Sacred treasure

Holy relics or plot devices? You decide.

Sacred implements (神器 Jingi or Shinki) are artifacts from the murky depths of the past of Cybertron. Many are linked with Primus, the ancient deity of the Transformer race, though a number are of unknown origin. Sacred implements brim with otherworldly energy, and in the presence of one (or a suitable proxy), a new Transformer may be granted life. As a result, in many universes, these artifacts are responsible for much, if not all, life on Cybertron.

Accordingly, many battles and even wars have been fought to obtain them and utilize their wondrous properties.

Known sacred implements

Vector Sigma

This supercomputer was integrated into the inner workings of Cybertron itself, and thus was a conduit for the power of Primus. It possessed the capability to imbue Cybertronians with true sentience, separating them from mere automatons. As well, it could reformat Cybertronians, and even evidenced the power to mechaform organics and their worlds.

The Creation Matrix

Traditionally borne by a Prime in each era of Cybertronian history, the Creation Matrix housed a portion of the lifeforce of Primus, and in some universes was considered the only means of Cybertronian reproduction. In one noteworthy instance, it proved that it was instead the only safe method of reproduction, the alternative having given birth to the Swarm. In this instance, the light of the Matrix had to be sacrificed to the Swarm to prevent the destruction of the Cybertronian race, an event that sparked the Swarm's eventual evolution into the Vok.

The All Spark

Though its origins are unknown, the massive runic cube known as the All Spark birthed life from the inanimate surface of Cybertron. Lord High Protector Megatron showed an increasing obsession with the energy which emanated from the artifact, eventually dragging the planet into the depths of civil war over it. To safeguard it, Optimus Prime ordered it jettisoned into space. Landing on Earth, it drew the Transformers in pursuit of it, and the conflict eventually began again in this new theater of war. In a tense battle to keep the artifact from Megatron, the All Spark was destroyed, but not before its energies sparked a new flowering of Transformer life on the distant planet.

Potential sacred implements

Many artifacts share traits with known sacred implements, but have not been positively identified as sacred implements themselves.

The Matrix Flame

Connected with the energies of the Creation Matrix, the Matrix Flame acts as a conduit through which those energies may be used to grant life to Cybertronians as if the Matrix itself were present. It burns while the Creation Matrix resides within a Prime, and gutters and extinguishes itself should that Prime fall and/or the Matrix be removed. This most famously occurred after it gave life to Ultra Magnus, which prompted a mission to discover the fate of Optimus Prime on Earth.

The Divine Light

The serendipitous result of a Quintesson attempt to control Vector Sigma, the Divine Light managed to tap far deeper into Cybertron and became a direct conduit for the power of Primus. Eventually lost and coming to rest on the planet Archa Nine, it was worshiped by the native peoples as a religious relic.

The AllSpark

Sharing many similarities with cognates in other universes, the AllSpark is the source of all Cybertronian life and the main advantage the Autobots possessed in the Great War. It was jettisoned into space, where it was eventually found by an Autobot space bridge repair crew, who fled to Earth with it when they came under pursuit by a Decepticon warship. After landing on the planet, its energies granted sparks to several Transformers, and once it was shattered, the resulting shards did the same to many more.