the mists of time, turned against his siblings, his creator, and his universe, and betrayed them all.

As [[Vector Prime]] was constructed to safeguard Space/Time, this robot's function was to oversee the primal force of entropy, the aging and dissolution of order in this universe as presage to a new creation. However, this guardian of entropy became obsessed with the darker side of chaos and death, and in the black place these urges lead him, the betrayer found a new god, more suited to his nature. He turned against Primus and became '''the Fallen'''.

Now he is a being of power, darkness, and absolute dedication to [[Unicron]]. At the end of the first battle between the two Gods, for his treachery, the Fallen was sealed into extradimensional limbo along with his new master.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''The War Within: The Dark Ages''====

Approximately 7 million years ago, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] were lost in a [[space bridge]] accident. This accident weakened the barrier between reality and the dimension in which the Fallen was trapped, allowing the Fallen to eventually break free and return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He was intent on initiating "[[The Unbinding]]," which would break the [[Seal of Primus]] and herald the Second Coming of Unicron.

To accomplish this task, he recruited a trio of [[Decepticon]] outcasts, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Mindwipe]], and [[Bugly]], who hungered for a command of the occult, which the Fallen could grant. As per the Fallen's instructions, the recruits were to round up four Transformers with "unique [[Spark]]s," [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Blitzwing]], and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. When the recruits faltered, the Fallen stepped in, singlehandedly abducting Blitzwing from his well-guarded holding cell and besting the powerhouse Grimlock.

The four, dubbed enigmatically the "Angles of Dissolution," awakened strapped to a four-paneled apparatus deep within the core of Cybertron, the[[Allspark|Well of All Sparks]]. Though a combined army of forces from several factions penetrated the Fallen's operation, his defeat came only when Primus was roused from his slumber and condemned his wayward creation to an explosive demise. {{storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

===Fun Publications ''Cybertron'' comic===
[[Image:Vectorprimeut.jpg|left|thumb|140px|Back, and to the left.]]
The silhouette of the Fallen is seen standing behind [[Vector Prime]], another of the first 13 Transformers.

''('''Note''': This, and comments by [[Hasbro]] copy-writer [[Forest Lee]] suggest that the Fallen, Vector Prime, and the other original 13 are singular entities across the multiverse. This is likely apocryphal until officially published, however.)''

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==Toys==
[[Image:Thefallentitanium.JPG|right|thumb|175px|Hey, Stegmutt! Mister The Fallen is ON FIRE!]]
===Titanium Series===
*'''Fallen''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
[[Image:Thefallentoytank.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. That's, like, deep, or something.]]
: Was announced and on-display at [[BotCon 2006]]. Instead of being based on his comic appearance, he's loosely based on [[Don Figueroa]]'s design for pre-[[Earth]] [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] as seen in ''[[Infiltration]]'' and ''[[Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer]]'', though obviously with the Fallen's head and deco. He transforms into a Cybertronic tank. He wears a faction symbol of his own effigy. So far, the Fallen is, by a fraction of an inch, the tallest (and the bulkiest) of the 6" Titanium Series figures.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Fallenpatlee.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Raaagh, pudding!]]
*The Fallen design was created by [[Pat Lee]], his first (and only) original Transformers character. The early design concept not only lacked the Fallen's characteristic mouthplate, but differed incredibly from the final product. Envisioned as a medieval, ancient-looking Transformer, he glowed like a furnace, though he was not depicted as being perpetually on fire until [[Andrew Wildman]] penciled his appearances in ''[[The Dark Ages]]'' and the colorists caught on.

*When questioned about him constantly being aflame, War Within writer Simon Furman stated that the Fallen is always on fire "because it looks cool".

[[Image:Thefallentank.jpg|right|thumb|150px|The Judasmobile.]]
*The Fallen's [[altmode]], a tank, though designed, was never used in-fiction.

*Very little of the Fallen's backstory is given in his actual fictional appearances, leaving much of ''The Dark Ages'' somewhat confusing on its own. Helpful inserts from the ''More Than Meets the Eye'' profile books and DK's ''Transformers: The Ultimate Guide'', published around the same time, spelled out more. Eventually, the packaging profile printed on his Titanium figure gave the rest.

* The Fallen can speak Spanish. ''"Estoy en feuego!"''<ref>Fanclub-exclusive Mini Mayhem strip, March 19, 2007</ref>

==References==
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[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Titanium Series]]
[[Category: Unicron-related characters]]
[[Category: Nameless characters]]
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