Forged

The Forged are a faction from the Prime portion of the Aligned continuity family.

The Forged are a group of Cybertronians who were former Decepticons but formed their own faction.

With Megatron and Optimus gone now, there are no Decepticons... not really. There are only the Forged.Ser-Ket., "Rage of the Dinobots issue 2"

Fiction

Rage of the Dinobots

This faction were formed during the Great War on Cybertron. Rage of the Dinobots #1 After both Optimus Prime and Megatron vanished, the survivors declared that they were no longer Decepticons but instead called the Forged. This group served Shockwave and considered themselves his metaphorical hammer. Serving as his disciples, they intended to aid him in reforging Cybertron. They were led by Ser-Ket who later based them at a prison located in the Sea of Rust. Rage of the Dinobots #2 During the exodus, Ultra Magnus was shot down by Decepticons and crashed in the territory of the Forged who captured him. Rage of the Dinobots #1 Swoop later also became a prisoner of the Forged leading to his fellow Dinobots staging a rescue of him. Slug was not impressed at the capabilities of the Forged during a fight with them but were surrounded by them. Rage of the Dinobots #2 Grimlock challenged Ser-Ket to a duel and if he won then Swoop along with the Dinobots would be freed. Ultimately, he defeated his foe and the Forged demonstrated themselves to be mechanical beings of their word allowing the Dinobots to leave with their comrade. Rage of the Dinobots #3