Dweller (G1)
- The Dweller is a Trans-Organic from the cartoon portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Dweller is a large Trans-Organic that was created by the Quintessons in the distant past on Cybertron. Due to its violent and dangerous nature; it was sealed by the Quintessons for all of time. Like a vampire, it has the power to drain the life-force from anything it touches. It is virtually indestructible and not very nice at all.
Its victims end up as lumbering zombie-like minions who inherit the Dweller's power-draining ability. These "Energy Vampires" mindlessly seek out new victims, sucking them dry before returning to the Dweller and transferring their collected energy to the creature.
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Transformers cartoon
Long before the Quintessons had even created the robots which would one day become the Transformers, their early experiments centered around a fusion of technology and organic material. One of their creations was an unstoppable abomination known as the Dweller. They managed to defeat the Dweller and the rest of the Trans-Organic monsters and seal them away deep within the bowels of Cybertron.
Millions of years later, a group of Quintessons tricked Galvatron into awakening the Trans-Organics, planning to let their old creations exterminate the Transformers. After encountering Galvatron, the Dweller cut a swath of destruction across Cybertron until it attacked the new Autobot power plant. The Autobots used it to dispose of the creature by ejecting the power plant into space, where it crashed into a Quintesson ship that was monitoring the events. The fate of the Dweller from there on is unknown. The Dweller in the Depths
Wreckers comic
The Dinobots were sent to Arkus by the Oracle in order to awaken a "sleeping giant" for a mysterious purpose. Departure However, the mission was a fool's errand, arranged by the Quintessons and designed to destroy the Dinobots. Arkus was the world where one of their most dangerous creations ever remained a prisoner, the energy-draining Trans-Organic creature known as the Dweller. Betrayal Airraptor, Rapticon, and Magmatron were subsequently destroyed in the deadly encounter. The Wreckers: Finale Part 1
Games
Transformers Legends
In a plot to get revenge on both Autobots and Decepticons, the Quintessons led Galvatron to the resting place of the Dweller and the rest of the Trans-Organics. Once the Dweller was awoken from its slumber, it began to infect Transformers with its energy-vampirism. Both the Autobots and the Decepticons were nonetheless able to escape the Dweller, and returned to their respective bases. Dweller in the Depths
