Caminus (Titan)
| This article is about the character. For the location that takes its name from him, see Caminus (planet). |
- Caminus is a Titan from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Caminus was one of thirteen Titans active during the era of the Thirteen Primes, serving the brilliant Solus Prime. He eventually departed Cybertron to settle on an uninhabited moon of a gas giant. Since many of his systems were spread out and integrated into this new civilization, the inhabitants of the civilization he founded named their planet in his honor.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Circa twelve million years ago, Caminus was the Titan of Solus Prime The Sum and Its Parts and the closest friend of the First Titan, Metroplex. During the First Cybertronian Civil War, he brought down the rogue Titan Vigilem alongside Metroplex and Chela. Rubicon The three handed Vigilem over to Onyx Prime so that he and his master Liege Maximo could be banished from Cybertron. The First Who Was Named
Before leaving his homeworld forever, Caminus bid Metroplex farewell. Windblade vol. 1 #4 Caminus travelled through space and eventually settled on a small moon in a distant star system; using the hot spot within his body, Caminus established a new outpost of Transformer civilization. A 'Bot and Her City To ensure the colony's survival as it grew, Caminus allowed himself to be disassembled and spread across the planet. Caminus's intact brain module survived, however, and in order to interpret his jumbled thoughts the Camiens developed the tradition known as "cityspeaking," with some of their number painting their faces in honor of Caminus. A 'Bot and Her City Windblade vol. 1 #4
In the present day, Caminus attempted to alert his Cityspeakers about the Enigma of Combination that had created the invading Combiner Menasor, but they were unable to comprehend his garbled warnings. First Contact Due to the machinations of Cybertronian ruler Starscream, Caminus's people came out of their isolation and joined the Council of Worlds, resolving a longstanding energy crisis. All That Remains
In 2018, Caminus's world came under attack from the Chaos-Bringer Unicron as the planet contained a Regenesis ore. Though his people were evacuated to safety, Caminus himself was too spread out to be saved in time as Unicron destroyed his planet. Unicron #1
Notes
- Caminus's name is Latin for forge—an appropriate name.
