Adrestia

> *This article is about the vigilante who used to operate under the name "Nemesis". For the titan, see Nemesis.*
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## General Information

### Alternate Mode

Cybertronian JetXH-1 Attack Helicopter *(Disguise)*

### Residence

Polyhex, CybertronKolkular, Kaon, Cybertron *(Formerly)*

### Affiliations

Autobots
Circle of Light
Raiders *(Formerly)*
Decepticons *(Formerly)*

### Occupation

Vigilante
Circle Knight
General *(Formerly)*

## Powers and Abilities

### Equipment

Lon Laith
Ur-Sword
Drak A Dron
Cloak
Lesser Alternium Hyperframe
Curved Blade
25 mm Shell Autocannon
Rotary Cannon *(Helicopter Mode)*
Anti-Air Missile Pylons *(Helicopter Mode)*
Rotor-Swords *(With Helicopter Mode)*

## Relationships

### Family

Ephemeris *(Father)*
Azimuth *(Mother)*
Themis *(Sister)*
Septimus Prime *(Grandmother, Past Self)*
Brand *(Grandfather)*
Wayland *(Great Grandfather)*
Hlodyna *(Great Grandmother)*
Solus Prime *(Great Great Grandmother)*

### Alias

Adrestia Di Kolkular
Addy
The Grey Lupanoid
Nemesis
Lady of the Dragon Caves
Madam *(Blackout)*
Stranger *(Axe)*
Milady Adrestia *(Avalon)*
Citizen *(Star Convoy)*
Perfect Daughter *(Stonecrusher)*
Milady
Di Kolkular
Sister *(Euzeth Gozzo)*
Golem *(Euzeth Gozzo)*
Madam *(Clayton Abernathy)*
Ma'am
Knight *(Galen Kord and "Dai Atlas XIII")*
Ms. Spirit Halloween *(Necromaster)*
Valkyrie *(Arcrunner)*
Lady Adrestia *(Battle Unicorn)*
Autobot *(Hardtop and Leland Bishop)*
Crazy Glitch *(Shift)*

## Details

### First Appearance

Dweller in the DepthsFestival of the Stars *(First Comic Appearance)*

Adrestia is an Autobot vigilante that works with the Circle of Light and wields the power of the Lon Laith.

## Official Bio

*The wealth Adrestia of Kaon is certainly a noble by birth, though few believe her grandiose claims to titles such as Lady of the Dragon Caves and scion of Septimus Prime. having recently moved down to New Polyhex, she found herself becoming the girlfriend of its local protector, Saperion. Occasionally, she will join her girlfriend on hero work. Recently, however, she has abandoned the black sword she uses for a less lethal option - a hammer.*

## History

Adrestia was the daughter of Ephemeris and Azimuth, *a Golem created in the Oracle project* to also harbor the spark of Septimus Prime, *and her creation was observed by Ephemeris and his assistant, Shockwave. However, said creation convinced Azimuth to leave Ephemeris, and* Addy was raised by her cold father in Kolkular at the center of Kaon with her sister Themis*, told that her mother had been sent away by the Overlord and not knowing what became of her. As a child she would often read books in Kolkular's library, but mostly trained under Ephemeris to fight, focusing on getting knockout blows in quickly to end the fight, and use the Lon Laith she'd inherited from Septimus.*

*Adrestia was invited by her father to see his laboratory, and as she looked around at all the clean beakers she quoted the Bard of Polyhex about how Cybertronians were like gods. However, she was then interrupted by Ephemeris and confused when he insisted their kind were destroyer gods, and when he ranted about how the Age of Balance had stagnated their species, Addy asked him how he could desire to impose order on a species he viewed as inherently chaotic, only to be told that he could redirect their chaos into heroism.*

*Adrestia would visit the Tomb of the Unknown Autotrooper in Iacon with Ephemeris and Themis for a wreath laying ceremony, which was reported by Bishop.*

*Adrestia would be told that Themis had died, in reality given to Ze Balmary Empire, leading her to leaving Kolkular.*

### Nemesis, Decepticon General

Adrestia would lead a group of Raiders under the name "Nemesis", and fought back against the Functionists and their efforts to destroy signs of Kaoner culture. *She would take action to protect Bastion Point from getting destroyed by the Functionists, which made Ephemeris unwilling to publicly work with Megatron.*

*In Bastion Point "Nemesis" led the Raiders in taunting the Functionaries with ululating cries and flicking tongues to keep them from tearing Bastion Point down, swearing to herself that she'd prove them wrong in their belief that they owned Kaon. Noting that the Functionaries lacked a warrior's comportment, "Nemesis" told a worried Blackout that right made might and quoted the Covenant of Primus about hating those who hated them in order to restore her fighting spirit. When a representative stepped forward, "Nemesis" had the Raiders stop dancing and demanded the Functionary identify himself, and after Malleus Ambus demanded they leave immediately to get all the charges for being there dropped, she told him to go back to Iacon and tell his masters Kaon spit on them. When Malleus ordered the Functionaries to suppress the Raiders, "Nemesis" commanded her warriors to go in and kill, and she charged in with her forces, fighting alongside Blackout and initiating fights to leave them disoriented for her friend to finish them off, a method that made quick work of several Functionaries, and they ended up retreating. The battle was observed by Megatron and Kiloton, the latter of whom wished to recruit Adrestia to the Decepticons, and while Megatron found her demeanor and methods to be flawed as he watched her kick a fallen Functionary to the side, Kiloton insisted that the issues would be smoothed over once they got the Raiders to fight for them.*

*During The Moot Adrestia was invited to meet with Megatron and Kiloton at a seedy hole int he wall, and she found herself not entirely feeling in place with the two, Sky Shadow, and Lugnut. Not happy to hear Kiloton reveal they knew her true identity, Addy firmly told Sky Shadow that while she didn't have a fully developed brain module, she worked for the freedom of Kaon, and that upplanders or outlanders like them wouldn't know of its history of doing things. Telling Megatron how Ephemeris had brought stability with his firm rule unlike the constantly changing line of Convoys, Addy insisted that paying a tax to their Overlord was their way of living, and they would not let outsiders interfere with it, seeing how doing so led to the Decepticons forming in the first place. She then told them Ephemeris would have Sky Shadow killed or exiled for insulting her if he had his way, and informed Kiloton that her Raiders would provide the Decepticons with thirty warriors with a killing spirit, which led to the group unanimously agreeing to let Adrestia and her group join the Decepticons.*

*Returning to the Raiders' hideout during In-Between, Adrestia slapped a stack of Decepticon badges onto a table and ordered Blackout to put one on and hand the rest out to the other Raiders, explaining how they had a new leader. Telling Blackout that she was sure that the Decepticons would end the Age of Balance if they won and that Kaon's struggle had its source in Iacon, Addy apologized and told her friend that she'd seen the people of Kaon degenerate from proud warriors to lowly criminals, and that Iacon's domination through the Functionist Council proxies were to blame, insisting that Knight Convoy was taking Septimus Prime's legacy from beyond the grave. Insisting the only hope the Kaoner had was to reconstruct their culture with the bad elements removed, Addy listened as Blackout explained how she understood her plight in spite of being created on a Combatron forge-ship and promised her friend that she wouldn't let her down, only to learn from Aphelion that Functionist R.A.T.T.s were coming. Addy then watched as the transports arrived, and with a fresh shipment of weapons from Megatron, she held her hand up to the rain and dared her opponents to come.*

*Listening to the Functionist taunt with rage in Confrontation, "Nemesis" clutched the Ur-Sword and yelled at everyone at the battle that she was prepared to die to protect Bastion Point, but while the Functionists had stolen the dignity of the Kaoner, she swore that she would take their lives and activated the Lon Laith before transforming and taking off. Cleaving through Tactical Functionaries, "Nemesis" took joy in the slaughter that followed her, and her rage transfixed Malleus Ambus, who she confronted when he went after Blackout. Telling Malleus he was bold to speak of divine mandate as energon dripped from her fist onto the ground, "Nemesis" told him that his words were empty and that Kaon didn't a savior who'd killed so many, pointing her sword at him and letting him know she'd gladly slay him as he'd just claimed he'd do to her. Despite Blackout seeing that the Lon Laith was making "Nemesis" go to far, she ran at Malleus and their weapons clashed, and she lowered her blade to the ground as she told him how Iaconer destroyed everything they touched, then raised her blade to block Malleus' strike as she insisted they saw everything as fodder. Smashed to the ground by her opponent's hammer, "Nemesis" then got up and told Malleus that her judgement of him had not changed, slicing through his internals with one swing of the Ur-Sword and declaring that he would die. Once Malleus died after mentioning her father, "Nemesis" ordered Blackout to have the rest of the Functionaries killed, even if they surrendered, and though her friend realized she was fleeing into darkness by the look in her optics, "Nemesis" insisted their enemies would certainly not let them surrender either and commanded there not be a single live Functionary in Kaon.*

Adrestia and her Raiders fought on the side of the Fyrd of Kaon during the Secession War. *During her time with the Decepticons she became acquainted with Stonecrusher, and she kept an eye on Black Shadow.*

*Three kilocycles after joining the Decepticons, "Nemesis" gave a speech to them about how they needed to act to live in a different world, and as she walked off the platform she bowed and thanked everyone for the fervorous applause. Skulking off to a bar, Adrestia found herself feeling homesick, and as she had a glass of engex poured she recalled a tale of a captain going down with his ship after refusing to turn around out of pride. Thinking about how the glory of Bastion point was false if it had faded to bitterness and how Megatron was having more criminals join the Decepticons than motivated warriors, Addy then blurted out that she wondered if anyone else felt they'd been there before, only to watch the boxing match on the view-screen, figuring the fighter pummeling his opponent was venting his anger as she let the ice cubs in her glass clink together and break apart. Grumbling as all the Empties watched the fight and failed to understand that it was more than simply a battle between two strong bots, only to see it switch to a news report of the Senate tower being attacked, and was horrified by the damage being done by the fire. Though she didn't care what happened to the Senate, Addy watched as the perpetrators were identified as former Copmbatrons that had joined the Decepticons, only to see them try to enter the main chamber and get beaten by Star Convoy. Seeing that he had little training fighting but had done so anyway while she stood by, Addy got up and walked out the bar.*

*This event convinced Adrestia to abandon the Decepticons. Megatron learned of this, but the only reason he didn't go after her for treason was to avoid angering her father.*

### Adventurer

After leaving the Decepticons, Adrestia become a vigilante, *and also acted as an adventurer, teaming up with Mithril to find ancient artifacts.*

*In Dweller in the Depths Adrestia and Mithril traveled to a small village in the Hydrax Plateau to take care of a monster problem it had. Meeting with village reeve Torc to discuss the job, Addy insisted that the only price she'd accept as payment would be 125 shanix, but when Torc tried to insist that the village was too poor to pay it, Addy revealed she already knew this and was willing to take one of the artifacts dug out of the Rust Sea instead, and with this offer accepted she let Torc know it had been good doing business. Heading out on an Equinoid with Mithril, Addy let her friend know that she had reasons for taking such a small price for the job, pointing out how much of a burden village life already was before insisting they should focus on the job. Telling Mithril that they were going after an energy-sucking worm, Addy pointed out the cave it was supposedly using as a lair, thinking about how she'd ended up as an adventurer as she rode up to the lair. Heading inside, Addy remarked how the Magnus Corp wouldn't have cleared out monsters in the cave due to it being in a mostly forgotten part of Cybertron where entire cities could be found with no clue as to who built them, though she left out how she did know their origins, only to shush Mithril when she heard something stirring. Urging her friend to ready her fire spells, Addy leapt at the insectoid dwellers that emerged with the Ur-Sword drawn and stabbed one, yelling at Mithril to attack as the rest rushed at her and finishing off the rest once her friend did so. Insisting they go deeper into the cave as she stepped over an oozing body, Addy concluded the chamber they entered was the lair of the creature, and told Mithril that it was something old best left forgotten, only to turn around when the Dweller arrived to face them. Charging at it fearlessly, Addy rolled under one of its tentacles and cut another off before leaping onto the Dweller's back, managing to hang on as it tried to get her off and digging her sword into it. However, upon seeing that the Dweller had grabbed Mithril, Addy leapt to cut off the tentacle holding her friend, who she then urged to get up and cast her strongest destruction spell to cause a cave-in and crush the pained Dweller. Smiling when this did the trick, Addy remarked that the job was done, and the two returned to the village, where Addy picked the Drak A Dron as payment. Looking at the hammer at the campfire the adventurer pair set up, Addy was able to confirm it was the real deal she'd heard had been discovered, and she let Mithril know that she wouldn't know why it was so valuable if it hit her in the face.*

*Riding up to New Polyhex with Mithril, Adrestia agreed that it was good to be back in civilized lands and remarked how it was claimed that an ancient civilization no one remembered had supposedly built Darkmount, with Mithril's reaction making her regret what happened to Themis due it reminding her of her sister. Entering the Scoria Inn for the night, Addy looked at the trio of bots sitting in a corner of the dining room that Mithril pointed out, and upon seeing their weapons and two open seats at their tables, she made her way over to them and asked why they had come so well armed. After Axe introduced himself, Speeder, and Drillbuster, Addy sighed when Mithril flirted with Speeder and asked Axe what group they were part of, getting suspicious when he looked at her weapons. When the leader demanded to know why she wanted to know their intentions, Addy claimed she was just curious due to the limited reasons one would come to Polyhex armed, and when Axe told her to get to the point while glancing at his weapon, Addy refused to strike first and asked who he worked for. Realizing Axe wasn't telling the whole truth when he claimed to work for a third party, Addy told him to be that way as she got up and went to her room. Sarcastically remarking how friendly Axe had been to them before noticing mithril had fallen asleep, leaving her feeling confused due to a lack of monsters to hunt or information from Axe.*

*Heading down into the Ashlands that was once old Polyhex, Adrestia remarked how fitting a name it was before being told by Mithril to focus as they climbed down the rocky outcropping to the Titan Yards. Feeling uncomfortable when Mithril mentioned the War Titans created in the yards that lacked the majesty of those before them, Addy lied to her friend that nothing was wrong, but she felt uneasy due to feeling that they had been followed. Rushing to the Titan cradle Mithril found, Addy cut a hole in it with her Ur-Sword and looked inside, seeing the sleeping Lodestar inside, and she told Mithril that the Titan must not have been awoken when the volcano erupted and her creators were forced to flee. However, when Axe revealed that his trio had followed them, Addy whipped around to face him, and when he revealed he knew her full name, she asked if he knew anything else about her and if Axe was even his real name, suggesting they then play twenty questions to get more information. Staying silent as Axe slammed his Great Axe into the floor, Addy grabbed Mithril when Axe created cracks below their feet and flew her friend to safety, remarking that it had been too close, and then turned to face Axe and swung Drak A Dron at him. As they struggled, Addy yelled at Axe that he'd bury the past for a petty grudge and told him to fall into the Pit before pulling her hammer back before hitting Axe in the midsection with it, and then ordered Speeder and Drillbuster to get out before sullenly looking at Lodestar, noting how she had potential in her optics.*

*After getting specialists to wake Lodestar up five cycles later and getting to take care of her by right of salvage, Adrestia shrugged when Mithril asked what they'd do next now that they had a ship. Remarking that she'd been thinking about Axe's group and how they knew all about the past of Cybertron but weren't Autobots or Decepticons, Addy agreed with Mithril that they were an unknown factor and figured that the group would continue to seek out ancient sites, meaning the pair could strike them one by one until the group showed their hand. Addy then decided that she needed to tell Mithril about her past, admitting that she knew far more about the history of Cybertron than she'd let on, but that she'd only reveal this information to her when the time was right. Meanwhile, Axe told Wing how he'd encountered Addy and that she'd had two weapons of Septimus Prime with her, prompting Wing to order him to retrieve Addy and the relics.*

*When Adrestia headed to Kolkular for information on Axe's group, Ephemeris sensed her presence, and Avalon informed him that he'd have the servants get ready for her arrival. Dei Atlas then spoke with the Overlord, and he realized how exactly she had come to be.*

*Looking out at what Kaon had become through the porthole of Lodestar, Adrestia sighed as the Titan came in for a landing at Kolkular and confirmed to Mithril that she was the Overlord's daughter. Telling her friend how her father was quite powerful even with the Decepticons becoming more of a big deal in Kaon, Addy admitted that the ancient bot showed her less love than her mother had, and explained to Mithril that while Ephemeris had once been a great bot in his youth, he'd changed long before she was born thanks to his powers making him undergo a metamorphosis that made him intellectually beyond them all. Agreeing with Mithril that her father was a jerk, Addy then asked her friend what her family had been like, and recalled what Aphelion had told her about Primalism when Mithril revealed her community hadn't taken kindly to her talent before telling her that they had a reunion to go to.*

*Beneath Kolkular, Drulim Drang would attempt to get the photonic crystal Septimus Prime had given him to her heir, who Axe realized was Adrestia. Meanwhile, Addy was greeted by Avalon, Levitacus, and the Tor Kolkular Guard, but she stopped them from talking and demanded to see her father, agreeing with Avalon that they had a lot to catch up on once she was told the Overlord was waiting in the dining room.*

*Silently eating beryllium ham and sphere-tree fruit with her father, Adrestia eventually snapped when Ephemeris told Mithril how he'd walk the stars once his metamorphosis was complete, insisting that he'd be fine with leaving everyone behind and that he wouldn't care if everyone else dropped dead based on how he'd ignored Megatron, only to hang her head in shame when her father fired back by revealing to Mithril her time working for Megatron as Nemesis. Insisting to her friend that her work as a Decepticon had been long ago and that Ephemeris knew it but still brought it up, Addy decided to open up more wounds and demanded to know what happened to her mother, insisting that Ephemeris must know where Azimuth was and demanded he tell her the truth about it, only to be sent away to her quarters.*

*Donning a black cloak to wander the streets of Kaon after she failed to convince Mithril to leave her quarters and talk to her, Adrestia thought about how she had no way to defend herself to her friend when the cloaked Drulim Drang grabbed her. Confused when he told her that he would give Addy her birthright as he promised, Addy tried to get away, only to have her arm hold Drak A Dron wrenched down so Drulim could insert a photonic crystal into it, and she then watched as a projection of Septimus Prime formed before her and told her that she'd failed to bring peace, but that she'd given Addy Drak A Dron to beat the foes she fought.*

*Confused by the message she'd just seen, Adrestia asked Drumlim Drang what had just happened, only to hear the jaded voice of Septimus Prime speak to her. When Septimus claimed they'd all fight until they died and the world-eater destroyed everything, Addy told her that she was wrong and that light would win and the Great Plan would succeed, only to feel pain when Septimus left her. Confused by what was happening, Addy asked Drulim what he meant by her being drawn back, and then demanded to know what plan he was talking about when he apologized for painful flashes of the past she'd be required to experience, only to collapse from confusion when Drulim vanished and she cried out demanding to know why the world was so cruel.*

*Adrestia then dreamed of the past, with Septimus Prime explaining that this was when she'd been killed, but Addy realized it wasn't the end of the story, and became terrified when she saw the pit holding the Hytherion and realized that it hadn't been killed by Septimus when it woke up and emerged in Kaon.*

*Waking up from her dream, Adrestia then found seeing in a dark laboratory in a vision of another time thanks to the powers of the Hytherion, which she recognized was being used to make Cybertronians. When a silver femme aimed an ion pistol at her and demanded to know how she had gotten there, Addy told her that she had no idea and that she'd just appeared there, and insisted that her confronter could believe her or not as she backed away to put some distance between them. Admitting that she was at a disadvantage, Addy asked for the name of her opponent, only to be shocked to learn it was her mother, Azimuth.*

*Shifted in time once more by the Hytherion, Adrestia then found herself having to defend the ruins of Autobot Academy from hordes of Decepticons, beating them back with Drak A Dron along side Hot Shot and Lightbright. Seeing she was far more brutal in her force than the students and faculty of Autobot Academy, Addy continued to fight until time slipped around her, and she was finally freed from the illusion by Star Convoy pulling her up. Recognizing he was there to deal with the Hytherion, Addy fought the urge to flee and let him know she could help him, and when Ursus Magnus pointed out she appeared to have gone through a lot, she admitted this was true, but raised Drak A Dron and insisted that the Hytherion wouldn't destroy her home without a fight.*

*Facing the Hytherion as the sun rose, Adrestia flew at it as Star Convoy ordered and roared with defiance while raising her weapon. When the two collided, Addy stopped it from biting her by hitting in the head with Drak A Dron, and she used her superior speed to dodge its attacks while hitting it with hammer blows whenever an opening came. However, she realized that she wasn't hurting the Hytherion enough by doing this, and she told Star they couldn't win the fight by dragging it out, only to find that Mithril and Lodestar had come to help by blasting through the Hytherion's armor with the Titan's turrets. Remarking that Mithril hadn't forgotten about her, Addy contacted her friend to ask if they were good now, and she assured Mithril that she was about to be alright as she flew straight for the now-exposed flesh of the Hytherion in jet mode and rammed it, severing its head and finally killing it. As she prepared to board Lodestar, Addy was stopped by Star and flattered when he told her how much prowess and bravery she'd shown, but she insisted he get to the point, and was then declared to be a member of the Autobots. Agreeing to keep Star's words of "Right makes might" in mind, Addy then boarded Lodestar, and she told Mithril to return to New Polyhex.*

*Adrestia would get separated from Lodestar after a fierce battle.* *She then ended up parting ways with Mithril at some point.*

*During In New Polyhex, A Chance Meeting, she traveled to New Polyhex to read the Scrolls of Arrius in the Halls of Silence, and as she snuck towards the building she recalled how innocent and foolish she'd been back when she came to the city with Mithril. However, she then bolted up when Arcrunner spotted her, and Addy prepared to draw her weapon when she heard Arcrunner reveal she protected the city. Concluding she was another hero and a fool, Addy pointed her blade at Arcrunner when she leapt down from the rooftops to face her and insisted she didn't have the time to play games with heroes who thought they were the center of the world. Addy then parried Arcrunner's staff with her sword, only to regret it when she was shocked by her opponent's Electroshock talent, and once she regained her ability to speak she insisted that heroes were just more subtle versions of the Functionists by robbing people of freedom via making them dependent on heroes for help. However, upon learning Arcrunner agreed with her and just wanted to protect the city from threats, Addy decided they'd gotten off on the wrong foot and put her weapon away to introduce herself and explain her business. Surprised when Arcrunner, who revealed her real name was Saperion, admitted to finding her cute and asking her to see a movie together, Addy found herself missing the feeling and agreed to the offer, and then chuckled when she found out that she could just go into the Halls of Silence and read the Scrolls of Arrius due to the building being a museum.*

Adrestia and Saperion would begin dating, and Addy moved to New Polyhex to help out her girlfriend and her sidekick Psyvern.

Five years after her encounter with the Hytherion during the Festival of the Stars Adrestia sat down with Saperion and Psyvern to watch the Tournament of Heroes together.

### Dark Future

*Adrestia would find that she was experiencing visions of Septimus Prime's life so often and with such intensity that she wasn't sure where she and her past self began. As she experienced a vision of Septimus speaking to Ser Krabat, Addy found herself believing she was speaking, and noted that she shared the qualities of her sword that killed, cut true, and was to the point.*

*Adrestia would clasp the closing of the circle and kneel before Dei Atlas to be inducted into the Circle of Light, and stated that they had purpose as Atlas stated the Warrior's Canticle. She then had the Great Swords of the eldest knights placed on her shoulders, and she rose Drak A Dron with them as they roared that they had purpose, cementing her as a member of the Circle of Light.*

*Adrestia came to Acadeimos and helped Ursus Magnus and the Nightrunners defend a line of transports, the last of which was holding Saperion, from Decepticons who were burning them. However, she found herself losing the battle due to there being too many opponents, and when she saw wounded civilians behind the marines, she noted that they were the cost of the Age of Heroes. Joining the Night Runners in charging at Stonecrusher's forces after he mocked the heroes, Addy cut through Decepticons and told Stone that he was better than engaging in a massacre as she dodged a punch, only to be sent reeling when he asked her if she even knew of struggle, unable to respond when he yelled that she always to got fight whenever she felt like it while he had to fight to be freed from enslavement. However, Addy then told him that he was still a slave to the past and Megatron as she bashed Decepticons with Drak A Dron, insisting that he was too hateful and spiteful to realize he was trapped.*

*Pointing her Ur-Sword at Stonecrusher, Adrestia urged him to finally free himself from slavery and leave the Decepticons, and when he insisted that he wouldn't survive betraying Megatron, Addy insisted that he would be destroyed and that Stone's only chance at freedom could only be obtained if he allowed himself to do so. However, when Addy found herself unable to argue with Stone's logic that the power would always be in the hands of those with Talents, she lowered her head in shame, allowing Septimus Prime to assert herself and take over her body.*

*Waking up in a grassy field, Adrestia was confused when she got up, noting that it felt different to her other visions of Septimus Prime's life. Running after a black Avianoid that was flying in the air, Addy quickly ruled out the thought that she was now in the Halls of Order, and upon reaching thirteen menhirs, she found dreading one marked with a harp. When the bird came down and revealed itself to be Logos Prime, Addy questioned what the Desmene was that he claimed to be the guardian of, learning it was where they currently were. She then learned she had been brought to the cosmic holding room due to one of Logos' masters wishing to see her, and she followed him to undertake the journey he offered to lead her on. Meanwhile, Stonecrusher realized Addy had been right about him having a choice as he listened to Septimus explain her plan to wipe out all Cybertronians.*

*In the real world, Ephemeris asked Septimus where her other half was, only to be told that Adrestia wasn't there due to her opinion not mattering. Meanwhile, feeling tentative when she reached a throne room to find the image of Themis sitting in it, Addy asked the image who she was, staying quiet as "Themis" explained she was a benefactor that wanted to see her survive despite Septimus complicating things. Being told that her benefactor refused to allow Septimus to burn everything she had built, Addy learned that "Themis" was in fact Quintessa Prime as she ordered her to fight Septimus and win, and when Addy asked what would happen if she lost, she was assured she wouldn't.*

*Reappearing with a separate body in the real world in the Magnesium Fields wielding the Ur-Sword, Adrestia told Septimus Prime that she also didn't ask for the Great War, but didn't go on a rampage because of it, before assuming a battle stance and charging at her past self. As the two dueled and Addy was splattered with Energon, she knew that regardless of Septimus' reasons for trying to end the cycle of suffering, she would do it by killing trillions, and Addy declared that she would end her twisted logic. Though saddened by the knowledge that Septimus had once been so heroic, Addy could see in her opponent's optics that she was getting too worn down to fight, and she took the chance to slice her midsection. Kneeling besides the dying Septimus as the Grey Prime remarked that she would live on in her, Addy allowed her face to be held by her past self as she thanked her for saving her before finally dying, and Addy then rose to let Septimus finally rest.*

*Having reunited with Mithril and Lodestar in A Fan-Story, Adrestia traveled to Lithone to investigate an attack, still feeling lost with Saperion gone, the Autobot Academy attacked, and Septimus dead again. After informed by the Lithonian Ambassador that the attackers had enslaved those they didn't kill, she agreed that they were barbaric as she looked upon images of the foes rounding up Lithonians in pens with Mobile Weapons, and assured the ambassador she'd make the enemy pay for what they'd done. Addy then looked at an image of the "White Death Cross", and felt familiarity at the sight of it, becoming disgusted when she realized it was her sister Themis, and after learning it had the power unleash apocalyptic force, Addy grabbed her weapons and swore to pursue them to the ends of the universe to ensure she and Mithril could punish them.*

*During Emissary From the Void Adrestia flew Lodestar to the sight of a battle between the Circle of Light and Lithone's attackers, and once the enemy was scared off by the sight of the Titan Addy hailed the Circle and invited them aboard due to them facing a common enemy. However, when "Dai Atlas XIII" and Axe came aboard for a meeting, Addy found the situation awkward due to her previous encounter with Axe and her low opinion of the group, though she found it improving in the presence of its leader. Remarking to "Atlas XIII" that she and Septimus Prime weren't quite separate people but that it was a long story, Addy was then confused when she learned that the enemy she was pursuing were the Balmarians, having never heard of them before, and turned to Mithril for information, only to find she had none either. Once Axe explained to her what they were, Addy remarked to "Atlas XIII" how eloquent he was when he wasn't trying to kill her, and suggested that due to being on the same trail, they should team up, arguing to Mithril that they couldn't let the Balmarians roam unchecked and vowing that she'd beat the Spirit Emperor.*

*Later in Lon Laith Adrestia had servants repair her armor in preparation for the battles ahead while she examined the war banner of Septimus Prime. When the voice of Septimus remarked that she felt unworthy of the honor of keeping the banner intact, Addy asked her why her banner featured a dragon when no such creature existed on Cybertron, and after learning of how she'd foolishly made it her heraldic device, Addy quietly replied that they'd both been foolish. With the servants gone, Addy paced around the room and commented that she must be going crazy if she was hearing Septimus' voice in her head, and when Septimus told her that all champions were fated to be mad, Addy left Drak A Dron on its rack and picked up the standard of Septimus, leaving the room with it and the Ur-Sword as she listened to Septimus tell her wisdom about the "Death Cross".*

### Revised Future

*Upon seeing Azimuth, Speeder was reminded of Adrestia and suspected the two were family.*

*Ephemeris realized Adrestia had become one of the heroes he hated so much during In the Laboratory, just like himself, but he knew he could never stop her.*

*During In Maccadam's Bar, A Decision is Made Adrestia went to Maccadam's, only to see a gathering of several former Combatrons, including Blackout, who she found it difficult to keep eye contact with. Not responding as Blackout confronted her about abandoning the Raiders and feeling shame, guilt, and anger as she listened to the accusations, Addy then spoke up to let her know that while she was an Autobot, she wasn't a Hero, and then invited Blackout to come with her to the balcony looking out at un-space. Turning her back to her old friend as she let her know she didn't want her to say she'd picked the wrong side, Addy listened to the voice of Septimus Prime in her head, then explained to Blackout that history was full of charismatic leadership leading to social dissolution, with her ancestor-and-more Septimus being to first to recognize that they were slaves to history and the traditions of the dead. Telling Blackout that genes didn't contain history and asking if it was still meant to be passed on, Addy admitted that while her friend was different, those who died shaped tradition and the future like a parent passed genes to a child, and both proved their existence, only for Addy to then look out in to the void and see a statue of Septimus getting blown up. She then told Blackout how she'd wanted to get back the civil rights and freedom for the Primalist religion to leave a mark on history from the Functionists that tried to destroy any lasting sign of it, but Addy noted that this domination didn't originate from the Functionists and was still going on, and she then told Blackout that she would triumph over the heroes to end the cycle and free everyone, and that all Blackout needed to do to join her was to take her hand, which her old friend then reached out for.*

*At some point Adrestia would go after a Ze Balmary Empire Colonial Fleet and Neviim to destroy them. However, while doing so she learned that her sister Themis was still alive, having been brainwashed by the Balmarians, and after destroying her targets she brought her sister to Mons Prima to get her treated at a hospital.*

*During In Kaon, A Duel, Adrestia was invited by her mother Azimuth to finally meet again, and she noted how long it had been since they'd last seen each other once they were face to face in her mother's lab. Feeling uncomfortable when Azimuth spoke of how she cared about her daughter and not the dead Septimus Prime within her, Addy then called her mother out on blaming Ephemeris for being the way she was, pointing out she had also taken part in the experiments, and that Themis had been handed over to the Balmarians because of it. Yelling at Azimuth that Themis had suffered years of abuse because she had given her daughter away, Addy then told her how her sister was doing and the treatment she'd have to undergo to fully heal, before finally ending the talk of the Balmarians and telling Azimuth that she had defied the scriptures of Arrius just as much as Ephemeris by burdening her children just to play god. However, Addy then received a call from the Tor Kolkular Guard informing her that Kolkular had been attacked and that Avalon was unaccounted for, and once she regained composure, Addy left after giving her mother a glare to ensure she knew their talk wasn't over. Traveling back to Cybertron, Addy found the attacker of Kolkular, her great-grandfather Wayland, and informed him that she would be his escape from the hell he lived in, thanks to him having killed several of Kaon's best men, as she held up the Ur-Sword and demanded he prepare himself for battle, in spite of Avalon insisting they try to come to a peaceful solution. Unleashing their power, Addy and Wayland clashed, with Addy blocking or slipping around most of his blows and fighting through the pain of those that hit her, until she was blown back by Wayland's Void Regression Special Technique. As her body was broken and Septimus fled in fear of her father, Addy stood strong and yelled that Wayland's death was inevitable as she called on an extreme amount of power of the Lon Laith with the Full Burst Special Technique. With bright fire surrounding her, Addy kicked Wayland in the jaw and she and Septimus told him that if she killed them both, she'd escort him to the Pit, and then dove to the ground, burning away Wayland and the Matrix-Fiend within him. Once the battle ended, a smoking Addy shut off the Lon Laith and could only say that she'd won before passing out due to her injuries.*

*Waking up during In the Safehouse, A Discussion, Adrestia found herself face to face with "Dai Atlas XIII" in a safehouse, but upon realizing that he was part of the Circle of Light thanks to his insignia and Wing's confirmation, she admitted she hadn't had the best meetings with the group. Not happy to hear Wing tell her that he'd wanted to have Axe arrange a meeting with her to explain the Circle's motives, Addy realized they wanted to talk about the voice of Septimus Prime in her head, and she sat up to ask what and who she was. Learning from "Atlas XIII" that she had the spark of Septimus brought back from the Allspark, Addy asked if she was living two lives in one body and how he'd known her father, but found some relief when she got confirmation that she had her own life, separate from Septimus. Realizing "Atlas XIII" had become disillusioned with Ephemeris after realizing he had feet of clay, Addy listened to him explain the threats the Circle of Light now fought and how he was now concerned by Combatron soldiers having recently disappeared, and she figured out that he was worried he won't be able to face his hour of destiny, which "Atlas XIII" confirmed before asking if she would be able to help him.*

### Working with the Circle

*Adrestia joined Wing and the crew of the* Ark-Zero *to travel to Earth, and she watched the dozens of crew members run the ship from the combat bridge. After being informed by Wing that she'd need to use a Holomatter Avatar to interact with the locals, Addy assured him that she'd done it before when going to other organic worlds, before asking if the reason the planet was so close to developing Mobile Weapons was because of help from the Circle of Light. Questioning what had stopped Fleed and a third party from helping with the development as well, Addy noted she'd heard of Fleed and how the Fleedians were neutral bipeds with advanced technology, and when Wing revealed the Balmarians had laid waste to the planet, Addy asked how the Fleedians were doing, and agreed with him that the species being nearly extinct was a horrible waste.*

*Upon arriving at the Moon, Adrestia was disgusted by the destruction of the Ashari Kreutzer lunar facility, knowing she'd have done the same in her younger days. Questioning who could've attacked and taken the Mobile Weapons when the company wasn't that big and the MWs were secret, Addy looked around, getting unnerved by the Arm Slaves looking like Cybertronians and examining the ammo counter of an M6 Bushnell, finding that it had a full magazine and telling Wing that it had to mean the attackers had moved quickly. When Wing told her that the third party involved in the project, the Fury, had Larseilam that could let them raze the facility, Addy found that the idea that they attacked their own project didn't make sense, only for Fury Knight Al-Van Ranks to attack them in a Raftclans Aurun. Parrying a blow from the MW's sword, Addy raced towards it and asked Al-Van why he would put all of Earth's defenses at risk, and when he dodged her Ur-Sword strike and claimed to not have been involved, Addy yelled at him to shut up and stop lying, but found that he was a skilled combatant and couldn't land a solid hit on the Raftclans. Sent back by an Orgone Blaster shot from the Granteed, piloted by E-Selda Shun, Addy started to move back towards Al-Van while E-Selda claimed he was telling the truth about not being behind the attack, but she stopped to get a read on the situation. Seeing four survivors of the attack that E-Selda came to rescue cowering on a habitat, Addy recognized the understanding between Al-Van and E-Selda as being like the one she had with Blackout, and she and Wing were unable to go after Al-Van when he flew away.*

*Returning to Cybertron and heading to Kaon aboard a transport with Arcrunner to lead the defense against the Balmarians with Ephemeris missing, Adrestia told her girlfriend how she'd been just twenty-five kilocycles when she'd been thrust into a world of monsters by Septimus Prime awakening in her mind, and she was questioning if standing in spite of it was the wrong choice, briefly getting distracted by thoughts of Deadlock. Remarking how Septimus awakening ravaged her mind and made her doubt her own identity, realizing she couldn't ignore her destiny anymore, Addy then told Arc about how she'd been having dreams of a future that should have come to pass had it not been for students on Acadeimos, and the Spirit Emperor laughing at her and promising destruction. Explaining to Arc that the Emperor was worse than any other totalitarian and wanted to absorb everything in time into himself, Addy stepped out of the transport and faced the army of Tor Kolkular Guard, city militia, and Cybertron Defense Corp members, raising her fist to the sky as she admitted to Arc that they might not win before giving a speech to her army, urging them to fight to the death even if they were sure to lose to the Spirit Emperor, as they were made for battle by the Lord of Light and their enemies worshipped a fallen god. She then yelled that they needed to match the Balmarians' rage with their own if they were to try and save them from themselves.*

*Attacking the oddly small Balmarian resistance in "Out of Time", Adrestia sensed Euzeth Gozzo and urged her forces to keep pressing against the enemy they were encircling and reach victory. Needing to know what was going on, Addy rushed ahead of everyone to reach Gozzo, and when she found him sitting alone atop a Zyflud crystal throne, Addy realized there was some sort of trick and carefully approached him, only to accuse him of being insane when he spoke of them being brother and sister facing each other after seeing the Origin Law being broken by the junior heroes. Horrified when Gozzo revealed she hadn't been the first Adrestia and that he knew of her visions of Shinkion being destroyed, Addy admitted to Gozzo that she believed her served the Spirit Emperor, and when he revealed he'd been gathering weapons to fight the One, Addy saw the gods being created by the Ohr Ein Sof and realized Gozzo wanted to kill the gods and had tricked the Spirit Emperor into helping him. Growling when Gozzo admitted that he was going to destroy the entire multiverse to make a new, better one, Addy yelled that peace built on unimaginable amounts of murder wasn't worth everything they'd suffered for and that his plan amounted to simple murder-suicide, only for Euzeth to unleash Judecca Kadmon.*

*Too distracted by the familiarity of the Kyrios Euzeth Gozzo mentioned to avoid getting hit by Judecca Kadmon, Adrestia tried to resist, but found herself succumbing to the brutal assault, feeling her life slip away. Using the last of her strength to tell Gozzo to frag himself, Addy remarked that he loved to hear himself talk as she looked up at the skies of Kaon, and thought how her imminent death wasn't a bad way to go out. However, when she saw a twin-tailed comet like the one Septimus Prime had been born under, Addy began to despair over everything being for nothing if every universe was finite, only for Septimus to take control and get back up. Becoming one with Septimus, Addy grabbed Gozzo by the neck and ripped him from Kadmon's control throne, yelling that darkness was just the night before the dawn as they fell from the crumbling Kadmon and urging him to see that the circle was unbroken. Tumbling to the ground, Addy told Gozzo that no matter how much he tried to turn inwards by killing everyone, the sun would always come out of darkness, and he died realizing she was right and his efforts had been for nothing. As a result, though Addy was hailed by the media and kissed by Arc, she took no joy in beating Gozzo, and found that she didn't hate him, realizing they truly were siblings that went down different paths and that he could have ben redeemed sooner, but she knew that the Spirit Emperor still needed to be destroyed.*

*In A Sideways Story Adrestia and Arcrunner pursued Accelpoint through Kaon, eventually tricking him into driving into a dead end. Assuring Arc as she cracked her knuckles that her help wouldn't be needed to take Accelpoint down due to him being nothing compared to Euzeth Gozzo, Addy then looked at the figure Accelpoint accused of being a villain, only to recognize him as Sideways and ask the Autobot Academy student what he was doing. When listening tell her that her cool girl attitude was an act allowed Accelpoint to run away, Addy transformed and flew after him, only to tell Sideways that he couldn't come with them due to him being responsible for Accelpoint's escape. Shocked to hear Sideways reveal that he knew about her family history and ontology that only the Autobots and League of Heroes were supposed to know about, Addy demanded he tell her how he'd found that out, only to sigh and focus on the pursuit when he cryptically told her he'd learned it by listening to the city. Reaching the Junk Flats, Addy transformed and landed as she noted it was an obvious place for a hideout, but found something about Sideways to be unsettling. Before she could tell Arc the plan, however, Addy spotted Thunderwing and his goons coming at them, who she was surprised to see due to having heard Speeder arrested the Sectmaster, and she was then even more shocked when Sideways used his talent to copy the powers of the Lon Laith. Unfortunately, she recognized how badly the fight would go for Sideways due to him not having the training to use her power, and as she ran in to help the student as his movements began to suffer, Addy told Arc how without the training she'd undergone to manage its taxing, Sideways would rip himself apart. Taking out Chiller with a roundhouse kick to the head, Addy then yelled for someone to shut Thunderwing up as she got into a brawl with Ser-Ket, punching and insulting each other until Ser-Ket managed to get a good hit in that sent Addy to the ground. Luckily, Addy was saved by Sideways, and she told him that he had no idea who strong her power was before suggesting they work together to beat Thunderwing, only to get annoyed to see that he'd escaped. Noting that the Tor Kolkular Guard would have trouble with Thunderwing, Addy spotted Sideways trying to leave and advised him with her experience of going at it alone that he'd need to learn to work with others, and when Sideways told her he'd take her advice as he drove off, Addy told Arc that he wasn't a bad kid, just moody.*

*Traveling to Earth with Wing in NEST, Adrestia took on a tandem rotor helicopter mode for disguise at the urging of her companion, but as she flew over Staten Island, she asked Wing where they were going that required them to blend in. When Wing told her Circle of Light contacts Flagg and Austin had reached out to them, Addy asked what they wanted, guessing they needed the Circle's help in dealing with a crisis as she landed at Fort Wadsworth, only to suddenly get lowered underground into the Pit. Once Wing explained that the Circle had been asked to sign the Non-biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty, Addy transformed to robot mode upon reaching a floor built for Cybertronian access and was greeted by Colonel Clayton Abernathy, who Addy recognized as the leader of GI Joe. As the group discussed the terms of the treaty, Addy noted that a fiery-haired woman that asked about what would happen if Human threats had alien backing appeared to be the most dangerous of the group, and she agreed with Wing that the Circle would deal fairly with the Humans, commenting that she hoped they would do so as well.*

*Joining more Circle of Light members aboard the* Dawn Treader *in Volcano, Adrestia remarked to Wing that he seemed to be just worried as she was about trying to assassinate Alpha Quintesson with just a six person team when there would be significant consequences for failing, all while observing the team Axe had assembled for the mission. Getting into a boarding torpedo with Drillbuster and Headcannon, Addy told her teammates that she'd lay out their mission simply due to them not being the smartest, and instructed them to hit the* Trident *hard and loud, making sure they understood to attack anything with tentacles or too many teeth, and once they made it clear they knew the mission she told them to get ready as the torpedo was shot into the* Trident*. Inside the ship, Addy and Drillbuster easily took care of the Overcharge drones sent to deal with them at close range, and Addy had a conversation with her teammate, who she wondered held any resentment towards her, about how Mithril was doing, commenting that while she was hanging out with Speeder, people like themselves couldn't rest. Breaking through the blast doors into the control room, Addy challenged Alpha Q's claim that they would die and urged him to focus on himself as she charged at him, only to be surprised to run into a force-screen. Sent flying by a hit from Alpha Q's electrified tentacles, Addy groaned as the Quintesson hit her and demanded to know who had sent her, but stood proud as she informed him she wasn't working for the Decepticons or Balmarians. Smashing through the force-screens using Drak A Dron, Addy then stopped herself from striking Alpha Q and told him that the Circle had come to get him to stop doing business with the groups he had mentioned, and offered to let him live if he agreed to do so willingly. With Alpha Q taking the deal, Addy returned to the* Dawn Treader *to inform Wing that she had a written agreement from Alpha Q that the Quintesson Co-Prosperity Sphere wouldn't deal with the Decepticons or Balmarians, but questioned if Wing wanted her to have killed him anyway. When Wing then thanked both Addy and Axe, Addy questioned why he would do so for the latter when he hadn't done any actual work, but when Wing insisted that either way, they could now focus on the Timaeus Project, Addy remarked that they could finally rid the world of threats Euzeth Gozzo had mentioned being brought about by the students on Acadeimos, and that she would have to pay the price to do so.*

*In Reverie Adrestia's presence at Kolkular convinced Shockwave, who'd had spies inform him of her activities after witnessing her creation, go with Autosoldiers to investigate. Meanwhile at Kolkular, Adrestia stood at the control podium of the Timaeus Loop waiting for it to be completed, and was observed by Ephemeris, who thought back to when he told Azimuth about her creation, prompting him to ask Battle Unicorn why she always had to shoulder the burden and not him, and was unsatisfied with the answer that she'd been dealt a different hand when she was born.*

*Once the test started in Reunion, Adrestia stood in the center of the Timaeus Loop waiting for it to energize, and Arcrunner, nervous despite her love volunteering to take part in the experiment, was informed by Wing that Addy had been selected due to her special connection to the Oracle. Once a technician informed her that the ignition had begun, Addy pulled a lever, and she was subjected to the energies of the Ohr Ein Sof, causing her to feel that she was floating in a sea of stars. Unable to get a sense of where she was due to her systems sending back junk data and becoming nervous that the experiment failed, Addy suddenly found herself standing in a mysterious city of white towers, and she was shocked to be greeted by a mysterious figure that resembled Battle Convoy. Informed that she'd been brought to a projection of the Arnval District to help her adjust to the Alternity information stream, Addy asked the figure who he was and what he was talking about, learning that he was Convoy-704, protector of his world like she was with hers, and she then nervously shook his hand, thankfully finding that it wasn't a trap. Finding out that Convoy knew of her having Septimus in her, Addy asked what else he knew, and when he mentioned the Origin Law being broken, Addy demanded he stop the cryptic conversations and just tell her what to do about it, and she was informed that the Alternity had used the Oracle to speak with her so they could give her a portion of their power to face the grave dangers that were to come. After her form was consumed by the same light as when she was created and finding her body was now silver instead of gray, Addy asked Convoy if he'd given her some new paint, only to be told that she'd learn the full extent of her upgrade in time and would first have to make sure Shockwave survived.*

*Back in her own world during Recompense, Adrestia raced through the depths of Kolkular, following the trail of destroyed Autosoldiers until she reached a rotunda where Ephemeris and Shockwave were battling. Shocked into silence by the sight, Addy finally rushed into action when her father prepared to kill Shockwave, and just by thinking about needing a weapon, a long, flat and curved blade appeared in her hands, which she then used to slice through the* Rijk's *shoulder, and she expressed surprise at being able to create the weapon while kicking outwards as she had trained to do. Telling Ephemeris that she'd explain her motives later, Addy assumed a fighting stance and let her father know she needed to stop him, but despite Ephemeris using Firespace to kick her from behind, Addy quickly recovered, and the two clashed swords. Addy then asked her father if it was his conscience telling him Shockwave deserved to die or his rage overpowering his instincts as she used the Lon Laith to boost her strength, telling him that even in Kaon they didn't kill the defenseless before knocking him out with an Atomic Guts Punch Special Technique to the midsection. She then ordered Shockwave to leave, a command he complied with, and he then noted Addy's armor was now made of the same material the Matrix of Light was.*

*Shockwave noted that he only survived his fight with Ephemeris because of Adrestia in Repentance.*

*During Zehirut Adrestia would visit Themis at the Fulgurite Facility and nervously asked her how she was healing. When her sister told Addy how she'd been thinking about what would happen if their places had been switched when the Balmarians took her, Addy told Themis that she'd just get something bad out of dwelling on the past, and when her sister pointed out the Ur-Sword in reference to Septimus Prime, Addy insisted that it was different as she had no control over it. Noting how cultured Themis was to quote William Blake, Addy then told her sister that her own life wasn't so great either, with Themis having a far quieter life despite her being stuck in a chair.*

*Later in "Speeding Bullet" Adrestia traveled to Nebulos to help with the Circle of Light's assistance in helping the Nebulans and Waruders begin their new lives working together. Taking on an XH-1 Attack Helicopter mode, Addy joined a World Watcher patrol led by Dian Rynia to scout the Arvassian range for hidden HYVE weapons on their way to New Koraja, and with two Waruders flanking her she remarked how the endless war on Nebulos was finally over. When Dian told the patrol a contact was ahead, Addy readied her rotary cannon, and when the contact, Vorath, bragged about the power of his custom Diaclone mech that let him shoot down a DC-15 Comet, Addy was enraged by his arrogance and used her missiles to shoot an outcropping and rain rubble on the attacker. Telling Dian she had her chance to engage with her DC-17 Battle Convoy, Addy recognized Speeder when he drove onto the scene in car mode, but when he jumped onto her to get to Vorath, Addy yelled at him that even being the son of the High King didn't mean he could do so. Once Speeder killed Vorath, Addy introduced him to Dian as she transformed to robot mode before asking him why he was there when she'd last heard he'd been with Mithril in the Rust Sea, and after briefly wondered how Lodestar was doing when Speeder mentioned her, Addy felt jealous of the Knight Errant when she recalled how "Dai Atlas XIII" praised him. Telling Speeder how "Atlas XIII" had told her he was the next King Atlas, Addy wished Ephemeris was just as good as of a father as "Atlas XIII", before telling Speeder that she could relate to having a distant relationship with her father before suggesting they head home to report to Kord. Contacting him by hologram, Addy informed Kord that she suspected Ze Balmary Empire was helping the HYVE due to Vorath's mech having a Quantum Wave Engine, figuring that the Balmarians would see the Nebulans as close to them in tech level due to having already made mobile weapons. As a result, Addy was then instructed by Kord to head to a new post at the* Steelhaven *launch facility.*

*Defending the launch facility from the Astranagant of Ingram Prisken in "Ingram", Adrestia was badly cut on her right side by her foe's Zol Orichalcum sword, and then knocked back into a stack of hydrogen tanks hard enough to make them blow up. Stumbling back up, Addy chuckled when she interpreted Ingram's claim of sharing genetic material with Euzeth Gozzo as him being his son before sending him back with a right hook and claiming he was just like his father. However, upon learning that Ingram and the entire Golar Golem were clones bred for war, while Addy admitted to herself that the two of them were similar, she yelled that she wouldn't allow the Balmarians to treat individual people as disposable playthings, and somersaulted past the energy beams of the Astranagant's Gun Slaves before using the Maximum Drive Special Technique to power up. Rushing at her opponent to strike him with the Ur-Sword, Addy was surprised to see the Astranagant had a Graviton Cannon in its chest, but she managed to strike the machine first. Unfortunately, in spite of hitting the Astranagant hard enough to make the ground shake from the force, Addy cursed when she saw that she had failed to cut through enough of the Zyflud armor to get to the cockpit, and with the machine regenerating she tried to redouble her attack, only for Ingram to give up on his attack on Nebulos and retreat, leaving Addy with little choice but to clench her fists and vow to do whatever was needed to defeat the Balmarians.*

*Heading to Rynn Prime aboard the* Iron Hope *when the Balmarians attacked the planet in Rynn Prime, Adrestia got onto the flight deck with Wing and Speeder to enter the battle, and despite missing the now-silent voice of Septimus Prime in her head, she was launched into space with a catapult. Easily tearing through Megillots, Addy then took on Ingram Prisken in his Astranagant Rivale for a rematch, unfazed by his threats and yelling at him to be quiet as she swung at him with Drak A Dron using all her rage. However, her blow failed to hit Ingram and her hammer was then ripped from her hands, and as her arms were forced back by the claws of the Astranagant Rivale, Addy learned that her and Septimus' anger were just fueling the Neshamah powering the machine. Addy then experienced a vision of Brand blaming her for failing to stop Knight Convoy, Ephemeris looking sternly at her, and Arcrunner screaming in agony, which all served to make Addy groan in pain as she struggled to get free of the invisible hands binding her, and with the visions urging her to give up and serve the Spirit Emperor, Addy simply closed her eyes and prepared for Ingram to reprogram her to serve the Golar Golem as he threatened. However, upon being freed from the unseen grip by Wing crashing into the Astranagant Rivale, Addy reached out to her friend and cried out that he didn't have a chance of beating Ingram, but when he fought anyway and vanished in the flash of his Vital Blade Special Technique that killed Ingram, Addy began to cry when she realized Wing was dead and could only cry out his name.*

*Heading to Crystal City with the rest of the Circle of Light in Cobray, Adrestia finally broke the silence resulting from Wing's death and asked why the Balmarians hated Cybertronians so much they would attack again and again, though she didn't expect any answer. Looking out at the city through the window of the ship, Addy spotted a child getting carried on the shoulders of one of their mothers, and she felt a tinge of jealousy due to her time as a child having been dedicated to training, as well as question how the Balmarians could even relate to something like that family when they only focused on enslaving everyone else to expand their empire.*

*During Inherited Courage Adrestia went to Earth and fought against the Fury that attacked the Bay Tower, but was quickly worn down thanks to getting hit with Larseilam, and she could merely tell Al-Van Ranks that she was wrong about him being honorable as Jua-Mu Dalby beat her with his Vorlent. Confused when Al-Van spoke of the Seed of Evil planted on Earth, Addy tried and failed to activate the Lon Laith, and after Jua-Mu kicked a few of her teeth out she demanded Al-Van explain himself, and she stood defiantly before the Vorlent as she revealed to Al-Van that she knew the Fury's ancestors came from Earth. However, when she asked why some of their ancestors leaving Earth mattered, she learned that the Balmarians had evolved from them, and though she tried to deny it, Addy realized it was true and that the Fury sought to keep another Ze Balmary Empire from rising by limiting the power Humans had. Asking Al-Van if he was okay with destroying the Humans' civilization, Addy caught the fist of the Vorlent when Jua-Mu tried to punch her and she told Al-Van that they were enemies if he was going to carry out the Fury's orders, just like anyone else who would commit such atrocities as she finally powered up the Lon Laith and tossed the Vorlent away so she could charge at Al-Van's Raftclans. Managing to ram into it hard enough to crumple its armor thanks to the Larseilam Canceler on the Granteed keeping Al-Van from fighting back, Addy yelled at him that their fight wasn't finished even as he retreated, swearing that she, Touya Shiun, and Calvina Coulange would stop him.*

*Heading to Dakar after detecting Gu-Landon Gotz's forces heading there in Doomsday, Adrestia engaged the Fury Knights, only to be hit hard enough to pass out for a minute, and during this time she experienced a particularly haunting vision of Septimus Prime finding the dead body of Brand and confronting Logos Prime about it. Upon waking up, Addy dusted herself off and declared that she could punch above her weight even without Energon Armor and flew to rejoin the battle, but before she could take on two entire lances of Rynpees and Jua-Mu Dalby, now piloting a Raftclans, she was shocked to see Al-Van Ranks step in and challenge Jua-Mu's entire team to a duel. Instructed by Al-Van to go and face Gu-Landon, Addy flew up to join the Circle Knights and the Granteed in fighting the Zui Gadin, shoulder checking the Throne Machine and telling him that garbage like him should die and let the Humans live as she pummeled his machine with her weapons. However, she was unprepared for Gu-Landon to activate the Zui Gadin's remote weaponry and had to dive out of the way of a claw thrusting at her, but as Axe and "Dai Atlas XIII" donned their Energon Armor, Addy used the Ur-Sword to bash away the remote weapons and defend the Circle Knights, allowing her to watch as "Atlas XIII" dealt the final blow to kill Gu-Landon and destroy the Zui Gadin.*

### Circle Knight

*In Hero Wars Adrestia was back on Cybertron and went to capture Balmarian commander Spectra McCready when his forces attacked Polyhex. However, when Team Purple stepped in to deal with them, Adrestia feared that they could potential come into conflict with the Circle of Light and decided to use her "Nemesis" identity to keep them from interfering. Fighting Necromaster and cutting off all his limbs, "Nemesis" then dragged him to Crescent and told the Patterner that the Balmarians would kill every civilian they came across before tossing Necro to the ground and letting Crescent know who she was. Telling Necro not to speak unless she told him to, "Nemesis" then ordered Crescent to get out of her way, and was unfazed by her Magicka Splash Flare Special Technique, simply knocking the starbursts away with Drak A Dron and then throwing it at her opponent as she told her that hesitating in a fight meant death. "Nemesis" then drew the Ur-Sword and yelled that it would cut through magic, but chose not to slice through Crescent's neck and instead elbowed her in the chest and smacked her with the pommel of her blade. Haughtily telling Crescent and Necro that she had no time for their talk and that she knew all the tricks of the Patterners thanks to being raised by one, "Nemesis" then told them she was more concerned with with other foes, and then watched as Shift defeated Spectra McCready, demanding he hand the Balmarian over. Feeling stung when Shift accused her of being a Decepticon, "Nemesis" quickly disregarded any comparisons to others and accepted that even if she wasn't invincible, she'd have to fight like Septimus once had. Telling Shift that they'd be doing things her way, which was generally better, "Nemesis" got into a fighting stance and waited for her opponent to make a move before charging at him and hitting him with a leaping uppercut, then smashing him with an overhead swing. When Shift then chose to copy the Lon Laith, "Nemesis" told him copying her power wouldn't help as she activated the Lon Laith as well, resulting in a fist fight that took to the air and caused them to leave a crater in the ground, so completely focused on their battle they ignored the nearby Balmarians. Though "Nemesis" told Shift that he was foolish to think he could beat her, she realized she was losing when she took a kick to the chest and resorted to cart-wheeling around his jerky moves, finally backflipping away from a kick. Telling her opponent that she was going to get serious, "Nemesis" noticed news fliers coming their way and brushed off the press of her fight that was to come as not being her worst image, then told Shift that he held back while she didn't, insisting it was the difference between a boy and a warrior. However, when "Nemesis" noticed a brief sign that Shift was techno-organic, she became worried, and when her opponent told her he'd stop holding back, she roared at him, beginning to feel that the Lon Laith was breaking down the barrier between her memories and those of Septimus. Losing all restraint, "Nemesis" charged at Shift and hit him with a one-inch punch, then grabbed him by a horn to slam him into the ground and pummel him repeatedly. Unable to answer Shift when she asked her what he was, "Nemesis" reeled when he tore himself away from her and then tried to strike him repeatedly, only for him to block and then hit her with the Hopper Requiem Special Technique. Using her rage to fight on despite bleeding in several places, "Nemesis" could only let out a cry of rage due to coughing up Energon, then used her turbines to launch herself at Shift and try to punch him, only to be knocked to the ground when Crescent blasted her with a star energy blast, and Team Purple left Spectra McCready for her when they retreated. Returning to Kolkular with her prisoner, Addy was confronted for her actions by Ephemeris, and she stopped herself from making a sharp-tongued reply, instead telling her father that she'd taught Team Purple not to interfere with Circle of Light business. However, she realized that Ephemeris was truly mad at her, but insisted that she'd deal with Team Purple going after her if it came up and handed Spectra over to her father before asking him what the difference was between her actions and him trying to kill Shockwave. Leaving the room as her father instructed to avoid the awkwardness, Addy was then confronted by Axe, and she took note of the scar on his optic as he told her that in spite of their differences, he had more experience to tell her that she didn't have her full power to face even greater threats to come, which she did as he urged her to come with him. Meanwhile, Necro and Crescent found footage of Adrestia on the Around Cybertron archives, and when Shift, in the hospital due to the fight with "Nemesis" and feeling that she'd also broken his pride with her berserker rage, told Crescent he should have just let her have what she wanted, his teammate showed him to footage, leading to him agreeing that "Nemesis" was Adrestia, and that her fighting was impressive for someone with a silver spoon, before vowing that there'd be a reckoning once he got out of the hospital.*

*Traveling to a nameless desert planet with Axe and three Circle squires in Trials of Knighthood, Adrestia felt uneasy after Axe told the group that they'd be undergoing trials that many had failed and that they would come out of them changed. Marching through the desert to the cave where the trials were taking place, Addy was bemused by the Trial of Steel testing their ability to withstand pain inflicted on them by the enemy with a laser, and no problem with having her hand get scarred, having felt worse. Recognizing that Axe was playing up the difficulty of the trials for intimidation, Addy found the other squires to be foolish to let their nervousness show, only to feel panic when the chamber they entered was sealed, leaving it too dark to see. Hearing someone come towards her as Axe explained the purpose of the Trial of Spirit, Addy drew the Ur-Sword, but reacted too slowly to avoid being knocked to the ground by Septimus Prime. Trying to figure out what Septimus actually was, Addy got up and prepared to fight, but she found that her opponent was unpredictable and was unable to keep from getting gashed. Realizing that Septimus was fighting with the counter to her aggressive combat style, Addy decided to improvise and side-stepped another slash, only to get punched in the face, making her worried that she would die, as Septimus had before her. However, while she realized Septimus did indeed know her moves, she could learn new tricks and had indeed done so, prompting her to go on the offensive and tear into Septimus, revealing her opponent to be in fact be a PROXY drone. Realizing how Axe had taught it to fight like her, Addy's doubts went away and she cartwheeled towards the drone and blocked its stabbing, finally ending the fight with an overhead slash, her mind now clear. Now moving on to the Trial of Courage, Addy saw someone coming towards her through the harsh light now filling the chamber, and when he told her that he could see that she suffered from the laws of the beginning, Addy insisted that she was beyond his temptations. Recognizing the Origin Law the figure mentioned as something Gu-Landon and Gozzo had mentioned, Addy felt the chamber becoming incredibly cold, and also began to feel she was going down an endless dark path, and this and the figure's words made her finally realize she was speaking to Balmarian Spirit Emperor Augustus. Despite her blade falling from her hands, Addy asked the demon what he wanted, and backed away, recognizing he was lying about her own power killing her, and she yelled at Augustus that she would never serve him regardless of whether she'd destroyed worlds or not, and reached out to him to deny and spurn him, vowing that her destiny would be to destroy him. With that the trial ended, and Addy left through the now-visible exit passageway. Now a Circle Knight, Addy gave the smiths the Ur-Sword to modify into a Great Weapon, and while she waited for this to be done she met with "Dai Atlas XIII" in his palace in Crystal City. Feeling uncomfortable without her weapon, Addy asked "Atlas XIII" if what she'd seen in the final trial had been real, but found his response to be vague, and realized the nature of the vision didn't really matter, prompting her to instead ask "Atlas XIII" what was to be done next.*

*Ser-Ket realized that Shockwave was helping repair Thunderwing in order to see if he could beat Adrestia after learning from Blackout that Shockwave and Ephemeris had once been close.*

*During "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Team Purple was suspicious of Ephemeris' invitation to Kolkular due to figuring he knew they'd fought Adrestia, but Radiclaw figured all of them together could beat her if it turned out to be a trap. Addy, meanwhile, was not happy to hear her father had invited Team Purple over for dinner when she'd beaten them up, comparing the idea to the Balmarians offering them a peace treaty, but she was calmed when Arcrunner pointed out that with all the security and fighting skill of those in Kolkular, the Team would be foolish to try anything there. Admitting that she had been rash to fight Shift now that it was coming back to bite her, Addy told Arc that even her donations to Hope Beyond Edu and Autobot Academy hadn't gotten the press to forget about her fight at Polyhex, but she had gotten the Di Kolkular Martial Training Center named after her. Addy stood waiting as Team Purple stepped off of their ship, the* All-Star*, and as they headed to the dining hall, she simply ignored Shift's efforts to lag behind and talk to her. Drinking an entire bottle of Mued at dinner, Addy smacked it down to look at Radiclaw when she asked why Ephemeris wanted to use the Orrery to see the future so badly, and she informed her and the rest of Team Purple that they barely knew anything about the "Aerogaters", revealing their proper name and just how bad their desire for enslaving and conquest were. When Crescent admitted that some of Team Purple had thought the invitation was a trap, Addy told her that she wouldn't use tricks to get them to fight her, flexing as she reminded Shift that she could rely on raw power to beat them, though she did agree to his request to call him by his real name and not "boy". Meanwhile, Shockwave tasked Thunderwing, War-Path, and Destroyer with capturing Addy so he could learn to create life of her caliber, with Thunderwing recognizing her and agreeing to get her so he could have revenge for their last encounter.*

*Standing above the Orrery with Shift, Adrestia admitted to the hero that she wasn't happy with him coming to Kolkular, but she had been more concerned that he'd try to attack her, and let him know that they were now cool, though she smirked as she let him know that she wouldn't be joining Team Purple, preferring to work by herself or with Arcrunner. Seeing Shift looking at the Orrery, Addy let him know she had no clue how it worked, only to become focused when the alarm sounded, telling Shift that someone was trying to breach the Orrery chamber and telling him they needed to check it out as she transformed and flew off. Flinging the bulkhead the intruders were cutting through out at them, Addy was shocked to see Thunderwing leading them, and upon seeing his Great Axe she warned him that he didn't know what he held, plumbing forbidden depths as usual. Side-eying Shift when he asked about the Great Weapons, Addy then looked around at the army of Autosoldiers and Decepticons facing them, and she then told Shift to listen to Thunderwing, allowing the two of them to be captured. Battle Unicorn reported Addy's disappearance to Ephemeris, prompting him to gather a team to use the* Arecibo *to search for her.*

*Transported aboard a Monarch-Class Shuttle, Adrestia was shocked to see they were heading to Bastion Point, and she told Shift that they needed to wait for the moment and keep their wits up. Once they were escorted off the shuttle, Addy commented on the size of the operation, but when she noticed Shift was particularly saddened to hear Thunderwing was working with Shockwave, she tried to see what was wrong, only to be brushed off. Brought before Shockwave, Addy pointed out he wouldn't arrange anything so trivially and asked what he wanted, learning he wanted to pay it forward for her saving his life, though she remembered that she hadn't done it out of kindness. When the bunker was attacked, Addy urged Shift that regardless of what happened between him, they needed to take the opportunity to escape, only to get blown back by Thunderwing's cyclone cannon. Trying to get her footing back, Addy was shocked to see Thunderwing actually manage to activate his Great Axe, but she managed to block his strike and kick him back, but when she tried to hit him with an overhead slash, it was blocked by her opponent. After Shift used his "Dreadringer" form to beat Thunderwing, Addy grabbed him when he tried to go back to Shockwave despite the path between them being blocked by rubble, urging him to go, and they were rescued by the* Arecibo *crew. On the bridge, Addy told Ephemeris that she could relate to Shift due to Shockwave being the closest thing he had to a father-figure, even if he wasn't the best, and figured that they hadn't seen the last of him.*

In Arcee of Opulus' Precious Little Life Adrestia went with Saperion to a music festival on Junkion. While they waited for it to start the pair chatted with Devaron and Vanguard. The next day she was among the crowd that looked up to the stage when "Soundblaster" came up to announce the musicians, only to be disappointed to learn it had all been a scam. Luckily, thanks to Wiretap she was able to get her money back, and then got to watch a performance by the Cybertronic Spree.

*During Sacrificium Ad Profundis Adrestia was aboard the* Righteous Theogony *searching for the Balmarian Seventh Fleet when it detected a distress signal from Antilla and went to investigate. When the* Arclight *responded to the signal as well, Addy* *came with Axe aboard a relay shuttle to meet with the* Arclight's *crew, who she found to be quite relaxed and was certain enough that none of them could pose a threat to her that she let go of her weapon. Annoyed by how forward Stormshot was being about her joining a supposed cult, Addy finally answered when he continued to press on, telling him those in Kaon didn't speak so thoughtlessly and glared at him when he insinuated Kaoners just seceded from the Commonwealth and sent bombs to Senators. After listening to Axe explain to Pax Galaxus what they knew about the artifact hunters on Antilla and Macro questioning how the Circle could be trusted when they were the most likely suspects of causing the distress signal, Addy told him that some things weren't obvious at first glance and suggested to Axe that if they were to find the artifact hunters, they should look in the Castrum of the Thirteenth Legion, accepting Pax's offer to help out.*

*Heading down to Antilla in Bestias De Profundis, Adrestia and Axe went searching the area around the Castrum and found the artifact hunters' ship that was transmitting the signal, and joined up with the Star Fleet members at the Castrum to report their findings. Flying inside the Castrum, Addy used halogen lamps to look at the emblems painted on the walls and told the others how the Thirteenth Legion had been given the worst assignments and had never been straightened out when the tasks wore them down. Entering a rotunda to find the dead body of Goldrush, Addy continued to look at the signs painted on the walls until Macro warned the team that something was coming. Preparing to fight, Addy charged into the "Subformer" horde, gracefully slicing through the creatures until Axe killed them with his Lightning Lord Special Technique.*

*Later in Divine Wars Adrestia and Speeder traveled to Earth to help the Earth Defense Command investigate an attack on one of their convoys. Flying EDC liaison Agent Clouder to a forest near the Letterkenny Army Depot in Pennsylvania, Addy commented how thorough the attackers had been when she saw the wreckage, then transformed to let Clouder out. When the agent suggested a Cybertronian had attacked the convoy based on the energon stains at the scene, Addy pointed out the trucks had been hit with Earth weaponry, identifying the specific round when she spotted a bullet casing on the ground. However, upon seeing the source of the energon, the badly injured Hardtop, Addy wasn't happy to see he was a Decepticon and bluntly asked him for information as she started patching his wounds up, before realizing she needed to be a bit nicer and asked for his name. After finding out from him that Humans did indeed attack him and the convoy, Addy was confused when Clouder told her to visit the G.H.O.S.T. office in Witwicky until he explained what the group was, and she was wished luck by Hardtop before she left. Arriving at the office and explaining the situation to Field Officer Dot Malto, Addy requested her help, and after deciding to check out a warehouse the attackers could be hiding in, Addy told Speeder to stay behind to act as a reserve and to protect the Malto family in case of retaliation. Flying to the warehouse, Addy detected large thermal readings inside and she told Dot that terrorists were likely using it as a staging ground to store H.I.S.S. Tanks, only to detect something moving and quickly put Dot in her chest cockpit. When the armed patrol drone spotted her and fired, Addy rolled out of the way and transformed, letting Dot know what they were facing as she hovered and returned fire, distracting the drone enough to put down Dot safely. Addy then punched the drone with a one-two combo using a strength boost from the Lon Laith, easily tearing it apart, but she was then annoyed to hear more opponents emerging from the warehouse. Weaving through the air to avoid the railgun shots of the Lions pursuing her, Addy decided to see if they could take what they dished out and let Saber One catch up to her before quickly inverting to fly over him and get behind his Lion to easily blast it apart. She then threw one of her rotor-swords at the cockpit of Saber Two's lion to make it crash and then picked up her weapon to go after Saber Three, but before she could deliver the killing strike she found it blocked by Silas in his Guarlion Custom. Swearing when Silas disoriented her sensors with Chaff, Addy failed to hit him with her autocannon and she yelled at him to stay still, only to become shocked when he used his Sonic Breaker attack to ram her so fast she had no time to dodge. Crashing into the forest next to Speeder and Twitch, Addy got up and told her partner that while she and Dot had stopped the raiders' operation, they'd managed to get away, telling Twitch that thanks to their electromagnetic countermeasure, she could pursue them and they'd likely see more of the group in the future.*

*Adrestia returned to Cybertron and joined the Tor Kolkular Guard in pursuing Thunderwing after he captured Mithril. Tracking him down to the barrow and sneaking up on him, Addy covered his mouth and dragged him to a wall, remarking that she wasn't surprised that he would kidnap her friend and trespass on sacred ground before demanding to know what he'd done. Questioning how his work could be unsalvageable when the Tor Kolkular had him and his minions defeated and he had to rely on taking Mithril as a hostage, Addy demanded he elaborate on what her friend's powers could do, and after he revealed he'd had Mithril resurrect him an army of the dead, Addy accused him of having his brain rattled more than she'd thought by the Matrix-Fiend if he'd thought risking having the dead brought back when the process could easily have killed him was a good idea. Gritting her teeth and refusing to give into Septimus' demands to kill Thunderwing after he revealed he'd brought back Brand, Addy realized he'd picked the location on purpose to raise his army, only for Thunderwing to propose a truce due to his plan having backfired.*

*Agreeing to work with Thunderwing to stop Brand, Adrestia led the way into the crypt, and upon reaching a rotunda she found an army of the dead already up and surrounding the group. Telling them to stick together, Addy then drew her sword and ordered Brand step forth and make restitution for his crimes, and when he stepped forward and insisted he was innocent of any wrongdoing, Addy admitted he wasn't entirely wrong about little improving from his day as she kept watch over his sword, Baruzai. She then asked Brand if she recognized her, and though not happy to hear Brand tell her that Septimus Prime residing in her was similar to his situation, Addy merely insisted he let Mithril go, seeing that he wouldn't be half-living for much longer, and when he refused, Addy told him the people of Kaon had enough problems with history weighing on them without Brand continuing past his natural life. Assuming a fighting stance and clashing with her undead grandfather when he charged at her, Addy went in for an overhead swing after Brand increased his attack when he felt Mithril's magic start to leave him, and as they clashed she told Brand that while he was always intractable, his courage outstripped his limits, while hers did not, as she drew her autocannon and shot at him point-blank to give Addy the opening to smash his head with the pommel of her sword and knock him down with a sweep of her leg. Though urged by the Lon Laith to drive her sword into Brand's spark, Addy was told by her grandfather that it would not be necessary as he lay dying, and though she tried to speak to him after he urged her to find a new master for Baruzai, she could simply watch as he faded to grey. Noting that he may have finally found peace he never could in his life, and that this hadn't stopped him from bring it and order to others, Addy simply told the others that the crisis was over.*

*Adrestia would go to Rynn Prime with a report of what she'd found on Antilla, which Seashield would then tell Drulim Drang about when asking him to take part in a mission to investigate the Ferogrund hold on the planet.*

*In Thunder Mayhem Adrestia and Ephemeris were called in the Cradle by "Dreadringer" to be warned about Envision after she attacked him, and though she admitted to Dread that they were currently busy dealing with other threats, she thanked him for the heads up and promised to beat Envision if she encountered her. When Battle Unicorn reported that Thunderwing had broken out of his cell, Addy sarcastically remarked that it was just what they needed, but when her father urged her to use the Lon Laith sparingly while fighting the prisoner, Addy insisted that her vision of the Spirit Emperor had been lying, and told Ephemeris that she couldn't make any promises about not losing control of her powers. Reaching the hallway after Thunderwing defeated Battle Unicorn, Addy decided to try negotiating with her foe and insisted she knew that she knew his choice to go bad had been made for him by the Decepticons, but when Thunderwing refused to stand down, Addy watched as he used his talent and the power of an artificial Matrix to shrug off Ephemeris' Fulcan Blaster Special Technique. When Thunderwing insisted that he wanted something of his own for once, Addy told him that working with the Overnet would just be another of his many wrong choices in looking for it as she sent him back with several rapid punches until he met her fist with his own, and after he insisted that he couldn't atone when Overlord's plan would inevitably succeed, Addy grabbed him by the chin and flew through the floors of Kolkular until she got them outside. However, Addy then saw that Thunderwing was crying as he admitted he knew he was a monster, and when Vicestream urged Thunderwing to keep destroying, Addy growled at her as she held her Great Sword above her head and used a downward slash to destroy the artificial Matrix as Thunderwing lunged at her. Addy then yelled at Vicestream that she wouldn't let her corrupt anyone else and flew at her, but when she took the time to take care of the Air Warriors that teleported in, she allowed Vicestream to escape. She then sheathed her sword and listened to Thunderwing breath, pitying him.*

## Powers and Abilities

While lacking a true talent, Adrestia can call upon the power of the Lon Laith, using the power of a star to boost her strength and produce an incredible amount of heat and light around her, though using this for too long can make her go berserk. She was later granted a lesser hyperframe, giving her Alternium armor and the ability to instantly create blades, as well as other, unknown modifications. She also carries a 25 mm shell autocannon, as well as the weapons of Septimus Prime, the hammer Drak A Dron and the Ur-Sword, the latter of which she had modified to become a Great Weapon after becoming a Circle Knight. When using her helicopter mode, she is also armed with a rotary cannon and anti-air missiles, and gains rotor-swords in robot mode.

Using the Lon Laith, Adrestia can use a variety of Special Techniques, including:

* **Full Burst** - Adrestia turns up the output of the Lon Laith's fire by 200%, letting her completely vaporize targets she grabs.
* **Atomic Guts Punch** - Adrestia punches her opponent in the gut hard enough to knock them out.
* **Maximum Drive** - Adrestia enhances herself with the full standard power of the Lon Laith.

Adrestia has the ability to transform, normally taking on the form of a Cybertronian Jet. However, she has taken on other vehicle modes for disguise on alien planets, first a Tandem Rotor Helicopter and later the XH-1 Attack Helicopter.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Themis - Sister
* Saperion/Arcrunner - Girlfriend
* Psyvern - Acquaintance
* Mithril - Friend
* Patterners
	+ Ephemeris - Father
	+ Azimuth - Mother
	+ Avalon
* Tor Kolkular Guard
	+ Battle Unicorn
* Decepticons
	+ Raiders
		- Blackout - Friend
		- Aphelion - Friend
	+ Megatron
	+ Kiloton
	+ Lugnut
	+ Sky Shadow's Sect
		- Sky Shadow
	+ Black Shadow
	+ Hardtop
* Circle of Light
	+ Septimus Prime - Grandmother, Past Self
	+ Drulim Drang
	+ Wing - Friend
	+ Axe - Former Rival
	+ Dei Atlas
	+ Speeder
	+ Drillbuster
	+ "Dai Atlas XIII"
	+ Headcannon
	+ Jetstream
	+ Outrigger
	+ Mournmane
	+ Brand - Grandfather, Former Enemy
* Radiant Forges
	+ Lodestar
* Autobots
	+ Star Convoy
	+ Magnus Corp
		- Ursus Magnus
		- Lupus Magnus
	+ Sigma Team
		- Devaron - Acquaintance
	+ Star Fleet
		- Pax Galaxus
		- Stormshot
		- Macro
	+ Vanguard - Acquaintance
* Firstforged
	+ Quintessa Prime
* Team Purple
	+ Shift - Former Enemy
	+ Crescent - Former Enemy
	+ Necromaster - Former Enemy
	+ Radiclaw
* GI Joe
	+ Clayton "Hawk" Abernathy
* World Watchers
	+ Galen Kord
	+ Dian Rynia
	+ Waruders
* Earth Defense Command
	+ G.H.O.S.T.
		- Dot Malto
	+ Touya Shiun
	+ Calvina Coulange
	+ Clouder
* Levitacus
* Torc - Acquaintance
* Logos Prime
* E-Selda Shun
* Twitch

### Enemies

* Radiant Forges
	+ Wayland - Great Grandfather
* Functionists
	+ Malleus Ambus
	+ Terror
	+ Functionaries
* Ze Balmary Empire
	+ Euzeth Gozzo
	+ Ingram Prisken
	+ Spectra McCready
	+ Megillots
* Fury
	+ Al-Van Ranks
	+ Gu-Landon Gotz
	+ Jua-Mu Dalby
* Decepticons
	+ Stonecrusher's Sect
		- Stonecrusher
	+ Thunderwing's Sect
		- Accelpoint
		- Thunderwing
		- Chiller
		- Ser-Ket
		- War-Path
		- Destroyer
* Quintesson Co-Prosperity Sphere
	+ Alpha Quintesson
	+ Overcharges
* HYVE
	+ Vorath
* Khoros Bounty Hunter Guild
	+ "Soundblaster"
* Divine Crusaders
	+ Armed patrol drone
	+ Saber One
	+ Saber Two
	+ Saber Three
	+ Leland "Silas" Bishop
* Overnet
	+ Vicestream
	+ Air Warriors
* Insectoid Dwellers
* Dweller
* Hytherion
* Shockwave
* Autosoldiers
* "Subformers"

## Appearances

### Comic Issues

#### Season 2

* Festival of the Stars *(First Comic Appearance)*

### Text Stories

#### At the Edge of the Circle

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3

#### In Kolkular's Shadow

* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3
* Chapter 4
* Chapter 5
* Chapter 6
* Epilogue

#### Hytherion

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3

#### Marionette Messiah

* A Fan-Story
* Emissary From the Void
* Lon Laith

#### "No Surrender"

* Chapter 1
* "Out of Time"
* Chapter 3

#### Timaeus

* Reverie
* Reunion
* Recompense

#### Hero Wars 2

* "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3

#### Autobot Academy: Stars of Terror

* Sacrificium Ad Profundis
* Bestias De Profundis

#### The Dead Rising

* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3

#### Other Text Stories

* Dweller in the Depths *(First Appearance)*
* Turning the Wheel II
	+ Story 1
	+ Story 2
* In the Laboratory
* In Maccadam's Bar, A Decision is Made
* In New Polyhex, A Chance Meeting
* In Kaon, A Duel
* In the Safehouse, A Discussion
* The Raiders Saga
	+ Bastion Point
	+ The Moot
	+ In-Between
	+ Confrontation
* A Sideways Story
* **Untitled Adrestia Story**
* NEST
* Volcano
* Zehirut
* "Speeding Bullet"
* "Ingram"
* Rynn Prime
* Cobray
* Inherited Courage
* Doomsday
* Hero Wars
* Trials of Knighthood
* Divine Wars
* Thunder Mayhem

## Gallery

Adrestia in her vehicle modeAdrestia wielding the Ur-Sword
## Trivia

* Adrestia is the self-insert of writer Nemesis Scar/Ariel. She is named after the Greek goddess Adrasteia, using one of the many alternate spellings of her name.
* Adrestia shares her body-type with Petalblock, Bullseye, Aero Blast, and Scorchfire.
* Adrestia's body she gained to fight Septimus Prime in the Dark Future is described as being bulkier, having more red and black, and with a gold ring decoration on her chest.
	+ Adrestia's Alternium body is said to look identical to her previous body, but silver instead of gray.
	+ Adrestia's body with her helicopter mode is said to have the cockpit in her chest.
* The XH-1 designation of Adrestia's Nebulos helicopter mode is also used by the Dragonfly in *G.I. Joe*.
* In the Autobot Atlas entry for Balmar, Adrestia is shown fighting the Adamatron. Said battle has never been mentioned, but as the machine in question is used by Euzeth Gozzo, the most likely point when Addy could have fought it is during the unseen attack on the Neviim that resulted in her rescuing Themis.
* Adrestia is bisexual and uses she/they pronouns.
* Adrestia is far more willing to kill villains than most heroes, a mindset typical of heroes from Kaon.
* Adrestia views Psyvern in the same manner as an annoying cat.

## References

1. ↑ https://autoacafiles.tumblr.com/post/731363495846838272
2. ↑ https://maddyaddy.tumblr.com/post/731022793490251776/so-their-is-a-autobot-academy-spin-off-called
3. ↑ https://autoacafiles.tumblr.com/post/645162581260140544/2-4-7-10
4. ↑ https://autoacafiles.tumblr.com/post/662723240054128640/okay-this-is-a-weird-question-but-is-there-some
5. ↑ https://autoacafiles.tumblr.com/post/667592646670303232/dose-cybertron-still-have-the-capital-punishment
6. ↑ https://autoacafiles.tumblr.com/post/666528942883323904