Dynasty of Primes
- The Dynasty of Primes is a group from the Live action movie continuity family.
The Dynasty of Primes was the ruling class of Cybertron eons ago. Formed by the first Thirteen Seven Transformers, the Dynasty ruled Cybertron and protected the All Spark until they were betrayed by one of their own.
Fiction
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Eons ago, the All Spark created thirteen beings, the first Cybertronians. They soon realized that the All Spark's power, though vast, was not infinite, and required the energy of stars to be replenished. Once a nearby star went nova, the All Spark created a worker race, the Transformers, who would assist the Dynasty in replenishing the All Spark. However, one of the thirteen, later known as the Fallen, betrayed his brothers and tried to steal the power of the All Spark for himself. However, once he had destroyed his brothers sarcophagi, he realized that they were able to still act, trapping him in his own Sarcophagus. Knowledge of the thirteen faded, and the Dynasty of Primes became little more than a myth. Defiance issue 4
Thousands of years later, the Science Division discovered the Fallen's sarcophagus and the remains of the other Twelve's sarcophagi. As the Fallen influenced Lord High Protector Megatron, the members of the Science Division studied the remains of the other relics and discovered the symbol of the Primes. This was the first proof that they had found of the Dynasty, and what's more, the symbol was etched on the head of the Science Division's leader, who was soon dubbed Optimus Prime by his fellow scientists. After the Autobots refused to follow Megatron's Decepticons, the term Prime came to denote Optimus as leader of the Autobots. Defiance issue 3
Revenge of The Fallen
 Spoiler warning: Plot details for Revenge of the Fallen (film) follow. |
According to Jetfire (and this alone may make it suspect), the Dynasty of Primes was formed by the first Cybertronians. One could not become a Prime, they could only be born as such, for only a Prime could kill a Prime. The Dynasty ruled Cybertron and protected the All Spark, replenishing it with the energy harvested from stars. However, the Dynasty of Primes was also benevolent, believing that all life was sacred and refused to harvest stars with worlds inhabited by sentient races. However, The Fallen believed that they should harvest the star Sol, which was orbited by a small world with primitive inhabitants, humans. The Fallen betrayed and killed most of his brothers, but one survived and hid the Matrix of Leadership, the key necessary to activating the solar harvester, in the Tomb of the Primes on Earth. The Fallen dispatched the Seekers to retrieve the Matrix, but were unsuccessful. On Cybertron, the Fallen hunted down and killed every last Prime he could find, knowing that they were a threat to him. A single orphan was hidden away with no knowledge of his lineage: Optimus Prime.
When Megatron left Optimus Prime in stasis lock, the last threat to the Fallen was removed, and he prepared for his return to Earth. However, Sam Witwicky, using the knowledge of the All Spark within his mind, found the Matrix in Egypt, not far from the harvester. Unfortunately, it had turned to dust in the millennia in the tomb. When his heart stopped after an attack by Megatron, Sam communed with the sparks of the original Cybertronians, who had judged Sam worthy of stewardship of the Matrix. With the Matrix restored, Sam used it to revive Optimus Prime and give him the knowledge of his ancestors. Using parts donated by a critically injured Jetfire, Optimus went to the solar harvester and confronted the Fallen. After a fierce battle, Optimus defeated the Fallen by ripping off his face. With the death of the Fallen, Optimus Prime became sole inheritor of the Matrix and the last of the Dynasty of Primes Revenge of The Fallen
