Transformer Origins

Transformer Origins

by Austin Cove

2012 January 21

Transformer gods were

1. Omega Maximus (king of the transformer gods and god of wisdom)
2. Primus Maximus (god of creation, brother of Unicron and disciple of Omega Maximus; creator of the primes and king of the transformer gods after Omega Maximus’ passing)
3. Unicron  (god of chaos, brother of Primus and creator of Earth and disciple of Omega Maximus)
4. Orion (god of war and disciple of Unicron)
5. Alfa Supreme (god of civilization, disciple of Primus and creator of Omega Supreme)
6. Vandus Magnus (god of industry, follower of Unicron and creator of sky quake)
7. Cylious (god of science, follower of Primus and creator of the cybernetic organism and later his spark became the all spark)
8. Zylos (god of anti-matter and follower of Unicron)
9. Terra (goddess of organic matter, sister to Dracous and Elvon and follower of Primus; later imprisoned on Earth)
10. Dracous (god of decay, follower of Unicron and brother to Terra and Elvon)
11. Elvon (god of peace, brother to Terra and Dracous and follower of Primus)
12. Plutos (god of anger, disciple of Unicron)
13. Umbrous (god of dark matter and opposer of the war)

The story

In the beginning, there were thirteen original gods. They each had their own little place, but in between them were vast spaces of nothing. The ruler of the gods was Omega Maximus, the god of wisdom. He saw how unbalanced the space was, so in secret without counseling the other gods, he offered to young gods Primus and Unicron to create a universe that was balanced. 

Primus, being the god of creation and Unicron, the god of chaos, they set out together to build an infinite universe and they did. A universe that filled up all the empty space and was balanced. Creation led to chaos and chaos led to creation in an infinite cycle that could not be broken. When they returned, Omega Maximus appointed them his disciples but their celebration was cut short because the other gods stormed in and put Omega Maximus in a prison for gods

Iike him and cast him out into the universe. 

After the other gods left, Primus and Unicron set out to find their master. When they did, they found him in physical destruction. Primus was called forth to be consulted by the elders. Unicron followed his brother to the council chambers. He was stopped and had to stay behind while Primus went forth. "The council has decided that because you are the disciple of the wise one that you must take an oath to ensure that this mistake will not happen again. Primus took the oath. 

Then there is the matter of choosing a new leader and the council has already decided that it would only be reasonable to have the disciple of Omega Maximus and the god of creation to be king. Primus could not contain his joy for this is what Omega wanted. The celebrations lasted for centuries and all that while, they forgot about one particular person — Unicron. 

Unicron was so furious that he went to the place of the universe’s creation and planted a seed — not a normal seed, but a seed of hate, of all-consuming hate, and it grew rapidly in its creator’s presence. It became a super-massive black hole that not even light could escape its grasp. 

With that happening all around the universe, Primus was aware of its evil presence so he tried to create something out of light to stop it. But Unicron had already planned for this so when Primus cast his stars out, the black holes seeded them so when they died, they became black holes or nothing. 

With this done, Unicron set out to get followers. His first was Orion, the god of war, who pledged himself as Unicron’s disciple. As Unicron was doing this, so was Primus. He recruited Alfa Supreme, the god of civilization, as his disciple. Primus kept racing with Unicron to get followers. Unicron’s other followers were Vandus Magnus, Zylos, Dracous, and Plutos. Primus had gathered as many followers as he could. They were Cylious, the god of science, Terra, goddess of organic matter, and Elvon, god of peace. 

When the war began, it churned the universe and it seemed that the universe was fighting itself. The war raged on for eons and the universe started to split out into empty space. In the height of the war, Orion was split into 7 small pieces that we now call Orion. 

During a certain calm in the storm of war, Terra snuck into the enemy base, but to Unicron himself. She was captured and imprisoned as Earth. She and the planet mixed together and formed Earth late in the war. Cylious had made the cybernetic organism based on Primus’ form and when Unicron heard of it, he secretly implanted some of his own design to the beings and then destroyed Cylious. 

Primus came too late, and in his greatest act of friendship for the Cybertronians who were already based upon him, he took it upon himself to ensure their safety and gave Cylious’ spark to himself to breed Cybertronians in the final days of war when it was just Primus and Unicron. They fought a great battle and in the end, Primus decided to create the primes to lead the Cybertronians and then he tried to sacrifice himself to destroy Unicron, but the primes took a piece of Omega Maximus’ spark. With this spark, they created the matrix and used it to destroy Unicron, but in the process Primus got so exhausted from fighting Unicron that he was content to lay in planet form until he is needed again. 

When the primes thought they had defeated Unicron, one of them saw his planet form footing away and then a huge chunk of dark Energon fell towards him. He hid it and vowed to bring back Unicron. Energon is the blood of Primus and he can regenerate it while in planet form as Unicron can regenerate dark Energon at will.

Sticking it Out

Austin and I have been reading the book, "The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make," by Sean Covey.

A couple nights ago, I read this passage aloud to Austin:

"Many years ago, the psychologist Walter Mischel conducted an experiment at a preschool on the Stanford University campus. He gathered a group of four-year-old kids around a table with an assortment of marshmallows in the middle. Mischel told them he had to leave the room for a few minutes. If they could wait until he got back, he would give them two marshmallows. If they couldn't wait, then they could have one marshmallow right then. One marshmallow right now, or two later. That was the deal. He then left the room.
A few of the kids couldn't resist and ate a marshmallow the second he left.
Some lasted for a few minutes before they gave in.
Others smelled their marshmallows.
One kid even began licking his.
A few kids were determined to resist the temptation and wait. So they covered their eyes, put their heads down, sang to themselves, played games, hid in the corner, or even tried to fall asleep.
When Mischel returned, he gave those who held out their well-earned two marshmallows.
The researcher then followed the lives of each of these kids up through high school. Remarkably, those who had resisted eating the marshmallow had done far better in life than those who couldn't wait. They were better adjusted, more confident, more popular, and more dependable. They also did much better in school."

We laughed when I read about the kids who smelled their marshmallows, and decided that's likely how Aidan would have behaved.

Austin and I mused about how our 4-year-old selves might have behaved in the same circumstance. I figure I would have been among the ones who were distracting themselves as time wore on (though my mother may disagree!), and Austin just grinned that charming grin of his, and blurted out, "I would have eaten 6!"

Trust Austin to pick an action that wasn't even on the list ;) He admits that he has a very strong tendency toward instant gratification.

As much as Austin is enjoying this book and has enjoyed another Sean Covey book, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens," he tells me he is feeling a lot of pressure and he is concerned about his future. It all seems to be flying at him too fast. He's not ready to stop being a kid.

Exercise Routine

Skye designed this exercise routine for Austin. Tonight, Austin completed the routine for the first time. He began warming up by walking/running to the top of our hill (one block) and back. It was dark outside, and Austin worries about black bears, so he went pretty fast and came home huffing and puffing.


Two times through this routine. 


He does each activity for 30 seconds.

If he can't do something or stops, Skye doesn't stop the clock, he just gives
encouragement. He'll do things all the way through when he has the
strength for it (not yet).

Start with a warmup. A quick walk or jog up and down the hill works
(not a fast run). Then do some arm exercises like windmills, or
jumping jacks.

Routine:
pushups
plank
squats (hold a basketball over head and encourage smooth movements)
hip raises (hold for as long as possible)
wall squats (remember, knees two fists apart - not wide open)
chair dip (work the triceps - he is allowed to bend his legs for now)
calf raises (30 seconds each side back to back)
floor raise (superman banana - hold for 5 seconds)
reverse crunch (don't let feet touch the floor)
plank (yes, again)
windshield wipers
side plank (30 seconds each side)

Then repeat all of this again one more time!!

Then warmdown stretching.