Chronarchitect
The Chronarchitect is one of the old gods, kin of Unicron and Primus. Also known as the Time Walker, he exists in abstract form outside of linear time, because his taking of a physical form disrupts our perception of time. He intervenes to support the Grand Plan.
| “ | RETURN TO THE BEGINNING. PREPARE. PREPARE-- | ” |
—The Chronarchitect's parting plea to Leonicus, "Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox" and "Terminus" | ||
Fiction
Reaching the Omega Point
Noting subtle disturbances in the world around him coupled with a strong sense of deja vu, Leonicus meditated, recognizing the abstract existence of the Chronarchitect within the pattern of sensations. The contradictions and anomalies were the result of "temporal fallout" caused by the deity attempting to adjust to and manifest within ordinary linear time. However, attempting to perceive the Chronarchitect proved too much for Leonicus, who was staggered by countless visions of events throughout time and space; his fellow Covenant members were shaken even worse by the experience which Leonicus alone had seen coming. By shutting off his optics to avoid further visions, Leonicus traced his way to the Covenant's Observatory, where the Chronarchitect had manifested.
Emanating from tear in time and space, the Chronarchitect appeared to Leonicus as an immense figure in which countless stars and galaxies could be glimpsed, screaming in agony with a force that ionized the air around it, time around it lurching in pained gasps as it delivered disjointed warnings to the Covenant leader. Disappearing from perception in what Leonicus saw as reversed order, the Chronarchitect cryptically pleaded with him after vanishing into the time-stream.
While musing on the meaning of this appearance and parting words, the Covenant recalled that the Chronarchitect had last appeared in the Earth year 2005 to warn them of the death of the bearer of the Matrix, and the impending threat of Unicron should a new Prime not appear. Covenant
Leonicus recalled the Chronarchitect's attempt to prepare the Covenant for battle against Shokaract as his comrades struggled against the Predacon. It was not until Scorpius joined the battle that Leonicus realized the meaning of the Chronarchitect's warnings, and revert into beings of energy to destroy the essence of Unicron inside the Matrix of Conquest. Terminus
The AllSpark Almanac
The Chronarchitect was one of ten figures that made up the Cybertronian zodiac. His associated aspect is time and assigned orbital cycle is Navitaneon. His constellation formed a tanuki. The AllSpark Almanac II
Notes
- The earlier manifestation of the Chronarchitect to the Covenant seems to reference the events of The Transformers: The Movie. Since the threat the Chronarchitect was warning them against never came to pass, the Covenant simply sat back and observed the events.
