Guiding Hand
- The Guiding Hand is a mysterious "them" from the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Guiding Hand are five ancient deities created by Primus. They are related to some set of alternative truths about Cybertron's history.
Members
- Primus, the Light-giver and Life-giver
- Mortilus, the Death-bringer
- Solomus, Wisdom Incarnate
- Epistemus, Knowledge Personified
- Adaptus, Blessed with an Infinity of Shapes
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 comics
The Guiding Hand were formed after the creation of the planet Cybertron when Primus the First Light stood forth on the miracle planet. At the time, he felt a nest of Sparks within him and he split his essence into five other vessels. They became a remote but nurturing presence onf early Cybertron and populated it with by a gesture thus creating the Cybertronian race. Under their reign came the First Golden Age of Cybertron which was shattered when Mortilus believed that the Guiding Hand should become a fist against the rest of the universe. As Mortilus stood against Primus, all of Cybertron became divided in a conflict that saw the planet shudder and its first moon being ripped asunder. The Death-bringer was ultimately destroyed in the struggle but the conflict left the remaining members of the Guiding Hand mortally wounded.
Primus who was near death went into the heart of Cybertron where he re-integrated himself to the planet and became Vector Sigma that was the source of all sentience. Solomus was trapped by Mortilus into a crystal prison but the wise god managed to re-arrange it into the Creation Matrix that not only served as a connection to Vector Sigma but provided wisdom to future generations of Transformers. Both Epistemus and Adaptus were not as lucky as Mortilus had stripped both bare. Epistemus was transformed into a Brain Module whilst Adaptus became a Transformation Cog. Prior to their death, they offered their designs to future generations to utilize both their intellect and functionality to face the rigors of their environment. With Mortilus's destruction, death itself was gone and allowed the Spark's of Cybertronians to burn immortal. After this period, the first inheritors of the Guiding Hand became the Knights of Cybertron who were given the gifts of sentience, wisdom, intellect, change and immortality whereupon they went to spread peace across the universe. Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations
The Guiding Hand were mentioned in an ancient inscription within the Matrix of Leadership. Through the Matrix, Optimus Prime once knew of them, but the knowledge faded from his memory upon the splitting of the Matrix. The Death of Optimus Prime
