Angolmois Energy

Angolmois Energy (アンゴルモアエネルギー Angorumoa Enerugī), or simply Angolmois, is the life-force of Unicron. It is a powerful energy source which oftentimes has completely random and unpredictable effects on the things it comes in contact with. It can upgrade a Transformer and give them new bodies, or it can lift mountains and freeze planets.

Just like Unicron, Angolmois Energy is extremely chaotic. It appears to be functionally identical to Dark Energon. One form of containment for portions of this substance is referred to as an Angolmois Capsule (アンゴルモアカプセル Angorumoa Kapuseru).

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Anglo-Saxon Energy!

When Unicron's body exploded, the Angolmois Energy was sent hurtling through space. The Transformers: The Movie

Kiss Players Position

Believing that they were collecting fragments of the Allspark for the Sparkbots, who claimed to be allies of Primus, the Kiss Players Marissa Faireborn, Atari Hitotonari and Shaoshao Li were actually assembling Unicron's dispersed Angolmois Energy—which was, for some reason, stored inside famous Autobot leaders of the past, present and future. Fleeing through space and time to prehistoric Earth, the Sparkbots used the energy to resurrect Unicron...who was blown back into Angolmois Energy by Primus shortly thereafter.

Primus trapped the energy deep within the planet and created Brave Maximus to guard it for eternity. Unfortunately, he left Earth with the Kiss Players around 2007, and therefore wasn't on-duty when Lio Convoy and Galvatron came around.

Beast Wars II cartoon

In the distant future, Earth turned into Gaia. Angolmois Energy was riddled into the planet's surface and began to have bizarre effects on the environment.

During a space battle with Galvatron and his Predacons, Lio Convoy and the Maximals landed on Gaia after traversing space. Realizing the destructive potential of Angolmois, Galvatron made it his goal to steal all of it from Gaia.

The Angolmois Energy affected the Transformers on Gaia in many ways, including upgrading Megastorm, Starscream, and BB, to name a few. Galvatron eventually extracted all the Angolmois Energy from the planet using his artificial planet, Nemesis. After a fierce battle which resulted in the death of Galvatron, the Maximals being trapped in a wormhole, and the Predacons being set adrift into deep space, all the Angolmois Energy in Nemesis was sealed away in capsules and ejected into outer space.

Beast Wars Neo cartoon

The Convoy Council, unaware of the fate of Lio Convoy, ordered Big Convoy and his Maximal new recruits to investigate Gaia and see what was up. Unknown to Big Convoy, he was followed by Magmatron and his Predacons. After finding Lio Convoy's black box, they learned about the Angolmois Capsules and immediately set off to reclaim them.

The Maximals and Predacons then raced to secure as many capsules as they could. The Angolmois Capsules were wreaking havoc all over the galaxy, causing great destruction on the planets they wound up on.

Eventually, between the Maximals and the Predacons, all the Angolmois Capsules were recovered. Then, the mysterious and insanely powerful Blentrons showed up, beat the mortal crap out of both factions and stole all the Angolmois Capsules.

As it turns out, the Blentrons were creations of Unicron. They released all the Angolmois Energy into the corpse of Galvatron, resurrecting Unicron. Unicron then attacked Cybertron and possessed Vector Sigma, turning the planet into his new body. Only by teaming up were Magmatron and Big Convoy able to defeat Unicron and save Cybertron.

Bom Bom manga continuity

Beast Wars II manga

Great Convoy at Maximal Army Central Headquarters sent Lio Convoy's team to Gaia to prevent the Angolmois Energy from falling into the Predacons' hands. Demolish the Superdreadnought Tank!

After Galvatron fell into a deep sleep because he absorbed to much Angolmois Energy, his brother, Megastorm, used him as the power source for the Galvatron Dekazura Tank. Demolish the Superdreadnought Tank!

Lio Convoy travelled to the ruins of Tokyo because he heard a mysterious voice after waking up from a nightmare. There, he found an abandoned Angolmois Energy power planet used to generate the city. Later, he fought Galvatron, who also came to the ruins because he heard the voice as well. Infiltrate the Mystery Island! Free the Captured Matrix!

The Predacons built a decoy missile base located above an Angolmois Energy mine. Make a Surprise Attack on the Super Weapon Base!

The Autorollers established an Angolmois Energy processing facility that looked similar to a hot spring. Later, the Combatrons were kicked into this "hot spring" after they served the wrong drink to Gigastorm, who became furious. The Angolmois Energy transformed the Combatrons into the Cyborg Beasts. Recover the Bonds Lost!

Later, Galvatron used the artificial planet Nemesis to extract and gather all of the Angolmois Energy on Gaia. The exposed Angolmois Energy caused illness both animals and plants. Before Lio Convoy set out to Nemesis, Optimus Primal showed up via holographic communication, warning Lio Convoy that he would be killed due to overexposure to the Angolmois Energy. Lio Convoy ignored the warning and stated it was his duty to save Gaia by going to Nemesis. All Hands, Make a Special Attack on the Evil Planet!

After Galvatron became enraged upon the death of his brother, who was killed after interfering in Lio Convoy's battle against Galvatron, he smashed the ground and made Lio Convoy fall into a tank filled with pure Angolmois Energy. Both Lio Convoy's mind and body became corrupted. Fortunately, he was saved by the power gathered from all the animals on Gaia and the Maximal confronted Galvatron once again. Although Galvatron used Angolmois Energy to make himself a giant, he was defeated by Lio Convoy with the power of the Energon Matrix. Upon Galvatron's death, Nemesis exploded. Win the Battle of Light and Darkness!

"BLEGH!"

An Angolmois Capsule from Nemesis travelled back in time and fell on a planet in the 7th Cosmos. The "Divine Stone" evolved the native animals, gifting them with the ability to speak and even weapons such as missiles. Such animals affected were Big, a mammoth, and a Giganotosaurus, who became leader of group of a similarly evolved animals. Lio Convoy soon arrived and woke up on the unknown planet, where he soon encountered the Giganotosaurus's gang massacring other animals. He attacked the Giganotosaurus to no avail; he was saved by Big.

Big took Lio Convoy to the capsule; while Lio Convoy investigated it, Big was attacked by the Giganotosaurus from behind. Despite being badly wounded, Big told Lio Convoy to leave and managed to push the dinosaur gang into the valley where the capsule was. The capsule exploded on impact, and the Angolmois Energy evolved the dinosaurs into Transformers. Their leader, now proclaiming himself Magmatron, thanked Big's effort for having granted them more power. Lio Convoy transformed into robot mode to fight and defeated most of them, except for Magmatron, who defeated Lio Convoy with ease. The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!

Beast Wars Neo manga

Beyond the capsule on the 7th Cosmos planet, there were six capsules ejected from the exploding Nemesis. One landed on Luxor, where it either evolved the sand into the Sandron or granted the Sandron the ability to duplicate beings. There Are 7 Capsules Another landed on the Yggdrasill tree on Greengard, where it caused the green planet to freeze over. Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky One was somehow obtained by Scuba, who perhaps used it to evolve the native cobras of Jörmungandr, into Transformers. It was eventually hidden in a statue of Scuba. A Battle Fought Alone The Byakurēn obtained one, and the cult worshipped the capsule. Break Through! The Polar Bear Raging Claw Fist! Wednesday also received a capsule, which corrupted the planet's queen, Rage, and turned her into a jellyfish monster. To Jellyfish with Love! Cry Out, Stampy Blade The final capsule was held at Graviton Prison, where it seemed to not affect anything. The Great Escape! Graviton Prison!

Unicron, seeking to revive himself, created the Blentrons to hunt down the Angolmois Energy. They accomplished little but massacring planets, including Jörmungandr, A Battle Fought Alone in their search for the capsules. Realizing this task called for intelligent pawns, Unicron, taking the form of the "Black Ball", manipulated both Maximal and Predacon alike to gather the Angolmois Capsules. Double Cross He left himself to be found in the Galvaburg II on Gaia by Big Convoy's unit, and, once on the Gung Ho, activated the warp The 5 Rookies to Luxor. The Black Ball explained to the Maximals that gathering the seven Angolmois Capsules was necessary to preserve the universe. After a fight with the Predacons There Are 7 Capsules and the Sandron, the Maximals retrieved the capsule from Luxor. 100000000000000000 Grains of Sandron!!

The next capsule was found on Greengard. Despite some interference from Archadis, the rookie Maximals broke open the ice surrounding the Angolmois Capsule and restored the planet to its previous state of paradise. Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky The Maximals and the Predacons then fought over the Angolmois Capsule hidden on Jörmungandr. Explosive decompression sucked out the Predacons to space and tore apart the statue of Scuba, revealing the Angolmois Capsule. A Battle Fought Alone For the fifth capsule, the Maximals infiltrated the sanctuary of the Byakurēn. The cult's founder, Kuma Kinkin, personally fought Big Convoy, only to have his bearnium gauntlets inserted into his head. Break Through! The Polar Bear Raging Claw Fist! On Wednesday, Stampy cured Rāge of her Angolmois corruption. To Jellyfish with Love! Cry Out, Stampy Blade Despite some interference and jailing from the warden robots of Graviton Prison, the Maximals recovered the Angolmois Capsule there. The Great Escape! Graviton Prison!

The Black Ball had both Magmatron and the Maximals brought to an amphitheater near Cybertron. With the Blentron force given to him by the Black Ball, Magmatron threatened the Maximals till they gave up the capsules. Magmatron's purpose done, a Rartorata hit him aside and the Blentrons had the Angolmois Energy absorbed by the Black Ball, who revealed himself to be Unicron. Unicron intended on consuming Big Convoy and Magmatron as well, as they contained the energies of the seventh Angolmois Capsule. Unicron succeeded at consuming Magmatron's Angolmois Energy, but Big Convoy was saved by Heinrad, who warned him of the threat Unicron posed. Double Cross Unicron possessed Cybertron, using it as his new body and still sought out Big Convoy, needing his Angolmois Energy to complete his left eye. After luring Unicron to Georgian to destroy his limbs, Big Convoy focused his rage and Magmatron's vengeance into an Angolmois flame surrounding the Magma Blade and knocked Unicron's head off his body. Unicron's essence attempted to take over Big Convoy's body, but his efforts were for naught as Big Convoy released the energies of his Matrix to destroy Unicron by sacrificing himself. Return to Zero

IDW Beast Wars comics

Angolmois. It does a body grotesque.

Shokaract was infected with Angolmois and lay dormant as the energy transformed him. His will overrode the Unicronian dominance, at least temporarily. Beast Wars Sourcebook #3 Windrazor was corrupted by Angolmois and served as Unicron's herald for a period of time. Beast Wars Sourcebook #4

Stellar cycles after Shokaract was infected with Angolmois, Elephorca, Drancron and Rartorata began collecting Angolmois as an offering to Shokaract, who believed it would cause his ascension and didn't realize the power was making him a mere pawn of Unicron. The Ascending #1

After several incidents of civil unrest came to the fore, Big Convoy implied that Angolmois might very well be the cause of the riots, as it had seemingly become an addictive drug to Cybertronians. Big Convoy and the Maximal Imperium were familiar with Angolmois and its addictive, unpredictable effects on Cybertronians. Angolmois's mutagenic properties became all the more terrifying when Razorbeast was infected by Rartorata, and became a feral berserker. The Ascending #2

Eventually, Shokaract's minions began spreading Angolmois to the Cybertronian populace and causing large-scale riots, which empowered an "Anti-Matrix" that he had created. Eventually Bump developed an anti-Angolmois retrovirus and Shokaract killed himself on the discovery he was Unicron's pawn, ending the Angolmois threat. The Ascending #4

Animated cartoon

Among other substances, Beachcomber utilizes Angolmois to "segfault his RAM", according to Rattletrap. The AllSpark Almanac II

Ask Vector Prime

Vector Prime speculated that the Dark Spark could have been the Dark Essence, a focused matrix of Angolmois energy, among other explanations. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/18

Beast Wars: Uprising

In the 34th century, the Commandron ship Hyperborea detected angolmois capsules on the planet Energoa, a planet at the edge of the Triangulum Galaxy. The ship's science officer, Deep Blue was baffled by their being there. The Inexorable March

Notes

• In real life, the word "Angolmois" was coined by the French seer Nostradamus in one of his Prophecies. Its literal meaning would be "Angolm-people", but it is widely interpreted to be a play on "Mongolois", his native tongue's word for "Mongol". It would be pronounced "Ahn-gol-mwa".
• Cementing the Nostradamus connection, a Beast Wars II toy catalog claims that Beast Wars II begins in "the seventh month of Space Year 1999" and that the Predacons are in search of "the King of Angolmois". Nostradamus's prophecy says that in the seventh month of 1999, the king of the Angolmois will be resurrected. (If this seems like an odd reference for a Japanese Transformers property, bear in mind that Nostradamus lore is quite popular in much of anime, to say nothing of Japanese pop culture in general.)
• Angolmois Energy is similar to Dark Energon, as both are corrupting energies linked to Unicron and buried in Earth. At BotCon 2011, the Prime staff stated the similarity was a coincidence. Ask Vector Prime has since equated the two terms.