Howling Town
Located on Troja Major, the Howling Town is, in Lug's words, "the greyest of grey markets". Everything imaginable is bought, sold, and bartered there. No questions asked.
Recently, it's been discovered that the Howling Town is built on a spiritual ley line causing a market shift towards funerary practices, rebranding itself as the "bereavement capital of the galaxy." If you want a prosperous afterlife, arrange for your corpse to be brought here.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Five centuries before 2017, the Howling Town was a markedly different place and had less of a "funeral" feel to it. Anode and Lug frequently visited the market when doing deliveries for the Grand Architect. An Axe to Break the Ice
The Decepticon Agonizer settled in the Howling Town and opened a shop of rare curios. Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots He sold an original copy of Towards Peace to Nautica. Towards Peace The Catharsians also had a presence in the town even employing other species to conduct business transactions on their behalf. An Axe to Break the Ice
One of the Architect's agents in his quest to create the ultimate Cybertronian was the Catharsian Mengel who contacted him in 2017 to inform him that she'd succeeded, prompting him to come to Howling Town to collect his prize while also sending out a summons for any blacksmiths so as to tie up loose ends. Chasing the Infinite
After leaving Necroworld, After Megatron the femmes aboard Team Rodimus simultaneously visited the Howling Town to try and acquire a new map to Cyberutopia from Agonizer. Lug expressed her displeasure at how the town had changed over the centuries.
The blacksmith summons was responded to by Scammer, Rocket and Wipe-Out but the latter was late, sparing him from being murdered with the other two. Wipe-Out soon reunited with Anode and Lug only for the three to be cornered by the Grand Architect's troops. An Axe to Break the Ice After making a few brisk getaways, the femmes left Howling Town at the same time that the Architect's troops departed with the Infinite and the added bonus of the Magnificence. Chasing the Infinite
