Grand Architect
- The Grand Architect is a (presumably) unaligned Transformer 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.
The Grand Architect is a mysterious being with a shadowy goal. Active in the galaxy for centuries, he uses the insignia of one of the five clans of the Knights of Cybertron as his own, but the extent of his connection to them is unknown.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
The Grand Architect has been conducting experiments across the galaxy for centuries, the end goal of which appears to be the creation of the ultimate form of Cybertronian life. To accomplish this, he has employed numerous blacksmiths to procure sentio metallico, with various other agents maintaining hidden facilities on different planets where the new lifeforms built from this material are grown in pods. His true identity is apparently unknown to most of his agents, but he uses the gear-like symbol belonging to one of the five clans of the Knights of Cybertron as his personal insignia, which his closest troops wear on their bodies. Animals These troops are just as mysterious as the Architect himself; they are all unfamiliar to modern Transformers, their names unrevealed. Chasing the Infinite Though by all appearances unaffiliated with the faction, the Architect's men use Decepticon Worldsweeper ships to move around, despite their slow speed, and among those in the know, the ships have become synonymous with his forces in the present day. Animals An Axe to Break the Ice
Around the Earth year 2009, the Architect discovered criminal scientists Scorponok and Flame floating in space, following their escape from the Decepticon Justice Division. Declaring that the pair "belonged to him, now," the Architect brought them into his service. Kill All 'Cons The pair assumed high-ranking positions among his followers, helping to organize and co-ordinates his agents. An Axe to Break the Ice Chasing the Infinite
The Grand Architect's experiments met with repeated failure. One facility on the planet Corritan had to be decommissioned, and while the pods from it were being transported to a new location, they became contaminated and the entire batch had to be abandoned. Chasing the Infinite Rules of Disengagement After the death of the Architect's agent Demus, it was decided that the lifeforms growing in the facility he was tending, on Tebris VII, would simply be aborted, rather than risk the greater delay that a repeated instance contamination would incur. Animals This proved a wise decision, as the facility on the next-nearest planet to which they would have been moved, Fortuna, was also compromised under unrevealed circumstances. Chasing the Infinite
Eventually, however, word came from the Catharsian Mengel, based on the planet Troja Major, that she had successfully used the ancient source of knowledge known as the Magnificence to bring one of the Architect's lifeforms to term—an "Infinite," able to transform into anything, and even heal itself back from death. With the successful birthing of one of these mechs, the Architect's plans moved into their final phase, and he gave the order to begin tying up loose ends. While Scorponok and his men were on Troja Major to collect the Infinite, a summons was sent out to all the blacksmiths he had previously employed, calling them to the planet so his troops could execute them. Anode, Lug, and Wipe-Out were able to evade his death squads, but could not stop the Architect's forces from acquiring the Infinite. An Axe to Break the Ice Chasing the Infinite
