Stansham Castle - Revision history

Saix at 23:31, 12 July 2025

2025-07-12T23:31:59Z

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (G1)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]]" that appeared in the original "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site.		* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (G1)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]]" that appeared in the original "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site.
	* In the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath.		* In the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath.

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Saix: clean up, replaced: Man of Iron (Autobot) → Man of Iron (G1) (2), typos fixed: orignal → original

2024-01-19T21:20:18Z

clean up, replaced: Man of Iron (Autobot) → Man of Iron (G1) (2), typos fixed: orignal → original

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===		===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
	[[File:Man_of_iron_and_knights.jpg\|thumb\|left\|]]		[[File:Man_of_iron_and_knights.jpg\|thumb\|left]]
	An old chronicle records that in [[1017\|the year 1017]], as [[Godwin the Strongarm]]'s forces had just battered down the main gate of Stansham Castle, the ground shook and a giant "[[Man of Iron (~~Autobot~~)\|man of iron]]" appeared amongst them. The soldiers were terrified, and their weapons did nothing against the apparition. The metal figure strode in the direction of a nearby abbey, firing warning shots at those who tried to follow him, until [[Aethelric\|a priest]] put himself in his path and urged him to go back from whence he came. The figure turned and went off into [[Stanewood]]. As time passed, he was seen three times in total before the modern day, each occurrence preceded by an earth tremor.		An old chronicle records that in [[1017\|the year 1017]], as [[Godwin the Strongarm]]'s forces had just battered down the main gate of Stansham Castle, the ground shook and a giant "[[Man of Iron (G1)\|man of iron]]" appeared amongst them. The soldiers were terrified, and their weapons did nothing against the apparition. The metal figure strode in the direction of a nearby abbey, firing warning shots at those who tried to follow him, until [[Aethelric\|a priest]] put himself in his path and urged him to go back from whence he came. The figure turned and went off into [[Stanewood]]. As time passed, he was seen three times in total before the modern day, each occurrence preceded by an earth tremor.

	The humans had no idea that he was an [[Autobot]] from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], and that within his ship buried beneath the castle, his partner Navigator was beaming out a signal meant to contact the missing ''[[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]''. For millions of years the signal had been broadcast, but it wasn't until [[1984\|the year 1984]] that any of its intended recipients were awake to hear it. The [[Decepticon]]s were the first to take action, with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]] flying over Stansham Castle and dropping a bomb-like probe. The Autobots, meanwhile, made clandestine contact with [[Sammy Harker\|the son of the castle's curator]]. And the regional human military, spooked by mysterious jets having strafed the castle, led an investigation that ended up unearthing part of the buried ship. At first the ship's occupants stayed hidden, but then one afternoon a telltale earth tremor struck, and the humans saw their legendary man of iron arise from a hillside in an elevator mechanism. He fired at a military truck that happened to be driving right toward him, blowing it up as its occupants ran to safety.		The humans had no idea that he was an [[Autobot]] from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], and that within his ship buried beneath the castle, his partner Navigator was beaming out a signal meant to contact the missing ''[[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]''. For millions of years the signal had been broadcast, but it wasn't until [[1984\|the year 1984]] that any of its intended recipients were awake to hear it. The [[Decepticon]]s were the first to take action, with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]] flying over Stansham Castle and dropping a bomb-like probe. The Autobots, meanwhile, made clandestine contact with [[Sammy Harker\|the son of the castle's curator]]. And the regional human military, spooked by mysterious jets having strafed the castle, led an investigation that ended up unearthing part of the buried ship. At first the ship's occupants stayed hidden, but then one afternoon a telltale earth tremor struck, and the humans saw their legendary man of iron arise from a hillside in an elevator mechanism. He fired at a military truck that happened to be driving right toward him, blowing it up as its occupants ran to safety.
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (~~Autobot~~)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]]" that appeared in the ~~orignal~~ "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site.		* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (G1)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]]" that appeared in the original "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site.
	* In the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath.		* In the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath.
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Prime Radiant: Best not to add speculation.

2020-08-02T23:00:04Z

Best not to add speculation.

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (Autobot)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]]" that appeared in the orignal "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site.		* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (Autobot)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]]" that appeared in the orignal "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site.
	* In the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath. ~~Granted, it might be a 'bit of column A, bit of column b' as the first quake may have been the crash but the others could have been the makeshift elevator.~~		* In the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath.

	[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 locations]]		[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 locations]]
	[[Category:United Kingdom]]		[[Category:United Kingdom]]

Projectus at 02:58, 1 August 2020

2020-08-01T02:58:37Z

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (Autobot)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]]" that appeared in the orignal "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site.		* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (Autobot)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]]" that appeared in the orignal "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site.
	* In the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath. Granted, it might be a 'bit of column A, bit of column b' as the first quake may have been the crash but the others could have been the makeshift elevator.~~--[[User:Projectus\|Projectus]] ([[User talk:Projectus\|talk]]) 22:58, 31 July 2020 (EDT)~~		* In the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath. Granted, it might be a 'bit of column A, bit of column b' as the first quake may have been the crash but the others could have been the makeshift elevator.

	[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 locations]]		[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 locations]]
	[[Category:United Kingdom]]		[[Category:United Kingdom]]

Projectus at 02:58, 1 August 2020

2020-08-01T02:58:18Z

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (Autobot)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]]" that appeared in the orignal "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site.		* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (Autobot)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]]" that appeared in the orignal "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site.
	* In the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath.		* In the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath. Granted, it might be a 'bit of column A, bit of column b' as the first quake may have been the crash but the others could have been the makeshift elevator.--[[User:Projectus\|Projectus]] ([[User talk:Projectus\|talk]]) 22:58, 31 July 2020 (EDT)

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NexusShard17: /* Notes */

2019-09-25T15:42:56Z

Notes

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (Autobot)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator]]" that appeared in the orignal "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site.		* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (Autobot)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]]" that appeared in the orignal "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site.
	* In the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath.		* In the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath.

	[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 locations]]		[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 locations]]
	[[Category:United Kingdom]]		[[Category:United Kingdom]]

NexusShard17: /* Transformers '84 */

2019-09-25T15:42:29Z

Transformers '84

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	===''Transformers '84===		===''Transformers '84===
	~~{{spoiler\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|September 21}}~~
	[[File:Mantlo SecondCrash.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px]]		[[File:Mantlo SecondCrash.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px]]
	In the year [[1017]], Stansham Castle was occupied by King [[Canute]] and his men, who were besieged by the Viking armies of [[Godwin the Strongarm]]. One morning, the arrival of the Cybertronian ship ''[[Mantlo]]'' caught the attention of the King, who sent out a group of riders led by [[Hakon]] to investigate—unaware that a smaller but no less heated war conflict had spilled over to their planet, as the two Autobot [[Clone]]s clashed with a small Decepticon cell lead by [[Wingspan]]. As the battle escalated, the undercover Autobot spy [[Punch (G1)\|Punch]] was forced to shoot down the Autobot ship and sent it and its two occupants crashing into the castle. {{storylink\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|Transformers '84 #0}}		In the year [[1017]], Stansham Castle was occupied by King [[Canute]] and his men, who were besieged by the Viking armies of [[Godwin the Strongarm]]. One morning, the arrival of the Cybertronian ship ''[[Mantlo]]'' caught the attention of the King, who sent out a group of riders led by [[Hakon]] to investigate—unaware that a smaller but no less heated war conflict had spilled over to their planet, as the two Autobot [[Clone]]s clashed with a small Decepticon cell lead by [[Wingspan]]. As the battle escalated, the undercover Autobot spy [[Punch (G1)\|Punch]] was forced to shoot down the Autobot ship and sent it and its two occupants crashing into the castle. {{storylink\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|Transformers '84 #0}}

Locoman: /* Transformers '84 */

2019-09-05T12:57:04Z

Transformers '84

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	{{spoiler\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|September 21}}		{{spoiler\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|September 21}}
	[[File:Mantlo SecondCrash.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px]]		[[File:Mantlo SecondCrash.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px]]
	In the year [[1017]], Stansham Castle was occupied by King [[Canute]] and his men, who were besieged by the Viking armies of [[Godwin the Strongarm]]. One morning, the arrival of the Cybertronian ship ''[[Mantlo]]'' caught the attention of the King, who sent out a group of riders led by [[~~Harkon~~]] to investigate—unaware that a smaller but no less heated war conflict had spilled over to their planet, as the two Autobot [[Clone]]s clashed with a small Decepticon cell lead by [[Wingspan]]. As the battle escalated, the undercover Autobot spy [[Punch (G1)\|Punch]] was forced to shoot down the Autobot ship and sent it and its two occupants crashing into the castle. {{storylink\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|Transformers '84 #0}}		In the year [[1017]], Stansham Castle was occupied by King [[Canute]] and his men, who were besieged by the Viking armies of [[Godwin the Strongarm]]. One morning, the arrival of the Cybertronian ship ''[[Mantlo]]'' caught the attention of the King, who sent out a group of riders led by [[Hakon]] to investigate—unaware that a smaller but no less heated war conflict had spilled over to their planet, as the two Autobot [[Clone]]s clashed with a small Decepticon cell lead by [[Wingspan]]. As the battle escalated, the undercover Autobot spy [[Punch (G1)\|Punch]] was forced to shoot down the Autobot ship and sent it and its two occupants crashing into the castle. {{storylink\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|Transformers '84 #0}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Locoman: /* Notes */

2019-09-05T12:56:32Z

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (Autobot)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator]]" that appeared in the orignal "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing ~~site—in~~ the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath.		* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (Autobot)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator]]" that appeared in the orignal "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site.
			* In the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath.

	[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 locations]]		[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 locations]]
	[[Category:United Kingdom]]		[[Category:United Kingdom]]

Locoman: /* Notes */

2019-09-05T12:56:10Z

Notes

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (Autobot)\|Man of Iron]]]" and "[[Navigator]]" that appeared in the orignal "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site—in the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath.		* ''Transformers '84'' implies that [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]] go on to become the "[[Man of Iron (Autobot)\|Man of Iron]]" and "[[Navigator]]" that appeared in the orignal "Man of Iron" comic. It's not the smoothest of [[retcon]]s, however; ''that'' story implied that their ship had arrived on Earth long before the year 1017, and that the castle had merely been built over the landing site—in the original tale, the "great shaking" was caused by an elevator mechanism responsible for transporting the eponymous Autobot to and from his ship, whereas ''Transformers '84'' suggests that the shaking was the result of the ''Mantlo'' crashing into the castle—destroying parts of the walls that are still ruined by the time of the present day—and subsequently getting buried underneath.

	[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 locations]]		[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 locations]]
	[[Category:United Kingdom]]		[[Category:United Kingdom]]