Torchbearer
- The Torchbearers are a group of Camiens from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
We'll always save the day
And if you think we can't
We'll always find a way
Torchbearers are a group of Camiens, always six in number, to represent the the six sides of Solus Prime's Creation Lathe. They are dedicated servants of the Mistress of Flame, with whom they share a religious fervor, and they all share a similar color scheme that marks them as Torchbearers.
One such team of Torchbearers is dedicated to seeking out and protecting ancient Cybertronian relics- the team members are forged tough to withstand even the most volatile of environments, even the treacherous Rust Sea. Accidental exposure to the Enigma of Combination granted this group of Torchbearers a new power: the ability to combine into Victorion.
Named Torchbearers include:
- Pyra Magna (leader)
- Skyburst
- Dustup
- Jumpstream
- Stormclash
- Rust Dust
Fiction
Following Arcee's theft of the Enigma of combination from under Chromia's guard, Rust Dust noticed Windblade and Chromia chasing Arcee into the Rust Sea. She pointed this out to Pyra Magna, who ordered her team into action, much to Dustup and Jumpstream's delight. As they group came upon the battling trio, Arcee threw a hard elbow into Windblade's face. Recognizing her as a Cityspeaker, Skyburst and Stormclash were horrified that Arcee had attacked Windblade, and despite Windblade's protestations, the team confronted Arcee with weapons drawn. Suddenly recognizing the Enigma as one of the artifacts the team was tasked with seeking, they drew back in fear that it would get damaged. Arcee, just happy to have it out of Starscream's grasp, prepared to destroy it, but at the last moment, Rust Dust lunged forward to protect it. In grabbing the Enigma, it was activated, and the Torchbearers were combined into Victorion!
Victorion immediately ordered Arcee to step back or be disintegrated by the goliath's weapons. Saying that creating combiners was exactly what she wanted to prevent by her theft, Arcee attacked her, but proved no match for the newborn combiner. Victorion's confusion at being formed from six different minds was completely overriden by her components' shared religious zeal at protecting artifacts of the Primes. Arcee was saved from the combiner's vicious attack only by Windblade's swift intervention. Dodging Victorion's volley of cannon fire, Arcee took refuge with Chromia and Windblade behind some rubble. They quickly talked her into teaming up to disarm the Torchbearers' combined form, and while Chromia and Windblade disabled Victorion's weapons, Windblade flew up to talk to her. Reminding Victorion that all of her components were dedicated servants of the Mistress of Flame, she was able to talk sense to the giant, and helped her realize that as devotees of Solus Prime, their mission, and now Victorion's mission, was one of peace and creation, not needless destruction. Realizing that Windblade was right, Victorion willingly separated back into the individual Torchbearers.
Pyra Magna apologized for her team's actions, saying that they'd been very disoriented by the experience. After Arcee decried Victorion as an abomination, Pyra Magna said that even though it was an accident that they'd been changed into a combiner, they had every right to be who they now were, and it was up to them to figure out whether the change was for good or bad.An Uneventful Night
After Optimus Prime returned from an audience with the Mistress of Flame, he noticed Aileron defending herself well in a physical disagreement with Slug, and during his chat with her, she asked him about his visit. She told him that the group of six Transformers that accompanied The Mistress, all painted alike, were known as Torchbearers, and suggested that he talk, not to the group of Torchbearers he'd seen with The Mistress, but the other Torchbearers, who'd chosen to stay on Cybertron and live in the Rust Sea, "the worst part of the planet". Aphelion
Those Torchbearers later appeared in the midst of a dust storm to frighten off a group of Sweeps that were attacking a convoy guarded by the Dinobots. They kept silent and still, letting their mere presence serve as intimidation, impressing even Slug. Redemption
Toys
Generations
You can count on the six of us bringing you down
- Victorion (Giftset, 2016)
- Accessories:
- Combiner Wars Victorion is a combiner formed out of a Voyager class figure, four Deluxe class figures, and a Legends class figure all sold together in a massive box.
Notes
- Aileron's talk with Optimus Prime in "Aphelion" reveals that the group led by Pyra Magna aren't the Torchbearers, but rather members of a larger group named Torchbearers. The second known group of Torchbearers, who still reside on Caminus, have so far gone unnamed.
