Flamewar (G1)
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- Flamewar is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Flamewar is one of the last of the original Decepticon army, having served during the rule of the original Megatron as faithfully as any Decepticon that you could name. She has a wide variety of skills, from spy and saboteur to scientist, which kept her quite busy in the Decepticon ranks.
She longs for the return to those days of glory and conquest, when she could spend years plotting against Arcee, but she has little hope of such a thing happening. She finds the remaining Decepticon "generals" pale imitations and short-sighted power-mongers, so she has hitched her wagon onto that of the emerging Tripredacus Council.
Fiction
Timelines
- Voice actor: Brandie Tarvin (English)
Flamewar was assigned by the Tripredacus Council to observe Deathsaurus's efforts on Ceti Alpha Seven. When the Autobots sent a strike force to destroy his Insecticon cloning facility, Flamewar ambushed and disabled Ironhide and Ratchet, leaving them to Deathsaurus to eliminate. (He failed, of course.)
Although all of the Autobots eventually escaped, Flamewar reported to the Council that Deathsaurus' experiments had been a success. Suddenly, Bumblebee broke into her transmission, revealing that Ricochet had introduced a virus into the clones, and that they had finally tracked her down. With her exposure, Flamewar was deemed useless as an agent by the Council, and they remotely destroyed her ship. Descent into Evil
When Flamewar regained consciousness from that whole explodey-ship deal, she found herself the prisoner of Ricochet, Obsidian, and K-9. They demanded that she work as a double-agent for them against the Decepticon/Predacon Alliance, but she refused. "Ricochet" and the others then dropped their disguises and revealed themselves as Predacons, and offered Flamewar a place in the organization of the Predacon criminal Megatron. Not really having much else to do, Flamewar accepted. Intimidation Game
Shortly before the signing of the Pax Cybertronia, Flamewar posed as a revived Megatron and used a pliable intermediary to recruit an army of dissatisfied Predacons. Together, they conquered a string of planets in the J'kozian sector, stealing resources to build a drone army that could re-ignite the Great War.
Her plans were derailed by a team of Maximals on an intelligence-gathering mission. They sabotaged the drone-production facility on Nibari, reprogramming the drones to obey the native rebels. Most of Flamewar's army was killed by the drones while she was tied up by a challenge of personal combat the Maximals goaded her into. Defeated and utterly humiliated, Flamewar was sent back to Cybertron for trial. The Razor's Edge
The AllSpark Almanac
Readers of Venus, a trans-dimensional magazine for Decepti-femmes, were invited to decide who was deadlier, Flamewar or Nightracer. The AllSpark Almanac
Wings Universe
Disgusted by the peace that dawned with the birth of the technorganic Cybertron after the defeat of the Predacon Megatron by Optimus Primal and his Maximals, Flamewar vowed to restore the Decepticon Empire's rule over not just the planet, but the entire galaxy. A true fanatic, she refused to accept the original Megatron was dead, believing instead that Death itself was Megatron's ally, and would never take him. BotCon 2014 Flamewar profile card Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur
In 2984 on the run from Autobot bounty hunter Devcon for unspecified crimes ("bad things", according to her), Flamewar attacked the Autobot outpost Galadria with the intent of using its space bridge to put herself beyond the pursuer's reach. Just as she had finished slaughtering her way through the Autobots who attempted to stop her, she was discovered by Cannonball and his pirate crew of Star Seekers. Flamewar had never heard of the pirates and had no interest in Cannonball's proposal that she join his crew... until a hefty handful of energon chips and other valuable goodies changed her mind. She subsequently accompanied the Star Seekers through the space bridge to Unicron's disembodied head, which Cannonball sought to use to drain the energy of Cybertron, but the scheme was opposed by the Cybertronian Knights and Flamewar was defeated by Devcon in the battle that followed. As they were being cuffed and taken away, however, Star Seeker weaponsmaster Ferak slipped a small Warp Star Warhead into Flamewar's palm. Hoist the Flag
Using the warhead to effect an escape from the Knights' custody, the Star Seekers took off on a new quest: a search for the immortal spark of Starscream. Following the treacherous Decepticon's trail to a nameless planetoid near Quintesson space, the crew discovered a mountain stronghold, where Flamewar was able to put her linguistic skills to use translating various runes. Within the ruins, they found a half-dead Quintesson who professed to be a former ally of Starscream's, but after the alien was brought on board, Flamewar discovered the truth: in actuality, the long-deceased Quintesson's body was possessed by Starscream's spark! Working with Starscream, Flamewar staged a mutiny, allowing Starscream to possess Cannoball's body and imprisoning the ex-captain's own spark in a containment device. Now with a ship and crew to continue her mission to reinstate the Decepticon Empire, Flamewar embraced the pirate life, donning a modified version of Cannonball's helmet and even beginning to talk like the captain, indicating that she would soon become the next in the line of pirates to bear the name... Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur As Shokaract mused about the current state of affairs in the universe, Flamewar took up the command seat of the Tidal Wave. Legacy
TransTech
Flamewar was one of countless Offworlders in Axiom Nexus's Under City. On the morning of the Waruder invasion, she hung out with Hailstorm. Cybertron's Most Wanted
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Flamewar was hired by Thundercracker to act in Starscream: The Movie where she was cast as Rodimus. She questioned this casting, given the minor role Rodimus had played in Starscream's origins, but Thundercracker waved off these concerns, convinced that Rodimus's image would attract viewers. Starscream: The Movie
Games
Transformers Legends
Flamewar spent years preparing for her final battle against Arcee, planning and strategizing ways to counter and defeat her. She just waited for her chance. Flamewar bio
Hunting parties led by Flamewar and Slipstream managed to neutralize the threat of Elita One and her Female Autobots when they were attacking Decepticon bases. Fatal Furies
When the Decepticons used Chronogon portals to send the Aerialbots back in time, Flamewar took part in an operation to try and prevent Orion Pax's recreation as Optimus Prime. Golden Age
Seeking revenge for a prior loss, Flamewar led a team consisting of herself, Howlback, Shadowstalker, and Twirl against Autobot bases. Elita One sent Chromia and Moonracer to face them. Fatal Furies: Flamewar's Revenge
Toys
Timelines
- Flamewar (Basic, 2005)
- Accessories: Projectile launcher, missile, scope, 2 tailpipes, energon chip
- Flamewar is a black and red redeco of Energon Arcee, transforming into a Cybertronic racing motorcycle. She has several clear-plastic "energon" parts that can be combined to form a large bow weapon with a spring-loaded launching missile. She was available only as a "freebie" gift to attendees at BotCon 2005 and then again at BotCon 2006 after Fun Publications ran out of Tigatron.
- This mold was retooled to make her fellow BotCon 2005 exclusives Chromia and Flareup. This mold was also used to make the Target-exclusive live-action-movie-verse Arcee and Elita-One.
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- Flamewar (Deluxe, 2014)
- Accessories: Bow, two missiles
- The attendee-only bonus figure of BotCon 2014, Flamewar is a redeco of Beast Hunters Arcee, in turn a retool of Prime: Robots in Disguise Arcee. She transforms into a motorcycle and is armed with a large spring-loaded bow that can fire two missiles. It can be held via its two jointed 5mm handles, as well as attach to her front wheel in vehicle mode.
- The original version of this mold was also used to make BotCon 2014 Flareup and was heavily retooled into Generations Chromia.
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- BotCon Legacy Collection (2015)
- Flamewar was repackaged with fellow BotCon 2014 toys Ape-Linq, Flareup, and Shokaract in the "BotCon Legacy Collection", which also had the pack-in comic "Legacy".
Notes
- Early in development, there were supposed to be three Decepticon biker chicks, but the idea was dropped to keep the focus on the Insecticons.[1]
- Flamewar's creator, Ben Yee, insists that Flamewar is absolutely not Raksha, despite all appearances.
- According to the April/May 2006 issue of the Fun Publications Transformers Collectors' Club Newsletter, the first samples of Flamewar came back with an Autobot sigil rather than Decepticon, requiring a quick fix before she was "mass"-produced for the convention.
- She collects Hasbro memorabilia. How shameless of them.
- Her "Razor's Edge" body, or rather the one under the Megatron costume, appears to be based on Alternators Windcharger/Decepticharge, incidentally also Alternators Arcee's body.
- According to Pete Sinclair, Flamewar's "Descent into Evil" and "The Razor's Edge" appearances are not actually from the same continuous timeline, despite both stories taking place between the end of Generation 1 and the beginning of Beast Wars. Neither are there any inconsistencies between the two stories. What's the deal? And considering none of this information is in the stories themselves, should we care?
- The IDW incarnation of Flamewar is not a Decepticon but rather hails from a Cybertronian colony world,[2] given the rarity of female Transformers born on Cybertron in the modern era.
Foreign names
- Mandarin: Huǒ Yàn Zhàn Shì (China, 火焰战士, "Flame Warrior")
