Emissary (IDW)

The name or term "Emissary" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Emissary (disambiguation).

Emissary is a Titan from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Steadfast and devoted to his master, Emissary was the Titan of Prima, the "Warrior of Light."

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

At the conclusion of the First Cybertronian Civil War, Prima and his compatriot "Onyx Prime" left Cybertron aboard Emissary to search for Megatronus. They found him on the barren world of Tsiehshi. Megatronus slew Prima, and was, in turn, slain by Onyx Prime—in reality, a convenient identity assumed by a time-travelling Shockwave. Emissary chose to memorialize his fallen master by interning Prima's body within himself, and setting off into space.

Unbeknownst to Emissary, however, his internal systems had been sabotaged by Shockwave, and he crashed on prehistoric Elonia some time later,The First Who Was Named in the region that would become known as the Thrail Mountains. Despite Shockwave's efforts, Emissary survived the impact, but was left badly damaged and paralyzed, unable to move or speak. In time, he was buried by tectonic movements. Our Darkest

Some 600,000 years ago, the younger Shockwave began his Regenesis project, having selected Elonia as one of his targets. Shockwaves Thanks to the machinations of the older "Onyx Prime," the missile containing Shockwave's payload of Ore-12 impacted in the region above Emissary's resting place. The native Elonians evolved and developed a starfaring civilization without ever discovering him.

When Unicron attacked Elonia, an attempt to space bridge the planet's population to safety was hindered by a counter-frequency wave being broadcast by Emissary, who had been partially unearthed by the ongoing destruction of the planet by the Chaos-Bringer. Unable to communicate with the paralyzed 'bot, the problem was resolved when Arcee killed Emissary by plunging her swords into his brain module. Emissary's body was subsequently devoured by Unicron as the planet-eater demolished Elonia. Our Darkest

Notes

• Emissary's name is, of course, a nod to Robots in Disguise Emissary and Titans Return Emissary, who in other continuities are affiliated with incarnations of Fortress Maximus.