Tyrest (G1)

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

Tyrest is a former Autobot turned Neutral from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

"Holey Chief Justice, Batman!"

Chief Justice Tyrest was a bot above it all. A former member of Nova Prime's cadre, he was held in high esteem by both Autobot and Decepticon in later life. An individual who holds the law above all else, he believes it is his duty to mitigate conflicts and provide a framework for the enforcement of order. But order is often just a reflection of chaos, and Tyrest holds convictions and concerns which suggest a tumultuous soul. Having recently found God, he plans on making peace with his maker. And he is unconcerned for the damage that could be caused by doing so.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

During the Golden Age, Tyrest served as chief engineer under Nova Prime. House of Ambus Nova feared that the life-giving pulsewaves from Vector Sigma would eventually cease and, in order to ensure the continued growth of the Cybertronian race, charged Tyrest with finding a way to tap into the Matrix of Leadership and harnessing the power to bestow life the legends claimed it held. With a team of scientists at his command, Tyrest succeeded in his task, mass-producing generations' worth of sparks, until the Matrix apparently ran dry. It would be some time before Tyrest discovered that, in actuality, one of his team had had an attack of conscience and spirited the Matrix away, leaving a facsimile in its place. The Divided Self

When the Great War broke out, Tyrest made a name for himself by organizing the Exodus, working with Dai Atlas to help as many as twenty million neutrals leave Cybertron. Furthermore, he arranged for peace talks between Optimus Prime and Megatron in search of a "two city-state solution", but was evidently unsuccessful. His great legacy was the brokering of the Tyrest Accord, a treaty named in his honor designed to prevent Transformer technology falling into the hands of other races that both factions adhered to. The success of the treaty convinced Optimus to make him Chief Justice, though nobody was really surprised, given his earlier accomplishments. House of Ambus

The Tyrest Accord did mask one of Tyrest's other great accomplishments, however: Ultra Magnus. When this great Autobot passed away, Tyrest saw in his death the potential to create the legend of an immortal lawman. Creating a cover story that Magnus had merely faked his death, Tyrest fashioned the Magnus Armor in his image, which was worn by other Transformers who then took on Magnus's name and identity, serving Tyrest as the Duly Appointed Enforcer of his Accord, and creating the illusion that he was still alive. The Divided Self

In later years, one of Tyrest's notable actions was the appointment of a panel of Autobots to work on the Magnus Inquiry, an investigation regarding the origins of Gideon's Glue. Bullets Perhaps his most significant contribution to Autobot justice in the modern era, though, was the creation of the Aequitas computer, which was used in Autobot war criminal trials to calculate the guilt of the accused. House of Ambus He agreed that the trials would be kept secret until the war's end, and then there would be full disclosure. Last Stand of the Wreckers #5 However, as the trials progressed, Tyrest realized something: every single defendant was of the mass-produced generation of sparks he had brought into being ages before. Plagued by this revelation, Tyrest came to believe that, in bleeding the Matrix, he had perverted the forces of creation, and created a tainted subspecies predisposed to evil. The Divided Self A haunted Tyrest requested the trials be put on hold and he disappeared from the public eye shortly thereafter. House of Ambus

By the time of his disappearances, Tyrest was no longer an Autobot and was recognized as neutral by the Galactic Council. Because of this, he was suggested as the third party who should run Megatron's trial, but complications arose that prevented that from happening. Chaos Theory Part 1

Unbeknownst to anyone, Tyrest had withdrawn to Cybertron's lost moon, Luna 1. He had taken to drilling holes in his body in a form of self-flagellation to assuage his guilty conscience, and one day, when merely drilling into his armored skin proved insufficient, the increasingly unstable Tyrest drilled a hole straight into his brain. This act was accompanied by an "epiphany": the formerly non-religious Tyrest became convinced that Primus and the Knights of Cybertron were real, and believed he had discovered the location of the Cyberutopia where the Knights now dwelt. Working with Lockdown's Titan Hunters to salvage remains of Metrotitans, he constructed a space bridge that he believed would take him there, but concluded that he could not cross into paradise before absolving himself of his sins. To do this, he initiated the creation of a universal killswitch that, when triggered, would eliminate every Matrix-born spark in the cosmos. The Divided Self

While working on this plan, Tyrest continued overseeing law in the universe, constantly updating and revising his accord and enforcing it through his army of Legislator robots, who instinctively acted to apprehend and/or punish infractors wherever they found them. For reasons currently unknown, they abducted the entire Circle of Light from Theophany, the bodies of many of whom Tyrest cannibalized to create more Legislators. A trio of the robots were sent to pursue the amnesiac Skids, who had violated section 19(80)4 of the Accord, and escaped from Tyrest's custody, leaving his partner Getaway behind. The Divided Self

You know, Pinocchio was content with a cricket on his shoulder, Chief Justice Fruit Loop.

When the then-current wearer of the Magnus Armor, Minimus Ambus, was fatally wounded, an automatic recall trigger in the armor transported it and its occupant to Tyrest on Luna 1, where Tyrest had another of his new allies, traitorous Autobot medic Pharma, heal Ambus's wounds. While Ambus was out, Tyrest read his journals and was disgusted to discover that his enforcer had become a public joke, and stripped him of his role, having already decided to replace him with Star Saber. Moreover, he also discovered that Skids had joined up with Magnus and the other Autobots of the Lost Light, and told Minimus he would be putting them to death for harboring a criminal. The Divided Self When they were brought before him, however, he announced they were to die for one for his new laws, "crimes against creation". House of Ambus Learning this, Ambus confronted Tyrest with his lies and demanded to know the full story. Tyrest told him the entire story, from the Matrixed sparks to the killswitch, and when Ambus protested, Tyrest had him pre-emptively executed. The Divided Self

After being confronted by Rodimus and his crew, who had escaped imprisonment, Tyrest activated his "weapon of mass suggestion" (which was inspired by the nudge gun used on him earlier) to paralyze the escapees. He then threw the killswitch to kill all Matrix-born across the universe, and began to make his way through the portal to Cyberutopia Arm the Lonely, but is stopped by Tailgate, and eventually gunned down by a still-living Minimus. In his dying breath, the Chief Justice orders all Legislators to recall to his location. This Calamitous Life

Notes

• According to "Fisitron's Facts", a bonus page in the hardcover edition of Last Stand of the Wreckers, Tyrest was originally to be named "Adjudicus". This was changed to make for a connection to the previously established Tyrest Accord.
• Tyrest's wings, staff, spiked diadem, and robe cause him to resemble a Principality, a member of the highest order of the Third Sphere of angels in the Christian angelic hierarchy. More specifically, he resembles a Principality as they are depicted in the Shin Megami Tensei series of video games, down to the primarily green color scheme with gold and silver accents.