Editing Darkmount (Cybertron)

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[[File:Darkmount.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Decepticon doors aren't centered just to piss you off. They're that evil.]]
'''Darkmount''' is an ancient fortress on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the capitol of [[Decepticon]]-controlled [[Polyhex]]. It was built long ago around the caldera of a great magma plume welling up from the center of Cybertron. For a period of time during the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] it was the seat of power for Lord [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], who fed dissenters to the [[smelting pool]], a cauldron of magma which sat menacingly in Darkmount's shadow.<ref>[[The Smelting Pool!]], Marvel US #17</ref>  The smelting pool empties through ducts into a canyon which Darkmount overlooks.<ref>"[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]"</ref>

{{quote|''Mercy'' is not dispensed here, fools, only ''death''|[[Straxus (G1)|Lord Straxus]]|"[[The Smelting Pool!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
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Wishing to prove himself to his Autobot comrades, [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] infiltrated Darkmount. He was able to intercept a transmission from Earth, but he was caught. [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] tried to rescue him, but Scrounge met his end in the smelting pool.  

Meanwhile, the [[space bridge]] was being constructed under Straxus's supervision in a massive chamber located nearby. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

To keep the Decepticons from using the new Space Bridge, Blaster's [[Cybertron Seven|group of resistance fighters]], led by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], orchestrated a siege on Darkmount. The digging efforts of [[Borebit]] and [[Corkscrew]] loosened Darkmount's foundation, causing it to crumble, while Blaster defeated Lord Straxus on the space bridge. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

''The head of Lord Straxus survived, but with the destruction of Darkmount, he relocated to [[Polyhex Decepticon stronghold|another stronghold in Polyhex]]. {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}}''

===3H comics===
Darkmount was turned into a mostly rocky terrain after the [[Great Reformatting]]. A force of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] led by [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] began work on a fortress there, intending to make it the new Predacon capital.

The [[Quintesson]] [[In-Saba Nur]] tried to take Darkmount by crawling up through the canyon ducts. As he died horrifically in magma, he realized the canyon was unguarded for a reason. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
[[Cliffjumper (SG)|Cliffjumper]] was last seen alive in the vicinity of Darkmount.

During a battle for the [[Arch-Ayr]] fuel dump, [[Sir Soundwave]] summoned the [[Mayhem Suppression Squad]] from Darkmount for assistance. Later, more Decepticon reinforcements arrived from Darkmount to transport the acquired fuel supplies. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====Aligned novels====
Darkmount was built in ancient times around the natural smelter known as the Upper Pool, to defend it from primitive creatures spun-off from the Transformers own creations. Below it lay the Lower Pool. 

In the last days before the great war, Darkmount was basically a large inhabited ruin. The settlement of Polyhex spread out from its flank, separating the Upper Pool of magma from a series of high class upper-caste homes on the opposite cliff face. Below, a community of artisans made their homes around the edges of the Lower Pool. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] participated in [[Battle of Darkmount Pass|a battle]] there during the war. The Wreckers were caught between a Decepticon Patrol and the [[Smelting pool|smelting pit]]. Wheeljack cleared them a path and used the bodies of dead Decepticons as stepping stones to escape via the smelting pool. {{storylink|Con Job}}

When the [[Omega Lock]] created a huge fortress on [[Earth]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] dubbed it "[[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]]" in honor of the one on Cybertron. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}}

[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team visited Darkmount so they could look for clues as to [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]'s whereabouts. Unfortunately it was also the first place [[Unicron]] went when he arrived on Cybertron, and during the ensuing fight, the Autobots were almost knocked into a smelting pit. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] later returned there, believing he could take his place as Decepticon leader, but instead he encountered [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] out for revenge. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
Starscream survived by <s> using his cunning and intellect</s> dumb luck accidentally triggering the fortress' intruder defence system which killed [[Darksteel]] and [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]]. He later found the laboratory where the Weaponizer Mini-Cons were kept before he decided to use them for his own benefit. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}}

===''Wings Universe''===
Darkmount was presumably the name source of the Darkmount Stratagem, an extremely complex training scenario utilized at the [[Training Academy]] in [[New Polyhex]]. Even among veteran warriors, it had been mastered by few. Cadet [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]] mastered it, earning the respect of many. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs}}

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