Blades of Time

The Blades of Time were the artifact of Vector Prime. Not a weapon, per se, the Blades were represented more as a mandala or hourglass, through which Vector Prime focused his space-time powers.

Fiction

Aligned continuity family

Covenant of Primus

Vector Prime used the Blades of Time to create the portal that would take the Thirteen to face Unicron, leading to the Expulsion of Unicron. During the Age of Primes, Solus Prime was in the process of creating a new mandala when she was killed, although whether it would have been similarly powerful is unknown. Covenant of Primus

Aligned novels

When the once idealistic Vector Prime despaired after the War of the Primes and sealed himself away in a peculiar pocket dimension, he left the Blades of Time in the hands of his comrade Nexus Prime. When assembled correctly, these five pieces of metal could open a portal to Vector Prime's secret sanctuary. However, when Nexus Prime split himself into five parts to protect the Star Saber, the Blades were also divvied up, and his five amnesiac components soon lost track of them. Exiles

IDW 2019 continuity

The Blades of Time was an artifact believed to have existed at one point or another. While residing within House at the Sea of Rust, Termagax pondered on whether the Thirteen were metaphors meant to explain the mysterious powers held by the artifacts. Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I

Games

Transformers Roleplaying Game

Rhisling was one form of the Blades of Time. Transformers One Sourcebook

See also

• Rhisling