Axe

* Injured
* Uninjured

Crystal City, Quawzmi Prime *(Formerly)*

Axe is a Knight-Commander in the Circle of the Light with the talent Electrokinesis.

## Official Bio

*A major commander in the Circle of Light, Axe has always hated his role as leader, which he views as merely the result of Atlas giving up his faith so that his fellow members of the Circle could escape without fighting. This act chews him up inside, knowing that this fact is the only reason he's alive. At present, Axe still holds the values of the Circle of Light, knowing that it would be Dai Atlas' wishes, though he holds onto the hope he can see his friend and mentor again.*

## History

Axe was a member of the Circle of Light, and he learned under the leader of the Circle, Dai Atlas. He would frequently run into conflict with Wing and his team, who Axe dubbed the Multiforce, due to their differences in ideology.

During In the Face of Light Axe and Vermillion Thunderbolt used Mobile Transportation Discs to investigate a shuttle landing on Quawzmi Prime, then followed the trio that emerged from it by hiding in the clouds. When the group's leader pointed out that they'd be most likely to be followed by members of the Circle of Light, Axe asked if he had known they had been following them, and then agreed to come down with VT and talk to the trio face to face. After pointing out Thunderhead still had his weapon aimed at him, Axe introduced himself and asked the visitors for their names, but upon learning the leader was Ginrai Convoy, Axe demanded to know if he had come to bring his warmongering ways. When Ginrai insisted that he wasn't there to ask them to fight, Axe made VT be quiet and asked Ginrai for his reason for coming, and after hearing that he was there to ask the Circle for help creating a cure for a plague, Axe agreed to bring the trio to see Dai Atlas, on the condition that they leave all their weapons behind and be confined to a room when not speaking to Atlas. Agreeing to take the trio to Crystal City once they'd removed all their weapons, Axe had them go on in front of him and VT and directed them to the city, where Axe got off his Transportation Disc to use the recognition scanners to open the doors. Ordering the visitors to wipe their feet on the mat, Axe told the trio that they'd be led directly to the debate chambers and that they'd have to keep up with his pace and not diverge from his path, explaining that the meeting would obviously be held at the Lightforge Tower. He then let Crumble know that the trio could now see Atlas, and that they were lucky that the leading council was already in session, before leading the way to the tower and showing Ginrai the way to the council chamber. After Atlas ended the meeting, Axe obeyed his order to escort Ginrai out to his quarters, but he then had VT escort the trio, informing Wing that they'd bring Cogwheel to discuss with Atlas what to do about Ginrai's request. Watching the Primal Vanguard trio's activates through a perception filtered camera, Axe snarked to Wing that he should tell Arch Convoy his statement about Convoys being perceptive of the world, then questioned Atlas on why he even kept the Multiforce around when they didn't show the power they claimed to have and did nothing but break the Circle's rule of non-interference. Apologizing to Atlas for arguing with Wing, Axe then insisted they couldn't trust Ginrai due to him having concealed his communications device, only to scowl when Wing asked if he'd specifically requested he give them up, though he agreed with Cogwheel that riots would start if she agreed to help the Convoy. He and Wing stood outside the council chamber when the trio were escorted over, and Axe led Ginrai inside to hear the decision that had been made. When Wing insisted that choice to not help hadn't been right when Axe stepped back out, Axe insisted they were just doing what they needed to protect themselves, and he was left with VT in the waiting room by Wing.

In The Primal Choice Axe accompanied Dai Atlas and Sonic Ronin to Eukaris to try and convince the Eukarian Council to stay out of the Combatron Wars. Entering the Golden Citadel and standing on a holoplatform projector, Axe stayed silent as his leader made their argument before stepping out of the room with the others.

Later in Kill the Light Axe joined the rest of the leading council when Ignitor came to Ithuga, and he asked her if she was from the Primal Vanguard like her ship. When Ignitor revealed she had come to warn the Circle of Light of an impending attack by the Combatrons, Axe questioned why they would do so when the Circle of Light posed no significance to them, but when Dash burst in and Axe scolded her for coming in during the middle of a meeting, he bolted from his seat after Dai Atlas when Dash revealed Combatronian warships had already arrived. With the threat now proven to be real, Axe was ordered to begin evacuating Crystal City while Atlas held off the Combatrons, but he insisted that Atlas couldn't mean it when fighting them would go against everything he and the Circle believed in. However, he was then shocked to learn that Atlas was leaving the Circle and making him its new leader, and he trembled as he told his friend that he couldn't possibly replace him, but he agreed to be strong for the Circle and bowed, telling Atlas it had been an honor to serve with him. Agreeing to tell Speeder that Atlas regretted not saying goodbye personally and that he'd always be there for him, Axe assured him that Speeder would know his father was a hero before running off to organize the evacuation, and Atlas told the Multiforce to help him.

Axe would end up giving up his position as leader of the Circle, opting to serve simply as a Knight-Commander. *He would also train under Lord-Commander Wing, the descendent of his ideological rival.* At some point Axe had his left optic permanently scarred.

*Axe would be sent by Wing to Cybertron in order to ensure that any Titans left in the Titan Yards remained buried. He travelled aboard the* Dawn Treader *with Speeder and Drillbuster to New Polyhex, where they stopped to rest at the Scoria Inn. The trio were sitting in the corner of the dining room when they were noticed by Mithril, who commented that he looked mean, and Adrestia, and when the two sat down with them Axe introduced the trio after demanding Addy explain her intentions. When Addy pressed him for his affiliations, Axe noticed her weapons and again demanded that she explain her intentions, insisting she get to the point and stop wasting his time when she commented on how well armed the trio was, glancing at his Great Axe as he did so. Remaining silent after Addy asked who he worked for and glancing around the room, Axe simply let her know that the group worked for a third party, and after Addy left for her room she sarcastically commented about how friendly Axe had been.*

*Finding out who exactly Adrestia was, Axe had had the trio follow her and Mithril down into the Titan Yards, and revealed their presence by stating that the creators of the Titans that abandoned the Yards when the volcano erupted were cowards that left a legacy of destruction, just like the makers of Addy's Ur-Sword and Drak A Dron. When Addy questioned if Axe was even his real name and Speeder warned him not to be baited, Axe shoved his subordinate out of the way and slammed his axe into the floor, telling Addy that he had known she was trouble from what he'd heard of her, but that he now realized she was more destructive than he imagined, and declared that Lodestar would stay buried and Addy could go down with her. Using his Great Axe to crack the ground towards Addy and Mithril, Axe then rushed at the two of them, only to have his swing blocked by Addy with Drak A Dron. Roaring that Addy couldn't comprehend the power of her own weapons or the Titan, Axe was then struck in the midsection by Addy's hammer, sending him to his knees and forcing him to be dragged out by Speeder and Drillbuster.*

*Brought back to the* Dawn Treader*, Axe crouched on the bridge, still in pain from the battle, and contacted Wing to report that he'd failed his mission due to encountering Adrestia, who had two weapons of Septimus Prime. He then accepted his new mission to retrieve Addy and her weapons, assuring Wing that it would be done.*

*In order to find out who Axe worked for, Adrestia would return to Kolkular to visit her father, Ephemeris.*

*Axe would later lead Speeder and Drillbuster to a rotunda in Kaon, smashing through the skylight to get inside and killing the horde of Demons he found there, despite his confusion as to why they were awake and attacking one of their own. However, upon seeing that the Demon being attacked held a photonic crystal and did not flee like the others, but introduced himself as Drulim Drang, Axe held back from striking him and asked about the crystal, only to be shocked to hear that he had been entrusted to hold onto it by Septimus Prime, and he realized that the heir Drulim was supposed to give it to was Adrestia.*

### Dark Future

*In Emissary From the Void Axe joined "Dai Atlas XIII" to fight against Ze Balmary Empire forces led by Aleph Barshem, and joined him aboard Lodestar to meet with Adrestia about teaming up to stop them. Avoiding optical contact with Addy, Axe explained to her that the Balmarians were an organic alien species that had become a thorn in the side of the Circle of Light thanks to their Spirit Emperor leading them in expansion and enslavement, leading Addy to snark to "Atlas XIII" that Axe was rather eloquent when he wasn't trying to kill her.*

*Unfortunately, Axe was the Lord-Commander in charge of the Circle of Light on Nnossos when the Neo-Maximals came to wipe them out, and he ended up being slain by the soldiers that managed to swarm him.*

### Revised Future

*Axe would be spared his fate thanks to alterations made to the timeline.*

*Speeder decided his destiny did not lie with Axe when setting out on his errantry quest.*

*Speeder recalled how Axe had been bothered by Adrestia when he noticed Azimuth resembled her.*

*Wing apologized to Adrestia for Axe being so brusque with her when the two finally met during In the Safehouse, A Discussion, with Addy making a face at his mention.*

*In Volcano Axe selected Drillbuster, Jetstream, and Headcannon for Operation Volcano, and aboard the* Dawn Treader *he made sure they were ready to take down Alpha Quintesson by ensuring they knew their target, his crimes, and what their mission was. Axe went with Wing and Jetstream in a boarding torpedo as the reserve team, waiting to head into the* Trident *if the assault team couldn't do the job, but they wound up not needing to go in. When Adrestia explained to Wing that she'd gotten an agreement in writing from Alpha Q ensuring the Quintesson Co-Prosperity Sphere wouldn't sell weapons to the Decepticons or Ze Balmary Empire, Axe muttered that she should have killed him, insisting to Wing that he could find a way around the agreement. Wing then complimented Axe for his work, and though Addy pointed out he had just stayed in the boarding torpedo the whole time, Wing insisted it had been a team effort due to the tensions between the two.*

*During Cobray Axe was noted by Adrestia to be the only one not gloomy after Wing's death and the return to Crystal City on Rynn Prime, instead being angry. Once in the city he was bumped into by Cobray, and he picked up the Balmarian, asking if he was a straggler trying to infiltrate Crystal City. Not buying Cobray's claims that he didn't know what he was talking about, Axe was told to let him go by Speeder due to him not posing a threat with memory loss, but while Axe did so, he questioned if Speeder's theory was correct, and hoped that it was right before signaling to Cobray that he was keeping watch over him and heading off.*

*Later in Doomsday Axe joined "Dai Atlas XIII" and Touya in the Granteed on Earth to fight against Gu-Landon Gotz in Dakar, but they proved to be outmatched thanks to the Fury leader's Zui Gadin. When even Adrestia proved unable to take out the Throne Machine, Axe began to don his Energon Armor and told "Atlas XIII" that they had no choice but to go all out if they wanted to beat Gu-Landon. Once he had his armor on and Touya knocked the Zui Gadin off-balance, Axe cut through its arm modules and kept it occupied so "Atlas XIII" could destroy it with his Falcon's Claw Super Special Technique.*

*In Hero Wars Axe traveled to Kolkular to see Adrestia, and when she was dismissed from her scolding from Ephemeris, Axe blocked her path so they could talk. Letting her know that he was aware of her dislike of him and that she thought of him as lumbering jerk, Axe then explained that he had still been with the Circle of Light for longer than her, so she should consider his words. Letting her know she hadn't reached the full potential of her power and that upcoming battles would be harder than ever, Axe then told her that if she wanted to become a full Circle Knight, she would need to come with him.*

*During Trials of Knighthood Axe brought Adrestia, Outrigger, Mournmane, and another squire to a nameless desert planet and had them walk to the Pit, the cave where the Circle Knight Trials would take place, informing them the trials would push them and that many had failed, with them being guaranteed to come out changed, possibly scarred. Waiting for the squires in the cave when they arrived, Axe welcomed them to the Pit, and let them know they were there to purge them of impurities through the Trials of Steel, Spirit, and Courage. Beginning with Steel, Axe used a low-powered laser to burn the back of Outrigger's hand with a straight face, letting him know when he passed and explaining that the Trial of Steel was to make sure they could endure any method their enemy used in fights. He then tested the other three, and he noted that he was glad to see only Mournmane fail, claiming that normally every squire failed the Trial of Steel as he led the trio to a chamber. There he seemingly separated the squires and explained to them that a true warrior could beat any foe with any weapon, even themselves, and Axe then deployed PROXY drones to fight the squires. Letting Addy know she had passed after she beat her drone, Axe then began her Trial of Courage.*

*Fusion would think to himself that Axe couldn't rhetorically oppose Wing on the Circle of Light's intervention policy after Turmoil attacked Ithuga.*

*In Sacrificium Ad Profundis Axe captained the* Righteous Theogony *to search for signs of the Balmarian Seventh Fleet, when they encountered a ship of artifact hunters. Learning that they planned to go to Antilla for Thirteenth Legion castrums, Axe advised Goldrush to turn back out of fear of Dire Wraiths in the area, but when he insisted on continuing the mission, Axe let him pass. A cyber-week later, Axe had the ship travel to Antilla when a distress signal came from the planet, and it was hovering in orbit around the planet when the* Arclight *arrived and hailed them. Responding to it, Axe introduced himself and asked for the other ship to identify itself, and after hearing Pax Galaxus explain they were on a colonizing mission when they heard the distress signal, Axe let the captain know that he would send a shuttle over to discuss how to handle the rescue operation. Flying to the* Arclight *aboard a relay shuttle with Adrestia, Axe let Pax know what the* Righteous Theogony *had been doing when it encountered the artifact hunters and what they did to try and keep them from going to Antilla, becoming appalled when Pax suggested they'd tried to make them turn back with force and swearing by the Halls of Order that the Circle of Light wasn't like the Balmarian reavers, Daleks, or Cygor Fiends, even offering the ship logs and sensor telemetry to prove it, and glared at Macro when he objected to having the two crews work together even after Pax apologized for assuming they were responsible for the distress signal.*

*Going down to Antilla in Bestias De Profundis, Axe and Adrestia located the artifact hunters' ship, but found no sign of the crew despite the distress signal still emitting from it. Headed 10 kliks north to the Castrum where the Star Fleet members were, Axe informed them of their discovery before transforming to vehicle mode and entering the Castrum with the others. Upon finding the corpse of Goldrush in the center of a rotunda, Axe knelt next to the body and noted that whatever killed her then fed on her metal and energon, concluding that it had been done by a troglodytic robotic species that fed on the dead. Rushing over when Macro called for the group to help handle the creatures approaching, Axe charged in and fought the horde of "Subformers" with his Great Axe, but when the Dero surrounded him and piled onto him, Axe used the Lightning Lord Special Technique to kill all the "Subformers" with electricity. Explaining to Pax Galaxus what exactly the "Subformers" were, Axe picked one of the creatures up to show him before insisting that they now had to destroy their source.*

## Powers and Abilities

Axe's talent allows him to generate and manipulate electrical energy, though the exact nature of the talent is currently unknown. He also wields a Great Axe that channels power from his spark, and can don Energon Armor for extra protection in battle.

With his talent, Axe can perform a variety of Special Techniques, including:

* **Lightning Lord** - Axe shoots a burst of lightning that chains between targets.

In addition, Axe also possesses the ability to change forms, taking on the form of a Cybertronian Starfighter.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Circle of Light
	+ Dai Atlas *-* Mentor, Former Leader, Friend
	+ Multiforce
		- Wing (Age of Invasion)
		- Dash
	+ Vermillion Thunderbolt
	+ Sonic Ronin
	+ Cogwheel
	+ "Dai Atlas XIII" - Leader
	+ Wing (Age of Heroes)
	+ Speeder
	+ Drillbuster
	+ Drulim Drang
	+ Jetstream
	+ Headcannon
	+ Cobray Gordon
	+ Outrigger
	+ Mournemane
	+ Cogstorm
* Proto-Maximals
	+ Eukarian Council
		- Dragonicus
		- Storm Reign
		- Breeze
		- Tuskbreaker
		- Razorwire
		- Stingshock
		- Spikeball
		- Fangschool
* Primal Vanguard
	+ Ginrai's Team
		- Ignitor
* Autobots
	+ Adrestia
	+ Star Fleet
		- Pax Galaxus
		- Macro
		- Stormshot
		- Spiral
	+ Goldrush
* Mithril
* Touya Shiun

### Enemies

* Primal Vanguard
	+ Ginrai's Team
		- Ginrai Convoy
		- Thunderhead
		- Crumble
	+ Combatrons
		- Combatronian War Council
			* Yharon
* Predacons
	+ Imperial Army
		- Hydrax
		- Overboard
* Fury
	+ Gu-Landon Gotz
* Demons
* Neo-Maximals - Killers *(Aborted Timeline)*
* "Subformers"

## Appearances

### Text Stories

#### At the Edge of the Circle

* Chapter 1 *(First Appearance)*
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3

#### Convoy of War

* Volume 1 - Weapons of Malice
	+ In the Face of Light
* Volume 5 - Dark Designs
	+ The Primal Choice
	+ Kill the Light

#### Autobot Academy: Stars of Terror

* Sacrificium Ad Profundis
* Bestias De Profundis

#### Other Text Stories

* Volcano
* Cobray
* Doomsday
* Hero Wars
* Trials of Knighthood

## Trivia

* Axe is based on the IDW 2005 Circle of Light member of the same name.
* Axe's Energon Armor is said to be pearlescent green.
* Devaron9's ideal voice for Axe would be Dave Fennoy.

## References

1. ↑ https://autoacafiles.tumblr.com/post/714636846713503744/so-earlier-this-month-was-the-two-year-anniversary