Prion (Titan)
- Prion is a Titan from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.
Prion was one of the Titans created by the legendary Knights of Cybertron to act as a living ship. Patrered with Micronus Prime, Prion made planetfall on a barren world, overseeing the development of a new Transformer civilization until the disastrous arrival of the Black Block Consortia.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Millions of years ago, Prion and the other 12 colony Titans departed Cybertron to found new outposts of Cybertronian civilization. First Contact Prion settled on a planet far away from Cybertron, and the new Transformers birthed from Prion's hot spot developed into a civilization of "Mini-Cons". The peaceful colony met its end when the robo-phobic Black Block Consortia sterilized the planet, killing Prion and leaving no survivors but Nickel, who was found by the Decepticon Justice Division days after the attack. Nickel was known to swear by "Prion's shadow". The Permanent Revolution
Following his revival, Sentinel Prime brought his captive audience of Optimus Prime, Soundwave, and Sovereign to the wreckage of Prion, where Sentinel used it as a backdrop as he monlogued about his plans for Optimus. White Heat
Notes
- James Roberts identified Nickel as a Mini-Con, suggesting that Prion might have had a connection to Micronus Prime like some of the other colony Titans. This was later confirmed in "White Heat".
- A prion is a protein-based infectious agent, somewhat similar to a virus.
