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Well, here he is, the 13th Prime. As I said previously, this character is a figure of both mystery and...controversy, and not without reason.

Like Megatronus, the 13th Prime's name was forgotten by history.

In the Aligned Continuity, he was the uniter who brought his brothers and sister together to defeat Unicron. After the Age of Primes ended, the 13th Prime gave up his life to ignite the Well of All Sparks, the fount from which all Cybertronian life was subsequently birthed, only to emerge from the Well reincarnated without his memories as Orion Pax, who would later go on to become Optimus Prime.

IDW's take on the matter is less clear since there, the 13th Prime is known only as "The Arisen," and while many have come to believe and claim (without a given reason) that Optimus Prime is this legendary figure, Optimus himself doesn't believe in such things.

Personally, if it was me writing the story and if Hasbro absolutely HAD to have an Optimus Prime in the Original Primes lineup, I would've done it differently. Namely, have 13!Optimus and present-day Optimus be completely separate characters, no resurrection, reincarnation or reformatting involved, and with the latter getting his name from the former, much like how Megatron got his name from the Fallen, thus making the two leaders mirror each other.

Now, you may have noticed that I keep saying "Original Primes" instead of "Thirteen Original Primes." The reason is that the membership of the group has fluctuated throughout the years. Both this guy and the ones I've done thus far are the members of the Thirteen for the Aligned Continuity, Hasbro's canon list which has since been used consistently throughout the major media. As such, I intend to do the alternate members from other versions as well, some of which you've already seen with the members of the Guiding Hand who aren't Primus.

Up next is a group picture of the Aligned Original Primes followed by the pictures of the alternate members.

Let me know what you think in the comments below.

Edit: The controversy surrounding Optimus' inclusion in the Thirteen is that not everyone is on board with the idea. Some feel that it perfectly embodies how larger than life Optimus is while others think it destroys the message of Optimus being a normal 'Bot who rose up to lead his people in their time of need.

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Well, here he is, the 13th Prime. As I said previously, this character is a figure of both mystery and...controversy, and not without reason.

Like Megatronus, the 13th Prime's name was forgotten by history.

In the Aligned Continuity, he was the uniter who brought his brothers and sister together to defeat Unicron. After the Age of Primes ended, the 13th Prime gave up his life to ignite the Well of All Sparks, the fount from which all Cybertronian life was subsequently birthed, only to emerge from the Well reincarnated without his memories as Orion Pax, who would later go on to become Optimus Prime.

IDW's take on the matter is less clear since there, the 13th Prime is known only as "The Arisen," and while many have come to believe and claim (without a given reason) that Optimus Prime is this legendary figure, Optimus himself doesn't believe in such things.

Personally, if it was me writing the story and if Hasbro absolutely HAD to have an Optimus Prime in the Original Primes lineup, I would've done it differently. Namely, have 13!Optimus and present-day Optimus be completely separate characters, no resurrection, reincarnation or reformatting involved, and with the latter getting his name from the former, much like how Megatron got his name from the Fallen, thus making the two leaders mirror each other.

Now, you may have noticed that I keep saying "Original Primes" instead of "Thirteen Original Primes." The reason is that the membership of the group has fluctuated throughout the years. Both this guy and the ones I've done thus far are the members of the Thirteen for the Aligned Continuity, Hasbro's canon list which has since been used consistently throughout the major media. As such, I intend to do the alternate members from other versions as well, some of which you've already seen with the members of the Guiding Hand who aren't Primus.

Up next is a group picture of the Aligned Original Primes followed by the pictures of the alternate members.

Let me know what you think in the comments below.

Edit: The controversy surrounding Optimus' inclusion in the Thirteen is that not everyone is on board with the idea. Some feel that it perfectly embodies how larger than life Optimus is while others think it destroys the message of Optimus being a normal 'Bot who rose up to lead his people in their time of need.