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==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Marvel Comics continuity=== | ===Marvel Comics continuity=== | ||
[[Optimus_Prime_(G1)|Optimus Prime]] fed both himself and the [[Matrix_of_Leadership|Matrix]] to the | [[Optimus_Prime_(G1)|Optimus Prime]] fed both himself and the [[Matrix_of_Leadership|Matrix]] to the the Swarm, filling it with Primus's vision, and hence turning it into a force for creation rather than mindless destruction. In an attempt to make amends, it recreated Prime in a new body, before departing. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}} This is, however, ''after'' the Swarm killed most, if not all of humanity. Great work, guys. | ||
===3H comics continuity=== | |||
The [[Vok]] were "tempered by the darkness of the Swarm" and "forged in the purity of the Matrix".{{storylink|Primeval Dawn}} This isn't very clear, as things go. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Extra-canonical comments from the Beast Wars creators suggest that the Swarm eventually evolved into the alien race known as the [[Vok]]. | * Extra-canonical comments from the Beast Wars creators suggest that the Swarm eventually evolved into the alien race known as the [[Vok]]. | ||
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Revision as of 23:00, 22 July 2007
The Swarm, a cloudlike black mass, is a by-product of a form of Transformer reproduction called budding. It seeks out and destroys life, literally "eating" living beings, in a fairly horrific fashion. The Swarm is drawn specifically to Transformers, though it will eat other forms of life.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Optimus Prime fed both himself and the Matrix to the the Swarm, filling it with Primus's vision, and hence turning it into a force for creation rather than mindless destruction. In an attempt to make amends, it recreated Prime in a new body, before departing. A Rage in Heaven! This is, however, after the Swarm killed most, if not all of humanity. Great work, guys.
3H comics continuity
The Vok were "tempered by the darkness of the Swarm" and "forged in the purity of the Matrix".Primeval Dawn This isn't very clear, as things go.
Trivia
- Extra-canonical comments from the Beast Wars creators suggest that the Swarm eventually evolved into the alien race known as the Vok.
