Thirteen Tribes

The Thirteen Tribes are a group from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

The Thirteen Tribes are various groupings of Transformers that inhabited the planet of Cybertron with each being led by one of the Thirteen.

Named tribes include the Headmasters and the Diaclona Tribe.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

In ancient times, each of the Thirteen Tribes were led by one of the Primes who engulfed their homeworld in warfare against one another. The First Cybertronian Civil War ended when each of the Primes seemingly mysteriously vanished allowing for Nova Major to reshape Cybertron to his design now that the reign of the Primes had ended. (We say mysteriously vanished, it seems to have happened after Galvatron killed Nexus Prime after a scarily short fight) The Crucible