Editing Setting:Transformers (section)

===Primus===
The creator god of the Transformer race and the living core of their home world Cybertron. He has existed since time immemorial, providing the spark of life for all Transformers and guiding them through their darkest times. His only weakness is that his Spark is grounded in this reality, and his well-being is connected to the health of Cybertron. At the moment many are unsure of his current condition, as Cybertron itself is currently believed to be lost in the Eye of Terror. Many theories abound among Transformers and others who know of their history. Cybertronians believe he possibly ascended from his physical planet body and now resides within the Warp. Ordo Malleus of the Imperial Inquisition assumes Primus is now tainted by the spiralling Warp energy, while the Eldar theorize that Primus was forcefully dragged into the Warp and may have been devoured like the majority of their pantheon during the Fall.  Those who claim to have contact with his disciples, the thirteen original Transformers, instead claim that Primus is merely dormant, beyond the ability of even the Chaos gods to ruin, and that if the Matrix is allowed to reunite with him, he will awaken and bring a new golden age of Cybertronian civilization. With the current state of the galaxy, such a prophecy would be difficult to fulfil.  That none of the Chaos Gods boasts of consuming him only adds to the mystery, though those faithful to Primus say that as Unicron has yet to enter his most destructive state, clearly Primus must still be limiting his dark brother somehow.

====Thirteen Original Transformers====

The first children of Primus can be thought of as his Archangels. They are revered to a greater degree than a saint, but less than a pagan deity (similar perhaps to the Valar in [[Middle Earth]]). The Thirteen are the template on which all modern Cybertronians are based. Each one is said to have incredible and divine powers and a sacred duty to oversee a critical function of reality itself, though most had ascended to a higher realm long before the modern age of the Cybertronians and now mostly serve to answer prayers, offer miracles and blessings when the circumstances permit them to and provide guidance to Primus' children in his absence.  Each has an immensely powerful artifact to their name, and the more pious believe that one day the Thirteen will walk the Materium once more and restore a golden age of peace to the universe.  The Thirteen Primes (or more specifically, the Nine known and untainted Primes) are frequently compared to the nine loyalist Primarchs, much as how the worship of Primus is often compared to that of the God-Emperor.  Though as most Cybertronians will point out, only three of the Primes went rogue, and none ended up falling to the same master; whereas half of the known Primarchs turned to the service of Chaos.  The standard Imperial rebuttal is that the Primes decided to ascend and leave their supposed followers to tear themselves apart, largely of their own volition; whereas the Primarchs who remained loyal continued to address the material needs of Man until they were forced out of the picture through some means.  And of course, Roboute Guilliman now walks alongside man once more while none of the Primes have returned yet. The thirteen are as follows:

*'''Prima''':  Primus' first son and the leader of the original thirteen, Prima is the warrior of light, an incorruptible paladin of all that is virtuous.  The first bearer of the Matrix of Leadership, Prima is the Prime that took the most after his father and is held in the highest regard by the Autobots, and even the Decepticons will admit to some grudging admiration despite their generally more secular bent.  The closest comparison in Imperial Culture to Prima would be Sanguinius or perhaps the recently revived Roboute Guilliman, and for their part, the Cybertronians do not regard comparing the thirteen primes to the Primarchs as unwarranted.  Greatly opposed to evil and destructive forces, particularly Unicron but not exempting such foes as the Dark Gods, the Tyranids, the Orks, or the Necrons, Prima has yet to provide an answer on his father's fate or that of Optimus, but he encourages the Cybertronians who still hold Primus close to their heart to stand fast and strong in the face of darkness.  His legendary artifact is the Star Sabre, a sword said to be capable of immense destructive power, a sword of the purest light and order said to be able to destroy evil and even entire planets; with treasure hunters from Chaos lords to Ork Warbosses all looking for clues as to where to find it.   
*'''Vector Prime''':  Primus' appointed guardian of time and space, Vector Prime is perhaps the most active of the original thirteen, working to ensure that the timeline continues to flow safely and without issue.   An order of those dedicated to Vector Prime work to try and stop acts of time travel or at the very least minimize their destructive influence and have been reported as having worked with the Ordo Chronus before its disappearance.  Vector Prime has a particular grudge against the Necron cryptek Orikan, having become aware of the Astromancer's manipulations of the timeline and has thus started to command his order to deal with Orikan.  His artifacts are the Blades of Time, which are capable of altering time and space and are thus desperately coveted by those who have heard of them.  Vector Prime has rather enigmatically stated that this reality is not "wholly part of the multiverse we call home" and worries about "our wars coming to their worlds", though as most of the Cybertronian lore regarding the Cybertronian study of other realities was lost with Cybertron, few can parse such statements any longer.
*'''Alpha Trion''':  One of the last of the Primes to have disappeared, Alpha Trion is the Lorekeeper and the guardian of knowledge and wisdom among the thirteen.  More a scholar and a philosopher than a mighty warrior, Alpha Trion is nonetheless a very powerful and capable combatant like all his kin and should never be trifled with.  Thanks to the work of those dedicated to him, the Transformers have maintained a good understanding and record of their past despite the loss of Cybertron, and as the writer of the covenant of Primus, it is he who is the most tied with the religion of Primus worship.   His artifact is the quill, which is capable of revealing the past, the present, and the future to degrees that no mere mortal seer can.   
*'''Solus Prime''':  The first female cybertronian upon whose form all-female cybertronians today are templated (even Quintessa, as she came into being after she did), Solus Prime was the Forgemaster and the artificer of the original thirteen and was said to have been adored by all her brothers.  Out of the original thirteen, it is only she who was forced out of this realm outside of her terms, with her physical form being murdered by the one who would later be known as the Fallen; whom she continues to maintain a great deal of bitterness towards in her ascended state.   She continues to work her heavenly forge in her realm, crafting the weapons with which the original thirteen keep their realms secure against those who would seek to defile their plane of reality, once using the artifact known as the forge; a mighty hammer said to be capable of crafting nearly any device the wielder can imagine.  Some of the devices she has forged include the Requiem Blaster; said to be the ultimate (cybertronian) portable ranged weapon in the galaxy (or "Da Ultymate Dakka" as many warbosses who have obsessively searched for it have called it) capable of annihilating planets at full blast, and the Skyboom Shield; said to be able to stop any attack conceivable.  
*'''Micronus Prime''':  The first of the Minicons, Micronus was never the most physically imposing or powerful, but he served as the group's conscience and maintained at least cordial relations with all his kin.  Micronus is perhaps the most easily sought of the Primes, and will generally be the first to speak for them when a sign is asked for.  Micronus is also deeply concerned with the actions of his fallen brothers and sister, and his followers work tirelessly to seek out those who have fallen from Primus' grace or have even turned to the service of Unicron.  Micronus' artifact is the Chimera Stone; which he used to link up with and enhance the powers of any of his brethren.  
*'''Alchemist Prime''': The co-founder of Cybertronian civilization with Alpha Trion, Alchemist Prime was also a scholar, though he was more of a scientist than a philosopher like Alpha Trion was.  He intensely studied the elemental nature of the universe, recording in great detail his scientific discoveries as he studied the makeup of all things; and Cybertronians devoted to the sciences frequently invoke his name when they need to crack some mystery involving the material sciences.  Alchemist Prime got on well with Solus, Alpha, Quintessa, and Onyx Prime, in particular, working with them to better understand the universe as he studied them with his Lenses, artifacts that let one peer deep and far to see the true nature of anything they examine safely.   
*'''Nexus Prime''':  The first Gestalt transformer, Nexus Prime was the physically strongest of the original thirteen even if Megatronus and Prima were expected to wield the most power.   Nexus Prime is largely unpredictable, finding himself fascinated by change and the alterations to the cosmos it can bring, and is a lighthearted prankster who has played a great many jokes on evil powers as much as his kind, though when the time for battle comes; few have been able to withstand the power he has brought to bear against those who would seek to do evil.   Nexus Prime has the power to divide himself and others or combine them through his artifact; the Enigma of combination, which can split apart a being or object into many fully functional parts that represent aspects of itself or combine them at will.
*'''Onyx Prime''': Out of Primus' first children, Onyx Prime was the Prime closest to organic life and nature, and when Amalgamous Prime introduced the power of transformation to his siblings, Onyx chose the form of a beast, making him the first such Cybertronian to take such a body.  Largely rejecting most forms of advanced technology, Onyx Prime was heavily spiritual and advocated a simple life for Primus' later children, believing that too much reliance on labour-saving devices could lead one astray from what mattered most in existence.  His artifact is the three-faced Triptych Mask, which can allow one to see other times, places, souls, and even into afterlives; peering into spiritual realms as easily as Alchemist Prime's lenses could into the material.   
*'''Amalgamous Prime''':  The first Cybertronian who could properly be called a Transformer, gifted with a transformation cog by Primus, Amalgamous Prime was a shifter; gifted with unlimited forms and capable of disguising himself as anything he desired to.  A joker and a trickster, Amalgamous Prime conspired with Nexus to play a great many jokes on both his kin and their enemies and greatly pleased Primus with his actions in these early days of myth and legend. Though sometimes his jokes could take on somewhat meanspirited natures, he at heart remained a figure for justice and worked with his kin to repel Unicron and cast out their fallen brethren. Having ascended, he has left his Transformation Cog behind, which is said to grant the wielder the power to take on any shape or form they could ever desire.  
*'''Quintessa Prime''': A daydreamer and perfectionist who joined Alpha Trion and Alchemist Prime in the pursuit of knowledge, Quintessa Prime was particularly fascinated by life in particular, seeking to replicate her father's ability to create life from nothing.  Believing that life was the universe's greatest gift and should be encouraged to spread and live in peace and harmony, Quintusessa Prime's take on life is more akin to that of Isha than Nurgle's fascination with plagues, for Quintessa has little use for life that only exists to make other life suffer, though she isn't above exterminating some forms of life to advance other forms of it.  The most intellectual but least physically imposing of the original thirteen, Quintessa succeeded in her quest to understand life, and those who wield her artifact; the Emberstone, can too create life as she did, with one of the products of her work being the Xenos race known as the Quintessons.  Lately, however, Quintessa has become increasingly disturbed; becoming obsessed with restoring Primus by destroying humanity and Unicron; believing that humanity is the spawn of the Chaosbringer; as such she has become one of the "fallen" primes, alongside Megatronus and Liege and lords over the Quintessons to beget her mad schemes for restoring her father.    
*'''Liege Maximo''':  While Megatronus would be known as the Fallen for his decision to side with Unicron, it was the Liege Maximo who first turned to evil.  A manipulative genius, the Liege Maximo was also amoral and did not share his kin's love of justice and nobility, believing that they had to be made of sterner stuff to be strong enough to give order to the cosmos.  It was he who manipulated Megatronus into cutting Solus Primes' physical body down and set him on the path that would lead to Megatronus seeking out Unicron; believing that this would demonstrate the need for a much sterner approach than his brothers and sister had taken.  However, amid his schemes, he was discovered and forced to flee into the depths of space.  His whereabouts are unknown, but some suspect that he is the leader of the Cyberformers, while others believe he has struck an accord with the C'tan, and some even believe him and the Deceiver to be the same.  Though his artifact is said to be the toxic Liegian Darts capable of felling any being save himself, his real skill is his silver tongue.  
*'''Megatronus Prime''':  (See below) 
*'''The Unknown Prime''':  One of the original thirteen is not known to the Cybertronians at large, though it is said that he was a mediator among his kin, the first to raise an arm in greeting to his fellows and the one who worked the hardest to create peace among the children of Primus.  While the others were said to have ascended, the Unknown Prime is stated to have chosen to reincarnate himself among the mortal followers of Primus so that he could guide them more directly and keep them safe from darkness.