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:''Windrazor is a [[Maximal | :''Windrazor is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
[[ | [[File:Windrazor bw.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|"The Autobot legacy lives on!"]] | ||
'''Windrazor''' was the imperfect result of a radical experiment conducted under the most desperate conditions. In the 32nd Century, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is ruled by the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Warlord [[Shokaract]] and only a tiny resistance of [[Maximal]]s and Predacons remains to fight him. In order to gain vital intelligence, a Maximal known as [[Swoop (G1)|the Veteran]] merged his [[spark]] with a dying Predacon—the [[Cub]], resulting in a dual-sparked hybrid, Windrazor himself. He possesses both youthful recklessness and battle-tested wisdom, and should potentially benefit from both, but the merging was imperfect, and Windrazor's two component personalities can clash for control of his actions. | |||
'''Windrazor''' was the imperfect result of a radical experiment conducted under the most desperate conditions. In the 32nd Century, Cybertron is ruled by the Predacon Warlord [[Shokaract]] and only a tiny resistance of | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===3H comics=== | ===3H comics=== | ||
[[ | [[File:Sandstormwindrazor.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Buy us last year!]] | ||
Windrazor, despite his inner struggle between two disparate sparks, was deemed the best hope to destroy Shokaract and end his dystopian reign. He travelled to the [[Royal Palace]]'s [[Empire Room]] to stop [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]] from travelling back and securing the [[Dark Essence]] for [[Shokaract]]. The two met in a ferocious battle that threw them through the [[transwarp]] portal and Cataclysm was destroyed in | Windrazor, despite his inner struggle between two disparate sparks, was deemed the best hope to destroy Shokaract and end his dystopian reign. He travelled to the [[Royal Palace]]'s [[Empire Room]] to stop [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]] from travelling back and securing the [[Dark Essence]] for [[Shokaract]]. The two met in a ferocious battle that threw them through the [[unspace|transwarp]] portal and Cataclysm was destroyed in overspace. Windrazor found himself thrown far into the past, into the prehistoric [[Earth]] of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. He immediately recognized [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], recently having taken a dragon form, as the Predacon criminal ascended from the throat of the volcano in which the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] lay. {{storylink|Schism (story)|Schism}} | ||
Windrazor picked up the tracking device that Cataclysm had dropped during their battle, and began following its signal to the Dark Essence. At his destination, Windrazor could sense the dark energies below the Earth's crust, and the Dark Essence tore up the earth beneath him, revealing itself. The area was on the verge of a temporal collapse. Windrazor's dual nature fought within his mind, one half wishing to leave the area to its inevitable collapse, the other wishing to take the Dark Essence back to his own time and present it as a trophy to Shokaract. But before Windrazor could make a decision, Megatron arrived, recognizing the Dark Essence as belonging to [[Unicron]], and intending to take it for himself. During the scuffle, Windrazor was seized by influence of the Dark Essence, and became the vessel of Unicron himself. | Windrazor picked up the tracking device that Cataclysm had dropped during their battle, and began following its signal to the Dark Essence. At his destination, Windrazor could sense the dark energies below the Earth's crust, and the Dark Essence tore up the earth beneath him, revealing itself. The area was on the verge of a temporal collapse. Windrazor's dual nature fought within his mind, one half wishing to leave the area to its inevitable collapse, the other wishing to take the Dark Essence back to his own time and present it as a trophy to Shokaract. But before Windrazor could make a decision, Megatron arrived, recognizing the Dark Essence as belonging to [[Unicron]], and intending to take it for himself. During the scuffle, Windrazor was seized by influence of the Dark Essence, and became the vessel of Unicron himself. | ||
[[ | [[File:Windrazorgrabbed.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|"Grabbed", "completely forgot about", potato potahto.]] | ||
Optimus Primal and his Maximals valiantly fought the possessed Windrazor, but were unsuccessful. Just as all hope seemed lost, the two minds within Windrazor were able to break free of Unicron's influence, and Windrazor recomposed himself. Just in time for Shokaract himself to arrive... {{storylink|Paradox}} | |||
Again, the Maximals were no match for their adversary, and they quickly fell, leaving only Primal and Windrazor. But they weren't alone for long, as the [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]] arrived through a portal, ready to fulfill their destiny. They, too, began falling at Shokaract's hand, one by one. Not even the arrival of [[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]], displaced beast warriors, or an army of retired legends from [[J'nwan]] could stand up to Shokaract's might. Just as Windrazor was beginning to wonder if this all was futile, the Covenant regrouped. Their combined essence plunged into Shokaract's [[Matrix of Conquest]], where it severed the link between him and Unicron. With Shokaract's origin now nullified, his entire timeline—and thus the events necessary for Windrazor's creation—ceased to exist. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}} [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] grabbed Windrazor and flew through a transwarp portal back to his [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|own time]], only to find upon arrival that Windrazor had vanished without a trace. {{storylink|Departure}} | |||
While in transwarp space, Windrazor was retrieved by [[Primus]], whose divine intervention protected the young Maximal from being nullified along with the timeline of his origin. Windrazor was safely deposited in a new location to serve as a sort of "spirit guide" for other champions of Primus. Eventually, he was able to convey his gratitude to Apelinq's [[Sentinel Maximus|upgraded form]]. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}} | |||
===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity=== | |||
Windrazor was the fusion of a young Maximal's spark and the mysterious Veteran, formed to save the former's life after a savage betrayal. Before long, Windrazor was corrupted by the [[Angolmois Energy]] and served as [[Herald of Unicron|Unicron's herald]]. He traveled from universe to universe, enacting Unicron's will until he was eventually able to wrest free of its influence and become a force for good. The remaining Angolmois Energy in Windrazor's body allows him to continue traveling between dimensions and through time. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}} | |||
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''=== | |||
[[File:AloneTogetherPerception Trans-MutatePod.jpg|thumb|left|300px]] | |||
With [[Bigmos]], Windrazor stuffed [[Transmutate (BW)|Trans-Mutate]] into a [[stasis pod]] for transport to the [[Garrus-16]] penal colony. {{storylink|Perception}} | |||
{{--}} | {{--}} | ||
==Games== | ==Games== | ||
===''Transformers Beast Wars | ===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)=== | ||
[[File:Windrazor-psx.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Windrazor's 'player two' colors from the game—so pretty! (But not as pretty as Silverbolt's!)]] | |||
[[ | {{voiceactor|[[Chris Tang]] (English)}} | ||
Windrazor battled the Predacons, using his "Spark Extinguisher" special attack to fight back Megatron and his minions. He encouraged all to learn from the past so they may live for the future. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}} | |||
{{note|Windrazor appears as a secret playable character in the North American version of the game, but does not appear at all in the game's story mode.}} | |||
Windrazor | {{--}} | ||
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''=== | |||
{{ | Windrazor was a Maximal Fuzor. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}} | ||
==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===Beast Wars=== | ===''Beast Wars''=== | ||
[[ | [[File:BWtoy-Windrazor.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"Spaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk extinguisher!"]] | ||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Windrazor''' (Deluxe, 1999)}}</ul> | |||
:*''Accessories'': Left & right feather-missiles | |||
: Windrazor is a white-with-purple-accents [[redeco]] of the Maximal [[Silverbolt ( | : Windrazor is a white-with-purple-accents [[redeco]] of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Maximal [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)#Toys|Silverbolt]], transforming into an eagle-wolf hybrid creature. Pulling on his [[beast mode]] tail swings his wings forward; each wing also has a trigger for a spring-loaded missile launcher which can be triggered manually or automatically dual-fired by swinging his wings all the way forward (the wings must be positioned horizontally for this to work). This feature is available in both robot and beast modes. These missiles can also be used as hand-held melee weapons in robot mode. | ||
: Windrazor is the only convention-original exclusive sold on a card with a sealed plastic bubble | : He was available [[exclusive]]ly at the [[BotCon 1999]] Transformers Convention. Only 1200 were made of both him and [[Sandstorm (BW)#Toys|Sandstorm]]. Windrazor is the only convention-original exclusive sold on a card with a sealed plastic bubble: the packaging proved unpopular with collectors as it is impossible to remove the toy without destroying its packaging, and so that style was never used again. | ||
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/Windrazor/windrazor.htm More information on Windrazor at TFU.info]'' | ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/Windrazor/windrazor.htm More information on Windrazor at TFU.info]'' | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
[[File:BWtoy-Windrazorcarded.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|You had to destroy this beautiful thing to get your toy out.]] | |||
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* Windrazor's pre-release name was the terrible pun "Soulstice". | * Windrazor's pre-release name was the terrible pun "Soulstice". | ||
* Windrazor's video game appearance afforded fans a chance to hear what he [[:File:Windrazor.ogg|sounds like]]. | |||
* | * For his character-selection-screen dialogue in ''Transmetals'', Windrazor recites his toy's [[bio]] quote, but reverses the placement of "wisdom" and "recklessness." | ||
* The ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' gives Windrazor the same weapons as Generation 1 Swoop—heat seeking missiles and thermal swords. Despite the fact that the swords and missiles are, y'know, the same thing. He has thermal heat seeking missile swords! | |||
* The ''[[Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' gives Windrazor the same weapons as | * Both Windrazor's toy bio and the ''Beast Wars Sourcebook'' claim [[Cub|his younger part]] was a Maximal, which wasn't exactly the case in his fictional appearances. | ||
* Windrazor's ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' body is based on the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' Deluxe Class [[Dreadwing (Prime)#BHDeluxe|Dreadwing]] toy. | |||
*Both Windrazor's toy bio and the ''Beast Wars Sourcebook'' claim [[Cub|his younger part]] was a Maximal, which wasn't exactly the case in his fictional appearances. | * As well as being aware of the Beast Wars, Windrazor can recognize Megatron's dragon form on sight. This, along with Shokaract's backstory as a hunter on Megatron-ruled Cybertron, is likely an attempted tie-in to the then upcoming [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)#Notes|''Beast <s>Machines</s> Hunters'']], whose press release referred to "the evil dragon Megatron" ruling "hordes of Predacons". | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:52, 5 December 2025
| The name or term "Windrazor" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Windrazor (disambiguation). |
- Windrazor is a Maximal from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Windrazor was the imperfect result of a radical experiment conducted under the most desperate conditions. In the 32nd Century, Cybertron is ruled by the Predacon Warlord Shokaract and only a tiny resistance of Maximals and Predacons remains to fight him. In order to gain vital intelligence, a Maximal known as the Veteran merged his spark with a dying Predacon—the Cub, resulting in a dual-sparked hybrid, Windrazor himself. He possesses both youthful recklessness and battle-tested wisdom, and should potentially benefit from both, but the merging was imperfect, and Windrazor's two component personalities can clash for control of his actions.
Fiction
[edit]3H comics
[edit]
Windrazor, despite his inner struggle between two disparate sparks, was deemed the best hope to destroy Shokaract and end his dystopian reign. He travelled to the Royal Palace's Empire Room to stop Cataclysm from travelling back and securing the Dark Essence for Shokaract. The two met in a ferocious battle that threw them through the transwarp portal and Cataclysm was destroyed in overspace. Windrazor found himself thrown far into the past, into the prehistoric Earth of the Beast Wars. He immediately recognized Megatron, recently having taken a dragon form, as the Predacon criminal ascended from the throat of the volcano in which the Ark lay. Schism
Windrazor picked up the tracking device that Cataclysm had dropped during their battle, and began following its signal to the Dark Essence. At his destination, Windrazor could sense the dark energies below the Earth's crust, and the Dark Essence tore up the earth beneath him, revealing itself. The area was on the verge of a temporal collapse. Windrazor's dual nature fought within his mind, one half wishing to leave the area to its inevitable collapse, the other wishing to take the Dark Essence back to his own time and present it as a trophy to Shokaract. But before Windrazor could make a decision, Megatron arrived, recognizing the Dark Essence as belonging to Unicron, and intending to take it for himself. During the scuffle, Windrazor was seized by influence of the Dark Essence, and became the vessel of Unicron himself.
Optimus Primal and his Maximals valiantly fought the possessed Windrazor, but were unsuccessful. Just as all hope seemed lost, the two minds within Windrazor were able to break free of Unicron's influence, and Windrazor recomposed himself. Just in time for Shokaract himself to arrive... Paradox
Again, the Maximals were no match for their adversary, and they quickly fell, leaving only Primal and Windrazor. But they weren't alone for long, as the Covenant arrived through a portal, ready to fulfill their destiny. They, too, began falling at Shokaract's hand, one by one. Not even the arrival of Sandstorm, displaced beast warriors, or an army of retired legends from J'nwan could stand up to Shokaract's might. Just as Windrazor was beginning to wonder if this all was futile, the Covenant regrouped. Their combined essence plunged into Shokaract's Matrix of Conquest, where it severed the link between him and Unicron. With Shokaract's origin now nullified, his entire timeline—and thus the events necessary for Windrazor's creation—ceased to exist. Terminus Apelinq grabbed Windrazor and flew through a transwarp portal back to his own time, only to find upon arrival that Windrazor had vanished without a trace. Departure
While in transwarp space, Windrazor was retrieved by Primus, whose divine intervention protected the young Maximal from being nullified along with the timeline of his origin. Windrazor was safely deposited in a new location to serve as a sort of "spirit guide" for other champions of Primus. Eventually, he was able to convey his gratitude to Apelinq's upgraded form. Wreckers: Finale Part II
2006 IDW Beast Wars continuity
[edit]Windrazor was the fusion of a young Maximal's spark and the mysterious Veteran, formed to save the former's life after a savage betrayal. Before long, Windrazor was corrupted by the Angolmois Energy and served as Unicron's herald. He traveled from universe to universe, enacting Unicron's will until he was eventually able to wrest free of its influence and become a force for good. The remaining Angolmois Energy in Windrazor's body allows him to continue traveling between dimensions and through time. Beast Wars Sourcebook #4
Beast Wars: Uprising
[edit]
With Bigmos, Windrazor stuffed Trans-Mutate into a stasis pod for transport to the Garrus-16 penal colony. Perception
Games
[edit]Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)
[edit]
- Voice actor: Chris Tang (English)
Windrazor battled the Predacons, using his "Spark Extinguisher" special attack to fight back Megatron and his minions. He encouraged all to learn from the past so they may live for the future. Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)
Windrazor appears as a secret playable character in the North American version of the game, but does not appear at all in the game's story mode.
Transformers Roleplaying Game
[edit]Windrazor was a Maximal Fuzor. Technorganic Secrets
Toys
[edit]Beast Wars
[edit]
- Windrazor (Deluxe, 1999)
- Accessories: Left & right feather-missiles
- Windrazor is a white-with-purple-accents redeco of the Beast Wars Maximal Silverbolt, transforming into an eagle-wolf hybrid creature. Pulling on his beast mode tail swings his wings forward; each wing also has a trigger for a spring-loaded missile launcher which can be triggered manually or automatically dual-fired by swinging his wings all the way forward (the wings must be positioned horizontally for this to work). This feature is available in both robot and beast modes. These missiles can also be used as hand-held melee weapons in robot mode.
- He was available exclusively at the BotCon 1999 Transformers Convention. Only 1200 were made of both him and Sandstorm. Windrazor is the only convention-original exclusive sold on a card with a sealed plastic bubble: the packaging proved unpopular with collectors as it is impossible to remove the toy without destroying its packaging, and so that style was never used again.
Notes
[edit]
- Windrazor's pre-release name was the terrible pun "Soulstice".
- Windrazor's video game appearance afforded fans a chance to hear what he sounds like.
- For his character-selection-screen dialogue in Transmetals, Windrazor recites his toy's bio quote, but reverses the placement of "wisdom" and "recklessness."
- The Beast Wars Sourcebook gives Windrazor the same weapons as Generation 1 Swoop—heat seeking missiles and thermal swords. Despite the fact that the swords and missiles are, y'know, the same thing. He has thermal heat seeking missile swords!
- Both Windrazor's toy bio and the Beast Wars Sourcebook claim his younger part was a Maximal, which wasn't exactly the case in his fictional appearances.
- Windrazor's Beast Wars: Uprising body is based on the Prime: Beast Hunters Deluxe Class Dreadwing toy.
- As well as being aware of the Beast Wars, Windrazor can recognize Megatron's dragon form on sight. This, along with Shokaract's backstory as a hunter on Megatron-ruled Cybertron, is likely an attempted tie-in to the then upcoming Beast
MachinesHunters, whose press release referred to "the evil dragon Megatron" ruling "hordes of Predacons".
