Traachon

This article is about the Autobot High Councillor. For the (very small) Transformer sub-group, see Trakkon.

Traachon is an Autobot from the Marvel portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

High Councillor Traachon (formerly General Traachon) manages to fail at everything he's ever tried to do. Scarily, the Autobots made him their political leader, anyway.

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

Traachon appeared exclusively in the UK portion of the Marvel Comics continuity.

General Traachon was the commander of Iacon's military forces. Despite Emirate Xaaron's wishes, Traachon refused to send peacekeeping forces to the Vos/Tarn conflict, and believed it'd be good for Iacon if both city-states destroyed each other. State Games

Later, with Iacon about to be overrun by the warrior remnants of those two states (whoops!), Traachon was High Councillor of the ruling Council of Autobot Elders; as High Councillor, he wielded veto power. Xaaron petitioned him to give control of the military to Optimus Prime instead of keeping it under Council control. Traachon agreed. And There Shall Come...a Leader!

When the Ark was lost, Traachon attempted to once again take command of the disorganized Autobot army. As a result, the Decepticons conquered everything except Iacon, and that deadlock ended when new leader Trannis simply decided to bomb the city. In an emergency meeting, the Council (except Xaaron) decided to surrender. The instant they did, Trannis killed Traachon and the rest. Cybertron: The Middle Years!

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Wings Universe

Wings Universe is based on the Generation 1 cartoon, but deviates from it in cosmetic ways and continuity points.

Traachon was raided by Deathsaurus's forces. Oil from Traachon's personal cellar was among the spoils and the Decepticon warlord enjoyed it so much that he asked Lyzack to put it among the best oil he had. Flames of Yesterday

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Traachon was one of the neutral faction leaders who attended Optimus Prime's Grand Convocation in the early stages of the war. Derelicts

Notes

• "State Games" came out after "And There Shall Come… a Leader!", and retroactively has it that Traachon was a (former) military leader when Xaaron was arguing that generals and not politicians should be running the army. It's possible Traachon was just a very crap general.