Onyx Prime

## History

### Background: Before Time Began...

At the dawn of creation, their was Primacron. Primacron was a great architect of the cosmos who, through pure will and driving ambitions, created Six Heralds who could watch over his power when he passed. Primus, the Life-Giver. Mortilus, the Death-Bringer. Solomus, the Wise. Epistemus, the Knowledgeable. Adaptus, the Ever Changing. And Unicron, the Chaos-Bringer.

While the Six Heralds were traversing an abyss of nothingness, with Primus leading the way, Unicron thought it was the right time to live up to his title and attacked Mortilus, severely wounding him. Primus intervened, leading to a fight that would become known across the universe as the Big Bang. As a wave of light burst through the cosmos, Primus and Unicron would hit devastating blows on each other. With Primus and Mortilus both on the cusp of death, Solomus, Epistemus, and Adaptus transported their "Brothers" to a safe distance away from Unicron. As a noble sacrifice, the five Heralds transformed in unison, forming a planet where they could watch over all of creation. Unicron still out there in a newly born Universe. On the planet, now named Cybertron, Thirteen beings that embodied the ideals of the Guiding Hand wandered a desolate world.

### Early Cybertron: 1,000,000,000 - 86,000,000

Onyx, the Eighth of these new beings, embodied the calmer demeanor of Mortilus. A self proclaimed Pacifist, Onyx would help his siblings in their travel around their home planet. Finding the perfect spot, the Thirteen Siblings constructed a City where they could call home. But peace didn't last long for this new race as Unicron arrived at Cybertron seeking revenge for what had happened to him. After a long and tiring battle, the Thirteen returned to Crystal City to discover a bunch of sparks floating around the Centre. Onyx, due to his connection to the after-life, deduced that the Sparks were the "Souls" of Cybertronians and that, without bodies, they would disappear. With assistance from Solus, Onyx constructed bodies for the Sparks, all of which shared similar appearances to the thirteen. With the Sparks having bodies of their own, the Thirteen decided to split off into different Tribes.

Onyx's tribe all had one thing in common, they all had Beast Modes. This gave them all an advantage over some of the other Tribes as they could traverse terrain that the usual Land Based Vehicles couldn't. As Onyx's tribe traversed around more of Cybertron, a divide started to form between the tribe members as the more "Reptilian" and "Insectoid" Cybertronians grew restless of Onyx Primal's more Spiritual ways. This new faction, choosing to go by the name Predacons split off, choosing to have Magmatron as it's leader. The remaining Beast Mode Cybertronians, who go by the name Maximals, returned to Crystal City to attend the funeral of Solus Prime.

### The Beast Wars: 86,000,000 - 80,000,000

The Funeral would be attacked, with Magmatron leading a legion of Predacons behind him. This event would mark the Start of the Beast Wars, a seemingly endless conflict that saw all Beast Mode Cybertronians being banished off of Cybertron, and confirmed what many believed to be happening; the end of the Age of the Thirteen.

### Animatron: 80,000,000 - Present Day

While traversing the Universe, Onyx came upon the Eukaris System, a Star System which was home to various organic Species. Settling on the Planet known as Animatron, Onyx acted as a teacher to both Maximals and Predacons through his connection with the Oracle.

## Legacy

Onyx Prime has grown to become a myth among many present day Cybertronians, some even viewing him as a creation of Beast Mode Cybertonians to feel included, since prejudice against them grew after the Beast Wars happened.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Triptych Mask** - Allows Onyx Prime to see things others can't, due to its connection with the Oracle.

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* Onyx can be quite emotional and is very short tempered, a trait which was displayed in front on his Siblings when he threatened to rip apart Magmatron so hard that no one in the entire universe would recognize him, not even himself.

### Notes

* In Transformers Fiction, Onyx Prime is the Eighth of the Thirteen Primes to be created by Primus. The idea of Onyx Prime being a "Sheppard of his People" is a direct reference to the IDW Comics where the actual Onyx was a Lowly Sheppard before Shockwave killed him and took his place as an important figure within Cybertron's History.
	+ He's a composition with Optimus Primal.
* Onyx Prime holds the title of the 100th Page on the Wiki. The First Page belongs to Some Organic Guy.