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And now we come to the arguably most famous of the Original Primes, the Fallen. Seriously, though, why are the bad ones more well-known?

Anyway, meet Megatronus, warrior of darkness and entropy, who became known as "the Fallen" when his name was stricken from history when he was cast out for betrayal to become the first Decepticon, and who made his first appearance in Dreamwave Productions' comic books. It's worth noting that Megatronus' betrayal is a key element in all versions of the Primes' story.

In Simon Furman's original telling, the Fallen had joined forces with Unicron, forcing his siblings to banish both him and his dark master across the dimensions.

In the live-action movies, it was his desire to destroy Earth's sun that turned him against his siblings, forcing them to sacrifice their lives to stop his evil plans.

In the Aligned Continuity, after defeating Unicron, the Primes fell to war with one another when Liege Maximo's cruel manipulations led Megatronus to kill Solus Prime in a fit of rage. Her last words to him as she died were "I love you." This war marked the end of the Age of Primes and they mostly left Cybertron, retreating to their other-dimensional Realm of the Primes, but they would play a role in the 2015 RID cartoon with Micronus training Optimus to combat the return of Megatronus. It's explicitly stated that Megatron got his name from the Fallen.

IDW's comics have taken the story of the Original Primes in a decidedly different direction since, in that world, they're not Primus' first creations, but rather the leaders of the Thirteen Tribes that formed on the planet during its prehistory, and they're more or less treated as a bunch of crafty, charismatic old warlords who rose to prominence in their respective tribes and were deified by later generations. As in the Aligned Continuity, they fell to war with one another after Megatronus killed Solus and went on to vanish from Cybertron. However, their shadow has been hanging over the IDW Universe for some time, with a few members set to make a return.

Funny thing about the Animated Universe is that, while Primus doesn't exist there, the Allspark Almanac makes a passing reference to the Fallen, which adds to the confusion.

For this, I used Cybertron-mode Megatron as a basis and mixed in elements from the Aligned, Movie and Dreamwave versions of the Fallen. I tried to make the flames look like the way they were portrayed in the show, which involved a lot of glowing, and thus little room for details.

Up next is the 13th Prime, a figure of both mystery and, if I'm being honest...controversy.

Let me know what you all think in the comments below.

Description
And now we come to the arguably most famous of the Original Primes, the Fallen. Seriously, though, why are the bad ones more well-known?

Anyway, meet Megatronus, warrior of darkness and entropy, who became known as "the Fallen" when his name was stricken from history when he was cast out for betrayal to become the first Decepticon, and who made his first appearance in Dreamwave Productions' comic books. It's worth noting that Megatronus' betrayal is a key element in all versions of the Primes' story.

In Simon Furman's original telling, the Fallen had joined forces with Unicron, forcing his siblings to banish both him and his dark master across the dimensions.

In the live-action movies, it was his desire to destroy Earth's sun that turned him against his siblings, forcing them to sacrifice their lives to stop his evil plans.

In the Aligned Continuity, after defeating Unicron, the Primes fell to war with one another when Liege Maximo's cruel manipulations led Megatronus to kill Solus Prime in a fit of rage. Her last words to him as she died were "I love you." This war marked the end of the Age of Primes and they mostly left Cybertron, retreating to their other-dimensional Realm of the Primes, but they would play a role in the 2015 RID cartoon with Micronus training Optimus to combat the return of Megatronus. It's explicitly stated that Megatron got his name from the Fallen.

IDW's comics have taken the story of the Original Primes in a decidedly different direction since, in that world, they're not Primus' first creations, but rather the leaders of the Thirteen Tribes that formed on the planet during its prehistory, and they're more or less treated as a bunch of crafty, charismatic old warlords who rose to prominence in their respective tribes and were deified by later generations. As in the Aligned Continuity, they fell to war with one another after Megatronus killed Solus and went on to vanish from Cybertron. However, their shadow has been hanging over the IDW Universe for some time, with a few members set to make a return.

Funny thing about the Animated Universe is that, while Primus doesn't exist there, the Allspark Almanac makes a passing reference to the Fallen, which adds to the confusion.

For this, I used Cybertron-mode Megatron as a basis and mixed in elements from the Aligned, Movie and Dreamwave versions of the Fallen. I tried to make the flames look like the way they were portrayed in the show, which involved a lot of glowing, and thus little room for details.

Up next is the 13th Prime, a figure of both mystery and, if I'm being honest...controversy.

Let me know what you all think in the comments below.