Alchemist Prime
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Alchemist Prime arose from Primus with a deep connection to the elements, and even among the Thirteen his powers straddle the line between science and mysticism. Alchemist's natural intelligence and curiosity are augmented by his personal artifact, the Lenses; permanently affixed into his optics, they allow him to perceive the physical and spiritual cycles of the universe in equal measure. Always in tune with creation, Alchemist's constant quest to understand the mechanisms of change means that he thinks of himself as a mere student of the natural world. Above all, Alchemist trusts his instincts and natural intuition, which rarely lead him wrong.
Alchemist Prime possesses the ability to transmute metals and temporarily alter the properties of any object. While these powerful abilities make him an unpredictable foe on the battlefield, Alchemist is one of the most even-tempered and gentle members of the Thirteen, with a friendly, sympathetic nature that makes him easy to be around. Among his twelve siblings, Alchemist was closest to Alpha Trion, Vector Prime, and Nexus Prime. Alchemist Prime's mastery of chemistry extends to various intoxicating beverages, which he has a professed fondness for. Like his brethren, Alchemist was once a multiversal singularity who existed as one being across all space and time, but that is no longer the case.
While most of the Thirteen dispersed across space and time after their great schism, Alchemist opted to remain on Cybertron for a time, quietly guiding the progress of the earliest Transformer civilizations. Indeed, rumors swirl that Alchemist may still walk Cybertron after untold millennia, disguised as a humble bartender.
Fiction
Aligned continuity family
The Covenant of Primus
Alchemist Prime was the sixth Prime created by Primus to defeat his arch-foe Unicron. These new Primes began strategizing for the upcoming conflict, and Alchemist was one of the Primes who believed that destroying Unicron would have negative repercussions for Primus. As one of the Thirteen's "Free Agents", Alchemist found himself working closely with Solus Prime, Nexus Prime, and Optimus Prime. Conversely, he also befriended the troubled Megatronus.
As their battle against the chaos bringer drew closer, Alchemist and Nexus Prime developed a strategy to initiate Unicron's "cerebral shutdown", forcing the giant into hibernation. He and Nexus drew up a complicated battle plan for the other members of the Thirteen to follow; they would distract Unicron long enough for Optimus to breach Unicron's Spark chamber and trigger the shutdown. When the Primes took the fight to Unicron, Alchemist fulfilled his duty with aplomb. The triumphant Primes returned to Cybertron, seemingly unscathed, but what they didn't know was that close contact with Unicron had amplified some of their inner darkness.
The Thirteen turned their attention to building a settlement and laying the foundations for civilization and society on Cybertron, dividing themselves into like-minded cliques. Alchemist drifted freely from one group to another, never really gelling with one particular concept or ideal.
The end of the Thirteen came after Prima discovered that Megatronus, Quintus Prime, and Liege Maximo had worked on a secret "farm" of robotic creatures, which Alchemist found troubling. Suspecting a sinister motive, Prima forced the rest of the Thirteen into a vote on the matter, and Alchemist voted against letting the project continue. Furious with the results of the debate, Megatronus inadvertently killed Solus in a dispute that Liege Maximo had orchestrated. Drawn by the commotion, Alchemist arrived in time to see Solus's body return to the Core, its passage creating the Well of All Sparks.
Even after Megatronus offered his side of the story, accusations began to fly. The investigation degenerated into a free-for-all brawl between the remaining twelve siblings, which ended with Maximo getting killed by the Requiem Blaster through uncertain means. Alchemist was badly wounded in the fight, but made a recovery with time.
The survivors buried Liege Maximo's remains in a chasm and held a memorial to Solus Prime in deep space. Hoping to put their ugly past behind them, the Primes then turned their attention to Cybertron and their plans for the future. They decided to use Onyx Prime's Triptych Mask to create a new race of robotic beings, as Primus had created them, with Onyx, Micronus, and Optimus travelling into the Well. They created a wave of Cybertronian creatures which the surviving Primes oversaw.
The Primes retired from active life, but continued to guide the earliest Cybertronian civilizations from afar. When the Great Cataclysm threatened the primitive Cybertronians, Alchemist was one of the Primes who helped mitigate the damage wrought to the planet's surface, blasting apart smaller rocks and asteroids before they could impact the surface.
After the Great Cataclysm, the surviving Cybertronians soon forgot about the Thirteen, remembering them only as the heroes of ancient folklore. The Covenant of Primus
Aligned novels
After Megatronus murdered Solus Prime and Liege Maximo made his bid for power, the Thirteen began to separate. Alchemist Prime and Alpha Trion remained behind on Cybertron and orchestrated the beginnings of Cybertronian civilization. Once the process was well underway, Alchemist headed off into space to hunt down the renegade Liege Maximo. Exiles
Before he left Cybertron, Alchemist Prime had one last conversation with his old friend Alpha Trion. Trion noted that he showed no interest in anything except bringing Liege Maximo to justice. Retribution
Alpha Trion never heard from him again, but believed in the core of his spark that Alchemist Prime had succeeded in his mission. Exiles
Prime cartoon
According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Till, that is, Primus created the Thirteen. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. One Shall Rise, Part 1
IDW Generation 1 continuity
In the primitive age following the departure of the Knights of Cybertron, Alchemist Prime was one of the many Primes who arose to lead a tribe of like-minded followers. The Crucible Fond of alcohol, Alchemist was rarely seen without a glass in his hand and was prone to frequent bouts of inebriation.
In the years leading up to the unification of the planet under the reign of the Thirteen, Alchemist Prime allied with four other Primes — Vector, Solus, Nexus, and Alpha Trion. The quintet founded the humble village that would one day become Crystal City, a small town of energon farmers based off the principles of mutual cooperation.
One evening, the group was warned by Vector Prime of the approaching armies of the Darklanders, intent on conquering the village. Salvation came in the form of Onyx Prime, Liege Maximo, and Onyx's armies of beast mode Transformers, who raised a fighting force from the villagers. The six Primes watched on as Onyx led the charge against the Darklanders, and watched as the battle prompted three Titans to rise from the ground.
When Onyx agreed to a truce with the leader of the Darklanders, the Primes and their followers agreed to work together in the hopes of uniting all of Cybertron under their leadership. In the ensuing celebration, Alchemist Prime got drunk off rancid Engex while talking to Onyx Prime, prompting him to ramble incoherently to Alpha Trion about Onyx's story of a "chosen one." Origin Myths
In the modern era, while mocking Scoop's religion, Galvatron recounted Alchemist Prime's inebriated state when he came up with the prophecy of "The Chosen One". Signals, Calls, and Marches
Fun Publications
In some of Vector Prime's memories during the Thirteen's time in Greece on ancient Earth, Alchemist Prime used a holomatter avatar which, combined with his fondness for the imbibing concoctions of all sorts, inspired the myth of Dionysus. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/20 Vector recalled how he had nothing but happy times with Alchemist in these days. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/08 At another time, Vector and Alchemist together defended the planet Karn against the Swarm. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/14 Vector Prime theorized that if Alchemist Prime wielded Rhisling, the weapon would take on properties based on transmutation while losing its power to manipulate time. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/20
According to Vector, some on Cybertron say Alchemist walks the planet still, pretending to be a simple publican whose pub is a place of peace in wartime. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/14
As Nexus Prime united the Terminus Blade and the Star Saber, he felt his siblings among the Thirteen being drawn to the event. Time and space were rewritten that day, as the walls between the multiverse grew stronger and less permeable. A consequence of strengthening the multiverse was that Alchemist Prime and the original Thirteen could no longer continue to exist as multiversal singularities, and so they were splintered and scattered throughout the multiverse. And so the one became many, sentient reoccurring themes each appearing in their own way, if at all, in all the worlds of the multiverse. Out of the One, Many
Toys
Generations
- Alchemist Prime (Prime Master, 2017)
- Power of the Primes Alchemist Prime is a Titan Master-sized mold that transforms from a small robot modeled after Submarauder's inner robot mode into a Prime Master that can store inside Decoy Armor modeled after Submarauder's Pretender shell, or plug into any Prime Master shell's weapon form, or replace a Power of the Primes Leader's Matrix core. Alchemmist Prime can also ride Legends Class figures and attach to Deluxe Class figures' chest armor, Voyager Class figures' bucklers, or Voyager Class figures' combined mode.
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