Kolkular

Kolkular is a fortress on Cybertron from the Generation 1 continuity family.

As the capitol of the city-state Kaon, Kolkular is where Decepticon command's at. Via the many monitors and other equipment in the Cradle, the fortress's command hub and throne room, contact is maintained with the outside world. Kolkular has artificially been lifted up far above the Kaon landscape to keep it out of reach of attacks and other harmful events, extendable elevators allowing the inhabitants to enter and leave.

Fiction

Generation 1

Dreamwave comics

At the Cradle, Megatron discussed the beginning of the war with Soundwave and Starscream while monitoring his troops's activities. As he took a few cheap swipes at the late Emirate Xeon, whose head adorned his throne, Starscream grew annoyed and demanded that he pay attention to the Autobot's evacuation plan. Megatron assured the Seeker the Autobots wouldn't get away and sent him, Skywarp and Thundercracker on a mission to Protihex. In the company of Soundwave, Megatron took the elevator down to the surface himself to obtain a status report on the planetary engines. The War Within #2

Believing he had killed Megatron, Starscream happily took over command. From the Cradle, he informed Shockwave over at Iacon that there had been a shift in the hierarchy, but Shockwave was not impressed and vowed to look into the matter when he'd return. Unimpressed himself with Shockwave's words, Starscream ordered his soldiers to extract every scrap of data from their captive Laserbeak in order to understand Megatron's plans to reshape Cybertron. As soon as he had it figured out, he left for the controls of the planetary engines to initiate the mechaforming procedure. The War Within #4

Movie

If the Transformers RISK game is to be taken at face value, Kolkular exists and is surrounded by Kaon, the area containing Maccadams, the Rad Zone, the Arena, Hexima State, the area in which the Smelting Pool is located and Altihex. Risk

Toys

Generation 1

• Primus (Supreme, 2006)

Kolkular is one of two distinguishable cities molded into the surface of Primus's planet mode, designed specifically to match its appearance in Dreamwave's The War Within comics and DK's Transformers: The Ultimate Guide. In Primus's robot mode, Kolkular ends up on the underside of Primus's heel, which is probably symbolic. The city actually has limited articulation all of its own, being able to "pop up" when in planet mode to better represent Kolkular.

The other city is the Autobot city-state Iacon, which, similar to the depiction on the Cybertron map in the Ultimate Guide, is placed on the opposite end of the toy from Kolkular. Its placement, however, is likely a coincidence.

Cybertron

• Cybertron Primus (Supreme, 2006)

Yep, it was still there when the toy was released months later in the Cybertron toyline.

Merchandise

• RISK TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON Battle Edition (2007)

Kolkular is one of the purple zones on the board.

Notes

• Kolkular was first mentioned in Simon Furman's non-canon story "Alignment". After being driven off Cybertron, the Decepticons had made another planet their New Cybertron, where they had a complete "superbly detailed recreation" of Kolkular built. Kolkular is described as "a colossal fortress that spanned an entire continent and was clearly visible from outer space". It is home to the Grand Forum, "a vast open hall protected by a fiery energy dome", where the Decepticon High Council holds its meetings. An atrium lies next to it where "sculptures depicting former Decepticon leaders" stand. Interestingly, this sounds like a description of the Hall of Heroes, but any connection to it or the Decepticon stronghold is speculation. Kolkular was made official in adapted form a few years later in the pages of Dreamwave's comics.