Editing Setting:Transformers (section)

===Grimlock===
Of all the senior Autobots, Grimlock was the only one that refused to join the Covenant of Primus. After the establishment of the Covenant, Grimlock went out on his own, obsessively searching for his team of Dinobots and Optimus Prime who had disappeared in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy. If there are any sightings of his teammates or Optimus in a given system, one can be sure that Grimlock will be the first there, cutting bloody paths through whoever gets in his way. The most famous occurrence was on the moon of a dead world, where Grimlock duelled a Bloodthirster to find his comrade Slag. When Grimlock discovered he wasn't there, he proceeded to butcher every daemon on the moon, from the smallest Bloodletter to the lead Bloodthirster. Rodimus Prime and other members of the Covenant worry that the Blood God is somehow manipulating Grimlock into falling to Chaos, but whether he has succeeded in doing so has yet to be seen, with some joking that Grimlock is simply too cranky to bend the knee to the Blood God, noting that Grimlock refused the Fallen's offers of power and succumbing to rage when he appeared on Cybertron so many millennia ago. 

Over time he has developed a retinue of Autobots, both great and common, who gather around the powerful Dinobot for protection and to help him in his quest of searching for his brethren and their missing leader.  Grimlock has a particular hatred of Trazyn the Infinite, who has deceived him into thinking he had Optimus Prime in his possession only for Trazyn to pull one of his old tricks; revealing that he did not and that this was just a lure to take Grimlock for his collection.  Grimlock tried to crush the Necron Phaeron into oblivion but was led into a chase that ended with Grimlock crashing into a completely unrelated dynasty to release his frustrations.  He has recently been able to engage a super mode by combining with Jetfire and Elita One like Optimus was once able to; using it to fight the fallen primarch Perturabo and with the aid of a weapon forged by Solus Prime herself known as the Chaos Hunter; defeated the Primarch in single combat to stop the master of the Iron Warriors from intervening in the thirteenth black crusade; turning the tide when he fully unlocked the power of the weapon and going from struggling to hold his own to severely overmatching Perturabo, who was unable to tolerate the orderly power radiated by this weapon of the thirteen, with Grimlock inflicting lasting damage on Perturabo's very soul.

====Jetfire====

One of Optimus Prime's right-hand men, Jetfire was devastated by the disappearance of his old comrade and was for a time, lost and without purpose.  However, he came to hear Grimlock's call for those who could fight, those who would help him find his old comrades and bring back the Dinobots and bring Optimus to take his rightful place back.  Not feeling entirely at home with the Covenant of Primus, Jetfire soon lent a hand to Grimlock and was one of the first to join forces with him.  With his peculiar method of speech and skill at aerial combat as well as his long experience on the field of battle, Jetfire made an ideal companion for Grimlock, and the news that Jetfire had sided with Grimlock inspired many to join with Grimlock's growing Knights of Primus.  A powerful companion in his own right, Jetfire is no mere yes man despite his loyalty to Grimlock, if he thinks Grimlock is making a mistake he won't be afraid to challenge him on that and offer an alternate plan, and thanks to his down to earth friendliness, he's managed to get on Grimlock's good side, a rare feat for anyone, even if he disagrees on Grimlock's apathy regarding organics, believing that organics are worth saving.   Jetfire's minicon partner Comettor is a staunch ally of the Autobot and has served him well across many battles, including the gothic wars where Grimlock's forces prevented Abaddon from escaping with his final two Blackstone Fortresses and forced Abaddon to flee empty-handed.   

====Elita One==== 

Once Optimus Prime's consort (though what exactly a consort in a mechanical race entails is the subject of conjecture), and once known as Ariel before being rebuilt like Optimus was, Elita One decided to join Grimlock when she thought that Ultra Magnus and Rodimus did not have the same drive Optimus had and that Grimlock's quest to refind Optimus Prime and save Cybertron from its current state would need her hand in it.  In many ways a warrior equal to her consort, Elita One forms part of Grimlock's war council, as despite the image he creates for himself to make enemies underestimate him; Grimlock is far from stupid in any sense of the word.  She tends to promote caution to temper Grimlock's preference for hard-hitting assaults or Jetfire's love of lightning hit-and-run raids, preferring relatively complex schemes to allow for an optimal effort-to-effect ratio.  She, like Jetfire, also holds more compassion for organics than Grimlock, and the two often butt heads with the master of the Dinobots regarding how much effort should go into minimizing collateral damage or saving organics.

====Hound====

Hound likes guns.  Hound has enough guns of every shape and size to make a flash git mob green(er than usual) with envy regarding his massive amount of "dakka".  A grizzled Autobot war veteran who never took any form of peace with the Decepticons particularly well, Hound has drifted to Grimlock out of their mutual enjoyment of battle and their compatible personalities.  Hound has stuck with Grimlock as a confidant and friend and isn't above putting humans in their place when it suits him to do so.  Hound frequently speaks to the engineers and inventors that follow Grimlock around, looking for ever more destructive weaponry to wield.  Some worry that Hound's quest for ever-increasing amounts of firepower will likely lead to the destruction of at least a few planets, and the quartermasters already dread the sheer volume of munitions his combat style has expended in every fight.   That is not to say that he is incapable in melee, however, as he has single-handedly held his own against a chaos warband and when the helbrutes tried to approach him in melee; he soon delivered to them the death they were all so desperately searching for.  

====Drift====

A former Decepticon who later became a Mercenary and then even an Autobot when he realized he couldn't continue to serve Megatron's genocidal schemes in good conscience. Drift ultimately sided with Grimlock when he declared the covenant of Primus too weak to bring safety to a dark and maddened galaxy; having served alongside the honourable warrior for millennia at this point.  A triple former capable of transforming from a wheeled vehicle into a VTOL aircraft, Drift is a highly mobile and maneuverable fighter and strikes with tremendous swiftness with his twin energon swords; capable of carving through even the toughest of armour and shields with ease.  Drift has even crossed swords with the mighty Tyranid Swarmlord and managed to hold his ground thanks to his mastery of ancient Cybertronian martial arts. His minicon students Slipstream (not to be confused with the Seeker who shares the name) and Jetstorm have proven to be worthy and capable fighters despite their small size, allowing them to strike at angles unexpected by Cybertronian-sized combatants and help him handle smaller opponents.

====Ironhide==== 

Also a lover of firepower and big guns, Ironhide is responsible for the destruction of at least one moon, though if you ask him the moon was about to explode anyway.  Extremely tough and resilient, Ironhide has earned his name by taking the punishment that would destroy lesser combatants many times over against all the enemies that the galaxy has to offer him.  With a spark as stubborn as his personality, he seems to simply refuse to die no matter how hard he's been hit and can ignore otherwise debilitating injuries as if they weren't an issue at all, and this of course requires injuring the monstrously durable Autobot in the first place.  Having never been quite the same since Optimus Prime disappeared, Ironhide was one of the first to defect to Grimlock's side rather than join the covenant of Primus to the surprise of many and has left a trail of corpses in his travels with Grimlock, even blowing off the head of a gargant with his firepower in one particular mission when Grimlock heard rumours of Sludge being present.

====Blackarachnia==== 

Once part of the Decepticon subfaction known as the Predacons, Blackarachnia eventually defected from the Decepticons to find a better path for herself.   She came to join Grimlock's unit in time, and when Grimlock decided to break with the covenant of Primus, she followed him.  Though not as tremendously strong as some of the combatants who have signed on with Grimlock, her agility is second to none, as is her devious ability to set and lay traps for her enemies and her Cybertoxins can quickly disable even the hardiest of enemies.  Her skill in poisoning and assassination also leads to her having some skill at medical aid, so when no knight of Primus more skilled at such a thing is available immediately, she'll often pick up the slack and provide field support, with her webs finding new use in helping to move wounded Autobots out of the way quickly.  Despite her seemingly small size for a Cybertronian, she, like the spiders she bases her form on; is much stronger than she looks.  

====Airazor====

Cold and Impersonal, Airazor and her minicon companion Nightscream help provide Grimlock's retinue in the Knights of Primus an aerial component to keep flying enemies off of his back while he gets to work on the ground.  A believer in constant self-improvement and that no matter how well one thought they did, one can always find some room for improvement, Airazor can frequently be found training herself when not on active combat duty.  Due to her ability to fly under her power, she often works directly with Jetfire where [[meme|like some predatory bird]] she swoops over the battlefield, looking for weak points that she can strike against and [[meme|bring them down to earth - literally!]].  She has a particular loathing for the Decepticons and usually advises against any alliances or cooperation with them, and prefers engagements with the Decepticons above any other enemy that the Knights of Primus might face.