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Straxus

Straxus was a vicious Decepticon, being the former Governor of Polyhex. He had a reputation for throwing live victims into the smelting pool behind his fortress of Darkmount. Thankfully, Decepticon High Command limited his activities, leading him to be bored. Unicron then contacted the psychopath and promised him the chance to endlessly murder his enemies in the most horrific fashion. That was what made Straxus sign up with Unicron. When the Autobots won the Great War, he was sentenced to prison and mental rehabilitation. He faked repentance and became a voice on the High Council. When his Necromancer student, Megatron, started the second war, he abandoned the Council and resumed his rule over Polyhex. He sent six Decepticons to Mobius so Unicron could scavenge them for his new body’s parts and bore witness to his return. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it all the way. Just after Deceptitran met his end, he was killed by his former student, Megatron, in the same way he killed his victims, melting down in a smelting pool. He then arrived in Hell and languished there with his fellows until the Author broke him out. He promised him godhood. Straxus has revenge on his mind and he intends to make sure Megatron stops functioning in the most horrific fashion.

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Makeshift

Makeshift once started life as a Scraplet drone, always doing the bidding of the Scraplet Queen. When he began displaying behavior that was worrying to Scraplets, he was dumped elsewhere, like an ant with cordyceps. The symptoms he displayed were his own intelligence and his own ideas. When he wandered, he happened across a chamber filled with protoforms, Cybertronian newborns with no Spark. He bit into one and then merged with it. The resulting action liquidized the protoform and absorbed all the others into itself. The Scraplet’s mind was then introduced to new ways of thinking and soon wound up inadvertently contacting Unicron. Unicron played on the Scraplet’s desire to do his own thing, promising him freedom from drudgery and order. That sealed the deal and the Scraplet became the feared shape-shifting spy and assassin, Makeshift. He usually hung out with the Decepticons, then abandoned them. That led to his old body being destroyed and he was back to being a Scraplet, albiet a talking one. He got his body back when he made it to Mobius and took the protoform cargo of a crashed ship under the command of Starscream’s old Mini-con partner, Zapmaster. He still failed to get the Chaos Emerald and was punished for his failure, as were the other Terrorcons. He then saw his master rise and take control of Mobius. During the Year of Unicron, he was killed by Bumblebee as he wielded the reforged Skyboom Shield. He rotted in Hell for a while until the Author offered him and his friends godhood. He accepted and was restored to life. Now he’s after the pipsqueak who killed him.

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Sideways

Sideways is a Xitran survivor like Shockwave and her team of Mini-cons. He has his own Mini-con team that can form different helmets with different elemental powers, but unlike Shockwave’s, his are nothing more than drones. He was made to be a Mini-con Program Specialist, making sure Mini-cons never deviated from their programmed functions. After Xitra, he drifted from planet to planet in despair. Unicron then took advantage of his grief, suggesting that if the universe wanted Xitra and her ways to die, then the universe would burn. He signed on with Unicron and played both Autobot and Decepticon. He eventually disguised himself as the Alien Hunt! host, Meteorfire, and drew Hot Rod and Cosmos in with him. During the Battle of Station Square, he was revealed and dropped hiding his intentions for the Allspark. Unfortunately, the battle ended when the Allspark was safely brought to Autobot custody, but he got a consolation prize out of killing Ironhide, Optimus’ father figure. After losing a Chaos Emerald to the Decepticons, one of his fellows’ contingencies bore fruit and gave rise to Unicron. During the Year of Unicron, he was killed by Bumblebee with the restored Skyboom Shield. He rusted in Hell until the Author brought him and his fellows back to the land of the living, and now he’s gonna tear Bumblebee (Goldbug Magnus) apart!

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Deceptitran

Deceptitran was once a Fuel Auditor for the Decepticon cause. His gluttony led to him skimming Energon off the top. He got demoted so far down the ranks, he eventually left the Decepticons. During that low, Unicron spoke to him. He offered a deal: help him spread chaos and he can guzzle Energon to his Spark’s content. Deceptitran accepted and became a Terrorcon. He made it to Mobius after Unicron summoned him and, after a failure he was part of, bore witness to the Chaos Bringer’s rise. During the final months of the Year of Unicron, Megatron ambushed him and killed him with the reforged Requiem Blaster, then used his corpse as bait for his other target. He was sent to Hell for his crimes. After rotting there, he was restored to life by the Author’s hand, promising him a sweeter deal than Unicron’s. He’s ready to devour anyone who gets in his way.

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Crystal Widow

Crystal Widow is Blackarachnia’s counterpart from Moebius’ universe. She came to Mobius when Nemesis Prime demanded a spy from Autobot High Command. She acted like a total bimbo when she was around the other Evil Autobots. Secretly, though, that was an act. Nemesis found that out and became infatuated with her when she displayed her smarts. She then explained that she was in contact with the Chaos Bringer, Unicron, and wanted in on his plans of spreading chaos. That prompted Nemesis to throw in his lot with Unicron and they eventually saw the rise of their master after two failures. Unfortunately, she met her end at the hands of Optimus after she wounded Blackarachnia. She rotted in Hell until the Author brought her and the other Terrorcons along for his journey to rewrite the multiverse.

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Nemesis Prime

Once, he was Miles “Tails” Prower from Moebius, the mirror universe version of Mobius where heroes are villains and vice versa. After his universe’s Autobots landed, he and his former “friends” were attacked. Evil Optimus then pursued Evil Tails deeper into a lab. Evil Tails accidentally tripped on something that activated a weapon that slew the would-be tyrant. He then spent days working on a way to plug himself into Evil Optimus’ corpse and pilot it like his own mech. He did so and slew his old allies and took command of the Evil Autobots. He then recalled the misfortunes he and his old colleagues suffered at the hands of Sonic and surmised that there would be Autobots on Mobius. He then crossed the barrier between universes and met with Optimus one Halloween. After a bloody interrogation session, he learned how to access his own gun and axe and fought Optimus, only to lose. During the fight, he was rechristened as Nemesis Prime. After the defeat, he used his Matrix, the Grid of Domination, to forge a twisted version of the Star Saber. Before his next attempt to cross into Mobius’ universe, the Evil Blackarachnia revealed that she was in contact with Unicron, the Chaos Bringer. Unicron’s plans of unending terror and chaos suited him and so he enacted Unicron’s plan to have a physical body again. Unfortunately, the plan was set back twice, but the contingency was still in effect. The contingency worked and Unicron and his acolytes ruled Mobius for a year until Nemesis’ Terrorcon friends were killed by Optimus, Megatron, and Bumblebee. Nemesis survived and witnessed Unicron’s defeat and removal from his physical body again. That shortened his life-span and he fought Optimus one last time, using the Moebian Chaos Emeralds, the Anarchy Beryl. Sadly, the Beryl proved to be his undoing and he died in an explosion after he was tossed onto Korlonium Crystals. He spent years in Hell, meeting Hiro and his family and deprived of his powers. The Author then staged a breakout with him as a candidate for working to achieve his goals. Now, Nemesis Prime is back and is eager for revenge against Optimus.

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Frenzy

Frenzy is a Xitran survivor who joined the Decepticons with Soundwave and the rest of his Minicons. Once Soundwave left and the war was declared officially over, he and two of his fellows moved in with Shockwave at Olympus Mons on Mars. He works as a saboteur whenever someone tries to bump Shockwave off. His hobbies include singing rock songs at obnoxious levels, shooting at various targets, and writing murder mysteries. He’s armed with a sonic scream that has the capacity to liquidize a bot’s internal circuits. He better scream at the Author at the earliest opportunity.

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Laserbeak

Laserbeak once worked for Soundwave, but he moved to Mars’ Olympus Mons with Shockwave and two other Minicons. He is a Xitran survivor like his colleagues. He picked up on a Scots accent and went whole hog on the Scottish thing. He works as an espionage master for anyone that might attempt to steal Shockwave’s research. His hobbies include flying, eavesdropping, and traditional Scottish Highland sports. His espionage skills will be very useful for his allies when the Author attacks.

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Ravage

Armed with Umbra Chameleon Circuits, Ravage is a Minicon that can blend into the shadows for stealth operations. He was once one of Soundwave’s Minicons, but after Soundwave left the Decepticons and the second Cybertronian Civil War ended, he and two of his fellows went to live with Shockwave on Mars’ Olympus Mons. He enjoys hunting (hard to do on Mars), solo rides, and the occasional head scratches Shockwave gives him. He’s developed house cat tendencies, being a combination of Garfield, Hobbes, and an ordinary house cat. Here’s to him sitting on the Author’s keyboard!

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Shockwave

Known throughout the Transformers as an emotionless computer on legs with no sense of ethics, Shockwave is a survivor of the destruction of her homeworld of Xitra. The experience made her desire to keep her emotions locked up, so she puts on an emotionless façade. She is a genius in scientific fields, but her relentless pursuit of results for her experiments has led to multiple breaches of ethics. After the second war ended, she and a trio of Soundwave’s Minicons moved to Olympus Mons on Mars’ western hemisphere. Whenever there is a lull in her experiments, she talks long walks along the Martian surface. Energon is regularly exported to her via Space Bridge in exchange for continual progress reports. Her genius will be put to the test where the Author’s plans are concerned.