Termagax

Termagax is an Ascenticon from the 2019 IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Termagax is the founder of the Ascenticon movement and a firm believer in forging one's own future.

Fiction

2019 IDW continuity

First appearance: The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two

Termagax conceived of a moon sized energon harvester that would draw the precious fuel from the very fabric of spacetime and forever fuel Cybertron. Over many kilocycles, two thousand labourers turned her vision into a reality, a reality that was dubbed the "Winged Moon". The World In Your Eyes Part Two At some point, Termagax chose to live in seclusion, busying herself with a bohemian lifestyle and many projects. Starscream was known to pop by every few kilocycles to see if the visionary would return to society, her forcing him away on one occasion by detonating a shock drone beside his head. The World In Your Eyes Part Four The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two

The writings of Termagax emphasised that a person is in charge of their own destiny, and that ignoring the traditions of the past—and paving the way for a free and open future for the next generations—was the right way to live your life. A rising faction of Transformers known as the Ascenticons marched in her name to Tarn, seeking to make change to Cybertronian legislation—a matter over which Senators Orion Pax and Megatron, the movement's de facto leader, disagreed—though it wasn't clear whether their increasingly violent rallies were what Termagax was truly seeking to inspire. The World In Your Eyes Part One

At Brainstorm's funeral, Orion wondered how Termagax would view the recent surge in violent acts and if she might be open to giving a public statement denouncing the violence only for Megatron to remind him of the visionary's seclusion. The World In Your Eyes Part Four

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After Rubble's death, Megatron went to visit Termagax to make an appraisal of her state and whether or not she would be coming out of seclusion anytime soon. Barely looking up from her work, Termagax saw her pupil out, dryly that noting she'd been right in saying that the government would never change. Once he'd left, Megatron called Soundwave and told him that Termagax would not interfere with their upcoming plans. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two

Notes

• "Termagax" may be a play on "termagant", an English stage theatre term meaning either 'stock bully character' or 'pagan god'.