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<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>I'm largely focused on improving and updating pages from the [[Aligned continuity family]]. I actually like the [[Thirteen]]'s place in ''Transformers'' history, sue me. <br /> <br /> If I do something wrong or incorrectly that I shouldn't have, I apologize in advance! But please, let me know. <br /> <br /> [[File:Theomachy-TheVoidMarvel.jpg|thumb|400px]]<br /> <br /> ==Pages I Created==<br /> *[[Age of Evolution]]<br /> *[[Age of Origins]]<br /> *[[War of the Primes]]<br /> *[[Agorria]]<br /> *[[Zertonia]]<br /> *[[Expulsion of Unicron]]<br /> *[[Mouth of Unicron]]<br /> *[[Dulin]]<br /> *[[Key to Vector Theta]]<br /> *[[Zalilak]]<br /> *[[Temple of Zerta's Light]]<br /> *[[Light of the Forgefire]]<br /> *[[Vector Theta]]<br /> <br /> ==Photo Contributions==<br /> *Added current main picture to [[Artifacts of the Primes]] - my first edit on the wiki<br /> *Notable &quot;first photos&quot; that were uploaded to the wiki: <br /> **[[Blades of Time]]<br /> **[[Liegian Darts]]<br /> **[[Sacred Ring]]<br /> **[[Agorrian|Agorrians]]<br /> **[[Zertonian|Zertonians]]<br /> **[[Agorria]]<br /> **[[Zertonia]]<br /> **[[Key to Vector Theta]]<br /> **[[Zalilak]]<br /> **[[Temple of Zerta's Light]]<br /> **[[Vector Theta]]<br /> <br /> ==Other Notable Stuff==<br /> *Big Update to the [[Religion]] page<br /> *Big Update to [[The Fallen]]'s main pic/intro + added conceptual history: https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=The_Fallen&amp;oldid=1814596<br /> *Helped contribue to a new conceptual history section for [[Prima]]: https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Prima&amp;oldid=1838443<br /> *Brought Unicron's intro into the 2020s https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Unicron&amp;diff=1910519&amp;oldid=1910071<br /> <br /> *''Prime'' SDCC footage teasing Unicron: https://web.archive.org/web/20250128055258/https://www.ign.com/videos/transformers-prime-sdcc-footage</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Unicron&diff=1910519 2026-04-20T14:52:32Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: Updated intro</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|unicron|decepticon|cybearth|deceptihog}}<br /> {{disambig3|Unicron}}<br /> {{featured}}<br /> {{suite}}<br /> [[File:Unicron-UltimateGuide.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He's been ignoring Galactus's C&amp;D letters.]]<br /> <br /> '''Unicron''' is the eternal arch-enemy of his twin brother [[Primus]], his brother's earliest [[Thirteen|creations]], and the [[Transformer|generations]] that followed. Known as the '''Chaos Bringer''' and [[Dark God|other titles]], Unicron has battled [[Light God|gods]], demigods, and insignificant civilizations across millions of years, all of whom seek to prevent him from achieving his ultimate goal: unleashing an age of chaos that will end all creation, leaving only a [[Void|swirling, infinite torrent of nothingness]] at the end of all things. Because of his omnicidal ambitions, Unicron's apocalyptic presence often unites the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] temporarily, with both sides working together to prevent the Planet Eater from destroying [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and/or [[Earth]]. <br /> <br /> In his [[Non-vehicle_non-beast_alternate_modes#Celestial_Bodies|planet form]] he travels across the universe consuming planets, stars, and any unlucky [[Lithone (species)|civilizations]] in his path. However, a few universes see him suffer a similar fate to his twin, serving as the [[Earth's core]], making it more difficult to change into his demonic-looking robot form. Just as Primus's body provides the [[Energon|lifeblood and fuel]] of the Transformers, Unicron's body carries its own [[Dark Essence|dark]] [[Dark Energon|substances]], [[Regenesis|ores]], and [[Angolmois Energy|energies]] that can provide a power boost to those who wield them. Even small pieces of the Chaos Bringer's [[Armor of Unicron|physical body]] can shift the balance of power in the Transformers' [[Cybertronian civil wars|wars]]. <br /> <br /> Unicron disdains all life, considering even his own progengy ([[Human|organic]] or [[Mini-Con|mechanical]]) parasites, and thus will not hesitate to destroy the surface world to continue his slaughter across reality. That said, Unicron will occassionally make deals with [[Herald of Unicron|lesser]] [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|beings]], promising them vast new powers in exchange for their servitude. These minions are [[Thunderwing (G1)|sometimes]] stripped entirely of free will, but [[Sideways (Armada)|many]] [[Scourge (ROTB)|others]] follow willingly - even [[The Fallen|one]] of the Primes! Service to Unicron, however, is a double-edged sword, for it causes insanity and loss of self. And in the end, Unicron's plans ultimately call for their consumption as well.<br /> <br /> At one point, [[Multiversal singularity|one single incarnation]] of Unicron threatened all of existence, but now, [[Shroud|that is no longer the case]], and countless versions of Unicron now exist, confined to their own dimensions. These Unicrons are still destructive, overwhelming beings of chaos and uncreation whose appearance signals the [[Darkest hour|darkest hour]]. It is typically only Primus's essence, contained in the [[Matrix of Leadership]], that can overcome the evil of Unicron, and bring about a new era for the Transformers... unless he becomes a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] that threatens the entire [[Multiverse]]. Oops.<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|Unicron is frightening. Unicron will destroy... will destroy ''space''.|[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]]|&quot;[[Uprising (Armada)|Uprising]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Conceptual history==<br /> [[File:Primusoriginal.jpg|thumb|&quot;No, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] is ''[[RIBFIR|red]]!''&quot;]]<br /> <br /> Unicron debuted as the central antagonist of 1986's ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', which established him as a monstrously powerful being seemingly only vulnerable to the supernatural energies contained within the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]]. ''The Movie'' presented Unicron as more of an abstract obstacle than a full-fledged character: it didn't explain what Unicron was, nor where he came from, or any specific reasoning for why Unicron specifically targeted [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Subsequent episodes of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'' cartoon]], set in the same [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity|continuity]] as ''The Movie'', were the first works of ''Transformers'' media to fill in these details and craft the first of Unicron's many origin stories: as related in the third-season episode &quot;[[Call of the Primitives]]&quot;, the cartoon's Unicron was created by an alien scientist known as [[Primacron]], but Unicron rebelled against his creator and set out into space alone.<br /> <br /> However, the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel ''Transformers'' comic]] had incorporated its own version of Unicron into [[Marvel Comics continuity|its own universe]], entirely separate from the cartoon's goings-on. Starting in [[1988]], author [[Simon Furman]] established an entirely different backstory for the character, tweaking details as necessary as the storyline evolved. As first recounted in &quot;[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]&quot;, the comic's Unicron was the one of the [[Dark God]]s—in the early days of the universe, he had menaced [[Primus]], lord of the [[Light God]]s, and their battle ended with Primus reshaping his body into the metallic planetoid that would one day become Cybertron. Primus entrusted [[Prima|the first Transformer]] with a fragment of his own essence, which became the Matrix. With each retelling of the story, the roles of the Dark and Light gods diminished; finally, in [[The Void! (US)|issue #74]], it was revealed that Unicron predated the universe itself, having devoured [[Old realms|the previous universe]] in ancient times, and that the sentient core of the universe had created Primus to defeat him—as a result, his attacks on Cybertron became merely the latest attempt to snuff out his age-old enemy.<br /> <br /> Unicron didn't appear in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' or ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoons, although the alien [[Vok]] adopted his countenance in the episode &quot;[[Other Voices, Part 1]]&quot;, and dialogue suggests that events similar to those of ''The Movie'' occurred at some point in Cybertron's history. However, Unicron ''did'' appear in the ''Beast Machines''-adjacent ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' franchise, which featured him kidnapping Cybertronians from across the ''Transformers'' [[multiverse]].<br /> <br /> That same year, Unicron starred as the final boss of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Transformers: Armada]]'' franchise. While the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Armada'' cartoon]] episode &quot;[[Origin]]&quot; put a cerebral spin on Unicron's villainy by revealing that he'd deliberately created the [[Mini-Con]]s as a way to agitate the ongoing Cybertronian civil war, the [[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Dreamwave comic]] took inspiration from ''Universe'' in its depiction of Unicron as an interdimensional threat, systematically devouring his way across realities before moving on to his next target. Around this time, a set of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' trading cards released by Fleer nailed down the first &quot;modern&quot; interpretation of the Primus/Unicron mythos: in ''this'' telling, the two were brothers who'd been created by an extradimensional entity named the &quot;[[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]]&quot; at the dawn of time to explore the universe. This was subsequently expanded on and combined with aspects of the various Marvel Comics stories in ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', written by [[Simon Furman]], who had written all three prior tellings in the first place. Here, the entity Fleer had called the &quot;Allspark&quot; was redubbed &quot;[[The One]]&quot;, and the modern iteration of the myth detailed above was firmly established, and went on to form the backbone of most subsequent fiction. Unicron played a significant role in ''Armada's'' direct sequel, ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''; that franchise ended with Unicron's remains collapsing into a massive black hole, and this &quot;[[Unicron Singularity]]&quot; became the primary threat in ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]''. As a result of his prominence in all three franchises, these are often referred to as the &quot;[[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]]&quot;. In the pages of ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide|The Ultimate Guide]]'', Furman also established that the original [[Thirteen]] Transformers had been created specifically to battle Unicron at the dawn of time, and this detail would become a staple of the Primus/Unicron origin myth.<br /> <br /> In 2005, Hasbro copywriter [[Forest Lee]] built off Unicron's &quot;[[Worlds Collide (Dreamwave)|Worlds Collide]]&quot; backstory; in the pages of the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|official Collectors' Club]] magazine, he laid down the idea that Unicron was a &quot;[[multiversal singularity]]&quot;—across all the various ''Transformers'' stories, there was only ''one'' Unicron capable of crossing dimensions at will. Although subsequent [[Fun Publications]] media embraced the notion, the idea never really caught on outside this specific niche: the [[Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2|''Black Horizon'']] crossover epic presented Unicron as a rogue alien who'd been banished from his world, and the &quot;[[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]]&quot; continuity established that Unicron and [[Earth]] were one and the same; notably, none of this lore ever attempted to reconcile Unicron's origins in the original Sunbow cartoon with the Marvel-inspired lore that had superseded it. In 2015, the &quot;[[Ask Vector Prime]]&quot; column massaged the notion by revealing that there were both &quot;singularity&quot; and &quot;non-singularity&quot; iterations of Unicron, and specifically highlighted the Unicron of ''The Movie'' as one of these non-singularity iterations.<br /> <br /> As inconsistencies piled up, however, Fun Publications chose to do away with the idea entirely—in 2015, the &quot;[[Another Light]]&quot; story arc introduced the [[Shroud]], an in-fiction event that retroactively nullified all multiversal singularities into an infinite series of alternate selves. From this point onwards, creators have the freedom to depict Unicron however they wish—be it a [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|planet-eating god of destruction]], an [[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|ultraterrestrial threat]], or a [[Transformers: Unicron|rogue weapon created by an alien scientist]]—all these depictions and more can now freely coexist.<br /> <br /> ==Fun Publications==<br /> Since time immemorial, the [[Thirteen]], children of [[Primus]], fought Unicron. [[Prima]], leader of the Thirteen, wielded the mighty [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]] in the Thirteen's conflicts with Unicron. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 18, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 18/05/2015}} [[Solus Prime]] forged the [[Terminus Blade]] for herself and her brethren to cross dimensions in their campaign against the primordial entity. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}<br /> <br /> As guardian of time and space, [[Vector Prime]]'s most frequent opponent was Unicron, though the Chaos-Bringer often seemed barely aware of Vector's existence. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 31, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 31/05/2015}} For various periods of time, Vector would follow Unicron and attempt to repair the damage to spacetime which Unicron's presence wrought. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}<br /> <br /> ==Generation 1 continuity family==<br /> [[File:OnTheEdgeOfExtinction-Unicrondoublespread.jpg|thumb|Unicron goes to town on Cybertron like Eleanor Shellstrop on some shrimp.]]<br /> <br /> {{main|Unicron/Generation 1}}<br /> <br /> In the [[Primax]] universal cluster, Unicron had many incarnations, all often attacking [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] at some point and being destroyed by the [[Transformer]]s that lived there. He also would repeatedly serve as a Faustian devil; making deals with lesser lifeforms in return for servitude. Among his most famous of those was [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who would often be reformatted into the powerful [[Decepticon]] known as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' continuity family==<br /> The [[Viron]] universal cluster was not particularly notable for instantiations of Unicron.<br /> <br /> ===Ask Vector Prime===<br /> The Unicron of [[Viron 704.08 Gamma]] began life as a tyrant and a conqueror on [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]. Originally possessing a destroyer tank configuration, Unicron united his planet, and eventually he utilized a mystical [[Cyber Key]] to merge his consciousness with it. Unicron proceeded to begin to consume this reality before [[Omega Prime]] and [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] stopped him.<br /> <br /> Dimensional observer [[Vector Prime]] wasn't sure if it was merely [[trans-dimensional harmonic resonance]] which had caused Unicron's actions or if something greater was behind it all. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#July 28, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 28/07/2015}}<br /> <br /> ==Unicron Trilogy continuity family==<br /> In the [[Aurex]] universal cluster, Unicron often played a notable role in Cybertronian history. Often, his incarnations would attack Cybertron during the conflict for the [[Mini-Con]]s, be the subject of a revival campaign involving energon and the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]], and then be trapped in the [[Unicron Singularity]].<br /> <br /> ===Toy pack-in comics===<br /> [[File:Armadaminicomic4-Unicron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Check out my tiny buildings!]]<br /> The Transformers were unaware of Unicron's gradual approach during the climax of their civil war. [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] was defeated and imprisoned, and just when he had escaped, the Planet-Eater suddenly appeared over their planet. Only time would tell if the Transformers could possibly defeat him! {{storylink|Armada Volume 4}}<br /> <br /> Apparently, they could, and years later Galvatron was reborn as Megatron deep inside the [[Unicron's core|core]] of the defeated Unicron. {{storylink|Energon Volume 1}} The threat of Unicron still loomed over the [[Transformer]]s as they battled over Earth's Energon reserves. {{Storylink|Energon Volume 2}} {{Storylink|Energon Volume 4}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===<br /> ====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====<br /> [[File:TheEnd-Unicron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The southern hemisphere is known as the &quot;footsmell&quot; region.]]<br /> <br /> The nearly-dead body of [[Primax 703.09 Gamma|a ravaged universe]]'s [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Dreamwave Armada comic|Optimus Prime]] was sent ahead by Unicron to his [[Aurex 402.24 Gamma|next target universe]], as a &quot;calling card&quot;. Additionally, Unicron sent a group of heralds—incarnations of [[Bludgeon (G1)#Dreamwave Armada continuity|Bludgeon]], [[Dirge (G1)#Dreamwave Armada continuity|Dirge]], [[Galvatron (G1)#Dreamwave Armada contoinuity|Galvatron]], [[Scourge (G1)#Dreamwave Armada continuity|Scourge]], and [[Thunderwing (G1)#Dreamwave Armada continuity|Thunderwing]]—to this second universe to find the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] and kill that universe's Optimus Prime and Megatron. The heralds did not realize that their target Optimus Prime had been accidentally transported to the initial, dying Cybertron. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}}<br /> <br /> Optimus Prime found one lone survivor, [[Spinister (G1)#Dreamwave Armada comic|Spinister]], and begged him to tell him what was going on. Spinister told him that the &quot;heart of darkness, the root of all evil&quot; had ravaged their world. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} When Unicron loomed over them, Spinister surrendered himself to his fate. Spinister soon returned as an avatar for Unicron, who found this Optimus Prime's presence to be an &quot;anomaly&quot;. Soon [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] managed to trace Optimus Prime to this dying universe and travel there to rescue him. Using the power of the Mini-Con Matrix, Prime and Jetfire were able to combine into Jet Optimus and fire a powerful shot into the heart of Unicron. Though they were too late to save this Cybertron, they could return home and prepare for Unicron's coming there. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}<br /> <br /> Optimus Prime called for an alliance with the Decepticons and the Mini-Cons, hoping to unite their forces against the coming Dark god. After warping to Cybertron's surface, Unicron himself arrived, and announced that they would all soon be consumed. During the following battle, Unicron was curious about the Transformers [[Airazor (Armada)|Airazor]], [[Cheetor (Armada)|Cheetor]], [[Rhinox (Armada)|Rhinox]], and [[Terrorsaur (Armada)|Terrorsaur]], and abducted them for future purposes. Unicron was ultimately defeated by the Mini-Con Matrix, boosted from the additional power of two universes' Mini-Cons. This universe's [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], having made a bid for Unicron's power, was standing on the surface of the planet-eater when he was destroyed, and his body was also lost, his spark trapped within Unicron's remains. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' comic====<br /> [[File:ThisEvilReborn-Unicron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|You never see him transform to robot mode.]]<br /> <br /> Ten years later, his broken body was still left floating in space after his defeat. Despite his damaged form, his [[Unicron's core|core]] presented huge potentials for power, and so [[Alpha Quintesson]] gathered together a group of Decepticon dissidents under the leadership of [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] and transformed them into &quot;[[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]]&quot;. He promised these Terrorcons this power in exchange for their services. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}} Meanwhile, Megatron's consciousness was trapped within this core, and over time was able to use Unicron's systems to create for himself a new body, though he was unable to transfer his spark into it. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Three}}<br /> <br /> Alpha Quintesson was secretly working for Unicron himself, and he sent the corrupted forms of Airazor, Cheetor, Rhinox, and Terrorsaur, his &quot;[[Unicron's Four Horsemen|Four Horsemen]]&quot;, to Cybertron to distract the Autobots from Unicron's revival. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}}<br /> <br /> Optimus Prime, who received a telepathic message from the disembodied Megatron, turned to the [[Autobot High Council]] for permission to dedicate an army towards Unicron's return and his intent to consume alleged huge amounts of [[energon]] on Earth, but the Council dismissed these concerns as paranoia. While they did not grant Prime his army, they did permit him to travel to Earth alone. Before Prime could get out of the building, Unicron's Horsemen struck. Prime and the Council realized this was an act of war perpetrated by Unicron, and so Prime's original pleas were finally heard. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath}}<br /> <br /> [[File:WhatLiesBeneath3-Unicroninterior.jpg|thumb|Unicron has a big [[negative universe]] [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] collection.]]<br /> <br /> After they were defeated by Optimus Prime on Earth, Scorponok and his Terrorcons were forcibly brought back to Unicron for disciplinary action by Alpha Quintesson. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Four}} Afterwards, Optimus Prime stepped through a portal back to Cybertron to assemble a team of reinforcements... but instead found himself brought to within Unicron, summoned by Megatron's consciousness. {{storylink|Omni-Potent}} Optimus Prime argued with Megatron, denying that he would ever help his thought-dead foe inhabit his new body. Megatron countered with images of a massive-scale Terrorcon attack on Earth. Alpha Quintesson had used Unicron's power to reconfigure [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] into Mirage, and [[Moscow]], [[Toronto]], and [[Los Angeles]] were under heavy siege from his Terrorcon army. Still, Optimus Prime resisted helping Megatron, even with the promise of teaming up to destroy the remnants of Unicron, as he feared releasing Megatron in his new body would be unleashing an equal evil. {{storylink|Multiplicity}}<br /> <br /> Finally, after images of carnage on Earth overwhelmed him, Optimus Prime caved to Megatron's demands, and Prime began traveling through Unicron under Megatron's direction. After falling in some goo, Prime located the sensor array that was keeping Megatron's consciousness from entering his new body. It worked, and Megatron was freed... though Optimus Prime was subsequently located by Unicron's internal defenses. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} But through sheer force of will, Optimus broke through Unicron's immune system, and managed to allow Megatron access to his new body. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} Optimus was last seen having defeated the remnants of Unicron's antibodies, with a bandolier and his hand-held cannon. He boasted to Unicron that he was coming for him. {{storylink|No Exit}}<br /> <br /> {{Unreleased energon comic}}<br /> Previously, Unicron had destroyed [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], and [[Alpha Quintesson]] was the sole survivor. With the [[Initiator]], Alpha attempted to escape Unicron, only for his ship to be pulled to the planet eater. {{storylink|Doomsday Redux!}} The energon used for Unicron's reactivation came not from Earth, but from [[Nervissa]], a fact Optimus Prime discovered after connecting to Unicron's consciousness. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 1}} Alpha Quintesson sought to destroy Unicron and had a [[seismic-shock warhead]] teleported to Unicron. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 2}} Within Unicron, Optimus gambled that he would need to make contact with Cybertron if he had any chance of escaping the malevolent planet. He ascended to Unicron's surface, only to come upon the warhead, right after it had been teleported in. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 3}} In the later chaos of an alternate-universe [[Quintesson]] invasion of Cybertron, Unicron awoke and began to strike out against the Transformers. HIs first target was Megatron, who had teleported back to within his body to confront Alpha Trion. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 4}} Realizing that their planet was open to Unicron's attack, the Quintessons attacked Unicron, to no avail. The Quintessons were destroyed, and the Transformers managed to delay Unicron enough for the warhead to explode, destroying the planet. The shockwaves from Unicron's destruction created a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] from the portal to the alternate-universe Quintessa. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 5}}<br /> <br /> ===Cartoon continuity===<br /> Unicron was evidently very active in this universe at various points in time, although the precise chronological order of his activities is unclear.<br /> <br /> At some undetermined point in the past of this universe, Unicron was approached by the survivors of [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]], a world that had been destroyed in a war with the inhabitants of the Giant Planet, [[Gigantion]]. In return for the chance to gain revenge on Gigantion, the survivors swore loyalty to Unicron, and &quot;Planet X&quot; became something of a code-phrase that identified those in the service of the planet-eater.<br /> <br /> {{note|Liner notes included with the DVD release of ''Galaxy Force'' in [[Japan]] claim that Planet X is actually the body of Unicron from a parallel universe. This would not appear to be compatible with the Western storyline, nor, indeed, with the date later given to the planet's destruction on the [[TakaraTomy]] &quot;[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bible/index.html World of the Transformers]&quot; website.}}<br /> <br /> Cybertronian legend referred to an attack by Unicron on the planet that was ultimately thwarted by the mighty Autobot warrior, [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}}<br /> <br /> ====''Armada'' cartoon====<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Mark Acheson]] (English), [[Katsumi Chō]] (Japanese)|[[Jhonny Torres]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Raine Heiskanen]] (Finnish), [[Ekkehardt Belle]] (German), [[Fredrik Beckmann]] (Swedish), [[Hercules Fernando]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}<br /> {{quote|As long as hatred exists, I shall remain impervious to attack.|Unicron|[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Origin]]}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Alliance-Unicronmoon.jpg|thumb|That's no moon!]]<br /> Unicron's first attack on Cybertron was over a million years in the making, begun when he opted to disguise his dormant body as Cybertron's moon. From this secret vantage point, he implanted his own cells within the planet, where they germinated and grew into the small race of robots known as the [[Mini-Con]]s. Unicron hoped to use the Mini-Cons to increase the ferocity of the Autobot/Decepticon war, and feed off of the energies released in the conflict. The Cybertronians would then be subjugated through the Mini-Cons' influence. Though his plan succeeded in one timeline, the interference of three time-displaced children changed this. [[Rad White]], [[Carlos Lopez]], and [[Alexis Thi Dang]] planted the seed of sentience and free will within the Mini-Cons, who ultimately rebelled against their creator and fled Cybertron, crash-landing on the planet Earth. This forestalled Unicron's emergence by eons. {{storylink|Origin}} {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Union-Unicron.jpg|left|thumb|Don't mind me, just chillin'.]]<br /> <br /> When the Mini-Cons were reawakened a million years later in 2010, they were detected by the Autobots and Decepticons, who followed their signal to Earth. {{storylink|First Encounter}} Unicron also picked up the signal, and dispatched his minion [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] to carry on his work. {{storylink|Gale}} Rad, Alexis, and Carlos encountered a digital manifestation of Unicron when Sideways transported them to a digital world, in a bid to steal the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]] from them. Unicron's avatar gave chase to the children as they fled back into the physical realm, but was unable to catch them in time. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}} Sideways then continued to escalate the conflict by manipulating control of the three Mini-Con weapons, the [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]], the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom]] shield and the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]], but eventually arranged for all three to be returned to Cybertron, where he stole them and used them to reawaken Unicron. {{storylink|Portent}} While still awakening, Unicron sent an energy bolt down at Starscream, who had fired a powerful blast at the Dark God to convince Galvatron of his threat. Starscream was disintegrated before his shot could even reach Unicron. {{storylink|Cramp}}<br /> <br /> [[File:ArmadaUnicron02.jpg|thumb|The Power Cosmic gives you wrinkles.]]<br /> Shedding his moon disguise and transforming to robot mode, Unicron turned on Cybertron, only to be met with resistance in the form of the united armada of Autobots and Decepticons {{storylink|Alliance}}, and his own Mini-Cons, who had linked together and formed a [[Unicron of Light|giant duplicate]] of his body. {{storylink|Union}} Now at full power, however, it was child's play for Unicron to exert control over his creations, and bring the Mini-Cons under his thumb once more. Again, it was thanks to the Autobots' human allies—the same children who had been sent back in time and given the Mini-Cons free will in the first place—that the Mini-Cons struggled free of Unicron's control, including the three Mini-Con weapons, who broke free and left Unicron's body deactivated. {{storylink|Origin}} Believing the threat over, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] then challenged Optimus Prime to their final battle, only for the hatred and ferocity of their fight to awaken Unicron once more. To end the circle of hate that gave Unicron life, Galvatron allowed himself to be consumed by the monster, and in a brilliant flash of light, Unicron apparently ceased to exist. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ====''Linkage''====<br /> [[File:Arm-art Linkage13-Title.jpg|thumb|200px|Everything they've built will fall! And from the ashes of their world, we'll build a better one!]]<br /> <br /> While traversing the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]] dimension, [[Redline]] noticed an ominous presence watching him. {{storylink|Linkage Part 7}} Redline recognized it as &quot;The Terrible One&quot; and relayed that info to [[Servo (Armada)|Servo]], who then relayed it to [[Rollbar (Armada)|Rollbar]]. Having also seen The Terrible One while in the Linkage, [[Falcia]] chose to stay with Redline and work with him on the [[Master Key]]. Meanwhile, [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]], a minion of Unicron, gave the [[Speed Chaser Team]], also minions of Unicron, the [[Doomstone]], an artifact intended to permanently enslave the Mini-Cons to Unicron's will. {{storylink|Linkage Part 8}} <br /> <br /> The Doomstone was then installed in [[Ravenus]], who used its evil energies to destroy the souls of the Mini-Cons and revert them into mindless death-machines. {{storylink|Linkage Part 10}} Ravenus and the Doomstone intended to destroy the Earth. {{storylink|Linkage Part 11}} Redline and [[Kingbolt (Armada)|Kingbolt]] were able to contain Ravenus and extract the Doomstone. Redline then sealed it away in his extra-dimensional storage space for safekeeping. {{storylink|Linkage Part 12}}<br /> <br /> While all this was going on, Unicron was busy assaulting Cybertron. Ravenus, now freed from Unicron's control via the Doomstone, fought alongside the other Mini-Cons against the god. The combined forces of the Autobots, Decepticons and Mini-Cons then joined for a final battle against Unicron. {{storylink|Linkage Part 13}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' cartoon====<br /> {{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English), [[Mark Acheson]] (English), [[Nobutoshi Canna]] (Japanese)|[[Fredrik Beckmann]] (Swedish), [[Juha Paananen]] (Finnish), [[José Carabias]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Tomasz Marzecki]] (Polish)}}<br /> <br /> [[File:MegatronRaid Unicronhead.jpg|left|thumb|If I need to steal [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s eyes again, I quit.]]<br /> <br /> In truth, however, Unicron had survived, and for the next ten years, continued to consume planets in other regions of space. One such planet was the world known as [[Planet Q]], whose inhabitants fought back by detonating the planet's core in Unicron's face. Badly damaged by the explosion, Unicron fell into a state of dormancy, but the life essence of the planet's ruler—the being who would come to be known as [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]—continued to exist within him, and began a not-entirely-sane plan to use Unicron's powers to recreate everything the Chaos-Bringer had ever destroyed. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}} Recreating the armies of Planet Q as &quot;Terrorcons&quot;, Alpha Q had them attack Autobot facilities on Earth and throughout the [[Solar System]] to gather the [[energon]] that would be necessary for his plan to work. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Energon Unicron.jpg|thumb|Unicron sported [[Neon|awesome]] [[Black redeco|colors]] during ''Energon''.]]<br /> <br /> Unbeknownst to Alpha Q, Megatron's corpse and spark remained within Unicron, and he slowly siphoned off some of the gathered Energon, allowing him to be reborn in his own new body. To escape Megatron's fury, Alpha Q jettisoned Unicron's head and escaped in it, {{storylink|Megatron Resurrected}} while Megatron took over Unicron's body, and continued to gather Energon in order to rebuild Unicron to use as his ultimate weapon. {{storylink|Megatron Raid}} Both parts of Unicron's inert form were used by Megatron and Alpha Q as their bases from then on. Though Unicron briefly lashed out towards those housed within him when he became starved with energon, he otherwise remained incapable of attacking them. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}}<br /> <br /> As the climax of Megatron's plans neared, a joint attack by Alpha Q, the Autobots and their human allies saw all of Earth's Energon channeled into Unicron's head, which Alpha Q then rammed into Unicron's body. {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}} The positively-charged Energon of Earth reacted with the negatively-charged Energon running through Unicron, tearing open a fissure in reality leading to a new area of space where planets Unicron consumed were recreated, and sustained through the Energon radiated from Unicron's head, which had now become a glowing red sun. {{storylink|Open Fire!}} {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}} {{storylink|Farewell Inferno}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Unicron eats blizzard.jpg|left|thumb|Unicron should stop eating so many Blizzards.]]<br /> Unicron's body, damaged once more, lay in the dark reaches near the fissure, and the Decepticons began to raid Alpha Q's new planets for the Energon necessary to revive Unicron again. This time, they succeeded, {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}} and Megatron directed Unicron's body to retrieve his head, extinguishing the Energon Sun and killing Alpha Q in the process. {{storylink|A Heroic Battle}} But the power of Unicron proved too much for Megatron to control, as Unicron began to take over Megatron's body. {{storylink|The Power of Unicron}} The Autobots made a valiant but futile attempt to stop him, and Unicron swatted them like gnats. Just as things seemed hopeless, a surge of power from Primus allowed Optimus Supreme to grow to Unicron's size and powered up the other Autobots. {{storylink|Optimus Supreme}} After a long and hard battle, Optimus destroyed Unicron's body. {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Energon-Unicrons-Arms.jpg|thumb|&quot;Geodude geeeeoooo geodude.&quot;]]<br /> <br /> None of the Transformers were aware, however, that Unicron lived on in two forms: his miniscule Spark, floating in space, and his consciousness, which lay buried in Megatron's mind. With quiet, subconscious nudging, Unicron led Megatron to a massive reservoir of &quot;[[Super Energon]]&quot; beneath Cybertron's surface, {{storylink|Ambition}} which transformed him into Galvatron upon his first exposure. {{storylink|Wishes}} Galvatron used his newfound power to take command of Cybertron, exiling the Autobots off-world by unleashing a toxic energon gas into the atmosphere. Unicron next pushed Galvatron to use the planet's systems to propel Cybertron towards Alpha Q's planets. {{storylink|Galvatron!}} {{storylink|The Omega Train}}<br /> <br /> At some point in time, a virtual copy of Unicron appeared in an Autobot &quot;virtual training program&quot; as a special opponent for Hot Shot and Rodimus to battle after defeating all other contenders. Despite this copy being scaled-down to be about the same size as his opponents, he proved to be a formidable foe. The Autobots nonetheless defeated him, winning the &lt;s&gt;video game&lt;/s&gt; training exercise. {{storylink|Distribution}}<br /> <br /> Optimus beheld a vision of Unicron as looked upon an energon gas-envelopped Cybertron, clueing him in on the fact that Unicron's evil still persisted in some form. {{storylink|Formidable}}<br /> <br /> After a series of failed battles, Galvatron proceeded to expose himself to the Super Energon once again, and this time grew to a gigantic height. {{storylink|Galvatron Terror}} Unicron seized control of his body again for a new vessel and set out to rejoin with his Spark, {{storylink|Destructive Power}} but a Primus-empowered Optimus Supreme engaged him in battle once more, and drew all of Unicron's consciousness out of Galvatron and sealed it within his own Spark. {{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}}<br /> <br /> [[File:EnergonUnicronOrbTheSun.jpg|left|thumb|&quot;How could this puny thing be Unicron?&quot;&lt;br/&gt;<br /> —[[Kicker Jones]]]]<br /> Enraged, Galvatron prepared to destroy Unicron's Spark, but it merged with him, enlarging him again, leading to another battle with Optimus Supreme, this time bolstered by the combined energy of all his troops' Sparks. Meanwhile, Primus merged with the Super Energon, creating a foundling sun which arrived at the site of the battle. Taking control of his body for a brief moment, Galvatron made the decision to plunge himself into the infant sun to rid himself of Unicron's possession. The super energon mass, having now received Unicron's spark, ignited into a powerful red sun which gave new life to Alpha Q's worlds. {{storylink|The Sun}}<br /> <br /> ====''Galaxy Force''====<br /> After his defeat in the past, Unicron's dark energies dispersed throughout spacetime, and then it was to unite together to reform the dark god in another era as part of his eternal struggle against [[Primus]]. However, [[Megatron (Armada)#Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], imprisoned in the [[fire dimension]] outside of regular spacetime, was able to interrupt the cycle and absorb part of the dark god's [[spark]] that had drifted into the rift leading to his prison, {{Storylink|Source:Galaxy Force DVD booklets#Vol. 09|''Galaxy Force'' DVD booklet 09}} granting him immense power that was but a shade of its proper owner. {{Storylink|Source:Galaxy Force DVD booklets#Vol. 10|''Galaxy Force'' DVD booklet 10}} Megatron was also able to manifest this spark fragment as a &quot;dark fog&quot; that assisted him and his underlings in their battles against the [[Autobot]]s for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. {{Storylink|Source:Galaxy Force DVD booklets#Vol. 09|''Galaxy Force'' DVD booklet 09}}<br /> <br /> The interruption of Unicron's natural reincarnation led to unforeseen effects—with universal balance thrown off, the [[Unicron Singularity|Grand Black Hole]] developed and threatened the universe. {{Storylink|Source:Galaxy Force DVD booklets#Vol. 09|''Galaxy Force'' DVD booklet 09}} Unicron's form was also forced to manifest incompletely in another universe, where it resurrected [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] [[Transformer]]s previously absorbed by the dark god. This body would be renamed by its denizens as [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]. {{Storylink|Source:Galaxy Force DVD booklets#Vol. 13|''Galaxy Force'' DVD booklet 13}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ====''Cybertron'' cartoon====<br /> [[File:Cyb ep20 unicron chunks.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Ssssh, don't tell ''Galaxy Force'' that I'm here!]]<br /> <br /> The bitter [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] was a loner, but his attitude changed when, in deep space, he was trapped underneath some debris near the remains of Unicron and saved by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Honor}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Unicronsingularity.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The cause of—and solution to—all of our continuity problems.]]<br /> <br /> Primus's plan to trap Unicron in the heart of a new sun failed when the star collapsed into a massive [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] (sometimes known as the &quot;Unicron Singularity&quot;) that threatened the entire multiverse. The collapse of the sun also allowed [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to escape, [[Armor of Unicron|but not before integrating what remained of Unicron's body into himself]], increasing his power to nightmarish new heights. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} <br /> <br /> In addition to strengthening the Decepticon leader, the Armor of Unicron apparently gave Megatron access to a few of the Chaos Bringer's reality-warping powers, including the ability to unleash a devastating Energon aura, {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} create new Transformer bodies, upgrade and repair fallen Transformers {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}}, and tap into the power of the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}} The Decepticon leader's newest plan also held hints of the dark god's old agenda, as he intended to use the Keys to accelerate the black hole's growth and destroy the entire universe (albeit with the intent to remake it in his image afterwards).<br /> <br /> Unfortunately for Unicron and Megatron (who again upgraded into Galvatron), the black hole would be sealed away by Primus himself after the Autobots restored his full power. {{storylink|End}} The Armor of Unicron would be overwhelmed and destroyed along with its wearer in a final battle with Optimus Prime, wiping away the last traces of Unicron from the universe. {{storylink|Unfinished}}<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> ====''Cybertron'' comic====<br /> From interdimensional space, [[Vector Prime]] observed the Autobots and Decepticons attacking and defeating Unicron. When Unicron collapsed into the [[Unicron Singularity]], [[Vector Sigma]] alerted Vector Prime to the spatiotemporal crisis threatening Cybertron. Vector Prime thus returned to normal space for the first time in millions of years to aid his homeworld. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}<br /> <br /> During the crisis, Unicron's heralds [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] and Nemesis Prime arrived on [[Aurex 405.0 Epsilon|that universe]]'s nearly deserted Cybertron. They were intent on unleashing the [[Dead Matrix]] upon Primus's vulnerable essence—as the Matrix was the antithesis of Unicron, so too would the Dead Matrix ensure the destruction of Primus, thereby totally destabilizing the multiverse and reducing it to a sea of entropic chaos. For the first time, it would be possible for Unicron to strike at Primus in all realities simultaneously, ending their cosmic feud once and for all. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Unicroncybertron.jpg|upright=0.85|left|thumb|The Planet-Eater's back, and you're gonna be in trouble.]]<br /> Ramjet and Nemesis Prime were ultimately stopped by Vector Prime and allies [[Sentinel Maximus]] and [[Omega Prime]], plucked from the midst of the [[Universe War]] by the multiverse-warping energies of the black hole. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}} The Dead Matrix, however, was taken by Unicron's servant [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] and cast into the heart of the black hole, freeing Unicron's spark, which entered the planet [[Yst]] and immediately began to sow chaos and disorder. Re-energized by the hatred and violence than ran rampant on Yst, Unicron formed a new, diminutive body for himself, born into the universe when Yst exploded. {{storylink|Revelations Part 3}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Sentinelmaximusunicron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Sorry, did that previous image indicate that Unicron was still huge?]]<br /> During the time that followed, from behind the scenes Unicron orchestrated a civil war between the Mini-Cons stationed on Cybertron's moons. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} When Sentinel Maximus led a team of Autobots to stamp out the escalating conflict, Unicron's involvement was revealed, and he joined the battle himself alongside Soundwave. With no further use for the Mini-Cons, he murdered several of them and tried to capture [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] and [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], whom he had plans for; {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}} by eliminating the [[Thirteen]], Unicron knew he could put Primus in a vulnerable position and thus best him. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 10|Unicron's profile in Club magazine #10}} However, before Unicron could achieve victory, Primus was reawakened, and the dark god fled as Cybertron transformed into its robot mode. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===MegaWing Galvatron continuity===<br /> In [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon|an alternate universe]], after being left for dead by the Decepticon warlord [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]], [[Optimus Prime (Balancing Act)|Optimus Prime]]'s corpse was cloned by Unicron to create [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]]. Nemesis Prime spent his entire early existence being tortured by Unicron so that he could be molded into the perfectly loyal herald. Through the tortured clone, Unicron was able to create the [[Dead Matrix]], a weapon capable of slaying his hated opposite, Primus. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 6|Nemesis Prime's profile}} {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}}<br /> <br /> ===2003 ''Universe'' toy bios===<br /> Unicron granted [[Treadshot (Universe 2003)|Treadshot]] new power, which Treadshot planned to use to kill [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] once and for all. {{storylink|Treadshot (Universe 2003)#Toys|Ultra Magnus vs. Treadshot toy bio}}<br /> <br /> ===Spacewarp's Log===<br /> In [[Spacewarp]]'s [[Aurex 006.0 Kappa|home reality]], [[Starscream (Armada)|Ulchtar]] sacrificed himself against Unicron. {{storylink|Source:Transformers: Spacewarp's Log#November 28, 2015|Spacewarp's Log (2), 2015/11/28/11/2015}}<br /> <br /> At some point, Spacewarp sneaked in and out of Unicron's docking bay, a feat she considered miraculous to have pulled off. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Guest column#October 27, 2015|Spacewarp's Log (1), 27/10/2015}}<br /> <br /> Unicron was later pulled into the Unicron Singularity. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 17, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 17/09/2015}}<br /> <br /> ==''Q-Robo Transformer''==<br /> {{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Q-Robo Transformer}}}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==''TransTech''==<br /> At some point, the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s of [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]] confronted and succeeded in defeating the Unicron Phenomenon for the time being. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}<br /> <br /> When [[G1 GoBots|a team of traveling cyborgs]] appeared before the [[High Senate]], TransTech Minister of Higher Dimensional Sciences [[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]] was asked to provide background to the [[Cataclysm (GoBots)|Cataclysm]]. Rhinox explained within the [[Primax 984.0 Gamma]] universal stream, the appearance and subsequent destruction of Unicron and the destruction of Primus's [[Xaaron (G1)|avatar]], {{Storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} as well as the tainting of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] caused by [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], created a great many [[splinter timeline]]s. These events, as well as an earlier, undefined event related to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], resulted in the creation of yet another splinter timeline, [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]]. This universe overwrote [[Gargent 984.08 Alpha|the universe]] home to said dimensional travelers. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}<br /> <br /> ==Live-action film series==<br /> ===''The Last Knight'' film===<br /> {{quote|Earth...Unicron, Cybertron's ancient enemy!|Optimus Prime|[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Transformers_5_Unicron.jpg|thumb|350px|The Transformer with the least amount of screen time.]]<br /> <br /> In the distant past, the planet [[Earth]] formed around the inert body of Unicron. On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Unicron was known as the planet's ancient enemy. A [[Book of Cyber-Kells|book]] that would eventually come to be held in the Trinity Library spoke of Unicron being [[Earth's core|the core of Earth]].<br /> <br /> Somehow the Cybertronian sorceress [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] had discovered Unicron's resting point and hit on a plan to restore Cybertron by draining the life from Unicron to revive the planet, sending both [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and a brainwashed [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] to Earth to reclaim [[Staff of Merlin|the device]] she needed to complete her plan.<br /> [[File:TheLastKnight - Trinity Library Book shows Unicron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKJwvQfraY8 ''I see a bad moon rising''&lt;br&gt;''I see trouble on the way'']]]<br /> In preparation, Quintessa moved Cybertron into Earth's solar system, its presence causing Unicron's six horns to sprout on the Earth as he reacted to the presence of his old enemy. Growing at a rate of three meters a day, the horns were a sign of a great scientific curiosity and mass panic across the globe. [[Edmund Burton|Sir Edmund Burton]] and [[Cogman]] recognized the horns for what they were and took them as a sign of the apocalypse.<br /> <br /> At Stonehenge, Quintessa and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] began the ritual and sent Unicron's life force to Cybertron before the Autobots and the TRF halted their efforts. Enough of Unicron's life force had been sent to Cybertron however that it had healed most of its damage to the point that the Autobots felt they were able to return to their homeworld.<br /> <br /> In the aftermath, several human scientists were examining one of Unicron's horns only to be approached by Quintessa in a human guise. She warned them against touching the horn, lest they incur Unicron's wrath, but offered them a way to kill the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Rise of the Beasts'' film===<br /> [[File:ROTBcap-Unicronringedplanet.jpg|thumb|300px|Unicron might as well eat this planet -- it's so close to its sun it's gotta be uninhabitable!]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Colman Domingo]] (English), [[Kazuhiro Yamaji]] (Japanese)|[[Frédéric Souterelle]] (European French), [[Roberto Fidecaro]] (Italian), [[Torsten Michaelis]] (German), [[Guilherme Lopes]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Dafnis Fernández]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Xavier Martín Alonso]] (Spain Spanish), [[Robert Jarociński]] (Polish)}}<br /> <br /> {{quote|Rise... My hunger is killing me... What have [[Scourge (ROTB)|you]] found?|Unicron|[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]}}<br /> <br /> Legends that predated Cybertronian civilization described Unicron as a dark god who consumed planets, but few knew of the legends, and fewer still believed them. The [[Maximal]]s learned that Unicron was real only when the Chaos Bringer arrived on their doorstep to consume their planet. Unicron deployed his Terrorcon and Predacon forces led by his chief [[Herald of Unicron|Herald]] [[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]], whom he had long ago enslaved. Unicron tasked them with finding the [[Transwarp Key]], a Maximal device that would enable him to continue his rampage across time and space at will, before he consumed the Maximal planet. Unicron was livid with Scourge for losing the key as the Maximals led by [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] fled, and commanded Scourge to find the key. Though Unicron was still able to feast on the Maximal planet, he was left in the current galaxy, forced to rely on his own power to move about space, but this soon left him starving and desperate to find another planet to feast on.<br /> <br /> [[File:ROTB-ScourgeCommunicatesUnicron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66| This is your final warning: break the treaty again and you will be destroyed.]]<br /> <br /> Scourge later found half of the Transwarp Key on Earth in 1994, but when he presented his prize to his master, Unicron scolded and tortured his minion as it was only half of the key. Scourge eventually retrieved the other half in Peru and began opening a portal in time and space for Unicron to come through. Unicron relished his apparent victory and made ready to devour Earth, but Primal and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime's]] Autobots defeated Scourge and his other forces. When Prime made to destroy the portal, Unicron hastily offered Prime whatever he wanted in exchange for not proceeding, but the Autobot leader had none of it and destroyed the portal. Though Unicron had been stranded once again in his current location and time, the Autobots and Maximals acknowledged he had likely survived the collapse of the portal, but stood resolute that they would defeat him should he ever return to Earth.<br /> {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}<br /> <br /> ===Titan movie comics===<br /> {{quote|I'm certain I can speak for all those pledged to the Decepticon cause when I say Unicron spells one thing, and that's trouble with a capital 'running and screaming'.|Barricade|[[Transformers Comic issue 2.6|#6 (Vol.2)]]}} <br /> <br /> [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] encountered Unicron {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|#12's Star Screams}} in an event where Unicron attempted to devour Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|#19's Star Screams}} It left him terrified. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|#17's Star Screams}}<br /> <br /> Both [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] were also aware of Unicron's existence. His sheer might scared them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|#6's Law and Disorder}} They knew that [[fandom|you]] wanted to see Unicron in the third film and it sickened them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|#13's Law and Disorder}} <br /> <br /> [[File:Unicron Titan19.JPG|left|thumb|&quot;The psoriasis is barely slowing him down!&quot;]]<br /> In an alternate timeline where Megatron won the battle of Mission City, [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] and his Decepticon chums attempted to rebirth Cybertron by sending out a summons that would attract any entity related to the lost [[AllSpark]], and then drawing that entity into Cybertron once it arrived.<br /> <br /> As that entity announced itself to be '''&quot;Unicron the Anti-Life!&quot;''', they felt like a right bunch of plonkers. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}<br /> <br /> Unicron moved swiftly, transforming Cybertron into a scarier looking physical form and causing the planet's surface to becoming hostile to the Transformers on it. Stockade's attempts at communication were met with contempt and a strange attack. The new Unicron then warped into the Sol system, shot down an Autobot shuttle, and went &quot;OM NOM NOM&quot; at the sight of Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}}<br /> <br /> The downed Autobots regrouped with Stockade's Decepticons and worked to take away the [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] that was powering Unicron's physical form. They succeeded in this by causing it to blow up and catch fire, which caused Unicron to draw on more Nucleon to recover, which fueled the fire and so on until the source ran out. Unicron disappeared, though whether he was dead or just gone is ambiguous. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}<br /> <br /> Either way, the changes Unicron had made to Cybertron remained. The teleportation equipment he'd created was used by the Autobots to finally end the war. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}<br /> <br /> ==''Animated'' continuity family==<br /> [[Multiversal singularity|Multiversal singularities]] did not exist in the [[Malgus|Malgus Cluster]]. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 29, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 29/05/2015}} [[Malgus 1207.26 Alpha]] had one such non-singular Unicron, built by [[Primacron]] in his laboratory on [[Protos]]. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 10, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 10/06/2015}}<br /> <br /> ==Aligned continuity family==<br /> ===''The Covenant of Primus''===<br /> [[File:Transformers_Covenant_of_Primus_Unicron.jpg|thumb|He's a small world after all...]]<br /> Unicron and [[Primus]] began life as personalities within a single omnipotent being that conversed with itself. While Primus saw beauty in life and found it sacred, Unicron found it pointless, cruel, and needing to end. The divide between the two personalities grew and the being eventually split into Primus and Unicron. Unshackled, Unicron went on a cosmic rampage, destroying all he found, with the end goal of consuming reality itself. Eventually Primus took a stand against Unicron but the two brothers found themselves evenly matched in a perfect stalemate. Primus responded by creating the [[Thirteen]] to fight in his stead.<br /> <br /> At his full power however, Unicron's mere aura overpowered the Thirteen causing them to nearly lose all hope before they rallied. The youngest of them, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], managed to breach Unicron's interior and exposed his Primus-like Spark to Unicron's Anti-Spark, the resulting reaction knocking both beings into stasis lock. [[Vector Prime]] then created a time loop around Unicron to keep him in stasis and prevent him from ever awakening. Though the day had been won, the Thirteen's exposure to Unicron had infected them all with a touch of his darkness. Though they all tried to ignore it, [[Alpha Trion]] later reflected that by doing so, they gave the darkness fertile ground to grow in. During the battle, [[Dark Energon]] bled from his body and was eventually sealed away.<br /> <br /> The darkness particularly grew in [[Prima]], whom Unicron had physically bitten, who had created a chart tracking which of the Primes were more similar to Primus and Unicron.<br /> <br /> Upon finding the Dark Energon, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] merged it with his [[spark]] and eventually the very [[core]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. <br /> <br /> After arriving on [[Earth]], Optimus expressed surprise at how much life had sprung up on Unicron's body. [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] updated her personal log for the first time since coming to Earth just before the attack on Unicron. Before he merged with the [[Core]], Optimus Prime recalled Unicron's great surprise at being trapped forever in the [[AllSpark]] container. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}<br /> <br /> ===Aligned novels===<br /> Unicron was defeated in his attempt to destroy Cybertron very early in its history, but emanations of his presence remained and were gathered and stored on [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] Station. This substance was a violently addictive poison that could pass on to another bot once its user died, and was dubbed the Sparks of Unicron or [[Dark Energon]]. Ultimately [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] achieved what Unicron did not by contaminating the [[core]] with Dark Energon, forcing the planet to shut down and reboot. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}<br /> <br /> ===''Prime'' cartoon===<br /> {{voiceactor|[[John Noble]] (English), [[Frank Welker]] (English, as [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] in &quot;[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]&quot;), [[Hidetoshi Nakamura]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovrizhnykh]] (Russian), [[Vladimir Antonik]] (Russian, &quot;Predacons Rising&quot;), [[José Lavat]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Miguel Ángel Pérez]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Marco Balbi]] (Italian), [[Jürgen Kluckert]] (German), [[Markus Bäckman]] (Finnish), [[Patrick Descamps]] (French), [[Marco Antônio Abreu]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Armando Tiraboschi]] (Brazilian Portuguese, &quot;Predacons Rising&quot;), [[Zbigniew Konopka]] (Polish), [[Jin-uk Hong]] (Korean), [[Hwang Il-chung]] (Korean, &quot;Predacons Rising&quot;)}}<br /> <br /> [[File:OneShallRise1-Unicronsilhouette.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|{{w|Godfellas|Oh, how convenient! A theory about God that doesn't require looking through a telescope. Get back to work!}}]]<br /> According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Until, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. <br /> <br /> Over time, matter gravitated towards Unicron's fallen form, eventually forming a [[Earth|planet]] which found an orbit around a distant star. Prophesies foretold that should a certain planetary alignment occur, gravitational forces would wake Unicron from his slumber. In Optimus Prime's later view, Unicron had likely begun to transcend physical form. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> In his three years in space, Megatron discovered the solidified form of Dark Energon, rumoured to be &quot;the blood of Unicron&quot;. A worried [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] referred to Unicron as a legendary &quot;destroyer&quot;, and called his blood the &quot;Anti-Spark&quot; as well. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} Megatron injected a piece of Dark Energon into himself and announced that he could hear Unicron's thoughts, much to Starscream's concern. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> Some time later, as a planetary alignment foretold in a prophecy from the [[Covenant of Primus]] was drawing near, Megatron began to see visions of the future brought on by the sliver of Dark Energon that dwelt within his body. In one such vision, Megatron glimpsed the shadowed face of Unicron himself, and claimed that it was as if he could hear Unicron's own thoughts. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] were less than convinced, but kept that fact to themselves. Much to everyone's shock, a volcano near the site of Optimus and Megatron's battle exploded and released a load of Dark Energon from the [[Earth's core]]. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}<br /> <br /> [[File:OneShallRise1-Unicronlistens.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|&quot;Disappointed that I'm not the size of the moon or bigger? We'll soon fix that.&quot;]]<br /> As storms, earthquakes, and volcanoes erupted simultaneously across Earth, the [[Autobot]]s began to suspect that Earth itself had Unicron as its core, explaining why Dark Energon was expelling from within. Meanwhile, Megatron ordered the [[Decepticon Miner]]s to mine the Dark Energon that spilled and at the same time he sought Unicron's attention at the maw of a volcano. Megatron presented himself as Unicron's herald and servant, an enemy of the Primes, but Unicron dismissed the Decepticon leader. If Megatron had failed to destroy the last of the Primes thus far on his own, Unicron believed Megatron's help was worthless. Similarly, Optimus Prime sought out Unicron elsewhere, traveling to the area which the Autobots believed to be the strongest epicenter of his consciousness. Unicron formed from a cliffside as a stone likeness of his old body near Optimus, while the Autobot leader made a passioned plea to the Chaos Bringer to spare the planets' inhabitants. Unicron denied Optimus's pleas, as he considered the humans &quot;parasites&quot;, and he birthed multiple copies of himself from the landscape that surrounded Optimus Prime. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> [[File:OneShallRise2-bigdude.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Still not big enough for you?]]<br /> Optimus, soon joined by his fellow Autobots, blasted his way through increasingly larger Unicron avatars, until finally Unicron produced one even the Autobots couldn't beat. It raised a foot to crush Optimus, only for Megatron to lend a hand by blasting its head off. While the Autobots retreated to base to consider Megatron's plan, the Decepticon leader engaged more of the stone Unicrons, smashing them as fast as Unicron could produce them. Eventually, Megatron disappeared through the Autobot [[GroundBridge]]. <br /> <br /> [[File:OneShallRise2-inside.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|&quot;So hey, Prime, I guess we're kind of like Ozzy and Drix, huh?&quot; &quot;Shut up.&quot;]]<br /> A short time later, Megatron and the Autobots used the GroundBridge to reach the core of Earth itself, where Unicron's eye peered around. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}} As they moved through the interior of the deity, the Autobots and Megatron were attacked by a swarm of flying drones, [[Unicron's antibodies]]. The group fought them until they reached Unicron's anti-spark with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron ventured inside. As Optimus attempted to fight off waves of power from Unicron, Megatron was forcibly possessed by the ancient god and set against the Autobot leader. Before Unicron could strike through Megatron, Optimus unleashed the full power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on Unicron, overwhelming him, and returning him to his slumber. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> Much later Agent Fowler was giving a briefing to General [[Bryce]] about the Autobots' mission and brought up their encounter with Unicron. Bryce misunderstood and believed Fowler was talking about a ''[[unicorn]]'', threatening Fowler with a psychological evaluation. He relented after the misunderstanding was cleared up. {{storylink|Grill (episode)|Grill}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Predaconsrising-chaosandcreation.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|And here I am in my &lt;s&gt;Galvatron&lt;/s&gt; &lt;s&gt;Megacron&lt;/s&gt; &lt;s&gt;Unitron&lt;/s&gt;... You know what? Let's just call it my ''suit''.]]<br /> Awakened by the restoration of Cybertron, Unicron cast around for a new vessel for his anti-spark, and found Megatron's body at the bottom of the ocean. Reconstructing and reviving Megatron, Unicron took possession of his body and flew to Cybertron with the aim of destroying Primus once and for all. He arrived at Megatron's old fortress of [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], where he fought four Autobots. Dissatisfied by his new body's performance in battle, he tracked down [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], whom Megatron claimed was a loyal warrior. After a brief fight, Unicron prevailed and learned of the existence of a burial ground of [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] remains. He used his Dark Energon to revive the Predacons as an army of Terrorcons, and led them across the [[Hydrax Plateau]] to the [[Well of All Sparks]]. While the Terrorcons poured into the Well, Unicron felt the return of the [[AllSpark]], which Optimus Prime had just brought back to the planet. Unicron easily bested Prime in battle, and obtained the vessel, only to find it empty. The vessel instead drew Unicron's anti-spark into itself, sealing the dark god inside and freeing Megatron from his will. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}<br /> <br /> ===''Arms Micron'' toy bios===<br /> The [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|awakening]] of Unicron from within the Earth sent ripples that echoed into the multiverse, drawing the attention of [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Lio Convoy]] in [[Primax 498.1 Alpha|another universe]]. Travelling across realities, he arrived to find that the Autobots and Decepticons had already defeated Unicron, but elected to remain in this world for a time to safeguard against his potential return. {{storylink|Lio Convoy (BW)#Prime|''Arms Micron'' Leo Prime bio}} Using his ancient sword and the power of his [[Energon Matrix]], Lio Convoy carved up the remains of one of Unicron's rock-and-stone avatars to create the powerful [[Gaia Armor]], severing its link to Unicron himself but allowing it to retain the power of Dark Energon. {{storylink|Gaia Armor|Gaia Armor bio}}<br /> <br /> Spawned from the dormant consciousness of Unicron, Nightmare Unicron was a shadow that moved by itself, yearning to have its own body by observing the Autobots. If it got to possess [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]], stored away by the military, the consequences of Unicron combining with it would be inconceivable. {{storylink|Unicron/toys#Nightmare|Nightmare Unicron bio}}<br /> <br /> ===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===<br /> [[Rescue Force Sigma-17]] was sufficiently aware of Unicron for [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] to remark that [[Boulder (RB)|Boulder]]'s throwing skills would be insufficient to hit the [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#The Transformers cartoon|backside]] of Unicron with a [[Cybertronian sport#Lobbing|lobbing]] ball. {{storylink|Christmas in July}} Heatwave would later remark that he would rather ask Unicron for help when the team had to employ [[High Tide]]'s assistance in containing a super-sized [[CeCe Greene]]. {{storylink|All Spark Day (episode)|All Spark Day}}<br /> <br /> ===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===<br /> Several years after Unicron was sealed away, [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] was freed from his imprisonment and brought to Earth, intending to use his [[spark fuser]] to combine the remnants of the Chaos Bringer's Anti-spark in Earth's core with the AllSpark, which would destroy both Earth and Cybertron. Though Megatronus succeeded in drawing out the Anti-spark, he was ultimately thwarted by the efforts of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team, aided by the revived Optimus Prime, and the Anti-spark returned to Earth's core. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}<br /> <br /> ==''Knights of Unicron''==<br /> Legendary super rockers the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] named themselves in honor of this demonic entity. The Sinister Tympanic Membrane (the left eardrum), located on &quot;Planet Unicron&quot;, was also the eleventh venue for the band on their 2014 &quot;Till All Are One&quot; tour. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron}}<br /> <br /> ===Ask Vector Prime===<br /> Vector Prime considered it distasteful that the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] would name themselves after something that was very much not a joking matter. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 13, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 13/05/2015}}<br /> <br /> ==Ask Vector Prime==<br /> [[Vector Prime]] noted that the non-Singularity Unicron of [[Primax 984.17 Alpha]] or [[Viron 704.08 Gamma]] would not be able to defeat [[Darth Vader]]'s [[Death Star]] mech of [[Lukas 577.25 Beta]] in battle. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime#Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|Ask Vector Prime, The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}<br /> <br /> In many universal streams, the local iteration of [[Primacron]] built his universe's version of Unicron, one that was typically not part of the singularity. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 22, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 22/05/2015}} Two such instances included [[Primax 984.17 Alpha]] and [[Malgus 1207.26 Alpha]]. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 10, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 10/06/2015}}<br /> <br /> Vector Prime was unsure if the number of universes destroyed by Unicron was a quantifiable number as once Unicron consumed a universe, little remained to prove that it ever existed. However, some destroyed universes, such as [[Primax 703.09 Gamma]], lived on the memory of interdimensional travelers who had visited the universe prior to its destruction. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 26, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 26/06/2015}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==''Shattered Glass''==<br /> [[File:SG Unicron.jpg|upright=1|left|thumb|Feeling blue.]]<br /> Thanks to [[Nexus Prime]] initiating the [[Shroud]] upon the [[multiverse]], Unicron the [[multiversal singularity]] was splintered into individual, non-singular incarnations throughout individual universes. Thus, Unicron's small fragment of good became dominant in his incarnation in [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]]: a god of extropy, dedicated to the balance of diversity in the universe. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}} After [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] and a number of other [[Autobot#Shattered Glass|Autobots]] were thrown out of [[Sky Lynx (SG)|Sky Lynx]], they found themselves floating before said benevolent side of Unicron, {{storylink|Familiar Reflections}} who [[Reformatting|reformatted]] them into his troops of justice; Nova Prime, [[Prowl (SG)|Checkpoint]] and his [[Autotrooper (SG Knights of Unicron)|Autotrooper]] minions, and [[Brawn (SG)|X-Brawn]]. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}} These newly forged heroes traveled to [[Cybertron (planet)#Shattered Glass continuity family|Cybertron]] and apprehended [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus Prime]]'s evil followers. But Unicron issued a warning to Nova Prime at his moment of triumph: a greater battle awaited them, one that would pit them against [[Primus#Shattered Glass|Primus]]! As he awakened, this new foe blocked Unicron's telepathic transmissions to Nova Prime, disallowing Unicron from dispensing further advice to his creation. Thankfully, even without Unicron's help, the Autobots were ultimately victorious against the Order-Bringer. {{storylink|The Future Buried...}}<br /> <br /> [[Acolyte of Unicron#Shattered Glass|Acolytes of Unicron]] arose in the new order, advising the ruling council of [[New Cybertron (SG)|New Cybertron]] that included Nova Prime, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Mammoth]], and [[Megatron (SG)|Galvatron]]. It was Unicron's wish that his Acolytes deny [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] and his team permission to go on missions, provoking them into defying orders to seek their own destiny regardless. {{storylink|Coalescence}}<br /> <br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==''GoBots''==<br /> While on an inter-dimensional mission to [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]]'s Earth in [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]], the [[GoBot]] [[Small Foot]] had a vision in which Unicron devoured her allies, plunging them into an eternal abyss. {{storylink|High Noon (SG)|High Noon}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> {{Note|See also: [[Unicron/Generation 1#Games]]}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers'' (PS2)===<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Matthew Yang King]] (English)|[[Arturo López]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Pietro Ubaldi]] (Italian), [[Bruno Dubernat]] (French)}}<br /> [[File:Armadavideogame-Unicron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Unicron takes a shot in the mouth.]]<br /> <br /> After the Autobots defeated the Decepticons on [[Earth]] and had secured the majority of the Mini-Cons there, Unicron made his appearance above Cybertron, intent on destroying the planet. Optimus Prime's team of Autobots and the Mini-Cons returned home via a warp gate to see the Chaos Bringer unleash a wave of destruction upon the great cities of their planet. The Mini-Cons joined to form the [[Matrix Cannon (Armada)|Matrix Cannon]], the [[Vanguard Booster]] and the [[Nemesis Shield]] for the Autobots to use against Unicron. The Autobots flew into Unicron's maw and blasted their way into his energy core, damaging it enough to send Unicron spiralling out of control and destroying him. {{storylink|Transformers (Armada PS2)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers Energon: Battle for Megatron''===<br /> In his attempts to stop Scorponok and the other Terrorcons from retrieving Megatron, held deep within Unicron himself, the Chaos Bringer dispatched many units acting as his automated defenses. Among these were Pods, weak individually but strong in numbers; Tentacle Pods, more advanced versions of the previous units possessing ranged attacks; slow moving but strong Tendril units; heavily armored Spiderbot units; and immobile but powerful Shocktowers. A final unit, The Cortex, held Megatron captive. Once The Cortex was destroyed, Megatron was released and Unicron was defeated. {{storylink|Transformers Energon: Battle for Megatron}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===<br /> Eons ago Unicron created [[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]] to serve him and destroy the Matrix of Leadership. After [[One Shall Rise, Part 3|Unicron's demise]], a meteor of Dark Energon with Thunderwing sealed within crashed on Earth. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] came across the meteor and found Thunderwing, who revealed that he was a minion of Unicron and his mission was to destroy the Matrix. Thunderwing even went as far as to seek help from the Decepticons for the repairs needed. However, he failed thanks to the combined efforts of Prime and [[Jack Darby]] and fell into a volcano. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===<br /> One of Unicron's horns was visible sticking out of the ground within one of Earth's cities. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===<br /> {{Charstubgames|{{Storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> {{main|Unicron/toys}}<br /> <br /> ===Ask Vector Prime===<br /> Vector Prime noted that most [[Quadwal]] universes were not in danger of being consumed by Unicron as most [[Unicron/toys|Quadwal Unicrons]] were small and made of [[plastic]]. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 21, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 21/06/2015}}<br /> <br /> ==Merchandise==<br /> {{main|Unicron/toys#Merchandise}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:Augustobarrancounicron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|]]<br /> *The [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]], the series of ''Transformers'' franchises that includes ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'', and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'', was so named by Hasbro designer [[Aaron Archer]] because of Unicron's importance in each story.<br /> *[[Roberto Orci]] was interested in having Unicron in an early version of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/ask-roberto-orci-roundup-january-14---mythology-money-shots-jolt-military-and-bringing-chaos-166603/ Ask Roberto Orci Roundup January 14 - Mythology, Money Shots, Jolt, Military, and Bringing Chaos]&lt;/ref&gt; Though he was absent in the finished film, Unicron would eventually make his &quot;movie series&quot; debut in ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''. It wasn't until a mere six years after ''The Last Knight'' that Unicron would finally physically make his debut proper in ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]''.<br /> *Unicron has the ability to create [[tainted world]]s, but none have yet been discovered.<br /> *Unicron developed something of a taste for [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]] during the development of his [[Unicron/toys#HasLab|HasLab toy]].&lt;ref&gt;[https://old.hasbropulse.com/blogs/unboxed/haslab-war-for-cybertron-unicron-production-update-3 HasLab War for Cybertron Unicron: Production Update #3] at the [[Hasbro Pulse]] blog.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * ''Shattered Glass'' Unicron's colors are taken from the [[Unicron/toys#Generation 1|prototype toy]] for Unicron in the [[The Transformers (toyline)|original toyline]], with the yellow of the rings, horns, maw, and equator replaced with white.<br /> *[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] envisioned the Animated version of Unicron being voiced by [[Maurice LaMarche]], who famously does a mean [[Orson Welles]] impression. <br /> *Had Unicron returned for future seasons of ''The Transformers'' [[Wally Burr]] wanted [[Jack Angel]] to take over the role from [[Roger C. Carmel]] upon his passing in late [[1986]] as he did with Cyclonus. <br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Unicron''' (ユニクロン ''Yunikuron''), '''Gaia Unicron''' (''Prime'', ガイアユニクロン ''Gaia Yunikuron'')<br /> *''Hungarian:'' '''Unikron''' (Hungarian pronunciation, ''Marvel Comics'', ''Energon'', ''The Last Knight'', ''The Movie 1st dub''), '''Unicron''' (English pronunciation, ''Prime''), '''Unikornisz''' (mispronounced &quot;Unicorn&quot;, ''The Movie 2nd dub'')<br /> *''Korean:'' '''Unicron''' (유니크론 ''Yunikeuron'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Unicron''' (Taiwan, 尤尼克隆 ''Yóuníkèlóng''), '''Yǔzhòu Dàdì''' (China, 宇宙大帝, &quot;Emperor of the Universe&quot;)<br /> *''Polish:'' '''Unikorn''', '''Unicron''', '''Rogacz''' (&quot;The Horned One&quot;), '''Jednorożec''' (&quot;Unicorn&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==References and footnotes==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Armada characters]]<br /> [[Category:Cybertron characters]]<br /> [[Category:Cybertron Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Deep lore characters]]<br /> [[Category:Dimension hoppers]]<br /> [[Category:Energon characters]]<br /> [[Category:Energon planets]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 characters]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 gods]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 planets]]<br /> [[Category:Gods]]<br /> [[Category:Ghosts]]<br /> [[Category:Kre-O characters]]<br /> [[Category:Legends]]<br /> [[Category:Legends characters]]<br /> [[Category:Letters page answerers]]<br /> [[Category:Moons]]<br /> [[Category:Movie Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Planet X]]<br /> [[Category:Planets]]<br /> [[Category:Prime characters]]<br /> [[Category:Rise of the Beasts Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) characters]]<br /> [[Category:Shattered Glass Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:The Last Knight Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Unicron| ]]<br /> [[Category:War for Cybertron characters]]</div>

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<p>Daytonjhammon: /* New Unicron Opening */</p> <hr /> <div>{{TOC}}<br /> ==Conceptual history for Liege Maximo==<br /> [[File:LiegeMaximoAaronArcherSketch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|A concept sketch created by Aaron Archer in the 2000s.]]&lt;!-- Note: If the Aaron Archer Sketch is used for this section, then a quick edit to his AGE OF THE PRIMES toy introduction will need to be made, as it references the art being in the gallery. --&gt;<br /> <br /> Created by writer [[Simon Furman]] and artist [[Geoff Senior]] as the antithesis to &quot;[[Prima|the first named Prime]]&quot;, the Liege Maximo was introduced as the bigger bad behind [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in the final page of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comics. Revealing himself as the progenitor of the Decepticons, he was set to enact his plans, only for [[w:Direct market#1990s|real world economics]] to end the G2 era with a cliffhanger. <br /> <br /> Simon Furman completed his original plans for Liege Maximo in the unofficial Transformers novella ''[[Alignment]]'', which revealed Maximo's plan of using the Hub to ascend to the &quot;realm of the gods&quot; during the titular cosmic event. Liege Maximo would be wounded by his [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|progeny]], causing him to panic and start the alignment, inadverently leading to his own destruction thanks to the combined Autobot-Decepticon armada and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] in particular, ending his reign of terror. An illustration released for ''Alignment'' depicting Liege Maximo with three massive spaceships would later go to inspire his [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifact]], the Liegian Darts. <br /> <br /> A few years after the release of ''Alignment'', the release of ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'' gave Furman a chance to further establish Liege Maximo's importance in the history of the Transformers, describing him as one of the the mysterious &quot;Thirteen Original Transformers&quot; created by Primus to battle Unicron. Furman would make two further attempts to re-introduce Liege Maximo properly into the franchise with the [[IDW Publishing]] mini-series ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Revisiting]]'' - which would have ended once again with Liege Maximo being sequel bait, and ''[[Transformers: The Thirteen]]'', which would have depicted Furman's vision for the Thirteen, presumably with Liege Maximo as a member. However by the late 2000s, Hasbro began to assert more control over the lore surrounding the Thirteen, leading to both mini-series never being released, and in the latter story's case, never being written &lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=The Thirteen is probably not going to happen for a while, as it’s become more of a Hasbro thing than an IDW thing, and Hasbro need to crystallise the whole concept before it can be turned into a comic book. I think and hope it will still happen, as it’s a story I’d dearly love to tell, but I have no firm grasp or when or in what form it will eventually see print.|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20110612025753/https://hombreimaginario.deviantart.com/art/Interviews-10-Simon-Furman-130246343|name=Simon Furman|site=deviantART|year=2009|month=07|day=20}}&lt;/ref&gt;. <br /> <br /> As Hasbro brand architect [[Aaron Archer]] developed what would eventually become the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] era of the franchise, Liege Maximo was reimagined from a Lovecraftian, looming menance to a traitorous schemer and manipulator inspired by the traditional designs of [[Marvel Comics]] antagonist [[w:Loki (Marvel Comics)|Loki]]. The [[Production bible]] informally known as the &quot;[[Binder of Revelation]]&quot; would remove Liege Maximo's lineage to the Decepticons and presence in the &quot;present day&quot;. Instead, his purpose in the narrative of the Thirteen was to cause the death of [[Solus Prime]] and the transformation of Megatronus Prime into The Fallen, who by [[2010]] had become known as the &quot;First Decepticon&quot; and become the more well-known villainous Prime in the franchise. The Binder describes Liege Maximo being severely damaged by [[Prima]]'s [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Thirteen]], eventually becoming trapped in the Hub. [[2011]]'s ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'' would broadly touch on Liege's role in the [[War of the Primes|fall of the Primes]], and the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' would provide a more fleshed-out depicition of Maximo's deceptions and plans, with a [[Farm]] of beasts being introduced as part of the conflict that would conclude the [[Age of Primes]]. The ''Covenant of Primus'' would also retcon a plot point from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', suggesting that the arm stolen by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] from the [[Liege Maximo's tomb|tomb]] of a dead Prime was in fact Liege Maximo's, despite the different colored arms. <br /> <br /> IDW Publishing's [[2005 IDW continuity]] would bring Liege Maximo back to the comics in a substanial way, serving as an antagonist in the overarching narrative crafted by [[John Barber]]. The pages of ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'', written by [[Mairghread Scott]] would reintroduce Liege Maximo to the present day after being freed from his prison, the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] &quot;Carcer&quot; - who was secretly Liege's personal Titan [[Vigilem]]. As Liege Maximo appeared in the ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' comic, Barber would use Maximo's name as the origin for the [[Maximal|Maximals]]' name, while linking their [[Beast mode]] to Maximo's alliance with the comic's overarching antagonist Onyx Prime, who was secretly [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] in disguise. Shockwave's role in &quot;[[The Falling]]&quot; arc of ''Optimus Prime'', and the subsequent build-up to the grand finale of the universe, ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]'', once again overshadowed Maximo's role as a villainous Prime and antagonist, with Maximo perishing in &quot;[[The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable]]&quot;. <br /> <br /> As a member of the Thirteen, Liege Maximo was often mentioned in passing. [[Ask Vector Prime]] would describe a Liege Maximo associated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite, while receiving quick mentions or appearances in media like ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'', the [[2019 IDW continuity]], and ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''. ''One'' would depict Liege Maximo with a gold and white color scheme, in stark contrast to his primarily green color scheme in previous depictions. <br /> <br /> Late [[2025]] saw the Liege Maximo reappear in ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Earthspark]]'' introducing him as the final antagonist of the series in its 88-minute finale ''[[Legacy of Hope]]'', giving him the spotlight as a villainous Prime without the presence of The Fallen or pretenders like Shockwave for the first time since the G2 comics. Not long after, [[2026]] would introduce the first proper toy of Liege Maximo in the ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' toylines. A Leader class toy, this incarnation of Liege Maximo would circle back around to his original G2 design, with subtle elements from the Aaron Archer concept design of the 2000s.<br /> <br /> ==New Unicron Opening==<br /> [[File:Unicron-UltimateGuide.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He's been ignoring Galactus's C&amp;D letters.]]<br /> '''Unicron''' is the eternal arch-enemy of his twin brother [[Primus]], his brother's earliest [[Thirteen|creations]], and the [[Transformer|generations]] that followed. Known as the '''Chaos Bringer''' and [[Dark God|other titles]], Unicron has battled [[Light God|gods]], demigods, and insignificant civilizations across millions of years, all of whom seek to prevent him from achieving his ultimate goal: unleashing an age of chaos that will end all creation, leaving only a [[Void|swirling, infinite torrent of nothingness]] at the end of all things. Because of his omnicidal ambitions, Unicron's apocalyptic presence often unites the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] temporarily, with both sides working together to prevent the Planet Eater from destroying [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and/or [[Earth]]. <br /> <br /> In most realities, Unicron can shift between his [[Non-vehicle_non-beast_alternate_modes#Celestial_Bodies|planet form]] and robot form with much greater ease than Primus, whose body has become Cybertron. In his planet form, he travels across the universe consuming planets, stars, and any unlucky [[Lithone (species)|civilizations]] in his path. However, a few universes see him suffer a similar fate to his twin, serving as the [[Earth's core]], making it more difficult to change into his demonic-looking robot form. Just as Primus's body provides the [[Energon|lifeblood and fuel]] of the Transformers, Unicron's body carries its own [[Dark Essence|dark]] [[Dark Energon|substances]], [[Regenesis|ores]], and [[Angolmois Energy|energies]] that can provide a power boost to those who wield them. Even small pieces of the Chaos Bringer's [[Armor of Unicron|physical body]] can shift the balance of power in the Transformers' [[Cybertronian civil wars|wars]]. <br /> <br /> Unicron disdains all life, considering even his own progengy ([[Human|organic]] or [[Mini-Con|mechanical]]) parasites, and thus will not hesitate to destroy the surface world to continue his slaughter across reality. That said, Unicron will occassionally make deals with [[Herald of Unicron|lesser]] [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|beings]], promising them vast new powers in exchange for their servitude. These minions are [[Thunderwing (G1)|sometimes]] stripped entirely of free will, but [[Sideways (Armada)|many]] [[Scourge (ROTB)|others]] follow willingly - even [[The Fallen|one]] of the Primes! Service to Unicron, however, is a double-edged sword, for it causes insanity and loss of self. And in the end, Unicron's plans ultimately call for their consumption as well.<br /> <br /> At one point, [[Multiversal singularity|one single incarnation]] of Unicron threatened all of existence, but now, [[Shroud|that is no longer the case]], and countless versions of Unicron now exist, confined to their own dimensions. These Unicrons are still destructive, overwhelming beings of chaos and uncreation whose appearance signals the [[Darkest hour|darkest hour]]. It is typically only Primus's essence, contained in the [[Matrix of Leadership]], that can overcome the evil of Unicron, and bring about a new era for the Transformers... unless he becomes a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] that threatens the entire [[Multiverse]]. Oops.<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|Unicron is frightening. Unicron will destroy... will destroy ''space''.|[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]]|&quot;[[Uprising (Armada)|Uprising]]&quot;}}</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Daytonjhammon/Sandbox&diff=1909662 2026-04-15T17:39:40Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: /* New Unicron Opening */ I tried to incorporate more cross-generational references (Angolmois, Regenesis, Armor of Unicron) in the second paragraph.</p> <hr /> <div>{{TOC}}<br /> ==Conceptual history for Liege Maximo==<br /> [[File:LiegeMaximoAaronArcherSketch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|A concept sketch created by Aaron Archer in the 2000s.]]&lt;!-- Note: If the Aaron Archer Sketch is used for this section, then a quick edit to his AGE OF THE PRIMES toy introduction will need to be made, as it references the art being in the gallery. --&gt;<br /> <br /> Created by writer [[Simon Furman]] and artist [[Geoff Senior]] as the antithesis to &quot;[[Prima|the first named Prime]]&quot;, the Liege Maximo was introduced as the bigger bad behind [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in the final page of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comics. Revealing himself as the progenitor of the Decepticons, he was set to enact his plans, only for [[w:Direct market#1990s|real world economics]] to end the G2 era with a cliffhanger. <br /> <br /> Simon Furman completed his original plans for Liege Maximo in the unofficial Transformers novella ''[[Alignment]]'', which revealed Maximo's plan of using the Hub to ascend to the &quot;realm of the gods&quot; during the titular cosmic event. Liege Maximo would be wounded by his [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|progeny]], causing him to panic and start the alignment, inadverently leading to his own destruction thanks to the combined Autobot-Decepticon armada and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] in particular, ending his reign of terror. An illustration released for ''Alignment'' depicting Liege Maximo with three massive spaceships would later go to inspire his [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifact]], the Liegian Darts. <br /> <br /> A few years after the release of ''Alignment'', the release of ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'' gave Furman a chance to further establish Liege Maximo's importance in the history of the Transformers, describing him as one of the the mysterious &quot;Thirteen Original Transformers&quot; created by Primus to battle Unicron. Furman would make two further attempts to re-introduce Liege Maximo properly into the franchise with the [[IDW Publishing]] mini-series ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Revisiting]]'' - which would have ended once again with Liege Maximo being sequel bait, and ''[[Transformers: The Thirteen]]'', which would have depicted Furman's vision for the Thirteen, presumably with Liege Maximo as a member. However by the late 2000s, Hasbro began to assert more control over the lore surrounding the Thirteen, leading to both mini-series never being released, and in the latter story's case, never being written &lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=The Thirteen is probably not going to happen for a while, as it’s become more of a Hasbro thing than an IDW thing, and Hasbro need to crystallise the whole concept before it can be turned into a comic book. I think and hope it will still happen, as it’s a story I’d dearly love to tell, but I have no firm grasp or when or in what form it will eventually see print.|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20110612025753/https://hombreimaginario.deviantart.com/art/Interviews-10-Simon-Furman-130246343|name=Simon Furman|site=deviantART|year=2009|month=07|day=20}}&lt;/ref&gt;. <br /> <br /> As Hasbro brand architect [[Aaron Archer]] developed what would eventually become the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] era of the franchise, Liege Maximo was reimagined from a Lovecraftian, looming menance to a traitorous schemer and manipulator inspired by the traditional designs of [[Marvel Comics]] antagonist [[w:Loki (Marvel Comics)|Loki]]. The [[Production bible]] informally known as the &quot;[[Binder of Revelation]]&quot; would remove Liege Maximo's lineage to the Decepticons and presence in the &quot;present day&quot;. Instead, his purpose in the narrative of the Thirteen was to cause the death of [[Solus Prime]] and the transformation of Megatronus Prime into The Fallen, who by [[2010]] had become known as the &quot;First Decepticon&quot; and become the more well-known villainous Prime in the franchise. The Binder describes Liege Maximo being severely damaged by [[Prima]]'s [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Thirteen]], eventually becoming trapped in the Hub. [[2011]]'s ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'' would broadly touch on Liege's role in the [[War of the Primes|fall of the Primes]], and the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' would provide a more fleshed-out depicition of Maximo's deceptions and plans, with a [[Farm]] of beasts being introduced as part of the conflict that would conclude the [[Age of Primes]]. The ''Covenant of Primus'' would also retcon a plot point from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', suggesting that the arm stolen by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] from the [[Liege Maximo's tomb|tomb]] of a dead Prime was in fact Liege Maximo's, despite the different colored arms. <br /> <br /> IDW Publishing's [[2005 IDW continuity]] would bring Liege Maximo back to the comics in a substanial way, serving as an antagonist in the overarching narrative crafted by [[John Barber]]. The pages of ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'', written by [[Mairghread Scott]] would reintroduce Liege Maximo to the present day after being freed from his prison, the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] &quot;Carcer&quot; - who was secretly Liege's personal Titan [[Vigilem]]. As Liege Maximo appeared in the ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' comic, Barber would use Maximo's name as the origin for the [[Maximal|Maximals]]' name, while linking their [[Beast mode]] to Maximo's alliance with the comic's overarching antagonist Onyx Prime, who was secretly [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] in disguise. Shockwave's role in &quot;[[The Falling]]&quot; arc of ''Optimus Prime'', and the subsequent build-up to the grand finale of the universe, ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]'', once again overshadowed Maximo's role as a villainous Prime and antagonist, with Maximo perishing in &quot;[[The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable]]&quot;. <br /> <br /> As a member of the Thirteen, Liege Maximo was often mentioned in passing. [[Ask Vector Prime]] would describe a Liege Maximo associated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite, while receiving quick mentions or appearances in media like ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'', the [[2019 IDW continuity]], and ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''. ''One'' would depict Liege Maximo with a gold and white color scheme, in stark contrast to his primarily green color scheme in previous depictions. <br /> <br /> Late [[2025]] saw the Liege Maximo reappear in ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Earthspark]]'' introducing him as the final antagonist of the series in its 88-minute finale ''[[Legacy of Hope]]'', giving him the spotlight as a villainous Prime without the presence of The Fallen or pretenders like Shockwave for the first time since the G2 comics. Not long after, [[2026]] would introduce the first proper toy of Liege Maximo in the ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' toylines. A Leader class toy, this incarnation of Liege Maximo would circle back around to his original G2 design, with subtle elements from the Aaron Archer concept design of the 2000s.<br /> <br /> ==New Unicron Opening==<br /> [[File:Unicron-UltimateGuide.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He's been ignoring Galactus's C&amp;D letters.]]<br /> '''Unicron''' is the eternal arch-enemy of his twin brother [[Primus]], his brother's earliest [[Thirteen|creations]], and the [[Transformer|generations]] that followed. Known as the '''Chaos Bringer''' and [[Dark God|other titles]], Unicron has battled [[Light God|gods]], demigods, and insignificant civilizations across millions of years, all of whom seek to prevent him from achieving his ultimate goal: unleashing an age of chaos that will end all creation, leaving only a [[Void|swirling, infinite torrent of nothingness]] at the end of all things. Because of his omnicidal ambitions, Unicron's apocalyptic presence often unites the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] temporarily, with both sides working together to prevent the Planet Eater from destroying [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and/or [[Earth]]. <br /> <br /> In most realities, Unicron can shift between his [[Non-vehicle_non-beast_alternate_modes#Celestial_Bodies|planet form]] and robot form with much greater ease than Primus, whose body has become Cybertron. In his planet form, he travels across the universe consuming planets, stars, and any unlucky [[Lithone (species)|civilizations]] in his path. However, a few universes see him suffer a similar fate to his twin, serving as the [[Earth's core]], making it more difficult to change into his demonic-looking robot form. Just as Primus's body provides the [[Energon|lifeblood and fuel]] of the Transformers, Unicron's body carries its own [[Dark Energon|dark]] [[Dark Essence|substances]], [[Regenesis|ores]], and [[Angolmois Energy|energies]] that can provide a power boost to those who wield them. Even small pieces of the Chaos Bringer's [[Armor of Unicron|physical body]] can shift the balance of power in the Transformers' [[Cybertronian civil wars|wars]]. <br /> <br /> Unicron disdains all life, considering even his own progengy ([[Human|organic]] or [[Mini-Con|mechanical]]) parasites, and thus will not hesitate to destroy the surface world to continue his slaughter across reality. That said, Unicron will occassionally make deals with [[Herald of Unicron|lesser]] [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|beings]], promising them vast new powers in exchange for their servitude. These minions are [[Thunderwing (G1)|sometimes]] stripped entirely of free will, but [[Sideways (Armada)|many]] [[Scourge (ROTB)|others]] follow willingly - even [[The Fallen|one]] of the Primes! Service to Unicron, however, is a double-edged sword, for it causes insanity and loss of self. And in the end, Unicron's plans ultimately call for their consumption as well.<br /> <br /> At one point, [[Multiversal singularity|one single incarnation]] of Unicron threatened all of existence, but now, [[Shroud|that is no longer the case]], and countless versions of Unicron now exist, confined to their own dimensions. These Unicrons are still destructive, overwhelming beings of chaos and uncreation whose appearance signals the [[Darkest hour|darkest hour]]. It is typically only Primus's essence, contained in the [[Matrix of Leadership]], that can overcome the evil of Unicron, and bring about a new era for the Transformers... unless he becomes a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] that threatens the entire [[Multiverse]]. Oops.<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|Unicron is frightening. Unicron will destroy... will destroy ''space''.|[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]]|&quot;[[Uprising (Armada)|Uprising]]&quot;}}</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Solila&diff=1908836 2026-04-12T18:34:27Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: Oops made a mistake, fixed</p> <hr /> <div>: ''Solila is a [[Zertonian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> {{picsneeded}}<br /> [[File:Skybound-Void Rivals-1-Solila.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Shut up. Don't run away, [[Darak|coward]]. You'll pay for this insult. I'll be back.]]<br /> <br /> '''Solila''' is a [[Zertonian]] warrior and pilot. A fierce and capable combatant, she holds herself responsible for the preservation of her people against their enemies, the [[Agorrian]]s. However, she will break with tradition when she sees fit to, whether in allying herself with [[Darak|an Agorrian under dire circumstances]] or abandoning her role as a [[Keeper of the Light]].<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Energon Universe===<br /> Years ago, Solila and her younger brother [[Polada]] were sold by their [[Solila's mother|mother]] to become warriors of Zertonia. Distraught, Polada cried to his sister that he wanted to go home, but Solila slapped him, telling him he couldn't show weakness. Polada struck back at her in a fury, yelling that he wasn't weak. The siblings continued to fight, impressing their new superior officers. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 8|Void Rivals #8}} At some point, Solila was once a member of the Keepers of the Light, a group at odds with the Zertonian Premier [[Zalilak]]. Later, she disavowed them despite once describing herself as its &quot;First Chosen&quot;. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}<br /> <br /> In the present day, a comet containing four thousand tons of ice approached the [[Sacred Ring]]. [[Zertonia]] was experiencing a water shortage, and thus Solila was dispatched to intercept the comet in her spacecraft, a [[Star Wing]]. However, the Agorrians had also launched a [[Jump Jet]] to capture the comet, and both ships were caught in the comet's gravity and thrown off course to an unknown planet. Solila explored the planet and found that the Agorrian, Darak, had survived as well and attacked him with her spear.<br /> <br /> After Darak got the upper hand in a skirmish, she asked for clemency before he would deliver a fatal blow. They both tentatively formed an alliance, intending to use parts of each other's spacecraft to escape the unknown planet together. However, their first attempt failed, and Solila ran away in despair, not wanting to die next to a mortal enemy. She soon discovered the remains of yet another spacecraft, and she successfully powered it up. However, this was actually the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who informed them both that he had to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], leaving them behind. Solila once again despaired and Darak suggested they could employ the technology in their flight armor and helmets to modifying Darak's ship. They each ignored the taboo about removing their helmets in front of their enemies-only to discover that they were of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}<br /> <br /> Solila listened to Darak tell her about a vision he had, about the origins of the Zertonians, Agorrians, and the Sacred Ring itself, and was convinced that it was [[Zerta]] herself speaking to him. The vision of their shared origins made her reflect on how their war was perhaps a conspiracy, and she was committed to returning to the Sacred Ring with Darak's help. As they assembled their escape craft, Solila became angry with herself for failing to obtain resources for her people and colluding with the enemy, but Darak's pragmatic demeanor gave her some temporary relief. Their makeshift spacecraft escaped the unknown planet, but was soon captured by the [[Skuxxoid]] and his [[Rockeroid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}<br /> <br /> Solila took point in the brief battle against the Skuxxoid, holding her own by remote controlling her spear. Darak was surprised by her battle prowess, well beyond what he expected for a pilot. She helped the wounded Darak escape deep into the Rockeroid, where they teamed up against a [[Quintesson Scorpia|mechanical scorpion-like machine]] and ultimately destroyed it. As if that weren't enough, they came across a [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Quintesson]] who offered them a way off the Rockeroid if they worked together against the Skuxxoid. However, the Skuxxoid later found that Solila and Darak had no bounties and thus no longer had any interest in them. To the Quintesson's chagrin, they made a deal with the Skuxxoid, trading the rare metals in their makeshift ship for a [[Nebulan|Nebulos]] transport ship, and they escaped together.<br /> <br /> Solila and Darak made a deal to each go to their respective peoples and share their revelations, though Solila had her private doubts in the face of Darak's optimism that it would go over well. When they reached the Sacred Ring, Solila thanked Darak for choosing cooperation instead of aggression—and immediately delivered an electric shock to him, rendering him unconscious. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 3|Void Rivals #3}}<br /> <br /> After convincing Darak's [[Handroid]] to stop resisting, Solila landed on Zertonia. Darak regained consciousness, and was more disappointed than surprised by Solila's betrayal. She confessed that she considered him neither friend nor enemy-but at best, a rival. She warned Darak to not divulge any details of their revelation if he valued his life.<br /> <br /> Prostrating before Premier Zalilak, she begged forgiveness for failing to capture the comet, but Zalilak assured her that capturing an Agorrian was a worthy substitute, since he could be ransomed for resources. She expressed relief that Darak would be unharmed, and that was enough to pique Zalilak's curiosity. She confessed that she and Darak had seen each other's faces, and was immediately incarcerated with Darak himself. Enduring Darak's taunts, she revealed that Zalilak already had been aware of the secret of their species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 4|Void Rivals #4}}<br /> <br /> Solila was bleak about their shared fate: she was confident that they would both be killed to preserve the secret that they uncovered. She could only apologize and watch helplessly as Darak was drugged and dragged from their cell for interrogation. Solila barely had time to react to this when Mistress [[Vill]] and two other members of the Keepers of the Light arrived in secret. Vill expressed disappointment in Solila's naivete and her abandonment of the order. Solila only had harsh words in reply, calling her a witch and zealot. Vill expressed disdain that Solila espoused Zalilak's path but revealed that she came not to admonish, but to save her from death: she gives Solila [[Key to Vector Theta|a key]], containing both the circular Agorrian symbol and the triangular Zertonian symbol. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}<br /> <br /> As Solila pondered the key she'd been given, Kanela entered her cell wearing [[Blast Trooper]] armor, offering her freedom. Despite being skeptical of Kanela's support, Solila donned Kanela's extra set of armor and they escaped the cell in disguise. Upon reaching the [[Unifier]] underground, Solila was surprised to see that Darak had orchestrated her escape, even if she would not have reciprocated had their positions been swapped. Having rescued Solila, Kanela required Darak to uphold his end of the deal: reach their counterparts in the Agorran resistance and deliver data to them so that communications could be re-established between their camps. Solila reasoned that only death awaited her if she stayed, so she joined Darak and the Unifiers, despite Kanela's distrust of her.<br /> <br /> The group moved out onto the streets of Zertonia, heading towards a [[Blastwing]] that had been prepared for them, which increased Solila's skepticism. Solila told Darak that everything she had done—including her betrayal of him—had been done to alleviate the poverty and destitution around them. Upon reaching the Blastwing, the group was besieged. The junior Unifier [[Ultum]], whose mother was missing, had betrayed the group under the promise that she would be found. Solila teamed up with Darak again and quickly commandeered a [[Slip Rider]], escaping further into the north. After another sighting, they are forced to reach the [[Wasteland (EU)|Wasteland]] that separates Zertonia and Agorra. Darak asked if she trusted him, and she said yes. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 6|Void Rivals #6}}<br /> <br /> Handroid notes that their quickest path across the Wastelands would take three months, but they have only weeks' worth of supplies. Darak tells Handroid and Solila that they just need to make it halfway, and the duo begin their long trek. During their journey, they discuss Darak's vision, with Solila believing he was chosen by [[Zerta Trion|Zerta]]. While camping for the night, Solila secretly examines the key she was given by Mistress Vill... who, back in Zertonia, senses that Solila is on the path to her destiny. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 7|Void Rivals #7}}<br /> <br /> Solila tells Darak that there is someone Zalilak could send after them, and asks what awaits them in the center of the wastelands. Darak says his memory is hazy, but calls it an &quot;oasis&quot; of sorts. Later, an energy arrow lands in front of them and explodes. Solila panics as she sees [[Proximus]] approach. The pair try to fend off the hunter, but Solila tells Darak to simply run, as she doesn't believe either can survive facing Proximus. Darak refuses but is swiftly knocked out. Solila manages to impale Proximus with her spear, infuriating him and causing him to choke her in retaliation. A solar windstorm sends all three across the wastelands, sending the two rivals away from Proximus. Proximus throws her spear into the wind, striking Solila. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 8|Void Rivals #8}}<br /> <br /> Darak rushes to the aid of Solila, who has miraculously survived getting impaled with her spear. Solila retracts the spear into her own body to stop the bleeding, but she eventually collapses from blood loss. Upon reaching Darak's &quot;oasis&quot;, the [[Autobot]] [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] transforms from vehicle mode to robot mode, offering aid, although when he realizes they're organics, he's unsure how to assist. Proximus attacks once again, causing Springer to grab his sword. The two duel each other while Darak tends to Solila, causing Darak to discover the mysterious key she possesses. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 9|Void Rivals #9}} Solila springs to life and throttles Darak, telling him not to touch the key before collapsing again. Proximus ultimately flees the area after being defeated by Springer, allowing Springer to take the two into his underground lab. <br /> <br /> When Darak removes his helmet, Springer is shocked to see the [[mind eye]] crystal on his forehead, which he recognizes as an [[Energon]] port. Realizing Solila has the same, Springer pours some of his Energon supply into the crystal. Solila awakens to find herself glowing pink as her body absorbs the Energon, to the astonishment of Darak and Springer. Springer explains that Energon is the fuel and food of the [[Transformer|Cybertronians]] and that while the Agorrians and Zertonians are indeed organic, their physiology has elements of a synthetic nature that appears to be Cybertronian in origin. He also reveals that the Sacred Ring itself is an engine that generates its own Energon, though he doesn’t know why. After Springer explains how the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] and dwindling resources led him to search for Zerta Trion, Solila asks to learn more about Zerta, only for their conversation to be interrupted by the appearance of an entire squadron of Zertonian soldiers and weaponry. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 10|Void Rivals #10}}<br /> <br /> Springer endeavors to protect Darak and Solila, transforming into helicopter mode to try and escape. However, the gravity of the wastelands proves too strong to achieve lift. Realizing they have nowhere to run, Solila instead decides to engage their attackers, with Springer and Darak providing backup. As the battle turns in their favor, Darak decides to let one of the fleeing Zertonians learn about Energon from Springer. Solila is concerned that Darak would give up his people's advantage, but Darak argues that since learning the truth about themselves, he doesn't see the sides anymore, just the lives of people who need help. <br /> <br /> Back at Springer’s lab, Darak asks the Cybertronian for his help getting him and Solila to the Agorrian border, but Solila reluctantly informs Darak that this is where they must part ways. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 11|Void Rivals #11}} As she prepares to depart on her journey to find Zerta Trion, Darak objects to her going alone. However, Solila insists that if their people are to be reunited, Darak needs to continue to Agorria with Springer and find the Unifiers there. Still not wanting her to face the journey alone, Darak gives her his Handroid, much to the glove’s objections. Solila tells Darak that he reminds her of Polada, and warns him that she doesn’t want him ending up like he did. As they say goodbye, she presses her forehead to his, and their [[mind eye]]s touch. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 12|Void Rivals #12}}<br /> <br /> Solila and the Handroid make their way through the cramped interior of the Sacred Ring. Handroid raises concerns about whether Zerta Trion would have even fit through the path, but Solila tells it to just have faith. She later muses to Handroid that she hasn't felt hungry since Springer gave her Energon. As they reach what appears to be the end of the path, Solila simply grabs a pole and jumps into the depths of the planet. She uses the pole to slow her descent against the walls as she nears the bottom and makes her landing. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 13|Void Rivals #13}}<br /> <br /> Handroid informs Solila that he doesn't read anything ahead, but Solila feels the light of Zerta guiding her. When they come across three corridors, Solila uses the key Vill gave her to lead her to the right path. Solila and Darak find themselves briefly linked psychically, able to communicate from far distances. Solila asks Darak if he was able to make contact with Kanela's allies. Darak says no, but realizes no one asked him for it, meaning it was likely already found by the Agorrian Unifiers. Darak then informs Solila about Dulin and Zalilak knowing the true nature of their conflict, much to Solila’s shock, but both wake up before they can talk more. Solila tells Handroid about her mental meeting with Darak, and while she doesn't understand how, she accepts it as something Zerta wanted. When the pair reach a dead end on their path, Handroid suggests using the key again, but the floor opens up beneath them before she can, dropping them into a pitch-dark space. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 14|Void Rivals #14}}<br /> <br /> Solila and Handroid continue to fall, not sure when they will hit the bottom until Solila is saved by a green glow that surrounds her and gently touches her to the ground, an intervention she attributes to Zerta. She pulls out the [[Key to Vector Theta|key]], which continues to glow and lead her through the darkness. Following the trail of her key, Solila continues her journey until she spots a small green light in the distance. The key glows brighter as she approaches, finding it to be a small opening, perfectly sized for the key. She places it in the slot, and her view is consumed with the glowing green image of the supercomputer [[Vector Theta]]! The computer has just one question: who reactivated it? {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 15|Void Rivals #15}}<br /> {{ongoing}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Void Rivals''===<br /> [[File:SDCC 2025 Void Rivals box set.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|right|Looks like the Void Rivals are entering the third dimension.]]<br /> *'''[[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Void Rivals|Autobot Jetfire]], Zertonian Solila and [[Darak#Void Rivals|Agorrian Darak]]''' (Multi-pack, [[July 24]], [[2025]])<br /> **''Accessories'': Spear, stand<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro)}}&lt;ref&gt;[[July 25]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18IQaMuGVk Transformers Brand Panel Recap | SDCC 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> :Released as part of a [[San Diego Comic-Con#2025|San Diego Comic-Con 2025]] exclusive set riffing on her first appearance, this 3.75&quot; figure of Solila is rendered in classical ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''-style &quot;O-ring&quot; format with a similar [[Darak#Void Rivals|Darak]] along with [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Void Rivals|Jetfire]] in the form of a redeco of [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|his ''Siege'' figure]] and an umpteenth reprinting of [[Void Rivals issue 1|''Void Rivals'' #1]] with an exclusive new cover by brand mainstay [[Marcelo Matere]]. She includes a small display stand that attaches to the bottom of her feet.<br /> <br /> :This figure shares the legs and waist of ''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' [[Baroness#Collaborative|Baroness]].<br /> <br /> {{--}}<br /> ==Gallery==<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:Solila.jpg<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Pilots]]<br /> [[Category:Void Rivals characters]]<br /> [[Category:Zertonians]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Solila&diff=1908835 2026-04-12T18:32:52Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>: ''Solila is a [[Zertonian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> {{picsneeded}}<br /> [[File:Solila.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Shut up. Don't run away, [[Darak|coward]]. You'll pay for this insult. I'll be back.]]<br /> <br /> '''Solila''' is a [[Zertonian]] warrior and pilot. A fierce and capable combatant, she holds herself responsible for the preservation of her people against their enemies, the [[Agorrian]]s. However, she will break with tradition when she sees fit to, whether in allying herself with [[Darak|an Agorrian under dire circumstances]] or abandoning her role as a [[Keeper of the Light]].<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Energon Universe===<br /> Years ago, Solila and her younger brother [[Polada]] were sold by their [[Solila's mother|mother]] to become warriors of Zertonia. Distraught, Polada cried to his sister that he wanted to go home, but Solila slapped him, telling him he couldn't show weakness. Polada struck back at her in a fury, yelling that he wasn't weak. The siblings continued to fight, impressing their new superior officers. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 8|Void Rivals #8}} At some point, Solila was once a member of the Keepers of the Light, a group at odds with the Zertonian Premier [[Zalilak]]. Later, she disavowed them despite once describing herself as its &quot;First Chosen&quot;. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}<br /> <br /> In the present day, a comet containing four thousand tons of ice approached the [[Sacred Ring]]. [[Zertonia]] was experiencing a water shortage, and thus Solila was dispatched to intercept the comet in her spacecraft, a [[Star Wing]]. However, the Agorrians had also launched a [[Jump Jet]] to capture the comet, and both ships were caught in the comet's gravity and thrown off course to an unknown planet. Solila explored the planet and found that the Agorrian, Darak, had survived as well and attacked him with her spear.<br /> <br /> After Darak got the upper hand in a skirmish, she asked for clemency before he would deliver a fatal blow. They both tentatively formed an alliance, intending to use parts of each other's spacecraft to escape the unknown planet together. However, their first attempt failed, and Solila ran away in despair, not wanting to die next to a mortal enemy. She soon discovered the remains of yet another spacecraft, and she successfully powered it up. However, this was actually the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who informed them both that he had to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], leaving them behind. Solila once again despaired and Darak suggested they could employ the technology in their flight armor and helmets to modifying Darak's ship. They each ignored the taboo about removing their helmets in front of their enemies-only to discover that they were of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}<br /> <br /> Solila listened to Darak tell her about a vision he had, about the origins of the Zertonians, Agorrians, and the Sacred Ring itself, and was convinced that it was [[Zerta]] herself speaking to him. The vision of their shared origins made her reflect on how their war was perhaps a conspiracy, and she was committed to returning to the Sacred Ring with Darak's help. As they assembled their escape craft, Solila became angry with herself for failing to obtain resources for her people and colluding with the enemy, but Darak's pragmatic demeanor gave her some temporary relief. Their makeshift spacecraft escaped the unknown planet, but was soon captured by the [[Skuxxoid]] and his [[Rockeroid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}<br /> <br /> Solila took point in the brief battle against the Skuxxoid, holding her own by remote controlling her spear. Darak was surprised by her battle prowess, well beyond what he expected for a pilot. She helped the wounded Darak escape deep into the Rockeroid, where they teamed up against a [[Quintesson Scorpia|mechanical scorpion-like machine]] and ultimately destroyed it. As if that weren't enough, they came across a [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Quintesson]] who offered them a way off the Rockeroid if they worked together against the Skuxxoid. However, the Skuxxoid later found that Solila and Darak had no bounties and thus no longer had any interest in them. To the Quintesson's chagrin, they made a deal with the Skuxxoid, trading the rare metals in their makeshift ship for a [[Nebulan|Nebulos]] transport ship, and they escaped together.<br /> <br /> Solila and Darak made a deal to each go to their respective peoples and share their revelations, though Solila had her private doubts in the face of Darak's optimism that it would go over well. When they reached the Sacred Ring, Solila thanked Darak for choosing cooperation instead of aggression—and immediately delivered an electric shock to him, rendering him unconscious. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 3|Void Rivals #3}}<br /> <br /> After convincing Darak's [[Handroid]] to stop resisting, Solila landed on Zertonia. Darak regained consciousness, and was more disappointed than surprised by Solila's betrayal. She confessed that she considered him neither friend nor enemy-but at best, a rival. She warned Darak to not divulge any details of their revelation if he valued his life.<br /> <br /> Prostrating before Premier Zalilak, she begged forgiveness for failing to capture the comet, but Zalilak assured her that capturing an Agorrian was a worthy substitute, since he could be ransomed for resources. She expressed relief that Darak would be unharmed, and that was enough to pique Zalilak's curiosity. She confessed that she and Darak had seen each other's faces, and was immediately incarcerated with Darak himself. Enduring Darak's taunts, she revealed that Zalilak already had been aware of the secret of their species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 4|Void Rivals #4}}<br /> <br /> Solila was bleak about their shared fate: she was confident that they would both be killed to preserve the secret that they uncovered. She could only apologize and watch helplessly as Darak was drugged and dragged from their cell for interrogation. Solila barely had time to react to this when Mistress [[Vill]] and two other members of the Keepers of the Light arrived in secret. Vill expressed disappointment in Solila's naivete and her abandonment of the order. Solila only had harsh words in reply, calling her a witch and zealot. Vill expressed disdain that Solila espoused Zalilak's path but revealed that she came not to admonish, but to save her from death: she gives Solila [[Key to Vector Theta|a key]], containing both the circular Agorrian symbol and the triangular Zertonian symbol. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}<br /> <br /> As Solila pondered the key she'd been given, Kanela entered her cell wearing [[Blast Trooper]] armor, offering her freedom. Despite being skeptical of Kanela's support, Solila donned Kanela's extra set of armor and they escaped the cell in disguise. Upon reaching the [[Unifier]] underground, Solila was surprised to see that Darak had orchestrated her escape, even if she would not have reciprocated had their positions been swapped. Having rescued Solila, Kanela required Darak to uphold his end of the deal: reach their counterparts in the Agorran resistance and deliver data to them so that communications could be re-established between their camps. Solila reasoned that only death awaited her if she stayed, so she joined Darak and the Unifiers, despite Kanela's distrust of her.<br /> <br /> The group moved out onto the streets of Zertonia, heading towards a [[Blastwing]] that had been prepared for them, which increased Solila's skepticism. Solila told Darak that everything she had done—including her betrayal of him—had been done to alleviate the poverty and destitution around them. Upon reaching the Blastwing, the group was besieged. The junior Unifier [[Ultum]], whose mother was missing, had betrayed the group under the promise that she would be found. Solila teamed up with Darak again and quickly commandeered a [[Slip Rider]], escaping further into the north. After another sighting, they are forced to reach the [[Wasteland (EU)|Wasteland]] that separates Zertonia and Agorra. Darak asked if she trusted him, and she said yes. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 6|Void Rivals #6}}<br /> <br /> Handroid notes that their quickest path across the Wastelands would take three months, but they have only weeks' worth of supplies. Darak tells Handroid and Solila that they just need to make it halfway, and the duo begin their long trek. During their journey, they discuss Darak's vision, with Solila believing he was chosen by [[Zerta Trion|Zerta]]. While camping for the night, Solila secretly examines the key she was given by Mistress Vill... who, back in Zertonia, senses that Solila is on the path to her destiny. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 7|Void Rivals #7}}<br /> <br /> Solila tells Darak that there is someone Zalilak could send after them, and asks what awaits them in the center of the wastelands. Darak says his memory is hazy, but calls it an &quot;oasis&quot; of sorts. Later, an energy arrow lands in front of them and explodes. Solila panics as she sees [[Proximus]] approach. The pair try to fend off the hunter, but Solila tells Darak to simply run, as she doesn't believe either can survive facing Proximus. Darak refuses but is swiftly knocked out. Solila manages to impale Proximus with her spear, infuriating him and causing him to choke her in retaliation. A solar windstorm sends all three across the wastelands, sending the two rivals away from Proximus. Proximus throws her spear into the wind, striking Solila. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 8|Void Rivals #8}}<br /> <br /> Darak rushes to the aid of Solila, who has miraculously survived getting impaled with her spear. Solila retracts the spear into her own body to stop the bleeding, but she eventually collapses from blood loss. Upon reaching Darak's &quot;oasis&quot;, the [[Autobot]] [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] transforms from vehicle mode to robot mode, offering aid, although when he realizes they're organics, he's unsure how to assist. Proximus attacks once again, causing Springer to grab his sword. The two duel each other while Darak tends to Solila, causing Darak to discover the mysterious key she possesses. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 9|Void Rivals #9}} Solila springs to life and throttles Darak, telling him not to touch the key before collapsing again. Proximus ultimately flees the area after being defeated by Springer, allowing Springer to take the two into his underground lab. <br /> <br /> When Darak removes his helmet, Springer is shocked to see the [[mind eye]] crystal on his forehead, which he recognizes as an [[Energon]] port. Realizing Solila has the same, Springer pours some of his Energon supply into the crystal. Solila awakens to find herself glowing pink as her body absorbs the Energon, to the astonishment of Darak and Springer. Springer explains that Energon is the fuel and food of the [[Transformer|Cybertronians]] and that while the Agorrians and Zertonians are indeed organic, their physiology has elements of a synthetic nature that appears to be Cybertronian in origin. He also reveals that the Sacred Ring itself is an engine that generates its own Energon, though he doesn’t know why. After Springer explains how the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] and dwindling resources led him to search for Zerta Trion, Solila asks to learn more about Zerta, only for their conversation to be interrupted by the appearance of an entire squadron of Zertonian soldiers and weaponry. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 10|Void Rivals #10}}<br /> <br /> Springer endeavors to protect Darak and Solila, transforming into helicopter mode to try and escape. However, the gravity of the wastelands proves too strong to achieve lift. Realizing they have nowhere to run, Solila instead decides to engage their attackers, with Springer and Darak providing backup. As the battle turns in their favor, Darak decides to let one of the fleeing Zertonians learn about Energon from Springer. Solila is concerned that Darak would give up his people's advantage, but Darak argues that since learning the truth about themselves, he doesn't see the sides anymore, just the lives of people who need help. <br /> <br /> Back at Springer’s lab, Darak asks the Cybertronian for his help getting him and Solila to the Agorrian border, but Solila reluctantly informs Darak that this is where they must part ways. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 11|Void Rivals #11}} As she prepares to depart on her journey to find Zerta Trion, Darak objects to her going alone. However, Solila insists that if their people are to be reunited, Darak needs to continue to Agorria with Springer and find the Unifiers there. Still not wanting her to face the journey alone, Darak gives her his Handroid, much to the glove’s objections. Solila tells Darak that he reminds her of Polada, and warns him that she doesn’t want him ending up like he did. As they say goodbye, she presses her forehead to his, and their [[mind eye]]s touch. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 12|Void Rivals #12}}<br /> <br /> Solila and the Handroid make their way through the cramped interior of the Sacred Ring. Handroid raises concerns about whether Zerta Trion would have even fit through the path, but Solila tells it to just have faith. She later muses to Handroid that she hasn't felt hungry since Springer gave her Energon. As they reach what appears to be the end of the path, Solila simply grabs a pole and jumps into the depths of the planet. She uses the pole to slow her descent against the walls as she nears the bottom and makes her landing. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 13|Void Rivals #13}}<br /> <br /> Handroid informs Solila that he doesn't read anything ahead, but Solila feels the light of Zerta guiding her. When they come across three corridors, Solila uses the key Vill gave her to lead her to the right path. Solila and Darak find themselves briefly linked psychically, able to communicate from far distances. Solila asks Darak if he was able to make contact with Kanela's allies. Darak says no, but realizes no one asked him for it, meaning it was likely already found by the Agorrian Unifiers. Darak then informs Solila about Dulin and Zalilak knowing the true nature of their conflict, much to Solila’s shock, but both wake up before they can talk more. Solila tells Handroid about her mental meeting with Darak, and while she doesn't understand how, she accepts it as something Zerta wanted. When the pair reach a dead end on their path, Handroid suggests using the key again, but the floor opens up beneath them before she can, dropping them into a pitch-dark space. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 14|Void Rivals #14}}<br /> <br /> Solila and Handroid continue to fall, not sure when they will hit the bottom until Solila is saved by a green glow that surrounds her and gently touches her to the ground, an intervention she attributes to Zerta. She pulls out the [[Key to Vector Theta|key]], which continues to glow and lead her through the darkness. Following the trail of her key, Solila continues her journey until she spots a small green light in the distance. The key glows brighter as she approaches, finding it to be a small opening, perfectly sized for the key. She places it in the slot, and her view is consumed with the glowing green image of the supercomputer [[Vector Theta]]! The computer has just one question: who reactivated it? {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 15|Void Rivals #15}}<br /> {{ongoing}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Void Rivals''===<br /> [[File:SDCC 2025 Void Rivals box set.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|right|Looks like the Void Rivals are entering the third dimension.]]<br /> *'''[[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Void Rivals|Autobot Jetfire]], Zertonian Solila and [[Darak#Void Rivals|Agorrian Darak]]''' (Multi-pack, [[July 24]], [[2025]])<br /> **''Accessories'': Spear<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro)}}&lt;ref&gt;[[July 25]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18IQaMuGVk Transformers Brand Panel Recap | SDCC 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> :Released as part of a [[San Diego Comic-Con#2025|San Diego Comic-Con 2025]] exclusive set riffing on her first appearance, this 3.75&quot; figure of Solila is rendered in classical ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''-style &quot;O-ring&quot; format with a similar [[Darak#Void Rivals|Darak]] along with [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Void Rivals|Jetfire]] in the form of a redeco of [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|his ''Siege'' figure]] and an umpteenth reprinting of [[Void Rivals issue 1|''Void Rivals'' #1]] with an exclusive new cover by brand mainstay [[Marcelo Matere]].<br /> <br /> :This figure shares the legs and waist of ''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' [[Baroness#Collaborative|Baroness]].<br /> <br /> {{--}}<br /> ==Gallery==<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:Solila.jpg<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Pilots]]<br /> [[Category:Void Rivals characters]]<br /> [[Category:Zertonians]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Darak&diff=1908834 2026-04-12T18:31:17Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>: ''Darak is an [[Agorrian]] from the [[Energon Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> {{picsneeded}}<br /> [[File:Skybound-Void Rivals-1-Darak.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Solila|Bass]]! Why must I fight you! We are not enemies!]]<br /> <br /> '''Darak''' is the son of [[Agorrian]] Minister [[Dulin]], and one of the planet's top pilots. A pragmatic survivor with a knack for thinking outside of the box, he'll do whatever it takes to get out of a tight situation—even break his civilization's longest-standing traditions by daring to work with their hated enemies, the [[Zertonian]]s.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Energon Universe===<br /> Ten years before the present day, Darak was working as an [[Edgewalker]], helping construction projects on the edge of [[Agorria]] and the [[Wasteland (EU)|Wastelands]] of the [[Sacred Ring]]. After an incident careened him to the middle of the Wastelands, {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 7|Void Rivals #7}} Darak was delirious and barely conscious, finding an &quot;oasis&quot; before blacking out and waking back up in Agorria. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 9|Void Rivals #9}} <br /> <br /> In the present, Darak had become a pilot for the Agorrians. When a comet containing four thousand tons of ice passed by the [[Sacred Ring]], Director [[Elander]] ordered Darak to retrieve the comet and tow it into Agorrian space; not only would this bolster [[Agorria]]'s water supplies, but doing so would also keep the comet out of the hands of the Zertonians, who were currently experiencing a water shortage. However, when Darak's ship cleared the orbit of the Sacred Ring, the vessel's autonomous systems failed to revive its pilot. While unconscious, Darak had a mysterious vision explaining the distant origins of his people—how the two races had come together once before to build the Sacred Ring, and would have to come together again—before he awoke, moments before a Zertonian starship intercepted his craft. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}}<br /> <br /> In the ensuing dogfight, both ships missed the comet, wound up in a distant quadrant, and crash-landed on a barren planet. Darak's [[handroid]] was able to revive its wearer; moments after regaining consciousness, however, Darak discovered that the Zertonian pilot, [[Solila]], had also survived the crash. After a brief struggle, the Zertonian convinced him that, despite their long history of conflict, it would be better to work together to repair her mostly intact vessel. The pair set to work repairing the ship, but when Solila attached a cable the wrong way, the power surge overloaded the ship's energy core and caused a devastating explosion. All was not lost, however, as Solila returned moments later, with news that she'd found an abandoned but mostly intact starship in a nearby valley. The pair attempted to jumpstart the ship's power cells—when they did so, however, the ship revealed itself to be the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who promptly transformed and flew away.<br /> <br /> Despite this latest setback, seeing Jetfire transform gave Darak the idea of stripping their armor for parts and using them to repair the ship, ignoring their race's shared taboos against removing their helmets in the presence of an enemy. The pair did so and realized that Agorrians and Zertonians were members of the same species. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}}<br /> <br /> After returning to Darak's wrecked vessel, the pair spent weeks cobbling together whatever they could find into a ramshackle, semi-pressurized spacecraft—enough to get them off the planet and broadcast a long-distance distress signal. While floating through an asteroid field, their ship drifted into the path of [[Rockeroid|a massive starship]] built into the hull of a hollowed-out meteor; when the vessel pulled them in, the two ran afoul of its owner, a fearsome [[Skuxxoid]]. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 2|Void Rivals #2}} The pair engaged in combat with the Skuxxoid, and later came across a [[Quintesson Scorpia]] as they journeyed deep into the Rockeroid. Solila distracted the creature long enough for Darak to shut a door on it from overhead, destroying a claw and damaging it beyond repair. They immediately came across another Quintesson-this time a [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Prosecutor]], who proposed an alliance to dispose of the Skuxxoid and escape the Rockeroid. However, the Skuxxoid realized Darak and Solila had no bounties and were thus worthless to him, and offered them a [[Nebulan|Nebulos]] spacecraft in exchange for the metals on their ramshackle craft. <br /> <br /> Aboard the Nebulan ship and en route to the Sacred Ring, Solila expressed concern about what would happen when they returned home. Darak was more relaxed and optimistic, hoping to appeal to his father, and expecting that the Agorrians and Zertonians alike would detest being set against each other by the conspiracy they uncovered. He suggested that they part ways via escape pods to their respective worlds upon arrival, and she agreed. Solila thanked him for suggesting that they work together, and he let his guard down. Solila knocked him unconscious with her spear. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 3|Void Rivals #3}}<br /> <br /> Even while Darak was unconscious, Handroid attempted to prevent Solila from taking the craft to Zertonia, but she reached the upper hand and forced it to surrender. On Zertonia, Darak was disappointed in himself for believing that they were friends. Solila rebuked him, saying that they were at best rivals, which he found wryly amusing. Even after she apologized for her attack, he still managed to display optimism towards her. He glibly assessed their situation thus far, but again Solila was upon him, suggesting that if he wanted to survive, he would keep quiet about removing their helmets, and everything else they discussed about their worlds in private. He was marched out in front of Zertonian society, and his masked appearance was revolting to the populace as he was led away to a detention cell. Not long after his imprisonment, Solila ended up in the cell with him. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 4|Void Rivals #4}}<br /> <br /> Darak tried to understand what would happen next, and Solila told him that the situation had changed: [[Zalilak]] had become aware of their secret, and now they would not only both be killed, but Darak himself would be tortured for more information. Right on cue, Zertonian guards entered the cell, sedated him, and dragged him away for interrogation. He managed to be flippant in the face of torture for three days, never revealing more than his name and that he was a pilot. When his interrogator took a reprieve, a mysterious Zertonian child named [[Ultum]] approached him and freed him. Through a tortuous path, Ultum led Darak away from the interrogation chamber and they snuck around just out of sight until they arrived at a secret meeting place of [[Unifier]]s, a group of Zertonian underground resistance members. The Unifier [[Kanela]] wanted Darak's help in reuniting the Agorrians and Zertonians, but Darak refused to even listen to her proposal unless they also agreed to rescue Solila. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 5|Void Rivals #5}}<br /> <br /> Kanela agreed to these terms and shortly returned with a surprised Solila. Darak kept things light, but he was unaware of the large distrust between Solila and Kanela. Since Solila was rescued, Darak agreed to uphold his end of the deal: reach the Unifiers' counterpart in the Agorrian resistance and deliver data to them so that communications could be reestablished between their camps. Solila joined him again, with nothing but death remaining for her on Zertonia. Darak embarked on the journey unmasked, tying a cloth around the gem on his forehead as a disguise.<br /> <br /> The group moved out onto the streets of Zertonia, heading towards a [[Blastwing]] that had been prepared for them. Solila told Darak that everything she had done—including her betrayal of him—had been done to alleviate the poverty and destitution around them. Darak sadly reflected that conditions were not this dire in Agorria. Upon reaching the Blastwing, the group was besieged. The junior Unifier Ultum, whose mother was missing, had betrayed the group under the promise that she would be found. Solila and Darak quickly commandeered a [[Slip Rider]], escaping further into the north. After another sighting, they were forced to reach the wastelands that separated Zertonia and Agorria. Darak asked if she trusted him, and she said yes. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 6|Void Rivals #6}}<br /> <br /> Handroid notes that their quickest path across the Wastelands would take three months, but they have only weeks' worth of supplies. Darak tells Handroid and Solila that they just need to make it halfway, and the duo begin their long trek. During their journey, they discuss Darak's vision, with Solila believing he was chosen by [[Zerta Trion|Zerta]]. After camping for the night, {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 7|Void Rivals #7}} Solila tells Darak that there is someone Zalilak could send after them, and asks what awaits them in the center of the wastelands. Darak says his memory is hazy, but calls it an &quot;oasis&quot; of sorts. Later, an energy arrow lands in front of them and explodes. Solila panics as she sees [[Proximus]] approach. The pair try to fend off the hunter, but Solila tells Darak to simply run, as she doesn't believe either can survive facing Proximus. Darak refuses but is swiftly knocked out. A solar windstorm sends all three across the wastelands, sending the two rivals away from Proximus. Proximus throws a spear (which had been impaled in his chest by Solila during the earlier conflict) into the wind, striking Solila. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 8|Void Rivals #8}}<br /> <br /> Darak rushes to the aid of [[Solila]], who has miraculously survived getting impaled with her spear. The two continue their journey, but Solila collapses from blood loss, and Darak nearly collapses himself before realizing they've made it to the &quot;oasis&quot; — a small shelter with discarded bits of technology and a green and yellow vehicle - that transforms into the [[Autobot]] [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], offering aid, although when he realizes they're organics, he's unsure how to assist. Proximus attacks once again, causing Springer to grab his sword. The two duel each other while Darak tends to Solila, causing Darak to discover the [[Key to Vector Theta|green key]] Mistress [[Vill]] gave to her, {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 9|Void Rivals #9}} a key that Handroid reports is &quot;very, very old&quot;. Solila springs to life and throttles Darak, telling him not to touch the key before collapsing again. Using his transformation ability and his built-in arsenal, Springer keeps Proximus on the ropes, but ultimately defeats him by stabbing him into the ground with his sword; however, when Darak once again asks Springer to help Solila, Proximus escapes, leaving behind an arm and a leg.<br /> <br /> Springer takes the two to his underground lab, built from the remains of his ship and scavenged parts. When Darak removes his helmet, Springer is shocked to see the [[mind eye]] crystal on his forehead, which he recognizes as an [[Energon]] port. Realizing Solila has the same, Springer pours some of his Energon supply into the crystal. Solila awakens to find herself glowing pink as her body absorbs the Energon, to the astonishment of Darak and Springer. Springer explains that Energon is the fuel and food of the [[Transformer|Cybertronians]] and that while the Agorrians and Zertonians are indeed organic, their physiology has elements of a synthetic nature that appears to be Cybertronian in origin. He also reveals that the Sacred Ring itself is an engine that generates its own Energon, though he doesn’t know why. Darak recognizes the name &quot;Cybertronian&quot; from their encounter with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. Springer tells them how the war between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s and their ever-dwindling resources led him to seek out the legend of Zerta Trion, who rebelled against her fellow Cybertronians and set out to &quot;forge a new path.&quot; Solila asks Springer to tell her everything about Zerta Trion, but their conversation is interrupted by the sound of an explosion on the surface: an entire squadron of Zertonian soldiers and weaponry has just arrived. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 10|Void Rivals #10}}<br /> <br /> Springer endeavors to protect Darak and Solila, transforming into helicopter mode to try and escape. However, the gravity of the wastelands proves too strong to achieve lift. Realizing they have nowhere to run, Solila instead decides to engage their attackers, with Springer and Darak providing backup. Though Darak has trouble with shooting, seeing Springer kick one of the Zertonian tanks gives him the idea to recover his old [[Edgewalker]] unit, and while it is not as physically strong as Springer, it does give them the added muscle they need to turn the tide. As the Zertonians begin to retreat, Darak realizes that this might be their only chance to tell Zertonia what they’ve learned about Energon and how they can use it. He calls out to one of the soldiers and asks Springer to take him into his lab to share the process. Solila is concerned that Darak would give up his people's advantage, but Darak argues that since learning the truth about themselves, he doesn't see the sides anymore, just the lives of people who need help. <br /> <br /> Back at Springer’s lab, Darak asks the Cybertronian for his help getting him and Solila to the Agorrian border, as well as a data drive to share with his people. Springer readily agrees, but Solila reluctantly informs Darak that this is where they must part ways. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 11|Void Rivals #11}}<br /> <br /> In Springer's base in the wasteland, Solila prepares to depart on her journey to find Zerta Trion, though Darak objects to her going alone. However, Solila insists that if their people are to be reunited, Darak needs to continue to Agorria with Springer and find the Unifiers there. Still not wanting her to face the journey alone, Darak gives her his Handroid, much to the glove’s objections. Solila tells Darak that he reminds her of [[Polada|her brother]], and warns him that she doesn’t want him ending up like he did. As they say goodbye, she presses her forehead to his, and their [[mind eye]]s touch. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 12|Void Rivals #12}}<br /> <br /> In the wastelands, Springer and Darak make their way to Agorria, but the terrain forces Springer to convert to his helicopter mode. Springer continues to probe Darak for details on his encounter with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], but Darak informs him that while he could direct Springer to the planetoid, he unfortunately didn't catch Jetfire's trajectory. As their conversation finishes, they reach the outskirts of Agorria, and Darak disembarks into the city. <br /> <br /> In Agorria, Darak is approached by Director Elander, who informs him that his father, Minister Dulin, wants to see him. At the capital, Dulin demands Darak turn in Solila and voices his disappointment in his son's chosen path in life. Dulin wanted a successor, not another pilot. When Darak passionately tells his father that they need to stop the stupid war with the Zertonians and unify as one race, Dulin warns him that the current status quo is actually to the benefit of their planet - and that unity would lead to their end. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 13|Void Rivals #13}} Minister Dulin tells Darak that unity with Zertonia will lead to the awakening of [[Goliant]], much to Darak’s confusion. His father apologizes for not telling Darak about the burden that is their legacy, as he worried he wasn't ready to learn the truth. However, his story is interrupted by the news of an alien vessel approaching Aggoria. Dulin tells Darak they will finish their conversation another time, but Darak insists on going with him, a request to which Dulin acquiesces. <br /> <br /> Dulin speculates that the object moving towards them could be some new Zertonian weapon, but Darak insists that such an attack is impossible given their current lack of resources. Dulin allows Darak to go out and investigate, with Elander giving Darak a new blue Handroid to replace his lost one. As he prepares to take off in his Jump Jet, he orders his Handroid to revive him as soon as they cross the event horizon of the Sacred Ring’s black hole. As they do so, the Handroid confirms it is administering a reviver. But Darak remains unconscious...<br /> <br /> Darak finds himself in a void and believes himself to be once again experiencing a vision until he sees the astral figure of Solila floating above him. Though neither knows how or why they've become linked, they use the opportunity to catch up, with Solila asking if Darak was able to make contact with Kanela's allies. Darak says no, but realizes no one asked him for it, meaning it was likely already found by the Agorrian [[Unifier]]s. Darak then informs Solila about Dulin and Zalilak knowing the true nature of their conflict, much to Solila’s shock, but both wake up before they can talk more. And just in time for Darak, as he is almost hit by [[Autobot frigate|a Cybertronian shuttle]]. Believing Darak was trying to hit him, the shuttle fires a series of warning shots at the Jump Jet, but Darak quickly sends out a message to make his peaceful intentions known. The shuttle's pilot responds in kind, apologizing and introducing himself as being &quot;[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] from Cybertron&quot; the mention of which immediately gets Darak’s attention. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 14|Void Rivals #14}}<br /> <br /> Darak escorts Hot Rod's shuttle to the surface of Agorria, where they are greeted by Minister Dulin, Elander, and an armed escort for “security purposes.” Darak is immediately wary of their presence, fearing that his new ally’s size will startle the troops. Sure enough, as Hot Rod steps out, the guards train their guns on him and Darak must talk them down. Hot Rod introduces himself and explains that he is looking for another of his kind; Dulin claims that if there were another creature like him on Agorria, he would know about it... only for Springer to arrive in his helicopter mode. Dulin gives Darak a stern look for not telling him about the other robot. <br /> <br /> Dulin is hesitant to trust the Cybertronians, but Darak assures him that whatever his misgivings, they would make for valuable allies against [[Zertonia]]. He later asks Elander what happened to his things when he arrived. When Elander hesitates, Darak realizes that Elander is Kanela's counterpart in Agorria and asks if they've made contact with the Unifiers. Elander urges him to be quiet, as Dulin has eyes and ears everywhere.{{storylink|Void Rivals issue 15|Void Rivals #15}} After Elander confirms his suspicions, Darak asks Elander if the Unifiers are worried about Goliant, only for Elander to have no idea what Goliant is. Before their conversation can continue, Dulin and various soldiers take Darak and Elander into custody for treason {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 16|Void Rivals #16}}. In a private discussion, Dulin once again stresses to his son the importance of preventing unity. Seeking to avoid execution, Darak asks for more information about Goliant, so that he can understand the danger Dulin warns of - a request that Dulin reluctantly agrees to. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 17|Void Rivals #17}} After being told the history of the Agorrians, Darak hesitantly accepts that the manipulation of the Agorrians and Zertonians might be a necessary evil. Later, Darak questions Elander in his cell, dismissing Goliant as superstition. <br /> <br /> While Darak and Dulin oversee the construction of an Energon well in Agorria, Dulin shares his reservations about the Energon. Concerned about a lack of communication from his Zertonian counterpart, Dulin tells Darak to go on a recon mission to Zertonia. However, a transformed Solila suddenly appears in the center of Dulin's chamber. Surprised and relieved to see her, Darak introduces Solila to his father, who angrily orders Darak to execute her. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 18|Void Rivals #18}}<br /> <br /> {{ongoing}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Void Rivals''===<br /> [[File:SDCC 2025 Void Rivals box set.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|right|Looks like the Void Rivals are entering the third dimension.]]<br /> *'''[[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Void Rivals|Autobot Jetfire]], [[Solila#Void Rivals|Zertonian Solila]] and Agorrian Darak''' (Multi-pack, [[July 24]], [[2025]])<br /> **''Accessories'': Blaster, stand<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro)}}&lt;ref&gt;[[July 25]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18IQaMuGVk Transformers Brand Panel Recap | SDCC 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> :Released as part of a [[San Diego Comic-Con#2025|San Diego Comic-Con 2025]] exclusive set riffing on his first appearance, this 3.75&quot; figure of Darak is rendered in classical ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''-style &quot;O-ring&quot; format with a similar [[Solila#Void Rivals|Solila]] along with [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Void Rivals|Jetfire]] in the form of a redeco of [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|his ''Siege'' figure]] and an umpteenth reprinting of [[Void Rivals issue 1|''Void Rivals'' #1]] with an exclusive new cover by brand mainstay [[Marcelo Matere]]. He ''technically'' includes his [[handroid#Void Rivals|handroid]], though it is unsurprisingly non-removable. He includes a small display stand that attaches to the bottom of his feet.<br /> <br /> :This figure shares the legs and waist of ''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' [[Zartan#Collaborative|Zartan]].<br /> <br /> {{--}}<br /> ==Gallery==<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:Darak.jpg<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Agorrians]]<br /> [[Category:Pilots]]<br /> [[Category:Void Rivals characters]]</div>

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<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{TOC}}<br /> ==Conceptual history for Liege Maximo==<br /> [[File:LiegeMaximoAaronArcherSketch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|A concept sketch created by Aaron Archer in the 2000s.]]&lt;!-- Note: If the Aaron Archer Sketch is used for this section, then a quick edit to his AGE OF THE PRIMES toy introduction will need to be made, as it references the art being in the gallery. --&gt;<br /> <br /> Created by writer [[Simon Furman]] and artist [[Geoff Senior]] as the antithesis to &quot;[[Prima|the first named Prime]]&quot;, the Liege Maximo was introduced as the bigger bad behind [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in the final page of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comics. Revealing himself as the progenitor of the Decepticons, he was set to enact his plans, only for [[w:Direct market#1990s|real world economics]] to end the G2 era with a cliffhanger. <br /> <br /> Simon Furman completed his original plans for Liege Maximo in the unofficial Transformers novella ''[[Alignment]]'', which revealed Maximo's plan of using the Hub to ascend to the &quot;realm of the gods&quot; during the titular cosmic event. Liege Maximo would be wounded by his [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|progeny]], causing him to panic and start the alignment, inadverently leading to his own destruction thanks to the combined Autobot-Decepticon armada and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] in particular, ending his reign of terror. An illustration released for ''Alignment'' depicting Liege Maximo with three massive spaceships would later go to inspire his [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifact]], the Liegian Darts. <br /> <br /> A few years after the release of ''Alignment'', the release of ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'' gave Furman a chance to further establish Liege Maximo's importance in the history of the Transformers, describing him as one of the the mysterious &quot;Thirteen Original Transformers&quot; created by Primus to battle Unicron. Furman would make two further attempts to re-introduce Liege Maximo properly into the franchise with the [[IDW Publishing]] mini-series ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Revisiting]]'' - which would have ended once again with Liege Maximo being sequel bait, and ''[[Transformers: The Thirteen]]'', which would have depicted Furman's vision for the Thirteen, presumably with Liege Maximo as a member. However by the late 2000s, Hasbro began to assert more control over the lore surrounding the Thirteen, leading to both mini-series never being released, and in the latter story's case, never being written &lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=The Thirteen is probably not going to happen for a while, as it’s become more of a Hasbro thing than an IDW thing, and Hasbro need to crystallise the whole concept before it can be turned into a comic book. I think and hope it will still happen, as it’s a story I’d dearly love to tell, but I have no firm grasp or when or in what form it will eventually see print.|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20110612025753/https://hombreimaginario.deviantart.com/art/Interviews-10-Simon-Furman-130246343|name=Simon Furman|site=deviantART|year=2009|month=07|day=20}}&lt;/ref&gt;. <br /> <br /> As Hasbro brand architect [[Aaron Archer]] developed what would eventually become the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] era of the franchise, Liege Maximo was reimagined from a Lovecraftian, looming menance to a traitorous schemer and manipulator inspired by the traditional designs of [[Marvel Comics]] antagonist [[w:Loki (Marvel Comics)|Loki]]. The [[Production bible]] informally known as the &quot;[[Binder of Revelation]]&quot; would remove Liege Maximo's lineage to the Decepticons and presence in the &quot;present day&quot;. Instead, his purpose in the narrative of the Thirteen was to cause the death of [[Solus Prime]] and the transformation of Megatronus Prime into The Fallen, who by [[2010]] had become known as the &quot;First Decepticon&quot; and become the more well-known villainous Prime in the franchise. The Binder describes Liege Maximo being severely damaged by [[Prima]]'s [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Thirteen]], eventually becoming trapped in the Hub. [[2011]]'s ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'' would broadly touch on Liege's role in the [[War of the Primes|fall of the Primes]], and the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' would provide a more fleshed-out depicition of Maximo's deceptions and plans, with a [[Farm]] of beasts being introduced as part of the conflict that would conclude the [[Age of Primes]]. The ''Covenant of Primus'' would also retcon a plot point from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', suggesting that the arm stolen by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] from the [[Liege Maximo's tomb|tomb]] of a dead Prime was in fact Liege Maximo's, despite the different colored arms. <br /> <br /> IDW Publishing's [[2005 IDW continuity]] would bring Liege Maximo back to the comics in a substanial way, serving as an antagonist in the overarching narrative crafted by [[John Barber]]. The pages of ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'', written by [[Mairghread Scott]] would reintroduce Liege Maximo to the present day after being freed from his prison, the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] &quot;Carcer&quot; - who was secretly Liege's personal Titan [[Vigilem]]. As Liege Maximo appeared in the ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' comic, Barber would use Maximo's name as the origin for the [[Maximal|Maximals]]' name, while linking their [[Beast mode]] to Maximo's alliance with the comic's overarching antagonist Onyx Prime, who was secretly [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] in disguise. Shockwave's role in &quot;[[The Falling]]&quot; arc of ''Optimus Prime'', and the subsequent build-up to the grand finale of the universe, ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]'', once again overshadowed Maximo's role as a villainous Prime and antagonist, with Maximo perishing in &quot;[[The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable]]&quot;. <br /> <br /> As a member of the Thirteen, Liege Maximo was often mentioned in passing. [[Ask Vector Prime]] would describe a Liege Maximo associated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite, while receiving quick mentions or appearances in media like ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'', the [[2019 IDW continuity]], and ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''. ''One'' would depict Liege Maximo with a gold and white color scheme, in stark contrast to his primarily green color scheme in previous depictions. <br /> <br /> Late [[2025]] saw the Liege Maximo reappear in ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Earthspark]]'' introducing him as the final antagonist of the series in its 88-minute finale ''[[Legacy of Hope]]'', giving him the spotlight as a villainous Prime without the presence of The Fallen or pretenders like Shockwave for the first time since the G2 comics. Not long after, [[2026]] would introduce the first proper toy of Liege Maximo in the ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' toylines. A Leader class toy, this incarnation of Liege Maximo would circle back around to his original G2 design, with subtle elements from the Aaron Archer concept design of the 2000s.<br /> <br /> ==New Unicron Opening==<br /> [[File:Unicron-UltimateGuide.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He's been ignoring Galactus's C&amp;D letters.]]<br /> '''Unicron''' is the eternal arch-enemy of his twin brother [[Primus]], his earliest [[Thirteen|creations]] and their [[Transformer|descendants]]. Known as the '''Chaos Bringer''' and [[Dark God|other titles]], Unicron has battled [[Light God|gods]], demigods, and insignificant civilizations across millions of years, all of whom seek to prevent him from achieving his ultimate goal: unleashing an age of chaos that will end all creation, leaving only a [[Void|swirling, infinite torrent of nothingness]] at the end of all things that he may finally slumber in eternally. Because of his omnicidal ambitions, Unicron's apocalyptic presence sometimes acts as a unifying force for [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], teaming up to prevent the Planet Eater from destroying [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and/or [[Earth]]. <br /> <br /> In most realities, Unicron can shift between his [[Non-vehicle_non-beast_alternate_modes#Celestial_Bodies|planet form]] and robot form with much greater ease than Primus, whose body has become Cybertron. In his planet form, he travels across the universe consuming planets, stars, and any unlucky [[Lithone (species)|civilizations]] in his path. However, a few universes see him suffer a similar fate to his twin, serving as the [[Earth's core]], making it more difficult to change into his demonic-looking robot form. Just as Primus's body has a [[Spark]] and [[Energon]], Unicron's body has an &quot;Anti-Spark&quot; and carries the malevolent substance [[Dark Energon]], which can revive the [[Terrorcon (Prime)|dead]] and corrupt the living with Unicron's essence. <br /> <br /> Unicron disdains all life, considering even his own progengy ([[Human|organic]] or [[Mini-Con|mechanical]]) parasites, and thus will not hesitate to destroy the surface world to continue his slaughter across reality. That said, Unicron will occassionally make deals with [[Herald of Unicron|lesser]] [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|beings]], promising them vast new powers in exchange for their servitude. These minions are [[Thunderwing (G1)|sometimes]] stripped entirely of free will, but [[Sideways (Armada)|many]] [[Scourge (ROTB)|others]] follow willingly - even [[The Fallen|one]] of the Primes! Service to Unicron, however, is a double-edged sword, for it causes insanity and loss of self. And in the end, Unicron's plans ultimately call for their consumption as well.<br /> <br /> For much of multiversal history, the [[Multiversal singularity|singularity]] Unicron threatened all of existence, but now, [[Shroud|that is no longer the case]], and versions of Unicron are now restricted to their own dimensions. These Unicrons are still destructive, overwhelming beings of chaos and uncreation whose appearance signals the [[Darkest hour|darkest hour]]. It is typically only Primus's essence, contained in the [[Matrix of Leadership]], that can overcome the evil of Unicron, and bring about a new era for the Transformers... unless he becomes a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] that threatens the entire [[Multiverse]]. Oops.<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|Unicron is frightening. Unicron will destroy... will destroy ''space''.|[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]]|&quot;[[Uprising (Armada)|Uprising]]&quot;}}</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Liege_Maximo&diff=1908799 2026-04-12T17:10:37Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: /* Conceptual History Draft */</p> <hr /> <div>Umm.... I dunno but if I recall Unicron is eviller than the leige max, making this guy a little short of ultimate evil.<br /> : Everyone who reads comics knows that there's, at the very least, a few dozen ultimate evils all existing simultaneously. That's why the phrasing doesn't bother me much, since I'm used to such nonsensical hyperbole, but I'll see how I can reword it.--[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:24, 20 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I think an ish in parenthesies on the end of ultimate with a link to unicron might be good, but that's just me.<br /> : Thing is, there's an ultimate evil beyond Unicron. Furman's only ever gotten a chance to hint at it, but it exists. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:49, 20 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> ::Is unicron really all that evil? He just embodies the need for destruction, he was created to do just that. I do not think he is inherently evil, I think that others give him a label that doesn't completely adhere to his job. As for the methods that he uses to execute his job, that's another story. --[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 13:12, 18 September 2010 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Alignment==<br /> Does ''Alignment'' count as official fiction, or is it just over-glorified fanfiction? [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 22:02, 20 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> : It's fanfiction. The Ultimate Guide, written by Furman, reinforces this. It should get a trivia mention at the very least, though. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:10, 20 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ::On the other hand Ichikawa's &quot;The History of Galvatron II&quot; mentions Alignment, and convieniently forgets to mention that it's a Fanfic, Galvatron II's fleet of battleships might be a reference to his Fleet of War-Worlds in Alignment.<br /> :::We're pretty sure it is a reference. That doesn't really change the story's canonical status. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:19, 10 June 2007 (UTC)<br /> <br /> :::It mentions alignment- but IIRC it also places it in Japanese g2- meaning cartoon continuity, not comic-continuity. An analogous set of events. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:20, 10 June 2007 (UTC)<br /> ::::Galvatron II's bio is entirely just a description of the character from the Marvel Comics and his specific circumstances, even coming with a green Creation Matrix. Laser Magnus' bio is what connects GII to the fleet of warworlds, which are what Magnus comes out of the Matrix to destroy. But this Magnus apparently had the Matrix before and was dead, both which contradict the Marvel stuff. So, yeah, it's a murky area. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:29, 10 June 2007 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == Adding from Exiles, could use advice... ==<br /> Just checking. The whole begining of this article is very G1 focused. I would like to add more info on the Aligned version of the Leige here, but as the begining is supposed to be continuity neutral that would necessitate moving the G2 specific stuff down to that fiction section... and I'm not sure what to replace it with. Other than &quot;That Liege Maximo is one bad ancient robot.&quot; Everything else I can think to say about him is only specific to G2 OR Aligned but not necissarily both. Thoughts? --[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 11:05, 12 October 2011 (EDT)<br /> :&quot;...wait until I've finished Exiles and I'll happily help?&quot; -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:13, 12 October 2011 (EDT)<br /> ::The first paragraph of the intro is vaguely continuity-neutral enough. It's only the mention of the Hub and the Liege being the ruler of the Cybertronian Emprie that needs to be moved. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 12:00, 12 October 2011 (EDT)<br /> :::AND the part about Megs and the Cons desending from him. AND The part about being created as the ultimate evil counterforce. That Doesn't leave much there.--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 12:44, 12 October 2011 (EDT)::<br /> ::::Given the apparent separation of the new Aligned continuity from the previous multiverse, I'm afraid it's starting to look like there may be need to split the Thirteeners articles in two, and create Liege Maximo (Aligned) or something. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 15:55, 12 October 2011 (EDT)<br /> :::::I've felt the same trying to add in conflicting Exiles info to very Multiverse focused pages. I just didn't want to be the one to suggest it.--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 16:04, 12 October 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Should someone cut and put the image of who is likely Maximo from the One Shall Rise Thirteen pic? If we're putting up the bearded Thirteen as Prime A3, then wouldn't the big, horned bot on the right with what looks like a beehive for the back of his head be Maximo? Just sayin'- [[User:TFfan1|TFfan1]] 6:29 26 october 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == IDW Liege Maximo ==<br /> <br /> The following two passages:<br /> :The death of Nexus Prime ultimately inspired most of the Thirteen, including Liege Maximo, to leave [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He resided on another planet, the location of which was later discovered by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]].<br /> -and-<br /> :As with the other Primes, Shockwave sent one of his [[Regenesis]] ores to Maximo's hiding place. {{storylink|The Crucible}}<br /> Seem to have been invalidated by the revelations in {{storylink|Rubicon}}. Most relevant here is that Vigilem and Liege Maximo never founded a colony. I get that this is hard to square with 13 ores seeded by Shockwave, but I'm hesitant to assume ''every'' Prime had a world, given we seem to be getting evidence that's not true.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|&lt;sup&gt;Talk&lt;/sup&gt;]] 21:07, 29 March 2017 (EDT)<br /> : I'm pretty sure that Shockwave sent the ores to where he ''thought'' they had gone, so there's still some wiggle room. [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 23:09, 29 March 2017 (EDT)<br /> :: Poor storytelling coordination aside, I think Grum's right. The easy fix is saying that Shockwave ''thought'' he was right. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 23:29, 29 March 2017 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Scaling back the snark in his intro==<br /> I think the snark in his intro is at &quot;11&quot;, which is a lot for a character that is meant to be taken fairly seriously. I'd certainly keep the uncertainty and &quot;is this true?&quot; vibe, being he's the Prime of Lies. Being that his fictional footprint might be increased soon and new people might want to look him up, maybe we tone the snark down? [[User:Nu-Priest|Nu-Priest]] ([[User talk:Nu-Priest|talk]]) 05:44, 21 November 2025 (EST)<br /> : It was previously unsnarked this summer and then immediately ununsnarked. I don't have a firm opinion on it, but if you don't want to reinvent the wheel, you could grab the previous unsnarky version: [https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Liege_Maximo&amp;oldid=1845039] --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 08:39, 21 November 2025 (EST)<br /> ::Look, the current version's both funny and perfectly accurate. If he does anything in EarthSpark we can de-snark it then. --[[User:Broadside|Broadside]] ([[User talk:Broadside|talk]]) 13:12, 21 November 2025 (EST)<br /> :::I think there's a happy medium and we haven't hit it. The later parts of the current version skew a bit too far into meta-commentary to me that shades perception of the character. I think it's pretty funny, but if the joke is &quot;Liege Maximo's time to shine hasn't arrived yet&quot;, I don't know if that's entirely true and it's very probable it will be made completely untrue soon with his impeding &quot;final boss of a cartoon&quot; status. [[User:Nu-Priest|Nu-Priest]] ([[User talk:Nu-Priest|talk]]) 13:39, 21 November 2025 (EST)<br /> ::::Happiness with the current version notwithstanding we have a confirmed release date of December 5 for the EarthSpark finale (that as noted will almost certainly require an overhaul) such that I question the necessity of an intermediate draft with a shelf life of like a week and a half or something. Relatedly, I am now noticing [[Quintus Prime|Quintus's intro]] is long overdue for an EarthSpark update if someone who's been keeping up has a moment. --[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 15:04, 21 November 2025 (EST)<br /> :::::He’s done something! 🥳 As Walky suggested above, I vote reverting to the June 18 version, it seems up to standards even considering his EarthSpark appearance. [[User:Cylasbreakdown|Cylasbreakdown]] ([[User talk:Cylasbreakdown|talk]]) 17:02, 6 December 2025 (EST)<br /> <br /> == Conceptual History Draft ==<br /> <br /> I know there's been some mentions about this on the Discord, but I thought I'd bring it to the Wiki too just so that it gets enough eyes on it. It was brought up that Liege Maximo could use a conceptual history section at this point, and so I did a rough draft of one that hopefully can get refined/rewritten/edited as needed and then eventually put on the page. <br /> <br /> '''[[User:Daytonjhammon/Sandbox#Conceptual_history_for_Liege_Maximo|Liege Maximo Conceptual History Draft]]'''<br /> <br /> If anyone wants to take a look at it, leave feedback/make suggestions, go ahead. Thanks!--[[User:Daytonjhammon|Dayton Hammon]] ([[User talk:Daytonjhammon|talk]]) 13:10, 12 April 2026 (EDT)</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Liege_Maximo&diff=1908798 2026-04-12T17:10:19Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: /* Conceptual History Draft */ new section</p> <hr /> <div>Umm.... I dunno but if I recall Unicron is eviller than the leige max, making this guy a little short of ultimate evil.<br /> : Everyone who reads comics knows that there's, at the very least, a few dozen ultimate evils all existing simultaneously. That's why the phrasing doesn't bother me much, since I'm used to such nonsensical hyperbole, but I'll see how I can reword it.--[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:24, 20 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I think an ish in parenthesies on the end of ultimate with a link to unicron might be good, but that's just me.<br /> : Thing is, there's an ultimate evil beyond Unicron. Furman's only ever gotten a chance to hint at it, but it exists. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:49, 20 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> ::Is unicron really all that evil? He just embodies the need for destruction, he was created to do just that. I do not think he is inherently evil, I think that others give him a label that doesn't completely adhere to his job. As for the methods that he uses to execute his job, that's another story. --[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 13:12, 18 September 2010 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Alignment==<br /> Does ''Alignment'' count as official fiction, or is it just over-glorified fanfiction? [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 22:02, 20 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> : It's fanfiction. The Ultimate Guide, written by Furman, reinforces this. It should get a trivia mention at the very least, though. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:10, 20 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ::On the other hand Ichikawa's &quot;The History of Galvatron II&quot; mentions Alignment, and convieniently forgets to mention that it's a Fanfic, Galvatron II's fleet of battleships might be a reference to his Fleet of War-Worlds in Alignment.<br /> :::We're pretty sure it is a reference. That doesn't really change the story's canonical status. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:19, 10 June 2007 (UTC)<br /> <br /> :::It mentions alignment- but IIRC it also places it in Japanese g2- meaning cartoon continuity, not comic-continuity. An analogous set of events. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:20, 10 June 2007 (UTC)<br /> ::::Galvatron II's bio is entirely just a description of the character from the Marvel Comics and his specific circumstances, even coming with a green Creation Matrix. Laser Magnus' bio is what connects GII to the fleet of warworlds, which are what Magnus comes out of the Matrix to destroy. But this Magnus apparently had the Matrix before and was dead, both which contradict the Marvel stuff. So, yeah, it's a murky area. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:29, 10 June 2007 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == Adding from Exiles, could use advice... ==<br /> Just checking. The whole begining of this article is very G1 focused. I would like to add more info on the Aligned version of the Leige here, but as the begining is supposed to be continuity neutral that would necessitate moving the G2 specific stuff down to that fiction section... and I'm not sure what to replace it with. Other than &quot;That Liege Maximo is one bad ancient robot.&quot; Everything else I can think to say about him is only specific to G2 OR Aligned but not necissarily both. Thoughts? --[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 11:05, 12 October 2011 (EDT)<br /> :&quot;...wait until I've finished Exiles and I'll happily help?&quot; -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:13, 12 October 2011 (EDT)<br /> ::The first paragraph of the intro is vaguely continuity-neutral enough. It's only the mention of the Hub and the Liege being the ruler of the Cybertronian Emprie that needs to be moved. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 12:00, 12 October 2011 (EDT)<br /> :::AND the part about Megs and the Cons desending from him. AND The part about being created as the ultimate evil counterforce. That Doesn't leave much there.--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 12:44, 12 October 2011 (EDT)::<br /> ::::Given the apparent separation of the new Aligned continuity from the previous multiverse, I'm afraid it's starting to look like there may be need to split the Thirteeners articles in two, and create Liege Maximo (Aligned) or something. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 15:55, 12 October 2011 (EDT)<br /> :::::I've felt the same trying to add in conflicting Exiles info to very Multiverse focused pages. I just didn't want to be the one to suggest it.--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 16:04, 12 October 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Should someone cut and put the image of who is likely Maximo from the One Shall Rise Thirteen pic? If we're putting up the bearded Thirteen as Prime A3, then wouldn't the big, horned bot on the right with what looks like a beehive for the back of his head be Maximo? Just sayin'- [[User:TFfan1|TFfan1]] 6:29 26 october 2011 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == IDW Liege Maximo ==<br /> <br /> The following two passages:<br /> :The death of Nexus Prime ultimately inspired most of the Thirteen, including Liege Maximo, to leave [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He resided on another planet, the location of which was later discovered by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]].<br /> -and-<br /> :As with the other Primes, Shockwave sent one of his [[Regenesis]] ores to Maximo's hiding place. {{storylink|The Crucible}}<br /> Seem to have been invalidated by the revelations in {{storylink|Rubicon}}. Most relevant here is that Vigilem and Liege Maximo never founded a colony. I get that this is hard to square with 13 ores seeded by Shockwave, but I'm hesitant to assume ''every'' Prime had a world, given we seem to be getting evidence that's not true.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|&lt;sup&gt;Talk&lt;/sup&gt;]] 21:07, 29 March 2017 (EDT)<br /> : I'm pretty sure that Shockwave sent the ores to where he ''thought'' they had gone, so there's still some wiggle room. [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 23:09, 29 March 2017 (EDT)<br /> :: Poor storytelling coordination aside, I think Grum's right. The easy fix is saying that Shockwave ''thought'' he was right. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 23:29, 29 March 2017 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Scaling back the snark in his intro==<br /> I think the snark in his intro is at &quot;11&quot;, which is a lot for a character that is meant to be taken fairly seriously. I'd certainly keep the uncertainty and &quot;is this true?&quot; vibe, being he's the Prime of Lies. Being that his fictional footprint might be increased soon and new people might want to look him up, maybe we tone the snark down? [[User:Nu-Priest|Nu-Priest]] ([[User talk:Nu-Priest|talk]]) 05:44, 21 November 2025 (EST)<br /> : It was previously unsnarked this summer and then immediately ununsnarked. I don't have a firm opinion on it, but if you don't want to reinvent the wheel, you could grab the previous unsnarky version: [https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Liege_Maximo&amp;oldid=1845039] --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 08:39, 21 November 2025 (EST)<br /> ::Look, the current version's both funny and perfectly accurate. If he does anything in EarthSpark we can de-snark it then. --[[User:Broadside|Broadside]] ([[User talk:Broadside|talk]]) 13:12, 21 November 2025 (EST)<br /> :::I think there's a happy medium and we haven't hit it. The later parts of the current version skew a bit too far into meta-commentary to me that shades perception of the character. I think it's pretty funny, but if the joke is &quot;Liege Maximo's time to shine hasn't arrived yet&quot;, I don't know if that's entirely true and it's very probable it will be made completely untrue soon with his impeding &quot;final boss of a cartoon&quot; status. [[User:Nu-Priest|Nu-Priest]] ([[User talk:Nu-Priest|talk]]) 13:39, 21 November 2025 (EST)<br /> ::::Happiness with the current version notwithstanding we have a confirmed release date of December 5 for the EarthSpark finale (that as noted will almost certainly require an overhaul) such that I question the necessity of an intermediate draft with a shelf life of like a week and a half or something. Relatedly, I am now noticing [[Quintus Prime|Quintus's intro]] is long overdue for an EarthSpark update if someone who's been keeping up has a moment. --[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 15:04, 21 November 2025 (EST)<br /> :::::He’s done something! 🥳 As Walky suggested above, I vote reverting to the June 18 version, it seems up to standards even considering his EarthSpark appearance. [[User:Cylasbreakdown|Cylasbreakdown]] ([[User talk:Cylasbreakdown|talk]]) 17:02, 6 December 2025 (EST)<br /> <br /> == Conceptual History Draft ==<br /> <br /> I know there's been some mentions about this on the Discord, but I thought I'd bring it to the Wiki too just so that it gets enough eyes on it. It was brought up that Liege Maximo could use a conceptual history section at this point, and so I did a rough draft of one that hopefully can get refined/rewritten/edited as needed and then eventually put on the page. <br /> <br /> '''[[User:Daytonjhammon/Sandbox#Conceptual_history_for_Liege_Maximo|Liege Maximo Conceptual History Draft]]'''<br /> <br /> If anyone wants to take a look at it, leave feedback/make suggestions, go ahead. Thanks!<br /> ----</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Unicron&diff=1908797 2026-04-12T17:07:33Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: /* Rewrite to the Page&#039;s Opening */ new section</p> <hr /> <div>==Greenycron==<br /> In case people are wondering, that toy should really be under the &quot;Mini-Con&quot; entry, since the toy represents a Unicron doppelganger made up of countless Minis, not Unicron himself. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 00:59, 23 December 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == Rule Breaking Chaos Bringer?==<br /> <br /> Looking at the entry it's kinda breaking the rule that the &quot;Character Profile&quot; section should not be continuity specific and should only contain continuity-neutral character/personality info. Unicron's here is most definately skeewed towards latter Armada era continuity and doesn't apply at all to his Movie/Cartoon self and story. Are we breaking the rule on him intentionally, or does it need fixing? [[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 02:08, 29 September 2006 (UTC)<br /> :The currently operative retconned storyline is that there is only one Unicron, who travels the dimensions of the multiverse. Armada Unicron = G1 Movie/Cartoon Unicron = Marvel Unicron = Dreamwave Unicron. They're all the same guy, regardless of continuity. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 02:19, 29 September 2006 (UTC) <br /> <br /> :: I know that but I don't think it *CAN* work with G1 cartoon. Like it or not there is no Primus in that Continuity and Unicron is NOT a god, just a big machine built by Primacron. The retcon hits a brick wall and cannot function in the G1 toon without a lot of fanfic-ing. You can't apply the retcon to the Cartoon here without ignoring the *ACTUAL* continuity and stories of the Cartoon in favor of some extremely different, never told, complicated immaginary story. Since the purpose of the Wiki is to inform factually about characters and their history then, I think factually, we have to say the way things actually were. Now granted the retcon can work most everywhere else (though it's a huge obvious retcon many places) so maybe it should get priority, but I'm just saying the main character profile does not work for the Cartoon version unless you want to start making a whole lot of stuff up. [[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 10:08, 29 September 2006 (UTC) <br /> <br /> :::Hrm... I astuually kidna agree with Zac. Unicron got a new, huge backstory that was goignt o tie him into everything. &quot;Dont' worry, we'll go back and explain hwo it all works.&quot; And then- they enver did. In fact, was the Unicron/Primus conenction witht he One ever actually used, anywhere OTHER than in a guidebook?<br /> :::This entry needs to recognizse that... lapse. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 01:07, 30 September 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ::::I'm not in the fan club, so I'm not up on how Unicron's backstory was dealt with in the Club Comic, but if it's been used anywhere that'd be the place I suspect. Something perhaps not directly related to this but interesting to note: Although it didn't mention The One or the multiverse, the Cybertron episode in which Primus woke up and transformed had Vector Prime descibe Primus thusly: &quot;He who charted the universe when it was young. He who battled Unicron at the beginning of time.&quot; The charted the universe bit comes from the story with The One, right? But as I said, that's not directly related to that matter at hand. <br /> <br /> ::::At any rate, futher discussion on how this article should deal with Unicron's retconny-multiverality might best be put on hold a few days until folks currently at BotCon return to contribute to it. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 02:21, 30 September 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> :::I don't see a problem with applying the retcon to the G1 cartoon. Unicron, probably disembodied from his previous rampage in some other dimension, found his way into that universe and simply influenced Primacron in some way (how is unimportant) into building a body that he then inhabited. There is no *mention* of Primus anywhere, but that doesn't mean he doesn't exist. Probably the TFs didn't know he was there, or had long ago stopped believing he was real, and he was still asleep, so he never did anything himself. That's an explanation that requires very little gap-filling and allows the retcon to mesh perfectly with the cartoon.<br /> <br /> :::On the other hand, Simon said at BotCon 06 that the IDW universe is probably not going to have Primus and Unicron in it, like, at all, which in my opinion *does* break the retcon. Or, retcons the retcon, if you prefer, such that those gods do not exist in every conceivable universe (or even every conceivable Transformers universe), but only in a bunch of them. He is intentionally writing a universe of which they are not a part, rather than simply writing a universe and not mentioning them. That, I think, will need to be dealt with. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 23:00, 3 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> It should be mentioned that Primus WAS in fact retconned into G1 by the time the Beast Era came about, which was meant to be a continuation of the G1 story set in the distant future (until they hit that wormhole. damn space time anomolies). As far as Unicron's origin, it is true that Primus and Unicron were still not considered gods per se, but powerful ancient beings with energies beyond all comprehension. A LOT of retcon was incorperated in this era, and that includes Primus becoming a key figure in the creation of their kind. As early as Beast Wars, Unicron's backstory was heavily altered, following closer to the Marvel continuity, and essentially tying him into the one Unicron theory. While he can only exist in one universe at a time, he can move between space-times as easily as we move through air. His body may change, but his motives are always the same, and in some cases, he has brought information across from one continuity to another.<br /> It is mentioned (albiet briefly) that Jetfire took the name Sky Shadow as an alias while disguised as a Decepticon. The only Sky Shadow (Decepticon) was from Beast Wars, another continuity all together. But what many do not realize is that during Energon, most of the cast came into contact with Unicron's dismembered body. Merely a theory, but he may have gotten the information from Unicron's data banks, which is a better explaination that blaming it on the wormhole ripping causality a new one. It should also be noted it's easier to link his many incarnations throughout the various comic book continuities than it is the cartoons, mainly because the comic writers do research the cartoonists don't. [[User:Dracokanji|Dracokanji]] 04:56, 26 April 2007 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> nice article [[User:24.3.227.249|24.3.227.249]] 04:58, 5 March 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ==Additional Pic==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Unicron_tfu_cdrom.jpg|thumb]]<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> == Planet Q ==<br /> Planet Q was not consumed between Energon and Armada. Unicron was also put into stasis after Armada and remained that way. Alpha-Q's demise happened eons ago, right after Rodimus left Cybertron. It's confusing in the dub because it contradicts itself, but Super-Link has it spelled out correctly. Alpha-Q actually states he was lost in Unicron for &quot;ages and ages, alone.&quot; which is what drove him to madness. The Energon dub never really explains what timeline all of this occurred and it seems the writers never really knew themselves. Another dub error is that Rodimus states Planet-Q put Unicron into stasis. This is not true, the story is exactly the opposite. Unicron survived just fine, hence why all the sparks from the planet were absorbed into his body as he carried on his world-ravaging. -Bodycount<br /> :I figured it was like that...Unicron had layed 'dead' for the ten years between the two shows, and his attack on Planet Q had happened eons ago, before the events of Armada. [[User:Takeshi357|Takeshi357]] 00:45, 29 March 2008 (UTC)<br /> <br /> <br /> Thanks. Unicron's a toughie. He has 30 zillion different conflicting stories and origins, but he's canonically all the same guy, and all of his appearances across the different continuities apparently happen in a sequential order. Which is a concept I love, but it's not so easy to reconcile detail-for-detail. [[User:ItsWalky]]<br /> <br /> I have some nice pics of Unicron(inculding the battle dameged planet mode ala the Deathstar II, how do I upload them?[[User:X-BoB58]]<br /> <br /> In the &quot;toolbox&quot; among the links on the left of your window is a link that says &quot;upload file&quot;. Follow the instructions there. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 21:28, 5 March 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Er Thanks, but I think I made the image a wee too big, is there anyway to make it a thumbnail?<br /> <br /> We can get a better picture of Energon Unicron than that<br /> <br /> I don't think we need so many similar pictures of Unicron in planet mode. I think the screenshot from the movie is enough, and the OTFCC Universe art is kinda pushing it. --ItsWalky<br /> <br /> Unicron looks the exact same in the Armada comics and cartoon. One picture will do for both. X-Bob, stop pushing the image down into where there's no article yet. I put it where it is for a reason. --ItsWalky<br /> <br /> Steve- feel free to muck with the Omega Point entry. I'm kinda considering going back and wiking the whole storyline-- it really needs some annotations. Maybe we can argue about the timeloops some more![[User:Derik]]<br /> <br /> I feel that the Unicron trilogy (Micron trilogy in Japan) Generation section should be broken up between Dreamwave Continuity (the comics) and Animated Continuity (the TV shows.) I feel this way because a) The use of the phrase 'comics continuity' is too confusing when you have some comics liek Linkage and the Colelctor Club stuff in 'toon continuity. b) They should be by continuity, not by series because otherwise it just becoems too disjointed, and the contnections between the series are weak enough as it is. [[user:Derik]]<br /> <br /> I agrea with Derik on this issiue [[user:X-BoB58]]<br /> <br /> Why, int he TFU section, does it say Unicron was defeated by the Wreckers? I don't believe dhtere'd been any indications at all that Unicron had been connected to the Wreckers. (It's possible I suppose that this was an issue #4 revelation, but it was my impression that his appearances in TFU proceded from Tarantulus's machinations in Primaeval Dawn, not Wreckers.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:02, 26 March 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Wreckers #4 would have told us that Cryotek's big plan was resurrecting Unicron. The Wreckers stop him before Unicron is fully restored, or blow him up and leave him half-there. That's where Universe picks up. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:32, 26 March 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> : Since ''Wreckers'' #4 was never published, should that info even be in the article? Or shouldn't it at least be called out as apocryphal? Also, out of curiosity... how do you KNOW that's what would have happened? Did Glen say so at some point, or was there a script or artwork or something released online, or what...? - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 21:18, 24 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Were the Hasbro and Takara G1 Unicron protos different toys? I was under the impression they were two test-shots of the same mold.<br /> <br /> :They're different moulds, I think, but based off the same basic proto, maybe. Takara's is noticably fatter, and has the cord coming from it. It also appears to have an open robot mode mouth, and the &quot;moon&quot; accessory (or perhaps this was a planet Unicron would electronically &quot;eat,&quot; but IIRC early Unicronian concept art shows the moon, and all the Movie toys were based off earlier concept art, thusly...) What I'm getting at is that Takara's appears to be modified for electronics while the Hasbro proto has none. [[User:Onslaught Six|Onslaught Six]] 07:50, 18 June 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> :: The Hasbro version had electronice in the chest below the head, as shown in the toy's patent. I'd give a link, but I can't get to it with the Allspark boards down. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 21:15, 18 June 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> :::For the record, the Takara mold's torso at least is entirely different from the Hasbro one. It's even got an extra step in the transformation wherein the torso either opens out or extends (hard to tell from available shots) to copy movie Unicron's thinner midsection.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 22:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> &lt;nowiki&gt;*spots Willis's notes about Universe #4*&lt;/nowiki&gt; That's stupid. I mean, Primal Prime hints darkly of a great failure he had before emerging onto modern Cybertron in Qpelinq's journals. And Primaeval dawn has his fighting Tarantulas, a spawn of Unicron, who turns up in Uncron in TFU. I assuemd he failed to stop Tarry in PD and failed, thus TFU. Why is Unicron coming out of effectively nowhere in Wreckers to ruin our interesting Quint plot? And how does Tarantulas arrive? Laaame. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 06:36, 13 April 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == sweet ==<br /> <br /> right on, glad my Unicron History page made this section, I've worked my hide off trying to get it together and am glad that it can help!<br /> ErikB<br /> www.transformersontheshelf.com<br /> <br /> ==&quot;Respawning&quot;?==<br /> <br /> What's the background on the statements, &quot;His power is limited to one reality at a time, though he can move between them at will,&quot; and, &quot;When Unicron is destroyed in one reality, he will respawn in another, ready to eat again&quot;? [[Primus]] is described in his own article like so: &quot;His body is the planet Cybertron. Primus' lifeforce (aka the Allspark) is a multiversal singularity; it exists across all Transformers realities.&quot; This duality - a single mind/metaspark/godhead that's spread across multiple physical bodies - is how I've intuited the &quot;one-Primus/one-Unicron&quot; retcon. Since each universe has its own Cybertron, so likewise it seems each universe should have its own Unicron-body. Why would there be any difference? In fact, some evidence in favor of the multiple-Unibodies model is in the ''Cybertron'' section of this article: &quot;During the final battle, Unicron disappeared from their reality underneath them, sucked away into the Unicron Singularity in another timestream.&quot; If Uni only exists in one reality at a time, then how could his destruction in one universe happen while he was existent in another? The only evidence I can think of otherwise is that Uni entered the Armada-comic universe from elsewhere. But to me, that just means that either his original body in the Armada-comic universe had been destroyed, or that the Armada-comic universe was an oddball one that never HAD a Primus or a Unicron (like the IDW-verse is apparently going to be). - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 21:11, 24 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> :Unicron's consciousness wasn't present in Universe, just his body. He wasn't in two places, and his Minions were merely trying to resurrect him with eaten spark energy. (That story bit is also from the same story we got the &quot;Only one Unicron who travels across the multiverse&quot; information, so it's not like it's two conflicting stories.) --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:01, 24 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> ::What story is that from? I just re-read the ''Universe'' comics, and I don't remember any of that being stated. - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 22:45, 24 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> :::Fun Publications' Cybertron comics from the fan club magazine. First arc. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 23:05, 24 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ::::The Autobots should camp on Unicron's respawn point and frag his ass. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:21, 25 October 2006 (UTC)<br /> ::::Okay, I've re-read those comics now, and I think I can see where you're getting that notion from. But it seems exceedingly vague to me, and I couldn't find anything about &quot;respawning.&quot; Basically it comes down to Ramjet's ravings in issue #3: &quot;Bound always by his imprisonment in a physical body, he's been incapable of destroying more than one reality at a time. But Cybertron! Stable axis of the multiverse! One Cybertron, a multiplicity existing concurrently across the infinite realities! Destroy one aspect, and that reality soon crumbles. Cybertron persists, protected by the ordered mathematics of its own existence. A single, infinite curve across all realities; the only truly unique thing in all of creation. Unicron cannot destroy something that is everywhere without himself being everywhere, Prime. And at last, thanks to his new prison and its proximity to Cybertron, he has that chance!&quot; [note: this is accompanied by visuals of a line of Cybertrons, all different, extending indefinitely]<br /> ::::That leaves me... unconvinced in the troublesomely literal retcon that this article conveys as truth. Consider that in the first issue, Vector Prime describes the multiverse: &quot;Every movement sends out ripples, which spread out in concentric rings, interacting with ripples created by others, creating new patterns, new realities, branching possiblilities. Every moment is creation and destruction. Every action is a thrown stone, shattering the surface of time.&quot; This seems in keeping with the &quot;branching realities&quot; model that most TF multiversal fiction follows (such as the Marvel-comic Uni searching &quot;possible futures&quot; for a herald). But if Uni is literally confined to one reality at any given time, then he must be vanishing from timelines left and right. At every moment, tons of possibilities branch off from one another, and therefore Uni must spontaneously disappear from all but one of the various universes. That's just... stupid. It doesn't even make SENSE based on him being &quot;imprisoned in a physical body.&quot; That body should keep existing in all the alternate universes, just like Earth and Cybertron and every OTHER physical body keep existing across the multiverse. Plus Ramjet's use of the term &quot;infinite realities&quot; would make Unicrons' job ultimately impossible. If he truly has to keep hopping from one universe to the next in a linear fashion, he'll never succeed. And yet he DID, once.<br /> ::::What makes more sense is that Ramjet's &quot;one reality at a time&quot; statement refers to how Uni has to attack each universe separately. Uni could conceivably assault two or more Cybertrons simultaneously, but that wouldn't result in the infinite-birds-with-one-stone chain reaction that feeding Cybertron to the black hole supposedly would.<br /> ::::Or, of course, Ramjet is just insane and doesn't know what he's talking about. Certainly he and Vector Prime have some metaphysical disagreements that they chat about while trying to kill each other.<br /> ::::The upshot here is that I think the &quot;one reality at a time&quot; idea should be presented either with more qualifiers or just in the &quot;So-and-So's Story&quot; section. Based on past experience, my analysis would probably be smacked down as &quot;speculation.&quot; So, in order to keep the editors happy, I suggest putting Ramjet's notions - and possibly more - under attribution...ary headings. Strictly speaking, the only things that should go in the first few paragraphs are observed events and statements of omniscient narration. Ramjet is not an omniscient narrator. Does all this sound right? - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 21:06, 24 November 2006 (UTC)<br /> ::::::If Ramjet didn't know what he was talking about, then the entire fundamental conflict upon which that story was based was just a lie, and it was wasting our time, an idea I find appalling. Casting out a pretty deliberately stated backstory because it can be perceived as realistically improbable would start a dangerous precedent for the wiki, I think. Forest Lee created this story because he wanted to hash out the way the Unicron/Primus dynamic works and to forge the multiverse into a cohesive whole. I don't think it's the wiki's place to determine for Hasbro's fiction guy what he can and can't do. (Would it make you feel any better or worse that I confirmed my interpretation of the backstory with Dan Khanna, the co-plotter? This write-up wasn't just a shot in the dark.) --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:55, 24 November 2006 (UTC)<br /> :::::::Likewise, the Keeper's story was Furman's &quot;truth&quot; when he wrote it, and when he later revised it through the mouth of Primus himself, etc., etc. And I think the article handles those various &quot;truths&quot; perfectly by presenting them as &quot;here's what so-and-so said.&quot; The more I think of it, the more it seems the ONLY appropriate thing is to add &quot;Ramjet's Story&quot; to the list. And, as for Khanna confirming the &quot;respawning&quot; thing (which I assume you're referring to), I think treating author intent as canon is ALSO a bad precedent. Author intent should be NOTED, but not presented as story-fact. Especially since the Unicron/Primus story will quite likely see MORE changes as time goes on. (Hell, the most recent ad for the DD Joe/TF crossover promises &quot;the secret origin of Unicron&quot; or some such.) - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 22:14, 24 November 2006 (UTC)<br /> :::::::::The Keeper's story was canon until something else retconned it. The same is true here. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:19, 24 November 2006 (UTC)<br /> ::::::::::Granted I am not paying all that much attention, but, I think the current form of the article is okay. Jack's main concern, aside from disliking the current canonical explanation, seems to be that it's being presented more forcefully than the retconned explanations. But... I think that is valid, more or less for the reason Walky states here. The article is quite clear at the beginning of the &quot;evolution&quot; section that this is merely the most recent of many versions of the story. If/when it is invalidated, it can be moved. Under normal circumstances I would agree that different versions of a particular guy/story should be given equal footing, but since this &quot;nature of Unicron&quot; thing explicitly makes itself multiverse-spanning and overrides previous explanations, I think it should be given priority. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 05:06, 25 November 2006 (UTC)<br /> :::::::::::My original concern was that I had no idea where the idea CAME from, and now that I've carefully re-read the story in question, I'm still iffy. After a straight reading, I came to a different conclusion than the author apparently intended (hence my long &quot;this don't make no sense&quot; rant up there). Walky claims to have inside knowledge of the author's intent, and I question how much weight that should be given. To put it another way, were the Vok canonically the Swarm before it was actually put into writing in ''Wreckers''? And, to broaden the question further, are the Vok canonically the Swarm when we're just talking about the BW 'toon? The idea of one series having &quot;retcon power&quot; over everything that came before it is a new one in how the fandom has always looked at TF canon. Since we've never had a George Lucas to dictate what is and isn't mainstream &quot;truth,&quot; everything got to live in its own separate &quot;parallel universe,&quot; and that was that. The advent of multiversal storylines in TF fiction does complicate things, and this issue is a good one for testing how exactly we deal with canon now. My take is still that the story is the only &quot;truth,&quot; author intent is noteworthy but not &quot;canon,&quot; and ultimately every series exists unto itself by its own rules. - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 23:59, 25 November 2006 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Parts of this (the Geen 1 anime section) dont' seem very in-universe. -Derik18:34, 11 January 2007 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == Name Origins? ==<br /> <br /> Does anyone know from where the word Unicron came? Is it a Latin-type pun (uni = one; cron = time)? Or just an anagram of Unicorn? - [[User:NP Chilla|NP Chilla]] 22:05, 23 April 2007 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == weirdness when printing page ==<br /> <br /> I printed this article to read on my lunchhour, and the text blocks overlapped the pics in several areas, but it looks fine on-screen. I edited out some blank spots (thought maybe some random tabs or returns in there), and it looked better, but I saved and print previewed, and it's still showing up at 'Dark Essence' and 'Energon' sections. Anybody notice this before? Is it just my local print settings or something, or a legit problem? [[User:Evil-yuusha|Evil-yuusha]] 17:44, 8 May 2007 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == Appearances?! ==<br /> <br /> I would like to know the appearances of Unicron, chronilogically thoughout all mediums (shows, movies, comics, ect.)<br /> : Take the 1986 movie and animated series appearances, put them at the front of the list, and then everything in the Fiction section files in order right after those. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 23:56, 26 May 2007 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ::That's pretty much the order in real world chronology yeah. If he was interested in the in-multiverse fictional chronology... well I'm not sure it's possible to chart that but it would apparently start with the Marvel comic and work out from there. Right? --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 12:10, 27 May 2007 (UTC)<br /> :::Pretty much. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:41, 27 May 2007 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == Cybertron Animated Continuity? ==<br /> I understand the whole retcon'd storyline debate, but the [[Unicron#Cybertron|Cybertron]] portion of the Animated continuity section ([[Unicron#Cybertron|4.3.2.3]])seems to include zero storyline originating from the Cybertron television series. I feel there should be ''something'' from the show if we want to put this information under the heading &quot;Animated Continuity.&quot; Maybe something like &quot;Unicron's remains became a shiny new outfit for Megatron, allowing him to turn into some kinda nutty space-car...&quot; etc. --[[User:Starcrunch|Starcrunch]] 18:03, 22 October 2007 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ==Minor question==<br /> Uh, just found Unicron is in the &quot;Category: Decepticon&quot;, is the reason that he is in the category because some of his toy labeled him as a Decepticon? Just ask for confirming. ;D --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 03:30, 5 November 2007 (UTC)<br /> ==Suicide?==<br /> If Unicron's objective is to consume everything and rid the multiverse of it's existance, wouldn't he destroy HIMSELF after he was done?<br /> :His objective - and this is canon - is to take care of that infernal racket so he can get some [[Void|goddamn shuteye]]. - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 05:46, 3 June 2008 (UTC)<br /> ==Symbol==<br /> Why are we using the silly looking symbol from Armada from this guy, when the Blendtron / Herald symbol has actually been used in the fiction and the Armada symbol has not? Not to mention, the Blendtron symbol is just much cooler. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 15:53, 9 August 2009 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Withered Hope/Unicron Phenomenon==<br /> After reading [[Withered Hope]], I was curious about what caused Classics to begin overwriting the GoBots universe. This article claims it was Unicron being destroyed in the Marvel comics that caused Classics to splinter off. The footnote says the source of this info is Withered Hope, but Withered Hope does not specify beyond &quot;Unicron Phenomenon&quot;. Does this &quot;Marvel Comics Unicron death causes Classics&quot; specifically come from anywhere, or is it an informed inference? Just curious! --[[User:Crockalley|Crockalley]] 22:37, 4 March 2010 (EST)<br /> <br /> == Main image ==<br /> <br /> So...what happened to the main image? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 10:54, 21 May 2010 (EDT)<br /> :Oh, never mind. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 10:55, 21 May 2010 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Marvel TFTM adaptation ==<br /> <br /> So where's a good spot to throw the Marvel TFTM stuff in? Unicron spews weird pink mist that sucks life dry, and this must be chronicled somewhere that accommodates imagery. I don't think we have a real, consistent framework in place on other pages for information the Marvel adaptation of TFTM... --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:33, 24 May 2010 (EDT)<br /> :I'd go for making it part of the Marvel UK future stuff. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:38, 24 May 2010 (EDT)<br /> ::It doesn't go there, though. The Marvel UK future stuff and the adaptation take place in entirely different years... and it's not Marvel UK stuff. I'm leaning towards adding it into the paragraph about Big Broadcast. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:50, 25 May 2010 (EDT)<br /> :::Well, when the adaptation was released in the UK, I believe they ''did'' change the year to 06. :) - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:46, 26 May 2010 (EDT)<br /> ::::Sounds like we need another note. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:56, 26 May 2010 (EDT)<br /> <br /> I Like The Wiki in all but on the description under pic's i would like them to stop joking around.<br /> <br /> == Risk ==<br /> <br /> On my Transformers Risk board game, there is a location on Cybertron named &quot;Unicron...&quot; Does... does this mean we should move this to Unicron (character) and create a new page for Unicron (city)? D: --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] 16:10, 14 January 2011 (EST)<br /> <br /> == Trollin' ==<br /> <br /> Are we going to mention that, according to his Amazon Edition bio, Unicron literally &quot;trolls the universe&quot;? If so, what joke shall we make?<br /> <br /> == TF Prime Unicron ==<br /> So are we still sticking with multiversal singularity, or does the Transformers Prime version get a separate page? Is Hasbro acknowledging the multiversal singularity stuff at all anymore?--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 22:25, 27 September 2011 (EDT)<br /> : Based on [[Multiversal singularity#Creator commentary|that page]], Hasbro has said that as of the advent of the Aligned continuity, anything goes. They might retcon the retcon so that the continuities where he IS a multiversal singularity are part of a larger meta-continuity, meaning anything contradictory is just its own story. My brain hurts. --[[Special:Contributions/72.215.154.250|72.215.154.250]] 11:27, 5 April 2012 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Transformers: Prime ==<br /> <br /> If Unicron is the Earth in TF Prime, does that mean that [[Dead End (Armada)|Dead End]] is suppose to be Earth's moon? Just Wondering.[[Special:Contributions/71.255.172.60|71.255.172.60]] 10:11, 20 May 2012 (EDT)<br /> :Good thinking! But no. They have said Prime Unicron is different from any other Unicron. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 11:59, 20 May 2012 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Nightmare Unicron==<br /> His [http://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/techspecs/techsarmsmicron.html toy bio] states that Nightmare Unicron is a somewhat separate entity from Unicron. Does this brief fiction belong on Unicron's page or on a separate [[Nightmare Unicron]] page? --[[User:Crockalley|Crockalley]] 08:07, 27 July 2013 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Saturn/Satyr/Satan conflation==<br /> It seems worth noting that, if not in fact but assumption, that in [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Hebrew_Roots/Neglected_Commandments/Idolatry/Satan's_Birthday occult lore] the three are related. In addition, Elliot S! Maggin's antagonist in the Superman book [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Monday Miracle Monday] was the literal Devil himself using the name C.W. Saturn. So i mean, it isn't TOO much of a leap in design vs the Matrix being a thermonuclear bomb or Sharkticons being based on sharks. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] ([[User talk:Antimatter|talk]]) 23:40, 24 June 2014 (EDT)<br /> ::You don't even have to get into occult lore. The planet Saturn is named after the god Kronos, who is the closest thing to the devil in Greek mythology (if you rule out the Olympians, who are selfish dicks, and Tartarus, who is the incarnation of the pit rather than its ruler).[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] ([[User talk:KrytenKoro|talk]]) 10:21, 25 June 2014 (EDT)<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Split==<br /> No. No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no. This is fucking stupid. A micro-reference you have to fucking translate in a book that has no fucking business &quot;dictating&quot; things outside the series it's supposed to be about should not be considered Ultimate Word of God over everything else. This is basically the &quot;up our own ass&quot; I've been talking about lately writ large. &quot;Everything is canon&quot; has been mutated from its original intent, if not abused and weaponized. This micro-note should be noted, but it should not dictate organization.&lt;br&gt;<br /> NOW, considering the size of the page, splitting up the fiction sections into sub-pages like we do with other major characters who have a metric ton of stories, sure. That probably ''should'' have been done a long time ago. But no, we should not start making a bunch of &quot;other Unicron&quot; pages. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 23:14, 11 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> : At the very least, I'm sure where the split template gets the idea that Aligned Unicron is a different guy from this new information. Sunbow and RID Unicrons can be considered weird mutations of the greater Unicron Phenomenon. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 23:31, 11 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :Well, to be fair, THIS specific micro-note is restoring the G1 cartoon Unicron BACK to the original intent that a bunch of only-slightly-less-trivial stuff brutalised mercilessly... - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] ([[User talk:SanityOrMadness|talk]]) 23:32, 11 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> ::Right. &quot;Unicron is a multiversal singularity&quot; is a mercilessly stupid idea that's only attested to in an obscure comic. I don't think you can complain about changing things on the whim of an obscure reference while maintaining a status quo on another obscure reference. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 23:44, 11 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> :::...did you see the split note I made? Describing something as &quot;illegible background graphics&quot; is not the way of saying &quot;I think you must take this seriously&quot;. I was saying, in effect, &quot;The Wiki has been taking this sort of thing seriously for years. Here it comes to bite you on the ass again, and hopefully come to a more sensible status quo&quot;. My actual POV is in the &quot;That's the POINT&quot; note below. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] ([[User talk:SanityOrMadness|talk]]) 23:58, 11 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> ::::I'm not sure why you're arguing with me? [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 07:06, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> :This wiki is an educational resource. That people--really, one or two people--can use our own systems to punk us, is not educational. I vote against indulging it. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 23:38, 11 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> ::Well, there's a lot of stuff to fix if we're going to treat the Almanac background stuff with the level of respect it mostly deserves. Notably on this page, the ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' Unicron was absolutely NOT meant to be the same thing at all past the generic idea of &quot;(mostly) robot planet eater&quot;. Guess where the &quot;explanation&quot; &quot;reconciling&quot; it with the whole multiversal singularity BS, came from? - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] ([[User talk:SanityOrMadness|talk]]) 23:42, 11 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> :::It doesn't NEED to be &quot;reconciled&quot;. It's just another instance of Unicron popping into a universe with its own odd rules. ''What the fuck more needs to be said?!'' This fandom's bizarre NEED to tie every microdetail together somehow, no matter how convoluted, is baffling. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 23:47, 11 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> ::::That's the POINT - the whole &quot;One Unicron Ever&quot; thing COMES FROM obscure micro-references. The f***ing fan club comic strip should not get to overwrite something clearly stated without contradiction in a mass-market cartoon. A paragraph coming from a Q&amp;A with someone entirely unconnected with a movie should not be considered to overwrite something seen by millions on millions of people (when the same Q&amp;A series later said something entirely counter-factual in relation to the number of Constructicons that formed ROTF Devastator on-screen, we didn't say &quot;welp, so much for those other guys&quot;.) Does it merit recording? Sure. Does it merit overwriting what was clearly shown &amp; stated? No. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] ([[User talk:SanityOrMadness|talk]]) 23:53, 11 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> :::::Uni-Unicron was from the Ultimate Guide and the on-package toy bio. It is an inclusive, accommodating meta-explanation. This new latest prank is particularism that demands extra work in return for teaching less. And just as importantly.... '''Error has no rights.''' We didn't write up how the toys were decided after the cartoon's success just because Pat Lee said so. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 00:10, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> :::::This is why I take everything canon seriously in regards to the wiki, because once we say something doesn't matter, then we start arguing about how my favorite stuff matters and your favorite stuff doesn't, and that's completely arbitrary. Ignoring small stuff just because it's not your favorite canonical addition is no way to run a comprehensive Transformers wiki. If small stuff can retcon the Sunbow Unicron, then small stuff can retcon it right back. The point of contention shouldn't wait for when it changes it away from what we like. (Unless of course we're talking about Beast Wars Sourcebook, obviously, that just makes sense.) --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 00:04, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> ::::::This is Animated Movie Sideways all over again, and it can be explained in the notes just like that was. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 00:13, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ::::::''(re: ItsWalky)<br /> ::::::My favoured line would be &quot;every work&lt;ref group=&quot;gratuitous note&quot;&gt;&quot;Work&quot; defined as a series, not individual episodes/issues/books/whatever within the series&lt;/ref&gt; is complete in and of itself. Subsequent stuff can add - for wiki purposes, in the form of a new section or page - but never change/retcon prior works from our POV.&quot;<br /> ::::::(Please note - this isn't the first time I've expressed these thoughts, just the first time in a while)<br /> ::::::&lt;references group=&quot;gratuitous note&quot;/&gt;<br /> ::::::- [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] ([[User talk:SanityOrMadness|talk]]) 00:16, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> <br /> It's late and I should have been sleeping at least two hours ago, but... let me throw this out there.&lt;br&gt;<br /> We don't split &quot;Cybertron (planet)&quot; into different pages via continuity. Or &quot;Autobot&quot; or &quot;Decepticon&quot; or &quot;spark&quot; etc etc. (Again, we probably SHOULD be making sub-pages based on major franchise/continuity to make the pages less goddamn huge like we do with &quot;IDW continuity&quot; deals on character pages, assuming we're not (safe bet).) While these are all in-universe &quot;things&quot; they're also broader multiversal concepts, and we already approach those with a slight... ''distance'' if you will. Not breaking the fourth wall exactly, but not being so... ''definite''. Aligned Decepticon history does not supersede whichever G1 Decepticon history you care to name, and we don't treat either as &quot;separate&quot; ideas.&lt;br&gt;<br /> I feel like these meta-deals like Unicron, Primus, The Thirteen, etc, could benefit from treating them the same way we do those pages... stepping back a little and treating them less like concrete THINGS with a &quot;welp this new information is newest so it supersedes everything prior&quot; rigid this-is-exactly-it approach right out of the gate, and more as concepts with broad-strokes facets that are ''almost'' always true but the details will vary (sometimes wildly). And we already &quot;weight&quot; our intro sections for characters with varying portrayals as it is, I'm thinking we should just take it a step further with some of these bigger concepts-slash-characters.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Because as Thy has noted, Uni-Unicron has been a concept for a while though multiple sources, created directly via Hasbro edict (I'd need to go back and (ugh) re-read the 3H stuff, but I'm fairly sure seeds were being planted even back then), and I'd say the lion's share of what's been written about Uni for the last... oh, decade-and-change (which is really the start of when the fiction decided to get back to using Uni at all after a long hiatus) is based at least broadly on that concept. And yes, I have a ''very'' hard time not considering the weight of that versus, well, a margin-note slipped by because it was made to look like meaningless tech-readout.&lt;br&gt;<br /> And ALL of this once again ties into what I've been pushing lately for the wiki overall... the idea of taking what is already and inextricably a continuity clusterfuck and presenting it in a manner (at least initially) that's not going to scare off anyone who isn't in the fraction-of-a-fraction of the fanbase that's completely vested in every microdetail of TFs.&lt;br&gt;<br /> If someone wants to try a less &quot;definite&quot; top-section writeup of Unicron in a sandbox, please do. I'm really not up to it right now and there are still other messes to fix in the interim. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 01:35, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> : Really, all the intro needs is a sentence or few. Well, really just one, but I wanted to add in more information from &quot;Withered Hope.&quot; --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 01:52, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> : And if we really want, we can have add, like, a section below for his appearance in RID-cluster and it can say &quot;See: Unicron (RID)&quot; and that linked page can be exactly as long as the section that links to it since that's all we know. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 01:54, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> ::I like the modification you made to the intro - it's fair and it doesn't unzip the whole world. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 11:06, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> :::Yes, this is the best way to deal with this....development....not to split the page. Unicron is more concept than character anyway --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 12:20, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> : Yeah, I'm gonna throw my weight behind doing little mini-pages like [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]], with short summaries of his actions on the main page per section. Obviously his smaller roles in the Movie and Aligned universes could stay on the front page. But what is it that the Complete AllSpark Almanac says about him? -- [[User:Chopperface|Chopperface]] ([[User talk:Chopperface|talk]]) 10:07, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> ::Thing is, we split by iterations of a character in that instance. If Unicron is the same guy in every continuity, there's no way to split (in the same way [[Optimus Prime (Movie)]]'s fiction section isn't split, despite easily being long enough to merit it, while [[Optimus Prime (G1)]] has Marvel, G1 cartoon and IDW split out since they're different guys). - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] ([[User talk:SanityOrMadness|talk]]) 14:42, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> :::Well now that's just creating utterly pointless imaginary distinctions. If we want to shrink this page down a bit by creating a sub-page for, say, Unicron/Generation 1 cartoon continuity, we can just fuckin' ''do that'' because ''why wouldn't we''. -[[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 14:50, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> ::::If you regard it as one chronology (&quot;Uni-Unicron&quot;), that forces people to jump back and forth between articles to read the whole thing. Would you create &lt;nowiki&gt;[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/Dark of the Moon]]&lt;/nowiki&gt; - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] ([[User talk:SanityOrMadness|talk]]) 15:05, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> :::::And this is ''exactly'' the kind of pedantic, priority-misplaced nitpickery that's choking the wiki --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 17:16, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> :::::If the whole article was written as one chronology, outside of putting the Marvel awakening first, that might be a factor, but it's not. There is literally no reason Unicron's G1 cartoon exploits and everything else under that header couldn't be split off if we felt like it. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 15:08, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> :::::If you regard it as &quot;one chronology&quot; the entire article is out of order anyway so what difference does that even make? Seriously, Unicron's journey through the multiverse is not some straightforward linear progression, or even if it is we have no way of documenting that since we have absolutely no idea when on Unicron's personal timeline any of this stuff happened in relation to any of this other stuff. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 15:12, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Page 206:<br /> <br /> '''Question 1: Could Unicron Beat the Death Star?'''<br /> <br /> '''Answer 1: That depends. Most instances of Unicron are expressions of an abstract force of nature, some spanning multiple universes. These instances could easily defeat the transforming battle station of Lukas 577.25 Beta. However, against non-singularity instances of Unicron with more mundane origins, such as Primax 984.17 Alpha or Viron 704.08 Gamma, Darth Vader's amazing mech would most probably prevail.'''<br /> <br /> '''Question 2: Do you have a favorite book?''' <br /> <br /> '''Answer 2: I enjoy many human books, though I am often too busy to read. Peter David and Alan Dean Foster are among my favorite authors.'''<br /> <br /> --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 10:57, 12 May 2015 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == &quot;Non-singularity&quot; versions ==<br /> <br /> I hope I don't stir the hornet's nest too much with this question, but... what exactly is meant by this phrase? Our &quot;multiversal singularity&quot; page defines that as an entity/idea/concept that is aware of its existence and exploits across all of its incarnations/whatever throughout the multi/omniverse. Would that mean that, say, the &quot;singular&quot; version of Unicron isn't aware of what G1 Unicron experienced? That the latter version, a &quot;non-singular&quot; Unicron, managed to be created whole-cloth with almost all of the same qualities and &quot;aspirations&quot; of the &quot;singular&quot; verison?<br /> <br /> I suppose this could be a bit meta and splitting hairs, but it seems to me that this idea of a &quot;Unicron Phenomenon&quot; is more in-line with the idea of a &quot;singularity&quot;, or to put it in Doctor Who terms, a &quot;fact&quot;: Unicron exists. It's stated that they might not be connected on a &quot;mental&quot; level, but they share so much else; why NOT their minds, their (anti-)sparks?<br /> <br /> Again, I apologize for getting all forum-y in here (frankly I don't know if I could deal with posting this conversation on any of the TF forums I'm aware of), but reading up on this article after all this AVP information got my mind racing and wondering. Thanks for indulging me a bit. [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] ([[User talk:Magaroja|talk]]) 19:42, 6 August 2015 (EDT)<br /> :In-universe explanation: every rule, no matter how steadfast in the grand scheme of things, appears to have its exceptions. Most Unicron depictions are part of the singularity. Some are not because of... reasons. It's as simple as that, as we stand now, dealing with the fiction we've been handed. Out-of-universe explanation: there seems to be upcoming plans to change the nature of &quot;multiversal singularities&quot; because some authors were displeased about the retcons it implied.<br /> :TL;DR version: don't worry about it. [[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 20:33, 6 August 2015 (EDT)<br /> ::There are Non-Singularity Unicrons because some people complained about different origins of Unicron in different continuities. So Habsro made that Non-singularity thing. Also shouldn't non-singularity versions have their own pages? Also I think Prime Unicron is a non-singularity since his origin is different and also Thirtheen Primes from Aligned continuity are different characters than their original counterparts.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 13:11, 5 September 2015 (EDT)<br /> ::I concur with Primestar that at the least Shattered Glass Unicron should have his own page for consistency, since every other SG-universe character does; but I disagree that Prime Unicron also be split from this article; he is the Aligned universe's incarnation of Unicron, much like how we would classify a Bayformer Unicron as a member of the Singularity unless evidence that makes such classification impossible were to arise. Aligned is not a G1 universe, so it doesn't need to play strictly to the rules of G1 universes. [[User:MaximalBroadjaw|MaximalBroadjaw]] ([[User talk:MaximalBroadjaw|talk]]) 14:51, 1 December 2015 (EST)<br /> <br /> == After the shroud ==<br /> <br /> Now that multiversal beings have been split by the Shroud, should Unicron's article be spilt? [[User:Cr85747|Cr85747]] ([[User talk:Cr85747|talk]]) 21:22, 23 April 2016 (EDT)<br /> :No. We just re-added all of the the Thirteen articles back together, why would we do this with him? [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:30, 23 April 2016 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == UT split ==<br /> <br /> Seems like the character's second-most prominent appearance should warrant its own page. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 18:16, 29 January 2021 (EST)<br /> :I agree with this. I don't follow much of the comic material, but to my understanding the multiversal singularity thing has been dead for quite some time now and as it is, the page is just too long.<br /> <br /> :As Saix has stated, it's one of the character's most prominent appearances and I believe it could do with the split. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 04:14, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> ::The article isn't really big enough to warrant a split based on length – this isn't even in the top 100 longest pages on the site – so IMO the real discussion should be whether we want to look at overhauling how Unicron is handled in general. The Sideways approach, with a more elaborate disambig that could cover some of the overarching info currently on this article, might be a potential option? [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 07:26, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> :::Absolutely not. The way we have Sideways right now is an utterly contrived compromise where there's a bunch of crossover of information that isn't properly reflected, and it will be a cold day in Hell before I see this article, Primus, or any of the 13 having something similar happen to them. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 08:46, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> ::::What crossover stuff isn't reflected by the current Sideways setup? It's always seemed to me like a good compromise that avoids the tail wagging the dog (where the tail is &quot;documenting obscure fiction&quot; and the dog is &quot;documenting prominent fiction in a way that's accessible&quot;). [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 10:13, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> :::::My impression of Saix's suggestion was not a fully separate &quot;Unicron (Armada)&quot; article (which I agree we should not have) but a &quot;Unicron/Unicron Trilogy&quot; subarticle connected to this one with another link in its suite, like the &quot;Unicron/Generation 1&quot;, &quot;Unicron/Aligned&quot;, &quot;Unicron/Shattered Glass&quot;, and &quot;Unicron/toys&quot; subarticles we already have. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 10:17, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> ::::::I agree with that change. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 15:59, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> ::::::I'm good with a UT fiction subarticle. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 20:59, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> :::::Animated Sideways, for one, is treated as a separate entity despite explicitly being an a dimensional traveler. It's the most explicit amongst the Sideways material outside of AVP, yes, but Unicron and Primus and the Thirteen who have been singularities had even more crossover than that. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 10:24, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> ::::::Yeah, but then which other Sideways do you merge the Animated guy with? And then once you're merging Sidewayses again, you're right back at the &quot;which ones should be merged and which should be separate?&quot; question that lead to the current situation being invented.<br /> ::::::My take on Unicron is that suites are just meant as a organisational/length-management thing, not for spotlighting prominent versions. Sections get split out to their own pages simply to prevent the parent page becoming unmanageably long (it's just that prominence often tends to correlate with long write-ups). And since it's not based on prominence, and this parent Unicron article is only the 305th longest article on the wiki, I don't see that there's any need to split out the UT stuff on a suite basis. But like I said, I totally wouldn't be opposed to re-examining the basis on which Unicron is handled on the wiki. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 11:10, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> ::::::: I'm definitely in favor of re-merging the SG and Aligned versions back into the main section, considering how small they are. [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 11:19, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> :::::::Were it up to me, all the Sideways would be merged. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 11:25, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> <br /> More on topic, let's examine UT Unicron; the cartoon's version is mostly unrelated to the other Unicrons, yes, but it's the Dreamwave Armada comics that help to establish he is the same as other Unicrons. And Balancing Act shows Unicron in events both from G1 and the UT; I think that splitting them out would be far more confusing than just keeping them together. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 11:49, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> :We can still have a brief write up on the main page that explains that UT Unicron is the same multiversal Unicron, I mean we already do that for multiple other uses of the character that have been separated by a suite, don't we? Categorizing UT Unicron in the suite doesn't necessarily ruin the article itself, it just makes it easier to read and helps pinpoint the particular part some viewers may want to look at without having to scroll through everything else. Splitting that particular use of the character into a completely new page separate to the article entirely is ''definitely'' the wrong way to go, so I can agree with that. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 18:17, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> ::Oh, I have no problem with the suite idea, what I am opposed to is splitting out everything into continuity specific articles. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 19:17, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> :::I feel pretty confident that Saix wasn't suggesting the latter. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 19:44, 30 January 2021 (EST)<br /> ::::Yeah, no, I think Saix mentioned on Discord that he meant splitting into a suite not splitting into an entirely new article. Given that he posted on Discord before posting here, the beginning half of the convo would've gotten lost to anyone who didn't see it. I admit, I probably worded my first post on here badly too, so I apologize for the misunderstanding I helped cause lol. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 01:48, 31 January 2021 (EST)<br /> <br /> == Rewrite to the Page's Opening ==<br /> <br /> Much like how The Fallen's introduction/opening paragraphs on his page were stuck in 2009/pre-Shroud times&lt;ref&gt;https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=The_Fallen&amp;diff=cur&amp;oldid=1810406 Jan 22 2025 is the old version before the much needed update&lt;/ref&gt;, Unicron's introduction has been roughly the same since the ''early'' 2010s, as far as I can tell with the revision history&lt;ref&gt;https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Unicron&amp;offset=20120411070646&amp;limit=500&amp;action=history&lt;/ref&gt;. While there have been some small changes since then (mentioning how Post-Shroud there isn't a single Unicron, a link to ROTB Scourge in the Heralds' paragaraph), it's roughly the same introduction it was 15+ years ago. I think it's time to bring Unicron to 2026. <br /> <br /> '''[[User:Daytonjhammon/Sandbox#New_Unicron_Opening|Presenting the Unicron Opening Rewrite!]]'''<br /> <br /> Here's a proposed new opening for Unicron. I kept what I felt was relevant from the current opening, but added newer content from across the franchise (references to Dark Energon, Mini-Cons, a mention of the Thirteen - which somehow was never included in the opening?). I mainly took out the focus on multiversal singularity Unicron the current one has. Feel free to propose changes/add-ons/removals to my proposed rewrite. Thanks! <br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> --[[User:Daytonjhammon|Dayton Hammon]] ([[User talk:Daytonjhammon|talk]]) 13:07, 12 April 2026 (EDT)</div>

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<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{TOC}}<br /> ==Conceptual history for Liege Maximo==<br /> [[File:LiegeMaximoAaronArcherSketch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|A concept sketch created by Aaron Archer in the 2000s.]]&lt;!-- Note: If the Aaron Archer Sketch is used for this section, then a quick edit to his AGE OF THE PRIMES toy introduction will need to be made, as it references the art being in the gallery. --&gt;<br /> <br /> Created by writer [[Simon Furman]] and artist [[Geoff Senior]] as the antithesis to &quot;[[Prima|the first named Prime]]&quot;, the Liege Maximo was introduced as the bigger bad behind [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in the final page of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comics. Revealing himself as the progenitor of the Decepticons, he was set to enact his plans, only for [[w:Direct market#1990s|real world economics]] to end the G2 era with a cliffhanger. <br /> <br /> Simon Furman completed his original plans for Liege Maximo in the unofficial Transformers novella ''[[Alignment]]'', which revealed Maximo's plan of using the Hub to ascend to the &quot;realm of the gods&quot; during the titular cosmic event. Liege Maximo would be wounded by his [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|progeny]], causing him to panic and start the alignment, inadverently leading to his own destruction thanks to the combined Autobot-Decepticon armada and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] in particular, ending his reign of terror. An illustration released for ''Alignment'' depicting Liege Maximo with three massive spaceships would later go to inspire his [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifact]], the Liegian Darts. <br /> <br /> A few years after the release of ''Alignment'', the release of ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'' gave Furman a chance to further establish Liege Maximo's importance in the history of the Transformers, describing him as one of the the mysterious &quot;Thirteen Original Transformers&quot; created by Primus to battle Unicron. Furman would make two further attempts to re-introduce Liege Maximo properly into the franchise with the [[IDW Publishing]] mini-series ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Revisiting]]'' - which would have ended once again with Liege Maximo being sequel bait, and ''[[Transformers: The Thirteen]]'', which would have depicted Furman's vision for the Thirteen, presumably with Liege Maximo as a member. However by the late 2000s, Hasbro began to assert more control over the lore surrounding the Thirteen, leading to both mini-series never being released, and in the latter story's case, never being written &lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=The Thirteen is probably not going to happen for a while, as it’s become more of a Hasbro thing than an IDW thing, and Hasbro need to crystallise the whole concept before it can be turned into a comic book. I think and hope it will still happen, as it’s a story I’d dearly love to tell, but I have no firm grasp or when or in what form it will eventually see print.|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20110612025753/https://hombreimaginario.deviantart.com/art/Interviews-10-Simon-Furman-130246343|name=Simon Furman|site=deviantART|year=2009|month=07|day=20}}&lt;/ref&gt;. <br /> <br /> As Hasbro brand architect [[Aaron Archer]] developed what would eventually become the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] era of the franchise, Liege Maximo was reimagined from a Lovecraftian, looming menance to the a traitorous schemer and manipulator inspired by the traditional designs of [[Marvel Comics]] antagonist Loki. The [[Production bible]] informally known as the &quot;[[Binder of Revelation]]&quot; would remove Liege Maximo's lineage to the Decepticons and presence in the &quot;present day&quot;. Instead, his purpose in the narrative of the Thirteen was to cause the death of [[Solus Prime]] and the transformation of Megatronus Prime into The Fallen, who by [[2010]] had become known as the &quot;First Decepticon&quot; and become the more well-known villainous Prime in the franchise. The Binder describes Liege Maximo being severely damaged by [[Prima]]'s [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Thirteen]], eventually becoming trapped in the Hub. [[2011]]'s ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'' would broadly touch on Liege's role in the [[War of the Primes|fall of the Primes]], and the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' would provide a more fleshed-out depicition of Maximo's deceptions and plans, with a [[Farm]] of beasts being introduced as part of the conflict that would conclude the [[Age of Primes]]. The ''Covenant of Primus'' would also retcon a plot point from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', suggesting that the arm stolen by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] from the [[Liege Maximo's tomb|tomb]] of a dead Prime was in fact Liege Maximo's, despite the different colored arms. <br /> <br /> IDW Publishing's [[2005 IDW continuity]] would bring Liege Maximo back to the comics in a substanial way, serving as an antagonist in the overarching narrative crafted by [[John Barber]]. The pages of ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'', written by [[Mairghread Scott]] would reintroduce Liege Maximo to the present day after being freed from his prison, the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] &quot;Carcer&quot; - who was secretly Liege's personal Titan [[Vigilem]]. As Liege Maximo appeared in the ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' comic, Barber would use Maximo's name as the origin for the [[Maximal|Maximals]]' name, while linking their [[Beast mode]] to Maximo's alliance with the comic's overarching antagonist Onyx Prime, who was secretly [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] in disguise]]. Shockwave's role in &quot;[[The Falling]]&quot; arc of ''Optimus Prime'', and the subsequent build-up to the grand finale of the universe, ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]'', once again overshadowed Maximo's role as a villainous Prime and antagonist, with Maximo perishing in &quot;[[The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable]]&quot;. <br /> <br /> As a member of the Thirteen, Liege Maximo was often mentioned in passing. [[Ask Vector Prime]] would describe a Liege Maximo associated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite, while receiving quick mentions or appearances in media like ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'', the [[2019 IDW continuity]], and ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''. ''One'' would depict Liege Maximo with a gold and white color scheme, in stark contrast to his primarily green color scheme in previous depictions. <br /> <br /> Late [[2025]] saw the Liege Maximo reappear in ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Earthspark]]'' introducing him as the final antagonist of the series in its 88-minute finale ''[[Legacy of Hope]]'', giving him the spotlight as a villainous Prime without the presence of The Fallen or pretenders like Shockwave for the first time since the G2 comics. Not long after, [[2026]] would introduce the first proper toy of Liege Maximo in the ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' toylines. A Leader class toy, this incarnation of Liege Maximo would circle back around to his original G2 design, with subtle elements from the Aaron Archer concept design of the 2000s.<br /> <br /> ==New Unicron Opening==<br /> [[File:Unicron-UltimateGuide.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He's been ignoring Galactus's C&amp;D letters.]]<br /> '''Unicron''' is the eternal arch-enemy of his twin brother [[Primus]], his earliest [[Thirteen|creations]] and their [[Transformer|descendants]]. Known as the '''Chaos Bringer''' and [[Dark God|other titles]], Unicron has battled [[Light God|gods]], demigods, and insignificant civilizations across millions of years, all of whom seek to prevent him from achieving his ultimate goal: unleashing an age of chaos that will end all creation, leaving only a [[Void|swirling, infinite torrent of nothingness]] at the end of all things that he may finally slumber in eternally. Because of his omnicidal ambitions, Unicron's apocalyptic presence sometimes acts as a unifying force for [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], teaming up to prevent the Planet Eater from destroying [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and/or [[Earth]]. <br /> <br /> In most realities, Unicron can shift between his [[Non-vehicle_non-beast_alternate_modes#Celestial_Bodies|planet form]] and robot form with much greater ease than Primus, whose body has become Cybertron. In his planet form, he travels across the universe consuming planets, stars, and any unlucky [[Lithone (species)|civilizations]] in his path. However, a few universes see him suffer a similar fate to his twin, serving as the [[Earth's core]], making it more difficult to change into his demonic-looking robot form. Just as Primus's body has a [[Spark]] and [[Energon]], Unicron's body has an &quot;Anti-Spark&quot; and carries the malevolent substance [[Dark Energon]], which can revive the [[Terrorcon (Prime)|dead]] and corrupt the living with Unicron's essence. <br /> <br /> Unicron disdains all life, considering even his own progengy ([[Human|organic]] or [[Mini-Con|mechanical]]) parasites, and thus will not hesitate to destroy the surface world to continue his slaughter across reality. That said, Unicron will occassionally make deals with [[Herald of Unicron|lesser]] [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|beings]], promising them vast new powers in exchange for their servitude. These minions are [[Thunderwing (G1)|sometimes]] stripped entirely of free will, but [[Sideways (Armada)|many]] [[Scourge (ROTB)|others]] follow willingly - even [[The Fallen|one]] of the Primes! Service to Unicron, however, is a double-edged sword, for it causes insanity and loss of self. And in the end, Unicron's plans ultimately call for their consumption as well.<br /> <br /> For much of multiversal history, the [[Multiversal singularity|singularity]] Unicron threatened all of existence, but now, [[Shroud|that is no longer the case]], and versions of Unicron are now restricted to their own dimensions. These Unicrons are still destructive, overwhelming beings of chaos and uncreation whose appearance signals the [[Darkest hour|darkest hour]]. It is typically only Primus's essence, contained in the [[Matrix of Leadership]], that can overcome the evil of Unicron, and bring about a new era for the Transformers... unless he becomes a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] that threatens the entire [[Multiverse]]. Oops.<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|Unicron is frightening. Unicron will destroy... will destroy ''space''.|[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]]|&quot;[[Uprising (Armada)|Uprising]]&quot;}}</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Daytonjhammon/Sandbox&diff=1908792 2026-04-12T16:54:36Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>==Conceptual history for Liege Maximo==<br /> [[File:LiegeMaximoAaronArcherSketch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|A concept sketch created by Aaron Archer in the 2000s.]]&lt;!-- Note: If the Aaron Archer Sketch is used for this section, then a quick edit to his AGE OF THE PRIMES toy introduction will need to be made, as it references the art being in the gallery. --&gt;<br /> <br /> Created by writer [[Simon Furman]] and artist [[Geoff Senior]] as the antithesis to &quot;[[Prima|the first named Prime]]&quot;, the Liege Maximo was introduced as the bigger bad behind [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in the final page of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comics. Revealing himself as the progenitor of the Decepticons, he was set to enact his plans, only for [[w:Direct market#1990s|real world economics]] to end the G2 era with a cliffhanger. <br /> <br /> Simon Furman completed his original plans for Liege Maximo in the unofficial Transformers novella ''[[Alignment]]'', which revealed Maximo's plan of using the Hub to ascend to the &quot;realm of the gods&quot; during the titular cosmic event. Liege Maximo would be wounded by his [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|progeny]], causing him to panic and start the alignment, inadverently leading to his own destruction thanks to the combined Autobot-Decepticon armada and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] in particular, ending his reign of terror. An illustration released for ''Alignment'' depicting Liege Maximo with three massive spaceships would later go to inspire his [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifact]], the Liegian Darts. <br /> <br /> A few years after the release of ''Alignment'', the release of ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'' gave Furman a chance to further establish Liege Maximo's importance in the history of the Transformers, describing him as one of the the mysterious &quot;Thirteen Original Transformers&quot; created by Primus to battle Unicron. Furman would make two further attempts to re-introduce Liege Maximo properly into the franchise with the [[IDW Publishing]] mini-series ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Revisiting]]'' - which would have ended once again with Liege Maximo being sequel bait, and ''[[Transformers: The Thirteen]]'', which would have depicted Furman's vision for the Thirteen, presumably with Liege Maximo as a member. However by the late 2000s, Hasbro began to assert more control over the lore surrounding the Thirteen, leading to both mini-series never being released, and in the latter story's case, never being written &lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=The Thirteen is probably not going to happen for a while, as it’s become more of a Hasbro thing than an IDW thing, and Hasbro need to crystallise the whole concept before it can be turned into a comic book. I think and hope it will still happen, as it’s a story I’d dearly love to tell, but I have no firm grasp or when or in what form it will eventually see print.|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20110612025753/https://hombreimaginario.deviantart.com/art/Interviews-10-Simon-Furman-130246343|name=Simon Furman|site=deviantART|year=2009|month=07|day=20}}&lt;/ref&gt;. <br /> <br /> As Hasbro brand architect [[Aaron Archer]] developed what would eventually become the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] era of the franchise, Liege Maximo was reimagined from a Lovecraftian, looming menance to the a traitorous schemer and manipulator inspired by the traditional designs of [[Marvel Comics]] antagonist Loki. The [[Production bible]] informally known as the &quot;[[Binder of Revelation]]&quot; would remove Liege Maximo's lineage to the Decepticons and presence in the &quot;present day&quot;. Instead, his purpose in the narrative of the Thirteen was to cause the death of [[Solus Prime]] and the transformation of Megatronus Prime into The Fallen, who by [[2010]] had become known as the &quot;First Decepticon&quot; and become the more well-known villainous Prime in the franchise. The Binder describes Liege Maximo being severely damaged by [[Prima]]'s [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Thirteen]], eventually becoming trapped in the Hub. [[2011]]'s ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'' would broadly touch on Liege's role in the [[War of the Primes|fall of the Primes]], and the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' would provide a more fleshed-out depicition of Maximo's deceptions and plans, with a [[Farm]] of beasts being introduced as part of the conflict that would conclude the [[Age of Primes]]. The ''Covenant of Primus'' would also retcon a plot point from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', suggesting that the arm stolen by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] from the [[Liege Maximo's tomb|tomb]] of a dead Prime was in fact Liege Maximo's, despite the different colored arms. <br /> <br /> IDW Publishing's [[2005 IDW continuity]] would bring Liege Maximo back to the comics in a substanial way, serving as an antagonist in the overarching narrative crafted by [[John Barber]]. The pages of ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'', written by [[Mairghread Scott]] would reintroduce Liege Maximo to the present day after being freed from his prison, the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] &quot;Carcer&quot; - who was secretly Liege's personal Titan [[Vigilem]]. As Liege Maximo appeared in the ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' comic, Barber would use Maximo's name as the origin for the [[Maximal|Maximals]]' name, while linking their [[Beast mode]] to Maximo's alliance with the comic's overarching antagonist Onyx Prime, who was secretly [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] in disguise]]. Shockwave's role in &quot;[[The Falling]]&quot; arc of ''Optimus Prime'', and the subsequent build-up to the grand finale of the universe, ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]'', once again overshadowed Maximo's role as a villainous Prime and antagonist, with Maximo perishing in &quot;[[The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable]]&quot;. <br /> <br /> As a member of the Thirteen, Liege Maximo was often mentioned in passing. [[Ask Vector Prime]] would describe a Liege Maximo associated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite, while receiving quick mentions or appearances in media like ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'', the [[2019 IDW continuity]], and ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''. ''One'' would depict Liege Maximo with a gold and white color scheme, in stark contrast to his primarily green color scheme in previous depictions. <br /> <br /> Late [[2025]] saw the Liege Maximo reappear in ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Earthspark]]'' introducing him as the final antagonist of the series in its 88-minute finale ''[[Legacy of Hope]]'', giving him the spotlight as a villainous Prime without the presence of The Fallen or pretenders like Shockwave for the first time since the G2 comics. Not long after, [[2026]] would introduce the first proper toy of Liege Maximo in the ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' toylines. A Leader class toy, this incarnation of Liege Maximo would circle back around to his original G2 design, with subtle elements from the Aaron Archer concept design of the 2000s.<br /> <br /> ==New Unicron Opening==<br /> [[File:Unicron-UltimateGuide.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He's been ignoring Galactus's C&amp;D letters.]]<br /> '''Unicron''' is the eternal arch-enemy of his twin brother [[Primus]], his earliest [[Thirteen|creations]] and their [[Transformer|descendants]]. Known as the '''Chaos Bringer''' and [[Dark God|other titles]], Unicron has battled [[Light God|gods]], demigods, and insignificant civilizations across millions of years, all of whom seek to prevent him from achieving his ultimate goal: unleashing an age of chaos that will end all creation, leaving only a [[Void|swirling, infinite torrent of nothingness]] at the end of all things that he may finally slumber in eternally. Because of his omnicidal ambitions, Unicron's apocalyptic presence sometimes acts as a unifying force for [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], teaming up to prevent the Planet Eater from destroying [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and/or [[Earth]]. <br /> <br /> In most realities, Unicron can shift between his [[Non-vehicle_non-beast_alternate_modes#Celestial_Bodies|planet form]] and robot form with much greater ease than Primus, whose body has become Cybertron. In his planet form, he travels across the universe consuming planets, stars, and any unlucky [[Lithone (species)|civilizations]] in his path. However, a few universes see him suffer a similar fate to his twin, serving as the [[Earth's core]], making it more difficult to change into his demonic-looking robot form. Just as Primus's body has a [[Spark]] and [[Energon]], Unicron's body has an &quot;Anti-Spark&quot; and carries the malevolent substance [[Dark Energon]], which can revive the [[Terrorcon (Prime)|dead]] and corrupt the living with Unicron's essence. <br /> <br /> Unicron disdains all life, considering even his own progengy ([[Human|organic]] or [[Mini-Con|mechanical]]) parasites, and thus will not hesitate to destroy the surface world to continue his slaughter across reality. That said, Unicron will occassionally make deals with [[Herald of Unicron|lesser]] [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|beings]], promising them vast new powers in exchange for their servitude. These minions are [[Thunderwing (G1)|sometimes]] stripped entirely of free will, but [[Sideways (Armada)|many]] [[Scourge (ROTB)|others]] follow willingly - even [[The Fallen|one]] of the Primes! Service to Unicron, however, is a double-edged sword, for it causes insanity and loss of self. And in the end, Unicron's plans ultimately call for their consumption as well.<br /> <br /> For much of multiversal history, the [[Multiversal singularity|singularity]] Unicron threatened all of existence, but now, [[Shroud|that is no longer the case]], and versions of Unicron are now restricted to their own dimensions. These Unicrons are still destructive, overwhelming beings of chaos and uncreation whose appearance signals the [[Darkest hour|darkest hour]]. It is typically only Primus's essence, contained in the [[Matrix of Leadership]], that can overcome the evil of Unicron, and bring about a new era for the Transformers... unless he becomes a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] that threatens the entire [[Multiverse]]. Oops.<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|Unicron is frightening. Unicron will destroy... will destroy ''space''.|[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]]|&quot;[[Uprising (Armada)|Uprising]]&quot;}}</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Daytonjhammon/Sandbox&diff=1907503 2026-04-08T18:03:02Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: /* Conceptual history */</p> <hr /> <div>Evil is infinite, a natural counterforce to good in the universe that can never be truly defeated. None strikes greater fear into the [[sparks]] of Transformers than the horned demon, destroyer of worlds—wait, no, that's [[Unicron|his uncle]]. Still, of the [[Thirteen]] primordial deities, there is one whose planet-shaking evil was so unforgivable that—no, wait, that's [[The Fallen|his brother]].<br /> <br /> Look, the '''Liege Maximo''' is still pretty evil, okay? Either he's the Prime of pure evil—the inevitable counterpart of the goodness embodied in [[Prima|the first Prime]], the root of [[Decepticon|all evil]], his name [[Maximal#2005 IDW continuity|reverberating through the ages]]—''ooor'' he's the Prime of lies. He's definitely at least one of those.<br /> <br /> And what evil plans he has! [[Hot Rod (ES)|Manipulating others]] with his silver tongue, gathering [[Emberstone|artifacts]] and [[Cybertronian (faction)|allies]], biding his time, waiting for the planets to come into [[Hub (G2)|alignment]]. Boy are the Transformers in for it. Darts will be involved! You know—the [[Liegian Darts]]? The Liege Maximo's famous darts. Trust him, it's going to be epic.<br /> ==Conceptual history==<br /> [[File:LiegeMaximoAaronArcherSketch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|A concept sketch created by Aaron Archer in the 2000s.]]&lt;!-- Note: If the Aaron Archer Sketch is used for this section, then a quick edit to his AGE OF THE PRIMES toy introduction will need to be made, as it references the art being in the gallery. --&gt;<br /> <br /> Created by writer [[Simon Furman]] and artist [[Geoff Senior]] as the antithesis to &quot;[[Prima|the first named Prime]]&quot;, the Liege Maximo was introduced as the bigger bad behind [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in the final page of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comics. Revealing himself as the progenitor of the Decepticons, he was set to enact his plans, only for [[w:Direct market#1990s|real world economics]] to end the G2 era with a cliffhanger. <br /> <br /> Simon Furman completed his original plans for Liege Maximo in the unofficial Transformers novella ''[[Alignment]]'', which revealed Maximo's plan of using the Hub to ascend to the &quot;realm of the gods&quot; during the titular cosmic event. Liege Maximo would be wounded by his [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|progeny]], causing him to panic and start the alignment, inadverently leading to his own destruction thanks to the combined Autobot-Decepticon armada and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] in particular, ending his reign of terror. An illustration released for ''Alignment'' depicting Liege Maximo with three massive spaceships would later go to inspire his [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifact]], the Liegian Darts. <br /> <br /> A few years after the release of ''Alignment'', the release of ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'' gave Furman a chance to further establish Liege Maximo's importance in the history of the Transformers, describing him as one of the the mysterious &quot;Thirteen Original Transformers&quot; created by Primus to battle Unicron. Furman would make two further attempts to re-introduce Liege Maximo properly into the franchise with the [[IDW Publishing]] mini-series ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Revisiting]]'' - which would have ended once again with Liege Maximo being sequel bait, and ''[[Transformers: The Thirteen]]'', which would have depicted Furman's vision for the Thirteen, presumably with Liege Maximo as a member. However by the late 2000s, Hasbro began to assert more control over the lore surrounding the Thirteen, leading to both mini-series never being released, and in the latter story's case, never being written &lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=The Thirteen is probably not going to happen for a while, as it’s become more of a Hasbro thing than an IDW thing, and Hasbro need to crystallise the whole concept before it can be turned into a comic book. I think and hope it will still happen, as it’s a story I’d dearly love to tell, but I have no firm grasp or when or in what form it will eventually see print.|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20110612025753/https://hombreimaginario.deviantart.com/art/Interviews-10-Simon-Furman-130246343|name=Simon Furman|site=deviantART|year=2009|month=07|day=20}}&lt;/ref&gt;. <br /> <br /> As Hasbro brand architect [[Aaron Archer]] developed what would eventually become the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] era of the franchise, Liege Maximo was reimagined from a Lovecraftian, looming menance to the a traitorous schemer and manipulator inspired by the traditional designs of [[Marvel Comics]] antagonist Loki. The [[Production bible]] informally known as the &quot;[[Binder of Revelation]]&quot; would remove Liege Maximo's lineage to the Decepticons and presence in the &quot;present day&quot;. Instead, his purpose in the narrative of the Thirteen was to cause the death of [[Solus Prime]] and the transformation of Megatronus Prime into The Fallen, who by [[2010]] had become known as the &quot;First Decepticon&quot; and become the more well-known villainous Prime in the franchise. The Binder describes Liege Maximo being severely damaged by [[Prima]]'s [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Thirteen]], eventually becoming trapped in the Hub. [[2011]]'s ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'' would broadly touch on Liege's role in the [[War of the Primes|fall of the Primes]], and the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' would provide a more fleshed-out depicition of Maximo's deceptions and plans, with a [[Farm]] of beasts being introduced as part of the conflict that would conclude the [[Age of Primes]]. The ''Covenant of Primus'' would also retcon a plot point from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', suggesting that the arm stolen by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] from the [[Liege Maximo's tomb|tomb]] of a dead Prime was in fact Liege Maximo's, despite the different colored arms. <br /> <br /> IDW Publishing's [[2005 IDW continuity]] would bring Liege Maximo back to the comics in a substanial way, serving as an antagonist in the overarching narrative crafted by [[John Barber]]. The pages of ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'', written by [[Mairghread Scott]] would reintroduce Liege Maximo to the present day after being freed from his prison, the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] &quot;Carcer&quot; - who was secretly Liege's personal Titan [[Vigilem]]. As Liege Maximo appeared in the ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' comic, Barber would use Maximo's name as the origin for the [[Maximal|Maximals]]' name, while linking their [[Beast mode]] to Maximo's alliance with the comic's overarching antagonist Onyx Prime, who was secretly [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] in disguise]]. Shockwave's role in &quot;[[The Falling]]&quot; arc of ''Optimus Prime'', and the subsequent build-up to the grand finale of the universe, ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]'', once again overshadowed Maximo's role as a villainous Prime and antagonist, with Maximo perishing in &quot;[[The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable]]&quot;. <br /> <br /> As a member of the Thirteen, Liege Maximo was often mentioned in passing. [[Ask Vector Prime]] would describe a Liege Maximo associated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite, while receiving quick mentions or appearances in media like ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'', the [[2019 IDW continuity]], and ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''. ''One'' would depict Liege Maximo with a gold and white color scheme, in stark contrast to his primarily green color scheme in previous depictions. <br /> <br /> Late [[2025]] saw the Liege Maximo reappear in ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Earthspark]]'' introducing him as the final antagonist of the series in its 88-minute finale ''[[Legacy of Hope]]'', giving him the spotlight as a villainous Prime without the presence of The Fallen or pretenders like Shockwave for the first time since the G2 comics. Not long after, [[2026]] would introduce the first proper toy of Liege Maximo in the ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' toylines. A Leader class toy, this incarnation of Liege Maximo would circle back around to his original G2 design, with subtle elements from the Aaron Archer concept design of the 2000s.</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Daytonjhammon/Sandbox&diff=1907501 2026-04-08T17:58:03Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: /* Conceptual history */</p> <hr /> <div>Evil is infinite, a natural counterforce to good in the universe that can never be truly defeated. None strikes greater fear into the [[sparks]] of Transformers than the horned demon, destroyer of worlds—wait, no, that's [[Unicron|his uncle]]. Still, of the [[Thirteen]] primordial deities, there is one whose planet-shaking evil was so unforgivable that—no, wait, that's [[The Fallen|his brother]].<br /> <br /> Look, the '''Liege Maximo''' is still pretty evil, okay? Either he's the Prime of pure evil—the inevitable counterpart of the goodness embodied in [[Prima|the first Prime]], the root of [[Decepticon|all evil]], his name [[Maximal#2005 IDW continuity|reverberating through the ages]]—''ooor'' he's the Prime of lies. He's definitely at least one of those.<br /> <br /> And what evil plans he has! [[Hot Rod (ES)|Manipulating others]] with his silver tongue, gathering [[Emberstone|artifacts]] and [[Cybertronian (faction)|allies]], biding his time, waiting for the planets to come into [[Hub (G2)|alignment]]. Boy are the Transformers in for it. Darts will be involved! You know—the [[Liegian Darts]]? The Liege Maximo's famous darts. Trust him, it's going to be epic.<br /> ==Conceptual history==<br /> [[File:LiegeMaximoAaronArcherSketch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|A concept sketch created by Aaron Archer in the 2000s.]]&lt;!-- Note: If the Aaron Archer Sketch is used for this section, then a quick edit to his AGE OF THE PRIMES toy introduction will need to be made, as it references the art being in the gallery. --&gt;<br /> <br /> Created by writer [[Simon Furman]] and artist [[Geoff Senior]] as the antithesis to &quot;[[Prima|the first named Prime]]&quot;, the Liege Maximo was introduced as the bigger bad behind [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in the final page of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comics. Revealing himself as the progenitor of the Decepticons, he was set to enact his plans, only for [[w:Direct market#1990s|real world economics]] to end the G2 era with a cliffhanger. <br /> <br /> Simon Furman completed his original plans for Liege Maximo in the unofficial Transformers novella [[Alignment]], which revealed Maximo's plan of using the Hub to ascend to the &quot;realm of the gods&quot; during the titular cosmic event. Liege Maximo would be wounded by his [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|progeny]], causing him to panic and start the alignment, inadverently leading to his own destruction thanks to the combined Autobot-Decepticon armada and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] in particular, ending his reign of terror. An illustration released for ''Alignment'' depicting Liege Maximo with three massive spaceships would later go to inspire his [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifact]], the Liegian Darts. <br /> <br /> A few years after the release of ''Alignment'', the release of ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'' gave Furman a chance to further establish Liege Maximo's importance in the history of the Transformers, describing him as one of the the mysterious &quot;Thirteen Original Transformers&quot; created by Primus to battle Unicron. Furman would make two further attempts to re-introduce Liege Maximo properly into the franchise with the [[IDW Publishing]] mini-series ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Revisiting]]'' - which would have ended once again with Liege Maximo being sequel bait, and ''[[Transformers: The Thirteen]]'', which would have depicted Furman's vision for the Thirteen, presumably with Liege Maximo as a member. However by the late 2000s, Hasbro began to assert more control over the lore surrounding the Thirteen, leading to both mini-series never being released, and in the latter story's case, being written &lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=The Thirteen is probably not going to happen for a while, as it’s become more of a Hasbro thing than an IDW thing, and Hasbro need to crystallise the whole concept before it can be turned into a comic book. I think and hope it will still happen, as it’s a story I’d dearly love to tell, but I have no firm grasp or when or in what form it will eventually see print.|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20110612025753/https://hombreimaginario.deviantart.com/art/Interviews-10-Simon-Furman-130246343|name=Simon Furman|site=deviantART|year=2009|month=07|day=20}}&lt;/ref&gt;. <br /> <br /> As Hasbro brand architect [[Aaron Archer]] developed what would eventually become the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] era of the franchise, Liege Maximo was reimagined from a Lovecraftian, looming menance to the a traitorous schemer and manipulator inspired by the traditional designs of [[Marvel Comics]] antagonist Loki. The [[Production bible]] informally known as the &quot;[[Binder of Revelation]]&quot; would remove Liege Maximo's lineage to the Decepticons and presence in the &quot;present day&quot;. Instead, his purpose in the narrative of the Thirteen was to cause the death of [[Solus Prime]] and the transformation of Megatronus Prime into The Fallen, who by [[2010]] had become known as the &quot;First Decepticon&quot; and become the more well-known villainous Prime in the franchise. The Binder describes Liege Maximo being severely damaged by [[Prima]]'s [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Thirteen]], eventually becoming trapped in the Hub. [[2011]]'s ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'' would broadly touch on Liege's role in the [[War of the Primes|fall of the Primes]], and the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' would provide a more fleshed-out depicition of Maximo's deceptions and plans, with a [[Farm]] of beasts being introduced as part of the conflict that would conclude the [[Age of Primes]]. The ''Covenant of Primus'' would also retcon a plot point from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', suggesting that the arm stolen by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] from the [[Liege Maximo's tomb|tomb]] of a dead Prime was in fact Liege Maximo's, despite the different colored arms. <br /> <br /> IDW Publishing's [[2005 IDW continuity]] would bring Liege Maximo back to the comics in a substanial way, serving as an antagonist in the overarching narrative crafted by [[John Barber]]. The pages of ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'', written by [[Mairghread Scott]] would reintroduce Liege Maximo to the present day after being freed from his prison, the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] &quot;Carcer&quot; - who was secretly Liege's personal Titan [[Vigilem]]. As Liege Maximo appeared in the ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' comic, Barber would use Maximo's name as the origin for the [[Maximal|Maximals]]' name, while linking their [[Beast mode]] to Maximo's alliance with the comic's overarching antagonist Onyx Prime, who was secretly [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] in disguise]]. Shockwave's role in &quot;[[The Falling]]&quot; arc of ''Optimus Prime'', and the subsequent build-up to the grand finale of the universe, ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]'', once again overshadowed Maximo's role as a villainous Prime and antagonist, with Maximo perishing in &quot;[[The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable]]&quot;. <br /> <br /> As a member of the Thirteen, Liege Maximo was often mentioned in passing. [[Ask Vector Prime]] would describe a Liege Maximo associated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite, while receiving quick mentions or appearances in media like ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'', the [[2019 IDW continuity]], and ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''. ''One'' would depict Liege Maximo with a gold and white color scheme, in stark contrast to his primarily green color scheme in previous depictions. <br /> <br /> Late [[2025]] saw the Liege Maximo reappear in ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Earthspark]]'' introducing him as the final antagonist of the series in its 88-minute finale ''[[Legacy of Hope]]'', giving him the spotlight as a villainous Prime without the presence of The Fallen or pretenders like Shockwave for the first time since the G2 comics. Not long after, [[2026]] would introduce the first proper toy of Liege Maximo in the ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' toylines. A Leader class toy, this incarnation of Liege Maximo would circle back around to his original G2 design, with subtle elements from the Aaron Archer concept design of the 2000s.</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Daytonjhammon/Sandbox&diff=1907498 2026-04-08T17:54:44Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>Evil is infinite, a natural counterforce to good in the universe that can never be truly defeated. None strikes greater fear into the [[sparks]] of Transformers than the horned demon, destroyer of worlds—wait, no, that's [[Unicron|his uncle]]. Still, of the [[Thirteen]] primordial deities, there is one whose planet-shaking evil was so unforgivable that—no, wait, that's [[The Fallen|his brother]].<br /> <br /> Look, the '''Liege Maximo''' is still pretty evil, okay? Either he's the Prime of pure evil—the inevitable counterpart of the goodness embodied in [[Prima|the first Prime]], the root of [[Decepticon|all evil]], his name [[Maximal#2005 IDW continuity|reverberating through the ages]]—''ooor'' he's the Prime of lies. He's definitely at least one of those.<br /> <br /> And what evil plans he has! [[Hot Rod (ES)|Manipulating others]] with his silver tongue, gathering [[Emberstone|artifacts]] and [[Cybertronian (faction)|allies]], biding his time, waiting for the planets to come into [[Hub (G2)|alignment]]. Boy are the Transformers in for it. Darts will be involved! You know—the [[Liegian Darts]]? The Liege Maximo's famous darts. Trust him, it's going to be epic.<br /> ==Conceptual history==<br /> [[File:LiegeMaximoAaronArcherSketch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|A concept sketch created by Aaron Archer in the 2000s.]]&lt;!-- Note: If the Aaron Archer Sketch is used for this section, then a quick edit to his AGE OF THE PRIMES toy introduction will need to be made, as it references the art being in the gallery. --&gt;<br /> <br /> Created by writer [[Simon Furman]] and artist [[Geoff Senior]] as the antithesis to &quot;[[Prima|the first named Prime]]&quot;, the Liege Maximo was introduced as the bigger bad behind [[Jhiaxus]] in the final page of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comics. Revealing himself as the progenitor of the Decepticons, he was set to enact his plans, only for [[w:Direct market#1990s|real world economics]] to end the G2 era with a cliffhanger. <br /> <br /> Simon Furman completed his original plans for Liege Maximo in the unofficial Transformers novella [[Alignment]], which revealed Maximo's plan of using the Hub to ascend to the &quot;realm of the gods&quot; during the titular cosmic event. Liege Maximo would be wounded by his [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|progeny]], causing him to panic and start the alignment, inadverently leading to his own destruction thanks to the combined Autobot-Decepticon armada and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] in particular, ending his reign of terror. An illustration released for ''Alignment'' depicting Liege Maximo with three massive spaceships would later go to inspire his [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifact]], the Liegian Darts. <br /> <br /> A few years after the release of ''Alignment'', the release of ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'' gave Furman a chance to further establish Liege Maximo's importance in the history of the Transformers, describing him as one of the the mysterious &quot;Thirteen Original Transformers&quot; created by Primus to battle Unicron. Furman would make two further attempts to re-introduce Liege Maximo properly into the franchise with the [[IDW Publishing]] mini-series ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Revisiting]]'' - which would have ended once again with Liege Maximo being sequel bait, and ''[[Transformers: The Thirteen]]'', which would have depicted Furman's vision for the Thirteen, presumably with Liege Maximo as a member. However by the late 2000s, Hasbro began to assert more control over the lore surrounding the Thirteen, leading to both mini-series never being released, and in the latter story's case, being written. .&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=The Thirteen is probably not going to happen for a while, as it’s become more of a Hasbro thing than an IDW thing, and Hasbro need to crystallise the whole concept before it can be turned into a comic book. I think and hope it will still happen, as it’s a story I’d dearly love to tell, but I have no firm grasp or when or in what form it will eventually see print.|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20110612025753/https://hombreimaginario.deviantart.com/art/Interviews-10-Simon-Furman-130246343|name=Simon Furman|site=deviantART|year=2009|month=07|day=20}}&lt;/ref&gt;. <br /> <br /> As Hasbro brand architect [[Aaron Archer]] developed what would eventually become the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] era of the franchise, Liege Maximo was reimagined from a Lovecraftian, looming menance to the a traitorous schemer and manipulator inspired by the traditional designs of [[Marvel Comics]] antagonist Loki. The [[Production bible]] informally known as the &quot;[[Binder of Revelation]]&quot; would remove Liege Maximo's lineage to the Decepticons and presence in the &quot;present day&quot;. Instead, his purpose in the narrative of the Thirteen was to cause the death of [[Solus Prime]] and the transformation of Megatronus Prime into The Fallen, who by [[2010]] had become known as the &quot;First Decepticon&quot; and become the more well-known villainous Prime in the franchise. The Binder describes Liege Maximo being severely damaged by [[Prima]]'s [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Thirteen]], eventually becoming trapped in the Hub. [[2011]]'s ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'' would broadly touch on Liege's role in the [[War of the Primes|fall of the Primes]], and the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' would provide a more fleshed-out depicition of Maximo's deceptions and plans, with a [[Farm]] of beasts being introduced as part of the conflict that would conclude the [[Age of Primes]]. The ''Covenant of Primus'' would also retcon a plot point from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', suggesting that the arm stolen by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] from the [[Liege Maximo's Tomb|tomb]] of a dead Prime was in fact Liege Maximo's, despite the different colored arms. <br /> <br /> IDW Publishing's [[2005 IDW continuity]] would bring Liege Maximo back to the comics in a substanial way, serving as an antagonist in the overarching narrative crafted by [[John Barber]]. The pages of ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'', written by [[Mairghread Scott]] would reintroduce Liege Maximo to the present day after being freed from his prison, the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] &quot;Carcer&quot; - who was secretly Liege's personal Titan [[Vigilem]]. As Liege Maximo appeared in the ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' comic, Barber would use Maximo's name as the origin for the [[Maximal|Maximals]]' name, while linking their [[Beast mode]] to Maximo's alliance with the comic's overarching antagonist Onyx Prime, who was secretly [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] in disguise]]. Shockwave's role in &quot;[[The Falling]]&quot; arc of ''Optimus Prime'', and the subsequent build-up to the grand finale of the universe, ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]'', once again overshadowed Maximo's role as a villainous Prime and antagonist, with Maximo perishing in &quot;[[The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable]]&quot;. <br /> <br /> As a member of the Thirteen, Liege Maximo was often mentioned in passing. [[Ask Vector Prime]] would describe a Liege Maximo associated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite, while receiving quick mentions or appearances in media like ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (series)|Cyberverse]]'', the [[2019 IDW continuity]], and ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''. ''One'' would depict Liege Maximo with a gold and white color scheme, in stark contrast to his primarily green color scheme in previous depictions. <br /> <br /> Late [[2025]] saw the Liege Maximo reappear in ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (series)|Earthspark]]'' introducing him as the final antagonist of the series in its 88-minute finale ''[[Legacy of Hope]]'', giving him the spotlight as a villainous Prime without the presence of The Fallen or pretenders like Shockwave for the first time since the G2 comics. Not long after, [[2026]] would introduce the first proper toy of Liege Maximo in the ''[[Transformers: Generations (franchise)|Generations]]'' [[subline imprint]] called ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]''. A Leader class toy, this incarnation of Liege Maximo would circle back around to his original G2 design, with subtle elements from the Aaron Archer concept design of the 2000s.</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Daytonjhammon/Sandbox&diff=1907442 2026-04-08T17:13:29Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>Evil is infinite, a natural counterforce to good in the universe that can never be truly defeated. None strikes greater fear into the [[sparks]] of Transformers than the horned demon, destroyer of worlds—wait, no, that's [[Unicron|his uncle]]. Still, of the [[Thirteen]] primordial deities, there is one whose planet-shaking evil was so unforgivable that—no, wait, that's [[The Fallen|his brother]].<br /> <br /> Look, the '''Liege Maximo''' is still pretty evil, okay? Either he's the Prime of pure evil—the inevitable counterpart of the goodness embodied in [[Prima|the first Prime]], the root of [[Decepticon|all evil]], his name [[Maximal#2005 IDW continuity|reverberating through the ages]]—''ooor'' he's the Prime of lies. He's definitely at least one of those.<br /> <br /> And what evil plans he has! [[Hot Rod (ES)|Manipulating others]] with his silver tongue, gathering [[Emberstone|artifacts]] and [[Cybertronian (faction)|allies]], biding his time, waiting for the planets to come into [[Hub (G2)|alignment]]. Boy are the Transformers in for it. Darts will be involved! You know—the [[Liegian Darts]]? The Liege Maximo's famous darts. Trust him, it's going to be epic.<br /> ==Conceptual history==<br /> [[File:Fallenpatlee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Original Dreamwave Productions concept art for the Fallen]]<br /> Created by writer [[Simon Furman]] and artist [[Geoff Senior]] as the antithesis to &quot;[[Prima|the first named Prime]]&quot;, the Liege Maximo was introduced as the bigger bad behind [[Jhiaxus]] in the final page of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comics. Revealing himself as the progenitor of the Decepticons, he was set to enact his plans, only for [[w:Direct market#1990s|real world economics]] to end the G2 era with a cliffhanger. <br /> <br /> Simon Furman completed his original plans for Liege Maximo in the unofficial Transformers novella [[Alignment]], which revealed Maximo's plan of using the Hub to ascend to the &quot;realm of the gods&quot; during the titular cosmic event. Liege Maximo would be wounded by his [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|progeny]], causing him to panic and start the alignment, inadverently leading to his own destruction thanks to the combined Autobot-Decepticon armada and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] in particular, ending his reign of terror. An illustration released for ''Alignment'' depicting Liege Maximo with three massive spaceships would later go to inspire his [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifact]], the Liegian Darts. <br /> <br /> A few years after the release of ''Alignment'', the release of ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'' gave Furman a chance to further establish Liege Maximo's importance in the history of the Transformers, describing him as one of the the mysterious &quot;Thirteen Original Transformers&quot; created by Primus to battle Unicron. Furman would make two further attempts to re-introduce Liege Maximo properly into the franchise with the [[IDW Publishing]] mini-series ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Revisiting]]'' - which would have ended once again with Liege Maximo being sequel bait, and ''[[Transformers: The Thirteen]]'', which would have depicted Furman's vision for the Thirteen, presumably with Liege Maximo as a member. However by the late 2000s, Hasbro began to assert more control over the lore surrounding the Thirteen, leading to both mini-series never being released, and in the latter story's case, being written. .&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=The Thirteen is probably not going to happen for a while, as it’s become more of a Hasbro thing than an IDW thing, and Hasbro need to crystallise the whole concept before it can be turned into a comic book. I think and hope it will still happen, as it’s a story I’d dearly love to tell, but I have no firm grasp or when or in what form it will eventually see print.|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20110612025753/https://hombreimaginario.deviantart.com/art/Interviews-10-Simon-Furman-130246343|name=Simon Furman|site=deviantART|year=2009|month=07|day=20}}&lt;/ref&gt;. <br /> <br /> As Hasbro brand architect [[Aaron Archer]] developed what would eventually become the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] era of the franchise, Liege Maximo was reimagined from a Lovecraftian, looming menance to the a traitorous schemer and manipulator inspired by the traditional designs of [[Marvel Comics]] antagonist Loki. The [[Production bible]] informally known as the &quot;[[Binder of Revelation]]&quot; would remove Liege Maximo's lineage to the Decepticons and presence in the &quot;present day&quot;. Instead, his purpose in the narrative of the Thirteen was to cause the death of [[Solus Prime]] and the transformation of Megatronus Prime into The Fallen, who by [[2010]] had become known as the &quot;First Decepticon&quot; and become the more well-known villainous Prime in the franchise. The Binder describes Liege Maximo being severely damaged by [[Prima]]'s [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Thirteen]], eventually becoming trapped in the Hub. [[2011]]'s ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'' would broadly touch on Liege's role in the [[War of the Primes|fall of the Primes]], and the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' would provide a more fleshed-out depicition of Maximo's deceptions and plans, with a [[Farm]] of beasts being introduced as part of the conflict that would conclude the [[Age of Primes]]. The ''Covenant of Primus'' would also retcon a plot point from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', suggesting that the arm stolen by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] from the [[Liege Maximo's Tomb|tomb]] of a dead Prime was in fact Liege Maximo's, despite the different colored arms. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The Fallen was introduced to IDW Publishing's [[2005 IDW continuity|long-running continuity]], being mentioned in [[The Crucible|''Robots in Disguise'' #34]], and making visual appearances in [[Heavy|''Till All Are One ''#9]], [[Origin Myths|''Optimus Prime'' #10]], and [[The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|''Optimus Prime'' #18]], albeit in flashback sequences. In this universe, Megatronus and the rest of the Thirteen were warlords of [[Thirteen Tribes]] rather than demigods. <br /> <br /> Concurrently with IDW's continuity, the concept of multiversal singularities was nullified in the 2015 Collectors' Club comic storyline ''[[Another Light]]''. The [[All Things Must Pass|final episode]] of the [[Transformers: Titans Return (cartoon)|''Titans Return'' cartoon]] introduced an amalgamated version of the Fallen—featuring his fiery abilities of the Dreamwave incarnation and the Egyptian-crown-like head and color scheme of ''Revenge of the Fallen''. The proceeding [[Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|''Power of the Primes'' cartoon]] would adapt his backstory from ''The Covenant of Primus'', featuring the Requiem Blaster and Solus Prime prominently in flashbacks and the present-day story. <br /> <br /> For a few years, the Fallen was absent from ''Transformers'' media, save the rare cameo appearance in the [[2019 IDW continuity]] or mention in ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'', until [[2024]] brought him back to relevance with the ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]'' film. The film established Megatronus Prime as the strongest and most powerful of the Primes, whose facial design was virtually identical to the Decepticon insignia, including its purple color. Unlike previous incarnations, this Megatronus remained heroic right up to his death, having never betrayed or murdered his fellow Primes. Later that year, the ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' toyline would be revealed, introducing &quot;Megatronus the Fallen&quot; as a Leader Class toy inspired primarily by his appearance in ''War Within: The Dark Ages''.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:AOTP Liege Maximo key art.jpg|thumb|I guess we know to which [[Energon bloodline]] [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] belongs.]]<br /> *&quot;Liege Maximo&quot; was likely meant to be this character's title or rank, while his proper name remained unknown, but subsequent uses of the character have treated Liege Maximo as the character's name (or, in some cases, &quot;Liege&quot; as his name and &quot;Maximo&quot; as a title in the vein of &quot;Prime&quot;). Jhiaxus has a similar title, [[Liege Centuro]].<br /> *Liege Maximo, was, at one point, established as a [[multiversal singularity]] who existed as one being throughout all of time and space, but that is [[Shroud|no longer the case]].<br /> *In November 2007, [[Simon Furman]] cryptically hinted that the Liege Maximo would make a return in 2008 in IDW's comics.&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|link=https://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/script-wrap-15/#comment-1938|quote=Actually, I’m saving LM for something else BIG that’s happening in 08.|name=Simon Furman|site=Simon Furman: The Blog|year=2007|month=11|day=19|title=SCRIPT (W)RAP}}&lt;/ref&gt; It didn't happen under his pen, however, and Liege Maximo wouldn't make his IDW debut until over 9 years later, in [[Rubicon|''Till All Are One'' #8]].<br /> *Liege Maximo's &quot;Aligned&quot; design, by [[Eric Siebenaler]], seems to have been heavily inspired by the [[Marvel Comics]] version of {{w|Loki (comics)|Loki}}; fitting enough for a manipulator and liar. Contrary to what you might expect, this was ''not'' done as a response to the massive spike in popularity that Loki would get as portrayed by {{w|Tom Hiddleston}} in 2011's {{w|Thor (film)|''Thor''}}; his artwork was first shown at [[BotCon 2010]], prior to the film's Loki's design even being revealed—and, indeed, Aligned Liege Maximo seems to be based much more heavily on the classic &quot;ugly old man&quot; Loki than Hiddleston's youthful hunk.<br /> *The dead Prime seen in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode &quot;[[Alpha/Omega]]&quot; is identified as Liege Maximo in ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]''. The concurrently published ''[[Transformers: The Art of Prime|Art of Prime]]'' claims that it is [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]], but that doesn't make sense, since Sentinel is not a true Prime and, as such, his limb would not convey the power to use the Forge on Megatron. The dead Prime's arm in ''Prime'' is red-colored, which neither Sentinel nor Maximo are; it may be due to influence from [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|the live-action Sentinel]].<br /> *The death of Liege Maximo in the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]'' is also at odds with other stories from Aligned continuity. The [[Transformers: Exiles|''Exiles'' novel]] reports that Alchemist Prime left Cybertron to hunt down and capture Liege Maximo, while the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] and [[The Trials of Optimus Prime|related materials]] show Liege Maximo as active in the [[Realm of the Primes]]. This is one of the larger examples of Aligned continuity's &quot;It only works if you squint&quot; rule towards the overall timeline.<br /> *Behind-the-scenes concept art from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' mislabels Liege Maximo's plinth in the Realm of the Primes as &quot;Siege Maximo&quot;. Translating the words on the plinth, however, gives the correct name.&lt;ref&gt;[https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/025/493/315/large/nicolaas-frankefort-prime-slabs.jpg?1585959977 Concept art of &quot;Prime slabs&quot;]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *In [[2023]], [[Aaron Archer]] revealed on a personal stream several concept sketches of the Thirteen he had made sometime during the 2000s, when Hasbro was still developing the full roster for what would eventually become the [[Aligned continuity family]].&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=Really we were trying to create a representation of each of the classic Transformer forms. So as I was creating the Thirteen, some had been figured out, right? So Megatronus I think, Liege Maximo, Alpha Trion I believe were already named characters... but then I tried to figure out how to bring the concept of beasts and combiners [and the Mini-Cons] and different elements into the concept, so that you had the whole pantheon of gods, different shapes and sizes and whatnot. So I went through and I drew kind of visions of what they could be. So this is not trying to figure the character out, but get the vibe of what the character was about, other talented people would come in behind me and do that. So there's like the idea that—why did the Quintessons think that they might have made the Transformers? Well they come from the guy that was like the Johnny Appleseed, or the character that seeded some of the planets, so they were confused... try to shore up some of these ideas for the Aligned continuity, right? Here's an elemental kind of concept, gears and metal and magnetism, kind of a proto-Transformer, kind of weird thing. [...] Here's another weird version of Megatronus, how big he is compared to like what Megatron would have been.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQLQ4VzuCGA&amp;t=689s|name=Aaron Archer|site=''The Toy Armada''|title=Toy Armada Friday night LIVE: Creating characters and lore|year=2023|month=05|day=26}}&lt;/ref&gt; At this stage in development, the Liege Maximo's design was heavily inspired by the original G2 comic design instead of being based on Loki. In a bizarre deep cut, this early concept design was used as the basis for the character's appearance in the ''[[Age of the Primes]]'' key art and other promotional images.<br /> *''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|EarthSpark]]'' Liege Maximo was designed by [[Nick Roche]].&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=IT ME|link=https://bsky.app/profile/nickroche.bsky.social/post/3maoucmwxxc2w|name=Nick Roche|site=Bluesky|year=2025|month=12|day=23}}&lt;/ref&gt; One of the concept designs for his head was a much more G2-inspired look, seen in the gallery below.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Liege Maximo''' (リージマキシモ ''Rīji Makishimo'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Maximo Dàdì''' (马克西莫大帝 ''Mǎkèxīmò Dàdì'', &quot;Maximo the Great&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:LiegeMaximoAaronArcherSketch.jpg|A concept sketch created by Aaron Archer in the 2000s<br /> File:Liege Maximo-Sara Pitre Durocher-TAAO-model.jpg|2005 IDW comic continuity<br /> File:IDW2 The Liege Maximo.jpg|2019 IDW continuity<br /> File:One-Liege-Maximo.jpg|''One'' film<br /> File:LiegeMaximo-earthspark-stock.jpg|''EarthSpark'' cartoon<br /> File:Elm.jpg|''EarthSpark'' concept art<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Daytonjhammon/Sandbox&diff=1906077 2026-04-01T20:53:30Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>Evil is infinite, a natural counterforce to good in the universe that can never be truly defeated. None strikes greater fear into the [[sparks]] of Transformers than the horned demon, destroyer of worlds—wait, no, that's [[Unicron|his uncle]]. Still, of the [[Thirteen]] primordial deities, there is one whose planet-shaking evil was so unforgivable that—no, wait, that's [[The Fallen|his brother]].<br /> <br /> Look, the '''Liege Maximo''' is still pretty evil, okay? Either he's the Prime of pure evil—the inevitable counterpart of the goodness embodied in [[Prima|the first Prime]], the root of [[Decepticon|all evil]], his name [[Maximal#2005 IDW continuity|reverberating through the ages]]—''ooor'' he's the Prime of lies. He's definitely at least one of those.<br /> <br /> And what evil plans he has! [[Hot Rod (ES)|Manipulating others]] with his silver tongue, gathering [[Emberstone|artifacts]] and [[Cybertronian (faction)|allies]], biding his time, waiting for the planets to come into [[Hub (G2)|alignment]]. Boy are the Transformers in for it. Darts will be involved! You know—the [[Liegian Darts]]? The Liege Maximo's famous darts. Trust him, it's going to be epic.<br /> ==Conceptual history==<br /> [[File:Fallenpatlee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Original Dreamwave Productions concept art for the Fallen]]<br /> Created by writer [[Simon Furman]] as the antithesis to &quot;[[Prima|the first named Prime]]&quot;, the Liege Maximo was introduced as the bigger bad behind [[Jhiaxus]] in the final page of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comics. Revealing himself as the progenitor of the Decepticons, he was set to enact his plans, only for [[w:Direct market#1990s|real world economics]] to end the G2 era with a cliffhanger. This would mark an unfortunate pattern of failed attempts and minimialized appearances to re-introduce this ancient villain. <br /> <br /> Simon Furman would <br /> <br /> caused when speculators abandoned an overheated comic market after realising five holo-foil copies of ''[[Robot-Master (comic)|Robot-Master Extreme Force]]'' #1 wasn't actually going to be worth much. Furman says it was launched at the &quot;wrong time&quot;, and would later reveal Jhiaxus' very name was an in-joke about how successful he thought G2 might be (&quot;gee, axe us&quot;).<br /> *In Furman's afterword, we learned colorist Sarra Mossoff apparently wasn't ''supposed'' to colour all the fiddly little idents in the word <br /> <br /> and artist [[Pat Lee]]&lt;ref&gt;[[Pat Lee#Failure to give proper credit|Allegedly.]]&lt;/ref&gt; with contributions from [[Andrew Wildman]]&lt;ref&gt;Namely the fire thing.&lt;/ref&gt; and [[Don Figueroa]], the Fallen debuted in the [[2003]] [[Dreamwave Productions]] comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' as a [[Herald of Unicron]]. A mysterious, fiery being from the Transformers' ancient past, he returned to Cybertron to enact the [[Unbinding]], a ritual that would alert Unicron to Primus's location. Wielding mystical, entropic abilities, he was defeated by his creator, trapping him within the [[Seal of Primus]]. Only a month after this series concluded, ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''—also written by Furman—was released, and filled in more details of the Fallen's backstory, established him to be one of the mysterious &quot;Thirteen Original Transformers&quot; created Primus to battle Unicron. According to the Guide, the Fallen betrayed his siblings by joining forces with Unicron, and the battle ended with the Fallen being sucked into a black hole until his escape, as seen in ''The Dark Ages''. A [[2007]] [[bio]] written for the Fallen's ''[[Titanium Series]]'' toy would reveal he was the overseer of entropy.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/titanium/the-fallen/1126/2/9/ Fallen's ''Titanium Series'' on-package bio]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> As various parties slowly developed the concept of the Thirteen, [[2009]] would be a significant year for the character, becoming the titular main antagonist of the [[Live-action film series]]' second film, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. The film would establish the character's connection to Megatron, and use his Decepticon-insignia-looking face to cement him as the true originator of the Decepticons: &quot;The First Decepticon&quot;. Despite his death in the film, online Q&amp;A sessions with [[Hasbro]] representatives&lt;ref&gt;See [[Hasbro Q&amp;A/July 2009: Answers|Hasbro Q&amp;A/July 2009: Answer #3]] for more information.&lt;/ref&gt; established that the Fallen and his siblings were &quot;[[multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]]&quot;: special entities who existed across all realities, moving between them; this provided a loophole for the Fallen to survive the events of the film. <br /> <br /> The novels of the [[Aligned continuity family]] significantly fleshed out the character's backstory, relationships, and weaponry. The [[2010]] novel ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'' established his original name of Megatronus, further strengthening the character's connection to Megatron and the Decepticon cause. Its sequel, [[2011]]'s ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'', re-introduced the Requiem Blaster as the personal artifact of Megatronus, unlike the Mini-Con weapon of ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]''. The novel would reveal that the weapon's existence became a great point of contention among the Primes, and would be the weapon that killed [[Solus Prime]], who was introduced as his love interest. Two years later, ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' provided an alternate, less-villainous interpretation of the Fallen's backstory, exploring his tense relationship with [[Prima]], the &quot;Warrior of Light&quot;, and how the manipulations of the silver-tongued [[Liege Maximo]] led to an accidental death of Solus Prime in the [[War of the Primes]]. This less-villainous, more tragic interpretation of the character would be largely ignored when he made his proper television debut in the [[2015]] [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]], which highlighted his role as the &quot;First Decepticon&quot;. <br /> <br /> The Fallen was introduced to IDW Publishing's [[2005 IDW continuity|long-running continuity]], being mentioned in [[The Crucible|''Robots in Disguise'' #34]], and making visual appearances in [[Heavy|''Till All Are One ''#9]], [[Origin Myths|''Optimus Prime'' #10]], and [[The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|''Optimus Prime'' #18]], albeit in flashback sequences. In this universe, Megatronus and the rest of the Thirteen were warlords of [[Thirteen Tribes]] rather than demigods. <br /> <br /> Concurrently with IDW's continuity, the concept of multiversal singularities was nullified in the 2015 Collectors' Club comic storyline ''[[Another Light]]''. The [[All Things Must Pass|final episode]] of the [[Transformers: Titans Return (cartoon)|''Titans Return'' cartoon]] introduced an amalgamated version of the Fallen—featuring his fiery abilities of the Dreamwave incarnation and the Egyptian-crown-like head and color scheme of ''Revenge of the Fallen''. The proceeding [[Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|''Power of the Primes'' cartoon]] would adapt his backstory from ''The Covenant of Primus'', featuring the Requiem Blaster and Solus Prime prominently in flashbacks and the present-day story. <br /> <br /> For a few years, the Fallen was absent from ''Transformers'' media, save the rare cameo appearance in the [[2019 IDW continuity]] or mention in ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'', until [[2024]] brought him back to relevance with the ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]'' film. The film established Megatronus Prime as the strongest and most powerful of the Primes, whose facial design was virtually identical to the Decepticon insignia, including its purple color. Unlike previous incarnations, this Megatronus remained heroic right up to his death, having never betrayed or murdered his fellow Primes. Later that year, the ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' toyline would be revealed, introducing &quot;Megatronus the Fallen&quot; as a Leader Class toy inspired primarily by his appearance in ''War Within: The Dark Ages''.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:AOTP Liege Maximo key art.jpg|thumb|I guess we know to which [[Energon bloodline]] [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] belongs.]]<br /> *&quot;Liege Maximo&quot; was likely meant to be this character's title or rank, while his proper name remained unknown, but subsequent uses of the character have treated Liege Maximo as the character's name (or, in some cases, &quot;Liege&quot; as his name and &quot;Maximo&quot; as a title in the vein of &quot;Prime&quot;). Jhiaxus has a similar title, [[Liege Centuro]].<br /> *Liege Maximo, was, at one point, established as a [[multiversal singularity]] who existed as one being throughout all of time and space, but that is [[Shroud|no longer the case]].<br /> *In November 2007, [[Simon Furman]] cryptically hinted that the Liege Maximo would make a return in 2008 in IDW's comics.&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|link=https://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/script-wrap-15/#comment-1938|quote=Actually, I’m saving LM for something else BIG that’s happening in 08.|name=Simon Furman|site=Simon Furman: The Blog|year=2007|month=11|day=19|title=SCRIPT (W)RAP}}&lt;/ref&gt; It didn't happen under his pen, however, and Liege Maximo wouldn't make his IDW debut until over 9 years later, in [[Rubicon|''Till All Are One'' #8]].<br /> *Liege Maximo's &quot;Aligned&quot; design, by [[Eric Siebenaler]], seems to have been heavily inspired by the [[Marvel Comics]] version of {{w|Loki (comics)|Loki}}; fitting enough for a manipulator and liar. Contrary to what you might expect, this was ''not'' done as a response to the massive spike in popularity that Loki would get as portrayed by {{w|Tom Hiddleston}} in 2011's {{w|Thor (film)|''Thor''}}; his artwork was first shown at [[BotCon 2010]], prior to the film's Loki's design even being revealed—and, indeed, Aligned Liege Maximo seems to be based much more heavily on the classic &quot;ugly old man&quot; Loki than Hiddleston's youthful hunk.<br /> *The dead Prime seen in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode &quot;[[Alpha/Omega]]&quot; is identified as Liege Maximo in ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]''. The concurrently published ''[[Transformers: The Art of Prime|Art of Prime]]'' claims that it is [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]], but that doesn't make sense, since Sentinel is not a true Prime and, as such, his limb would not convey the power to use the Forge on Megatron. The dead Prime's arm in ''Prime'' is red-colored, which neither Sentinel nor Maximo are; it may be due to influence from [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|the live-action Sentinel]].<br /> *The death of Liege Maximo in the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]'' is also at odds with other stories from Aligned continuity. The [[Transformers: Exiles|''Exiles'' novel]] reports that Alchemist Prime left Cybertron to hunt down and capture Liege Maximo, while the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] and [[The Trials of Optimus Prime|related materials]] show Liege Maximo as active in the [[Realm of the Primes]]. This is one of the larger examples of Aligned continuity's &quot;It only works if you squint&quot; rule towards the overall timeline.<br /> *Behind-the-scenes concept art from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' mislabels Liege Maximo's plinth in the Realm of the Primes as &quot;Siege Maximo&quot;. Translating the words on the plinth, however, gives the correct name.&lt;ref&gt;[https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/025/493/315/large/nicolaas-frankefort-prime-slabs.jpg?1585959977 Concept art of &quot;Prime slabs&quot;]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *In [[2023]], [[Aaron Archer]] revealed on a personal stream several concept sketches of the Thirteen he had made sometime during the 2000s, when Hasbro was still developing the full roster for what would eventually become the [[Aligned continuity family]].&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=Really we were trying to create a representation of each of the classic Transformer forms. So as I was creating the Thirteen, some had been figured out, right? So Megatronus I think, Liege Maximo, Alpha Trion I believe were already named characters... but then I tried to figure out how to bring the concept of beasts and combiners [and the Mini-Cons] and different elements into the concept, so that you had the whole pantheon of gods, different shapes and sizes and whatnot. So I went through and I drew kind of visions of what they could be. So this is not trying to figure the character out, but get the vibe of what the character was about, other talented people would come in behind me and do that. So there's like the idea that—why did the Quintessons think that they might have made the Transformers? Well they come from the guy that was like the Johnny Appleseed, or the character that seeded some of the planets, so they were confused... try to shore up some of these ideas for the Aligned continuity, right? Here's an elemental kind of concept, gears and metal and magnetism, kind of a proto-Transformer, kind of weird thing. [...] Here's another weird version of Megatronus, how big he is compared to like what Megatron would have been.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQLQ4VzuCGA&amp;t=689s|name=Aaron Archer|site=''The Toy Armada''|title=Toy Armada Friday night LIVE: Creating characters and lore|year=2023|month=05|day=26}}&lt;/ref&gt; At this stage in development, the Liege Maximo's design was heavily inspired by the original G2 comic design instead of being based on Loki. In a bizarre deep cut, this early concept design was used as the basis for the character's appearance in the ''[[Age of the Primes]]'' key art and other promotional images.<br /> *''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|EarthSpark]]'' Liege Maximo was designed by [[Nick Roche]].&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=IT ME|link=https://bsky.app/profile/nickroche.bsky.social/post/3maoucmwxxc2w|name=Nick Roche|site=Bluesky|year=2025|month=12|day=23}}&lt;/ref&gt; One of the concept designs for his head was a much more G2-inspired look, seen in the gallery below.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Liege Maximo''' (リージマキシモ ''Rīji Makishimo'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Maximo Dàdì''' (马克西莫大帝 ''Mǎkèxīmò Dàdì'', &quot;Maximo the Great&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:LiegeMaximoAaronArcherSketch.jpg|A concept sketch created by Aaron Archer in the 2000s<br /> File:Liege Maximo-Sara Pitre Durocher-TAAO-model.jpg|2005 IDW comic continuity<br /> File:IDW2 The Liege Maximo.jpg|2019 IDW continuity<br /> File:One-Liege-Maximo.jpg|''One'' film<br /> File:LiegeMaximo-earthspark-stock.jpg|''EarthSpark'' cartoon<br /> File:Elm.jpg|''EarthSpark'' concept art<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Daytonjhammon/Sandbox&diff=1906048 2026-04-01T16:40:54Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: Clearing out old work / getting set up to do Liege concept history</p> <hr /> <div>Evil is infinite, a natural counterforce to good in the universe that can never be truly defeated. None strikes greater fear into the [[sparks]] of Transformers than the horned demon, destroyer of worlds—wait, no, that's [[Unicron|his uncle]]. Still, of the [[Thirteen]] primordial deities, there is one whose planet-shaking evil was so unforgivable that—no, wait, that's [[The Fallen|his brother]].<br /> <br /> Look, the '''Liege Maximo''' is still pretty evil, okay? Either he's the Prime of pure evil—the inevitable counterpart of the goodness embodied in [[Prima|the first Prime]], the root of [[Decepticon|all evil]], his name [[Maximal#2005 IDW continuity|reverberating through the ages]]—''ooor'' he's the Prime of lies. He's definitely at least one of those.<br /> <br /> And what evil plans he has! [[Hot Rod (ES)|Manipulating others]] with his silver tongue, gathering [[Emberstone|artifacts]] and [[Cybertronian (faction)|allies]], biding his time, waiting for the planets to come into [[Hub (G2)|alignment]]. Boy are the Transformers in for it. Darts will be involved! You know—the [[Liegian Darts]]? The Liege Maximo's famous darts. Trust him, it's going to be epic.<br /> ==Conceptual history==<br /> [[File:Fallenpatlee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Original Dreamwave Productions concept art for the Fallen]]<br /> Created by writer [[Simon Furman]] and artist [[Pat Lee]]&lt;ref&gt;[[Pat Lee#Failure to give proper credit|Allegedly.]]&lt;/ref&gt; with contributions from [[Andrew Wildman]]&lt;ref&gt;Namely the fire thing.&lt;/ref&gt; and [[Don Figueroa]], the Fallen debuted in the [[2003]] [[Dreamwave Productions]] comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' as a [[Herald of Unicron]]. A mysterious, fiery being from the Transformers' ancient past, he returned to Cybertron to enact the [[Unbinding]], a ritual that would alert Unicron to Primus's location. Wielding mystical, entropic abilities, he was defeated by his creator, trapping him within the [[Seal of Primus]]. Only a month after this series concluded, ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''—also written by Furman—was released, and filled in more details of the Fallen's backstory, established him to be one of the mysterious &quot;Thirteen Original Transformers&quot; created by Primus to battle Unicron. According to the Guide, the Fallen betrayed his siblings by joining forces with Unicron, and the battle ended with the Fallen being sucked into a black hole until his escape, as seen in ''The Dark Ages''. A [[2007]] [[bio]] written for the Fallen's ''[[Titanium Series]]'' toy would reveal he was the overseer of entropy.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/titanium/the-fallen/1126/2/9/ Fallen's ''Titanium Series'' on-package bio]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> As various parties slowly developed the concept of the Thirteen, [[2009]] would be a significant year for the character, becoming the titular main antagonist of the [[Live-action film series]]' second film, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. The film would establish the character's connection to Megatron, and use his Decepticon-insignia-looking face to cement him as the true originator of the Decepticons: &quot;The First Decepticon&quot;. Despite his death in the film, online Q&amp;A sessions with [[Hasbro]] representatives&lt;ref&gt;See [[Hasbro Q&amp;A/July 2009: Answers|Hasbro Q&amp;A/July 2009: Answer #3]] for more information.&lt;/ref&gt; established that the Fallen and his siblings were &quot;[[multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]]&quot;: special entities who existed across all realities, moving between them; this provided a loophole for the Fallen to survive the events of the film. <br /> <br /> The novels of the [[Aligned continuity family]] significantly fleshed out the character's backstory, relationships, and weaponry. The [[2010]] novel ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'' established his original name of Megatronus, further strengthening the character's connection to Megatron and the Decepticon cause. Its sequel, [[2011]]'s ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'', re-introduced the Requiem Blaster as the personal artifact of Megatronus, unlike the Mini-Con weapon of ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]''. The novel would reveal that the weapon's existence became a great point of contention among the Primes, and would be the weapon that killed [[Solus Prime]], who was introduced as his love interest. Two years later, ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' provided an alternate, less-villainous interpretation of the Fallen's backstory, exploring his tense relationship with [[Prima]], the &quot;Warrior of Light&quot;, and how the manipulations of the silver-tongued [[Liege Maximo]] led to an accidental death of Solus Prime in the [[War of the Primes]]. This less-villainous, more tragic interpretation of the character would be largely ignored when he made his proper television debut in the [[2015]] [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]], which highlighted his role as the &quot;First Decepticon&quot;. <br /> <br /> The Fallen was introduced to IDW Publishing's [[2005 IDW continuity|long-running continuity]], being mentioned in [[The Crucible|''Robots in Disguise'' #34]], and making visual appearances in [[Heavy|''Till All Are One ''#9]], [[Origin Myths|''Optimus Prime'' #10]], and [[The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|''Optimus Prime'' #18]], albeit in flashback sequences. In this universe, Megatronus and the rest of the Thirteen were warlords of [[Thirteen Tribes]] rather than demigods. <br /> <br /> Concurrently with IDW's continuity, the concept of multiversal singularities was nullified in the 2015 Collectors' Club comic storyline ''[[Another Light]]''. The [[All Things Must Pass|final episode]] of the [[Transformers: Titans Return (cartoon)|''Titans Return'' cartoon]] introduced an amalgamated version of the Fallen—featuring his fiery abilities of the Dreamwave incarnation and the Egyptian-crown-like head and color scheme of ''Revenge of the Fallen''. The proceeding [[Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|''Power of the Primes'' cartoon]] would adapt his backstory from ''The Covenant of Primus'', featuring the Requiem Blaster and Solus Prime prominently in flashbacks and the present-day story. <br /> <br /> For a few years, the Fallen was absent from ''Transformers'' media, save the rare cameo appearance in the [[2019 IDW continuity]] or mention in ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'', until [[2024]] brought him back to relevance with the ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]'' film. The film established Megatronus Prime as the strongest and most powerful of the Primes, whose facial design was virtually identical to the Decepticon insignia, including its purple color. Unlike previous incarnations, this Megatronus remained heroic right up to his death, having never betrayed or murdered his fellow Primes. Later that year, the ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' toyline would be revealed, introducing &quot;Megatronus the Fallen&quot; as a Leader Class toy inspired primarily by his appearance in ''War Within: The Dark Ages''.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:AOTP Liege Maximo key art.jpg|thumb|I guess we know to which [[Energon bloodline]] [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] belongs.]]<br /> *&quot;Liege Maximo&quot; was likely meant to be this character's title or rank, while his proper name remained unknown, but subsequent uses of the character have treated Liege Maximo as the character's name (or, in some cases, &quot;Liege&quot; as his name and &quot;Maximo&quot; as a title in the vein of &quot;Prime&quot;). Jhiaxus has a similar title, [[Liege Centuro]].<br /> *Liege Maximo, was, at one point, established as a [[multiversal singularity]] who existed as one being throughout all of time and space, but that is [[Shroud|no longer the case]].<br /> *In November 2007, [[Simon Furman]] cryptically hinted that the Liege Maximo would make a return in 2008 in IDW's comics.&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|link=https://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/script-wrap-15/#comment-1938|quote=Actually, I’m saving LM for something else BIG that’s happening in 08.|name=Simon Furman|site=Simon Furman: The Blog|year=2007|month=11|day=19|title=SCRIPT (W)RAP}}&lt;/ref&gt; It didn't happen under his pen, however, and Liege Maximo wouldn't make his IDW debut until over 9 years later, in [[Rubicon|''Till All Are One'' #8]].<br /> *Liege Maximo's &quot;Aligned&quot; design, by [[Eric Siebenaler]], seems to have been heavily inspired by the [[Marvel Comics]] version of {{w|Loki (comics)|Loki}}; fitting enough for a manipulator and liar. Contrary to what you might expect, this was ''not'' done as a response to the massive spike in popularity that Loki would get as portrayed by {{w|Tom Hiddleston}} in 2011's {{w|Thor (film)|''Thor''}}; his artwork was first shown at [[BotCon 2010]], prior to the film's Loki's design even being revealed—and, indeed, Aligned Liege Maximo seems to be based much more heavily on the classic &quot;ugly old man&quot; Loki than Hiddleston's youthful hunk.<br /> *The dead Prime seen in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode &quot;[[Alpha/Omega]]&quot; is identified as Liege Maximo in ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]''. The concurrently published ''[[Transformers: The Art of Prime|Art of Prime]]'' claims that it is [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]], but that doesn't make sense, since Sentinel is not a true Prime and, as such, his limb would not convey the power to use the Forge on Megatron. The dead Prime's arm in ''Prime'' is red-colored, which neither Sentinel nor Maximo are; it may be due to influence from [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|the live-action Sentinel]].<br /> *The death of Liege Maximo in the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]'' is also at odds with other stories from Aligned continuity. The [[Transformers: Exiles|''Exiles'' novel]] reports that Alchemist Prime left Cybertron to hunt down and capture Liege Maximo, while the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] and [[The Trials of Optimus Prime|related materials]] show Liege Maximo as active in the [[Realm of the Primes]]. This is one of the larger examples of Aligned continuity's &quot;It only works if you squint&quot; rule towards the overall timeline.<br /> *Behind-the-scenes concept art from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' mislabels Liege Maximo's plinth in the Realm of the Primes as &quot;Siege Maximo&quot;. Translating the words on the plinth, however, gives the correct name.&lt;ref&gt;[https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/025/493/315/large/nicolaas-frankefort-prime-slabs.jpg?1585959977 Concept art of &quot;Prime slabs&quot;]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *In [[2023]], [[Aaron Archer]] revealed on a personal stream several concept sketches of the Thirteen he had made sometime during the 2000s, when Hasbro was still developing the full roster for what would eventually become the [[Aligned continuity family]].&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=Really we were trying to create a representation of each of the classic Transformer forms. So as I was creating the Thirteen, some had been figured out, right? So Megatronus I think, Liege Maximo, Alpha Trion I believe were already named characters... but then I tried to figure out how to bring the concept of beasts and combiners [and the Mini-Cons] and different elements into the concept, so that you had the whole pantheon of gods, different shapes and sizes and whatnot. So I went through and I drew kind of visions of what they could be. So this is not trying to figure the character out, but get the vibe of what the character was about, other talented people would come in behind me and do that. So there's like the idea that—why did the Quintessons think that they might have made the Transformers? Well they come from the guy that was like the Johnny Appleseed, or the character that seeded some of the planets, so they were confused... try to shore up some of these ideas for the Aligned continuity, right? Here's an elemental kind of concept, gears and metal and magnetism, kind of a proto-Transformer, kind of weird thing. [...] Here's another weird version of Megatronus, how big he is compared to like what Megatron would have been.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQLQ4VzuCGA&amp;t=689s|name=Aaron Archer|site=''The Toy Armada''|title=Toy Armada Friday night LIVE: Creating characters and lore|year=2023|month=05|day=26}}&lt;/ref&gt; At this stage in development, the Liege Maximo's design was heavily inspired by the original G2 comic design instead of being based on Loki. In a bizarre deep cut, this early concept design was used as the basis for the character's appearance in the ''[[Age of the Primes]]'' key art and other promotional images.<br /> *''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|EarthSpark]]'' Liege Maximo was designed by [[Nick Roche]].&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=IT ME|link=https://bsky.app/profile/nickroche.bsky.social/post/3maoucmwxxc2w|name=Nick Roche|site=Bluesky|year=2025|month=12|day=23}}&lt;/ref&gt; One of the concept designs for his head was a much more G2-inspired look, seen in the gallery below.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Liege Maximo''' (リージマキシモ ''Rīji Makishimo'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Maximo Dàdì''' (马克西莫大帝 ''Mǎkèxīmò Dàdì'', &quot;Maximo the Great&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:LiegeMaximoAaronArcherSketch.jpg|A concept sketch created by Aaron Archer in the 2000s<br /> File:Liege Maximo-Sara Pitre Durocher-TAAO-model.jpg|2005 IDW comic continuity<br /> File:IDW2 The Liege Maximo.jpg|2019 IDW continuity<br /> File:One-Liege-Maximo.jpg|''One'' film<br /> File:LiegeMaximo-earthspark-stock.jpg|''EarthSpark'' cartoon<br /> File:Elm.jpg|''EarthSpark'' concept art<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;</div>

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<p>Daytonjhammon: /* Age of the Primes */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-Prima.png|cSize=35px|cLink=Prima|cPretty=Prima}}<br /> |{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-VectorPrime.png|cSize=30px|cLink=Vector Prime}}<br /> |{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-AlphaTrion.png|cSize=25px|cLink=Alpha Trion|cPretty=Alpha Trion}}<br /> |{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-SolusPrime.png|cSize=25px|cLink=Solus Prime|cPretty=Solus Prime}}<br /> |{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-MicronusPrime.png|cSize=35px|cLink=Micronus Prime}}<br /> |{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-AlchemistPrime.png|cSize=30px|cLink=Maccadam|cPretty=Alchemist Prime}}<br /> |{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-NexusPrime.png|cSize=35px|cLink=Nexus Prime|cPretty=Nexus Prime}}<br /> |onyxprime<br /> |{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-AmalgamousPrime.png|cSize=25px|cLink=Amalgamous Prime|cPretty=Amalgamous Prime}}<br /> |{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-QuintusPrime.png|cSize=30px|cLink=Quintus Prime|cPretty=Quintus Prime}}<br /> |{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-LiegeMaximo.png|cSize=35px|cLink=Liege Maximo|cPretty=Liege Maximo}}<br /> |{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-Megatronus.png|cSize=40x40px|cLink=The Fallen|cPretty=Megatronus}}<br /> |{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-Thirteenth.png|cSize=35px|cLink=Thirteenth Prime}}<br /> |primus}}<br /> {{Disambig2|the in-universe objects|the real-world mobile game feature|Prime Relics}}<br /> <br /> <br /> In their heyday, the [[Thirteen]] original [[Transformer]]s wielded many powerful weapons and tools. These relics, collectively known as the '''Artifacts of the Primes''', operate on a level far beyond even the most advanced Cybertronian science—they can bend time and space, alter gravity and mass, imbue inorganic matter with life, or even rewrite the fundamental laws of the universe.<br /> <br /> Many Cybertronian legends attribute the existence of these artifacts to [[Solus Prime]], the smith of the Thirteen. According to some accounts, others were bestowed upon the Thirteen by [[Primus]] himself at the moment of their creation; a few were crafted or claimed by individual Primes over the course of their many adventures.<br /> <br /> Long after the heyday of the Thirteen and the subsequent fall of the Primes, most of these relics are now considered the stuff of legends, but legends have a way of turning up again...<br /> <br /> {| style=&quot;margin-left:1em;&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; colspan=5 |Artifacts with known users include:<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; rowspan=5|[[File:Artifacts_of_the_Primes_IDW-2019_Issue_34.jpg|thumb|right|300px|&quot;So this orb has a real shiny blue suitcase/Ark of the Covenant/Maltese Falcon sort of vibe, what is it?&quot;]]<br /> |-<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-pr1|[[Prima]]}}<br /> :* The [[Matrix of Leadership]]/[[Origin Matrix]]<br /> :* The [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]]<br /> :* The [[Skyboom Shield (Thirteen)|Skyboom Shield]]<br /> {{Bp-pr2|[[Vector Prime]]}}<br /> :* The [[Blades of Time]]<br /> :* The [[Badge of Vector Prime]]<br /> :* [[Rhisling]]<br /> {{Bp-pr3|[[Alpha Trion]]}}<br /> :* The [[Covenant of Primus]]<br /> :* The [[Quill]]<br /> {{Bp-pr4|[[Solus Prime]]}}<br /> :* The [[Forge of Solus Prime]]<br /> :* The [[Creation Lathe]]<br /> :* The [[Forge Fire Amulet]]<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-pr5|[[Micronus Prime]]}}<br /> :* The [[Chimera Stone]]<br /> :* The [[Apex Armor (Thirteen)|Apex Armor]]<br /> {{Bp-pr6|[[Maccadam|Alchemist Prime]]}}<br /> :* The [[Lenses]]<br /> {{Bp-pr7|[[Nexus Prime]]}}<br /> :* The [[Chaos Edge]]<br /> :* The [[Cyber Caliber]]<br /> :* The [[Enigma of Combination]]/[[Infinite Combinatoric]]<br /> :* The [[Omni Saber]]<br /> {{Bp-pr8|[[Onyx Prime]]}}<br /> :* The [[Triptych Mask]]<br /> :* The [[Cortex Helm]]<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-pr9|[[Amalgamous Prime]]}}<br /> :* The [[Scythe (Thirteen)|Scythe]]<br /> :* The [[Transformation Cog (Thirteen)|Transformation Cog]]<br /> {{Bp-pr10|[[Quintus Prime]]}}<br /> :* The [[Emberstone]]<br /> {{Bp-pr11|[[Liege Maximo]]}}<br /> :* The [[Liegian Darts]]<br /> {{Bp-pr12|[[The Fallen|Megatronus]]}}<br /> :*The [[Requiem Blaster (Thirteen)|Requiem Blaster]] <br /> {{Bp-pr13|The [[Thirteenth Prime]]}}<br /> :* The [[Matrix of Leadership]]<br /> :* The [[Zodiac]]<br /> :* The [[Scepter of Sparks]]<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |-<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; colspan=5|Artifacts belonging to less-attested Primes include:<br /> |-<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> *[[Last Autobot|Autonomous Maximus]]<br /> :* The [[Viewtrex Staff]]<br /> *[[Logos Prime]]<br /> :*The [[Zeonomicon]]<br /> :*The [[Epistemus|Magnificence]]<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> *[[Mortilus]]<br /> :*The [[Dark Spark]]<br /> :*The [[Void Scepter]]<br /> *[[Zeta Prime (One)|Zeta Prime]]<br /> :*The [[Vamparc ribbon|Vamparc Ribbon]]s<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|<br /> |-<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; colspan=5|Artifacts belonging to attendants of the Primes include:<br /> |-<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> *[[Sentius Nobilius]]<br /> :* The [[Sword of Balance]]<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|<br /> |-<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; colspan=5|Artifacts with no specific user include:<br /> |-<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> :* The [[Proton Spear]]<br /> :* The [[Terminus Blade]]<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> :* The [[Throne of the Primes]]<br /> :* The [[Halo of Primus]]<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> <br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;30%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> The Artifacts of the Primes were forged by [[Solus Prime]] for usage in the upcoming battle against [[Unicron#Aligned continuity family|Unicron]]. They did little to deter to the Chaos Bringer before [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] exposed his own [[spark]] to Unicron's anti-spark, knocking both beings into [[stasis lock]]. In the aftermath, [[Quintus Prime]] used the [[Emberstone]] to revive Optimus while [[Vector Prime]] used the [[Blades of Time]] to form a time-loop around Unicron so as to lock him in stasis forevermore. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}} The more potent of these artifacts would only activate in the hands of [[Prime (rank)|Primes]]. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}} {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}<br /> <br /> When the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Rust Plague]] struck the [[Cybertronian colonies]], the inhabitants of [[Neutronia]] fled their world. With the [[space bridge|Space Bridges]] destroyed, they drifted aimlessly in space, eventually finding the [[Transformation Cog (Thirteen)|Transformation Cog]] of [[Amalgamous Prime]] in the orbit of a [[black hole (phenomenon)|black hole]]. When they brought the artifact aboard their ships, the artifact's energies caused them to mutate into the [[Mutacon]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}<br /> <br /> During the [[Age of Rust]], Alpha Trion received the [[Badge of Vector Prime]] from [[Vector Sigma]], which would later be given to [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]] in the hope that it would drive him into action. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}. <br /> <br /> When [[Great War (Prime)|war]] broke out on Cybertron, [[Alpha Trion]] launched several Artifacts of the Primes into space and onto the planet [[Earth]], for Optimus Prime to eventually make use of. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}} {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} The database containing the coordinates of these relics was raided from the [[Hall of Records]] by the [[Decepticon]]s in the final days of the Great War, but they were unable to break the encryption. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} <br /> <br /> When the [[Ark (WFC)|''Ark'']] launched, Alpha Trion indulged in fantasies of Optimus returning to Cybertron with the [[AllSpark]] and the other lost artifacts of his brothers. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} During their voyage, the ''Ark'' crew came across several of Cybertron's long lost colony worlds and found the fragments of the [[Cyber Caliber]] which eventually led to [[Nexus Prime]] reforming on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. Simultaneously, Junkion itself was discovered to have formed around the gravitational pull of the [[Requiem Blaster (Thirteen)|Requiem Blaster]], which was then stolen by the [[Star Seeker]]s and affixed to the [[Tidal Wave (Prime)|''Tidal Wave'']]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}} In a later space battle against the more agile [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']], the pirates were forced to detach the Requiem Blaster after it threatened to overheat and destroy their vessel. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}<br /> <br /> Unknown years later, Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] discovered Alpha Trion's work, with Megatron managing to claim the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] only to discover he could not access its power. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}} After Optimus Prime acquired the Star Saber, {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}} Megatron took drastic action and stole the arm of the deceased [[Liege Maximo]] to access the Forge. Via the Star Saber, Optimus learned of the [[Omega Key]]s and their potential to revive Cybertron via the [[Omega Lock]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}} Upon [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] rejoining the Decepticons, via gifting the Omega Keys to Megatron, {{storylink|Patch (episode)|Patch}} [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] gifted the Forge of Solus Prime to the Autobots, who used it to upgrade their [[GroundBridge]] into a Space Bridge. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} When Megatron threatened to use the Omega Lock to cyberform Earth, Optimus destroyed it with the Star Saber. In retaliation, Megatron destroyed [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], wounding Optimus Prime {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} to the point of death before [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] used what little power remained in the Forge of Solus Prime to revive him. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}} In the aftermath, [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] claimed the Forge as a standard war hammer, {{storylink|Project Predacon}} before it was shattered by [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]. {{storylink|Evolution}}<br /> <br /> Discovering an alternate method to synthesizing [[Living metal|cyber-matter]], the Decepticons began rebuilding the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Minus One}} Once completed, they attempted to use it to cyberform Earth once again only for the Autobots to claim the device and instead use it to revive Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}<br /> <br /> ===''Shattered Glass''===<br /> As [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Mammoth]] and [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] dueled on the dimensionally-displaced &quot;[[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|Classicsverse]]&quot; Earth, each boasted of possessing an Artifact of the Primes, evil Magnus with the [[Terminus Blade]] and good Mammoth with the [[Origin Matrix]]. When Magnus tried to stab his heroic counterpart in the spark, the Blade suddenly reacted with the Matrix, {{storylink|Distant Fissures}} recharging the Blade. Soon afterwards, [[Nexus Prime]] arrived to take custody of the Star Saber and the Terminus Blade. {{storylink|Restoration}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> Some of these legendary artifacts, such as the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and the [[Enigma of Combination]], predated the rise of the Thirteen. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} Following the unification of the Thirteen, Solus Prime forged the Star Saber. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} Some believed these artifacts to be [[magic]]al in nature while others thought them merely the products of advanced science. {{storylink|The Crucible}} {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}} In truth, these artifacts were, according to [[Alpha Trion]], more akin to &quot;metaphors made real&quot; with their universe bending powers being beyond the comprehension of modern Cybertronian science. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}}<br /> <br /> Following the conclusion of the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], the warrior [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] launched the Enigma of Combination off Cybertron, with it eventually crash landing on Earth. {{storylink|The Crucible}} The only artifact that was known to remain on Cybertron in the era that preceded the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] was the Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}<br /> <br /> Circa 2012, Alpha Trion deduced the location of the Enigma and set out to retrieve it. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} In the process, he sparked a three-way race for it, with [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] eventually bringing it to [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|The Obliterati}}<br /> <br /> Though the religious symbolism regarding the Primal artifacts had lessened on Cybertron, they remained venerated on the colony worlds, [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] in particular. [[Victorion]] eventually questioned Optimus Prime on what the Matrix of Leadership meant to him. Prime revealed he saw it as nothing more than a piece of technology. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}} <br /> <br /> Before departing Cybertron in 2011, Optimus Prime split the Matrix in two, giving half to [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] and half to [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]. Rodimus's half of the Matrix was destroyed when he used it to counteract the effects of [[Solomus|Tyrest]]'s [[universal killswitch]], while the other half was consumed by a black hole shortly before [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s [[Unicron War|apocalyptic attack]] thanks to [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s machinations. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}} {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}} As part of the plan to defeat the Chaos Bringer, [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] harnessed the full power of the Enigma of Combination and used it to connect to the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]]. Though he was successful, the strain turned both him and the Enigma to dust. {{storylink|Ceremony}}<br /> <br /> ===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===<br /> In addition to the Matrix of Leadership, several artifacts were crafted by Solus Prime to help battle against Unicron, such as the Enigma of Combination and the Requiem Blaster. {{storylink|The Swamp}} When Solus was accidentally killed by the Blaster, it was sealed away in [[Primal Swamp]]. {{storylink|Athenaeum Sanctorum (episode)|Athenaeum Sanctorum}} Eons later, the Enigma of Combination caused the outbreak of the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]], while the Matrix proved instrumental in stopping a rampaging [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. These were ultimately revealed to be part of a grand plan by [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], which ended with him obtaining the Enigma and Matrix for his own. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}} He later regained the Requiem Blaster, intent on combining the three into a device capable of draining the life from all Transformers and resurrecting Solus. {{storylink|Consequences}} However, these artifacts were removed from the device by a team of heroes before they could complete this task. {{storylink|Megatronus Unleashed}}<br /> <br /> ===2019 IDW Continuity===<br /> Counting fourteen in total, {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} the Artifacts of the Primes were said to be forged by Solus Prime and were thought lost after the Age of Primes came to an end, save for the Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} While some Cybertronians regarded the artifacts as Cybertron's greatest power and glories, others doubted their grandiose history. {{storylink|Light/Star}}<br /> <br /> Noted scholar [[Termagax]] was an avid study of the artifacts, and was the one who instructed the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] on the history of the Enigma of Combination when they stumbled onto it beneath [[Rivets Field]]. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} Termagax personally doubted the existence of the Thirteen themselves, suspecting that they had been dreamt up to explain where the artifacts had come from. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}<br /> <br /> After the signing of the [[Nominus Edict]], the fact the Autobot-led senate wouldn't search for the other missing artifacts was one of many points of contention that led to Termagax secluding herself from Cybertronian society. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two}}<br /> <br /> In her partnership with [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], the amoral scientist [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] began a project to recreate the artifacts within the asteroid colony of [[Hexagon]]. When confronted by [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]'s team of [[Technobot (G1)|technical specialists]], Airachnid briefly monologued about the project before a battle accidentally sent the five Autobots plummeting into the [[Combination Core]], an artificial [[Enigma of Combination]], from which they emerged as [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. {{storylink|Light/Star}}<br /> <br /> ===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:Disarmed-TheThirteen.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]<br /> <br /> In the era of the [[Thirteen]], one of their number, [[Liege Maximo]], went rogue and sought to turn Cybertron into the centre of a galactic empire with other planets as sources of [[energon]]. To accomplish this, he needed the artifacts of his siblings to reshape Cybertron. Defeated by his siblings, he was banished to a lightless void. {{storylink|Legacy of Hope}}<br /> <br /> When the [[Great War (ES)|Great War]] broke out on Cybertron, laborer Orion Pax was granted the Matrix of Leadership, ascending to become [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Disarmed}}<br /> <br /> Quintus Prime's Emberstone eventually wound up on [[Earth]] beneath the land that would one day become [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]], [[Pennsylvania]]. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> In the modern era, after the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s had come to Earth, the [[human]] siblings [[Robby Malto|Robby]] and [[Mo Malto]] fell into the Emberstone's cave. After knocking it off its pedestal, the siblings replaced the Emberstone, causing it to activate, creating [[Twitch]] and [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] from a pool of water and bestowing [[cyber-sleeve]]s upon the humans to guide the newborn [[Terran]]s. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> When [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] was informed how the Terrans had come into being, he recognized the Emberstone's powers from legend, having the Terrans and Maltos retrieve it for him. After he explained its capabilities, the relic was teleported out his hand by [[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]]. After it had been returned to the Maltos, Optimus ordered them to retreat and protect it. Falling back to the cave, the family, outnumbered by [[Arachnamech]]s, appealed to Quintus for aid. Heeding their call, the Emberstone created [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]], [[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]] and [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] before [[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]]'s [[missile]] barrage caused a cave-in. In the subsequent chaos, Mo lost her hold on the Emberstone, sending it flying into the pool. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> When explaining the power of the Primes to the Malto family, Optimus Prime showed them the Matrix of Leadership and briefly mentioned the artifacts of the other Primes. {{storylink|Disarmed}}<br /> <br /> The Emberstone was eventually retrieved by [[G.H.O.S.T.]] but eventually came to be digitized and stored in the cyber-sleeves of the Malto siblings. {{storylink|Prime Time (episode)|Prime Time}}<br /> <br /> Eventually managing to escape his prison, Liege Maximo began to hunt down the other members of the Thirteen, slaying them one by one and claiming their artifact, accumulating them all save the Emberstone and the Matrix of Leadership. Returning to Cybertron, Maximo found the [[AllSpark]], poisoning it with one his [[Liegian Darts]] to win the loyalty of those Cybertronians still active on the planet. {{storylink|Legacy of Hope}} When the [[space bridge]] to Earth reopened, Maximo sent [[Hot Rod (ES)|Hot Rod]] to retrieve the Emberstone, granting him a Liegian Dart that could reconstitute it from the cyber-sleeves. {{storylink|Hometown Heroes}}<br /> <br /> Using the Emberstone and the [[Enigma of Combination]], Maximo was able to start his plan only for the Decepticons to abandon him when his abuse of the AllSpark was discovered. To try and regain [[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]] as a minion, Liege unleashed the [[Blades of Time]] but instead struck [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]. After Maximo had struck [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] with the Blades, he shot the former Decepticon with the [[Requiem Blaster (Thirteen)|Requiem Blaster]] before Maximo himself was banished back to his prison. {{storylink|Legacy of Hope}}<br /> <br /> ===''One'' film===<br /> The Primes wielded various weapons during their war against the Quintessons, such as Amalgamous Prime's [[Scythe (Thirteen)|Scythe]]. The [[Matrix of Leadership]] was held by [[Zeta Prime (One)|Zeta Prime]] until his death at the hands of his aide, [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel Prime]]. The Matrix rejected Sentinel and disappeared, causing [[Cybertron (planet)#One_film|Cybertron]]'s energon supply to dry up. Fifty cycles later, [[Primus]] deemed [[Optimus Prime (One)|Orion Pax]] worthy of the Matrix, transforming him into Optimus Prime. {{Storylink|Transformers One (film)|One}}<br /> <br /> ===''Age of the Primes'' marketing material===<br /> [[File:AOTP Energon Bloodlines 2025.jpg|''Age of the Primes'' diagram|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]<br /> <br /> {{stub}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers: Devastation''===<br /> The Star Saber and Forge of Solus Prime were the melee weapons the Autobots could find in their quest to stop Megatron. The Star Saber could be wielded by any Autobot, while only [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] were strong enough to wield the Forge. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}<br /> <br /> {{Charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}}}<br /> ===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===<br /> The Forge of Solus Prime was powered by the &quot;Flame of Solus Prime&quot;, a supernatural force of energy equivalent to a collapsing neutron star. Some Cybertronians believed that Solus Prime used her Forge to smith the various artifacts of the [[Thirteen]], including the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and the [[Enigma of Combination]], while others believed she wielded it as a weapon in the battle against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. <br /> <br /> The Enigma was said to have no set physical appearance, and exposure to it could modify the [[Transformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]]s of Cybertronians into &quot;C-State&quot; cogs, which allow them to combine with others. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}<br /> <br /> {{Charstubgames|{{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}{{storylink|Transformers One Sourcebook}}}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===<br /> According to the Covenant of Primus, the Artifacts are indestructible, {{Storylink|Fuel Up}} and any three of them can form an ultra-powerful Trinity. {{Storylink|Armed &amp; Dangerous}} The Thirteen appointed the warrior [[Sentius Nobilius]] as the guardian of their Artifacts, granting him his own weapon, the [[Sword of Balance]], for the task. Sentius was betrayed by one of the Primes, who turned his own sword against him to cleave him in two, creating the Relic Guardian of Light, [[Sentius Magnus]], and the Relic Guardian of Darkness, [[Sentius Malus]]. Both resumed their duties in their own ways, with the strict Magnus only allowing heroes of the present day to &quot;check out&quot; his charges under the most dire of circumstances, while Malus took glee in passing out the relics to the most dangerous agents of change he could find and watching the fireworks that ensued. {{storylink|Source:Transformers: Earth Wars/2018#Sentius Magnus|Sentius Magnus bio}} {{storylink|Source:Transformers: Earth Wars/2018#Sentius Malus|Sentius Malus bio}}<br /> <br /> {{Charstubgames|{{Storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}<br /> <br /> ====Gameplay====<br /> {{see|Transformers: Earth Wars#Weapons}}<br /> {{see|Transformers: Earth Wars#Artifacts}}<br /> {{charstubgames|{{Storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: Galactic Trials''===<br /> The Proton Spear was one of the Artifacts of the Primes that [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] attempted to steal, and which the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] engaged in races to claim.<br /> {{Charstubgames|{{Storylink|Transformers: Galactic Trials}}}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> {{toystub}}<br /> <br /> {{Note|As one of the oldest known artifacts in the franchise, the '''Matrix of Leadership''' has been included in decades worth of toys and merchandise. Rather than list every single instance of a toy version of the Matrix on this page, you can visit [[Matrix of Leadership/toys|this page]] that exclusively lists every released toy version of the Matrix. Happy reading!}} <br /> <br /> ===''Prime''===<br /> [[File:PlatinumEditiontoy-T30UltraMagnus.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[Forge_of_Solus_Prime#Prime|Forge of Solus Prime]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[Star Saber (Thirteen)#Prime|Star Saber]]}}<br /> {{Bp-d1|[[Apex Armor (Thirteen)#Prime|Apex Armor]]}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===''Timelines''===<br /> [[File:TCCSS1-UltraMammoth.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-m1|[[Origin Matrix#Timelines|Origin Matrix]]}}<br /> {{Bp-multi|[[Terminus Blade#Timelines|Terminus Blade]]}}<br /> {{Bp-m1|[[Covenant of Primus#Timelines|Covenant of Primus]]}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Myu]]}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===''Combiner Wars''===<br /> [[File:BotCon2016-EnigmaofCombination.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]<br /> &lt;ul class = &quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-multi|[[Enigma of Combination#Combiner Wars|Enigma of Combination]]}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Myu]]}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===''Power of the Primes''===<br /> [[File:Throne of the Primes.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1d1|[[Enigma of Combination#Power of the Primes|Enigma of Combination]]}}<br /> {{Bp-m1|[[Halo of Primus#Power of the Primes|Halo of Primus]]}}<br /> {{Bp-m1|[[Throne of the Primes#Power of the Primes|Throne of the Primes]]}}<br /> {{bp-m1|[[Scepter of Sparks#Power of the Primes|Scepter of Sparks]]}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> {{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] and [[Marcelo Matere]] (Hasbro)|[[Robby Musso]], [[Emiliano Santalucia]] and [[Ken Christiansen]] (concept art), Marcelo Matere (packaging artist)}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===''Age of the Primes''===<br /> [[File:AOTP Lenses.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-pr4|[[Forge of Solus Prime#Age of the Primes|Forge of Solus Prime]]}}<br /> {{Bp-pr1|[[Star Saber (Thirteen)#Age of the Primes|Star Saber]]}}<br /> {{Bp-pr12|[[Requiem Blaster (Thirteen)#Age of the Primes|Requiem Blaster]]}}<br /> {{Bp-pr13|[[Zodiac#Age of the Primes|Zodiac]]}}<br /> {{Bp-pr6|[[Lenses#Age of the Primes|Lenses]]}}<br /> {{Bp-pr5|[[Chimera Stone#Age of the Primes|Chimera Stone]]}}<br /> {{Bp-pr3|[[Quill#Age of the Primes|Quill]]}}<br /> {{Bp-pr3|[[Covenant of Primus#Age of the Primes|Covenant of Primus]]}}<br /> {{Bp-pr8|[[Triptych Mask#Age of the Primes|Triptych Mask]]}}<br /> {{Bp-pr10|[[Emberstone#Age of the Primes|Emberstone]]}}<br /> {{Bp-pr9|[[Transformation Cog (Thirteen)#Age of the Primes|Transformation Cog]]}}<br /> {{Bp-pr9|[[Scythe (Thirteen)#Age of the Primes|Scythe]]}}<br /> {{Bp-pr7|[[Enigma of Combination#Age of the Primes|Enigma of Combination]]}}<br /> {{Bp-pr11|[[Liegian Darts#Age of the Primes|Liegian Darts]]}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]], [[Shuhei Umezu]], [[Takashi Kunihiro]], [[Shogo Hasui]], and [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist), [[Aaron Archer]] and [[Ken Christiansen]] (original concepts)}}<br /> <br /> :Hasbro designer and ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' design lead [[Mark Maher]] has hinted that all of the Artifacts of the Primes from this toyline, (as well as the two presently-unnamed Artifacts included with the [[Vector Prime#Legacy|Vector Prime]] figure from ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]]''), can be combined into a single object of major significance, (though he has yet to reveal what that object actually is or how to create it, most likely waiting until ''Age of the Primes'' [[Nexus Prime#Age of the Primes|Nexus Prime]] and [[Liege Maximo#Age of the Primes|Liege Maximo]] are both officially released, as well as a hinted at potential rerelease of ''Legacy: United'' Vector Prime, before the team actually reveal whatever this object is).&lt;ref&gt;[[February 3]], [[2026]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzWSj4wlnqM Transformers Age of the Primes Deep Dive | In-Hand Look at the New Wave | February 2026] on YouTube, with [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Nate Purswell]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> {{comingsoontoy|Enigma and Darts, combination}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Artifacts of the Primes| ]]<br /> [[Category:EarthSpark technology]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) technology]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2019) technology]]<br /> [[Category:Prime technology]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Goliant&diff=1887650 2026-01-28T22:08:27Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:VoidRivals17-Goliant.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|&quot;Hey guys.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&quot;[[Unicron|UNICRON]]?!&quot;&lt;br&gt;&quot;NOT WHAT I'M CALLED!!!&quot;]]<br /> <br /> A monster the size of a planet, '''Goliant''' is the [[Quintesson]]s' ultimate weapon.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Energon Universe===<br /> During the [[Age of Wrath]], two [[Transformer]]s rose to free their people from enslavement by the [[Quintesson]]s: [[Alpha Trion]] and [[Beta (G1)|Zerta Trion]]. After the Transformers had succeeded in driving the occupiers from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Quintessons dispatched Goliant to the metallic planet. Knowing that Goliant would turn the tide of the war back in the Quintessons' favour, Zerta fled Cybertron, luring Goliant to a distant [[star system]] where she tricked him into consuming a red star on the verge of becoming a [[Black hole (phenomenon)|black hole]], trapping him within the resulting singularity. As Goliant fed, Zerta influenced the planets [[Agorria]] and [[Zertonia]], doomed satellites of the red sun, to dismantle their worlds and each forge one half of the [[Sacred Ring]]. When Goliant became trapped in the black hole, the Ring around the singularity became his prison, allowing Zerta to cloud his mind and divide his essence, necessitating a division between the [[Agorrian]]s and the [[Zertonian]]s. Hoping to also solve Cybertron's energy crisis, Zerta designed the Ring to synthesize [[energon]] from the black hole and Goliant, whom she intended to kill when he was at his weakest. In the process of trapping him though, she was wounded, losing her lower half. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 17|Void Rivals #17}}<br /> <br /> Eventually the truth of the Sacred Ring was lost to the Agorrians and Zeronians, who repeatedly clashed with each other. Their leaders, however, had passed the story down among themselves and purposely kept the fighting going, believing it was necessary to maintain Goliant's prison. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 6|Void Rivals #6}} {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 17|Void Rivals #17}} Indeed, when [[Darak]] and [[Solila]] made peace and touched [[mind eye]]s, Goliant briefly awakened before returning to his slumber as they separated. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 12|Void Rivals #12}}<br /> <br /> When the Quintessons eventually discovered Goliant's fate, they discussed what to do about it, as they believed they would need him should a foe even more ancient and unspeakably evil than Zerta Trion ever return. {{storylink|Void Rivals Energon Universe 2025 Special story|Energon Universe 2025 Special}}<br /> <br /> When [[Zertonia]] invaded Agorria, the mind eyes of the all the combatants began to glow, {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 22|Void Rivals #22}} as Goliant's mind returned, the giant beginning to emerge from the black hole. Seeing the massive quakes caused by his exit, Solila and [[Proximus]]' faith in Zerta faltered and they ordered their people to retreat, the division causing Goliant to fall back into the black hole. A furious Zerta summoned Solila back to her, {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 23|Void Rivals #23}} stating the Goliant would have died while the Sacred Ring would have endured had they allowed for [[Unity]]. Unable to convince Solila, Zerta stripped her of her new power and banished her. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 23|Void Rivals #23}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * Being a huge shadow-monster, Goliant is presumably a reference to {{w|Ungoliant}} from ''{{w|The Silmarillion}}''.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Quintesson technology]]<br /> [[Category:Void Rivals characters]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Meet_Ballpoint!&diff=1859703 2025-08-26T09:13:39Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Move|Meet Ballpoint!}}<br /> {{Comicstory<br /> |seriesissue=''Transformers: Worst Bot Ever''<br /> |title=&quot;Meet Ballpoint!&quot;<br /> |image=Worst Bot Ever - Meet Ballpoint!.jpg<br /> |caption=&quot;You don’t understand! I was gonna write ‘mightier than the sword’ at the end, honest!&quot;<br /> |publisher=[[Image Comics]]&lt;br&gt;[[Skybound Entertainment|Skybound Comet]]<br /> |date=[[July 9]], [[2025]]<br /> |written by=[[Brian &quot;Smitty&quot; Smith]]<br /> |art by=[[Marz Jr.]]<br /> |colors by=Marz Jr.<br /> |letters by=Marz Jr.<br /> |editor=[[Alex Antone]]<br /> |design by=[[Andres Juarez]]<br /> |production by=[[Richard Mercado]]<br /> |continuity=[[Generation 1 continuity family]]<br /> |ISBN=ISBN 1534327991 / ISBN 978-1534327993<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''After being kicked out of the Decepticons, Ballpoint decides to win their favor by destroying all the Autobots single-handedly.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> ===Chapter 1===<br /> ''[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Home of the [[Transformer]]s. The [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s have been engaged in war over the planet's [[Energon]] reserves for centuries. And the Decepticon war effort is running smoothly thanks entirely to [[Ballpoint]], &quot;The PEN who's mightier than the SWORD!&quot; He's an incredible fighter, spy, tactician, pilot, mechanic, and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s best friend. When the Autobots departed Cybertron aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', the Decepticons followed and boarded the vessel, before crash landing on [[Earth]]. It was Ballpoint who brought everyone back online, with the other Decepticons singing his praises all along the way...''<br /> <br /> Ballpoint's story to his best friend, the blender, is interrupted by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], who sneeringly informs Ballpoint and &quot;Smoothie&quot; that not only is none of that true, they didn't even know Ballpoint was ''aboard'' the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' when they departed Cybertron. Their discussion is interrupted once more by an announcement over the loudspeaker: Megatron is about to give a briefing. The Decepticons assemble in the throne room, with Starscream taking from Ballpoint the report on the solar farm they're about to raid, warning the diminutive Decepticon that he better not have messed it up. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] rushes past, holding a piece of paper, which Ballpoint interprets as the cyclops wanting an autograph, and happily obliges. Shockwave flicks Ballpoint across the room.<br /> <br /> ===Chapter 2===<br /> Megatron demands Shockwave hand over his report on Autobot activity near their target, but finds it illegible due to Ballpoint autographing over it. Starscream seizes the opportunity to suck up to his leader, and proudly inserts the [[Floppy disk]] Ballpoint compiled for him. To everyone's horror, it begins playing a homemade music video featuring Ballpoint's sick moves. Megatron declares everyone incompetent, but reveals he anticipated this and gathered all the intel himself. The Decepticons all hitch a ride on Starscream (plus [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] grabs [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]]) and depart for the solar farm.<br /> <br /> Arriving, Ballpoint asks Megatron what his assignment is. Megatron, unsure who Ballpoint is, asks Shockwave if he's capable. The answer is no, so Megatron orders Shockwave to kill him if he gets in the way. Shockwave tells Ballpoint to monitor the energy output and keep a lookout for those pesky Autobots.<br /> <br /> As the Decepticons siphon Energon from the solar farm, Ballpoint begins telling his story to the computer display he's been tasked with watching, and gets so engrossed in it that he completely fails to notice the Autobots arriving. The Autobots thoroughly ''trounce'' the Decepticons, with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in particular plowing into Megatron as Starscream leaps out of the way. Megatron orders a retreat, at which point our hero ''finally'' notices what's going on and joins his brethren in running away.<br /> <br /> ===Chapter 3===<br /> Back at Decepticon headquarters, Ballpoint spins a tall tale about how he was busy trouncing bigger and stronger Autobots, and it's really only thanks to ''him'' that they got out of there. This time, Starscream calls Ballpoint on his BS in front of everyone; the [[Rumble (G1)|rank]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|file]] are angered to learn exactly what Ballpoint was doing while they were getting their asses kicked. While Starscream is pontificating about how unacceptable it is that Megatron was injured, the Decepticon leader himself enters and dresses down Starscream for ''his'' role in one of said injuries. Megatron orders Starscream to fetch him an Energon shake, and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] scrambles away. Megatron then angrily questions why his minions keep failing him. All present unanimously point their fingers at...Ballpoint. Megatron seethes with anger, knocking the Energon shake out of Starscream's hands — and more importantly, Smoothie the blender, whose &quot;death&quot; Ballpoint mourns. Megatron, sick of the tiny bot, banishes him from the Decepticon ranks, having him thrown out to the curb with the rest of the garbage. Ballpoint brainstorms ways to get himself back in Megatron's good graces, and hits upon the idea to destroy all the Autobots by himself. Great plan!<br /> <br /> ===Chapter 4===<br /> At the crash site of the ''Ark'', the Autobots celebrate and recuperate from their latest victory. Prime laments the need for violence, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] gets repairs from [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], the [[Sideswipe (G1)|Lam]][[Sunstreaker (G1)|Bros]] trash-talk each other, and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] tries desperately to get ''someone'' to laugh at an epic quip he made during the battle. To get away from Jazz, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] runs off to relieve [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] from watch duty. As Prowl settles in, Ballpoint tries to figure out a way to distract him, settling on ordering a whole stack of pizzas. While Prowl argues with the pizza guy, Ballpoint sneaks into the ''Ark'', using his alternate mode to gain access to Wheeljack's office. Ballpoint first decides to try turning the Autobots against each other by leaving a fake note. Wheeljack's just happy someone fixed the printer! Next, he tries to beat up [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], but the [[Mini-Vehicle|Minibot]] doesn't even notice his attacker. After being nonchalantly stepped on by Optimus Prime, Ballpoint realizes this isn't working, and turns to psychological warfare.<br /> <br /> ===Chapter 5===<br /> First, Ballpoint sneaks into Sunstreaker and Sideswipe's room and doodles mustaches and the like on their faces. They just think it's hilarious and walk into the halls laughing. Ballpoint decides enough is enough, he's going to take out the leader. He sneaks into Optimus' office and pretends to be a dentist, offering the Prime a cleaning. Prime points out that Cybertronians don't have [[teeth]], and he himself might not even have a mouth. At that, Ballpoint gives up and comes clean, explaining who he is and why he's here. He begs not to be destroyed, only for Optimus to praise him for his bravery and offer him a chance to join them as the Decepticons begin an assault on the ''Ark''.<br /> <br /> ===Chapter 6===<br /> As Prime gears up to face Megatron, he passes Ballpoint to Bumblebee and orders them to stop Starscream from destroying the ''Ark''. Ballpoint freaks out, believing the two of them can't ''possibly'' stand a chance against the [[Air Commander]]. Bumblebee quickly proves his new ally wrong; by grabbing onto Starscream's wing, the seeker loses his stability and begins falling to the ground. Bumblebee jumps off at the last second, but Ballpoint doesn't react in time; bouncing along with Starscream until he's thrown off and lands right between Optimus Prime and Megatron! Megatron stands triumphant over his eternal foe, and sees an opportunity: he orders Ballpoint (calling him &quot;Felt-Tip&quot;) to finish off Prime, wanting the irony of Prime falling to the weakest and most worthless Decepticon. Prime nods to Ballpoint, giving him the courage he needs to do the right thing. He clambers up Megatron and squirts ink all over his eyes, enabling Prime to get up and send Megatron careening trough the air. Megatron wearily orders a retreat. As the defeated Decepticons fly off, the Autobots all praise Ballpoint for his contributions, with Prime giving him a brand-new Autobot [[Insignia]].<br /> <br /> Optimus suggests Jazz give him a tour; after bonding over Jazz's hilarious battle quips, he spots an old friend: Smoothie! Ecstatic that his best friend survived and is also an Autobot now, he runs over and hugs the Autobot's blender, to the confusion of Jazz and Bumblebee.<br /> <br /> Back at the Decepticon base, Megatron paces angrily in front of his troops, unaware that Ballpoint has written &quot;Space Fartts&quot; on his butt.<br /> <br /> ==Featured Characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> *[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (3)<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (4)<br /> *[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (6)<br /> *[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (7)<br /> *[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (8)<br /> *[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (9)<br /> *[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (10)<br /> *[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] (11)<br /> *[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (12)<br /> *[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (13)<br /> *[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (22)<br /> *[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (23)<br /> *[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (24)<br /> |c2=<br /> *[[Ballpoint]] (1)<br /> *[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (2)<br /> *[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (5)<br /> *[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (14)<br /> *[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (15)<br /> *[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (16)<br /> *[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (17)<br /> *[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (18)<br /> *[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (19)<br /> *[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (20)<br /> *[[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]] (21)<br /> |c4=<br /> *[[Teletraan I|Teletraan 1]] (25)<br /> *&quot;Smoothie&quot; (26)<br /> *Pizza guy (27)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;The '''pen''' who's mightier than the '''sword'''! I totally coined that phrase, BTW...100% copyright Ballpoint.&quot;<br /> :—Guess who<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Perhaps you could wear name tags?&quot;<br /> :—Even '''Soundwave''' has trouble with [[FIRRIB]].<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;How can such a miniscule {{sic}} creature contain so much delusion?&quot;<br /> :—'''Shockwave''' sums up Ballpoint efficiently.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Do not return. We will also be changing the wi-fi password.&quot;<br /> :—'''Soundwave''' gives Ballpoint the boot<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Bumblebee:''' Can you check this out for me? I think I '''sprained''' my '''ankle'''.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Wheeljack:''' Wish I could help you out, Bee. I'm a '''mechanic''', not a '''medic'''. You'll have to wait for '''Ratchet''' over there.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Bumblebee:''' ''(to himself)'' '''Seriously?!?''' That line will take forever! What if...?&lt;br&gt;<br /> ''(Transforms to vehicle mode)''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Bumblebee:''' Uh... how about taking a look at my '''front wheel axle?'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Wheeljack:''' '''Sure thing!'''<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;I dunno, bro. This was a '''really''' specific order. Like, '''half''' of these have '''batteries''' on them.&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &quot;Is that even on the menu?&quot;<br /> :—The '''pizza guy''' argues with '''Prowl'''<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;UPTIMAS PRINE STINKS! LOVE BUNDLEBEAN&quot;<br /> :—Ballpoint's planted note<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;I'm '''Dr. Point''' from the dental office of '''Dr. Point DDS''', here to discuss the state of your teeth. It seems you '''haven't had a cleaning in''' the past, let me check...'''several million years.'''&quot;<br /> :—Cut Optimus Prime some slack, &quot;'''Dr. Point'''&quot;, everyone gets behind on appointments sometimes.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;While I can't say I '''agree''' with your plan, I'm impressed by the '''bravery''' it took to '''come clean'''. Everyone deserves a chance to shine, Ballpoint.&quot;<br /> :—'''Optimus Prime''' being Optimus Prime<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *A few months before the release of this graphic novel, [[Skybound Entertainment]] released the first chapter in a one-shot for [[Free Comic Book Day]].<br /> *Backmatter for this issue includes a &quot;How to draw&quot; segment of, naturally, Ballpoint (narrated by stylized Autobot and Decepticon insignias referred to as 'Aurora' and 'Steve', respectively), a model sheet of (most) of the characters appearing in the book, an &quot;About the Authors&quot; section, and a reading guide with some critical thinking questions for the youngins, plus adverts for other graphic novels from [[Skybound Entertainment|Skybound Comet]].<br /> <br /> ===Transformers references===<br /> *Overall, this graphic novel is a loving tribute to the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]], featuring many themes from and nods to it throughout the whole story. It's deliberately goofy and campy and the action scenes are filled with cheesy quips, but more specifically:<br /> **The basic backstory of the ''Ark'''s departure, crash, and lengthy slumber period, of course, isn't unique to the cartoon, but the stock-plot style Decepticon scheme to raid a solar farm to steal energy is typical of a G1 cartoon episode.<br /> **The Decepticons explicitly all having to hitch a ride on Starscream and Laserbeak feels kind of like an ''anti''-reference — in the cartoon, all Decepticons could fly in robot mode, which is evidently not the case here. The specific way this is called out feels very deliberate.<br /> **The Decepticon base is portrayed as a big, honkin' Decepticon insignia, much like their temporary base in the episode &quot;[[Enter the Nightbird]].&quot;<br /> **Soundwave generates the [[Energon cube]]s from his cassette window.<br /> **Optimus Prime is portrayed less like the [[Thirteenth Prime|stoic demigod]] he's become in the 21st century and more like the friendly fatherly figure that his [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|original cartoon counterpart]] was.<br /> **[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] turns invisible in the same way as the cartoon, creating a glowy cube around himself that makes him disappear.<br /> **The pizza guy is dressed in the same hard hat, tan shirt, and blue pants as [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] and [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] (and practically every other background human) in the cartoon (though the pizza guy does not sport the yellow boots that would complete the outfit).<br /> **[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] tries to sing along to music playing on his headphones; first singing &quot;''You got the clutch!''&quot; and then later &quot;''Dare to be brainless!''&quot; He's, of course, listening to &quot;[[The Touch]]&quot; and &quot;[[Dare to Be Stupid]]&quot;, both featured in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]].<br /> **Optimus Prime's trailer vanishes when he turns to robot mode, and comes out of nowhere when going back to vehicle mode.<br /> *[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] is decked out in his [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel]] color scheme, with blue trim instead of his usual black.<br /> *In past stories, [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] has been portrayed as both an intelligent, talking bot, and a squawking, feral animal. This comic splits the difference, and makes him into basically a parrot.<br /> *The comic makes a toungue-in-cheek reference to [[FIRRIB]], portraying ''[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'' as confusing the two! (For the record, the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassettes]] make it clear that for this continuity, Rumble is the blue one while Frenzy is red.)<br /> *Energon is shown to be blue, as it was portrayed in most media of the 2010s.<br /> *[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] appears to take design cues from her ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|EarthSpark]]'' [[Elita-1 (ES)|counterpart]].<br /> *The talking Decepticon insignia in the “How to draw” segment is named “[[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]]”.<br /> <br /> ===Real-world references===<br /> *&quot;No shake for you!&quot; shouts an indignant Megatron, co-opting the memetic catchphrase of the infamous &quot;{{w|The Soup Nazi|Soup Nazi}}&quot; from ''{{w|Seinfeld}}''.<br /> *Fans have often used &quot;LamBros&quot; as an informal term for [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (a pun on their classic Lamborghini alt-modes), but this is the first time that term has been used in-fiction, with the brothers having pasted &quot;LAMbros 4EVA&quot; on the door to their quarters.<br /> *Brawn reads a workout magazine called &quot;Muscle Bodies&quot; that features [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] characters [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] and [[Lady Jaye]] on the front and back covers, respectively. The magazine even says &quot;G.I. Joe&quot; on the corner!<br /> <br /> ===Trivia===<br /> *Both Autobot and Decepticon headquarters have great big posters hanging up. The Autobot base's posters are largely motivational-type, while the Decepticon base is decorated mainly with Megatron's athletic accolades (looks like he was Cybertron's world champion thumb wrestler, [[1986]]).<br /> *The [[Cybertronian language#Real-life alphabets|Ancient Autobot]] on Shockwave's paper (or what's legible of it) seems to be just a bunch of random letters.<br /> *Prowl has a mustache.<br /> *Despite what Prime says, basically everyone with a mouth ''is'' drawn with teeth. You could argue that it's artistic license, but that doesn't hold water for [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]].<br /> *The character model sheet in the back includes [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], neither of whom appear in the story (though Marz. Jr did draw Jetfire for [[:File:Void Rivals 1 2nd Ptg Cover B.jpg|one of the covers]] of ''[[Void Rivals]]'' [[Void Rivals issue 1|issue 1]]'s second printing), and omits [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], Sunstreaker and Sideswipe, all of whom ''do'' appear.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Worst Bot Ever - Meet Ballpoint!}}<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 issues]]<br /> [[Category:Skybound titles]]</div>

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<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Card|source=a ''Transformers One'' trading card|owner=[[Hasbro]] and [[Kayou]]|category=Category:Transformers One trading card images}}<br /> [[Category:Image templates]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Category:Pre-Transformers_Companies&diff=1858746 2025-08-21T03:44:19Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Companies]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=File:CadeandBarricadeheightcomparison.jpg&diff=1858702 2025-08-20T21:36:00Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Cade Yeager|Cade]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] scale chart seen at 12:50 in [[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|TLK]]'s BTS Part 1 video.<br /> [[Category:The Last Knight concept images]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=File:WK9_Megatron_%26_Captain_Volca.jpg&diff=1858700 2025-08-20T21:33:41Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{WKcap||Captain Volca vs Megatron|8}}</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=File:TF2023_no._22_-_Hall_of_the_Primes.jpg&diff=1858631 2025-08-20T17:29:15Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{SkyboundEU<br /> |description=[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] within the [[Hall of Primes]]. <br /> <br /> Statues resemble the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant]]'' designs of [[Solus Prime]], [[Maccadam|Alchemist Prime]], [[Prima]], and [[Quintus Prime]].<br /> {{art|pencils=|inks=|lineart=[[Jorge Corona]]|colors=[[Mike Spicer]]|script=[[Daniel Warren Johnson]]|letters=[[Rus Wooton]]}}<br /> |series=transformers<br /> |interior=y<br /> |issueno=22<br /> |storylink=<br /> |storytitle=<br /> |pageno=<br /> |panelno=|panelnos=<br /> |year=25}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Images by Jorge Corona]]<br /> [[Category:Images by Mike Spicer]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Scythe_(Thirteen)&diff=1858348 2025-08-18T22:46:41Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: /* Move to Scythe (Thirteen) */ adding support for move</p> <hr /> <div>== Move to Scythe (Thirteen) ==<br /> This proposal is part of a move to standardize disambigs on Thirteen-adjacent articles.<br /> <br /> See initial discussion [[Talk:Transformation cog (biology)|HERE]]. --[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 19:52, 11 August 2025 (EDT)<br /> :I'm for the move --[[User:Daytonjhammon|Dayton Hammon]] ([[User talk:Daytonjhammon|talk]]) 18:46, 18 August 2025 (EDT)</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Apex_Armor_(Thirteen)&diff=1858347 2025-08-18T22:46:11Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: /* Move to Apex Armor (Thirteen) */ Adding support for move</p> <hr /> <div>==Name Origin==<br /> *Maybe I'm just trying too hard,but I think the name &quot;Apex Armor&quot; ''might'' have come from the Appellaxians. They were one of the first enemies that the Justice League fought in the comics. The Appellexians were aliens that had a type of suit made from natural materials,like crystal or wood.Again,if this is too far fetched,I apologize.I know I have a history of making worthless additions on this wiki.---[[User:XxxOUTBURSTxxx|XxxOUTBURSTxxx]] 15:34, 2 June 2012 (EDT)<br /> ::Or maybe, just maybe, it comes from the word APEX. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 15:39, 2 June 2012 (EDT)<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Decepticon origin vs. Solus Prime forged==<br /> * Hypothesizing that maybe the reason it's Decepticon made as opposed to Prime forged is twofold, meta and in-universe. In-universe might be that it's a 'Con copy of the Solus Prime version. Meta reason could be that the writers realized they had a plot hole looming: if the armor was a relic of the Primes, then like the Forge, it would only work for a Prime.<br /> ::That kinda does make some sense to me... -- [[User:Spydersix|spyder]] 21:08, 11 July 2012 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Move to Apex Armor (Thirteen) ==<br /> <br /> See initial discussion here: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Talk:Transformation_cog<br /> <br /> --[[User:Daytonjhammon|Dayton Hammon]] ([[User talk:Daytonjhammon|talk]]) 23:42, 10 August 2025 (EDT)<br /> :As mentioned in the T-Cog discussion and on the discord, I am in favor of standardizing these Thirteen-related disambigs where we can. --[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 19:46, 11 August 2025 (EDT)<br /> : In case it wasn't clear, I'm for the move. --[[User:Daytonjhammon|Dayton Hammon]] ([[User talk:Daytonjhammon|talk]]) 18:46, 18 August 2025 (EDT)</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Requiem_Blaster_(Thirteen)&diff=1858345 2025-08-18T22:45:34Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: /* Move to Requiem Blaster (Thirteen) */Adding Support for Move to Requiem Blaster (Thirteen)</p> <hr /> <div>== Move to Requiem Blaster (Thirteen) ==<br /> This proposal is part of a move to standardize disambigs on Thirteen-adjacent articles.<br /> <br /> See initial discussion [[Talk:Transformation cog (biology)|HERE]]. --[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 19:52, 11 August 2025 (EDT)<br /> : I'm for the move --[[User:Daytonjhammon|Dayton Hammon]] ([[User talk:Daytonjhammon|talk]]) 18:45, 18 August 2025 (EDT)</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Star_Saber_(Thirteen)&diff=1858344 2025-08-18T22:44:51Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: Adding support for move to Star Saber (Thirteen)</p> <hr /> <div>==[[BotCon 2010]]==<br /> The [[Prima|Prima]] article mentions that his Star Saber was shown at that convention. Should a picture be anywhere here? [[User:Item42|Item42]] 00:57, 17 July 2010 (EDT)<br /> : I would hope not, since no photography was allowed at that panel. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:59, 17 July 2010 (EDT)<br /> ::Can a description of that display be found anywhere. Prima's talk page had this:<br /> {{quote|The eventual story of Prima, as sketched out at BC10, will reveal him to have been an &quot;epic warrior of light&quot; &quot;like a Greek god&quot;, whose sword hilt has a little gem on it that gets used as the Matrix of Leadership--and based on how big Optimus Prime's chest is compared to the sword, Prima would be ~500 feet tall. If something that cosmic is supposed to be reconciled with &quot;little dinky nobody who rolled off an assembly line in a completely different time period,&quot; then sure, he did some magic ghost woowoo. Again, it wouldn't go into the article, especially if, y'know, it's never actually published or said. But, again, people have to intellectually reconcile the notions somehow|. User:Thylacine 2000 22:20, 11 July 2010 (EDT) }}<br /> I'd like an explanation of this, which Optimus it was compared with and whatnot. [[User:Item42|Item42]] 01:05, 17 July 2010 (EDT)<br /> : There wasn't a display, but just a slide in a presentation. Thylacine is talking about G1 Optimus Prime's chest, and I think he's greatly exaggerating the size of Prima. Prima's huge, no doubt, but 500 feet is a bit much. As for my visual memories of the sword, it was a big silver sword with a Matrix in the middle of the hilt. That's all I can recall with certainty at this point. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:11, 17 July 2010 (EDT)<br /> ::Alright, thanks. [[User:Item42|Item42]] 01:19, 17 July 2010 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Star Saber (Prime) ==<br /> <br /> Would this be the same article as &quot;Star Saber (Prime)&quot;, or does that go elsewhere? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 13:54, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> :Technically, it was first mentioned in a Fan Club story set in the Wings Universe. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:02, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> ::Okie, creatin' a separate article! -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 14:02, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> ::No.,.. wait. Exodus firmly established that Prima's Star Saber = (Prime)'s Star Saber. So... this article? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 14:04, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> :::This sword is a possession of Prima, who is himself a multiversal singularity. The usage of a franchise tag for this item thus seems wrong. But it does need a disambiguator, as there are many other &quot;Star Sabers&quot;. Using the name of its owner seems right to me. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:19, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> ::::Besides, Star Saber (Prime) would be the combined weapon form of OP, Beetwo, and R.A. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 14:43, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> ::::I studiously avoid pointing out that Prima as slain by the Quintessons in one continuity. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 15:42, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> :::::You are assuming that he was actually killed in that scene. Or that killing him in one continuity has any major affect on Prima as a whole. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:48, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> Hasbro pretty much already said that the Aligned continuity isn't part of its previous multiverse and that things that were true of that may or may not be true of Aligned. I see no reason to think the Thirteen from the old multiverse are the same entities as the Thirteen from Aligned, and I'm not really sure why our pages treat some-but-not-all of them as such. Probably just because nobody wants to tackle merging all the previous Alpha Trions. -[[User:LV|LV]] 16:26, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> :Yes. All the 13 and probably Primus and Unicron need to be separated out by our rules. They are definitely and officially separate things in Aligned and the old Multiverse. The problem is it's All A LOT OF WORK. And I don't think anyone has wanted to deal with it. Although there is the SLIGHT chance raised by the Preview to this years Multidimensional BotCon story that Fun Pub will tackle and explain the split. If so perhaps we should wait a bit more just to avoid the risk of doing it all and then having to change it all back?--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 16:50, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> ::Hasbro can say what they want. The moment Takara produces crossover fiction it's part of the same Multiverse.<br /> ::Besides... I thought they backpedaled on that and re-characterized Prime as an obscure hinterland far-removed from most of the Multiverse but still part of it? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:02, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> :::Never that I've seen. If you can dig up anything where they say that I'd be surprised, but it would change things.--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 17:25, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> ::I don't even know what situation Hasbro would ever say something like &quot;Aligned is a distant relation to all this stuff we don't want to have to worry about anymore&quot;, but if you want some trivial Takara crossover thing to be a critical issue, someone still has to explain how there's an SG Alpha Trion. -[[User:LV|LV]] 17:17, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> <br /> Yyyyyyeah, as far as I'm concerned, TCC's Prima's Star Saber isn't anything to do with the Aligned Star Saber. Aligned and Everything Else don't seem to be connected at the moment. It's a big thing we have to sort out sometime eventually, but putting this information on the older page is a step backwards from what we will eventually have to do. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:29, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> <br /> And with the Primes no longer multiversal singularities...what now? - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 04:32, 29 June 2018 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Toy? ==<br /> <br /> Isn't that Matrix Saber that comes with the Japanese release of Weaponizer Optimus Prime a larger version of the Star Saber? [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/attach/4/0/5/9/7/421245_267228576713082_1590105120_n_1348302714.jpg The hilt looks quite similar]. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 10:13, 25 September 2012 (EDT)<br /> <br /> I don't know about that, but if you check out [[Optimus_Prime (WFC)|Voyager Prime's included sword]] you'll see that the blade shape and surface details match perfectly although with a greatly simplified hilt. --[[User:Aka Radioshack|Aka Radioshack]] 07:34, 1 October 2012 (EDT)<br /> : Yeah, PRID Prime's sword looks like a dinky Star Saber to me. Sneaky, Hasbro, sneaky! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:36, 1 October 2012 (EDT)<br /> <br /> I guess we're going to have to wait on the Japanese translation of Legacy and Alpha/Omega. The Matrix Saber ''greatly'' resembles the Star Saber in the animation, and Japan already ''has'' a Star Saber in this continuity. We'll have to wait for confirmation, but TakaraTomy would be idiots not to have their translation say the toy they just released with the fandangly super sword is what's featured in these episodes.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|&lt;sup&gt;Talk&lt;/sup&gt;]] 15:07, 5 October 2012 (EDT)<br /> <br /> I kinda feel like the PRID toy and its variants should be listed on this page. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:58, 23 February 2013 (EST)<br /> <br /> == Excalibur, Excalibur...From United King, I'm looking for him, I'm going to California ==<br /> <br /> Regarding the note, the introductory episode clearly showed that the sword could be transported within the mountain itself, no problem, indicating that there's no magical &quot;tied to this point in spacetime&quot; quality to the blade. As such, best guess is that it was simply so deep into the rock that the only way to free it was to activate the blade's special cutting powers...possibly it had started getting entangled with fossilization? Either way, I don't think this should be treated as an error because the 'cons ''were'' able to move the mountain containing the sword, they just weren't able to free the sword itself.<br /> <br /> ...kinda makes me wonder if the Phase Shifter could have been used to just get it out, really.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 16:11, 24 April 2013 (EDT)<br /> :It was clearly meant to be a &quot;sword in the stone&quot; type thing, which was why the Cons couldn't pull it out of the mountain. Once Optimus pulled it out, all bets were off. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 17:36, 24 April 2013 (EDT)<br /> ::Right, so I don't think it should be counted as an error on this page. What the 'cons couldn't do was extract the sword from the stone—they were perfectly capable of transporting it.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 20:05, 24 April 2013 (EDT) <br /> <br /> == Main Pic Size ==<br /> We should do something about resizing the main picture because its basically stretching into the biography section [[User:Ed|Ed]] ([[User talk:Ed|talk]]) 16:33, 31 July 2015 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Move to Star Saber (Thirteen) ==<br /> <br /> See initial discussion here: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Talk:Transformation_cog<br /> <br /> --[[User:Daytonjhammon|Dayton Hammon]] ([[User talk:Daytonjhammon|talk]]) 23:39, 10 August 2025 (EDT)<br /> :As mentioned in the T-Cog discussion and on the discord, I am in favor of standardizing these Thirteen-related disambigs where we can. --[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 19:46, 11 August 2025 (EDT)<br /> :I am too. - [[User:IGEBM13|IGEBM13]] ([[User talk:IGEBM13|talk]]) 23:37, 11 August 2025 (EDT)<br /> :I'm for the move --[[User:Daytonjhammon|Dayton Hammon]] ([[User talk:Daytonjhammon|talk]]) 18:44, 18 August 2025 (EDT)</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Apex_Armor_(G1)&diff=1857094 2025-08-12T03:50:03Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig2|the armor from Generation 1|the armor associated with the [[Thirteen]]|Apex Armor (Prime)}}<br /> :''Apex Armor is a battle suit from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> [[File:MF-GodGinrai-boxart.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]<br /> '''Apex Armor''' is a battle suit which can provide the Autobot commander with weapon blast deflection in heated battles. When not used as armor, the suit can become a combat [[drone]] called the [[Apex Bomber]].<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> When war erupted between the newly formed [[Decepticon]]s and the Autobot security force, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s troops defended [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. The Autobots were not making any headway against the Decepticons, so Sentinel Prime decided he was &quot;going Apex&quot;. His troops covered him while he drove to the Apex facilities to procure a set of Apex Armor. The council rejected his request to use the armor, so he blasted his way into the facility and took it anyway.<br /> <br /> When Sentinel Prime returned to battle, he was challenged by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]. Megatron wasn't much of a match for the armored up Sentinel until Megatron exploited a weakness in the armor right under the chin of the helmet.<br /> <br /> Something went &quot;THOOOOOM!&quot; and Sentinel Prime was left defeated in the bottom of a crater. Megatron used the armor to make a throne. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}<br /> <br /> &lt;center&gt;&lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:MegatronOrigin4-SentinelPrime Apexarmor.jpg<br /> File:ApexArmorSilhouette.jpg<br /> File:Apexthrone.JPG<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;&lt;/center&gt;<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Ask Vector Prime===<br /> In [[Primax 092.0 Beta]], [[Hyperdrive (Turbomaster)|Hyperdrive]] used the Apex Armor when he and [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] confronted and defeated a [[forestonite]]-empowered [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/16}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Commemorative Series===<br /> [[File:GodGinrai toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Why would a Cloth from Pegasus Seiya be that guy's present?]]<br /> *'''Powermaster Optimus Prime with Apex Armor''' ([[2003]])<br /> **''Accessories:'' Hi-Q Powermaster unit, 2 Laser Rifles, 2 Twin [[Particle beam cannon|Particle Beam Cannons]], Super Robot head, missile launcher, 2 missiles, [[Apex Bomber]] chest/trailer top, 2 legs (left &amp; right), 2 arms (left and right), Armor chest/trailer front, 2 wings (left &amp; right)<br /> :Marketed as a reissue of [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#PMOP|Optimus Prime]], this [[Toys&quot;R&quot;Us]]-exclusive ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' figure is in truth based on the [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] tooling on the toy that had previously been exclusive to [[Japan]]. It features a die-cast metal cab with translucent blue windows, and shortened, chrome smokestacks, and comes packaged with the drone [[Apex Bomber]] (formerly Ginrai's partner [[Godbomber]]), who splits into several components and combines with Prime to form &quot;Apex Armor&quot;. As with all other ''Commemorative Series'' figures, Prime's new spring-loaded missile launcher featured an elongated missile.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/ApexPrime/apexprime.htm More information on Powermaster Prime with Apex Armor at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> ==Merchandise==<br /> ===''Heroes of Cybertron''===<br /> {{See|Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Heroes of Cybertron}} <br /> {{anchor|HOCApex}}<br /> [[File:HOC Optimus Apex.jpg|upright=1.66|right|thumb]]<br /> *'''Powermaster Optimus Prime Apex Armor''' (2002)<br /> <br /> :Part of the first wave of [[Hasbro]]'s [[Heroes of Cybertron (toyline)#Heroes of Cybertron|Heroes of Cybertron]] toyline, &quot;Apex Armor&quot; Optimus is a [[redeco]] of the [[Heroes of Cybertron (toyline)#Super Collection Figure|Super Collection Figure]] [[Ginrai (robot)#Super Collection Figure|God Ginrai]] figurine. <br /> <br /> :Meant to represent the combined form of the Powermaster Optimus and the &quot;[[Apex Bomber|armored roller drone]]&quot;, this release is the first known appearance of the Apex Armor and the Apex Bomber (the latter not referred to as such). <br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/HoCPMOptimusPrimeApexArmor/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Heroes of Cybertron'' Powermaster Optimus Prime Apex Armor at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{-}}{{anchor|HOCSpark}}<br /> [[File:HOC Optimus Spark Attack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]<br /> *'''Powermaster Optimus Prime Spark Attack''' (2002)<br /> <br /> :This second-wave figurine is a redeco of the first God Ginrai/Powermaster Prime Apex Armor PVC figure, cast in translucent orange plastic with red gradients and flame detailing, depicting a &quot;spark attack&quot; mode.<br /> <br /> :This is a variant of the Super Collection Figure &quot;God Fire Guts&quot; God Ginrai chase figure, which had been rendered entirely in solid metallic gold paint.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/HoCPMOptimusPrimeSparkAttack/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Heroes of Cybertron'' Optimus Prime Spark Attack at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Apex Armor''' (エイペックス・アーマー ''Eipekkusu Āmā'')<br /> <br /> [[Category:Armors]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 technology]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) technology]]<br /> [[Category:Mechanical suits]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Apex_Armor_(Thirteen)&diff=1856934 2025-08-11T03:42:37Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: /* Move to Apex Armor (Thirteen) */ new section</p> <hr /> <div>==Name Origin==<br /> *Maybe I'm just trying too hard,but I think the name &quot;Apex Armor&quot; ''might'' have come from the Appellaxians. They were one of the first enemies that the Justice League fought in the comics. The Appellexians were aliens that had a type of suit made from natural materials,like crystal or wood.Again,if this is too far fetched,I apologize.I know I have a history of making worthless additions on this wiki.---[[User:XxxOUTBURSTxxx|XxxOUTBURSTxxx]] 15:34, 2 June 2012 (EDT)<br /> ::Or maybe, just maybe, it comes from the word APEX. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 15:39, 2 June 2012 (EDT)<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Decepticon origin vs. Solus Prime forged==<br /> * Hypothesizing that maybe the reason it's Decepticon made as opposed to Prime forged is twofold, meta and in-universe. In-universe might be that it's a 'Con copy of the Solus Prime version. Meta reason could be that the writers realized they had a plot hole looming: if the armor was a relic of the Primes, then like the Forge, it would only work for a Prime.<br /> ::That kinda does make some sense to me... -- [[User:Spydersix|spyder]] 21:08, 11 July 2012 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Move to Apex Armor (Thirteen) ==<br /> <br /> See initial discussion here: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Talk:Transformation_cog<br /> <br /> --[[User:Daytonjhammon|Dayton Hammon]] ([[User talk:Daytonjhammon|talk]]) 23:42, 10 August 2025 (EDT)</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Apex_Armor_(Thirteen)&diff=1856933 2025-08-11T03:41:59Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: Adding move template for Thirteen artifact disambig streamlining</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-SolusPrime.png|cSize=25px|cLink=Solus Prime|cPretty=Solus Prime}}<br /> |decepticon<br /> |{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-MicronusPrime.png|cSize=30px|cLink=Micronus Prime}}}}<br /> {{disambig2|the legendary armor from Aligned|the armor from Generation 1|Apex Armor (G1)}}<br /> {{Move|Apex Armor (Thirteen)}}<br /> [[Image:Triangulation Starscream Apex armor.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Iron Man|Solus Prime was able to build this in a CAVE! With a box of SCRAPS!]]]]<br /> The '''Apex Armor''' is one of the [[Artifacts of the Primes|relics]] of the [[Thirteen]] (or an armor of Decepticon design; it depends [[Alpha Trion|on who]] [[Starscream (WFC)|you ask]]). While normally compacted in a disk, when placed over a Transformer's chest it will expand into a huge set of armor impervious to any attack, as well as enhance the wearer's strength. Though built for Cybertronians, the artifact can also be used by humans, forming a proportionally smaller but no less invincible set of armor.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Exiles''===<br /> The Apex Armor was created by [[Solus Prime]]. Long after, while waiting for the [[Autobot]]s on Cybertron, [[Alpha Trion]] had a few daydreams about [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] returning with the relic, as well as the [[AllSpark]] and other lost and legendary treasures. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}<br /> <br /> ===''Prime'' cartoon===<br /> The Apex Armor was stored in the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] [[Vaults]] until late in the war when [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s forces stormed Iacon. Along with the other relics, it was ejected into space and eventually found its way to [[Earth]], where it ended up in the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]]. Its location was decrypted by the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' when it temporarily gained sentience. {{storylink|Flying Mind}} Megatron dispatched [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] to obtain it while Optimus went there personally. At the same time, a curious [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] also went to Antarctica to investigate the Decepticon activity. Upon reaching the relic's coordinates, it was discovered that a human research team had found it first and took it back to their base. Eventually, the three factions discovered the relic. While Optimus Prime and Dreadwing were fighting each other over it, Starscream decided to claim it for himself. He pulled it from the ice it was encased in and identified it as armor of Decepticon design. When he placed the roughly disc shaped object to his chest, it expanded over him into a full body armor suit that towered over both Optimus and Dreadwing. It proved to be a very powerful weapon, allowing him to survive any attack Optimus Prime and Dreadwing threw at him. It was impervious to Dreadwing's sword and energy blasts only served to stagger him. He had heightened strength, but the armor did not have any weapons, nor did it restore his ability to transform. When Optimus and Dreadwing used explosives to send Starscream through the icy ground into the sea below, the armor allowed Starscream to survive and walk along the ocean floor. {{storylink|Triangulation}} Megatron was displeased with Dreadwing's failure to obtain the armor. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}}<br /> <br /> Starscream took the Apex Armor with him when he went to retrieve some [[Red Energon]]. During a showdown in a dock, it enabled him to throw Prime around and nearly upend a crane. Unfortunately then [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] showed up with a [[phase shifter]] and kicked Starscream right out of the armor. The Apex Armor was subsequently taken back to the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot Base]]. {{storylink|New Recruit}} Smokescreen offered it to Bulkhead who was still recovering from his injuries, but the Wrecker was offended by the very idea he'd need a crutch, and swatted the armor out of his hand. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}<br /> <br /> [[File:ChainOfCommand Miko clobbering time.jpg|thumb|left|&quot;Aw, slag. You never warned us they WORE ARMOR, STARSCREAM!&quot;|upright=1.4]]<br /> [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] used the armor when the Autobots returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to try to recapture the [[Omega Key]]s, and was able to knock the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] around with it. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} After the Decepticons took the kids hostage, Arcee was forced to take off the Apex Armor and throw it to the ground. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and a team of Decepticons later found it intact in the devastated area around the [[Omega Lock]]. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}}<br /> <br /> After his initial attempts to train [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] proved a hazard to continued existence, Starscream equipped the Apex Armor to shield himself from its outbursts. Unfortunately for him, the armor did nothing to stop Predaking from tossing him around like a chew toy. Starscream brought the armor along when he was ordered to use Predaking to retrieve a Predacon bone fragment. He took it off once he was certain Predaking was occupied, allowing [[Miko Nakadai]] to take possession of it when she tried to get past him into [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus']] ship. Predaking overpowered the Armor-clad Miko, but failed to do any actual damage to the armor itself. When Predaking was ordered away by Megatron, Miko swiftly put the armor to good use by pummeling Starscream and his attendant Vehicons. Unable to divest her of the armor and faced with incoming Autobot backup, Starscream was forced to leave it with the Autobots. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}}<br /> <br /> Miko once again donned the armor to aid Jack in securing the bridge of the ''Nemesis''. She made short work of the Vehicon guards, then goaded Soundwave into using a GroundBridge so Raf could open a second one behind him, thus trapping him in the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]]. She stood guard while Jack figured out how to pilot the ship, then later decked Knock Out when he tried to switch sides. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}<br /> <br /> ===''Prime'' toy bios===<br /> Courtesy of the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s, the Apex Hunter Armor was armed and upgraded with ancient weaponry. [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] was then given the opportunity to use the armor and wreak havoc on his enemies. {{storylink|#Cyberverse|Apex Hunter Armor with Breakdown}}<br /> <br /> ===''Unite Warriors''/''Legends''===<br /> [[File:Epilogue-War-Breakdown-home.jpg|thumb|upright=1.85]]<br /> After being reunited with his partner [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] in his native universe after adventures in the [[G1 World]], [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] was shown the schematics for the Apex Hunter Armor. {{Storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter &quot;Epiloge&quot;|Epiloge}}<br /> <br /> ===''Age of the Primes'' marketing material===<br /> [[Micronus Prime]] tooled around on a teeny one-wheeled motorcycle that revealed itself as the vehicle mode of the Apex Armor in battle. {{storylink|Micronus Prime#Age of the Primes|''Age of the Primes'' Micronus Prime bio}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Prime''===<br /> [[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-ApexArmor.jpg|right|thumb|400px|After taking one too many insults about his stature, Breakdown decided to imitate [[Hulk|that comic book]] he was reading, and expose himself to gamma radiation, intent on becoming a powerful, hulking beast.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; It didn't work, so he stole a suit of armor instead.]]<br /> *'''Apex Hunter Armor with Breakdown''' (Cyberverse Vehicle, 2013)<br /> **''Series/Number'': '''3 / 002'''<br /> **''Accessories'': Large missile-firing blaster, four missiles, small blaster<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}<br /> <br /> : Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime:]] [[Transformers:_Prime_(toyline)#Beast_Hunters_.282013.29|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 Cyberverse]] Vehicle playsets, the &quot;Apex Hunter Armor&quot; is a [[redeco]] and extensive [[retool]] of the [[Bumblebee Battle Suit]], and is a large, vaguely humanoid combat suit with [[articulation]] at the hips, elbows, and shoulders (although the shoulders only rotate laterally, not forward and backward, making their use rather limited). The cockpit in the torso can hold a single Cyberverse figure, and the armor features &quot;crusher claws&quot; for hands. The claws are spring-loaded to remain open, and can snap shut when a protruding [[5 mm post|5 mm peg-hole]] on top of either forearm is pulled back. <br /> <br /> :The armor has 5 mm peg-holes near the claw joints for holding the included main weapon, a massive four-barreled blaster that fires its four [[missile]]s in quick succession via pressure-launch. The armor is also festooned with numerous [[C joint]] bars, as well as both 3 mm and 5 mm holes, for mounting all sorts of additional weaponry. <br /> <br /> :The Apex Hunter Armor transforms into a rolling battle station, not dissimilar to the one [[Optimus Maximus (Prime)|Optimus Maximus]] becomes (though the Apex Armor's transformation is more involved). In this mode, two additional (non-firing) cannon barrels rotate up and over the armor's shoulders, and a platform is flipped up from behind the armor to provide a place for two additional Cyberverse figures to stand and hold onto handlebars mounted on the armor's back. The transformation also allows the C joint clips and bars on the outer sides of the armor's split treads/legs to be used for connecting to other Cyberverse playsets, while revealing another 5 mm hole that was previously located inside the armor's cockpit; the missile-firing blaster can be mounted in this hole and &quot;manned&quot; by a Cyberverse figure holding the handlebars on the back of the gun. <br /> <br /> :For this retool, the &quot;[[Energon Booster]]&quot;, its wire, as well as all of its associated electronics, have been removed, and while the battery compartment at the back can still be opened, there are neither batteries, metal plates, nor springs present. Interestingly, the plastic ridges on the back of the armor, meant to provide a place to coil the now-nonexistent booster's wire, are still present, and the opaque-plastic back panel at the top of the armor is still compatible with the booster accessory, with the newly-molded panel even featuring a sculpted crosshair at the other end of its booster plug.<br /> <br /> :In order for the armor to fit in its [[packaging]], it is minimally mis-transformed, with the front treads that make up part of its feet not being flipped out and tabbed into slots on the rear treads. Unusually, the front treads have even been sculpted with dents to accommodate the rear treads while in this mis-transformed position.<br /> <br /> :Included with the Apex Hunter Armor is [[Breakdown (WFC)#CyberverseApexArmor|a redeco of the Legion Class Breakdown toy]], and a normal purple version of his blaster. The Breakdown mold was also redecoed into [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 2|Series 2 Cyberverse]] [[Fallback (Prime)|Fallback]] and ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' [[Berserker#MtCWalmart2Pack|Berserker]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybApexBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on the Apex Hunter Armor (with Breakdown) at TFU.info]''<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===''Age of the Primes''===<br /> [[File:AOTP-MicronusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|William, here is the technology. I've asked you to simply make it smaller.]]<br /> &lt;ul class = &quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-pr5|'''The Thirteen Micronus Prime''' (Deluxe, [[2025]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''AOTP-16'''<br /> :*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[2025]] [[December 27]]<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Aaron Archer]] and [[Ken Christiansen]] (original concept)}}&lt;ref&gt;[[June 10]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEAkXHAU034 Transformers Fanstream | June 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Nate Purswell]] and [[Mark Maher]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> :Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' Deluxes, [[Micronus Prime#Age of the Primes|Micronus Prime]] includes a one-wheeled vehicle which transforms into an exo-suit based on the Apex Armor (with some additional [[Pretender]] influence),&lt;ref name =&quot;Markpost&quot;&gt;[https://www.instagram.com/p/DKx9QkLsgVD/ Design notes] on ''Age of the Primes'' Micronus Prime from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Mark Maher]] on Instagram&lt;/ref&gt; into which Micronus can fit in disc mode. The armor can additionally disassemble into component parts that can be wielded as weapons by larger figures, in the style of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System|Weaponizers]] and their various successor lines. Micronus's [[Chimera Stone]] accessory can also peg into the chest of the exo-suit accessory to reproduce the Apex Armor's characteristic circular core.<br /> <br /> ::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DKx9QkLsgVD/ Designer commentary on Micronus Prime from Mark Maher on Instagram]''<br /> ::*''[[Source:Transformers Age of the Primes bios#AOTP16|Machine translation of Micronus Prime's TakaraTomy bio]]''<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *Designer [[Mark Maher]] describes the ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' iteration of the Apex Armor as capable of intermingling with Micronus Prime's [[Chimera Stone]] artifact to operate independently, acting as a sort of distant ancestor to [[Pretender]] shell technology.&lt;ref name = &quot;Markpost&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Apex Armor''' (エイペックスアーマー ''Eipekkusu Āmā'')<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Armors]]<br /> [[Category:Artifacts of the Primes]]<br /> [[Category:Cyberverse]]<br /> [[Category:Iacon relics]]<br /> [[Category:Legends technology]]<br /> [[Category:Mechanical suits]]<br /> [[Category:Prime technology]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Scythe_(Thirteen)&diff=1856932 2025-08-11T03:41:17Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: Adding move template for Thirteen artifact disambig streamlining</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-AmalgamousPrime.png|cSize=25px|cLink=Amalgamous Prime|cPretty=Amalgamous Prime}}}}<br /> {{disambig2|Amalgamous Prime's weapon|the Mini-Con|Scythe (Cybertron)}}<br /> {{Move|Scythe (Thirteen)}}<br /> [[File:Amalgamous Prime OneFilm ILMConceptArt Scythe.jpg|thumb|200px|Just wait until he turns that thing into a Fancy Santa.]]<br /> Though nominally a '''Scythe''', the chosen weapon of [[Amalgamous Prime]] is just as unpredictable as its bearer, ever-changing and taking on other forms and states of matter, from solid to liquid and back again.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''The Covenant of Primus''===<br /> Amalgamous wielded the Scythe during the [[Thirteen]]'s war with [[Unicron#Aligned continuity family|Unicron]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}<br /> <br /> ===''One'' film===<br /> <br /> [[File:TransformersOne-AmalgamousLiegeMaximoholograms.jpg|thumb|300px|The weapon held by Amalgamous Prime (left). ]]<br /> <br /> Amalgamous could be seen holding the Scythe in a hologram, as well as [[Alpha Trion]]'s vision of the [[Thirteen|Primes]]' betrayal by [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel]]. {{storylink|Transformers One (film)|Transformers One}}<br /> <br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===<br /> The mutable Scythe was wielded by Amalgamous Prime, sometimes called [[Adaptus]]. {{storylink|Transformers One Sourcebook}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Age of the Primes''===<br /> [[File:AOTP-AmalgamousPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|“Woah! Is that a scythe?”&lt;br&gt; ”It's also a customizable high-impact sniper rifle!”&lt;br&gt; “A-wha…?”&lt;br&gt; “It’s also a gun.”]]<br /> &lt;ul class = &quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-pr9|The Thirteen Amalgamous Prime (Voyager Class, [[2026]])}} &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}&lt;ref&gt;[[July 25]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18IQaMuGVk Transformers Brand Panel Recap | SDCC 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> : Released as part of the first 2026 wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'', [[Amalgamous Prime#Age of the Primes|Amalgamous Prime]] comes with his signature Scythe, based on its appearance in ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]'', featuring the ability to form a the gun turret for his various configurations. <br /> <br /> <br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *The weapon known as the Scythe being able to take on any form reads ''uncannily'' like a [[wikia:mspaintadventures:Weapons in Problem Sleuth#Scythe|reference]] to the webcomic [https://www.homestuck.com/problem-sleuth Problem Sleuth].<br /> *The ''[[Transformers One]]'' incarnation of Amalgamous was depicted wielding a large scythe weapon, though if it possessed any shape changing capabilities they weren’t shown. Andrew Hussie may have had a lasting effect on Transformers. Terrifying.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Artifacts of the Primes]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Requiem_Blaster_(Thirteen)&diff=1856931 2025-08-11T03:40:33Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: Adding move template for Thirteen artifact disambig streamlining</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-Megatronus.png|cSize=30px|cLink=The Fallen|cPretty=Megatronus}}}}<br /> {{disambig2|the non-living weapon wielded by the Thirteen|the combined Mini-Con weapon from ''Armada''|Requiem Blaster (Armada)}}<br /> {{Move|Requiem Blaster (Thirteen)}}<br /> [[File:Machinima-POTP-Requiem-Blaster-on-pedestal.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Oh my god, who touched Sasha? ...all right, WHO TOUCHED MY GUN?!]]<br /> The '''Requiem Blaster''' is a powerful [[Artifacts of the Primes|weapon]] of the [[Thirteen]] that is able to draw power from a quasar's sound waves, a supernova's thermal energy, or a [[black hole]]'s gravity. The blaster is massive enough to have its own gravity and is far too large for a modern Transformer to wield or even pull the trigger.<br /> <br /> The former archivist [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] has never encountered any record of a [[Transformer]] surviving a direct hit from the Requiem Blaster. It might just be the most powerful weapon ever.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> [[File:COP-Megatronusshootssolus.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]<br /> ====Aligned novels====<br /> The Requiem Blaster was reluctantly created by weaponsmith [[Solus Prime]], at [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'s urging during the battle against [[Unicron#Aligned continuity family|Unicron]]. Possessed of great power, the Blaster was capable of leveling mountains. The Thirteen decided by a vote of seven to six to allow the weapon to exist. At some unknown point, the Requiem Blaster was placed on a ship which was lost in deep space. Yet so great was the gravity of the mighty weapon that over many eons, it caused countless pieces of junk drifting in space to collect around it, eventually making it the gravitational center of [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. Much later, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] found this weapon and attempted to destroy [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] with it, but he survived. The removal of the Requiem Blaster from Junkion caused the artificial planetoid to fall apart. The Decepticons had to eject the weapon out of the [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']] due to it overheating, and out of the very real fear of it could explode. It would later become a target for the [[Star Seeker]]s to find in their quest to destroy Cybertronians. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}<br /> <br /> The weapon later came into possession of the Star Seekers at last, and was mounted on the ''Tidal Wave'', the ship of their captain [[Thundertron]]. Encountering Megatron and the ''Nemesis'' crew utilizing the weapon as a death threat, Thundertron remained unaware of the overheating qualities and vast amounts of energy needed to power the weapon, something the Decepticon leader knew about all too well. The Star Seeker captain boasted of how he destroyed the Autobots with the Requiem Blaster, which Megatron briefly considered a possibility before taunting Thundertron. The Star Seeker leader replied by using the Requiem Blaster on the ''Nemesis'', first blasting through an asteroid obstructing their line of sight. However, their second attempt resulted in a significantly weaker blast and the inevitable overheating of the weapon, and the ''Tidal Wave'' ultimately jettisoned the Requiem Blaster to ensure the crew's safety. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} Its current whereabouts are unknown.<br /> <br /> ====''The Covenant of Primus''====<br /> The Requiem Blaster was the Artifact of Megatronus, created by Solus Prime. It used stellar fusion as an energy conduit, exponentially increasing Megatronus' already destructive powers. Solus had doubts about the weapon, but her deep faith in Megatronus was what allowed her to trust him with the Blaster. During the [[War of the Primes]], Megatronus used the weapon to kill her &quot;pet&quot; from Liege Maximo, which had secretly been recording Solus Prime's actions. Solus responded with anger and came towards Megatronus, who fired the Requiem Blaster without thinking, fatally wounding Solus Prime. In the final battle of the War of the Primes, Liege Maximo was blown apart by a shot from the Requiem Blaster, although [[Alpha Trion]] could not identify just who had fired the weapon.<br /> <br /> ===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===<br /> [[File:Megatronus-RequiemBlaster-POTP.JPG|thumb|right|300px|&quot;You are right, I do have the power. I HAVE ALL THE POWER IN THE WORLD!&quot;]]<br /> Long ago, the Requiem Blaster was forged by Solus Prime to defeat [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], with Megatronus using it to finally destroy him once and for all. Fearing what would happen if its power fell into the wrong hands, Solus believed the weapon was no longer needed and should be destroyed. Megatronus refused, believing he should maintain custody of the weapon. {{storylink|The Swamp}} The two fought over the blaster, but it was accidentally discharged in the scuffle, killing Solus. {{storylink|Without Warning}} To prevent another misuse, the remainder of the Thirteen took back the blaster and sealed it in a dome in [[Primal Swamp]], tasking a line of bots with righteous hearts to watch over it that culminated in [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Athenaeum Sanctorum (episode)|Athenaeum Sanctorum}}<br /> <br /> Many years later, the whereabouts of the Requiem Blaster had been lost to time. During [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s assault, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] received visions of the future from the [[Matrix of Leadership]], including one of the Blaster united with the Matrix and the [[Enigma of Combination]], though he knew not its meaning. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}} Some time later, having already obtained the Matrix and Enigma, Megatronus began searching for the Blaster, hoping to unite the three artifacts to create a weapon that could drain the [[spark]] from every Transformer, the energy of which would be enough to bring back Solus. {{storylink|Consequences}} Megatron also led a team to search for the Blaster, using the [[Book of the Second Prophecies]] to determine that it was likely somewhere in Primal Swamp. {{storylink|The Swamp}} Discovering a dome hidden in the swamp, he investigated and found the gun waiting inside, thought he also came face to face with Optimus Primal, who had been guarding the gun since before he could remember. The two fought briefly, but sensing his resolve, Primal surrendered the gun to Megatron, who eventually emerged with the Requiem Blaster in hand and used it to threaten an enraged [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. {{storylink|Primal (POTP)|Primal}}<br /> <br /> The team later found the hidden location of the [[Athenaeum Sanctorum]], where an information terminal explained what had happened to the Requiem Blaster in the intervening years. {{storylink|Athenaeum Sanctorum (episode)|Athenaeum Sanctorum}} The arrival of [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Cron]] led to a long fight, with [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] briefly threatening Overlord with the Blaster before dropping it as Rodimus threw Megatron into him. Primal grabbed the gun and attempted to flee the Sanctorum, but ultimately hid in the shadows until the opportunity presented itself, at which point he tossed the Blaster to Megatron, who fired it at Overlord. {{storylink|Countdown (POTP)|Countdown}} The blast took out both Overlord and a sizable chunk of Cybertron, but their victory was short lived as Megatronus sensed the blast and appeared to take it away. A struggle ensued, culminating in Megatronus knocking everyone aside and grabbing the gun before blasting off into the sky with it. {{storylink|Consequences}}<br /> <br /> Returning to the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of Sparks]], Megatronus installed the Blaster into his doomsday weapon and began siphoning the life force from every Transformer's spark. Perceptor attempted to remove the Blaster and the other relics, but his efforts proved unsuccessful as Solus Prime began to return. {{storylink|Collision Course}} A concentrated attack by Primal, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] led to the Blaster and Enigma finally being released from the machine. Megatronus attempted to grab them, but was tackled by the heroes. {{storylink|Megatronus Unleashed}} From there, the Blaster began rapidly changing hands. Megatronus grabbed it and attempted to shoot the heroes, but was interrupted by the sudden arrival of [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. Megatron prepared to fire it at Solus, but was distracted when Megatronus threw Predaking's now-decapitated head. Finally, after Megatronus was destroyed, Optimal Optimus fired at Megatron, who sacrificed himself to ensure that the [[Matrix of Conquest|Matrix of Chaos]] would be destroyed in the process. In the aftermath, the Blaster was left in the care of Perceptor, who tasked himself with both studying and protecting the weapon. {{storylink|Saga's End}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Age of the Primes''===<br /> [[File:AOTP Requiem Blaster.jpg|thumb|300px|The Requiem Blaster… a sensitive and immensely powerful weapon… Yeah, let’s give it to the guy on fire!]]<br /> *'''Megatronus the Fallen''' (Leader Class, [[2025]])<br /> :*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''AOTP-06'''<br /> :*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[2025]] [[July 26]]<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}&lt;ref&gt;[[October 27]], [[2024]]'s [https://youtu.be/70HJMtOWpk0?si=2oTW4ASEa32kacga&amp;t=1092 1027 Hasbro Pulse Premium Event 2024!] on YouTube, with [[Nate Purswell]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Mark Maher]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> :The ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' [[The_Fallen/toys#Age_of_the_Primes|Megatronus]] figure includes a Requiem Blaster weapon that can be affixed to his arm. Part of the weapon can be folded out to extend it, and Megatronus also comes with a suppressor that attaches to the barrel, which serves to further lengthen it for the tank mode.<br /> <br /> ::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DC2tKXARTg3/ Designer commentary on ''Age of the Primes'' Megatronus from Mark Maher on Instagram]''<br /> ::*''[[Source:Transformers Age of the Primes bios#AOTP06|Machine translation of Megatronus's TakaraTomy bio]]''<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Requiem Blaster''' (レクイエムブラスター ''Rekuiemu Burasutā'')<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Blasters]]<br /> [[Category:Artifacts of the Primes]]<br /> [[Category:Prime weapons]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Talk:Star_Saber_(Thirteen)&diff=1856930 2025-08-11T03:39:13Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: /* Move to Star Saber (Thirteen) */ new section</p> <hr /> <div>==[[BotCon 2010]]==<br /> The [[Prima|Prima]] article mentions that his Star Saber was shown at that convention. Should a picture be anywhere here? [[User:Item42|Item42]] 00:57, 17 July 2010 (EDT)<br /> : I would hope not, since no photography was allowed at that panel. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:59, 17 July 2010 (EDT)<br /> ::Can a description of that display be found anywhere. Prima's talk page had this:<br /> {{quote|The eventual story of Prima, as sketched out at BC10, will reveal him to have been an &quot;epic warrior of light&quot; &quot;like a Greek god&quot;, whose sword hilt has a little gem on it that gets used as the Matrix of Leadership--and based on how big Optimus Prime's chest is compared to the sword, Prima would be ~500 feet tall. If something that cosmic is supposed to be reconciled with &quot;little dinky nobody who rolled off an assembly line in a completely different time period,&quot; then sure, he did some magic ghost woowoo. Again, it wouldn't go into the article, especially if, y'know, it's never actually published or said. But, again, people have to intellectually reconcile the notions somehow|. User:Thylacine 2000 22:20, 11 July 2010 (EDT) }}<br /> I'd like an explanation of this, which Optimus it was compared with and whatnot. [[User:Item42|Item42]] 01:05, 17 July 2010 (EDT)<br /> : There wasn't a display, but just a slide in a presentation. Thylacine is talking about G1 Optimus Prime's chest, and I think he's greatly exaggerating the size of Prima. Prima's huge, no doubt, but 500 feet is a bit much. As for my visual memories of the sword, it was a big silver sword with a Matrix in the middle of the hilt. That's all I can recall with certainty at this point. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:11, 17 July 2010 (EDT)<br /> ::Alright, thanks. [[User:Item42|Item42]] 01:19, 17 July 2010 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Star Saber (Prime) ==<br /> <br /> Would this be the same article as &quot;Star Saber (Prime)&quot;, or does that go elsewhere? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 13:54, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> :Technically, it was first mentioned in a Fan Club story set in the Wings Universe. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:02, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> ::Okie, creatin' a separate article! -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 14:02, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> ::No.,.. wait. Exodus firmly established that Prima's Star Saber = (Prime)'s Star Saber. So... this article? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 14:04, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> :::This sword is a possession of Prima, who is himself a multiversal singularity. The usage of a franchise tag for this item thus seems wrong. But it does need a disambiguator, as there are many other &quot;Star Sabers&quot;. Using the name of its owner seems right to me. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:19, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> ::::Besides, Star Saber (Prime) would be the combined weapon form of OP, Beetwo, and R.A. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 14:43, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> ::::I studiously avoid pointing out that Prima as slain by the Quintessons in one continuity. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 15:42, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> :::::You are assuming that he was actually killed in that scene. Or that killing him in one continuity has any major affect on Prima as a whole. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:48, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> Hasbro pretty much already said that the Aligned continuity isn't part of its previous multiverse and that things that were true of that may or may not be true of Aligned. I see no reason to think the Thirteen from the old multiverse are the same entities as the Thirteen from Aligned, and I'm not really sure why our pages treat some-but-not-all of them as such. Probably just because nobody wants to tackle merging all the previous Alpha Trions. -[[User:LV|LV]] 16:26, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> :Yes. All the 13 and probably Primus and Unicron need to be separated out by our rules. They are definitely and officially separate things in Aligned and the old Multiverse. The problem is it's All A LOT OF WORK. And I don't think anyone has wanted to deal with it. Although there is the SLIGHT chance raised by the Preview to this years Multidimensional BotCon story that Fun Pub will tackle and explain the split. If so perhaps we should wait a bit more just to avoid the risk of doing it all and then having to change it all back?--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 16:50, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> ::Hasbro can say what they want. The moment Takara produces crossover fiction it's part of the same Multiverse.<br /> ::Besides... I thought they backpedaled on that and re-characterized Prime as an obscure hinterland far-removed from most of the Multiverse but still part of it? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:02, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> :::Never that I've seen. If you can dig up anything where they say that I'd be surprised, but it would change things.--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 17:25, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> ::I don't even know what situation Hasbro would ever say something like &quot;Aligned is a distant relation to all this stuff we don't want to have to worry about anymore&quot;, but if you want some trivial Takara crossover thing to be a critical issue, someone still has to explain how there's an SG Alpha Trion. -[[User:LV|LV]] 17:17, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> <br /> Yyyyyyeah, as far as I'm concerned, TCC's Prima's Star Saber isn't anything to do with the Aligned Star Saber. Aligned and Everything Else don't seem to be connected at the moment. It's a big thing we have to sort out sometime eventually, but putting this information on the older page is a step backwards from what we will eventually have to do. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:29, 2 March 2012 (EST)<br /> <br /> And with the Primes no longer multiversal singularities...what now? - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 04:32, 29 June 2018 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Toy? ==<br /> <br /> Isn't that Matrix Saber that comes with the Japanese release of Weaponizer Optimus Prime a larger version of the Star Saber? [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/attach/4/0/5/9/7/421245_267228576713082_1590105120_n_1348302714.jpg The hilt looks quite similar]. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 10:13, 25 September 2012 (EDT)<br /> <br /> I don't know about that, but if you check out [[Optimus_Prime (WFC)|Voyager Prime's included sword]] you'll see that the blade shape and surface details match perfectly although with a greatly simplified hilt. --[[User:Aka Radioshack|Aka Radioshack]] 07:34, 1 October 2012 (EDT)<br /> : Yeah, PRID Prime's sword looks like a dinky Star Saber to me. Sneaky, Hasbro, sneaky! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:36, 1 October 2012 (EDT)<br /> <br /> I guess we're going to have to wait on the Japanese translation of Legacy and Alpha/Omega. The Matrix Saber ''greatly'' resembles the Star Saber in the animation, and Japan already ''has'' a Star Saber in this continuity. We'll have to wait for confirmation, but TakaraTomy would be idiots not to have their translation say the toy they just released with the fandangly super sword is what's featured in these episodes.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|&lt;sup&gt;Talk&lt;/sup&gt;]] 15:07, 5 October 2012 (EDT)<br /> <br /> I kinda feel like the PRID toy and its variants should be listed on this page. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:58, 23 February 2013 (EST)<br /> <br /> == Excalibur, Excalibur...From United King, I'm looking for him, I'm going to California ==<br /> <br /> Regarding the note, the introductory episode clearly showed that the sword could be transported within the mountain itself, no problem, indicating that there's no magical &quot;tied to this point in spacetime&quot; quality to the blade. As such, best guess is that it was simply so deep into the rock that the only way to free it was to activate the blade's special cutting powers...possibly it had started getting entangled with fossilization? Either way, I don't think this should be treated as an error because the 'cons ''were'' able to move the mountain containing the sword, they just weren't able to free the sword itself.<br /> <br /> ...kinda makes me wonder if the Phase Shifter could have been used to just get it out, really.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 16:11, 24 April 2013 (EDT)<br /> :It was clearly meant to be a &quot;sword in the stone&quot; type thing, which was why the Cons couldn't pull it out of the mountain. Once Optimus pulled it out, all bets were off. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 17:36, 24 April 2013 (EDT)<br /> ::Right, so I don't think it should be counted as an error on this page. What the 'cons couldn't do was extract the sword from the stone—they were perfectly capable of transporting it.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 20:05, 24 April 2013 (EDT) <br /> <br /> == Main Pic Size ==<br /> We should do something about resizing the main picture because its basically stretching into the biography section [[User:Ed|Ed]] ([[User talk:Ed|talk]]) 16:33, 31 July 2015 (EDT)<br /> <br /> == Move to Star Saber (Thirteen) ==<br /> <br /> See initial discussion here: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Talk:Transformation_cog<br /> <br /> --[[User:Daytonjhammon|Dayton Hammon]] ([[User talk:Daytonjhammon|talk]]) 23:39, 10 August 2025 (EDT)</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Star_Saber_(Thirteen)&diff=1856929 2025-08-11T03:38:27Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: Adding move template for Thirteen artifact disambig streamlining</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-Prima.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Prima|cPretty=Prima}}}}<br /> {{disambig3|Star Saber}}<br /> {{move|Star Saber (Thirteen)}}<br /> [[File:Star Saber(Prime).jpg|thumb|upright=.66|''There's a Star Saaaaber putting out the Sun...'']]<br /> Wielded by [[Prima]], one of the [[Thirteen|original thirteen Transformers]] at the dawn of time, the '''Star Saber''' (sometimes spelt '''Star Sabre''') sword was a weapon unlike any other. Though several other swords throughout the [[multiverse]] share its name, only one could snuff out stars and crumble the stuff of planets into dust. Many legends swirl around this blade of blades, from its origin to its precise nature to the circumstances surrounding its disappearance into the annals of history, but somewhere between fiction and fact, the Star Saber waits to be discovered again by one worthy enough to wield its power...<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Fun Publications comics===<br /> [[File:StarSaber-AnotherLight.jpg|thumb|left|350px]]<br /> Long before recorded time began, [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] turned towards evil and began acting against his fellow siblings. To keep the all-powerful Star Saber from falling into evil hands, [[Nexus Prime]] decided to use his very body to conceal it. His fellow original Transformers [[Vector Prime]], [[Alpha Trion]], and [[Solus Prime]] agreed, and Solus Prime used her [[Forge of Solus Prime|Forge]] to smash the blade into five pieces. They then used the quantum edge of the blade (still functioning despite the sword's sad state), to carve Nexus himself into five pieces, each of which became an individual: [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]], [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]], [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]], and [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]]. The five pieces of the Star Saber were then scattered across the [[multiverse]], followed soon by the five components of Nexus Prime, their knowledge of the pieces' locations and of their own previous lives suppressed until such time as the sword was needed again. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 30|Nexus Prime profile}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} The blade's fragmented hilt, the [[Origin Matrix]], was hidden on prehistoric Earth of [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]]. Vector Prime then sealed the local spacetime in a time-lock so that no one could enter or exit. The [[Vok]], already present to conduct one of their experiments, were entrusted with guarding the Matrix. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}<br /> <br /> Uncounted eons later, the components of Nexus Prime found each other once again, and the titan was re-formed. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 6}} He proceeded to embark on a multiversal journey with the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|negative-polarity]] [[Quintesson]] [[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]] in order to recover the sword fragments, but one major obstacle stood in their way: Nexus Prime's memories had not returned entirely. He knew that he was searching for an artifact powerful enough to collapse the entire multiversal stack, but could no longer remember what the artifact was, what its pieces looked like, or where exactly they were. When the pair made a stop on the Cybertron of [[Primax 509.28 Epsilon]], however, Nexus felt that the [[Elite Guard|Cybertron Elite Guard]] symbol he spotted on a box was somehow a clue, one that finally got him started on the right track. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}<br /> <br /> [[File:AnotherLight-choppitychop.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]<br /> After unknown further adventures, Aquarius and Nexus succeeded in tracking down four of the five Star Saber fragments, with Aquarius picking up the fourth from a [[Chifumi Takahashi|courier]] in [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Transformers I.Q.#issue 48|Transformers I.Q. last issue review #6}} As payment, Aquarius then took the courier through a portal to her home dimension, but the pair were transferred by Nexus in-transit to [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] so that they could collect the fifth and final piece—the [[Origin Matrix]], the gem from the blade's hilt—which had just been retrieved from its hiding place on the prehistoric [[Earth]] of that universe by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Mammoth]]. {{storylink|Transformers I.Q.#issue 54|Transformers I.Q. trivia bonus #12}} Mammoth, however, asserted that he would personally hold onto the Matrix until Nexus Prime could come to collect it. {{storylink|Falling into Place}}<br /> <br /> Later, as the [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|negative polarity Ultra Magnus]] was about to kill his positive polarity counterpart, Nexus Prime arrived, reformed the Star Saber with the Origin Matrix, and used it to slice Magnus's [[Terminus Blade]]-wielding arm cleanly off. The odds against him, Magnus attempted to escape, but Nexus simply used the Terminus Blade to open an interdimensional portal, exiling Magnus through it. Resolving to prevent multiversal crises such as that of Magnus's doing from ever happening again, Nexus Prime departed, {{storylink|Restoration}} traveling to a key point in interdimensional space. He then combined the powers of the Star Saber and the Terminus Blade together, strengthening the barriers between universes, rendering interdimensional travel nigh-impossible, and nullifying [[Multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]]. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====Aligned novels====<br /> [[File:TransformersVault-Prima.jpg|right|thumb]]<br /> The Star Saber was one of the greatest weapons created by [[Solus Prime]]. To hide the full truth of its nature from any single Cybertronian, many myths existed about it; some claimed that it was created out of three bots and wielded itself, others that it was integrated into the chassis of one of the [[Thirteen]], and others still that Solus forged it from the core of a star, using its own heat as her furnace. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}} More concretely, it is known that the [[Matrix of Leadership]] once adorned the sword's hilt. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}<br /> <br /> According to [[Alpha Trion]], the Star Saber was shattered into five pieces after the defeat of [[Liege Maximo]]. Per Trion's story, [[Nexus Prime]] gathered the pieces, broke himself into five bots—[[Clocker (Prime)|Clocker]], [[Mainspring]], [[Chaindrive]], [[Pinion]], and [[Cannonspring]]—hid a piece inside each bot, and spread his component bots across the universe in order to keep the Star Saber away from [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}<br /> <br /> Following the [[Great Exodus]] of Cybertronians from Cybertron, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] was led across the galaxy by the Matrix of Leadership that he now bore, discovering on each stop blade-like fragments of Cybertronian metal. Optimus presumed them to be pieces of the Star Saber, but they were in actuality the [[Blades of Time]], another artifact entrusted to Nexus. However, Prime's journey had also led to the discovery of the five components of Nexus Prime, who reformed during a battle with the Decepticons on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. The sword he proceeded to summon was, contrary to legend, named the &quot;[[Cyber Caliber]]&quot;, calling into question whether or not the story about him being guardian of the Star Saber was true. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ====''Prime'' cartoon====<br /> [[File:Legacy-PrimeStarSaber.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67| I have the power!!]]<br /> <br /> The Star Saber was held in the [[Vaults|Iacon vaults]] near the end of the war, and ejected into space with the rest of the items stored there. It found its way to [[Earth]] where it became entombed in rock. The sword's protective shield rendered the rock around it indestructible with only a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] being able to extract it. When [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] uncovered it, he found the Star Saber's defences. Desperate to keep the sword away from Optimus Prime, Megatron ordered the rock it was embedded in towed away by the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. Despite the Decepticons' best efforts, Optimus Prime was able to claim the Star Saber. With it, he split the boulder that had once held it when it was dropped atop him before using the sword to unleash a wave of energy on the ''Nemesis''. Upon returning to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], the Star Saber activated, relaying to Optimus a message from [[Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Prime-AlpgaOmegabrokensabre.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Just two days past the warranty, too...]]<br /> Desperate to match Optimus' newfound power, Megatron transplanted the arm of a [[Liege Maximo|dead Prime]] onto himself, which allowed him to use the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] to forge the [[Dark Star Saber]]. He challenged Optimus to a battle for the latest relic, and though their swords seemed to be equal when it came to flinging energy waves around, the original Star Saber proved to be less durable when Megatron managed to shatter it with his own blade. The shards from the blade dissolved into dust, and Optimus took the hilt back to base with him. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}<br /> <br /> After being given the [[Forge of Solus Prime]], Optimus used it to reforge the Star Saber and took it with him to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He used it in battle with Megatron, matching the Dark Star Saber, and keeping his opposite busy while the other Autobots reclaimed the [[Omega Key]]s. Once they'd succeeded, he used the sword to knock Megatron flying so the Autobots could retreat. When the Autobots found the [[Omega Lock]], Optimus unsheathed the Star Saber for another battle with Megatron before the Decepticons revealed that they had taken the Autobots' human allies as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Tfp megatron impaled.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Shish-ka-Bee!]]<br /> Unwilling to forsake his allies, Optimus threw down the Star Saber. When the Decepticons began using the Omega Lock to [[cyberforming|cyberform]] Earth, Optimus claimed the Star Saber again, first using it to slice off Megatron's stolen arm before destroying the Omega Lock. When the Autobots retreated back to Earth, they found that Megatron had managed to cyberform a new [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]] from which they launched an attack on the Autobot base. Optimus used the Star Saber to destroy a wave of [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] before the Autobots were forced to retreat. When the other Autobots had retreated, Optimus used the Star Saber to destroy Omega One's [[GroundBridge]] before the ''Nemesis'' destroyed the base, rendering the act moot. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} The Star Saber was pulled from the remains of the base by the Decepticons, and it was stored aboard the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}}<br /> <br /> When the Autobots assaulted the ''Nemesis'', [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] took the opportunity to retrieve the Star Saber. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] attempted to pass the weapon to Optimus, only to be blasted and killed by Megatron. The scout was subsequently restored by the power of the Omega Lock which the Decepticons had built into the starship, and he ran Megatron through with the Star Saber, ending the tyrant's life. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}<br /> <br /> Optimus Prime used the Star Saber during the ceremony to promote Bumblebee to warrior class in a fashion {{w|Knight#Notes|similar to human knighting}}. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> [[File:OP18-SolusPrimeStarSaber.jpg|thumb|300px|right|It slices, it dices, it makes julienne Prime.]]<br /> According to the [[Way of Flame]], the Star Saber was forged by [[Solus Prime]] during the era of the [[Thirteen]] and wielded by their leader, [[Prima]], with the [[photonic crystal]] that would become the Matrix of Leadership adorning its hilt. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} [[Alpha Trion]] regarded the sword as a 'metaphor made real,' considering it unbeatable by 'ordinary' Cybertronians. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} <br /> <br /> The day that Solus first created the Star Saber was the day that [[Onyx Prime]] realized that he would need to set in motion the events that would eventually lead to the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]]—as the bestial Prime was, in reality, a convenient identity assumed by a temporally-displaced [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], who knew that the Matrix embedded in the sword's hilt would one day find its way into the care of Prima's follower [[Nova Prime|Nova]]. <br /> <br /> Shockwave thus engineered a situation that led to Onyx's follower [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] attempting to overthrow Prima. Solus Prime wielded the Star Saber to defend her leader's life, but Megatronus was able to seize the sword and fatally impale her. Seeking to bring Megatronus to justice, Prima brought his weapon with him when he, Trion, and &quot;Onyx Prime&quot; set off to search for Megatronus among the stars. When they found him on the planet [[Tsiehshi]], Megatronus was once again able to turn the sword back on its wielder and easily bisected Prima. His usefulness at an end, &quot;Onyx&quot; subsequently killed Megatronus and lied to Alpha Trion that Prima had heroically slain Megatronus in a duel at the cost of his own life. <br /> <br /> It is not known what became of the Star Saber following the deaths of both its wielders, {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} but, at the dawn of Cybertron's subsequent [[Golden Age]], possession of the Matrix did indeed fall to Nova, now Nova ''Prime''—just as Shockwave had intended, and history had foretold. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}<br /> <br /> A statue of Prima within the [[Grand Imperium]] depicted him with the blade, {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} as did another adorning the [[Primal Basilica]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}<br /> <br /> ===2019 IDW continuity===<br /> The Star Saber was one of the fourteen [[Artifacts of the Primes]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}<br /> <br /> ==Video games==<br /> ===''Transformers: Devastation''===<br /> The Star Saber was one of the melee weapons that the Autobots could find in their quest to stop Megatron. It was usable by any of the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===<br /> [[File:EW-Prima's Star Saber.jpg|thumb]]<br /> {{stub|{{Storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Prime''===<br /> ====''Robots in Disguise''====<br /> {{anchor|Voyager}}<br /> [[File:PrimeRIDtoy-PrimeVoyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Few people realise that mystical swords are dry clean only.]]<br /> *'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, [[2012]])<br /> **''Series / Number'': '''01 / 001'''<br /> **''Accessories'': Battle blaster/Cannon &amp; battle sword<br /> :''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Voyager|Optimus Prime]] includes a sword which, although not acknowledged on the packaging as such, is based on the Star Saber's show model. The hilt is slightly modified from the original design, losing the hand guard and gaining a wider pommel, whilst the blade has accurate detailing but is vastly scaled down from its gargantuan show proportions. The Saber has a [[5 mm post|5 mm]] handle, with an additional post and post hole on opposite sides of the hilt.<br /> <br /> {{-}}{{anchor|BattleShield}}<br /> [[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-BattleShieldOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]<br /> *'''Battle Shield Optimus''' ([[August 12]], 2012)<br /> **''Accessories'': &quot;[[O.P.#Gray|O.P. A]]&quot;, &quot;[[Pral#Gold|Pral G]]&quot;, &quot;[[Sise#Gold|Sise G]]&quot;, &quot;[[Jaze#Gold|Jaze G]]&quot; Arms Microns, sword, trailer<br /> :[[Exclusive]] to Japanese [[Toys&quot;R&quot;Us]] stores, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#BattleShield|Optimus Prime]] is a [[redeco]] of the [[Arms Micron]] version of the Voyager figure and includes a recolored version of the Star Saber, cast in a darker, warmer shade of gray.<br /> <br /> {{-}}{{anchor|ArmsMaster}}<br /> [[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-ArmsMasterOptimus-Matrix.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]<br /> *'''Arms Master Optimus''' ([[September 29]], 2012)<br /> **''ID Number:'' '''AM-21'''<br /> **''Accessories'': &quot;R.A.&quot; Arms Micron &amp; Matrix Blade<br /> :Part of the seventh wave of [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' toys, the [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Weaponizer|Japanese release of Weaponizer Class Optimus Prime]] comes with a very large [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#ArmsMaster|Matrix]] which can tab onto his chest as armor or mount onto the back of the truck cab, with the Matrix also being covered in 5mm posts and holes so that [[Arms Micron]]s can be attached to it. He additionally comes with a clear-blue &quot;Shining&quot; version of the Arms Micron, [[R.A.#ArmsMaster|R.A.]], who can combine with the Matrix to form the colossal Matrix Saber.<br /> <br /> :Note that the clear-plastic-on-clear-plastic hinge in the middle of the blade stresses rapidly with repeated transformation due to the pressure leveraged onto the free-standing side of the clip when traveling from Matrix mode to Saber mode. As such, the user is advised to pick one mode and keep the Matrix there.<br /> <br /> :This toy was used as the [[White Matrix]] in ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]''.<br /> <br /> {{-}}{{anchor|DarkEnergon}}<br /> [[File:PrimeDEtoy-OptimusPrime.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]<br /> *'''Optimus Prime''' (Dark Energon Voyager Class, 2012)<br /> **''Number'': '''002'''<br /> **''Accessories'': Battle blaster/Cannon, battle sword<br /> :''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Dark Energon Series|Prime: Dark Energon]]'' [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#DarkEnergon|Optimus Prime]] is a [[BigBadToyStore]]-exclusive redeco/retool of ''Robots in Disguise'' Voyager Class Optimus Prime, and includes the Star Saber, colored a pale blue.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ====''Cyberverse''====<br /> {{anchor|BHCyberverse}}<br /> [[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|[[Prime Decepticon Hunter]]?]]<br /> *'''Optimus Prime''' (Cyberverse Commander Class, [[2013]])<br /> **''Series / Number'': '''3 / 001'''<br /> **''Accessories'': Launcher &amp; missile (combine to form Thunder Lance), Star Saber<br /> :Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#BH|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Commander Class toys, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#BHCyberverse|Optimus Prime]] is an all-new mold, and comes with the Star Saber. The Star Saber features [[C joint|3mm post]]s for its handle and on its hilt, allowing it to be held by his hands, or mount onto one of the two ports on the rear sides of his vehicle mode.<br /> <br /> {{-}}{{anchor|Target2pack}}<br /> [[File:PrimeBHPRtoy-Cyberverse-OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]<br /> *'''Optimus Prime vs Predaking''' (Cyberverse Commander 2-pack, 2013)<br /> **''Accessories'': Launcher &amp; missile (combine to form Thunder Lance), Star Saber<br /> :Part of the [[Target]]-exclusive &quot;[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Exclusives 2|Predacons Rising]]&quot; subline, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Target2pack|Optimus Prime]] is a redeco of his Series 3 ''Cyberverse'' Commander Class toy. He still comes with the Star Saber.<br /> <br /> {{-}}{{anchor|BBladeCyberverse}}<br /> [[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-BeastBladeOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]<br /> *'''Beast Blade Optimus Prime''' (Cyberverse Commander Class, 2013)<br /> **''Series / Number'': '''3 / 008'''<br /> **''Accessories'': Launcher &amp; missile (combine to form Thunder Lance), Star Saber, Battlewing Shield<br /> :Part of the fourth wave of ''Prime: Beast Hunters Cyberverse'' Commander Class toys, Beast Blade [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#BBladeCyberverse|Optimus Prime]] is a jungle-themed green and blue redeco of his Series 3 ''Cyberverse'' Commander Class toy. The Star Saber is still included, and is unchanged from the original release.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ====''Beast Hunters''====<br /> {{anchor|BHVoyager}}<br /> [[File:PrimeBHtoy-Voyager-OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|No, it's not lime-flavored.]]<br /> *'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2013)<br /> **''Series / Number'': '''2 / 001'''<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''G11'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' Two &quot;Ionic pulse launchers&quot;/&quot;Eaglefire missile launchers&quot;, two missiles, Star Saber<br /> :Part of the first wave of ''Prime: Beast Hunters'' Voyager Class toys, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#BHVoyager|Optimus Prime]] is a larger, all-new mold, and comes with a larger version of the Star Saber. The Star Saber features 5mm posts for its handle and on its hilt, allowing it to be held by his hands, or mount onto various ports on his backpack, front wheel panels, or upper wings. <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Go!''===<br /> [[File:Go!toy-HunterOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Now made with 100% natural Energon.]]<br /> *'''Hunter Optimus Prime''' ([[April 27]], 2013)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''G11'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' Two missile launchers, two missiles, Matrix Saber<br /> :Part of the first wave of TakaraTomy ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]'' toys, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Go!|Hunter Optimus Prime]] is a redeco of the Voyager Class ''Beast Hunters'' Optimus Prime toy. His &quot;Matrix Saber&quot; has been redecoed with a translucent blue blade, and uses a bluer shade of gunmetal paint for its hilt and handle, accurate to the Saber's depiction and color in the cartoon.<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===''Age of the Primes''===<br /> [[File:AOTP Star Saber.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-pr1|'''Prima Prime''' (Voyager Class, [[2025]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''AOTP-07'''<br /> :*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[2025]] [[July 26]]<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjmcMC9nNoA Transformers Age of the Primes Reveal | Dive into the Legacy of the Thirteen Primes | Hasbro Pulse] with [[Mark Maher]] and [[Nate Purswell]]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> : Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'', the Star Saber was included with Voyager Class [[Prima#Age of the Primes| Prima Prime]]. It is an amalgam of its two appearances from the Aligned continuity, with the Matrix-embedded hilt taken from the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]'' and the blade itself from how it looked in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' cartoon. Additionally, the included Matrix is painted to resemble the [[Origin Matrix]] that adorned the Star Saber's hilt in the [[Fun Publications]] comics. Prima's personal emblem is emblazoned on the Star Saber's crossguard. <br /> <br /> :The Star Saber can be separated into three parts: the blade, hilt, and Matrix. In fact, to be stored in Prima's vehicle mode, the weapon has to be disassembled thusly. The blade plugs into a peg underneath the center of the vehicle's roof, while the hilt stores underneath the vehicle, in a port in between either pair of rear wheels. However, the complete sword can be mounted on the front bumper of Prima's vehicle mode as a ram. In robot mode, Prima has two ports on the sides of his backpack, either of which can be used to store the entire weapon. He can also additionally store the Matrix in a compartment in his chest.<br /> <br /> :Certain TakaraTomy stock images show the hilt piece in gray, but the actual release has it in the same white as Prima himself, which is reflected in most other stock imagery. <br /> :Unlike most instances of Hasbro-TakaraTomy synergy, the Star Saber is still referred to as the &quot;Matrix Saber&quot; (マトリクスセイバー) in Japanese material.<br /> <br /> ::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DDYFD0uxHq_/ Designer commentary on Prima Prime from Mark Maher on Instagram]''<br /> ::*''[[Source:Transformers Age of the Primes bios#AOTP07|Machine translation of Prima Prime's TakaraTomy bio]]''<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *At [[BotCon 2010]], Fun Publications said that Hasbro had, in effect, taken custody of the character of Nexus Prime due to their plans for the Thirteen. Because of this, Fun Pub was unable to directly continue the story of Nexus Prime for a long time, only able to make small nods in magazine issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 48|#48]] and [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 54|#54]] before somewhat abruptly resolving the quest in 2015 in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 65|issue #65]].<br /> *The exact connection between Nexus Prime and the Star Saber in the Aligned novels is a bit of a mess, simply because ''Exiles'' is riddled with plotting and continuity errors that it's hard to tell if the &quot;Cyber Caliber&quot; is actually a different sword from the Star Saber, or if the book just uses the wrong name for a few pages. While continuity between the ''Prime'' cartoon and the novels is decidedly wobbly, the sword's later appearance in the cartoon—while probably not ''intended'' to solve the novel's errors—can be seen to suggest that Nexus never had the Star Saber, that just being another of the many myths surrounding the blade.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Matrix Saber''' (マトリクスセイバー ''Matorikusu Seibā'')<br /> *''French:'' '''Sabre des Étoiles''' (&quot;Star Saber&quot;)<br /> *''German:'' '''Sternensäbel''' (&quot;Starsaber&quot;)<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Xīngchén Jiàn''' (China, 星辰剑, &quot;Star Sword&quot;)<br /> *''Portuguese:'' '''Sabre da Estrela''' (Brazil, &quot;Star Saber&quot;)<br /> *''Spanish:'' '''Sable Estrella''' (&quot;Star Saber&quot;)<br /> *''Russian:'' '''Zviozdnyi mech''' (Звёздный меч, &quot;Star Sword&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Artifacts of the Primes]]<br /> [[Category:Earth Wars weapons]]<br /> [[Category:Iacon relics]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) weapons]]<br /> [[Category:Mini-Con weapons]]<br /> [[Category:Prime weapons]]<br /> [[Category:Sabers]]<br /> [[Category:Wings Universe]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Amalgamous_Prime&diff=1856355 2025-08-06T18:02:31Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-AmalgamousPrime.png|cSize=25px|cLink=Amalgamous Prime|cPretty=Amalgamous Prime}}}}<br /> {{featured}}<br /> [[File:9AmalgamousPrime.jpg|thumb|250px|Go ahead, try and make a toy of me. I ''dare'' you.]]<br /> '''Amalgamous Prime''' is one of the [[Thirteen]], the original Primes, who were created by [[Primus]] to battle and defeat his nemesis, [[Unicron]]. A gentle, good-natured prankster, Amalgamous Prime was the trickster of the Thirteen and the master of [[Transformation|change]]; he could instantaneously assume just about any shape he could imagine. Amalgamous's curious nature and independent mind meant that he rarely stayed in one place for very long. His equally mutable [[Scythe (weapon)|Scythe]] mimicked his own whimsical form, constantly changing from one shape or state of matter to another. Supposedly, he would go on to found the [[Shifter]]s, who took after his fluid and malleable nature.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====''The Covenant of Primus''====<br /> Amalgamous Prime was the ninth Prime created by Primus to defeat Unicron. He possessed two [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifacts]] of power - his shapeshifting Scythe and the original [[Transformation cog|Transformation Cog]], which caused him to shift and flow constantly. In the [[Expulsion of Unicron|ensuing battle]] against Primus's archenemy, Amalgamous fought on the front lines as a warrior, and together the Thirteen saw off Unicron. In the [[Age of Primes|age of peace and rebuilding]] that followed, Amalgamous, [[Liege Maximo]], and [[Micronus Prime]] busied themselves with mining and refining [[Energon]], although personality conflicts simmered between the trio and [[Alpha Trion]], [[Prima]], and [[Vector Prime]], who Amalgamous viewed as bossy and controlling. <br /> <br /> After the [[War of the Primes|schism]] that resulted in the deaths of [[Solus Prime]] and Liege Maximo and the self-imposed exile of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], the Primes decided to create a new generation of [[Transformer|Cybertronians]] that might follow them. Amalgamous Prime provided the imprint of his Transformation Cog to their alchemical &quot;brew&quot; in the [[Well of All Sparks]], so that all Cybertronians that emerged would have his gift of transformation, albeit to a lesser degree.<br /> <br /> Amalgamous eventually left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for parts unknown, although 'bots of his archetype would occasionally demonstrate greater shape-changing abilities, arising as the [[Shifter]]s.<br /> <br /> After Cybertron's [[Golden Age]], [[Mercury (COP)|Mercury]] and her displaced fleet of [[Neutronia]]n refugees discovered Amalgamous Prime's Transformation Cog near a [[Black hole (phenomenon)|black hole]], and took it on board. Prolonged exposure to the Cog altered their physiologies, giving them the power of unlimited shapeshifting and the ability to combine with one another into many different forms. Thus altered, these Transformers renamed themselves [[Mutacon]]s, and began searching for Amalgamous in the hopes that he could undo the change before they permanently merged into a single amorphous being. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}<br /> <br /> ====''Prime'' cartoon====<br /> [[Image:OneShallRise1-WellofAllSparks.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The crackly box-thing in the top left.]]<br /> <br /> According to legend, at the beginning of time, [[Unicron#Aligned continuity family|Unicron]] and [[Primus]] battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Till, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> ====Aligned novels====<br /> Among the Thirteen, Amalgamous Prime's talent for change was rivaled only by [[Nexus Prime]]. While Nexus excelled in combination, separation, and alt-forms, though, Amalgamous Prime could alter his shape itself, assuming any appearance he desired. Impatient and perhaps selfish, Amalgamous expressed his distaste to [[Solus Prime]] when she dedicated so much of her time to the creation of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'s [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]]. Amalgamous Prime's fate after the betrayal of Megatronus and the plotting of [[Liege Maximo]] remained unknown. Only [[Alpha Trion]] and [[Maccadam|Alchemist Prime]] remained on Cybertron as the planet's civilization developed, but legend has it that Amalgamous may have returned at a later date, and the rarely seen modern Transformers known as &quot;[[Shifter]]s&quot; are somehow descended from him. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Ask Vector Prime===<br /> During the time that the Thirteen of the [[multiverse]] existed as [[multiversal singularity|singularities]], Vector Prime recounted in his [[Ask Vector Prime|ANN column]] how Amalgamous and four of his siblings ended up in the [[Realm of the Primes]] following the dissolution of the Thirteen. When Vector Prime (who had self-induced amnesia in order to protect the location of [[Nexus Prime]]'s components) ended up in the Realm of the Primes during his campaign against [[Mogahn the Mass]], Vector's siblings unlocked his memories as [[Primus]]'s appointed guardian of space and time. Vector Prime then returned to normal space and wrested away Mogahn's [[Cyber Caliber]]. Using Amalgamous's gift, Vector reformatted the blade into [[Rhisling]] and vanquished Mogahn, sending the Mass back in time and thus causing the Big Bang.<br /> <br /> Vector's audience was confused by this account, however, as Amalgamous was not known to be a member of the Thirteen outside of the [[Uniend|Uniend Cluster]], and moreover, Vector had claimed that he used to go by the name &quot;[[Adaptus]]&quot;, who readers understood to be a separate entity from another universe. The distressed Vector realized that he was somehow conflating memories from different universes into one (in actuality, a portent of the coming [[Shroud]] that would eradicate the Thirteen's singularity nature), making it hard to know whether Amalgamous was truly part of the events he had described or not. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/12}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> {{first|[[Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|''Transformers vol. 2'' #47]] (mentioned); [[Heavy|''Till All Are One'' #9]] (obscured image); [[The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|''Optimus Prime'' #18]] (depicted)}}<br /> <br /> [[File:OP18 Thirteen in Crystal City.jpg|thumb|375px|I'm the guy on the right. I'll bet you thought that was my thigh.]]<br /> <br /> Amalgamous was one of the Thirteen Primes who led the [[Thirteen Tribes]] that arose on Cybertron following the departure of the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}} {{storylink|Origin Myths}} Along with four others, he later joined the [[Crystal City]] alliance creating the Thirteen [[Prime (rank)|Primes]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} The death of [[Nexus Prime]] at the hands of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] prompted all the remaining Primes except [[Alpha Trion]] to flee Cybertron. Eons later, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] would send one of his [[Regenesis]] ores, [[Ore-9]], to [[Velocitron]], {{storylink|The Crucible}} {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}} which had been settled in eons past by Amalagamous's affiliated Titan [[Navitas]]. {{storylink|Ceremony|The Lost Colonies of Cybertron}}<br /> <br /> In the modern day, Amalgamous Prime's name was remembered in the [[Way of Flame]], the religion of [[Solus Prime]]'s colony [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]]. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}<br /> <br /> ===''Power of the Primes'' marketing material===<br /> Amalgamous Prime's [[Spark]] passed into the possession of one of the twelve [[Prime Master]]s; hidden within a suit of decoy armor, they safeguarded the abilities of the Primes until the present day. By uniting with a larger Transformer, the Prime Master could channel the powers of Amalgamous's Spark and grant them unique abilities that varied with each new partner. {{storylink|Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes}}<br /> <br /> {{note|For a list of every permutation of Amalgamous Prime's abilities, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this link]].}}<br /> <br /> ===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===<br /> Amalgamous Prime was one of the [[Thirteen]]. {{storylink|Dweller In The Depths (Cyberverse)|Dweller In The Depths}} {{storylink|Silent Strike}} {{storylink|The Other One}}<br /> <br /> When brought before a [[Quintesson]] [[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judge]], [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] swore by Amalgamous Prime. {{storylink|The Trial}}<br /> <br /> ===''One'' film===<br /> [[File:TransformersOne-AmalgamousLiegeMaximoholograms.jpg|left|thumb|I'm on the left! So they say.]]<br /> Amalgamous Prime and the other twelve Primes were created by [[Primus]] at the dawn of Cybertron, and they ruled Cybertron benevolently through its Golden Age. When a war with the Quintessons threw the planet into a protracted, violent conflict, the Primes' secretary, [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel Prime]], herded the [[Thirteen]] into a Quintesson ambush within [[Mouth of Unicron|a remote cave]]. Amalgamous would be killed during the battle, with his brothers' and sisters' bodies resting in the cave for fifty cycles before being rediscovered by miners [[Optimus Prime (One)|Orion Pax]], [[Megatron (One)|D-16]], [[Elita-1 (One)|Elita]], and [[Bumblebee (One)|B-127]].<br /> <br /> A vision of Amalgamous Prime and the other Primes later appeared as Alpha Trion declared a damaged Orion Pax to be the next wielder of the Matrix of Leadership, Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers One (film)|Transformers One}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===<br /> ;'''Amalgamous Prime Core'''<br /> [[File:Earth Wars Amalgamous Prime Core.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6]]<br /> <br /> Amalgamous Prime's [[Prime Master#Transformers: Earth Wars|Prime Core]] (his &quot;heart&quot; as one of the primordial [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]]) fell to Earth under mysterious circumstances along with those of his siblings to become a hotly contested resource in the [[Earth Wars (conflict)|Earth Wars]]. {{storylink|Power of the Primes (Earth Wars)|Power of the Primes}}<br /> <br /> *'''Effect:''' Boosts attack and regenerates HP while in [[Alternate mode|alt mode]].<br /> <br /> [https://tfew.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4733780017183-Prime-Cores-Bot Amalgamous Prime Core at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]<br /> <br /> {{chargamestub|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===<br /> Amalgamous Prime was sometimes known as the “Grand Architect” of the Thirteen. A curious, ever-shifting being, Amalgamous adopted thousands of alternate modes over the course of his life; some knew him as '''[[Adaptus]]''', and some sources suggest that Amalgamous engineered the [[God War]] that precipitated the fall of the Primes. Ancient humans knew him as {{w|Poseidon}}. {{storylink|Transformers One Sourcebook}} In modern times, Amalgamous was closely associated with [[Triple Changer]]s. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Core Rulebook}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Power of the Primes''===<br /> [[File:TF-PotP-SDCC-2018-Throne-of-the-Primes-Amalgamous-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wow, we weren't expecting a real toy of this guy.]]<br /> &lt;ul class = &quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-m1|'''Throne of the Primes''' (Leader Class, [[2018]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''Japanese ID number'': '''PP-43'''<br /> :*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[January 26]], [[2019]]<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (throne designer, packaging artist)}}<br /> <br /> :''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Amalgamous Prime is a retool of the [[Micronus Prime#Power of the Primes|Micronus]]/[[Cloudburst#Power of the Primes|Cloudburst]] inner robot with a new sigil/backpack, packaged in the [[Throne of the Primes#Toys|Throne of the Primes]] set.<br /> <br /> :This toy has identical features to the other Prime Masters in the line. The [[Titan Master]]-like robot can store inside decoy armor or ride [[Size class|Legends Class]] figures in vehicle mode, and is fully compatible with toys from the previous ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' line. The &quot;Power Swap&quot; gimmick means its [[spark]] form can plug onto any decoy armor's weapon form (which has a [[5 mm post]] to be held by larger figures), Deluxe Class figures' chest armor, Voyager Class figures' bucklers, Leader Class figures' [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] (in place of their Matrix core), [[combiner]]s' torsos (in place of their [[Enigma of Combination]]), or the included [[Scepter of Sparks]] or [[Halo of Primus]] accessories. With the power of [[You|your]] imagination, this bestows the Prime Master's [[Prime Master/Combinations|unique power]] on the larger figure.<br /> <br /> :Though Amalgamous is not packaged with a decoy armor, one assumes given gang-molding principles that Amalgamous's tooling is paired with the [[Waverider#Notes|Waverider]]-themed armor [[:File:Legends-LGEX-Gran-bonus-Pretender-Suit.jpg|that was almost used]] for [[Grand Maximus#Legends|''Legends'' Grand Maximus]].<br /> <br /> :This set debuted at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2018, and was later sold via [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online. It was also available at general retail in Taiwan.<br /> <br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===''Age of the Primes''===<br /> [[File:AOTP-AmalgamousPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|How? ''HOW???'']]<br /> &lt;ul class = &quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-pr9|'''The Thirteen Amalgamous Prime''' (Voyager Class, [[2026]])}} &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''Accessories:'' [[Scythe (weapon)#Age of the Primes|Scythe]], [[Transformation cog#Age of the Primes|T-Cog]]<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}&lt;ref&gt;[[July 25]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18IQaMuGVk Transformers Brand Panel Recap | SDCC 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> : Released as part of the first 2026 wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'', Amalgamous Prime is modeled after a blend of his designs from the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]'' and ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''. While initial stock images show him transforming into a single spider-tank, the figure's main event is an enhanced version of the &quot;[[C.O.M.B.A.T. System|Weaponizer]]&quot; gimmick befitting his infinitely changeable nature: parts featuring a litany of micro-vehicle [[kibble]] and sculped cockpits can be removed and re-arranged to form configurations pretty much limited only by your imagination, with &quot;about five different modes&quot; as prescribed starting points. He comes with two [[Artifacts of the Primes|Artifact]]s, his [[Transformation cog#Age of the Primes|T-Cog]], and his [[Scythe (weapon)#Age of the Primes|Scythe]]. The T-Cog is removable, usually forming the pupil of his mono one-eye, while the scythe forms the gun turret in tank mode. <br /> <br /> :Amalgamous was initially revealed at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2025.<br /> <br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Amalgamous Prime''' (アマルガモスプライム ''Amarugamosu Puraimu'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Huàn Tiān Líng''' (幻天灵)<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> One-Amalgamous-Prime.jpg|''One'' film trading card art.<br /> Amalgamous Prime OneFilm ILMConceptArt.jpg|''One'' film concept art.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Thirteen}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Age of the Primes characters]]<br /> [[Category:Deep lore characters]]<br /> [[Category:Cyberverse Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Earth Wars Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:One Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Prime Masters]]<br /> [[Category:Prime Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Thirteen]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Transformers]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Keening_Texts&diff=1855913 2025-08-04T07:20:39Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>The '''Keening Texts''' are a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Religion|religious]] book.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> The Keening Texts believed that the [[Guiding Hand]]'s fall came about during the &quot;[[God War]]&quot;. [[Beta Trion]] later translated the book and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] would become familiar with its contents, coming to believe the tale of the Guiding Hand as the Texts told it. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}}<br /> <br /> After an accident with the [[Warren]] had brought [[Team Rodimus]] to [[Mederi]], the ancient moon presented itself as the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}} After expressing dissatisfaction with [[Primus]] and his works, [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] was summoned in front a holographic mimicry of the pantheon, having them bring Drift to him to act as counsel. Upon arrival, Drift recited the Texts' scriptures to [[Adaptus]], who half-heartedly declared its contents to be close enough to the truth. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}}<br /> <br /> Shortly after leaving Mederi, Team Rodimus ran across the real Adaptus, where it was transpired the God War had actually occurred but that Adaptus had been the instigator instead of [[Mortilus]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Books]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) Transformer culture]]<br /> [[Category:Religion]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Age_of_Primes&diff=1855912 2025-08-04T07:17:46Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig2|the fictional historical era|the real-world toyline imprint|Transformers: Age of the Primes}}<br /> [[File:OneShallRise1-WellofAllSparks.jpg|thumb|right|400px|When they're not fighting Satan or re-enacting the tale of ''Romeo &amp; Juliet'', the Thirteen spent their time posing dramatically.]]<br /> An ancient epoch of [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] history, the '''Age of Primes''', also known as the '''Age of the Thirteen'''&lt;ref&gt;&quot;Coda: Alpha Trion&quot; in ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]''&lt;/ref&gt;, '''Era of the Primes'''&lt;ref&gt;Page 59, ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus]]''&lt;/ref&gt;, or '''Primal Era'''&lt;ref&gt;[[Age of Primes (Earth Wars)#Part 1|Age of Primes - Redux (Earth Wars)]]&lt;/ref&gt;, was when the [[Thirteen]] walked [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and ruled over its people. It always tends to end with death, tragedy, and the memory of the Thirteen disappearing into legends.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====''The Covenant of Primus''====<br /> [[File:CoP war of the primes.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die, like fire and powder'']]<br /> The Age of Primes began directly after the [[Expulsion of Unicron]]. Returning to Cybertron, the Thirteen started to focus on their interests and projects.<br /> <br /> {{collist|2|<br /> *'''Primes focused on developing civilization:'''<br /> **Prima<br /> **Vector Prime<br /> **Alpha Trion<br /> *'''Primes focused on [[Energon]] projects:'''<br /> **Megatronus<br /> **Liege Maximo<br /> **Amalgamous Prime<br /> &lt;br&gt;<br /> *'''Primes focused on creative interests:'''<br /> **Micronus Prime<br /> **Onyx Prime<br /> **Solus Prime<br /> **Nexus Prime<br /> *'''Primes who traveled freely between cliques:'''<br /> **Alchemist Prime<br /> **Quintus Prime<br /> **''Thirteen''}}<br /> <br /> During this period the feelings between [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] and [[Solus Prime|Solus]] deepened into true and mutual love. This surprised the more distant and insular Primes like [[Prima]], [[Vector Prime]] and [[Alpha Trion]], but the later Primes (especially [[Thirteenth Prime|''Thirteen'']], [[Onyx Prime]], and [[Micronus Prime]]) smiled at the idea and enjoyed seeing their friend Solus happy. Megatronus was naturally jealous of her, but she was in large the hub that connected all the Primes into friendship and family.<br /> <br /> Resentment grew between Prima and Megatronus's respective groups, with Megatronus' group finding the former group bossy and controlling. The cliques of the Primes led to secrets amongst them, such as Prima's opinions regarding the later Primes (''Thirteen'' being an exception) as malicious or evil. While Alpha Trion attempted to dispute Prima's views by arguing Primus' inability to defeat [[Unicron#Aligned continuity family|Unicron]] alone, Vector Prime sided with Prima, and Alpha Trion eventually remained quiet on the matter. Meanwhile, [[Liege Maximo]] would covertly work with Megatronus and [[Quintus Prime|Quintus]] on a secret [[Farm]] that would contain robotic beasts. These secrets would lead to the [[War of the Primes]], the conflict that concluded the Age of Primes with Solus Prime's demise and the creation of the [[Well of All Sparks]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}<br /> <br /> ====Aligned novels====<br /> Alpha Trion would remember the &quot;times of the Thirteen&quot; not permitting much levity. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> [[File:OP10-SurpriseMeeting.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A ''totally'' unplanned encounter between two old &lt;strike&gt;enemies&lt;/strike&gt; friends. Very logical.]]<br /> <br /> Following the departure of the [[Knights of Cybertron]], {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} Cybertronian society devolved into a barbaric, feudal society, ruled by various warlords and Primes. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} It was to this era that the Decepticon scientist [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] found himself hurled back to following the destruction of his [[chronal drive]]. Wandering the deserts of Cybertron for years, he eventually came across the shepherd [[Onyx Prime|Onyx]]. Recognizing the shepherd's place in history, Shockwave slew him and fashioned his remains into a suit of armor that allowed the Decepticon to become &quot;Onyx Prime&quot;, naming one of Onyx's pupils as &quot;Megatronus&quot;. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}<br /> <br /> As Megatronus and his [[Darklands|Darklanders]] ran amok across Cybertron, Onyx set out to bring together the rest of the Thirteen. First, he found [[Liege Maximo]] {{storylink|Origin Myths}} and his army of bestial [[Maximal]]s. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}} Then, Onyx and his &quot;menagerie&quot; of Maximals traveled to the village that would day become Crystal City, meeting an alliance of Primes: <br /> [[Maccadam|Alchemist]], [[Vector Prime|Vector]], [[Solus Prime|Solus]], [[Nexus Prime|Nexus]], and [[Alpha Trion]]. <br /> <br /> Onyx inspired their followers to take up arms and stop Megatronus' army together, using the young Alpha Trion's belief in the power of myths and legends to goad the young civilization into taking a stand. The next morning, Onyx and his forces joined the fight against Megatronus; but the emergence of three [[Titan (group)|Titans]] allowed Onyx the opportunity to establish a &quot;truce&quot; with Megatronus, uniting the now eight Primes. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} The eight original Primes were soon joined by [[Prima]], [[Amalgamous Prime]], [[Quintus Prime]], [[Micronus Prime]], and a mysterious [[Thirteenth Prime]], thus signaling the beginning of the Age of Primes. {{storylink|The Crucible}}<br /> <br /> [[File:OP18_Thirteen_in_Crystal_City.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]<br /> <br /> The Primes ruled together as they built a new civilization on Cybertron {{storylink|The Crucible}}, with Liege Maximo and his followers becoming known for being skilled diplomats and negotiators {{storylink|Heavy}}. As they began to wield powerful [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifacts]] and the power of Titans, the Thirteen's egos grew as they began to believe that they were immortal and that only a Prime could kill another Prime. {{storylink|The Crucible}} <br /> <br /> [[File:TheFirstWhoWasNamed-AntillanWar.jpg|thumb|right|300px|&quot;In this war, ... there's a conflict in every human heart, between the rational and irration, between good and evil. And good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature.&quot;]]<br /> <br /> Prima, now known as the Primes' leader, was encouraged by Onyx to turn the Cybertronian race's natural drive to conquer outward: to spread [[Pax Cybertronia]] across the galaxy. {{storylink|Time Will Rust}} {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} Onyx and Megatronus led the first of these interstellar colonization missions; though their chronicler Alpha Trion would remember this expedition as one of interstellar goodwill, aimed at spreading the &quot;light&quot; of Cybertronian civilization to their neighbors, the truth was far uglier: when the [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinel]] fleet arrived on the planet [[Antilla]], the genocidal ambitions of the Cybertronians became clear, sparking a brutal conflict between the Cybertronian colonizers and the native [[Antillan]]s. Shockwave informed Trion, who had chosen to gloss over the carnage in his official chronicle of events, that Antilla would become ''his'' world; Shockwave's means of ensuring that each of Cybertron's eventual colonies would &quot;belong&quot; to each member of the Thirteen. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} The invasion finally came to an end when [[Unicron's creator|an Antillan scientist]] developed and deployed a destructive [[Talisman (G1)|superweapon]] that annihilated all life on the planet. {{storylink|Our Finest}}<br /> <br /> But the Age of Primes was never meant to last forever. Onyx continued to manipulate the Primes, using the simmering tensions between the tribal leaders to pave the way for the next chapter in Cybertronian history: the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]]. Using Prima's blame on Megatronus for the Antillan mission failing, Onyx encouraged his ''other'' protégé, the Liege Maximo, to join forces with Megatronus and stage a coup against Prima. This coup would end with the death of Solus Prime, the first blow in the civil war. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} {{storylink|The Crucible}} <br /> <br /> By the time the war came to an end, nearly all of the Thirteen were dead or off-world, leaving Alpha Trion as the last Prime still on Cybertron. {{storylink|The Crucible}}<br /> <br /> ===2019 IDW continuity===<br /> [[File:EndOfTime-Thirteen.jpg|thumb|left|300px|&quot;Long ago, the world of Spherus Magna was prosperous and serene.&quot; ]]<br /> Long ago, the Thirteen Primes ruled Cybertron before they were sundered and their time ended. Following the end of their age, most of their artifacts were lost. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} The [[Matrix of Leadership]] and [[Enigma of Combination]] were the only two artifacts that had been seen following the Primes' disappearance {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}<br /> <br /> The Age of Primes gave way to the [[Age of the Firstforged]]. {{storylink|A Dust of Crystals}} {{storylink|End of Time}}<br /> <br /> ===''One'' film===<br /> [[Megatron (One)|D-16]], moments after having killed [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel Prime]], claimed [[The Fallen|Megatronus Prime]]'s [[Transformation cog|T-Cog]] and declared that the Age of Primes was over, urging the [[High Guard]] and [[Cogless]] citizens of Cybertron to rise up against the false prophets that had led them. {{storylink|Transformers One (film)|Transformers One}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===<br /> The temporally displaced [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] remarked that &quot;this Age of Primes thing&quot; felt like bad news for everyone. {{storylink|Holding Pattern}}<br /> ====Armada Universe====<br /> The [[Skyboom (Armada)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Skyboom]], made up of the [[Mini-Con]]s [[Dirt Boss (Armada)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Dirt Boss]], [[Downshift (Armada)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Downshift]], and [[Mirage (Armada)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Mirage]], was one of several incredibly powerful weapons from the Age of Primes. {{storylink|Portents (2025)|Portents}}<br /> <br /> The [[Sentius Magnus#Transformers: Earth Wars|Sentius]] [[Sentius Malus#Transformers: Earth Wars|Twins]] discussed how a prophecy dating back to the establishment of the [[Primal Basilica#Transformers: Earth Wars|Primal Basilica]] at the dawn of time, which foretold the coming of a second Age of Primes, was now on the horizon of fulfillment. {{Storylink|Age of Primes (Earth Wars)|Age of Primes}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese'': '''Prime no Jidai''' (プライムの時代 ''Puraimu no Jidai'', &quot;Era of Primes&quot;)<br /> *''French'': '''Âge des Primes''' (&quot;Age of Primes&quot;)<br /> *''German'': '''Zeitalter des Primes''' (&quot;Age of Primes&quot;)<br /> *''Italian'': '''Era dei Prime''' (&quot;Era of Prime&quot;)<br /> *''Korean'': '''Prime ui Sidae''' (프라임의 시대 ''Peulaim-ui Sidae'', &quot;Era of Primes&quot;)<br /> *''Mandarin'': '''Zhìzūn Shídài''' (至尊時代, &quot;Era of Majesties&quot;)<br /> *''Portuguese'': '''Era dos Primes''' (&quot;Era of Primes&quot;)<br /> *''Russian'': '''Epokha Praymov''' (Эпоха Праймов, &quot;Epoch of Primes&quot;)<br /> *''Spanish'': '''Era de los Primes''' (&quot;Era of the Primes&quot;)<br /> *''Turkish'': '''Prime'ların Çağı''' (&quot;Age of Primes&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{AlignedTimeline nav}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Aligned history]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) history]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2019) history]]<br /> [[Category:History]]<br /> [[Category:Transformer culture]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Zeta_Prime_(One)&diff=1854515 2025-07-29T04:33:38Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig3|Zeta Prime}}<br /> {{faction|{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-Thirteenth.png|cSize=30px|cLink=Thirteenth}}}}<br /> :''Zeta Prime is a [[Transformer]] from [[Transformers One (franchise)|One]].''<br /> [[File:Zeta Prime (One).jpg|thumb|right|200px|I have no relation to [[Sentinel Prime (One)|that jerk]], I swea- [[Sentinel Zeta Prime#Transformers:_War_for_Cybertron_.28Xbox_360.2FPS3.2FPC.29|wait a second...]]]]<br /> '''Zeta Prime''' is one of the [[Thirteen|Primes]] and the first wielder of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''One'' film===<br /> {{voiceactor|[[James Remar]] (English), [[Yōji Ueda]] (Japanese)|[[Sven Brieger]] (German), [[Thomas Semeraro]] (Italian), [[Yeong-jun Si]] (Korean)}}<br /> Zeta Prime was one of the original thirteen Primes created by Primus, and the very first to wield the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. He ruled with his siblings until the Quintessons invaded. After years of war, Zeta and the other Primes responded to the intel of a Quintesson council of generals reported by Sentinel, unaware that the aide was luring them into a trap. As the Primes held their own, Sentinel enacted his plan and wounded Zeta with the deceased Nexus Prime's weapon. Zeta was shocked by Sentinel's actions, who stated he wanted the power to lead Cybertron before killing the wounded Prime and removed the Matrix from his torso, only for it to disintegrate as Primus deemed Sentinel unworthy. Zeta and his kin laid there for fifty cycles until miners [[Optimus Prime (One)|Orion Pax]], [[Megatron (One)|D-16]], [[Elita-1 (One)|Elita]], and [[Bumblebee (One)|B-127]] discovered their bodies with Alpha Trion's message for help. A vision of Zeta among his fellow Primes later appeared to a heavily damaged Orion Pax as he fell into Cybertron's core as Alpha Trion announced that Orion had been chosen by Primus to carry the Matrix and was reformatted with a new name: Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers One (film)|Transformers One}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===<br /> Zeta Prime was an ambitious leader with a penchant for empire-building. His [[Vamparc ribbon]]s could drain the energon from his foes, and some ancient humans knew him as {{w|Romulus}} or {{w|Quirinus}}. {{storylink|Transformers One Sourcebook}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *&quot;Zeta Prime&quot; is not one typically associated with the Thirteen, usually being a character representing one of Optimus Prime's predecessors. As the [[thirteenth Prime]]'s identity is traditionally kept vague, Zeta takes that role in the film's depiction of the Thirteen, due to the need to portray them in a more direct fashion than usual.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Jìng Tiān Zé''' (竞天择)<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:ZetaPrime OneConceptArt.jpg|''One'' film concept art.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> {{thirteen}}<br /> [[Category:Matrix bearers]]<br /> [[Category:One Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Thirteen]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Transformers]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=File:ZetaPrime_OneConceptArt.jpg&diff=1854514 2025-07-29T04:31:46Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: Concept art of Zeta Prime with his Energon-axe as created by Industrial Light &amp; Magic Character Designer Christopher Voy for &#039;&#039;Transformers One&#039;&#039;. Original source of art can be found on the [...</p> <hr /> <div>Concept art of [[Zeta Prime (One)|Zeta Prime]] with his [[Energon-axe]] as created by [[Industrial Light &amp; Magic]] Character Designer [[Christopher Voy]] for ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''.<br /> Original source of art can be found on the [https://www.ilm.com/art-department/transformers-one-concept-art/ official ILM page for ''Transformers One'' concept art].<br /> {{Oneconceptart}}<br /> [[Category:Images by Christopher Voy]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Prima&diff=1854513 2025-07-29T04:26:13Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: /* Gallery */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-Prima.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Prima|cPretty=Prima}}|quintesson|{{factions/icons|custom=Cyberglyphics Prime Symbol.png|cLink=Dynasty of Primes|cPretty=Prime}}}}<br /> {{featured}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Prima.jpg|thumb|upright=2|Prima? What? It's a manly name.]]<br /> '''Prima''' (aka '''Prima Prime''') is the first [[Transformer]]. Created by [[Primus]], he was appointed the Warrior of Light and given the legendary [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] sword with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in its hilt. Chosen to lead the [[Thirteen]] against their eternal enemy [[Unicron]], he and the rest of the Thirteen were made stewards of Primus' planetary form, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].<br /> <br /> It is uncertain what relationship Prima has, if any, to [[Primon]], another early Matrix bearer.<br /> <br /> {{quote|We are '''Primus'''. We are '''Prima'''. We are '''Prime Nova'''. We are '''Sentinel Prime'''. We are '''Optimus Prime'''.|The essence of the Primes|&quot;[[Dark Creation]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Conceptual history==<br /> [[File:DarkCreation we would know more.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Prima's first named appearance in the form of [[Ancient Autobots|spooky Matrix ghost]] narration.]]<br /> The [[generic]] ancient warrior that would one day be known as Prima first appeared in [[1986]] as what the script designates as &quot;Powerful Robot&quot; in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode, &quot;[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]&quot;, created by writer [[Flint Dille]] and character designer [[Floro Dery]] as part of a walking tour of Cybertronian history via [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision experienced by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] in the cartoon's present day. Created by the [[Quintesson]]s, &quot;Powerful Robot&quot; was the instigator of the [[Autobot Rebellion|original rebellion]] of the Autobots against their masters and one of the most ancient Matrix wielders witnessed by Rodimus, being preceded only by &quot;[[Primon|Ancient Robot]]&quot;.<br /> <br /> In [[1988]], [[The Primal Scream|issue #61]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1 comic]]—written by [[Simon Furman]]—featured the first and only appearance in the series of the first Transformer to carry the legendary [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], a blue-and-yellow robot who was one of the first generation of Cybertronians created by Primus. Though unnamed in this story, a few issues later, [[Dark Creation|issue #65]] provided a full list of Matrix bearers; the first name on the list was &quot;Prima,&quot; implicitly identifying the blue-and-yellow robot as this character.<br /> <br /> Furman continued exploring the origins of the Transformers in the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' comic]], with &quot;[[The Power and the Glory]]&quot; giving Optimus Prime a glimpse into Cybertron's primordial past, where he sees a purple-and-yellow Transformer emerge from the planet's surface as the explicitly first Transformer created by Primus. This &quot;first Transformer&quot; was not depicted as a Matrix wielder, nor did the comics suggest that this character was the same one seen in &quot;The Primal Scream&quot;. Prima's placement among the Matrix wielders would be further muddled by the [[BotCon 1999]] story &quot;[[Reaching the Omega Point]]&quot; (also by Furman), which established a character called [[Primon]] as the first one to hold the Matrix, not Prima. Simon Furman's non-answer in an interview,&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|name=Andrew Sorohan|quote=&quot;We are Primus. We are Prima. We are Prime Nova. We are Sentinel Prime. We are Optimus Prime. We are THUNDERWING!&quot; Where does Primon (introduced in the BotCon &quot;Omega Point&quot; text story) fit in?}}&lt;br&gt;{{citesocial|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713070554/http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/features/qanda/sfurman_3.php|quote=Umm... pass. The Matrix forgot?|name=Simon Furman|site=Altered States Magazine|year=2002|month=10|day=30|title=A Little Q&amp;A; With... Simon Furman}}&lt;/ref&gt; claiming &quot;The Matrix forgot&quot;, did little to mend this continuity error.<br /> <br /> [[2004]]'s ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide|The Ultimate Guide]]'' (yet again by Furman) declared Prima to be one of the &quot;Thirteen Original Transformers&quot; alongside the [[Liege Maximo]] and [[the Fallen]]. Though not actually set in the world of the Marvel comic, ''The Ultimate Guide''{{'}}s re-used a panel from the ''Generation 2'' comic showing the creation of the purple-and-yellow robot to represent the creation of Prima, effectively retroactively making the blue/yellow and purple/yellow Transformers the same character.&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|link=https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/y8xcna3xgv4.jpg|quote=Molded from the living skin and imbued with a fragment of Primus' own Spark, the first TRANSFORMER—named Prima—answers his creator's urgent call to arms!|name=Simon Furman|site=''Transformers: The Ultimate Guide''|year=2004|month=05|day=05|title=Cybertron}}&lt;/ref&gt; Prima's role as a member of an ancient pantheon, the &quot;first Transformer&quot;, and an early Matrix wielder, were now firmly established.<br /> <br /> The actual dovetailing of the cartoon's rebel with the Marvel demigod occurred in the [[Ask Vector Prime#The Allspark Almanac|Ask Vector Prime]] back-up feature of [[2010]]'s ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' wherein one of Prima's brothers (the titular [[Vector Prime]]) revealed the two lineages to be one and the same, both declaring &quot;Powerful Robot&quot; an incarnation of Prima and knitting their respective predecessors, &quot;Ancient Robot&quot; and Primon, into one individual.<br /> <br /> Prima recieved a big bump in notoriety not long after when he was solidified into the &quot;definitive&quot; version of the Thirteen workshopped by brand architect [[Aaron Archer]] as part of backstory for the 2010s &quot;[[Aligned continuity family|Aligned continuity]]&quot; project. Showcased with a new design by [[Ken Christiansen]] during [[BotCon 2010]], Prima would be shown wielding his personal [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifact]]: a new incarnation of the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], carrying the Matrix in its hilt.&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|name=Alex Irvine|site=''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''|year=2010|month=06|day=23}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|title=Nexus Prime|name=Rik Alvarez?|site=[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 30|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #30]]|year=2009|month=12}}&lt;/ref&gt;. Given the title &quot;Warrior of Light&quot;,&lt;ref&gt;[[BotCon 2010]] Panel - HASBRO DESIGNERS: https://www.toycollectors.com.au/bc10/bc10hd.html&lt;/ref&gt; Prima's personality would be fleshed out in [[2013]]'s ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'', establishing him as a stick-in-the-mud warrior, leader of the Thirteen, and developer of early Cybertronian civilization. Prima's orderly nature would clash with Megatronus's brash and violent nature, leading to arguments that laid the groundwork for the [[War of the Primes]]. This feud between Prima and Megatronus would inform future characterizations of Prima in the [[2005 IDW continuity]] and the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]]'s incarnation of [[Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime]]. <br /> <br /> Prima would be featured in the [[2018]] ''[[Power of the Primes (franchise)|Power of the Primes]]'' franchise with the name &quot;Prima Prime&quot;, which would be reused for Prima's big screen debut in [[2024]]'s ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]'' as well as the [[2025]] ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' toyline. ''One'' introduced an incarnation of the character who ''wasn't'' a Matrix wielder: that role would be given to the film's Thirteenth Prime, [[Zeta Prime (One)|Zeta Prime]]. ''Age of the Primes'' would introduce the first proper toy for Prima Prime, amalgamating his ''Covenant'' and &quot;Powerful Robot&quot; designs together.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''The Transformers'' cartoon===<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Neil Ross]] (English)|[[Francis Lax]] (European French)}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Powerfulrobot ffod.jpg|right|thumb|I am Sparktacus!]]<br /> <br /> In Cybertron's ancient past, an underperforming mechanoid was smelted down by its [[Quintesson]] masters, and reforged into a powerful robot who, through unknown circumstances, became the second documented bearer of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. This powerful robot was unusual amongst his consumer goods brethren in that he was equipped for combat, and was made to battle in the Quintessons' gladiatorial pits. He found the endless fighting repellent, and, after one particular battle with [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|another robot]], decided to strike back at his masters, leaping at the group of Quintessons that had been watching the match. He was blasted out of the air, and fell to the ground in a smoking wreck, apparently deceased. The Matrix was passed to a [[Prime Nova|brooding robot]], who succeeded him as its bearer.<br /> <br /> When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] journeyed inside the Matrix, this powerful robot was the second guide he encountered, and he told him the story of the Quintessons' gladiatorial matches. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}<br /> <br /> ===Marvel Comics continuity===<br /> [[File:Primag2.jpg|left|thumb|Prima. For reals.]]<br /> ====Letters page====<br /> After a reader asked who was the first Transformer, [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] stated that he didn't &quot;think anyone knows who was actually the first ever Transformer&quot;, but was open to being corrected. {{storylink|Back from the Dead|''The Transformers'' #240 Dread Tidings}}<br /> <br /> ====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====<br /> After [[Primus]] had imprisoned his and [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s astral forms in asteroids, he reshaped his new body into the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. From the material of this world was born the first Transformer, Prima. Prima and his fellow Transformers were given the gift of [[transformation]], an ability that mirrored Unicron's own powers, so that one day they would be able to unite against him and defeat him. Prima was given the [[Matrix of Leadership|Genetic Matrix]], a powerful artifact endowed with Primus's own life essence, which would allow Prima to create further generations of Transformers. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}}<br /> <br /> [[Prime Nova]] later became the next Matrix bearer after Prima. {{storylink|Dark Creation}}<br /> <br /> ====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====<br /> Prima emerged from primordial [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the in-built power to bring forth new [[Transformer]]s through a process known as &quot;[[reproduction#budding|budding]]&quot;, and the first few generations of Cybertronians were replicated in this way. However, the method of reproduction diluted [[Primus]]'s essence with each generation. This process reached a preprogrammed end, and Primus's progeny lost both their ability to bud and all memory of the process. Many, ''many'' years later, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] witnessed visions of this ancient history after using a [[psychic amplifier]] to commune with the Matrix. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}<br /> <br /> ====''Classics''====<br /> When [[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]] informed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Mammoth]]'s team of the nature of the [[multiverse]] and the [[Origin Matrix]], he informed them that the multiverse had only one version of Prima and his siblings. {{storylink|Falling into Place}}<br /> <br /> ===3H comics===<br /> The Matrix was passed from [[Primon]] unto Prima, who subsequently bequeathed it to [[Prime Nova]]. {{storylink|Covenant (story)|Covenant}}<br /> <br /> ===Live-action film series continuity===<br /> [[File:TalesoftheFallen4-notlikethis.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Optimus got his father's everything.]]<br /> <br /> ====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====<br /> After the Fallen was caught trying to harvest a [[Sun|star]] from a system with life, he turned on the other Primes and made war on them. In order to prevent the Fallen from harvesting the star, the remaining Primes (including Prima) hid the [[Matrix of Leadership|key to the harvester]] inside a tomb made of their own bodies and sealed it with their own life essence. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> {{note|Prima's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Where the comics had used the &quot;Protoform Optimus Prime&quot; toy to represent Prima, this design is not used in the film, so identifying which one is Prima is not possible.}}<br /> <br /> ====IDW movie comics====<br /> Prima proposed to the [[Dynasty of Primes]] that they should make it a rule to not destroy the stars from systems with life. He also renamed [[the Fallen]] after the latter intentionally destroyed such a system. When the Fallen attempted this again on [[Earth]], the original seven Primes battled him and fell one by one, until only Prima was left.&lt;ref&gt;The last Prime, based on Protoform Optimus Prime, was identified as Prima at the [[BotCon 2010]] &quot;Hasbro Designer&quot; panel, as per [[User talk:Rosicrucian#This may be a long shot, but...|audience members]].&lt;/ref&gt; Prima let the Fallen chase him around the planet until he was weakened by overusing [[space bridge]]s, allowing Prima to gather his brothers' bodies and use their remaining power to banish the Fallen to his [[sarcophagus]]. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}}<br /> <br /> Prima presumably created a [[Tomb of the Primes|tomb]] from his and his brothers' bodies to hide the [[Matrix of Leadership]], giving his own spark to seal it from within. Though the Fallen's evil would return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to kill the rest of the Dynasty, it would be his [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|orphaned descendant]] who would be hidden away. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}}<br /> <br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====''The Covenant of Primus''====<br /> [[File:TransformersVault-Prima.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Whoever lives by the sword shall die by the sword.]]<br /> As the first of the Thirteen created, Prima was cast in the mold of Primus himself, a warrior of great virtue and nobility who placed the greater good above all else. Though self-aware enough to not be a pompous leader to his siblings, he tended to take too much weight upon his shoulders, and his persistent conviction that he was always right made him difficult to deal with. He tended to clash with [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], who served as his opposite among the Thirteen, a warrior of darkness who represented a natural counterbalance to Prima's role as the warrior of light. Such arguments characterized their interactions while the Thirteen trained and prepared to take on the menace of [[Unicron#Aligned continuity family|Unicron]].<br /> <br /> In the course of the battle with Unicron, Prima lost his grip upon his Star Saber when the Chaos Bringer assaulted the group with torturous visions. Although the Thirteen were able to shut Unicron down soon thereafter, they did not manage to do so before he had seized the convulsing Prima, put him in his mouth, bitten down, and spat his crushed body out.<br /> <br /> Prima survived the experience, and the Thirteen turned to the business of building the beginnings of a civilization and society on Cybertron. Prima worked primarily with Vector Prime and [[Alpha Trion]], but their clique was treated with some degree of resentment by some of their siblings, as it was thought they were trying to control the actions of the others. Prima continued to grow even more detached as they continued their work, spending his time theorizing about the nature of the Thirteen, and categorizing them; he considered himself and other early members of the group to be forces of lawful good, but looked upon the last that had been created—chiefly, Megatronus and [[Liege Maximo]]—as chaotic and potentially evil. When Maximo discovered the writings Prima had made about this and then told Megatronus, a physical altercation between Prima and his dark opposite resulted, a permanent wedge driven between brothers. Prior to this, like Vector and Trion, Prima was confused by the blossoming love between Megatronus and Solus, but at the very least recognised it was something beautiful and that it made the pair happy, and for a time that was enough for him. <br /> <br /> [[File:CoP war of the primes.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.25|&quot;You think three on one will do any good? Do you have any power to defeat me?&quot;]]<br /> <br /> Some time later, when Prima discovered that Megatronus and Liege Maximo were working on a secret project of their own, creating a race of robotic creatures, he demanded it be shut down, suspecting them of having a sinister ulterior motive even if he could not see it. He forced the rest of the Thirteen into a vote on the matter and emerged victorious. This was to be the catalyst for the final falling out between the Primes: furious that she had voted against him, Megatronus subsequently argued with and inadvertently killed Solus. He retreated to the wilderness of Cybertron, but Prima and the others tracked him down and brought him back to face justice, only for it to become apparent that Maximo had set Megatronus up. Things quickly devolved into a chaotic free-for-all fight between the siblings, which ended with Maximo dead by uncertain hands. Megatronus was exiled for his crimes, and (with Solus' death still weighing heavily on him) requested Vector Prime to open a portal to send him to some far-off world where he would never do harm again. Prima instead offered him a ship that they'd been working on, expressing hope that perhaps if he traveled he might find some measure of peace or a way to suitably honour her. Megatronus was surprised by the conciliatory gesture and hoped Prima was right before taking his leave. Prima took custody of the Requiem Blaster and cast it into the depths of space.<br /> <br /> As the rest of the Thirteen spread out into the universe, Prima was among those who decided to remain on Cybertron to guide the new race of beings that emerged from the [[Well of All Sparks]] after they interred the deceased Solus within it. Prima dubbed the more primitive and bestial of the creatures that emerged &quot;[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]]&quot;. He defended the more advanced, bipedal robots that came from the Well against the powerful [[Predaking (COP)|Predaking]] once. Prima fought Predaking to a standstill, and declared the bipeds off limits for Predaking's feasting. His show of strength cowed the Predaking into submitting to Prima's will, the only example of such submission in Predaking's long history. Predaking would occasionally catch sight of Prima observing from afar, but as he kept his word and no longer preyed on the bipedal Cybertronians, Prima was apparently content to simply keep an optic on things. <br /> <br /> After the [[Great Cataclysm]], Prima vanished from the annals of history, and was no longer seen walking among the people of Cybertron. The surviving Cybertronians soon forgot about the Thirteen as real people, remembering them only as the heroes of ancient folklore. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}<br /> <br /> ====Aligned novels====<br /> [[File:OneShallRise1-Prima.jpg|thumb|left|He's the leader of the bunch. You know him well.]]<br /> <br /> After Solus Prime created the Requiem Blaster for Megatronus, debate erupted among the Thirteen over whether so powerful a weapon should be allowed to exist. When the argument threatened to turn violent, Prima called for a vote on the matter; Megatronus won by one vote. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}<br /> <br /> When Optimus Prime received the Matrix from the [[core]] of Cybertron, he recognized it as the jewel from the hilt of Prima's Star Saber. Upon accepting the talisman into himself, Optimus had a vision of all its previous holders, all the way back to Prima himself. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}<br /> <br /> ====''Prime'' cartoon====<br /> According to legend, at the beginning of time, [[Unicron#Aligned continuity family|Unicron]] and [[Primus]] battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Till, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> At some point statues of Prima and his siblings were made. They were placed in the chamber of the High Council. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> {{first|[[Chaos Theory Part 2|''The Transformers'' #23]] (statue)}}<br /> <br /> [[File:OP18 Thirteen in Crystal City.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|He also spent his free time writing strategy guides for video games.]]<br /> <br /> Prima was one of the Primes who led the [[Thirteen Tribes]] that rose to prominence on Cybertron following the departure of the [[Knights of Cybertron]] from the planet, and fancied himself as the last of the Knights. Like four others, he was attracted to the [[Crystal City]] alliance, {{storylink|Origin Myths}} where he emerged as the leader of the [[Thirteen]]. [[Solus Prime]] eventually forged the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] which Prima came to wield.<br /> <br /> Urged on by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]], Prima oversaw a mission of colonization to expand the [[Pax Cybertronia]], sending the Titan [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]] to colonize the neighboring world of [[Antilla]]. Despite his claims that the Cybertronians had only sought to bring the &quot;light&quot; of their perfect civilization to the galaxy, the colonialist ambitions of Cybertron were laid bare, and as a result Cybertron came to be shunned and hated by the inhabitants of the galaxy. Prima laid the blame for this at [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'s feet and was eventually attacked by his fellow Prime in revenge, only being saved through Solus's sacrifice. This act sparked the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], and while Megatronus managed to flee, Prima captured his co-conspirator, [[Liege Maximo]], who was eventually exiled aboard [[Vigilem]]. <br /> <br /> [[File:OP18-PrimaDies.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|Prima's brief foray into 1000-degree knife videos ended in disaster.]] <br /> <br /> Aboard the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Emissary (IDW)|Emissary]], Prima led Onyx and [[Alpha Trion]] to hunt down Megatronus and bring him to justice, eventually locating him on [[Tsiehshi]]. When Prima found his adversary, Megatronus promptly seized the Star Saber and turned it back on its wielder, bisecting him. Prima would never learn that the 'bot he had known as &quot;Onyx Prime&quot; was actually a convenient disguise assumed by a time displaced Shockwave from ten million years in the future, who proceeded to behead Megatronus before recounting to Alpha Trion a romanticized version of the battle that claimed Prima and Megatronus, now known as the Fallen, had slain one another. <br /> <br /> The loss of his master caused Emissary to become distraught. After returning Onyx and Trion to Cybertron, Emissary interred Prima's remains within himself and set off for deep space, eventually crash-landing on prehistoric [[Elonia]] as a result of his systems being sabotaged by Shockwave. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}<br /> <br /> In Prima's absence his former seat of power, the [[Citadel of Light]], came under siege by Onyx's bestial hordes. After [[Nova Prime|Nova Major]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] managed to beat back the invaders, Alpha Trion arranged for Nova Major became Nova Prime. {{storylink|The Crucible}} In the era that followed, Prima was regarded as having been the greatest of the Primes. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}<br /> <br /> [[File:GrandImperiumChaosTheory.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.95|''[[Transformers Vault]]'' is popular reading in the Grand Imperium.]] <br /> <br /> Before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], statues of Prima wielding the Star Saber oversaw the [[Senate]] chamber within the [[Grand Imperium]] {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} and the [[Primal Basilica]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} [[Caminus (planet)|Camiens]] were also known to swear by Prima's name. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}}<br /> <br /> In early 2018, once the timeline had caught up with Shockwave's machinations, the scientist returned to Cybertron. After binding [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], he explained his journey to his old friend, including Prima's true fate. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}<br /> {{l-}}<br /> <br /> ===Fun Publications===<br /> [[File:Prima's Holomatter Avatar Zeus.jpg|upright=.5|thumb|left]]<br /> [[Vector Prime]] described Prima as distant from his siblings in the Thirteen, weighed down by the responsibilities of the multiverse. Vector wished he had known his brother better. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/14}} When the Thirteen visited ancient [[Greece]], the [[holomatter]] avatar Prima used to interact with the natives inspired the myth of [[w:Zeus|Zeus]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/20}} During this time, he observed the animosity brewing between [[Liege Maximo]] and [[Solus Prime]] (who had manifested as Aphrodite and Hephaestus, respectively) and &quot;bonded&quot; them together in hopes they could work out their differences. His plan didn't succeed. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/08}} <br /> <br /> Prima wielded the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] in the Thirteen's clashes with [[Unicron]]. When [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] began acting for evil causes, his siblings resolved to keep Prima's Star Saber out of Megatronus's hands, so Solus shattered it with her [[Forge of Solus Prime|Forge]]. [[Nexus Prime]] volunteered to hide fragments throughout the multiverse. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 30|Nexus Prime's profile}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/18/5}}<br /> <br /> When Nexus Prime united the [[Terminus Blade]] and the Star Saber, Prima and the other members of the Thirteen were drawn to witness the event. Time and space were rewritten that day, as the walls between universal streams grew stronger and less permeable. A consequence of strengthening the multiverse's properties was that Prima and the original Thirteen could no longer continue to exist as multiversal singularities, and so they were splintered and scattered throughout the multiverse. And so the one became many, sentient reoccurring themes each appearing in their own way, if at all, in all the worlds of the multiverse. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===<br /> Prima was among the spirits of former Autobot leaders who resided in the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and haunted [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] after he stole the artifact. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}<br /> <br /> ===''Power of the Primes'' toy bios===<br /> Prima's [[Spark]] passed into the possession of one of the twelve [[Prime Master]]s; hidden within a suit of decoy armor, they safeguarded the abilities of the Primes until the present day. By uniting with a larger Transformer, the Prime Master could channel the powers of Prima's Spark and grant them unique abilities that varied with each new partner. {{storylink|Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes}}<br /> {{note|For a list of every permutation of Prima's abilities, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this link]].}}<br /> <br /> ===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===<br /> When the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']] arrived in the [[Nebulos|Nebulon]] system to try and make use of its [[space bridge]], the sight of it caused [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] to swear by Prima. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 3}}<br /> <br /> ===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:EnemyLine-Primastatue.jpg|thumb|Only in ''Cyberverse'' does Prima get a neat little hat.]]<br /> Prima was one of the [[Thirteen]]. {{storylink|Dweller In The Depths (Cyberverse)|Dweller In The Depths}} {{storylink|Silent Strike}} {{storylink|The Other One}}<br /> <br /> A statue of Prima was present in the [[Grand Imperium]]. Once the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]] had ravaged Cybertron, [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] met in front of Prima's toppled statue to reflect on their planet's sorry state and the mistake Optimus had made in launching the [[AllSpark]]. {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}}<br /> <br /> When the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']] entered [[unspace]], Wheeljack swore by Prima. {{storylink|The Crossroads}}<br /> <br /> After the Great War had ended, the Autobots began rebuilding the Grand Imperium, with [[Grapple (Cyberverse)|Grapple]] constructing a new statue of Prima for the meeting hall. {{storylink|Enemy Line}}<br /> <br /> ===2019 IDW continuity===<br /> Prima was one of the Thirteen Primes. {{storylink|End of Time}}<br /> <br /> ===''One'' film===<br /> Prima Prime was one of the original thirteen Primes created by Primus. This Prima did not carry the Matrix of Leadership, as that honor was given to his brother [[Zeta Prime (One)|Zeta Prime]]. He ruled with his siblings until the [[Quintesson]]s invaded. After years of war, he and the other Primes responded to the intel of a Quintesson council of generals reported by [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel]], unaware that the aide was luring them into a trap. Prima was killed in battle with the other Primes, and laid there for fifty cycles until [[Alpha Trion]] borrowed his transformation cog and those of his siblings to bestow upon the miners that found their tomb.&lt;ref&gt;In the film, Prima's cog is shown going to [[Megatron (One)|D-16]], while the film's novelization states it went to [[Optimus Prime (One)|Orion Pax]]. It doesn't ultimately have a significant effect on the story as a whole, so deciding which bot the cog went to somewhat becomes a matter of [[personal canon]].&lt;/ref&gt; {{storylink|Transformers One (film)|One}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===<br /> [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]] called the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] &quot;the sword of Prima&quot; while in battle with [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimal Optimus]] for it. {{Storylink|Double Jeopardy (Earth Wars)|Double Jeopardy}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Earth Wars Prima Prime Core.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6]]<br /> ;'''Prima Prime Core'''<br /> Prima's [[Prime Master#Transformers: Earth Wars|Prime Core]] (his &quot;heart&quot; as one of the primordial [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]]) fell to Earth under mysterious circumstances along with those of his siblings to become a hotly contested resource in the [[Earth Wars (conflict)|Earth Wars]]. {{storylink|Power of the Primes (Earth Wars)|Power of the Primes}}<br /> <br /> *'''Effect:''' Extra damage to basic attacks for a limited time.<br /> <br /> [https://tfew.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4733780017183-Prime-Cores-Bot Prima Prime Core at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]<br /> <br /> {{chargamestub|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===<br /> Most historical accounts agree that Prima was the first Prime. A fearsome warrior, Prima wielded the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] and the [[Skyboom Shield]]; some humans deified him as the god {{w|Zeus}}. {{storylink|Transformers One Sourcebook}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Transformers'' (2007)===<br /> [[File:TF07-Protoform-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Guess who ya gotta buy now to finish your [[Thirteen]] collection?]]<br /> &lt;ul class = &quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1|'''Protoform Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe Class, [[2007]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''MA-05'''<br /> :*''Accessories:'' Gun with flame attachment<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Don Figueroa]] (concept artist)&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=I did the Pre-Earth/Entry mode Optimus Prime and Starscream that were made into toys|link=https://twitter.com/sketchyfig/status/1795868661787537424|name=Don Figueroa|site=Twitter|year=2024|month=05|day=29}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> <br /> {{note|Prima was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] from [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Protoform Optimus Prime]] in [[Tales of the Fallen issue 4|''Tales of the Fallen'' #4]].}}<br /> <br /> :Based upon the &quot;[[Protoform]]&quot; (Cybertronian) appearances of the Transformers in the 2007 movie, ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Transformers]]'' &quot;Protoform Optimus Prime&quot; transforms into his &quot;entry&quot; mode. This mode somewhat resembles a cybertronic truck, with false wheels sculpted onto the sides and Optimus Prime's trademark windows in front. A flame decoration piece fits to the back of the &quot;vehicle&quot;, creating the illusion of a flaming comet's tail. The bottom of the vehicle has small wheels to roll the toy across smooth surfaces. Oddly, it has NO [[Automorph Technology]] gimmick at all, a feature most main-line figures have.<br /> <br /> :In robot mode, he resembles previous Optimus characters: His angular chest windows are reminiscent of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], while his near-animalistic limbs and color scheme are evocative of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. He has excellent articulation due to his many ball joints, and is armed with a rifle. The flame attachment can fit onto the end of the (non-firing) gun barrel.<br /> <br /> :Some packaging variants of this figure (perhaps a Wal-Mart exclusive) included a free movie poster depicting a Cybertronian eye overlooking Earth. While an added sticker to the outer plastic bubble says &quot;Exclusive movie poster!&quot;, it is more of a preview of upcoming figures.<br /> <br /> :This mold was also used to make ''Movie Advanced Series'' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#MAProtoform|Protoform Optimus Prime]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/ProtoformOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Protoform Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> ===''Power of the Primes''===<br /> [[File:TF-PotP-SDCC-2018-Throne-of-the-Primes-Prima.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|&quot;There's no such thing as a Prima Prime!&quot;]]<br /> &lt;ul class = &quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-m1|'''Throne of the Primes''' (Leader Class, [[2018]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PP-43'''<br /> :*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[January 26]], [[2019]]<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (throne designer, packaging artist)}}<br /> <br /> :''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' &quot;Prima Prime&quot; (ha ha, yes, Hasbro went with this naming) is a retool of the [[Solus Prime#Power of the Primes|Solus Prime]]/[[Octopunch (G1)#Power of the Primes|Octopunch]] inner robot with a new [[Prime Master]] sigil/backpack (seemingly inspired by the previous Protoform Optimus Prime repurposing and ''Covenant of Primus'' design's chest), packaged in the [[Throne of the Primes#Toys|Throne of the Primes]] set. <br /> <br /> :This toy has identical features to the other Prime Masters in the line. The [[Titan Master]]-like robot can store inside decoy armor or ride [[Size class|Legends Class]] figures in vehicle mode, and is fully compatible with toys from the previous ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' line. The &quot;Power Swap&quot; gimmick means its [[spark]] form can plug onto any decoy armor's weapon form (which has a [[5 mm post]] to be held by larger figures), Deluxe Class figures' chest armor, Voyager Class figures' bucklers, Leader Class figures' [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] (in place of their Matrix core), [[combiner]]s' torsos (in place of their [[Enigma of Combination]]), or the included [[Scepter of Sparks]] or [[Halo of Primus]] accessories. With the power of [[you]]r imagination, this bestows the Prime Master's [[Prime Master/Combinations|unique power]] on the larger figure.<br /> <br /> :While Prima is a retool of Solus Prime (gang-molded with her included Octopunch decoy armor), it is unknown what gang-molded decoy armor he would have had as a hypothetical mass-retail Prime Master.<br /> <br /> :This set debuted at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2018, and was later sold via [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online. It was also available at general retail in Taiwan.<br /> <br /> {{-}}{{anchor|PWTSE}}{{anchor|SpecialEdition}}<br /> [[File:TF-Generations-Special-Edition-Prime-Master-Prima.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|&quot;It's a real term! Look it up!&quot;]]<br /> &lt;ul class = &quot;iconlist&gt;{{Bp-a1d1|'''Punch-Counterpunch''' (Special Edition, 2018)}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PP-44'''<br /> :*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[February 23]], [[2019]]<br /> <br /> :''Power of the Primes'' &quot;Special Edition&quot; Prima Prime is a translucent redeco of the above figure, packaged with [[Punch (G1)#Power of the Primes|Punch-Counterpunch]] in commemoration of the third iteration of the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]''.<br /> <br /> :This set was an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive in the United States, initially revealed via preorder listing without any prior announcement from Hasbro. It was also available at general retail in Singapore.<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===''Age of the Primes''===<br /> [[File:AOPtoy-VoyagerPrimaPrime.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] was right, there is such a thing as a primer Prime!]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-pr1|'''Prima Prime''' (Voyager Class, [[2025]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Prima Prime''' (プライマプライム)<br /> :*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''AOTP-07'''<br /> :*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[2025]] [[July 26]]<br /> :*''Accessories:'' [[Star Saber (Prima)#Age of the Primes|Star Saber]] blade, Star Saber hilt, [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Age of the Primes|Matrix of Leadership]]<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjmcMC9nNoA Transformers Age of the Primes Reveal | Dive into the Legacy of the Thirteen Primes | Hasbro Pulse] with [[Mark Maher]] and [[Nate Purswell]]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> :''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' &quot;Prima Prime&quot; is a Voyager-scale robot primarily based on his ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]'' [[:File:TransformersVault-Prima.jpg|design]]. His head is modeled after the &quot;[[#The Transformers cartoon|Powerful Robot]]&quot; later retconned to be Prima. He transforms into a Cybertronian armored lunar truck (with a hover mode!), and includes both the Star Saber and the Matrix of Leadership. <br /> <br /> :Prima's Matrix, while the same style as most Matrices dating back to ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]'', is painted to resemble the [[Origin Matrix]] as it appeared in &quot;[[Restoration|Another Light, Part Four]]&quot; and can attach at the hilt of the Star Saber or store in Prima's chest. In vehicle mode, the sword can be mounted on the front bumper as a ram. Alternatively, the blade and crossguard can be separated from the hilt, and the former can then be stored top side. Like the other Primes, his packaging and signature artifact are emblazoned with his personal emblem, with his being located on the Star Saber's crossguard. Certain TakaraTomy stock images show the hilt piece in gray, but the actual release has it in the same white as Prima himself, which is reflected in most other stock imagery<br /> <br /> :Prima Prime was revealed at [[Cybertron Con 2024]], and went up for preorder on [[December 10]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DDYFD0uxHq_/ Designer commentary on Prima Prime from Mark Maher on Instagram]''<br /> ::*''[[Source:Transformers Age of the Primes bios#AOTP07|Machine translation of Prima Prime's TakaraTomy bio]]''<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:POTP Prima and Megatronus concept.jpg|thumb]]<br /> <br /> *Prima, like all members of the Thirteen, was once a [[multiversal singularity]] who existed as one being throughout all of time and space, but that is [[Shroud|no longer the case]].<br /> *Prima's Generation 1 cartoon [[character model]] appears to use [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] as a base, with heavily re-worked details.<br /> *According to [[ABN]] in [[Recordicons issue 9|''Recordicons'' #9]], Vector Prime &quot;always lies about Five Faces of Darkness&quot;. If true, this would mean that the guy from Five Faces is not necessarily Prima; we're keeping this page as-is because there's no objective evidence either way, and Prima is more convenient as a page title than &quot;Powerful Robot&quot;.<br /> *An idea from the [[Binder of Revelation]]—which has not made it into any fiction, and has been evinced only in the binder's profile page for [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] published in ''[[Transformers Vault]]''—posits that individual Transformers possess a &quot;polarity&quot; that indicates which of the Thirteen they can trace their lineage to. Based on Optimus's profile, Transformers descended from Prima possess a &quot;Primian&quot; polarity—but then, Optimus would later be revealed to actually ''be'' one of the Thirteen in Aligned continuity, so good luck figuring that one out.<br /> *Hasbro representatives at [[BotCon 2010]], [[BotCon 2011]], and [[HasCon 2017]] pronounced Prima's name &quot;Pree-muh&quot; despite Prima's name being one along the lines of &quot;[[Primus]]&quot; and &quot;[[Prime (rank)|Prime]]&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/144732-hascon-2017-toy-reveals-megathread-prime-uh-or-preem-uh-pg-41/?p=3597912 Posts by crockalley and Sabrblade on the Allspark Forums, 2017/09/12]&lt;/ref&gt; When his name is spoken by the [[Mistress of Flame]] in the ''[[Transformers: Titans Return (cartoon)|Titans Return]]'' cartoon episode &quot;[[Overlord and Emissary]]&quot;—which is the first time his name is uttered in a ''Transformers'' work—it is pronounced more appropriately as &quot;Prime-uh&quot;, a pronunciation that carries over to ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]'' and ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''.<br /> *Before Hasbro settled on the unifying [[Prime Master]] gimmick for ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'', full size toys of Megatronus and Prima were conceived, both redecos and retools of the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Black Shadow (G1)#Titans Return|Sky Shadow]]/[[Overlord (G1)#Titans Return|Decepticon Overlord]] mold. They never made it past early ecosystem planning, as neither character was considered mainstream enough at the time for a full size retail release.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zsar8vxtng HASCON 2017: The Prime Wars Trilogy Panel ... See the story come to life!] panel recording on Seibertron.com's YouTube channel&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Prima Prime''' (プライマプライム ''Puraima Puraimu'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Xiānjué Tiān''' (先觉天)<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:Prima-Prime-One.jpg|''One'' film trading card art.<br /> File:Prima OneConceptArt.jpg|''One'' film concept art. <br /> File:AOTP Prima Prime concept art.jpg|''Age of the Primes''&lt;br&gt;concept art.<br /> File:AOTP Prima boxart.jpg|''Age of the Primes'' packaging art.<br /> File:AOTP Prima Prime Hasbro China promo art.jpg|''Age of the Primes'' promotional art.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> {{Thirteen}}<br /> {{spiritguides nav}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Age of the Primes characters]]<br /> [[Category:Amazon exclusives]]<br /> [[Category:Cyberverse Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Deep lore characters]]<br /> [[Category:Earth Wars Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Gladiators]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Matrix bearers]]<br /> [[Category:One Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Prime Masters]]<br /> [[Category:Prime Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Repurposed toys]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Thirteen]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Transformers]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=File:Prima_OneConceptArt.jpg&diff=1854512 2025-07-29T04:25:16Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: Concept art of Prima Prime as created by Industrial Light &amp; Magic Character Designer Christopher Voy for &#039;&#039;Transformers One&#039;&#039;. Original source of art can be found on the [https://www.ilm.com/art-department/...</p> <hr /> <div>Concept art of [[Prima|Prima Prime]] as created by [[Industrial Light &amp; Magic]] Character Designer [[Christopher Voy]] for ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''. Original source of art can be found on the [https://www.ilm.com/art-department/transformers-one-concept-art/ official ILM page for ''Transformers One'' concept art].<br /> <br /> {{Oneconceptart}}<br /> [[Category:Images by Christopher Voy]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Micronus_Prime&diff=1854511 2025-07-29T04:20:42Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>{{featured}}<br /> {{factions|{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-MicronusPrime.png|cSize=30px|cLink=Micronus Prime}}|minicon}}<br /> [[File:11MicronusPrime.jpg|thumb|right|350px|So, if the Mini-Cons are [[Pokeformers|Pokémon]], does this make him [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Arceus_(Pok%C3%A9mon) Arceus]?]]<br /> <br /> At the dawn of time, [[Primus]] created '''Micronus Prime''', conscience and moral center of the [[Thirteen]]. Although he is the smallest member of this venerated group, he possesses boundless reserves of energy and a clever mind, enabling him to predict the actions of his brothers and sisters before even they know what they're going to do. <br /> <br /> Micronus's innocent nature belies his strong ethical sense; although he takes his role very seriously, he approaches his duties with a light [[Spark]] and an easy touch. He eschewed the most dour members of the Thirteen in favor of the free-spirited [[Onyx Prime]], whom he once considered his closest friend, and his creative energies also inspired him to strike up friendships with [[Solus Prime]] and [[Nexus Prime]]. Micronus's siblings always appreciated his presence—he could impart a fraction of his energy upon them using the [[Chimera Stone]], directing his own energies into a form that suited their needs. He would pass a version of this [[Powerlinx|ability]] on to his descendants, the [[Mini-Con]]s. <br /> <br /> In recent years, Micronus Prime has retreated to the [[Realm of the Primes]], where he temporarily served as a mentor and spiritual guide to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]], the youngest member of the Thirteen. In this role, he prefers to let his younger sibling learn through trial and error, sometimes feigning a blithe indifference to the mental and physical rigors of his training regimen. In reality, though, Micronus cares deeply about all living things, be they [[Transformer]] or otherwise.<br /> <br /> {{quote|You think you'll never find yourself in an insane situation? Better check your expectation meters.|Micronus|&quot;[[Out of Focus]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====''The Covenant of Primus''====<br /> Micronus Prime was the fifth Prime created to battle [[Unicron#Aligned continuity family|Unicron]]. As the Primes began planning for their future campaign against the Chaos-Bringer, Micronus gravitated towards the growing faction of strategists: [[Alpha Trion]], [[Quintus Prime]], and [[Liege Maximo]]. Their early fights against a simulated copy of Unicron went poorly, although Micronus and [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] were adamant that Unicron considered himself too independent to create a similar set of &quot;Dark Primes&quot;.<br /> <br /> As the Primes began building weapons for the upcoming conflict, Micronus worked alongside Solus at her [[Forge of Solus Prime|forge]]. Using his own abilities, he would augment her hammer strikes with his own energy, allowing her to create powerful tools and weapons. Among them was the Chimera Stone, which would become Micronus's own iconic artifact. As Solus worked with the other Primes, Micronus befriended Onyx Prime, and the two became inseparable. As the Thirteen trained and planned, Micronus worked alongside Solus Prime and the other strategists to create a massive computer capable of running through all of Unicron's possible responses to an attack, a forerunner to what would one day become [[Vector Sigma]]. <br /> <br /> The time eventually came to take the fight to Unicron. Micronus worked as a saboteur, intending to cripple and distract Unicron while the warriors damaged him. Perched on Quintus's shoulder, Micronus participated in the great battle against Unicron, drawing off the [[Energon]]-seeking missiles that Unicron fired at the Primes by venting his own energies. With [[Prima]] and Solus leading the charge, the Primes managed to fight their way inside Unicron with the help of [[Vector Prime]]'s portals. Unicron's [[Dark Energon]] counter-attacked provoked a flood of nightmarish visions, which nearly overwhelmed their attempts to shut him down. Only the calm words of Optimus Prime inspired them to persevere with their mission, and Micronus laughed that as long as they were together, hell wasn't such a bad place to be. The Thirteen ultimately triumphed over Unicron, and together they returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], giddy in their victory. What they didn't know was that close contact with Unicron had amplified some of their inner darkness.<br /> <br /> In the age that followed, the Primes began building a settlement for themselves, dividing into like-minded groups—some focused on labour, while others debated law and philosophy. Micronus worked with Megatronus, Nexus, and Liege Maximo on an Energon refinery. However, Micronus—along with Onyx Prime, Solus Prime, and Nexus Prime—never fit in with one group or another; they viewed the other Primes as dour and unimaginative, and chafed under some of the strictest laws imposed by Prima. While Megatronus and Solus Prime developed a strong, mutual affection for one another, Micronus was happy for them. Even so, tensions continued to rise between these ad hoc groups, which finally boiled over after Prima learned about a &quot;farm&quot; of robotic beasts that Liege Maximo and Quintus Prime had constructed. The Primes held a vote to decide the future of the farm; Micronus voted against letting the project continue. <br /> <br /> Not long afterwards, Micronus and Onyx were the first to discover that Solus Prime had been killed by Megatronus's [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]]. Micronus was heartbroken by the loss, and almost overcome with rage when he realized that Megatronus was behind the killing. Micronus accompanied six of the other Primes, and through [[Vector Prime]] they tracked down Megatronus. Micronus, still inconsolable, refused to believe Megatronus's side of the story. The Primes confronted Liege Maximo, who Megatronus had accused of orchestrating the entire scheme. The anger and misery finally boiled over within all of the surviving Primes, and as Maximo's beasts ran amok the twelve Cybertronians battled one another in blind rage. <br /> <br /> Micronus emerged from the fracas unscathed, although Liege Maximo had been blown to bits with the Requiem Blaster and Onyx Prime had been fatally wounded. When the remaining Primes had calmed down, they set about tending to the wounded. Over a period of time, Micronus and the other survivors buried Liege Maximo's remains in a chasm and held a memorial to Solus Prime in deep space. Hoping to put their ugly past behind them, the Primes turned their attention to Cybertron and their plans for the future. Micronus tried to comfort the dying Onyx; the two called a meeting of all the surviving Primes. <br /> <br /> As Primus had created them, the Primes decided that they would create the next generation of Cybertronians using the power of Onyx's [[Triptych Mask]] within the [[Well of All Sparks]], and the Primes would retire from active society. At the last moment, Micronus decided to accompany Onyx on his final journey into the Well. Together, their sacrifice activated the Well and allowed it to start producing new life. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}<br /> <br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ====''Prime'' cartoon====<br /> According to legend, at the beginning of time, [[Unicron#Aligned continuity family|Unicron]] and [[Primus]] battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Till, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> ====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Adrian Pasdar]] (English), [[Kazuhiko Inoue]] (Japanese)|[[Natale Ciravolo]] (Italian), [[Pierre-Peters Arnold]] (German, first voice), [[Robert Glatzeder]] (German, second voice), [[Gerardo Alonso]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Kimmo Härmä]] (Finnish), [[Simon Duprez]] (French), [[Dado Monteiro]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Maciej Kosmala]] (Polish), [[Park Seong-tae]] (Korean, Tooniverse dub)}}<br /> [[File:Micronusrid.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tell them to keep out of my scotch.]]<br /> <br /> When [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] sacrificed himself to save [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Primes rescued him before his Spark could be extinguished. He wound up in the extra-dimensional [[Realm of the Primes]] with other members of the Thirteen. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Foreseeing the rise of Megatronus on Earth, {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} the Primes opted to train Optimus for this new mission, assigning Micronus as his new mentor.<br /> <br /> [[File:RIDMicronusPrime.jpeg|thumb|left||Micronus made this episode in a cave... WITHABOXOFSCRAPS!]]<br /> In one such training session, Micronus challenged Optimus to climb a hill. When Optimus questioned the difficulty of his task, Micronus summoned a group of [[human]]s into the realm... and a threatening robot with multiple Mini-Con minions to attack them. Optimus tried in vain to defend the humans, repeatedly begging Micronus to help him, but Micronus declined every time. Eventually, Optimus realized that he needed to climb the easily climbed hill ''first'', which activated his [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]] and gave him the power to defeat the robots, saving the last surviving human. At the end of the test, Micronus revealed that the humans were merely illusions, meant to prove that there would always be distractions and hard choices in the battles coming, and to keep the goal -and mind- clear. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}<br /> <br /> Unfortunately the time arrived before Optimus's training was complete, but Micronus regardless took him before the other Primes. When Optimus persuaded them, Micronus and the other Primes bestowed some of their power on him and sent him to Earth. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> Following the battle with [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], Micronus appeared to Bumblebee's team on Earth and took back the power bestowed on Optimus. Though this left Optimus in a weakened state, Micronus scanned him and said he would recover. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> ====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books====<br /> During Optimus's training, Micronus became aware that one of the other Primes was interfering with his work. While meeting with the Primes, he realized that [[Liege Maximo]] had gone missing, and went to confront the culprit himself. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}<br /> <br /> ===Fun Publications===<br /> Micronus was one of [[Vector Prime]]'s siblings among the [[Thirteen]]. Vector noted that Micronus deeply cared for all living things, Transformer or otherwise. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/14}}<br /> <br /> The [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s of [[Axiom Nexus]] knew the [[Mini-Con]]s to be the children of Micronus Prime. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/09}}<br /> <br /> When [[Nexus Prime]] united the [[Terminus Blade]] and the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], the other [[Thirteen]] were drawn to the event—including Micronus. Time and space were rewritten that day, as the walls between the multiverse grew stronger and less permeable. A consequence of strengthening the walls of the multiverse was that Micronus Prime and the original Thirteen could no longer continue to exist as multiversal singularities, and so they were splintered and scattered throughout the multiverse. And so the one became many, sentient reoccurring themes each appearing in their own way, if at all, in all the worlds of the multiverse. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> {{first|[[Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|''The Transformers'' vol. 2 #47]] (mentioned); ''[[Micronauts: Revolution]]'' (depicted)}}<br /> [[File:IDW Micronus Prime.jpg|thumb|right|250px|&quot;I made the stars that became the carbon in your mother's ovaries.&quot;]]<br /> <br /> Micronus was one of the Thirteen Primes who led the [[Thirteen Tribes]] that arose on Cybertron following the departure of the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Crucible}} Like four others, he was attracted to the [[Crystal City]] alliance, ruling with his fellow Primes from the city's citadel. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} According to [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Micronus was known for his &quot;betrayal&quot; of his closest friend [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] and [[Liege Maximo]] in the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]]. {{storylink|White Heat}} The death of [[Nexus Prime]] at the hands of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] prompted all the remaining Primes except [[Alpha Trion]] to flee Cybertron. {{storylink|The Crucible}}<br /> <br /> Micronus left Cybertron aboard his [[Titan (group)|Titan]], [[Prion (Titan)|Prion]], and led the colonization expedition to a [[Prion (planet)|distant world]]. He oversaw the creation of a new civilization of Transformers birthed from Prion's [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]], which eventually developed into a world of Mini-Cons. However, Sentinel Prime claimed that Micronus abandoned his people during their time of need, abdicating Prion's world via [[Space bridge|Spacebridge]] and allowing for the colony's genocide at the hands of the [[Black Block Consortia]]. {{storylink|White Heat}}<br /> <br /> One way or another, he ended up creating the sub-atomic realm known as [[Microspace]] seven million years ago, {{storylink|Crisis Intervention}} and retreated inside it. His inert body lay at the center of the [[Entropy Cloud]] which threatened to destroy that universe entirely. {{storylink|Micronauts: Revolution}} <br /> <br /> Eons later, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] would send one his [[Regenesis]] ores, [[Ore-3]], to Prion. {{storylink|The Crucible}} {{storylink|Ceremony}} Micronus Prime's name was remembered in the [[Way of Flame]], the religion of [[Solus Prime]]'s colony [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]]. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}<br /> <br /> Hoping to save his realm using [[Earth]]'s supplies of [[Ore-13]], Micronus attempted to contact [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] through the Titan [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]]. Unfortunately, the message didn't get through correctly; instead, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]'s mind made the trip across time and space. Micronus told his Camien visitor that she would have to ''experience'' his message to understand his plight. Windblade's new avatar was sent into Microspace, where she encountered the evil [[Baron Karza]] and his retinue and learned about the dire civil war that threatened Microspace. When Windblade's mind returned to her normal body, Micronus appeared in a final vision, urging her to help his dimension by any means necessary. {{storylink|Informed}}<br /> <br /> Some time later, Baron Karza set up his main base inside Micronus's body where he made usage of the Prime's personal Spacebridge to try to save Microspace. The heroic [[Micronauts]] made the voyage through the Spacebridge, arriving inside Metrotitan's Spacebridge chamber on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|O Ship of State}}<br /> <br /> After Karza made a failed attempt at stealing Earth's Ore-13, {{storylink|Valley Forge}} he instead decided to conquer Earth as a new home for the denizens of Microspace. Though it was a risky prospect, he ultimately [[enerchange]]d with Micronus Prime himself, the merger giving him some of Micronus's memories about the [[Mini-Con]] colony. Wearing the Prime's body, Karza arrived at the site of his former banishment and dispatched Optimus Prime in a vengeful fury. {{storylink|Wrath of Karza issue 1|Wrath of Karza #1}} Karza considered the power of Micronus superior to all the various super-villains on Earth. {{storylink|Wrath of Karza issue 3|Wrath of Karza #3}} After [[Shazraella]] had acquired [[Time Traveler]] energy, Optimus Prime tried to sucker punch a distracted Karza only for the Baron to again enerchange with Micronus. When Shazraella's powers began growing out of control, however, Optimus and Karza agreed to a truce, but her powers proved too much for them and she managed to separate Micronus from Karza, banishing the ancient Prime through time. {{storylink|Wrath of Karza issue 5|Wrath of Karza #5}}<br /> <br /> ===''Power of the Primes'' marketing material===<br /> Micronus's [[Spark]] passed into the possession of one of the twelve [[Prime Master]]s; hidden within a suit of decoy armor, they safeguarded the abilities of the Primes until the present day. By uniting with a larger Transformer, the Prime Master could channel the powers of Micronus's Spark and grant them unique abilities that varied with each new partner. {{storylink|#Generations|''Power of the Primes'' Cloudburst / Micronus online bio}}<br /> <br /> {{note|For a list of every permutation of Micronus Prime's abilities, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this link]].}}<br /> <br /> ===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===<br /> Micronus Prime was one of the [[Thirteen]], {{storylink|Dweller In The Depths (Cyberverse)|Dweller In The Depths}} {{storylink|Silent Strike}} {{storylink|The Other One}} later generations of Cybertronians being known to swear by his name. {{storylink|Spotted}}<br /> <br /> ===2019 IDW continuity===<br /> Micronus Prime was one of the Thirteen. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}<br /> <br /> ===''One'' film===<br /> [[File:One-Micronus-Prime.jpg|thumb|Reject smallness, embrace chonkyness!|upright=0.7]]<br /> Micronus Prime was one of the original thirteen Primes created by Primus. When the Quintessons invaded Cybertron, Micronus fought with his fellow Primes against them. He would join the Primes in a secret meeting with the Primes' aide [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel]], unaware that it was a trap. Micronus would be killed during the battle, with his brothers' and sisters' bodies resting in a hidden cave for fifty cycles before being rediscovered by miners [[Optimus Prime (One)|Orion Pax]], [[Megatron (One)|D-16]], [[Elita-1 (One)|Elita]], and [[Bumblebee (One)|B-127]]. A revived [[Alpha Trion]] would give Micronus' [[transformation cog]] to one of the miners,&lt;ref&gt;In the film, Micronus's cog is shown going to Orion, while the film's novelization states it was given to B-127. It doesn't ultimately have a significant effect on the story as a whole, so deciding which cog he got somewhat becomes a matter of [[personal canon]].&lt;/ref&gt; unlocking their lost ability to transform into an alternate form and providing a new, improved robot form. <br /> <br /> A vision of Micronus Prime and the other Primes later appeared as Alpha Trion declared a damaged Orion Pax to be the next wielder of the Matrix of Leadership, Optimus Prime.{{storylink|Transformers One (film)|Transformers One}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===<br /> ;'''Micronus Core'''<br /> [[File:Earth Wars Micronus Core.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6]]<br /> <br /> Micronus's [[Prime Master#Transformers: Earth Wars|Prime Core]] (his &quot;heart&quot; as one of the primordial [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]]) fell to Earth under mysterious circumstances along with those of his siblings to become a hotly contested resource in the [[Earth Wars (conflict)|Earth Wars]]. {{storylink|Power of the Primes (Earth Wars)|Power of the Primes}}<br /> <br /> *'''Effect:''' Regen on surrounding teammates.<br /> <br /> [https://tfew.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4733780017183-Prime-Cores-Bot Micronus Core at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]<br /> <br /> {{chargamestub|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===<br /> Micronus Prime was the smallest member of the Thirteen, and the progenitor of the Mini-Cons and [[Micromaster]]s. While ethically-minded, contemplating complex philosophical conundrums could sometimes leave him indecisive. His [[Chimera Stone]] let him boost the powers of other lifeforms, and humans sometimes knew him as the god {{w|Pan (god)|Pan}}. {{storylink|Transformers One Sourcebook}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Power of the Primes''===<br /> [[File:TF-POTP-Micronus-Prime-Master.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I CAN'T PUT MY AAARMS DOWWWN!]]<br /> &lt;ul class = &quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1|'''Micronus''' (Prime Master, [[2017]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PP-01'''<br /> :*''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[May 25]], [[2018]]'''<br /> :*''Accessories'': [[Cloudburst#Generations|Autobot Cloudburst]] decoy armor, gatling gun<br /> {{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}<br /> <br /> :''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Micronus is a [[Prime Master]] with [[Cloudburst]] decoy armor, visually based on the original [[Pretender]]'s inner robot and shell.<br /> <br /> :This toy has identical features to the other Prime Masters in the line. The decoy armor has a weapon piece which can fold out to create a weapon mode, or detach and be held in the armor's 3 mm-compatible hand. The [[Titan Master]]-like robot can store inside the decoy armor or ride [[Size class|Legends Class]] figures in vehicle mode, and is fully compatible with toys from the previous ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' line. The &quot;Power Swap&quot; gimmick means its [[spark]] form can plug onto any decoy armor's weapon form (which has a [[5 mm post]] to be held by larger figures), Deluxe Class figures' chest armor, Voyager Class figures' bucklers, Leader Class figures' [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] (in place of their Matrix core), [[combiner]]s' torsos (in place of their [[Enigma of Combination]]), or the [[Scepter of Sparks]]. With the power of [[You|your]] imagination, this bestows the Prime Master's [[Prime Master/Combinations|unique power]] on the larger figure.<br /> <br /> :Unlike every other Titan Master/Prime Master, Micronus Prime and his fellow first wave Prime Masters feature backpacks/symbols secured by pins instead of screws.<br /> <br /> :In an unusual error, some units of Micronus/Cloudburst came with two Prime Masters.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/some-power-of-the-primes-figures-shipping-with-two-prime-masters-report/40365/ Seibertron, 2017/12/24: Some Power Of the Primes Figures Shipping With Two Prime Masters: Report]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> :Micronus was retooled with a new [[Prime Master]] sigil as Amalgamous Prime. The Cloudburst armor had an alternate tooling based on [[Waverider]], which would have been used to make ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Transformers Legends]]'' [[Grand Maximus#Legends|Grand Maximus]]' Pretender Suit if the figure had reached the 3000 preorder count—sadly, preorders failed to reach this number.<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===''Age of the Primes''===<br /> [[File:AOTP-MicronusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Micronus Prime built that in a cave! With a box of scraps!]]<br /> &lt;ul class = &quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-pr5|'''The Thirteen Micronus Prime''' (Deluxe, [[2025]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Micronus Prime''' (マイクロナスプライム)<br /> :*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''AOTP-16'''<br /> :*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[2025]] [[December 27]]<br /> :*''Accessories'': [[Apex Armor (Prime)#Age of the Primes|exo-suit/vehicle]], [[Chimera Stone#Age of the Primes|Chimera Stone]]<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Aaron Archer]] and [[Ken Christiansen]] (original concept)}}&lt;ref&gt;[[June 10]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEAkXHAU034 Transformers Fanstream | June 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Nate Purswell]] and [[Mark Maher]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> :Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' Deluxes, Micronus Prime is a figure of the character based on his appearance in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]]. He transforms into a disc-shaped alternate mode with a big honking [[:File:Minicon symbol.png|classical Mini-Con insignia]] covering one side to create something strongly reminiscent of the [[Mini-Con storage panel|Mini-Con storage panels]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|original ''Armada'' cartoon]].<br /> <br /> :Filling out the requirements of the &quot;Deluxe&quot; size class, the tiny Micronus comes with a one-wheeled vehicle he can ride on. The cycle transforms into an exo-suit based on the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]] from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' (with some additional [[Pretender]] influence),&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.instagram.com/p/DKx9QkLsgVD/ Design notes] on ''Age of the Primes'' Micronus Prime from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Mark Maher]] on Instagram&lt;/ref&gt; into which Micronus can fit in disc mode. The armor can additionally disassemble into component parts that can be wielded as weapons by larger figures, in the style of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System|Weaponizers]] and their various successor lines. Micronus also includes the Chimera Stone in the form of a second, smaller disc, which can store on his back in both robot and alternate modes, or peg into the chest of the larger exo-suit.<br /> <br /> ::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DKx9QkLsgVD/ Designer commentary on Micronus Prime from Mark Maher on Instagram'']''<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * Micronus was once established as a [[multiversal singularity]], existing as one being across all of time and space, but that is [[Shroud|no longer the case]].<br /> * Micronus's name is likely derived from &quot;Micron&quot;, the Japanese name for Mini-Cons across the franchise.<br /> * The glowing symbols on his chest and palms are shaped like the Powerlinx ports seen on all the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Transformers: Armada]]'' Mini-Con toys.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Micronus''' (マイクロナス ''Maikuronasu'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Wēi Tiān Xīng''' (微天星)<br /> ==Gallery==<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:MicronusPrime OneConceptArt.jpg|''One'' film concept art.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Thirteen}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Age of the Primes characters]]<br /> [[Category:Cyberverse Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Deep lore characters]]<br /> [[Category:Earth Wars Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:One Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Prime Masters]]<br /> [[Category:Prime Mini-Cons]]<br /> [[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Mini-Cons]]<br /> [[Category:Thirteen]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Transformers]]</div>

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<p>Daytonjhammon: Daytonjhammon uploaded a new version of &amp;quot;File:MicronusPrime OneConceptArt.jpg&amp;quot;: Cropped unnecessary black edges surrounding concept art.</p> <hr /> <div>Concept art of [[Micronus Prime]] as created by [[Industrial Light &amp; Magic]] Character Designer [[Christopher Voy]] for ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''. Original source of art can be found on the [https://www.ilm.com/art-department/transformers-one-concept-art/ official ILM page for ''Transformers One'' concept art].<br /> <br /> {{Oneconceptart}}<br /> [[Category:Images by Christopher Voy]]</div>

Daytonjhammon https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=File:MicronusPrime_OneConceptArt.jpg&diff=1854508 2025-07-29T04:12:00Z

<p>Daytonjhammon: Concept art of Micronus Prime as created by Industrial Light &amp; Magic Character Designer Christopher Voy for &#039;&#039;Transformers One&#039;&#039;. Original source of art can be found on the [https://www.ilm.com/art-department/tra...</p> <hr /> <div>Concept art of [[Micronus Prime]] as created by [[Industrial Light &amp; Magic]] Character Designer [[Christopher Voy]] for ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''. Original source of art can be found on the [https://www.ilm.com/art-department/transformers-one-concept-art/ official ILM page for ''Transformers One'' concept art].<br /> <br /> {{Oneconceptart}}<br /> [[Category:Images by Christopher Voy]]</div>

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<p>Daytonjhammon: </p> <hr /> <div>Concept art of [[Onyx Prime]] as created by [[Industrial Light &amp; Magic]] Character Designer [[Evan Whitefield]], based on art direction by Lead Character Designer [[Amy Beth Christenson]]&lt;ref&gt;&quot;Onyx Prime from #TransformersOne! This is one of the concepts I worked on, based on the amazing sketch designs by @artbyabc. Further designing this character was such a fun experience! I brought him to life in 3D and also explored how his wings would function. As one of the Thirteen Primes, Onyx Prime is an ancient Transformer known for his wisdom and deep connection to nature. Representing balance and preservation, he serves as a protector of life. It was crucial to design a look that seamlessly blends organic and mechanical elements. Art direction by the brilliant @artbyabc!&quot; - https://www.instagram.com/p/DDx224xM55a&lt;/ref&gt; for ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''. Original source of art can be found on the [https://www.ilm.com/art-department/transformers-one-concept-art/ official ILM page for ''Transformers One'' concept art].<br /> ==Reference==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Oneconceptart}}<br /> [[Category:Images by Evan Whitefield]]</div>

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<p>Daytonjhammon: /* Gallery */</p> <hr /> <div>{{faction|onyxprime}}<br /> {{featured}}<br /> {{disambigm|Onyx (disambiguation)|Artemis (disambiguation)}}<br /> [[Image:10OnyxPrime.jpg|thumb|400px|Move over, [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]!]]<br /> <br /> Of the [[Thirteen]], '''Onyx Prime''', the &quot;Lord of Beasts&quot;, is the most spiritually-minded of their number, in tune with both the creatures of the natural world and the intangible realm of the spirit. He alone has the ability to properly use the three-faced [[Triptych Mask]] given to him by Primus; this artifact allows him to cast his spirit across vast distances to commune with the dreams of far-off beings, or even track the journey of a [[Spark]] across the [[Transformer afterlife|afterlife]]. Though some view these strange mental voyages across distant realms as mere flights of fancy, Onyx and his visions make him one of the most inspirational Primes. <br /> <br /> Onyx Prime's spiritual aptitude allowed him to cultivate an inscrutable presence that made him appear mysterious and slightly intimidating at the best of times, even to the other members of the Thirteen. In spite of his powers, Onyx Prime is a kind-hearted and friendly individual at [[Spark]], a trait that made him one of the most liked members of the Thirteen. Indeed, all of his siblings treated him as a fiercely loyal companion and a steadfast confidant—[[Micronus Prime]], in particular, once regarded Onyx as his closest friend. As the first Transformer to possess a [[beast mode]], those Transformers who revere him as the greatest of the Primes tend to eschew the vehicular [[alternate mode]]s of other Transformers, preferring to wear the animalistic forms exemplified by their spiritual progenitor. <br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====''The Covenant of Primus''====<br /> [[File:COP-WellOfAllSparks.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66]]<br /> <br /> Onyx Prime was the eighth member of the [[Thirteen]] produced by [[Primus]], to serve as his children and warriors against his opposite, [[Unicron]]. As one of the mid-level Thirteen spawned between the opposing warriors [[Prima]] and [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], Onyx Prime had a more balanced and elemental quality. He was a fierce warrior and fought valiantly in the battle with Unicron, but also had a spiritual side that intrigued some of his fellows while flummoxing others. He was very close to [[Solus Prime]] (often to Megatronus's chagrin) and was perhaps best friends with [[Micronus Prime]].<br /> <br /> The death of Solus Prime hit Onyx harder than any other member of the Primes. It was Onyx who discovered her body in her workshop, and the cry he let loose chilled [[Alpha Trion]] to his very oil. He had to be physically restrained by [[Vector Prime]]'s power after finding Solus, and held in that position to prevent him from seeking vengeance on Megatronus himself. When the division between Megatronus and [[Liege Maximo]] came to a head, all the remained Thirteen warred with one another in a battle lust that was divorced from all possible reason. When they regained their senses, the Thirteen found Maximo dead and Onyx Prime gravely injured. <br /> <br /> As Megatronus declared himself &quot;The Fallen&quot; forevermore and exiled himself from Cybertron, the Thirteen questioned what to do next. Solus Prime's body had melted down to the core of Cybertron, creating a font of life that could potentially produce new Cybertronians. As his dying act, Onyx Prime volunteered to catalyze the process, journeying down into this [[Well of All Sparks]] with the power of his Triptych Mask reorganizing the thirteen patterns of the Thirteen into an endless variety of new Cybertronians. They believed the power of Primus would preserve Onyx Prime at the core forevermore, keeping him from the death awaiting his injuries. [[Quintus Prime]], [[Maccadam|Alchemist Prime]], and [[Amalgamous Prime]] each contributed some of their power and skills to this experiment as well, ensuring its success. In the end, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and Micronus Prime chose to journey down into the Well with Onyx. Optimus intended to be reincarnated among the new sparks, allowing him to live among them and learn from them. Micronus could not bear to be parted from Onyx, and chose to exile himself to the core with his mortally wounded friend as well.<br /> <br /> The experiment was a success, and the Well of All Sparks soon erupted with an endless array of new lifeforms, brought into existence by Onyx Prime and the power of his brothers and sisters. The [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s of the [[Age of Evolution]] certainly drew strongly from Onyx's pattern, as did the other beastformers that followed in their wake over time. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}<br /> <br /> ====''Prime'' cartoon====<br /> [[File:SolusAlphaOnyxMicronus-ArtofPrime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|I may have wings, four legs, and a lack of normal arms... but I am not [[Pokeformers|Origin Forme Palkia!]]]]<br /> According to legend, at the beginning of time, [[Unicron]] and [[Primus]] battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long until Primus created the [[Thirteen]]. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> {{main|Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity#Onyx Prime}}<br /> {{first|[[The Crucible|''Robots in Disguise'' #34]] (mentioned); [[Ghost Stories|''Transformers'' Annual 2017]] (Shockwave as Onyx Prime); [[The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|''Optimus Prime'' #18]] (true Onyx)}}<br /> <br /> [[File:IDW Onyx.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Something happened on [[The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|the day he died]]. Spirit rose a metre then stepped aside. [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Somebody else]] took his place, and then he cried...]]<br /> <br /> In the barbarian age after the departure of the [[Knights of Cybertron]], '''Onyx''' led a flock of wayward and mistreated [[beast mode]] Cybertronians as they scoured the wastelands for usable [[energon]]. One day, the group came across the time-lost [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], transported twelve million years into the past as a result of the destruction of his [[chronal drive]]. The kindly Onyx offered the damaged Shockwave some of their energon and introduced himself; realizing the crucial role that Onyx would play in Cybertron's history, Shockwave took him up on his offer... ''after'' killing him and seizing control of his herd. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}<br /> <br /> Disguising himself as &quot;Onyx ''Prime''&quot;, Shockwave used his future knowledge to steer history along its preordained course—and, along the way, deliberately established many of the myths and legends that would shape the beliefs of future Cybertronians, including the &quot;[[Dark Cybertron (prophecy)|Dark Cybertron]]&quot; prophecy that his younger self would one day attempt to bring about. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}} After shaping one of the real Onyx's followers into &quot;[[The Fallen|Megatronus]]&quot;, &quot;Onyx Prime&quot; engineered the unification of the [[Thirteen]], {{storylink|Origin Myths}} then manipulated both Megatronus and [[Liege Maximo]] into starting the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] that ended the reign of the Primes. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} &quot;Onyx Prime&quot; and his [[Maximal]] followers left Cybertron and relocated to the dead planet of [[Antilla]] as part of Shockwave's long game—after excavating the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] that had been created on the planet, &quot;Onyx&quot; sent it to [[Earth]] aboard the starship ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', {{storylink|Strange Visitors}} where it remained for thousands of years until the [[Iron Ring]] brought it to Cybertron as part of their failed invasion. {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}} In the meantime, &quot;Onyx&quot; continued his various manipulations, which included attacking a [[Parvus Oppidum|village]] on [[Caminus]], {{storylink|Ghost Stories}} and sending [[Sovereign|a scout]] to Earth to search for the [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|White Light}}<br /> <br /> In [[2018]], &quot;Onyx Prime&quot; returned to Cybertron to finally enact his ultimate plan: using the corrosive [[magic]]al energies of the Talisman, he would sacrifice Cybertron itself to [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], rationalizing that with their homeworld destroyed he could unite what remained of the Cybertronian species under his own banner. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}} Although &quot;Onyx Prime&quot; initially presented himself as a benevolent figure, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Council of Worlds]] soon realized something was amiss—shortly after his manipulations led to the death of [[Alpha Trion]], &quot;Onyx&quot; was unmasked as Shockwave, who proceeded to explain the role he'd played in history to the bewildered Optimus before throwing him into [[infraspace]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Fun Publications===<br /> [[File:OnyxArtemisAVPHolomatter.jpg|upright=.8|thumb]]<br /> <br /> [[Vector Prime]] fondly remembered the time he spent with his siblings, including Onyx Prime, who Vector noted to be in tune with nature and especially the organic. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/14}} Vector also noted that both [[Liege Maximo|Liege]] and Onyx utilized female [[holomatter]] avatars when interacting with humans. Onyx's avatar inspired/co-opted the myth of '''Artemis'''. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/20}} Vector Prime also noted that there were [[universal stream]]s where Onyx went by the name Onyx [[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/24}}<br /> <br /> When Nexus Prime united the [[Terminus Blade]] and [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] with the intent of thickening the walls between realities to prevent dimensional travel, Onyx Prime and the other members of the &quot;multiversal singularity&quot; incarnation of the Thirteen gathered to witness this momentous event. When Nexus brought the blades together, Onyx and the Thirteen ceased to exist as singularities and were splintered into multiple different incarnations across the multiverse. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}<br /> <br /> {{note|The individual Thirteen were not identified on-panel in &quot;Out of the One, Many&quot;, but an orange, winged, vaguely bird-like Transformer depicted in the comic was possibly Onyx.}}<br /> <br /> ===''Power of the Primes'' toy bios===<br /> Onyx Prime's [[Spark]] passed into the possession of one of the twelve [[Prime Master]]s; hidden within a suit of decoy armor, they safeguarded the abilities of the Primes until the present day. By uniting with a larger Transformer, the Prime Master could channel the powers of Onyx's Spark and grant them unique abilities that varied with each new partner. {{storylink|Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes}}<br /> <br /> {{note|For a list of every permutation of Onyx Prime's abilities, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this link]].}}<br /> <br /> ===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:Cyberverse-S3E19-Thunderhowl-Onyx-Prime.jpg|thumb|left|He was going through a biped phase.]]<br /> Onyx Prime was one of the [[Thirteen]]. {{storylink|Dweller In The Depths (Cyberverse)|Dweller In The Depths}} {{storylink|Silent Strike}} {{storylink|The Other One}}<br /> <br /> When the Primes ruled Cybertron, Onyx created many secrets hideouts and caches across the planet. In the [[Isle of Onyx Prime]], he hid his [[Cortex Helm]], entrusting the island's location only to his loyal knight [[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)|Thunderhowl]]. {{storylink|The Perfect Decepticon}}<br /> <br /> When [[Crystal City]] was created by the [[Crystalline King]], Onyx Prime sent Thunderhowl to destroy the city, only for Thunderhowl to become trapped for millions of years. {{storylink|Thunderhowl (episode)|Thunderhowl}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===''One'' film===<br /> [[File:TransformersOne-OnyxPrime.jpg|thumb|This movie has TWO Shockwaves????]]<br /> <br /> Onyx Prime was one of the original thirteen Primes created by Primus. When the Quintessons invaded Cybertron, Onyx fought with his fellow Primes against them. He would join the Primes in a secret meeting with the Primes' aide [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel]], unaware that it was a trap. Onyx would be killed during the battle, with his brothers' and sisters' bodies resting in a hidden cave for fifty cycles before being rediscovered by miners [[Optimus Prime (One)|Orion Pax]], [[Megatron (One)|D-16]], [[Elita-1 (One)|Elita]], and [[Bumblebee (One)|B-127]]. A revived [[Alpha Trion]] would give Onyx's [[transformation cog]] to one of the miners,&lt;ref&gt;In the film, Onyx's cog is shown going to B-127, while the film's novelization states it went to D-16. It doesn't ultimately have a significant effect on the story as a whole, so deciding which cog he got somewhat becomes a matter of [[personal canon]].&lt;/ref&gt; unlocking their lost ability to transform into an alternate form and providing a new, improved robot form. <br /> <br /> A vision of Onyx Prime and the other Primes later appeared as Alpha Trion declared a damaged Orion Pax to be the next wielder of the Matrix of Leadership, Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers One (film)|Transformers One}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===<br /> ;'''Onyx Prime Core'''<br /> [[File:Earth Wars Onyx Prime Core.JPG|thumb|upright=0.6]]<br /> <br /> Onyx Prime's [[Prime Master#Transformers: Earth Wars|Prime Core]] (his &quot;heart&quot; as one of the primordial [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]]) fell to Earth under mysterious circumstances along with those of his siblings to become a hotly contested resource in the [[Earth Wars (conflict)|Earth Wars]]. {{storylink|Power of the Primes (Earth Wars)|Power of the Primes}}<br /> <br /> *'''Effect:''' Dramatically boosts regular attack power. Reduces damage taken when HP is below 40% of max.<br /> <br /> [https://tfew.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4733780017183-Prime-Cores-Bot Onyx Prime Core at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]<br /> <br /> {{chargamestub|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===<br /> Cybertronian mythology held that Onyx Prime, sometimes known as Onyx Primal, was a member of the [[Thirteen]] and the progenitor of all beast-formers. According to legend, he wielded the Triptych Mask and commanded the loyalty of the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Chela]]. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}} A mystically-minded 'bot, Onyx Prime's mask granted him insights into the realms of life and death; ancient humans venerated him as {{w|Artemis}}, god of the hunt. {{storylink|Transformers One Sourcebook}}<br /> <br /> Mindwipe believed himself to be a true child of Onyx Prime, although [[Simacore (G1)|Simacore]] vehemently disagreed. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Power of the Primes''===<br /> [[File:POTP-Titan-Onyx-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]<br /> &lt;ul class = &quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-d1|'''Predaking''' (Titan Class, [[2018]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> {{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] and [[Lynsey Urban]] (Hasbro)|[[Robby Musso]] (concept artist)}}<br /> <br /> :''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Predaking comes packaged with Onyx Prime as a [[Prime Master]]. Since he is a Prime Master he can plug into any decoy armor's Pretender or weapon form, or replace a ''Power of the Primes'' Leader's [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] core. Onyx Prime can also ride Legends Class figures and attach to Deluxe Class figures' chest armor, Voyager Class figures' bucklers, or Voyager Class figures' combined mode. It includes the frame for the [[Onyx Matrix]], and can attach to it as a Prime Master would to a normal Matrix frame. When connected to the frame, he can hide in Predaking's chest, under Razorclaw's beast head. <br /> <br /> :Onyx Prime was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Matrix Gauntlet|Yellow Matrix]] wielded by [[Yellow Splendid Convoy]] in the ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]''.<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===''Age of the Primes''===<br /> [[File:AOTP-OnyxPrime.jpg|thumb|upright|300px|Leader class... optional six limbed mode... transforms into &lt;i&gt;*shrug*&lt;/i&gt;... close enough, welcome back Siege Shockwave!]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-pr8|'''The Thirteen Onyx Prime''' (Leader Class, [[2025]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''Accessories:'' [[Triptych Mask#Age of the Primes|Triptych Mask]]/spearhead, spear pole/arrow, tail/bow<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shuhei Umezu]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist), [[Aaron Archer]] and [[Ken Christiansen]] (original concept)}}&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.instagram.com/p/DHmaZHmsuTE/ Design notes on ''Age of the Primes'' Onyx Prime] from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Mark Maher]] on Instagram.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> :''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' Onyx Prime was released as part of the second wave of Leader Class figures in the line. He transforms from a bipedal robot mode into a centaur in 12 steps, and into a hippogriff/dragon-type creature in 19 steps.<br /> <br /> :His Triptych Mask has been reimagined as a spearhead, which attaches to a brown pole, perhaps to tie in with the character's then-recent appearance in ''Transformers One'', in which he wielded the same weapon. The spear also doubles as an arrow, with beast mode tail serving as the accompanying bow. The upper part of his helmet can be lowered over his face (shown in this position for the centaur mode), and his second set of legs can also be deployed in beast mode.<br /> <br /> :Onyx was revealed at [[Toy Fair|New York Toy Fair]] 2025.<br /> <br /> ::''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DHmaZHmsuTE/ Designer commentary on ''Age of the Primes'' Onyx Prime from Mark Maher on Instagram]''<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:OnyxPrime cop idw infographic.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]<br /> * Like other members of the Thirteen, Onyx Prime was once as a [[multiversal singularity]] who existed as one being across all space and time, but that is [[Shroud|no longer the case]].<br /> * The artwork of Onyx Prime in the ''Covenant of Primus'' (at the top of this article) is a little hard to decipher, which for a while led many fans to believe that he had been drawn incorrectly in IDW's comics. Onyx was originally conceived as a centaur, as can clearly (if briefly) be glimpsed in his ''Prime'' cartoon appearance. However, the ''Covenant'' artwork depicts him rearing up on his hind legs, obfuscating his forelegs and supposedly leading several IDW artists to misinterpret his design, either mis-drawing his forelegs or omitting them entirely, thereby drawing him as a normal two-legged 'bot. [[The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|''Optimus Prime'' #18]] turned this into a subtle piece of foreshadowing: the ''real'' Onyx was a quadruped, but his natural stance was the one thing that the bipedal Shockwave could not replicate while impersonating him. In the years since, subsequent depictions of Onyx Prime—including ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'', ''[[Transformers One (film)|One]]'', and an apparent cameo in ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|EarthSpark]]''—have shifted over to depicting him as a biped. His ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' toy splits the difference, and gives him both a bipedal robot mode and a centaur robot mode.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Onyx Prime''' (オニキスプライム ''Onikisu Puraimu'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Ruì Tiān Xiāo''' (锐天骁)<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> OP15-OnyxOnCaminus.jpg|IDW &quot;Onyx Prime&quot;&lt;br&gt;(alias Shockwave)<br /> One-Onyx-Prime.jpg|''One'' film trading card art. <br /> OnyxPrime_OneConceptArt.jpg|''One'' film concept art. <br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Thirteen}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Age of the Primes characters]]<br /> [[Category:Cyberverse Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Deep lore characters]]<br /> [[Category:Earth Wars Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:One Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Prime Masters]]<br /> [[Category:Prime Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Thirteen]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers with three modes]]</div>

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