Quintus Prime

Quintus Prime is a member of the Thirteen from the Aligned continuity family.

I went into space to create alien species who could act as allies to the Transformer race! And made these guys... Whoops.

Quintus Prime was one of the Thirteen. He was the scientist among the group, who dreamt of seeding the entire galaxy with life. His artifact was the Emberstone, which could accelerate biological processes in base elements.

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According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Till, that is, Primus created the Thirteen. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. One Shall Rise, Part 1

The Covenant of Primus

Quintus was one of the thirteen Transformers created by Primus to fight against Unicron. His artifact was the Emberstone, and he became one of the Strategists of the Thirteen, alongside Alpha Trion, Micronus Prime and Liege Maximo. After Unicron's defeat, Quintus drifted freely between the cliques formed in the group alongside Alchemist Prime and Optimus Prime.

After Maximo revealed that Prima had been plotting how likely each member of the Thirteen was to be corrupted by Unicron's presence, it came to light that Quintus had worked alongside Maximo and Megatronus to create new robot beasts – Prima was suspicious of these beasts and ordered the three to shut down their "Farm". A conflict broke out between the Thirteen over whether or not Maximo had the right to create new life – a conflict that eventually came to a head when Optimus demanded a full vote on the matter.

The vote came to a tie until Solus Prime voted against allowing Maximo to create new beasts. After Megatronus accidentally killed Solus, Quintus was among the members of the Thirteen that demanded that Megatronus be found and made to pay for his crime, but the group were surprised when Solus' dead body began to glow and melted an opening to the deep core of Primus, creating the Well of All Sparks. When Maximo was confronted at the Farm, Quintus refused to accept any personal responsibility for the beasts' creation. The Thirteen then proceeded to fight, their battle spilling into the caverns with the beasts.

With the Age of Primes over, Quintus went into space to seed life to act as allies for the new race the rest of the Thirteen would create on Cybertron. Among these races would be the Quintessons, a race that would become less than friendly with Primus's new creations. Alpha Trion wondered what became of him, and speculated that Quintus's own creations may have disposed of him when they no longer required him. The Covenant of Primus