Darkmount (Cybertron)

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

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Darkmount is an ancient fortress on 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 it was the seat of power for Lord Straxus, who fed dissenters to the smelting pool, a cauldron of magma which sat menacingly in Darkmount's shadow. The smelting pool empties through ducts into a canyon which Darkmount overlooks.

Mercy is not dispensed here, fools, only deathLord Straxus, "The Smelting Pool!"

Fiction

Generation 1 continuity family

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

Wishing to prove himself to his Autobot comrades, Scrounge infiltrated Darkmount. He was able to intercept a transmission from Earth, but he was caught. 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. The Smelting Pool!

To keep the Decepticons from using the new Space Bridge, Blaster's group of resistance fighters, led by 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. The Bridge to Nowhere!

The head of Lord Straxus survived, but with the destruction of Darkmount, he relocated to another stronghold in Polyhex. ...The Harder They Die!

Transformers '84

On Shockwave's orders, Counterpunch promoted Straxus to Regional Liege and given Darkmount as his seat of power, its ready to use smelting pool being of particular interest to the warlord. Secrets & Lies #2 After Shockwave himself had disappeared, Straxus consolidated his power from Darkmount. Secrets & Lies #3

3H comics

Darkmount was turned into a mostly rocky terrain after the Great Transformation. A force of Predacons led by 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. Wreckers: Finale Part II

Wings Universe

Darkmount presumably inspired the name of the Darkmount Stratagem. Knight Flareup profile card Apelinq's personal logs, 2015/01/07

e-HOBBY/Generations Selects comics

Darkmount was the site of Straxus' experiments on introducing organic traits into Cybertronians, where he produced and trained Convobat and Megalligator. It was staffed with a number of guards, including Air Hunter, Wrecker Hook, Hailstorm and Terradive. Cybertron Convobat prequel comicIt was later assaulted by Magna Convoy seeking revenge for the Primus Vanguard, where it was defended by Air Hunter, Wingstun, (a) Straxus and a member of the Rollermaster Corps, before Magna Convoy was spirited away by a mysterious spaceship.Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comic

2019 IDW continuity

Ruled by Senator Straxxus, Darkmount kept itself independent from wider Cybertronian politics. Escape Part Two The last four Ark-class spacecraft were mothballed at Darkmount, Escape Part One with Straxxus restoring one of them to evacuate the city-state's populace in the face of mounting danger posed by geological instability. He had the other three turned over to Highbrow so that the Xeno-Quarter could also be evacuated. Escape Part Two

Shattered Glass

Cliffjumper was last seen alive in the vicinity of Darkmount.

During a battle for the Arch-Ayr fuel dump, Soundwave summoned the Mayhem Suppression Squad from Darkmount for assistance. Later, more Decepticon reinforcements arrived from Darkmount to transport the acquired fuel supplies. 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. Exodus

Prime cartoon

During the Great War, the Wreckers fought the Battle of Darkmount Pass, being caught between a Decepticon patrol and the smelting pit. Wheeljack cleared them a path and used the bodies of dead Decepticons as stepping stones to escape via the smelting pool. Con Job

When the Omega Lock created a huge fortress on Earth, Megatron dubbed it "Darkmount" in honor of the one on Cybertron. Darkmount, NV

Bumblebee's team visited Darkmount so they could look for clues as to 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 later returned there, believing he could take his place as Decepticon leader, but instead he encountered Predaking out for revenge. Predacons Rising

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Starscream survived by using his cunning and intellect dumb luck accidentally triggering the fortress' intruder defence system which killed Darksteel and Skylynx. He later found the laboratory where the Weaponizer Mini-Cons were kept before he decided to use them for his own benefit. Mini-Con Madness