Windrazor (BW)

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

Windrazor is a Maximal/Predacon from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family

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Windrazor was the imperfect result of a radical experiment conducted under the most desperate conditions. In the 32nd Century, Cybertron is ruled by the Predacon Warlord Shokaract and only a tiny resistance of Maximals and Predacons remains to fight him. In order to gain vital intelligence, a Maximal known as the Veteran merged his spark with a dying Predacon—the Cub, resulting in a dual-sparked hybrid, Windrazor himself. He possesses both youthful recklessness and battle-tested wisdom, and should potentially benefit from both; but the merging was imperfect, and Windrazor's two component personalities can clash for control of his actions.

Fiction

3H continuity

Tales from the Beast Wars

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Windrazor, despite his inner struggle between two disparate sparks, was deemed the best hope to destroy Shokaract and end his dystopian reign. He traveled to J'nwan, where the walls of time and space were not so certain, in the hopes of sending himself back in time, to end Shokaract's rule before it could begin. But Cataclysm was there waiting, and the two met in a ferocious battle. Cataclysm was destroyed in the seas of time, but Windrazor found himself thrown far into the past, into the prehistoric Earth of the Beast Wars. He immediately recognized Megatron, recently having taken a dragon form, as the Predacon criminal ascended from the throat of the volcano in which the Ark lay.

Windrazor picked up the tracking device that Cataclysm had dropped during their battle, and began following its signal to the Dark Essence. At his destination, Windrazor could sense the dark energies below the Earth's crust, and the Dark Essence tore up the earth beneath him, revealing itself. The area was on the verge of a temporal collapse. Windrazor's dual nature fought within his mind, one half wishing to leave the area to its inevitable collapse, the other wishing to take the Dark Essence back to his own time and present it as a trophy to Shokaract. But before Windrazor could make a decision, Megatron arrived, recognizing the Dark Essence as belonging to Unicron, and intending to take it for himself. During the scuffle, Windrazor was seized by influence of the Dark Essence, and became the vessel of Unicron himself.

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Optimus Primal and his Maximals valiantly fought the possessed Windrazor, but were unsuccessful. Just as all hope seemed loss, the two minds within Windrazor were able to break free of Unicron's influence, and Windrazor recomposed himself. Just in time for Shokaract himself to arrive... Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox

Again, the Maximals were no match for their adversary, and they quickly fell, leaving only Primal and Windrazor. But they weren't alone for long, as the Covenant arrived through a portal, ready to fulfill their destiny. They, too, began falling at Shokaract's hand, one by one. Not even the arrival of Sandstorm, displaced beast warriors, or an army of retired legends from J'nwan could stand up to Shokaract's might. Just as Windrazor was beginning to wonder if this all was futile, the Covenant regrouped. Their combined essence plunged into Shokaract's Matrix of Conquest, where it severed the link between him and Unicron. With Shokaract's origin now nullified, his entire timeline--and thus the events necessary for Windrazor's creation--ceased to exist.Terminus Apelinq grabbed Windrazor and flew through a transwarp portal back to his own time, only to find upon arrival that Windrazor had vanished without a trace. Departure

Universe

While in transwarp space, Windrazor was retrieved by Primus, whose divine intervention protected the young Maximal from being nullified along with the timeline of his origin. Windrazor was safely deposited in a new location to serve as a sort of "spirit guide" for other champions of Primus, and eventually he was able to convey his gratitude to Apelinq's upgraded form. Wreckers: Finale Part II

IDW Beast Wars comics

Windrazor is the fusion of a young Maximal's spark and the mysterious Veteran, formed to save the former's life after a savage betrayal. Before long, Windrazor was corrupted by the Angolmois energy and served as Unicron's herald. He traveled from universe to universe, enacting Unicron's will, until eventually he was able to wrest free of its influence and become a force for good. The remaining Angolmois energy in Windrazor's body allows him to continue traveling between dimensions and through time. Beast Wars Sourcebook 4

Video games

Transformers Beast Wars: Transmetals

Voice actor: Chris Tang

"Windrazor's 'player two' colors from the game—so pretty! (But not as pretty as Silverbolt's!)"

When Megatron broke free during his transport back to Cybertron, he sent a message through transwarp to himself in the past, causing a critical chapter of the Beast Wars to be rewritten.

Windrazor joined in the battle that subsequently ensued, using his special attack "Spark Extinguisher" to fight back Megatron and his minions. He encouraged all to learn from the past so they may live for the future.

Windrazor is an "unlockable" character exclusive to the American/European PlayStation version. To unlock him, the player must select either "vs. human" or "vs computer" in Versus Mode, then hold X and keep it held as the player immediately presses and holds L1, L2, R1, and R2, and the directional right. Once unlocked, the character will remain playable without having to repeat the code.

Toys

Beast Wars

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• Windrazor (Deluxe, 1999)
  • Accessories: Left & right feather-missiles

Windrazor is a white-with-purple-accents redeco of the Maximal Silverbolt, transforming into an eagle-wolf hybrid creature. His wings have spring-loaded missile launchers, while pulling on his beast-mode tail swings them forward. These missiles can also be used as hand-held melee weapons in robot mode. He was available exclusively at the BotCon 1999 Transformers Convention. 1200 were made of both him and Sandstorm.

Windrazor is the only convention-original exclusive sold on a card with a sealed plastic bubble. The packaging proved unpopular with collectors as it is impossible to remove the toy without destroying its packaging, and so that style was never used again.

• More information on Windrazor at TFU.info

Notes

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• Windrazor's pre-release name was the terrible pun "Soulstice".

• His video game appearance afforded fans a chance to hear what Windrazor sounds like.

• The Beast Wars Sourcebook gives Windrazor the same weapons as generation one Swoop—heat seeking missiles and thermal swords. Despite the fact that the swords and missiles are, y'know, the same thing. He has thermal heat seeking missile swords!

• Both Windrazor's toy bio and the Beast Wars Sourcebook claim his younger part was a Maximal, which wasn't exactly the case in his fictional appearances.

• Prior to his appearance in "Wreckers: Finale Part II", Windrazor had not appeared in fiction for seven years, leading some fans in the interim to conclude that he had been erased from existence.