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Mood suppressant

2025-03-10T22:20:43Z

Genitus6: Added new article.

[[File:Lost light velocity mood suppressant.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|You'd think they'd be getting through these things at a rate of knots.]]

'''Mood suppressants''' are a form of medication used by Cybertronians to alleviate feelings of grief.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====2005 IDW continuity====
Some of the [[Lost Light]] crew (including [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]) were administered with mood suppressants by [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] following [[Skids (G1)|Skids']] death. [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] disparagingly referred to them as "grief shots", saying that they owed it to Skids to face their feelings head-on. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced}}

Later, Velocity offered [[Anode]] "something to cope" with her grief over [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]] - presumably referring to mood suppressants. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists}}

==Notes==
*While we only see mood suppressants used to help with grief, their ambiguous name suggests that they could be used for other purposes.
*[[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] states that "avoidance is addictive" (in the context of mood suppressants), implying that forming a dependency on them is not uncommon.

[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]

File:Lost light velocity mood suppressant.jpg

2025-03-10T21:39:07Z

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Unnamed Circle of Light Medic

2025-02-24T00:36:17Z

Genitus6: Added category: medics

:''The Unnamed [[Circle of Light]] Medic is a [[Transformer]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Drift unnamed medic.jpg|thumb|175px|Yet another fabulous design destined to be seen in no more than three panels.]]
'''This unnamed medic''' resides in [[Crystal City|New Crystal City]], having left Cybertron at the start of the war with the rest of the [[Circle of Light]].

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Drift unknown medic.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|And unknown he will forever remain.]]
This unnamed [[Circle of Light]] medic helped to rebuild [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] when his body was almost completely destroyed after a run-in with slave traders. He and [[Wing (IDW)|Wing]] were the first faces Deadlock saw upon regaining consciousness in [[Crystal City|New Crystal City]].{{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

==Notes==
*If anyone can get [[Shane McCarthy]] to give this one background character a name, the creator of this page owes you a cookie.

[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]
[[Category:Neutrals]]
[[Category:Medics]]

Circle of Light

2025-02-24T00:33:24Z

Genitus6: Addition of Unnamnamed Circle of Light Medic to known members.

[[File:Drift2-somewhereinconspicuous.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|"From the day we arrive on the planet and, blinking, step into the sun..."]]
The '''Circle of Light''' is one of the independent factions of [[Transformer|Cybertronians]] that formed in the wake of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s. Though they forbid war in any form, they do train and spar with each other using bladed weapons. In addition to ordinary swords, each warrior carries a [[Great Sword]] which is powered by its bearer's very [[spark]].

Known members are:
*[[Axe (G1)|Axe]]
*[[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]]
*[[Drift (G1)|Drift]]
*[[Outrigger]]
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]]
*[[Unnamed Circle of Light Medic]]
*[[Wing (IDW)|Wing]]

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Drift2-nosickness.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"There's more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than can ever be done..."]]
During the Great War, the [[Transformer]] civilization was split in half on their homeworld of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as many chose to either side with the Autobots or the Decepticons. Those that did not choose a side had little hope of surviving as carnage engulfed the world in a conflict the likes of which had never been previously seen. It was during this time that the members that made up the Circle of Light gathered in order to contemplate the future. They considered themselves to be the guardians of Cybertron's ancient culture. They preached against the creation of factions and its members believed that the Great War was the result of overwhelming corruption in their nation which led to the civil war. Many that came to the Circle of Light were scholars and scientists though there were some who were simply fleeing for their lives as they did not want to take part in an ideological battle. {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}} When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] came to power, he included the Circle of Light as one of the factions represented by his government, the [[Grand Convocation]]. {{storylink|Derelicts}} However, he also wished to use them as recruiters for his Autobot army, something which Dai Atlas immediately rejected. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} As the war escalated, many Transformers who had neither sided with the Autobots nor the Decepticons chose to abandon Cybertron in an event known as the [[Exodus (event)|Exodus]]. The Circle of Light supported this move and were among the first to leave, though many other neutrals considered them religious zealots and didn't trust them any more than they did the Autobots or Decepticons. {{storylink|Massacre}} Heading off into space to find a place to live in peace, the Circle of Light managed to settle but as the war expanded to other worlds and systems, they decided that they needed to find a new hiding spot. Ultimately, they found one on the distant world [[Theophany]] where they hid their civilization underground and away from prying eyes.

[[File:Drift2-noright.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"There's far too much to take in here, more to find than can ever be found..."]]
Thus, they rescued thousands in an attempt at preserving what they believed was the true Cybertronian way of life. Underground, they built a new [[Crystal City]], a great city where they lived a utopian lifestyle with no sickness, poverty or a government that left its citizens lost within the cracks of society. To ensure their survival, a set of laws were formed where the Circle did not involve themselves in the affairs of outsiders or even allowed foreigners to enter the city. This was part of a single minded objective of their own survival and the preservation of the lifestyle they had managed to forge in hiding. {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}}

The Circle served as the inspiration for [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] and his cadre in abandoning Cybertron and the war. Optimus Prime, on the other hand, considered them a cult. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

One of the members of the Circle of Light called [[Wing (IDW)|Wing]] managed to save the life of the Decepticon warrior [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] who he brought to the underground city. There, [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] was displeased by Wing's actions as he believed the Decepticon could potentially be a corruptive presence for their society or worse, bring more of his kind to their settlement. This led to the burden of responsibility of watching over Deadlock being placed on Wing in order to ensure that their society did not collapse due to his actions. {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}}

[[File:Drift4-battle.jpg|left|thumb|"But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky keeps great and small on the endless round!"]]
Unfortunately, their society was quickly threatened when the Decepticon [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] and a band of alien [[slavers]] tracked Drift to the planet. Noticing that Drift had recently been rebuilt, they were instantly suspicious of what company Drift had been keeping on this planet, and they demanded Drift's benefactors be traded for his freedom. Drift returned to the Circle of Light and told them of his dilemma, but swore that he would not betray his new home. Despite this, Dai Atlas was reasonably outraged, and swore off battle even in the face of his civilization's extinction. But Dai Atlas was alone in his fear of war, and the rest of the Circle of Light pledged their allegiance to Drift's plan. Since Lockdown and the slavers did not know the Circle of Light's true number, a decoy spaceship was constructed to make it appear that a few stragglers had recently crash-landed on the planet, protecting the location of Crystal City. Drift, who was rebuilt completely to match his newfound peers, joined Wing, Axe, and a handful of sworded warriors who were willing to face Lockdown and the slavers to protect their way of life. {{storylink|Drift issue 3|Drift #3}}

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

[[File:Drift4-sunrise.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.6|It's the Circle of Light!]]
Drift was offered to join them, but he refused, reminding Dai Atlas of his promise to the late Wing to return the slaves they'd freed. Still, Dai Atlas passed Wing's Great Sword on to Drift. Dai Atlas had changed his perspective on the Circle of Light, and realized that their civilization was best shared rather than hidden, and he promised a new age of evangelism. {{storylink|Drift issue 4|Drift #4}}

At some point following Drift's departure, the Circle of Light was targeted by [[Chief Justice]] [[Solomus|Tyrest]], who was looking for test subjects for his [[universal killswitch]]. An army of [[Legislator]]s assaulted Crystal City, bypassing its defenses thanks to the betrayal of Star Saber, and though the inhabitants fought back bravely and destroyed over ten thousand of the attackers, they were ultimately defeated and spirited away to [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} Imprisoned on the moon, the members of the Circle of Light were either used as guinea pigs for the killswitch or as raw material to build more Legislators, and 90% of their number had been killed by the time [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] stumbled upon them during the ''Lost Light'' rescue. However the rescue seemed shaky from the outset, for as soon as the survivors were freed from their prison complex, an army of Legislators attacked en masse. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} During this epic battle, Dai Atlas himself met his end at the hands of Star Saber. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} The Circle members ultimately found themselves victorious as the Legislators retreated to defend Tyrest himself. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

In the aftermath, many survivors of the Circle of Light chose to remain on Luna 1, where they kept watch over Tyrest until his disappearance. {{storylink|The Sound of Breaking Glass}} The Autobots on the ''Lost Light'' made an attempt to recruit some of them for their quest to find the Knights of Cybertron, but the Circle members were only disgusted by their dysfunctional crew and useless detours, and some were even driven to go find [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] and participate in his identical quest instead. {{storylink|Little Victories}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
After the Decepticon [[Drift (RID)|Deadlock]] was almost killed during a battle, he found his way to the Circle of Light, which taught him the ways of the Samurai. {{storylink|Drift's Samurai Showdown}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Legends''===
The Circle of Light was searching for a new home when Star Saber found Deadlock, and brought the lost Decepticon back to the base to meet Dai Atlas and Axe. They defended Deadlock when the bounty hunter Lockdown arrived and teamed up with a local band of hunters, and as a result Deadlock turned over a new leaf, changing his name to Drift and joining the Circle on their quest. {{storylink|Circle of Light (Legends)|Circle of Light}}

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

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Circle of Light''' (サークル・オブ・ライト ''Sākuru obu Raito'')

*''Swedish:'' '''Ljuscirkelsorden''' (''Order of the Circle of Light'')

[[Category:IDW (2005) factions]]
[[Category:Neutrals]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) subgroups]]

Unnamed Circle of Light Medic

2025-02-24T00:17:01Z

Genitus6: Minor correction.

Unnamed-Circle-of-Light-Medic

2025-02-24T00:06:31Z

Genitus6: Genitus6 moved page Unnamed-Circle-of-Light-Medic to Unnamed Circle of Light Medic: Removes hyphens.

#REDIRECT [[Unnamed Circle of Light Medic]]

Unnamed Circle of Light Medic

2025-02-24T00:06:31Z

Genitus6: Genitus6 moved page Unnamed-Circle-of-Light-Medic to Unnamed Circle of Light Medic: Removes hyphens.

:''The Unnamed [[Circle of Light]] Medic is a [[Transformer]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Drift unnamed medic.jpg|thumb|175px|Yet another fabulous design destined to be seen in no more than three panels.]]
'''This unnamed medic''' resides in [[Crystal City|New Crystal City]], having left Cybertron at the start of the war with the rest of the [[Circle of Light]].

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Drift unknown medic.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|And unknown he will forever remain.]]
This unnamed [[Circle of Light]] medic helped to rebuild [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] when his body was almost completely destroyed after a run-in with slave traders on another planet. He and [[Wing (IDW)|Wing]] were the first faces Deadlock saw upon regaining consciousness in [[Crystal City|New Crystal City]].{{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

==Notes==
*If anyone can get [[Shane McCarthy]] to give this one background character a name, the creator of this page owes you a cookie.

[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]
[[Category:Neutrals]]

Unnamed Circle of Light Medic

2025-02-24T00:05:27Z

Genitus6: Added new article.

:''The Unnamed [[Circle of Light]] Medic is a [[Transformer]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Drift unnamed medic.jpg|thumb|175px|Yet another fabulous design destined to be seen in no more than three panels.]]
'''This unnamed medic''' resides in [[Crystal City|New Crystal City]], having left Cybertron at the start of the war with the rest of the [[Circle of Light]].

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Drift unknown medic.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|And unknown he will forever remain.]]
This unnamed [[Circle of Light]] medic helped to rebuild [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] when his body was almost completely destroyed after a run-in with slave traders on another planet. He and [[Wing (IDW)|Wing]] were the first faces Deadlock saw upon regaining consciousness in [[Crystal City|New Crystal City]].{{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

==Notes==
*If anyone can get [[Shane McCarthy]] to give this one background character a name, the creator of this page owes you a cookie.

[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]
[[Category:Neutrals]]

File:Drift unknown medic.jpg

2025-02-23T23:22:29Z

Genitus6: Added source.

[[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] doesn't know his name... and we never will, either. An unnamed [[Circle of Light]] medic watches Drift wake up after helping to save his life. Art by [[Alex Milne]]. From [[The Transformers: Drift]].

File:Drift unnamed medic.jpg

2025-02-23T23:22:04Z

Genitus6: Added source.

An unnamed [[Circle of Light]] medic watches [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] wake up after helping to save his life. Art by [[Alex Milne]]. From [[The Transformers: Drift]].

File:Drift unnamed medic.jpg

2025-02-23T23:20:07Z

Genitus6: An unnamed Circle of Light medic watches Deadlock wake up after helping to save his life. Art by Alex Milne.

An unnamed [[Circle of Light]] medic watches [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] wake up after helping to save his life. Art by [[Alex Milne]].

File:Drift unknown medic.jpg

2025-02-23T23:18:04Z

Genitus6: Deadlock doesn't know his name... and we never will, either. An unnamed Circle of Light medic watches Drift wake up after helping to save his life. Art by Alex Milne.

[[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] doesn't know his name... and we never will, either. An unnamed [[Circle of Light]] medic watches Drift wake up after helping to save his life. Art by [[Alex Milne]].