Editing Onyx Prime

{{disambig2|one of the Thirteen|the former Predacon assassin|Onyx Primal}}
[[Image:10OnyxPrime.jpg|thumb|400px|Move over, [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]!]]
'''Onyx Prime''' is the first [[Transformer]] with a [[beast mode]] and one of the [[Thirteen]]. He alone has the ability to properly use the three-faced [[Triptych Mask]] given him by Primus, and he holds a deep fondness for [[Solus Prime]]. He was originally a [[multiversal singularity]] who existed as one being across all space and time, but that is no longer the case.

==Fiction==
===Aligned continuity family===
====''The Covenant of Primus''====
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====''Prime'' cartoon====
According to legend, at the beginning of time, [[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}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Onyx Prime was part of the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] between the Thirteen and their respective tribes. During the conflict, he allied with [[Nexus Prime]] to create the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]: [[combiner]]s of beasts and 'humanoid' Transformers.

The death of Nexus spooked most of the Thirteen, including Onyx Prime, into leaving [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. (His tribe continued to fight on in his name, which didn't end well for them.) He resided on another planet, the location of which was later discovered by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]. As with the other Primes, Shockwave sent one of his [[Regenesis]] ores to Onyx's hiding place. {{storylink|The Crucible}} Despite Nexus's death, Onyx knew that [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] would be unable to destroy the [[Enigma of Combination]]. He knew the relic had been launched to [[Earth]] and sent [[Garrison Blackrock]] as a sleeper agent to find the artifact and summon the Prime when he had found it. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 3: Helden|Helden}}

According to the inhabitants of the Cybertronian colony world [[Eukaris]], Onyx Prime led the colonization expedition aboard the [[Metrotitan (body-type)|Metrotitan]] [[Chela]] to create a haven for beastformers, founding the colony Eukaris. By the modern day, "Fateweaver" [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] had become Onyx Prime's prophet. During the first formal meeting between the [[Republic of Cybertron]] and the four tribes of Eukaris, Chela reawoke to execute his master Onyx Prime's final command to protect Eukaris from "standard-formers" by any means necessary. However, Republic High Chancellor [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] killed Chela, allowing for Cybertron-Eukaris relations to come about. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}

===Fun Publications===
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[[Vector Prime]] noted that both [[Liege Maximo|Liege]] and Onyx utilized female [[holomatter]] avatars when interacting with humans. Onyx's avatar inspired the myth of Artemis. Vector Prime also noted that there were [[universal stream]]s where Onyx went by the name Onyx [[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

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 "multiversal singularity" 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}}

{{note|The individual Thirteen were not identified on-panel in "Out of the One, Many", but a purple, lion-like Transformer, as the only one present with a beast form, was likely Onyx.}}
 
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