Arrius

Arrius is a priest of Prima and founder of the Patterners.

## History

*Arrius was an ancient bot and a priest of Prima, who would found the Patterners and study the stars to try and quantify the nature of the universe. He would write his observations in what came to be known as the Scrolls of Arrius, including notes of how the twelve winters of woe would come back and the Grey Luponoid would stand up when the poison and darkness returned to the world. Arrius was also remembered for stating that "those who play with the chaos-bringer's toys are made by degrees to wield his sword".*

*In Passing Arrius attended the funeral of Septimus Prime. When Dei Atlas and Galvatron got into an argument about whether the universe was naturally one of order or chaos, Arrius disagreed with Galvatron that the city-states were pointless, and insisted that the universe had clearly been ordered by a guiding hand of some sort based observations of the stars and Cybertron itself. Telling Dei Atlas that he was free to say the grand designer of the universe was Primus, Arrius then concluded that the universe worked to preserve life rather than destroy it, before asking Ephemeris for his thoughts on the matter. When the* Rijk *declaring that the Circle of Light leave Kaon prompted Atlas to question who would protect it instead, Arrius suggested that the people of Kaon could be given the training the knights used to receive, pointing out even Temenos Prime saw the value in peasant-soldiers.*

*After racing to the menhir of Septimus Prime, Ephemeris told Azimuth that they should head back due to figuring Arrius had star charts for the Novitiates to examine.*

### Legacy

*When Ephemeris used the Oracle to create Adrestia, Azimuth decided that she had to leave him due to his breaking of the laws of Arrius. This prompted Ephemeris to cry while trying to convince her to stay, in spite of what Arrius had taught him about showing emotion.*

*Functionism believed that everything could be quantified as Arrius had done with the material world. Malleus Ambus reminded himself of this belief during In-Between.*

*Malleus Ambus accused the Outliers of defying the order of Arrius as he died in Confrontation.*

*Ephemeris recalled how Arrius had said nothing was worse for one's people than to let them fall into the hands of a hero during In the Laboratory, which he noted was surprisingly introspective of him.*

*Adrestia accused Azimuth of defying the teachings of Arrius during In Kaon, A Duel by burdening her children so she could play god. Avalon would tell Wayland that things used to be beautiful back before the disciples of Arrius lost their way.*

*Shockwave recalled how Ephemeris had played fast and loose with the teachings of Arrius in Reverie.*

*Themis quoted Arrius in Zehirut to advise Teslor against keeping the Zehirut intact.*

## Powers and Abilities

It is unknown if Arrius has a talent. He can presumably transform, but his alternate mode is unknown.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Patterners
	+ Ephemeris - Student
	+ Azimuth - Student
* Circle of Light
	+ Dei Atlas
	+ Septimus Prime
* Galvatron

## Trivia

* Arrius is named after an alternate name for Solomus from the 2005 IDW comics.
* Arrius is described as having coppery plating and a beard.