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When Windblade was due to properly retake her place on the Council of Worlds, she surveyed the damage done to Iacon and wondered if Liege Maximo would even have anything to tear down. Learning that the public was not yet aware of Liege Maximo's freedom was the final straw for her. Catching up with [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] and [[Longtooth]], Windblade exposed the truth about the events surrounding "Carcer" and told them of Maximo's inevitable return. The news made waves in Cybertronian society, sparking off protests against the Council's duplicity, and kindling feelings of anger, terror, and in at least one case, religious sympathy for the fallen Prime. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}
When Windblade was due to properly retake her place on the Council of Worlds, she surveyed the damage done to Iacon and wondered if Liege Maximo would even have anything to tear down. Learning that the public was not yet aware of Liege Maximo's freedom was the final straw for her. Catching up with [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] and [[Longtooth]], Windblade exposed the truth about the events surrounding "Carcer" and told them of Maximo's inevitable return. The news made waves in Cybertronian society, sparking off protests against the Council's duplicity, and kindling feelings of anger, terror, and in at least one case, religious sympathy for the fallen Prime. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}
{{spoiler|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|February 17}}


His freedom was short-lived: he somehow crossed paths with Onyx Prime again, but this time he was subdued and chained up. Onyx dragged Maximo back to Cybertron atop a mountain-sized optic-shaped craft where the bestial Prime announced his intent to pass judgement on his treacherous brother for betraying the Cybertronian species. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}}
His freedom was short-lived: he somehow crossed paths with Onyx Prime again, but this time he was subdued and chained up. Onyx dragged Maximo back to Cybertron atop a mountain-sized optic-shaped craft where the bestial Prime announced his intent to pass judgement on his treacherous brother for betraying the Cybertronian species. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}}

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Here I go again on my throne.

Evil is infinite, a natural counterforce to good in the universe that cannot be truly defeated. When the first Prime was created, so was, necessarily, the Liege Maximo, the robot who now considers himself his opposite, the ultimate evil.

Fiction

Marvel Generation 2 continuity

Marvel Generation 2 comic

From the Liege Maximo were Megatron and the Decepticons descended. The Liege Maximo's throne sat at the Hub, a network of planetoids created by the Cybertronian Empire that existed in the outer fringes of known space.

With the Liege Centuro Jhiaxus destroyed, Jhiaxus's fleet wiped out by The Swarm, and the Autobots and Decepticons united in peace under one banner, Rook reported to the Liege Maximo on the day's devastating events. The Liege Maximo, an ancient and monumental titan, accepted the destruction of Jhiaxus's forces as merely a minor disruption. Sneering at the Transformers' alliance as a fragile thing, the Liege Maximo promised a day of reckoning. A Rage in Heaven!

Alignment

"Alignment" was written by Simon Furman without permission of Hasbro and is included here as pseudocanon to provide insight into authorial intent.

Liege Maximo was one of the thirteen original Transformers created by Primus. Unlike his fellows, he had chosen not to subdivide repeatedly, doing so only selectively. This created a small taint in the Transformer race which spread through subsequent generations, ultimately flowering with the rise of the Decepticons. Because of this sparse sub-division, the Liege Maximo's connection to the divine origins of the Transformer race was comparatively undiluted, and he sought to embrace it. To this end, he instructed Jhiaxus and the Cybertronian Empire to subject various planets to eco-structuring. These planets were steadily woven together to form the Hub, a massive, resonating structure that would allow him to ascend to the realm of the gods. Two Transformer groups, one led by Grimlock and one by Ultra Magnus and Megatron, disrupted this process by forcing the Liege to leave his corporeal body, then destroying both it and his portal. Left with nowhere to go, the Liege Maximo's essence dissipated, and he was destroyed. Alignment

Ask Vector Prime

In Primax 490.0 Gamma, the Maximo actually became a heroic figure: Unicron devouring Cybertron had caused Primus's essence to be scattered among the surviving Transformers, most of whom were now the Cybertronian Empire. The Liege Maximo would lead this reformed army and the survivors of Cybertron against Unicron, finally battling the Chaos Bringer himself on the astral plane. He saved this reality at the cost of his own spark. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/24

In Primax 994.0 Gamma, the Liege Maximo's plot for ascension was foiled by the Autobots, prompting Liege Centuro Firecrest to move the remnants of the Cybertronian Empire to Planet X. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/05

3H comics

The Covenant witnessed a vision of the ancient past, in which the Liege Maximo tore the Matrix of Leadership from the defeated Primon. When and why this happened remain unanswered questions. Covenant

Centuries later, in a future timeline when Cybertron was ruled by a tyrant named Shokaract, a Maximal resistance leader known simply as "the Veteran" reminisced about other tyrants who had come and gone over the years preceding Shokaract's rule. Among these past tyrants was the Liege Maximo. Schism

TransTech

The city of Axiom Nexus in the peaceful universe of Nexus 208.0 Epsilon was able to achieve unimaginable feats in technology and scientific discovery, but these were secretly possible by the amoral experiments of Shockwave and his master Jhiaxus under a secret government partnership with the Liege Maximo.<ref>Shockwave's profile in Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #22.</ref> An archivist named Optimus and the military professional Megatron exposed Sentinel Prime's ties with the Liege Maximo. After a dramatic, violent battle with the Liege Maximo,<ref>Megatron's profile in Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #24.</ref> much of the government was caught in this controversy, and as a result, few were left standing when the legal proceedings ended. Optimus became the new Prime, and Cybertron entered a new Golden Age, but it was not a complete fresh start, as Megatron convinced the High Senate to allow Shockwave to continue performing experiments under his guidance, and Starscream miraculously emerged unscathed from the incident despite his heavy involvement.<ref>Starscream's profile in Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #23.</ref> The TransTechs thereafter considered this incident to be the closest that their Cybertron had ever come to a Great War as most other universal streams had. Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06

Aligned continuity family

The Covenant of Primus

"Puny God".

Liege Maximo was one of the Thirteen created by Primus to fight against Unicron, and was a master manipulator whose artifact was the Liegian Darts. Maximo was one of the strategists of the Thirteen, alongside Alpha Trion, Quintus, and Micronus.

After the defeat of Unicron, Maximo focused on the mining, storage and refining of energon, but grew resentful of Prima and his allies' interference. Regardless, Maximo acted as an emissary for the different factions within the Thirteen, making use of his natural beguiling charm.

Maximo was ultimately the one who led to the group fracturing, by revealing to the rest that Prima had plotted which of the Primes were the most like Unicron. It was also around this time that it was revealed that Maximo had been experimenting with creating new robotic beasts when he requested a powerful armor suit to deal with them. Prima ordered Maximo to shut down his "Farm", and it was further revealed by Alpha Trion that Maximo had been pitting the beasts against each other.

Whether Maximo had the right to experiment with the beasts was a source of conflict between the Thirteen and was later resolved by a vote which decided that he did not have the right to do so. However, Maximo convinced Megatronus to try and retrieve the armor from Solus—an action that inadvertently led to Solus's demise and the creation of the Well of All Sparks.

Maximo was revealed have placed a monitoring device on a "pet" that he had given to Solus. When the creature tried to attack Megatronus, he reacted by blasting it—leading to Solus attacking him.

Upon being confronted at the "Farm", Maximo tried to accuse Megatronus of being the true mastermind behind the war beasts by claiming it was all part of Megatronus's need to test himself against them. When Megatronus realized that Maximo had been manipulating and using the Thirteen the whole time, and was trying to blame him, a conflict broke out that led to the Primes being set upon by three massive war beasts.

Once the conflict was over, Maximo was found torn to pieces with his head destroyed by the Requiem Blaster, though no one was sure who had actually fired the fatal shot. Maximo was buried in a tomb from where his arm would eventually be taken by Megatron to allow him to use the Forge of Solus Prime. The Covenant of Primus

Aligned novels

Megatronus and the Liege Maximo disliked Nexus Prime due to his favor in the eyes of Solus Prime. After the betrayal of the Fallen and defeat of Unicron the Liege Maximo plotted against his brothers and made his own play for power. He was defeated and fled to a far galaxy. His premeditated betrayal broke the spirit of Vector Prime. In the end, he was pursued to that far galaxy by Alchemist Prime. Though he had no firm information, Alpha Trion believed Alchemist had succeeded in imprisoning the Liege. Exiles

Like the other members of the Thirteen, Liege Maximo was considered a myth. Megatron proclaimed Transformers were free to do as they pleased, without pondering what the long-gone Liege Maximo or his treacherous brother would think. The Hub once became a part of the space bridge network during the Golden Age. Exodus

Prime cartoon

Everyone is amazed at the shiny bottomless pit.

According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Till, that is, Primus created the Thirteen. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. One Shall Rise, Part 1

Liege Maximo eventually died and was placed in a tomb. The tomb was later visited by Megatron and Dreadwing, who took Maximo's arm so that Megatron could use the Forge of Solus Prime. Alpha/Omega

Robots in Disguise books

Liege Maximo is not necessarily evil, but his petty jealousy and boredom motivate him to be a tricky troublemaker.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:The Trials of Optimus Prime|The Trials of Optimus Prime{{#if:|, {{{3}}}|}}|}}

After the AllSpark had been returned to Cybertron, Liege Maximo persisted within the Realm of the Primes with several of the other Thirteen. Possessing a cape, horns, sharp darts holstered at his waist, and a cackling voice, he saw the training of Optimus Prime to ready him for battle against Megatronus as an opportunity to cause mischief. He began by increasing the deadliness of the holographic Decepticons that Micronus had created, giving them dangerous buzzsaws. Next, he projected an image of Optimus Prime on Bumblebee's computer on Earth, laughingly teasing that the Autobots would soon be attacked by him. Later, Liege Maximo's image of Optimus Prime appeared again while the Autobots were battling the escaped Decepticon Skinkbomb, and the fake Optimus called Bumblebee a fool and the Autobots stupid, and that he was going to join the Decepticons. This severely traumatized Bumblebee, which caused Liege Maximo to laugh a lot to himself because he's kind of a tool. The Trials of Optimus Prime

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Liege Maximo's escaped! Recruit a team of teenagers with attitude!

In the primitive age following the departure of the Knights of Cybertron, Liege Maximo was the monarch of the Forgotten Plains and had slain both Imperator Maximo and Praetus Maximo before Megatronus conquered his territory. Liege fled and came into contact with Onyx Prime who introduced him to four other Primes (who were deeply unimpressed with him). The Primes watched as Onyx's beasts fought Megatronus's Darklanders before the two warriors made peace. In the aftermath, Liege gave a small laugh before all eight of the Primes joined forces to govern their world. Origin Myths

In the age that followed, Liege Maximo became one of the Thirteen Primes who ruled Cybertron, each leading a tribe of like-minded followers. The Crucible Among his followers was the mighty Titan Vigilem, as loyal to his master as he was powerful. Rubicon According to Elita One, Liege Maximo was a diplomat among the Thirteen, who consolidated alliances within the group and attracted followers who believed the same philosophy. Eventually however, Maximo began to realize that helpful lies were better than harmful truths, an ideal which spread to his followers, and began working for his own personal power. He sought out his fellow Prime, Megatronus and the two formed an alliance. Heavy Maximo held the opinion that 'bots who would often change their bodies were not to be trusted, as he felt they trying to escape their own rotten core. Your First Mistake

The alliance between Maximo and Megatronus sparked the First Cybertronian Civil War between the Thirteen Primes and their respective tribes. Nexus Prime later said to Galvatron that he blamed Maximo and Megatronus for the war, specifically the latter's betrayal of Solus Prime. The Crucible

Liege Maximo subsequently joined forces with Onyx Prime, lord of beasts, but according to Sentinel Prime, they were both betrayed by Micronus Prime. White Heat Liege Maximo's followers eventually turned on him after Megatronus murdered Solus Prime. Maximo was tried by his fellow Primes, while his former followers became his jailers and swore off lying forever. Heavy Vigilem's fellow Titans tried their brother and the two were sentenced to exile: Liege Maximo was entombed aboard his own Titan, and cast into deep space, overseen by repentant members of his own tribe determined never to let their charge escape. Rubicon

The colonists of Caminus remembered Liege Maximo as the "Great Betrayer." Rubicon

Eons later, Shockwave erroneously believed that Liege Maximo had fled Cybertron of his own volition after the death of Nexus, and taken up residence on a different planet. He sent one of his Regenesis ores to where he thought Maximo had gone. The Crucible

When a crisis on Cybertron prompted a desperate Windblade to awaken Vigilem, Desperate Measures the Titan set about reawakening his master from his cell. Though the Titan was ultimately killed by Elita One, he managed to release Maximo before perishing, unleashing a burst of energy that knocked out everyone who had gathered to try and stop the ancient Prime. Maximo mocked Strika before thanking Vilgilem for his service, promising to avenge his Titan before teleporting away. Rubicon

Elita One later told Starscream why she'd kept Maximo's existence silent, recounting his origin story, before warning that Maximo would return to destroy Cybertron as revenge for his banishment, and that they needed to be strong and united lest the Prime tear them all apart. By a vote of three to two, the Council of Worlds opted to keep Maximo's freedom a secret for the time being. Starscream later released Chromia in secret on the condition that she hunt down Liege Maximo and bring his head back to Starscream. Heavy Chromia was provided with a ship and a crew in the form of Greenlight, Lancer, Sparkstalker and Lightbright to hunt down the ancient Prime. The Chosen One

Maximo's freedom was eventually revealed to the rest of the Council. When Elita One put forth that the Council should kill all humans within Iacon, Knock Out supported her, viewing Liege Maximo as a greater threat that the Cybertronians should focus on. First Strike #4

When Windblade was due to properly retake her place on the Council of Worlds, she surveyed the damage done to Iacon and wondered if Liege Maximo would even have anything to tear down. Learning that the public was not yet aware of Liege Maximo's freedom was the final straw for her. Catching up with Circuit and Longtooth, Windblade exposed the truth about the events surrounding "Carcer" and told them of Maximo's inevitable return. The news made waves in Cybertronian society, sparking off protests against the Council's duplicity, and kindling feelings of anger, terror, and in at least one case, religious sympathy for the fallen Prime. The Chosen One

His freedom was short-lived: he somehow crossed paths with Onyx Prime again, but this time he was subdued and chained up. Onyx dragged Maximo back to Cybertron atop a mountain-sized optic-shaped craft where the bestial Prime announced his intent to pass judgement on his treacherous brother for betraying the Cybertronian species. Surfeit of Primes

Beast Wars: Uprising

Ser-Ket claimed to be part of a warrior lineage that stretched back to the Liege Maximo and others. Head Games

Fun Publications

Though Vector Prime would claim that history was likely correct to record Liege Maximo as a "monster", he still had many happy memories of times shared with his brother from before the falling out between the Thirteen, Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/14 and thought of his actions more as "tragic" than evil. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/12 He recalled his brother's skill at social gatherings, and his ability to spin incredible stories, Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/15 including tales of the Covenant. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/10 During the Thirteen's time in ancient Greece, Liege's female holomatter avatar—which, thanks to Liege's flair for the dramatic, first manifested by appaering out of the sea in a giant shell—inspired the myth of Aphrodite. By this time, he had formed an enmity with Solus, who manifested in Greece as the male Hephaestus, and Prima had them "bonded" together in hopes they could work through their differences. Naturally, this only resulted in further conflict; "Interesting times," Vector called them. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/08 He also noted that legends claimed that the god Xal might merely be another name for Liege Maximo, but could say nothing with certainty. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/12

When the quantum membrane between the wider multiverse and the Uniend Cluster was punctured, Vector Prime began to experience memories of the Uniend incarnation of Liege Maximo, and expressed surprise at the existence of an iteration of his brother who had died before founding an empire of his own. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/14

As Nexus Prime brought together the Terminus Blade and the Star Saber, his fellow Thirteen including Liege Maximo were drawn to his actions. These multiversal singularities were splintered and scattered by the act, making them into repeating parallel, but variable, versions of themselves throughout the multiverse instead of the singular beings they were before. Out of the One, Many

Toys

Prime

Because it would be non-aerodynamic silly to mount the saber onto the back of the vehicle mode like a giant tail-fin.
  • Final Battle Megatron (Voyager, 2013-02-25)
    • ID number: AM-33
    • Accessories: Shadow Gabu, Shadow Baru, & Shadow Dai Arms Microns
Final Battle Megatron's right forearm is decoed (but sadly not remolded) to resemble Liege Maximo's forearm that he substitutes for his own in those episodes.


Generations

My altmode is a garden tool?
  • Liege Maximo (Prime Master, 2017)
  • Japanese ID number: PP-02
  • Accessories: Skullgrin Decoy Armor, claw
Power of the Primes Liege Maximo is a Titan Master-sized mold that transforms from a small robot modeled after Skullgrin's inner robot mode into a Prime Master that can store inside Decoy Armor modeled after Skullgrin's Pretender shell, or plug into any Prime Master shell's weapon form, or replace a Power of the Primes Leader's Matrix core. Liege Maximo can also ride Legends Class figures and attach to Deluxe Class figures' chest armor, Voyager Class figures' bucklers, or Voyager Class figures' combined mode.

Notes

  • "Liege Maximo" was likely meant to be this character's title or rank, while his proper name remained unknown, but subsequent uses of the character have treated Liege Maximo as the character's name (or, in some cases, "Liege" as his name and "Maximo" as a title in the vein of "Prime"). Jhiaxus (and one iteration of Firecrest) has a similar title, Liege Centuro.
  • Liege Maximo's name was frequently misspelled as "Leige Maximo" in the Generation 2 comics. Sometimes, both versions were even used on the same page, and once, even in the same sentence.
  • Liege Maximo, was, at one point, established as a multiversal singularity who existed as one being throughout all of time and space, but that is no longer the case.
  • Simon Furman cryptically hinted in comments on his blog that the Liege Maximo would make a return in 2008 in IDW's comics, though it didn't happen under his pen. The Liege Maximo's presence in the continuity was eventually alluded to in 2014 in Robots in Disguise #34; in 2017, the character made his first on-panel appearance in Till All Are One #8, while the next issue fleshed out his backstory and motivations.
  • The Liege Maximo's "Aligned" design was shown by Hasbro at BotCon 2010, and like all the original Primes, his look was guided by Eric Siebenaler. The design seems to have been heavily inspired by the Marvel Comics version of [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Loki (comics)|{{#if:Loki|Loki|Loki (comics)}}]]; fitting enough for a manipulator and liar.
  • The dead Prime seen in the Transformers: Prime episode "Alpha/Omega" was identified as the Liege Maximo in The Covenant of Primus. The concurrently published Art of Prime claimed that it was Sentinel Prime, but that doesn't make sense, since Sentinel was not a true Prime and as such his limb would not have conveyed the power to use the Forge on Megatron. Also note that the dead Prime's arm in Prime was crimson-colored, but neither Sentinel nor Maximo had any crimson coloration on their chassis. However, the crimson may be some kind of burial paint or rusting.
  • The death of the Liege Maximo in the Covenant of Primus is also at odds with other stories from Aligned continuity. The Exiles novel reported that Alchemist Prime left Cybertron to hunt down and capture the Liege Maximo, while the 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon and related materials showed Liege Maximo as active in the Realm of the Primes. This is one of the larger examples of Aligned continuity's "It only works if you *squint*" rule towards the overall timeline.

Foreign names

  • Japanese: Liege Maximo (リージマキシモ Rīji Makishimo)

References

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