Windblade (G1)
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- Windblade is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Windblade puts truth and duty first, even when both seem impossible. Although this youthful idealism sometimes exasperates her more cynical allies, it is also her greatest strength—her faith in the ability of others to do good has turned enemies to allies and struck fear into the sparks of those who prey upon the insecurities of others. A fundamentally honest 'bot, Windblade struggles with uncomfortable moral choices and forcing her to compromise her principles can leave her withdrawn and depressed.
On the battlefield, Windblade is a better-than-average swordswoman and can wield her Stormfall Sword to great effect with her built-in turbines, which generate powerful gusts of wind and scatter foes like leaves in a hurricane. Her most unusual ability, however, might be her Cityspeaker talents, which allow her to communicate with and control Titans. Windblade's natural compassion for these enormous beings is her most potent weapon—let's face it, "the power of friendship" doesn't seem quite so silly when you're using it to rouse a city block-sized battle machine into action.
| “ | If there's one thing everyone on Cybertron seems to be missing, it's a little compassion. And just a little compassion... can go a very long way. | ” |
| —Windblade, "A Long Way Down" | ||
Fiction
2005 IDW continuity
- First appearance: Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #26
Cityspeaker
Windblade was a Transformer who hailed from the planet Caminus, born from the hot spot within the Titan who had colonized the planet long ago; as with other Cybertronian colonies, the inhabitants of Caminus, isolated from Cybertron, maintained gender dimorphism, with Windblade being female. A 'Bot and Her City Like many Camiens, Windblade was a devout adherent of the Way of Flame, which venerated the Thirteen Primes as living gods and regarded Solus Prime as the greatest member of this pantheon. The Sum and Its Parts You, Me, and the Universe In her youth, Windblade was friends with Velocity and Nautica, and sometimes discussed science and engineering with the latter, An Axe to Break the Ice and eventually trained to become a cityspeaker, throwing herself into her work even when others told her to hold back. If I Know You
Long cut off from Cybertron, Caminus' isolation ended with the arrival of Thunderclash; Windblade, her bodyguard Chromia, and quantum engineer Nautica joined his crew in hopes of reconnecting with their homeworld and gaining aid for their ailing planet. A 'Bot and Her City Secretly, however, Windblade wondered if she'd been chosen for the mission so that Caminus could be rid of her, and swore not to fail at the daunting task ahead of her. If I Know You The Chosen One Days after their joining Thunderclash's crew, his ship, the Vis Vitalis, came across the Autobot sage Alpha Trion, who informed them that his longstanding partner, the Titan Metroplex, was grievously wounded and required help. With Trion unable to help due to a quest that otherwise occupied him, and Thunderclash unwell, Windblade and her friends boarded a fast shuttlecraft and sped to the ocean world of Hydrophena, where Metroplex was currently in hiding as an alchemical virus ravaged his body. The trio set themselves up inside his body, and began attempting to repair him. Burning Bright
Yes, Windblade and the brain
One is an organ
The other's fan-made!
After some time, Windblade's group was found by a team of Autobots from the Lost Light, who had been summoned there through complicated means by Metroplex himself. Using their ship's engines, they were able to give Metroplex's spark a jump-start, giving him the strength to space bridge back to Cybertron, where a battle between its inhabitants and the Necrotitan was taking place. Burning Bright Though surprised by the sight of another Titan, Windblade and the other Autobots refused to abandon Metroplex's body; presently, Megatron returned Metroplex's severed thumb, laden with the transmutative Ore-7, to him, healing him allowing him to defeat the Necrotitan. Finis Temporis Following the battle, Windblade asked Metroplex about the ore's origins, and he explained that he had picked it up during his travels and jettisoned it when he was attacked by Ammonites. Windblade related her findings to Ultra Magnus, but was unable to coax any information out of Metroplex that would help Magnus and the rest of the Lost Light crew in their search for the Knights of Cybertron. The Becoming Not long afterwards, Ammonites began to swarm Cybertron, forcing Magnus to radio Windblade to ask Metroplex for aid. The titan needed no encouragement, and began to fight the horde. Black Planet The Ammonites were subsequently destroyed by Metalhawk, after which Windblade and her fellow Camiens were called on by Mainframe to engage the splintered components of Monstructor. ...And the Damage Done
When the fighting was done, Windblade sought out Optimus Prime, to pass on a one-word message given to her by Alpha Trion before she had parted company with him: "Earth". Hello Cruel World The Mind Bomb Prime first had to preside over the trial of Megatron, which Windblade was in the audience for, Towards Peace Predestination: A Beginner's Guide but after that was done, he prepared to leave to follow Trion's trail. Windblade and Ironhide stayed behind on Cybertron, now under Starscream's leadership; Prime warned her to be wary of the Seeker, but Windblade simply returned that she was wary of everyone on this war-blighted world. Hello Cruel World
Six months after the battle of the Titans, Windblade had tried settling into life on Cybertron as it had settled into Metroplex. She had an important role as Cityspeaker to the heavily damaged Metroplex, though she was a novice at it and Starscream, the planet's leader, grew impatient and suspicious of her. Rolling blackouts threatened the city, and after she investigated the cause of those with Chromia, she also sought advice for how to best interact with Starscream. After talking with many of the denizens of Blurr's bar, she came to the sobering realization that Starscream was a scheming opportunist who shouldn't be trusted. Not long after this revelation, an explosion seriously damaged her and put her under medical care. Moments before the explosion, she had seen Rattrap, Starscream's henchman, leaving the scene, and as she awoke from her medical bed, seeing Starscream approach her, she suspected Cybertron's leader had tried to kill her. A 'Bot and Her City
After giving Windblade a veiled threat, Starscream and Rattrap departed. Windblade revealed to Chromia that she had found traces of explosives, before the bodyguard discovered reporters spying on them. Later the two of them met up with Ironhide, who they had sent to guard Metroplex's brain. Windblade searched Metroplex's brain for reasons why Starscream would cause the blackouts, when Chromia noticed that Waspinator had let slip in an interview that he knew something. Windblade was able to convince him to show her what he discovered despite his unwillingness to talk; a "mine" Starscream had built inside Metroplex, used to sift the Titan for the Regenesis ore in his body. Windblade returned to the reporters and brought them and the denizens of Blurr's bar down there to reveal the mine to them. Three of the Terrorcons guarded the mine, and they were more than happy to try to take down Windblade and her friends. A Long Way Down Though she fought back valiantly, at a moment of weakness Starscream and Rattrap interrupted the battle to arrest Windblade and the others (minus Chromia and Sky-Byte) for "crimes against Cybertron."
While the others were jailed, Windblade was interrogated violently by Rattrap. However, this interaction convinced her that while Starscream may be responsible for the mine, he was not responsible for the bomb that killed several citizens and nearly her. Then, Chromia and Sky-Byte invaded the compound to free Windblade and the others, and Windblade confided in her friend that she had discovered that Starscream was not the culprit they were after, to Chromia's shock. Windblade vol. 1 #3 Starscream and his goons were swiftly upon them, and the battle recommenced. Windblade and Chromia barely managed to duck inside Metroplex's brain room as Windblade attempted to hook up directly to Metroplex and solve everything. Merged mentally with Metroplex, finally she understood everything. She saw other Transformer colony worlds that had also broken off from Cybertron. She saw Caminus before he went lost. And, sadly, she saw Chromia in all her rage, and realized that her friend, her bodyguard, was the one who had placed the bombs in that street corner, that Chromia was willing to murder others to scare Windblade off the planet and to safety.
Supremely disappointed in Chromia, Windblade nevertheless had to keep the peace for the greater good. She plotted with Starscream to keep things buried, so that there would be a Cybertron for those lost colonies to eventually return to. Windblade left the both of them, wiser, but morally compromised. Windblade vol. 1 #4
Windblade was present when Wheeljack emerged from medical rehabilitation. Recently betrayed by Chromia and bewildered by Starscream's machinations, Windblade sought out the nearly-murdered engineer as someone she could potentially trust. After Wheeljack reluctantly agreed to help rebuild Superion, she and Ironhide observed in silent solidarity. The World of Tomorrow
When Optimus Prime returned from Earth, Windblade, Starscream, and Sludge told him about a series of murders that were targeting Decepticons. City of Steel The murderer struck again outside of Gutcruncher's bar, killing one of his friends, and so she helped Optimus Prime follow this apparent lead. Inside the bar they found a very angry Gutcruncher and an expatriated Sandstorm. It seemed to be a dead end, and the two left, but shortly afterwards the bar exploded, Fight or Flee killing everyone inside. After Windblade returned with them to investigate, Sandstorm snapped at Optimus Prime for killing his friends. This anger was short lived, however, ending when a new lead surfaced with the discovery of a an infernus bullet shell in the wreckage. Quest for Fire
This lead culminated in the brutal treatment and incarceration of the Firecons, and Windblade took this opportunity to raise an eyebrow at the Autobots' violent methods. Things escalated further when it seemed Slug was responsible for the murders, causing Windblade to pull Optimus Prime out of an imminent battle with him. The Killing Jar Optimus Prime realized who the real culprit was, and he enlisted Windblade and Starscream to set up a ruse to draw him out. Ultimately, the murderer was revealed to be Sandstorm. Afterwards, Windblade accompanied Optimus Prime on a personal errand to return the remaining half of the Matrix of Leadership to the spot where he had been given it millions of years ago. Optimus confided in Windblade that he was worried that violent Autobots like Slug and Sandstorm who had trouble acclimating to a post-war climate were the greatest threat to their race's newfound peace. Forever Is a Long Time Coming
On their way home, Optimus and Windblade were attacked by a group of angry Decepticons, but their attackers dispersed following the arrival of Ironhide and Chromia. The group returned to Metroplex, where Windblade finally revealed the culmination of her work: the Titan's space bridge was back on line, ready to connect with the long-lost Cybertronian colonies, including Caminus. Though Windblade knew that reopening contact between Caminus and Cybertron could mean that Cybertron could help her impoverished homeworld, she was also aware that Starscream could very well use the space bridge to build a new Cybertronian empire with himself at the head, and expressed her worries to Optimus.
These fears were proven immediately correct; when Starscream learned of the project, he chafed at the idea of forming representative government despite Optimus and Windblade's protestations, but only after a brief communique from the Lost Light did Windblade realize the true scope of Starscream's machinations: Ironhide and Chromia, who had been guarding the active spacebridge portal, had been struck down by Menasor, rebuilt by the powers of the recently purloined Enigma of Combination, and, led by Swindle, had staged an attack on Caminus. First Contact
After bringing the two guards round, the pair dashed into the portal after Menasor, and Windblade, aware that her colony would surely deify the Prime, instructed Optimus to stay behind. Once she was through to Caminus, Windblade helped rescue Chromia, and after sizing up the threat she contacted Optimus Prime for support. After Superion joined the battle and decisively ended it, Windblade met with her world's Forgefire Parliament and pleaded for understanding in response to Cybertron's terrible first impression, and then returned to Cybertron to explain the Way of Flame to Optimus: as a "living Prime," her people would surely regard Prime as a god, and follow his every command... and while this would surely undercut Starscream's own grab for power, Optimus was himself wary of harnessing this power for his own ends. As Windblade expected, when she and Optimus walked back to Caminus through the space bridge, the Mistress of Flame and her citizens immediately ignored Starscream's bloviating and circled around Optimus to bow. The Sum and Its Parts
As Starscream tried to salvage his grab for power, having staged the entire incident as a way to win the goodwill of the people of Caminus, Optimus and the Mistress of Flame bristled at their differences—Optimus insisted on helping Caminus rebuild, the Mistress of Flame considered the Prime's devotion to the will of the people to be sacrilege, and Windblade grimaced at the awkwardness. Later on, during the relief efforts, Optimus fielded a call from Prowl, and "neglected" to mention Superion's involvement in the attack. Windblade noted that recently Optimus had claimed he never lied. The Possible Light
Subsequent efforts to build a functioning parliament continued to stall, with Cybertronian and Camien representatives—including Windblade—at a deadlock regarding Optimus's status on the Council. Just as a group of representatives from the Lost Light had arrived, Windblade received word that Caminus was under attack by Prowl's Devastator, who was determined to cut off Cybertron from its colony worlds in order to stop Starscream from growing an empire. Though Devastator was then defeated by the newly created Defensor, Windblade insisted that Prowl would be tried on Caminus for his actions, saving him from an immediate execution on Cybertron. Mistakes and Mayhem
Although she was busy with her political duties, Windblade found the time to work on Metroplex's space bridge with Wheeljack, where the two chatted about the future and the potential implications of re-contacting Cybertron's lost colonies. You, Me, and the Universe Events came to a head, however, when Menasor and a group of disenfranchised Decepticons sparked a riot at the spacebridge, and while Prowl forcibly took control of Prime through "Optimus Maximus," Windblade helped provide crowd control alongside Starscream and the Badgeless while Windblade summoned reinforcements from Caminus, including Chromia and some emigrant Decepticons, and Windblade subsequently helped keep a defeated Menasor down while Optimus Maximus took on Devastator.
After the conclusion of the "Combiner Wars", Windblade reported back to the Mistress of Flame and informed her that their long negotiations had finally borne fruit in the form of the "Council of Worlds:" an interplanetary parliament where Cybertron and its colonies would all have an equal voice, with Windblade the new delegate for Caminus, opposite Cybertron's delegate Rattrap and Council head Starscream. Although Windblade was still troubled by her looming duties and the prospect of having to keep Starscream's ambitions in check, the Mistress reminded her that a true servant of Solus Prime never stopped trying to forge a better world. All That Remains
The Mistress of Flame decided to celebrate the Caminus-Cybertron alliance by declaring an official holiday; Windblade temporarily donned some ceremonial paint in honor of the occasion. Windblade was soon contacted by Chromia, who informed her that Arcee had just stolen the Enigma of Combination. The duo chased Arcee out to the Sea of Rust, where they encountered Pyra Magna and her Torchbearers, Camien explorers on a mission of their own. In the ensuing fight, Rust Dust accidentally activated the Enigma, fusing the Torchbearers together into the huge and angry Victorion. After rescuing Arcee from the vengeful combiner and taking down the giant's weapons, Windblade was able to persuade Victorion to disassemble, and later returned the Enigma to Badgeless custody. Despite Arcee's objections, Windblade was able to cover up the events of the day so as to protect the fragile peace. An Uneventful Night
Representative of Caminus
With the inauguration of the Council of Worlds as the newest addition to the Republic of Cybertron, Windblade's status as official Camien delegate meant that she took the lead on a number of intercultural issues, including a dispute between some Camien immigrants over the Decepticon's siphoning of energy from Metroplex's structure. As a result, she was late for the first meeting between Cybertron and Velocitron, another of the colony worlds, and as a result failed to impress Velocitronian ambassador Knock Out, who declined their offer to join the Council. Windblade attempted to salvage the situation by inviting Knock Out and his cohort Moonracer to a party at Maccadam's, and learned from Moonracer that Velocitron was in a period of cultural stagnation. In the hopes of brokering an alliance, Windblade recruited the help of Blurr to win the Benefit 500, which would allow them to make a request of Velocitronian ruler Override. Though Metroplex's cryptic comments on his brother Navitas proved unhelpful, the group—joined by Chromia and Ironhide—secretly bridged to Velocitron... only to be confronted by freezing cold temperatures, a wall of fire, and the wheeled city of Delta bearing down on them. Windblade vol. 2 #4
With Moonracer's help, the quartet were soon safely aboard, and on their tour of the city the group learned more about the stratified nature of Velocitronian society and the sharp social divide between racers and non-racers. While Blurr registered for the race, Windblade and Chromia met Clocker, who showed them to Navitas's brain chamber. Windblade had hoped to use her talents as a cityspeaker to help manipulate the track above to Blurr's advantage, but years of neglect had rendered Navitas all but senile, forcing Windblade to take drastic action. Clambering into the Titan's brain, Windblade took manual control of the Titan, eliminating the other competitors, guiding Blurr to a suitably flashy victory, and finally persuading the Velocitronians to join the Council. The mood was quickly squelched, however, when Wheeljack contacted her to reveal that Starscream had made his own play for power while Windblade was offworld, and had secured the allegiance of another colony planet. Race Against the Light
That planet turned out to be Devisiun, and after meeting representatives Vanquish and Fireshot, Windblade confronted Starscream about his deceptions and the two reached a shaky agreement: they would visit the next planet together. The next morning, the pair visited Eukaris, with Windblade receiving a helpful tip to lean on Blackarachnia and Cheetor from Rattrap, who had secretly visited the planet before. The Eukarian beast mode Transformers proved distrustful of Transformers with vehicle modes, and although Windblade's Camien origins allowed her to speak, the presence of vehicular "standard-formers" on the planet awoke Eukaris's Titan Chela, intent on killing the intruders so as to fulfill the directives of his "master" Onyx Prime. Though Windblade tried to reach his brain to negotiate, Chela manipulated his own internal structures to pin her down, and Starscream simply shot the Titan in his brain module, instantly killing the giant. Although Windblade was saddened by Chela's death, Blackarachnia consoled her by reciting one of her prophecies: Chela's death was the first step on changing Eukaris for the better. Windblade vol. 2 #6
Windblade returned to Cybertron disgruntled at how events had gone, but after some encouraging words from Chromia and Metroplex, was soon accompanying Starscream to visit the next Titan, Tempo. They found not the ship of pacifistic philosophers they were expecting, however; rather, they learned that this Titan had been renamed "Carcer," crewed by a group of warriors and led by the fearsome Elita One. Though Starscream's deceitful ways nearly persuaded Elita to execute the Seeker, Windblade was able to cover for her compatriot at the last moment, and persuaded the crew of the ship to join the alliance. She was disturbed, however, at the secrets Elita One's people were keeping, despite their vocal adherence to "truth:" Elita One claimed that her people had renamed Tempo to Carcer, when Windblade knew from talking to Metroplex that "Carcer" was in fact the name of a different Titan. The Will of the Few Windblade went to confer with Metroplex regarding the names of the Titan and the lack of records on "Carcer" on either Cybertron or Caminus, but Metroplex, aware that "Carcer" was but an alias for the evil Vigilem, whom he and his fellow Titans had banished at the conclusion of the First Cybertronian Civil War, chose to keep the truth from Windblade. Rubicon
With a steady tide of colonists travelling to Cybertron, Starscream suggested a new holiday in his honour: "Chosen One Day". Although Starscream's egocentric holiday didn't turn out as he had hoped, Windblade, her friends, and several Council members visited Starscream's quarters to throw him a party anyway, putting aside their differences for one night. Choose Me
Over the coming weeks, Windblade continued to serve on the Council while Optimus Prime and his group of Earthbound Autobots contended with Galvatron's splinter cell of Decepticon radicals on Earth. When Optimus made a brief visit to Caminus to meet with the Mistress of Flame, Windblade filled him in on the situation on Cybertron, and the pair watched as the Dinobots came into conflict with visiting Camiens Aileron and Sterling. Aphelion Starscream later contacted Windblade after Needlenose's Decepticons sparked a riot. Lagrange
In the ensuing struggle, Windblade and her team tried to maintain order against those Decepticons who had chosen to join Galvatron and warp to Earth via Metroplex's space bridge as part of Galvatron's dream of conquering Earth. Even though both Victorion and Superion were called in to successfully quash the insurgents, with Wheeljack able to restore the device to full functionality, Optimus Prime saw a way to permanently forestall Cybertronian aggression and bridged to Earth to declare that the planet was now a protectorate of the Council of Worlds—much to Windblade's concern. Perihelion Once Upon a Time on Earth
The Council of Worlds held an emergency meeting to discuss Optimus's course of action, and though Windblade suggested that they hear Optimus out, she maintained that the Prime should not hold a seat on the council, and that the Council itself should only govern the interactions between those worlds colonized by Cybertronians. Starscream was left agitated by how Windblade was willing to give Prime that benefit, when it was worse than anything he'd done.New Worlds Order
At some point after this meeting, Windblade was left distraught by a broadcast from the crew of the Lost Light: her old friend Velocity, among others, facing execution and making requests for her funeral. How Bright Their Frail Deeds
While the Council tried to keep order on Cybertron itself, a slew of mnemosurgical attacks on Iacon's Decepticon population, including a supplier of parts for Carcer, forced a reluctant Starscream to investigate the matter at Windblade and Obsidian's demands. When the meeting had been adjourned, their guest Ironhide invited Windblade and Chromia to help him deal with a rowdy customer at Maccadam's, but Windblade declined, citing paperwork. However, things soon got out of hand, and a bystander was killed in the incident. Windblade accused Starscream of orchestrating the attacks, causing Starscream to threaten to drop the news about Chromia's bombings... but before they could discuss this further, Circuit revealed that footage of the shooting had already been broadcast live across Iacon. 07:00:00
The footage incited an angry mob, who marched on Starscream's office demanding the truth about the attack, prompting Windblade to storm into Starscream's office and blame him for his increasingly totalitarian government. At a later meeting of the Council, Windblade was present when Ironhide volunteered to step up as the new head of the Badgeless. As the crowd dispersed, Windblade pressed Starscream for answers about Swindle - thought dead since the disastrous "Combiner War" - but Starscream refused to play along, putting Windblade in charge of shutting down Onslaught and the surviving Combaticons, and once again threatening to spill the beans about the Metroplex bombings. Applicable Skills
Following Starscream's instructions to keep watch on Onslaught, Windblade visited Metroplex's brain chamber; when Chromia arrived, she revealed that she was being blackmailed by Starscream. Neither one of them were able to recover a cache from Chromia's hidden files which documented the space bridge incident, which had been corrupted by someone else. As weeks passed, Chromia worked to unscramble the files while Windblade played along with Starscream's forces - until things finally came to a head when Rattrap revealed Swindle to the other Combaticons, using the Enigma of Combination to probe Swindle's mind and inadvertently creating a new combiner: Bruticus!. Things We Said We'd Never Do
As Bruticus ran amok in the streets of Iacon, Starscream blamed Windblade for failing to keep an eye on the Combaticon leader and demanded that she kill the combiner. Windblade initially refused, but when Starscream threatened to reveal Chromia's secret Windblade finally pushed back and contacted Chromia. Windblade asked her to help the Combaticons expose Starscream's own dirty secrets and return to Caminus before Starscream could retaliate. Windblade tried to talk down Bruticus, but the combiner retaliated against her - only Ironhide's intervention saved the two Camiens. When Bruticus had been reduced to his components, Windblade tried to resuscitate the unconscious Combaticons in the hopes of getting them to talk. With no other alternatives, Chromia finally went on live television and announced that she was responsible for the Acrolight bombings. All Windblade could do was watch as her best friend was arrested. The Line Between Us
Shortly after the conclusion of the Bruticus incident, the Council would meet with Optimus to hear his side of the story, and although Windblade tried to be diplomatic, Strika was quick to demand an explanation. Although Prime insisted that his motives were pure, Windblade couldn't side with Prime's recent actions, and the Council unanimously voted against allowing Earth a seat on the council. The Medium and the Message During a subsequent emergency meeting, however, footage from Earth that depicted Optimus raising the Titan Metrotitan from the ground prompted the religious colonists to reconsider their vote, and it was decided that Earth, "ruled" as it were, by a Prime, would, indeed, received a seat on the Council. No Fair Fights
When a massive energy discharge was detected at the former site of Kaon, Windblade pushed Starscream to investigate, and the two fliers headed out. Shockingly, they found the city intact within a crater, but this matter was quickly forgotten when the two received news that the Sentinel Prime had seemingly returned from the dead, and was slaughtering Decepticons in their ghetto. When the ex-Prime attacked Starscream with a Spark disruptor, Windblade was able to jump the disruptor onto her own spark, where its detonation was non-fatal thanks to the differing frequency of Camien sparks. The pair quickly flew to regroup with the forces fighting Sentinel Prime at the space bridge. The Last Autobot When Optimus and Soundwave returned to Cybertron from their encounter with Sentinel on Prion, Windblade met up with the duo, and encouraged the demoralized Autobot leader to take his victories where he could get them. White Heat
Some time later, Pyra Magna and Soundwave called Windblade to Earth to help deal with the recalcitrant Metrotitan, who had gone dormant and refused to communicate with anyone. However, days of searching his systems turned up no mechanical faults. Informed In between repairs, Windblade remained on Earth for a time, helping to coordinate Prime's goodwill missions across the globe, meaning that she was on hand after a mysterious Ore-13 explosion on Mount Olympus. The explosion coincided with Jazz and Arcee running afoul of G.I. Joe, Earth's newest defense force, in Oregon, but the standoff was interrupted by the arrival of Rom the Space Knight, who interrupted the fracas to kill several members of G.I. Joe, including what appeared to be Joe Colton himself. Concorde Hymn Realizing that the Cybertronians would be blamed for the attack, the Autobots and Soundwave pursued the alien to Umpqua National Forest, where the alien, Rom, explained that he was tracking the malevolent, shapeshifting Dire Wraiths, who had infiltrated the human forces. The Divine Source of Liberty
Back at Autobot City, the efforts to communicate with Metrotitan continued, until Pyra Magna happened to suggest that the Titan hadn't "malfunctioned"—his silence was deliberate, and he was waiting for a Prime to communicate with him. Unsure of Metrotitan's true intentions and unwilling to endanger Optimus, Windblade opted to merge her own mind with Metrotitan's. The Titan wasn't happy to be communicating with her; he explained that he was merely trying to pass on a message from one of the Thirteen before shunting Windblade's consciousness into Microspace, where she encountered Micronus Prime, its creator. The Prime warned her that she would have to experience his message for herself, and so her new avatar was set adrift in the destructive Entropy Cloud that threatened that realm. Before long, the forces of the evil Baron Karza found the young Camien, and Windblade was interrogated by his wife Lady Shazraella; there, Windblade learned about the war that threatened the stability of the Microverse. One of Shazraella's handmaidens sacrificed herself to set Windblade free as soon as her mistress's back was turned, allowing Windblade's avatar to fade away and return her consciousness to her normal body. Optimus was hesitant to follow through on her plea to help Microspace, wary of the dark lineage of the Primes despite Windblade's insistence that Primes were divine beings. Unable to blaspheme against Optimus Prime, Windblade grudgingly promised to follow her Prime and understand his motives. Informed
When the Transformers and Rom convened to strategize, Windblade continued to argue that assisting Microspace should be their top priority - a sentiment that Soundwave agreed with, believing that all of the recent events had to be connected. Optimus took command and decided that the Autobots would need to help Earth first. When Rom took matters into his own hands by sending Ore-13 through Metrotitan's space bridge to put them beyond the reach of the Wraiths, the Autobots moved to stop the Space Knight, and Optimus realized the error of his ways, resolving that they would have to find a way to save both worlds. O Ship of State
Meanwhile, Snake-Eyes had infiltrated Autobot City and distracted Windblade long enough to sneak into the complex. There, he encountered Arcee and the recently arrived Heliopolis; crew member Acroyear joined the fight and drew the attention of the three Cybertronians. When Windblade investigated the tiny spaceship, she recognized the lifeforms from her own adventures within that realm. The New Colossus Things only got worse when Karza showed up in their universe, and fused with the Dire Wraiths and the technology of M.A.S.K. to form a gigantic, super-powered colossus. Windblade realized that the monster was speaking Ancient Cybertronian. Following an impromptu team-up with the resident do-gooders, the team hatched a plan to send Karza back to whence he had came, and in the ensuing batlte Windblade used her cityspeaking talents to activate Metrotitan's flight mode and lift the entire city to safety. Valley Forge
Vigilem
After helping to save the Earth and ensuring that Optimus and Earth's other heroes would help keep the planet safe, Windblade returned to Cybertron feeling very unsure of her role in the future of both worlds. Despite everything, Windblade was once again forced to step up when a horde of undead Titans—summoned by Infinitus several months ago after her encounter with "Sentinel Prime"—prepared to make landfall on Cybertron. As Starscream and the other members of the Council dug in for war, Windblade took control of Metroplex's combat functions as the zombies arrived but was unable to prevent the Titan from being dragged down by his undead brethren. Ping Trapped inside Metroplex, Windblade and Lightbright disconnected Metroplex's brain module so that the undead would think that Metroplex had perished. Regrouping at the Spire, Starscream informed everyone that despite his repeated pleas, Elita One would not transform her own Titan to provide additional firepower, and so Windblade proposed a risky plan to sneak aboard Carcer and manually reactivate the Titan. After Lightbright had been given a holographic disguise to look like Windblade, the group boarded Carcer while Devastator led a frontal assault on Carcer as a distraction. Desperate Times
While the disguised Lightbright and her team distracted Carcer's security forces, Windblade's managed to breach the Titan's brain module, only to be confronted by Obsidian, who refused them access. Though Windblade and her group brought down Obsidian, the subsequent mental merge revealed that Elita's Titan was neither Carcer, nor Tempo, but rather Vigilem, villainous Titan of Liege Maximo. Desperate Measures As Vigilem struggled to awaken after millennia of hibernation, Windblade took control of his body directly to battle the horde, but the dual strain of resisting his whispers while puppeteering his form proved too much for her; instead, Vigilem agreed to a truce, taking partial control to destroy the zombies so that Vigilem himself could then take revenge on Cybertron. Indeed, as the last of the Titans were felled, Vigilem turned his attentions to Metroplex, until Windblade forced him away and then shifted her mental energies to try and stop him from freeing Liege Maximo, imprisoned at the center of his body. Were it not for the last of the undead distracting her, she may very well have succeeded but Vigilem used her moment of weakness to seize control of both their bodies. When Elita arrived to destroy Vigilem's brain, the Titan downloaded his mind into Windblade's, sending her into stasis lock. Rubicon To the outside world however, Windblade appeared dead. If I Know You
Her body was brought to a hospital where a doctor deduced that Vigilem's mind had jumped into Windblade's own body; indeed, inside her mind, Windblade's consciousness was very much alive, forced to contend with Vigilem's own avatar, who tried to convince her to merge their Sparks into one so that they could both survive. Despite Vigilem's temptations and attempts to undercut her own morals, Windblade continued to resist, If I Know You doubling down on her attempts to safely contain Vigilem until she realized that such a feat was impossible; rather, she would defend herself until her mind collapsed from the strain, killing them both. This stalemate continued until Starscream, with the mnemosurgical assistance of Airachnid, patched himself into their shared mind to rescue Windblade—unaware that Vigilem himself could make the jump into his own consciousness. Enraged by Starscream's recklessness, Windblade watched as Vigilem did just that: taking the form of Megatron, Windblade followed the pair into a mental representation of Kaon, rescuing Starscream's spark before Vigilem could obliterate it and seize control of the Seeker's body.
Thinking his foe destroyed, Vigilem began rewriting the Seeker's mind while Windblade glimpsed Starscream's memories and was horrified at the process of cold construction by which he was created. Glimpsing Starscream's spark being placed in one of many identical, pre-built bodies, she speculated that Starscream's constant changing of bodies was his spark's attempt to find its "true form." Summoning a mental copy of the Forge of Solus Prime, Windblade began forging Starscream's "true" form out of his spark, each strike summoning a spectre of a Cybertronian who'd had a great impact on Starscream's life to fight off Vigilem... and, eventually, Starscream's mental avatar was reborn into a towering vision of his "true form," which promptly stomped on Vigilem. Assuming a resplendent form of her own, Windblade defeated Vigilem by shoving his avatar into her own spark, "burning away" his impurities until only the truth of his being remained. Befitting the Titan of Liege Maximo, however, Vigilem's spark contained no truth, and the Titan's mind finally died.
Returning to the waking world, Windblade cheekily smiled at Starscream and told him that by helping him find his truth, she'd found her own as well. No longer would she be a mouthpiece for others, or subservient to the Way of Flame and the lineage of Primes: she would be her own 'bot, unafraid to speak her mind. Your First Mistake
Soon afterwards, the time came for Earth to properly join the Council of Worlds, having appointed Marissa Faireborn as an ambassador. Windblade was present in Iacon during the ceremony, but as Starscream prepared to give a speech, an explosion sent the crowd into a panic—unbeknownst to the Cybertronians, Joe Colton and his Iron Ring had chosen to launch a genocidal attack on Cybertron in the name of human sovereignty. As security conducted evacuations, Windblade attempted to help a fallen civilian... only for the wounded Transformer to reveal itself as a Trojan horse filled with a horde of Red Shadows. First Strike #1 Even with Ironhide's authorization of lethal force and Optimus Prime providing backup, she and the Prime retreated back to the Spire, where the other members of the Council struggled to pick up the pieces—and Windblade's fears regarding Elita and Starscream's ability to work together was well-founded when Elita announced her decision to kill Marissa and all the other humans. First Strike #2 When Skyburst and Stormclash arrived on Cybertron, they glimpsed Windblade exasperatedly throwing her hands up during a Council meeting before members of G.I. Joe and M.A.S.K. were brought before them, with Elita ordering their execution. First Strike #3
Windblade objected to that, feeling the Council should not be reduced to genocide by fear, prompting Elita to instead propose mass deportation. After Scarlett had given something vaguely resembling an explanation regarding the Iron Ring's plan, Starscream threw her and her forces in jail. Nonetheless, Starscream ordered a mobilization against the threat with Windblade volunteering to confer with Metroplex. When Optimus offered aid however, she coldly rebuked him, later explaining to Ironhide that she tired of his constant military mindset as she pulled up cameras in the central district, eventually finding the villains in the filtration systems. Observing everything from the security cameras, Windblade watched in shock and horror as Colton's forces easily routed both squads. First Strike #4 Windblade began brainstorming a plan, only to find Optimus had taken his leave. Intercepting Optimus outside the prison, a skeptical Windblade let he and his team pass, if only to prevent further damage to Iacon, but noted that that would be the last time she would bow to any Prime. Windblade then went to Starscream to report on Optimus's actions only to find Obsidian had already done so. First Strike #5
Windblade remained behind to keep an optic on Metroplex when the Council moved out to arrest Optimus, and after the battle in Cybertron's core concluded shortly thereafter, the Talisman that Merklynn had activated prompted a "scream" from the planet as the device corrupted Cybertron's supply of energon. Windblade was on hand to persuade Metroplex into translating the signal that Cybertron beamed into deep space, and its meaning was simple: "Welcome. Death." First Strike #6
First Delegate
As Iacon began yet another reconstruction, Windblade was due to retake her spot on the Council of Worlds which Starscream had chosen to commemorate with a photo-op. When Windblade nearly let slip that Liege Maximo had escaped, Starscream kicked out the press shocking the cityspeaker that he hadn't told the populace. Learning that the Mistress of Flame supported this was the last straw for Windblade who stormed out and told Circuit and Longtooth about the truth regarding "Carcer". The resulting news wave resulted in Windblade being banished from Caminus before she was attacked by a sympathetic Camien and a rather miffed Carcerian. After those two had been chased off, Windblade was approached by Blurr, Fat Tankor and Waspinator who pushed her to run for the post of Chancellor. She took their advice and soon garnered enough signatures to become a candidate but faced with the monumental responsibility, she caved and sought solace at Metroplex. She confessed to the Titan that while she did indeed want to rule Cybertron, she feared that her desire to do so was in fact a remnant of Vigilem's personality. Metroplex told her that Vigilem had listened to no one but Liege Maximo and if Windblade honestly listened to others and worked to make their lives better, she would know herself to be free of the evil Titan's impulses.
Acting on that advice, Windblade organized an event in Maccadam's Old Oil House where bots from all walks of life could come and vent their grievances while offering her advice on how to make Cybertron a better world. Once the event wrapped up, Windblade was approached by Rattrap who revealed that he was behind the recent Combaticon uprising presenting her with a briefcase full of devastating kompromat on Starscream. When Windblade queried as to why he didn't use the case himself, the ex-Autobot revealed his uncertainty about whether or not Starscream had genuinely turned over a new leaf... and also, since Windblade now knew about the briefcase, ignoring the contents was essentially endorsing them, so they were her problem now.
Windblade eventually read their contents and discovered Starscream's laundry list of crimes, swearing to the Seeker that she would expose him at the debates. At the debates, Windblade spoke briefly of her own past before she praised Cybertron for being a place that transcended differences and welcomed everyone. Starscream spoke next and, in the bravest act Windblade had ever seen, confessed to all his crimes. The result was a landslide victory for Windblade, who decided to change her title from "Supreme Ruler" to "First Delegate". Visiting Starscream in his cell, she presented him with a holo-image of his "true self" as means to symbolize his fulfilling the Chosen One prophecy— by having all of Cybertron turn against him, he'd finally united the planet. The Chosen One
In Thundercracker's biopic of Starscream, the meeting between the two jets was recreated with Aileron acting as Windblade. Starscream: The Movie
With Cybertron's energon unpalatable to its people following being tainted by the Talisman's magic, Optimus Prime oversaw the extraction of a large supply of Ore-13 from Earth which he delivered to the assembled Council of Worlds before a solar eclipse struck the planet. Though Windblade was correct in believing this was Liege Maximo's long feared return, the Prime of Lies was now a prisoner of Onyx Prime whom Optimus invited to the surface for a reasonable discussion. Onyx agreed to the request viewing Optimus as none other than The Arisen. Surfeit of Primes In the following discussion, Windblade tried to make her voice heard only for Onyx and the Mistress of Flame to defer solely to Optimus. When Alpha Trion attempted to defend Windblade and Onyx, the Mistress brought up the latter's attack on Caminus, an attack that Windblade demanded the Mistress tell her about before an explosion ripped through the Spire. With Optimus, Windblade shielded Marissa Faireborn before Soundwave drew attention to Alpha Trion's demise. Onyx took the opportunity to assert authority and declared Soundwave and his Decepticons would be tried by the Primes alongside Liege Maximo. Another Mine
Windblade and Optimus quickly came to Soundwave's defense, but Onyx used an old crime of Soundwave's to turn even his fellow Decepticons against him. Fighting broke out in the streets between the faithful, the faithless, and the merely angered. Windblade and Optimus tried to reach Onyx Prime, but they were shot at and Windblade lost her grip on Optimus. The Ground He was rescued by Onyx, only to be tossed into the singularity at Crystal City. The First Who Was Named Windblade regrouped with the Mistress of Flame as they tried to restore order. The Hallowing Windblade was unable to approach Onyx Prime's ship, the Nemesis, no matter how well she flew. Endless Forever Onyx Prime was eventually brought down and revealed as the lost Decepticon Shockwave. Windblade assured Soundwave no charges would be brought against him, but he had still lost the faith of the Decepticons by the revelations. Unforgivable Once New Prysmos had begun to fill up with Prysmosian refugees, Windblade sent Kup and Ironhide to negotiate with the aliens while sending Wheeljack and Breakdown to examine the Talisman. Schismatic
Some time later, Windblade sent a small group of Autobots to Velocitron to discover why Cybertron had abruptly lost contact with the planet; though they did not return, a fragmented video clip recovered from the mission depicted the planet's destruction at the hands of a monstrous planet. A second message beamed into space by the Talisman during the conflict with the Prysmosians dubbed the threat "Unicron." Unstopped and Unstoppable Velocitron was but one planet targeted by Unicron; as the monster planet tore his way through the galaxy, Optimus Prime led a small Autobot detachment to the organic world of Elonia to coordinate that planet's evacuation before Unicron destroyed it, with Windblade heading a teleconference with the Elonian Space Knight Rom to explain the threat that Unicron posed. Our Darkest
Despite the best efforts of the Autobots, Unicron was able to consume almost all of the "thirteen colonies" affiliated with the Cybertronian race, until only Windblade's homeworld of Caminus remained. As Unicron and his Maximal hordes descended over the besieged planet, Windblade helped coordinate the evacuation efforts from Cybertron while Optimus attempted to defeat Unicron from the inside out. This was ultimately in vain, as Optimus was unable to find any clues on how to stop the beast as it overran and consumed Caminus. Last Stand As the forces of Cybertron coordinated their next move, Starscream—a Decepticon once more—announced his plan to unite the Decepticon Vengeance Division for an all-out attack on Unicron, shooting down Windblade's proposal to add what remained of the Cybertronian fleet to his armada. Stranger Eons
As it turned out, the D.V.D. was a ruse, allowing Bludgeon to doublecross and mutate the Decepticons with supplies of Ore-11 to transform them into loyal servants of his own, and as Unicron appeared in the skies above Cybertron Windblade desperately weighed up their options with Starscream, Soundwave, and Optimus. Information obtained by Bumblebee revealed that Unicron was, in reality, Antilla, the first planet to encounter the Transformers and the world where the terrible history of Cybertron truly began. Shockwave had planned this all, millions of years in advance, as part of a long game to kill Cybertron and its legacy for good, allowing the Transformers to begin again on Earth; though Windblade was initially furious at Caminus and the other colonies having to pay for the sins of Cybertron, it was Arcee who reminded her that Caminus, like the other Transformer worlds, had been built off the expansionism that began with Antilla. A furious Windblade flew away, to be followed by Arcee, and though the latter initially assumed that Windblade was simply running from her responsibilities, the Cityspeaker informed Arcee that she had a plan. Our Finest
At New Prysmos, Windblade and Ironhide parleyed with Leoric for use of the Talisman, and as Unicron began his final attack on the metal planet the Spectral Knights pooled their magic to activate the Talisman, projecting a beam of mystical light that began teleporting the inhabitants of Iacon to Earth. Ironhide and Windblade were the first to be saved, arriving in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park on Earth, before they were joined by Metroplex and the millions of other Transformers who had narrowly escaped deactivation, Road's End regrouping in and around Victoria Falls. A Sunrise Dark That evening, Windblade and Chromia reunited, and the two joined the other high-ranking Autobots in Metroplex's command center for a briefing, where Jetfire explained that the black hole in the center of Unicron threatened the entire galaxy.
The next morning, however, Unicron's Maximals descended on the planet, and their invasion prompted the population of Cybertron to begin their final do-or-die play against Unicron and his forces, with Metroplex and Trypticon teleporting into low Earth orbit with the assembled heroes and villains in a final battle. Assembly
As they did so, Windblade, Jetfire and the Aerialbots arrived at Mount Rushmore in order to put a secondary plan into action, and though their efforts were briefly threatened by Monstructor, their gambit worked, and using the Enigma of Combination Soundwave was able to tap into the afterlife, using the spirits of the deceased to bolster the spirit of Optimus Prime as he battled Unicron's creator in infraspace. When the threat had passed, Windblade and Chromia looked out upon their new homeworld, intent on fulfilling Optimus Prime's dream of uniting humanity and Cybertron. Ceremony Shortly afterwards, Windblade presided over Optimus Prime's funeral in Little Cybertron, and quickly deviated from her prepared remarks to eulogize the true Optimus: that they would celebrate Optimus while denouncing the legacy of the Primes that he represented, so that they may move beyond them and build a new future on their adopted homeworld. Post
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Windblade was one of several Autobots under attack by Bruticus. New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!
Legends comic
Windblade, "little sister" to Nijika, was created by the Zamojin to keep watch on their dream world of the Legends World, where wishes could come true. When it was decided that the experiment had come to a conclusion, Windblade announced the universe's imminent destruction to its denizens and used her fans to form a devastating storm. Rattrap, realizing that the universe could grant any wish, summoned Metroplex to his world; the gigantic robot pulled Windblade from the sky, causing her to reset in the process and forget all about her mission. Bonus Edition Vol. 12
Without any memory, Windblade fell into a waitress job at a "little sister cafe" in Akihabara, where she proved skilled at selling very expensive lunches to adoring customers. She also ended up squatting at Tigatron's home, much to the chagrin of Airazor. Windblade Sequel Windblade was among the dimensionally-displaced Autobots and Transformers sickness-afflicted Maximals who gathered to defend the Legends World from the intruding Slipstream. Bonus Edition Vol. 16 During Halloween, she dressed up as a schoolgirl to attend a Halloween party with Tigatron and Airazor, but they were interrupted by the trick-or-treating Slipstream, Blackarachnia, and Nightbird Shadow. Windblade teamed up with the similarly dressed up Arcee and Chromia to stop the Decepticons' antics, but all three were defeated and tied up by Blackarachnia. Bonus Edition Vol. 17
As the spirit energy generated by Armada Megatron's greed empowered the Zamojin, they began working to regain control of Windblade, causing her to fall ill. She collapsed in the street, prompting the nearby Armada Starscream to fill in for her at the cafe. When she arrived there herself, she had fallen back under her makers' control and was muttering that she would destroy the world. Getting a hold of herself, she explained the situation to Starscream, lamenting that she was enjoying her new life in the Legends world and didn't want to destroy it. Starscream set out to put at end to Megatron's ambition, but warned Windblade that if it bad came to worse, he'd stop her himself. LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue
Megatron would not give up on his desires, however, and the Zamojin were able to take full control of Windblade. Starscream was ready to sacrifice himself to destroy her in a bid to save the world, but Alpha Trion found an alternate solution that led to both Megatron and Starscream being returned to their own universe. Restored to normal, Windblade was left chastising the local toy nerds for being just as greedy as Megatron when it came to rare toys. Bonus Edition Vol. 18 When Springer arrived in the Legends World, Windblade and Chromia were very impressed with his handsome new body. Bonus Edition Vol. 19 She was later caught up in another Megatron's attack on the city after he was turned into the insane Galvatron. Bonus Edition Vol. 23 Windblade was harassed by Wheelie while acting as cheerleader at a soccer game, Bonus Edition Vol. 29 and witnessed Weirdwolf's living transtector run away from him. Bonus Edition Vol. 30
Windblade was working at the cafe when Flywheels came to see her fellow waiter, Grimlock, LGEX Headmaster Set Chapter and was among the citizens pestered by Kickback's clone army. Bonus Edition Vol. 47 Metroplex later recalled how he was brought to the Legends World to defeat Windblade. Bonus Edition Metroplex When the world was threatened by three out-of-control Targetmasters who overpowered any resistance, Windblade sought out her creator, Katsu Don, and struck a deal: in return for her rejoining the Zamojin, he would convert her into a Headmaster who could combine with the upgraded body of Nijika. With the additional power of her sister on her side, Windblade was able to capture Pinpointer and use him to defeat the other Targetmasters, saving the world at the cost of becoming a Zamojin puppet once more. Before rejoining the Zamojin, she left a message for Tigatron, thanking him for their time together and asking the people of the Legends World to destroy her if she ever returned to attack them again. Bonus Edition Vol. 62
Indeed, it wasn't long before Katsu Don had Windblade assault the Legends World a second time, Jumpstarter Chapter this time using her connection to Pinpointer to take control of the other two Targetmasters and wreak havoc until confronted by the Wreckers. She made short work of Twin Twist by decapitating him, but he survived using the Zodiac and separated her from Spoilsport, who he then used to sever her connection to Peacemaker. Bonus Edition Vol. 65 Windblade then clashed with Topspin before teaming up with Katsu Don to battle the Jumpstarters, only to be defeated by their combined mode, Attack Powered. Fortunately she was mostly unharmed and her defeat served to set her free from Katsu Don's control once more. Bonus Edition Vol. 66 She later fought back against an army of other Zamojin summoned by her creator Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One and celebrated the defeat of Majin Zarak, though ultimately the Legends World ended up destroyed and she and the rest of its residents evacuated to the G1 World. Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two
Windblade, Dai Atlas, and Perceptor traveled to Zamojin and asked Katsu Don for his assistance in restoring the Legends World. Windblade promised to defend the world and Perceptor told Katsu Don the people of Legends World deserved to have their home back, or else he would be no better than the Quintessons. Katsu Don relented, and lent his psychic power to the Powered Masters and other forces to bring back Legends World. Epiloge
TransTech
Two separate Windblades were members of a crowd of countless off-worlders in Axiom Nexus's Under City on the morning of the Waruder invasion. One of them had black thighs, the other had red thighs. Cybertron's Most Wanted
Titans Return marketing material
Windblade's Cityspeaker abilities meant that she could communicate with Titans telepathically, without the need of a Titan Master proxy. This put her into conflict with Sentinel Prime when the rogue Autobot attempted to wrest control of a full-sized Fortress Maximus.[1] Windblade later gained a Titan Master partner in Scorchfire, who gave Windblade the ability to supercharge her swords. Titans Return Scorchfire & Windblade toy bio
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- Voice actor: Abby Trott (English)
Windblade was a cityspeaker from Caminus. She resented the Mistress of Flame for abandoning the planet in favor of a position on the council on Cybertron. Giving up her job, she vowed to destroy the Combiners that had laid waste to her home world. Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Windblade She and Maxima encountered Menasor shortly after the Combiner dispatched Computron. Windblade sliced Menasor in two, at which point he revealed that the council had the Enigma of Combination and intended to use it to create an army of Combiners. After mourning the loss of Maxima, Windblade headed to Cybertron. The Fall
There, she attempted to snipe the Enigma, only for Optimus Prime to knock her aim off target as she fired. The Council Attacking the former Autobot leader, Windblade asserted that the Autobots, Decepticons and Combiners were all alike. He eventually managed to relieve her of her sword; however, when she revealed that the council had the Enigma, he joined forces with her. The Duel The pair paid a visit to Megatron and managed to persuade him to aid them, though not before Windblade had to deck him. Unforgotten
The trio headed to the council tower where they were met with hostility. Windblade accused the Mistress of Flame of deserting Caminus and inevitably Megatron shot Starscream resulting in a clash between the two groups. As the trio fought the automated defenses, Windblade heard a mysterious voice in her head. Homecoming The arrival of Devastator resulted in Optimus, Megatron and Windblade fighting him instead, as he tried to claim the Engima for the Combiners. Things were further complicated by the arrival of Victorion, at which point Starscream used the Enigma to merge with all the Combiners as Windblade and the others watched. A War of Giants
Windblade attempted to attack the out-of-control Starscream, only to be blasted by lightning and fall lifeless to the ground. Darkest Hour Finding herself in a featureless void, Windblade spoke with Metroplex and admitted she was wrong to want to destroy everyone. Recalling her role as a Cityspeaker, Windblade recovered and got Metroplex to crush Starscream, allowing Optimus and Megatron to finish him off. Megatron presented Windblade with the Enigma, and she passed it on to Victorion for safekeeping. As the Mistress of Flame congratulated Windblade on ending the Combiner Wars, the cityspeaker observed that now the Titans had returned. Destruction's Dawn
As the cleanup of the city progressed, Windblade was disappointed that Optimus had chosen to leave. She found Perceptor examining Starscream's remains and left him to it, returning to Metroplex just in time to see a distant light as Trypticon rose from the ground. Aftermath and Rebirth She communed with Metroplex and realized the Titan had been planning to leave Cybertron before Starscream's stunt with the Enigma. Metroplex prepared to battle Trypticon, though Windblade believed he was too damaged to stand up to the evil Titan. She and Perceptor located the Mistress of Flame in the Primal Basilica and raised the alarm. Windblade resolved to stick by Metroplex's side as he fought, even as the reinforcements the Mistress called in were destroyed. Our Heroes Respond
She continued to plead with Metroplex to not battle Trypticon, but her pleas went unheeded, and she was shocked when Trypticon spoke with Starscream's voice. The Fight Begins Joined by Hot Rod, Windblade attempted to assault Trypticon, but was too late to prevent Metroplex from perishing. After Hot Rod rescued Emissary from Trypticon, the Titan Master and Windblade headed off to find Fortress Maximus, At the Last Second arriving there to find Megatron brawling with the Combiners. Once that was resolved, Emissary linked Windblade to Maximus's mind so she could awaken him. Desperate Actions The process was painful, but Windblade managed to persuade Maximus to act before Emissary terminated the link for her own safety. Run for Our Lives
The trio headed back to the city, as Optimus Prime and the Combiners were battling Trypticon, arriving just in time to save Optimus. In Good Hands As Fortress Maximus faced off against Trypticon, Windblade and the others split up to work as a distraction; however, Trypticon ate Victorion, much to Windblade's horror. Trypticon used the Enigma to control the remaining Combiners into attacking Maximus, and when Windblade attempted to shoot them off, she herself was shot down by Computron. She was forced instead to once again convince Megatron to help out, for which he demanded a favor in exchange. Consumed The battle abruptly ended when Trypticon ate Perceptor, and the Matrix of Leadership which Perceptor was carrying rejected him. Once Trypticon expired, Windblade and the others were treated to an appearance by Megatronus, who terminated Optimus before leaving with the Matrix and Enigma. Windblade was inclined to agree with Menasor's plan to kill Megatron, as he appeared to have betrayed them, but he convinced them that they instead needed to work together to face this new threat. All Things Must Pass
Still indebted to Megatron for saving Fortress Maximus, Windblade followed him to Primal Swamp in search of the Requiem Blaster. While searching, their group were attacked by the Dinobots. Windblade tussled with Slug before managing to toss him aside, only for the five to combine into Volcanicus. The Swamp She attempted to combat the Combiner, but he laid her out flat with one punch. Before he could finish her off, he was attacked by Predaking, who soon turned on Windblade and the others as well. Volcanicus She held her own against Predaking, attacking until he released the captive Victorion, prompting her and the others to make their escape. All of them came to a halt, however, as they watched Megatron enter a strange dome. Without Warning As they waited, Predaking began attacking again. Windblade attempted to stop him, but was shot down. She recovered as Megatron emerged from the dome, Blaster in hand, and they discussed their next course of action. Primal
Following Megatron's lead, Windblade and the others traveled to Cataclysm Tundra. Though still unsure of Megatron's good intentions, Optimus Primal reassured her of his honesty as they located the entrance to the Athenaeum Sanctorum. As they began doing research, they were interrupted by Overlord and Hot Rod, now redubbed Rodimus Cron. Athenaeum Sanctorum Windblade did her best to fight against the two, calling Primal a coward when she caught him trying to escape with the Requiem Blaster. As Rodimus prepared to finish Megatron, Windblade stepped into his path to protect Megatron, but Rodimus began strangling her instead. She attempted to reach any remaining trace of the old Hot Rod, but the Unicron within assured her there was nothing left and tossed aside her unresponsive body. Countdown When she came to, Megatron had destroyed Overlord with the Requiem Blaster. Megatron thanked her for saving him, saying they were square, as did Primal for stopping him from retreating. When Megatronus arrived to take back the Blaster, she tried to stop him, but was powerless against the Fallen as he and Rodimus escaped. Though she continued to believe Hot Rod could be saved, the others convinced her that if the time came, they might need to destroy him. After a speech encouraging Megatron to lead them, she and the others headed for the Well of Sparks. Consequences
In spite of being weakened by Megatronus's weapon, Windblade and the others reached the Well. She attempted to draw Megatronus's fire, but she was shot down and very nearly perished if not for Optimus Primal's intervention. Ultimately, she and the others were engulfed in Megatronus's flames, unable to fight back. Collision Course When the flames finally died down, Windblade nearly passed out, but finally got to her feet and resumed attacking the device, now less affected by Megatronus's shots thanks to his weakening state. After watching Primal transform into Optimal Optimus, she and the others tackled Megatron to prevent him from reclaiming the Enigma and Blaster. Megatronus Unleashed She helped restrain Rodimus, allowing Optimal to remove the Matrix of Chaos from him and return him to Hot Rod. When Unicron tried to take control of Megatron, necessitating they both be killed, she desperately sought another solution. Finding none, she was left to mourn her friend's sacrifice. She was, however, overjoyed to see Optimus Prime revived from the dead as a result of their efforts. In the aftermath of the incident, Windblade was named Magistrate of Cityspeakers and worked to coordinate the efforts of all those who communicated with the Titans. Saga's End
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Windblade was unimpressed by Starscream's online dating profile.[2]
All Spark comic
Windblade was part of an Autobot team led by God Ginrai who helped Bumblebee and Spike defeat Overlord. Looming Threat
Bumblebee graphic novels
Windblade was one of a number of Autobots who took part in a battle over a fallen Cybertonium meteorite. Over the course of the struggle, she dogfought with Dirge and Ramjet before spying some humans caught in the crossfire that Bumblebee helped ferry to safety. Go For the Gold
A few days later, Windblade was present aboard the Ark after Bumblebee returned to duty before flying out to survey the nearby coast for any signs of Decepticon activity. Win If You Dare
Star Trek vs. Transformers
When the Ark departed Cybertron four million years ago, Windblade was among the Autobots who joined Optimus Prime aboard the ship, only for the vessel and its occupants to crash-land on prehistoric Earth alongside Megatron's Decepticons. When the two sides reawakened in the years before humanity's invention of warp travel, they secretly battled for control of Earth's resources... until the outbreak of the Eugenics Wars and World War III prompted the Autobots to flee aboard the Titan Fortress Maximus and travel the Milky Way in search of energon, unaware that the Decepticons had given chase aboard their own Titan, Trypticon.
After decades of travel, the Decepticons caught up with their quarry over the barren moon of Cygnus Seven; when Megatron and his forces attempted to board their ship, Fortress Maximus crashed into the planetoid, knocking everyone aboard into stasis lock. There they remained for two hundred years, dormant until Cygnus Seven was colonized by the Federation, and a team of dilithium miners accidentally stumbled on the alien ship and triggered its repair protocols. Prime's Directive, Part Two
After first reawakening the Decepticons, the still-dormant Maximus then reactivated the Autobots, with Prime immediately going forth to confront the Decepticons. The other Autobots came online shortly after Captain Kirk and his away team investigated the mineshaft; aware of the dangers that humanity posed to their kind, they demanded to know Prime's location. Prime's Directive, Part One The Autobots initially tried to subdue the Starfleet personnel until Kirk was able to convince them of their good intentions, but after the two parties agreed to an alliance the Decepticons bombarded the mineshaft, sealing them in. Undaunted, Ratchet hatched a plan to bring Fortress Maximus back online. Prime's Directive, Part Two
"Thanks a lot, Takei, now everybody knows!"
A doubtful Windblade watched as Ratchet assembled a device that would bring Fortress Maximus back into fighting shape by analyzing Kirk's own memories for a suitable shape, but despite her worries over Kirk's mental fortitude the device was indeed able to reconfigure Maximus's alternate mode into a copy of the starship Enterprise, allowing him to burst free from the ground—just in time to rescue Optimus, Spock, and Scotty from Kuri's group of Decepticon-allied Klingons. With Hikaru Sulu riding in her cockpit, the pair engaged Ramjet and Thrust, before the arrival of a similarly rejuvenated Trypticon in the form of a Klingon warbird eventually prompted the Autobot Titan to transform into the mighty "Fortress Tiberius." Prime's Directive, Part Three
Regrouping with Jazz and the other Autobots, Windblade watched as the two Titans battled it out... before the conspicuous absence of Starscream prompted Megatron to abruptly retreat. Windblade correctly deduced that Starscream had stolen a load of dilithium and blasted off in search of a world to claim as his own, and Kirk beamed the heroes aboard Fortress Tiberius to give chase, first rendezvousing with the damaged Enterprise and beaming the Autobots over to the starship. Prime's Directive, Part Four
After some deliberation, Kirk opted to pursue Starscream, with the two ships breaching the Neutral Zone to reach the Klingon homeworld of Kronos, capital of the Klingon Empire, only to learn that Megatron and his loyal Decepticons had wrested Kronos from Starscream, intent on turning the world into the capital of a new Decepticon Empire. Joined by a series of armored battlesuits, the Autobots and their Starfleet allies took on the Decepticons with the help of Kuri and his Klingons, but were laid low by Soundwave's deployment of a paralyzing counterfrequency. Fortunately, Soundwave had reckoned without the Klingons being immune to said signal, and the Decepticons were summarily ambushed and defeated by the Klingon armada.
In the aftermath, Windblade and the other Autobots opted to continue travelling the universe aboard Fortress Tiberius, but pledged to assist the Federation should Kirk or the crew of the Enterprise ever require their assistance again. Prime's Directive, Part Five
2019 IDW continuity
- First appearance: Transformers #1
A member of Cybertron's Security Operations, The World In Your Eyes Part One Windblade was present at Bumblebee's forging ceremony, eventually becoming good friends with him. Wannabee, Part 2 Upon meeting Cliffjumper, Windblade assumed, like everyone else, that he was Bumblebee repainted, feeling that the colours didn't work on her friend. Wannabee, Part 1 Windblade remained close to Bumblebee after he left Security Operations to pursue a career in search and rescue. One evening, she encountered him and the newly forged Rubble on a tour of Cybertron, scaring off a Voin scavenger along the way. She accompanied them to an energon station run by Brainstorm, only to find signs of sabotage... and Brainstorm's dead body. The World In Your Eyes Part One She was subsequently joined by Security Operations head Chromia and Prowl to scope out the crime scene, though their investigation turned up no new leads. The World In Your Eyes Part Two
At Chromia's request, Windblade directed Bumblebee to the Senate building. Being left to walk Rubble home, Windblade assured the newborn that, due to the Nominus Edict and its rare forgings, it was Bumblebee who was worried that he was failing Rubble. When the two arrived at Rubble's quarters, they found Chromia and Geomotus waiting for Windblade. After assuring Rubble that she'd catch up with him later, Windblade followed the two out, angry at Chromia surreptitiously installing a tracker in Rubble's communicator. The World In Your Eyes Part Three In the Badlands, the group came across Cyclonus, Windblade wrestling him down for a conversation, with Chromia ordering him to report to Iacon next cycle. The World In Your Eyes Part Four
Soon afterwards, tragedy struck when Rubble was found to have been murdered. Catching up with Bumblebee, Windblade assured her friend that it wasn't his fault before the two sat in silence. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One
After Cyclonus had directed Chromia to a Rise base beneath the Memorial Crater, Windblade joined her and Sideswipe in the raid, only to find the facility had been abandoned. As Chromia tried to hack the computers, Sixshot attacked. Though Windblade managed to impale him, he shook both off and managed to escape, priming the base's self-destruct, with Windblade unable to escape the explosion in time. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three Clinging to life, Windblade was brought back to Iacon and placed in a CR Tank. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four Bumblebee later came to visit his friend where he was found by Orion Pax. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five A later examination by Ratchet showed her to be a few cycles away from rebooting. The Change In Your Nature Part One
Windblade awoke to a grim situation, the Tether having fallen onto Cybertron as a result of a Rise attack. Called into action by Novastar, Windblade was partnered up with Blades. All Fall Down
After Bumblebee had been relieved of his mission to infiltrate the Ascenticons, Windblade came to check up on him before a massive hologram of Megatron interrupted their talk. Windblade was later called into action to engage a Riser group in the hinterlands. Windblade tried to shoot down Triggerhappy only to be left in the dust by his speed before she just dodged Sixshot. Tremors Sixshot was a major threat for Security, and he pointedly refused to let Windblade stab him again. Still, the colossal Leviathan provided aid to Security, and Sixshot fled with the Rise members he could save. Quake was taken into custody, but Windblade and Springer remained behind to watch over the injured Leviathan until repair services could reach her. Prisoners
As the Senate fell to the renamed Decepticon faction, members of the Rise traveled to the Winged Moon in an attempt to lay claim to its energon. Windblade and Novastar's unit flew out to intercept them. A battle erupted, but engineers loyal to the old government destroyed the energon stores to keep the Rise from taking them. Windblade and her team rescued the engineers and brought them home from the now useless moon. Moon
Those who opposed the Decepticons gathered under the leadership of Senator Orion Pax, who claimed the Matrix when First Senator Sentinel Prime was killed. They fled to Crystal City and declared themselves united as the Autobot faction. When it was discovered Termagax held the Enigma of Combination out near the Sea of Rust, Windblade was one of the Autobots who flew out to protect her from the Decepticons. Sea of Rust I The rest of Novastar's unit and Pyra Magna's Companions soon joined them aboard Sky Lynx, building a perimeter of fire and trenches in advance of the arrival of the Decepticons. When the battle was joined, Windblade provided air cover for the Autobots. Sea of Rust II Unfortunately, the Enigma was lost to the Sea of Rust during the conflict, leaving neither side with the advantage. Enigmatic
When Ultra Magnus was captured, Windblade joined a small squad of Arcee, Chromia, and Smokescreen to retrieve him from Iacon. The old Senate house had been turned into a prison, and Smokescreen's contact Swindle suggested Magnus would be there. Inside, Windblade was horrified to see the captive Senators who refused to support Megatron slowly wasting away with energon starvation. Unprepared for a mass jail break, the Autobots could only promise to one day return for the political prisoners. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two At Swindle's, the Autobots prepared to escape through his smuggling tunnels, with Windblade's old friend Bumblebee in tow. They were forced to fight a squad of Decepticons led by Sixshot, but managed to escape. Windblade welcomed Bumblebee back to the right side. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Three The Decepticons followed, and Crystal City was soon under siege. Windblade and Bumblebee fought in the streets, taking time to discuss how much Orion had changed since being claimed by the Matrix. A Dust of Crystals
Optimus Prime negotiated a truce at Crystal City, giving the Autobots time to address the other threats looming over Cybertron. Windblade and Novastar's response team were deployed to seek out the Insecticons's hive. Windblade, Springer, and Blades were sent out as a diversion so that the ground-based Autobots could infiltrate the hive with a receiver cobbled together at Darkmount. Radical Time They arranged for a data bomb packet to be transmitted through an Insecticlone and into Bombshell, reprogramming the swarm to attack the rust worms, ending two threats for the price of one. End of Time Windblade rendez-voused with the Autobots at Darkmount, and soon the last of free Cybertronians left the planet aboard the last Ark, with the planet remaining in Decepticon hands. Fate of Cybertron
My Little Pony/Transformers
While battling for control of a malfunctioning spacebridge, Windblade was among the many Cybertronians magically transported to Equestria by Queen Chrysalis. She received an SOS from Optimus Prime and Bumblebee but noted that she would be unable to provide aerial rescue, instead coming face to face with some confused Wonderbolts. Transformation Is Magic
Continuing to prowl the skies, Windblade quickly found a kindred spirit in Rainbow Dash. When the two decided on an Autobot/Equestrian race, Windblade called in Battle Unicorn and Mach Kick to handle the ground portion while she raced Rainbow Dash. Though she initially held the lead, the race was crashed by Misfire and his Rainmakers. Encouraged by Rainbow Dash to use speed to counter their numbers, the two friends managed to turn the Decepticons' own missiles against them. With their foes defeated, the two agreed to call it a tie. The Flyin' Fox Trot
Windblade was later part of the force that defended the Crystal Empire from the Decepticons and changelings, later returning to Cybertron. Finale
Transformers vs. The Terminator
One of the many dormant Autobots aboard the Ark, Ratchet and Wheeljack tried to repair the damaged Windblade before the T-800 remotely destroyed the Autobot vessel and everyone aboard. Enemy of My Enemy Part Three
Calm Sleep Stories
As energon ran scarce on Caminus, the optimistic cityspeaker Windblade learned how to find and use other types of energy. History of the Transformers
Last Bot Standing
When Rodimus explained the Cybertronian race to Shib Wallkis, he remembered Windblade as one of the Autobots who fought in the Great War before the conflict finally drained the universe of its resources. Last Bot Standing #2
Transformers Go! Go!
Games
Transformers Legends
Windblade and Nightbeat were dispatched from the Lost Light to explore a distant planet. There they met a group of Decepticons, and joined forces with them to battle their mutual foes, the Ammonites. Though several Ammonite attacks were thwarted by the alliance, soon differing opinions caused infighting in the group. Eventually, both the Ammonites and the Decepticons were defeated, and the two Autobots returned to their spaceship. Into the Abyss
Angry Birds Transformers
Windblade appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. She is portrayed by the newest bird of the flock, Silver. Ironically both are new to their series. She also appears as an Energon version. Angry Birds Transformers
Transformers: Battle Tactics
Windblade participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of her! She was an Epic character who could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character. Transformers: Battle Tactics
Transformers: Earth Wars
Windblade is valiant, dutiful and full of conviction... to a fault. The fault being she can be too trusting, too idealistic, almost to the point of naivety. It sometimes drives her closest Autobot allies to distraction, but in a pinch there's no one more committed to the cause or energetic in battle. An experienced swordswoman, she also has the rare ability to communicate with the vast and ancient race of Metrotitans. Windblade bio
- Class: Special
- Lowest Star Rating: 2 star (was 3 star)
- Weaponry: Wind has a rifle she fires a few shots from before slashing a target with her sword.
- Ability: Quick Strike: - Fires 6 rockets at a target, then lands nearby an empty space and engages it!
- Cost: 5 ability points +2 for reuses.
Windblade at Transformers : Earth Wars Wiki
Transformers: Forged to Fight
Windblade was one of the Autobots pulled from her universe by the Quintessons and forced to fight. She eventually joins the Commander. There are at least a few of her running around! As a Scout, her sword inflicts Critical Bleeding attacks, as well as a Power Gain-shutting Stormfall Blast Shocks and Armor Piercing. Transformers: Forged to Fight
A controlled Windblade was under the tutelage of Bludgeon. The Way of the Blade Windblade was again exposed to a refined strain of Dark Energon as a test by the Quintesson Scientist, hearing deafening voices in her head. Optimus urged her to focus and overcome the Dark Energon's effects of amplifying her cityspeaking ability, but she said the voices compelled her to focus on his destruction. She believed the spirits of the Titans demanded retribution for the wars and destruction wrought by Optimus. Optimus again urged her to resist the figments of her delusion, but she sought vengeance. Oddly, the Commander had a final showdown with Mirage instead of her. Voices
Transformers: Heavy Metal
Windblade was one of the most important Caminites in the galaxy. She was paired with humans as part of the Guardian Program set up to defend Earth against Starscream's Decepticons. Her bodyguard Chromia personally screened the humans she worked with. Transformers: Heavy Metal
Transformers Roleplaying Game
Windblade was an optimistic City Speaker who believed that all Cybertronians have the capacity for goodness. While not the most powerful Cybertronian, she was a courageous fighter with powerful signature moves. Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook
Windblade was transported to the Apex when the evil Lord MindWaveZ merged many realities together into one chaotic realm. Along with Billy Cranston and Flint, the three assisted a group of heroes as they battled Lord MindWaveZ and attempted to restore their worlds to normal. Worlds Collide: Battle for the Multiverse
Toys
Generations
- Windblade (Deluxe Class, 2014)
- 30 OF 30
- Series / Number: 02 / #019
- Accessories: "Stormfall Sword", scabbard, tessen
- Known designers: Lenny Panzica (Hasbro), You (initial concept)
- Part of the tenth wave of 2012-onwards Generations Deluxe Class toys, Thrilling 30 Windblade transforms from a jet with tilting, spinning VTOL fans and fold in front landing gear, into a robot with 'facepaint' evocative of Japanese Kabuki theatre makeup. She comes with the Stormfall Sword, a translucent blade with a turbine at the hilt, which she can hold via its 5 mm post. The sword sheathes into the included scabbard, which can be held or tabbed onto slots on her thighs and back/cockpit sides, as well as be stored underneath her jet mode. Her headdress can also detach and be used as a "tessen" fan. A port under her nosecone is compatible with some action figure stands.
- She comes packaged with a copy of "Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8", and has a designated number as part of the Thrilling 30 celebration.
- Care must be taken when detaching her headdress, as its painted and clear-plastic nature makes it very tight and susceptible to breakage. It must be pulled/wiggled back, not pulled up as the instructions say. Due to a combination of back-heavy kibble and weak swivel tolerances on her heels and hip joints, getting Windblade to stand can often prove difficult, as she will often collapse when trying.
- She was retooled to create Legends Slipstream, who was then redecoed into BotCon 2016 souvenir Airazor. This mold also served as the basis of the non-toy Beast Wars: Uprising incarnation of Stiletto and the Combiner Wars character Maxima.
Legends
- Windblade (February 14, 2015)
- Japanese ID number: LG12
- Accessories: Sword, scabbard, tessen
- Legends Windblade is a redeco of Thrilling 30 Deluxe Class Windblade with various changes in color layout, mostly in vehicle mode which features much more red. Her wings and much of her fuselage are cast in red, pushing most of the black to her tail section and some highlights such as around the VTOL fans. Her nosecone features more extensive white paint and some new yellow eye-like markings on her nosecone, as well as a translucent dark blue canopy. In robot mode she has some changes to be more comic-accurate, like a slightly different hue of her Stormfall blade, red pelvis with black upper legs and much more accurate facepaint.
- Targetmaster Windblade (February 24, 2018)
- Japanese ID number: LG62
- Accessories: Sword, scabbard, Headmaster, Pointech Targetmaster partner
- The second Legends figure of Windblade is a redeco of her Titans Return Deluxe Class figure, once again featuring paint apps and plastic color changes that make her resemble her comic coloration a bit better. Among these are added blue paint apps on her brow with a less blank stare looking face paint, a white nosecone and VTOL fans, completely black shoulders, and black knees with blue highlights (similar to those seen in her character art at the top of the page). Interestingly enough her blue collar is translucent blue plastic with silver painted underneath, creating a layered effect, rather than directly painted blue like the Titans Return version. Windblade ditches the Titan Master-compatible swords in exchange for a sword and scabbard similar, if not identical, to her Thrilling 30/Legends one. She also gains a Targetmaster partner that uses the same transformation scheme as Recoil, but is decoed to resemble Pinpointer/Pointech. Her Headmaster gimmick remains intact with additional paint apps on the mini figure's arms and shins.
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Combiner Wars
- Combiner Hunters (Multi-pack, July 9, 2015)
- Accessories: "Stormfall Sword," scabbard, tessen, Spectrospear
- Known designers: Mark Maher (deco artist)
- The Combiner Wars redeco of Windblade not only has many of her coloring details changed to represent her attendance to the Camien religious ceremony, but in fact mostly stands out for its new accessory: a gigantic Spectrospear pole-arm which is taller than Windblade herself. The tooling for this weapon was originally used for the 16"-tall electronic version of Robots in Disguise Titan Heroes Bumblebee.
- This version of Windblade was only available in a "Combiner Hunters" giftset together with similarly-themed redecos of Generations Arcee and Chromia, each with their own giant new melee weapons. In the U.S., this set was exclusive to the Hasbro Toy Shop website and the Hasbro Toy Shop booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2015. In Asia, it was also available at Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong 2015 and subsequently stocked by Toys"R"Us Hong Kong. Later, it was also available at The Falcon's Hangar booth at Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention 2015.
Titans Return
- Titan Force Windblade is a redeco of Robots in Disguise Warrior Class Windblade in a colour scheme reminiscent of Fortress Maximus. She was only available in a gift set together with Titan Force redecoes of Sentinel Prime and Brainstorm.
- In the United States, this set was exclusive to the Hasbro Toy Shop website and the Hasbro Toy Shop booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2016. In the United Kingdom, it was exclusive to the A1 Toys website and their booth at London Film & Comic Con 2016 (with Brainstorm renamed into "Charon" for trademark reasons); in China, it was exclusive to Cybertron Con Shanghai; in Hong Kong, it was exclusive to Animation-Comic-Game 2016; and in Canada, it was exclusive to the HasbroStore booth at Fan Expo 2016.
- Scorchfire & Windblade (Deluxe Class, 2017)
- Accessories: Swords, Scorchfire Titan Master
- Known designers: John Warden (Hasbro)
- Windblade is an extensive retool of Titans Return Deluxe Class Highbrow (who was already an extensive retool of the same line's Scourge, the three only sharing the innermost torso assemblies and the upper legs, and Windblade has Highbrow's heels for feet), transforming into a VTOL jet. She comes with the Titan Master Scorchfire, who fits into her vehicle mode cockpit and transforms into her robot mode head. As with other Titans Return toys, Windblade can accommodate any Titan Master figure in both robot and vehicle mode. Windblade's two swords can stow under her wings or combine into a larger weapon/Titan Master vehicle which can also attach just behind the cockpit in jet mode. Under the seat on each sword is also a silver-painted tab that can tab into the slots on her thighs.
Legacy
- Cyberverse Universe Windblade (Deluxe Class, 2024)
- Accessories: Stormfall Sword, Fan
- Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), Koki Yamada (TakaraTomy)[3]
- Released in the first wave of Legacy: United Deluxes,"Cyberverse Universe Windblade" is based on her appearance in the Cyberverse show, transforming into a VTOL jet. She includes a translucent version of the Stormfall Sword, as well as a detachable tessen fan that pegs in behind her head. The fans on her wings can rotate in both modes, with each side painted to allow the choice between show-accurate light grey or the toy's black. The Stormfall Sword is capable of stowing away in her vehicle mode with the blade/flame effect poking out of the back to evoke her after-burning jet thrust. Her hips also come with compatible ports that the sword can be stored on in robot mode in a holstered position.
- Undocumented by her instructions, Windblade's hands have a small square peg that allows her tessen fan to be used like an actual fan.
- Windblade was revealed alongside the rest of United's first wave, and went up for pre-order shortly afterwards.
Merchandise
McDonald's
- Windblade (Happy Meal Toy, 2018)
- Released as part of the McDonald's June 2018 Happy Meal Toys along with My Little Pony, this Windblade is a super deformed toy with a big head. Her gimmick is that she has a button on her back that, when you push it, turns her turbines.
- The toy was available in South Korea, Italy, Russia, and Malaysia. This toy was rereleased in the US for the Bumblebee promotion, thus creating a new character.
Transformers Trading Card Game
- Windblade, Combiner Hunter (2019)
- Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners
- Rarity: SRT
- Card Number: T46/T46
- Stars: 12
- Windblade, Combiner Hunter is one of forty-six character cards released in Wave 2 of the Transformers Trading Card Game, Rise of the Combiners.
- The artwork for the card is based on the Windblade figure included in the SDCC 2015 exclusive Combiner Wars Combiner Hunters box set.
- Windblade, Defender of Truth (2019)
- Wave 2S: Bumblebee vs. Megatron Starter Set
- Rarity: RT
- Card Number: T04/T04
- Stars: 5
- Windblade, Defender of Truth was released as part of the Transformers Trading Card Game's Bumblebee vs. Megatron Starter Set. The card was packaged alongside Bumblebee, Least Likely, Most Dangerous, Megatron, Cybertronian Tyrant, Starscream, Decepticon Lieutenant, and a 40 card ready-to-play deck of Battle Cards.
- The line-art for the card was drawn by Dan Khanna
Mighty Muggs
- Windblade (2019)
- ID number: 06
- Part of the second wave of the 2018 Mighty Muggs relaunch, Windblade features sculpted turbine wings and a helmet that can be pressed down to change her expression. She features three different faces: neutral, appalled, and gleeful.
Figural Bag Clip
- Windblade (Figural Bag Clip, 2020)
- Released by Monogram, this 2.5" 3D foam bag clip takes the form of a chibi Windblade.
- It was available only as part of a mystery blind bag collection.
Furai Model
- Windblade (2022)
- Number: 20
- Additional parts/accessories: 1 pair of sword-holding hands, 1 pair of open-palm hands, sword.
- Produced by Flame Toys, Furai Model Windblade is a Voyager Class-sized Gunpla-style model kit. Using parts made of hard ABS plastic and some polycaps, She features a rather...unique stylized design that consists of a human-like female body designed by Ban (ばん!), a designer for very NSFW PVC statues. She comes with two additional pairs of hands and a sword.
- For straight-assembly builders, Windblade features a sheet of foil stickers for detail (notably the wings), though the kit can be panel-lined and touched-up with several panel-lining and paint markers (water/acrylic-based markers are recommended, as alcohol-based markers like Gundam Markers can potentially damage the ABS plastic). If one desires; the kit's pieces, aside from the translucent parts, can be fully coated with spray paints to recreate the finished sample seen in the stock photos.
- After the prototype's reveal, the model kit also generated a fair number of controversies regarding her curvy proportions, notably her well-endowed rear skidplates. The official Facebook and Twitter pages later removed the prototype pics and posted an updated design on their Twitter page in late July 2020.
- Initially set for a November 2021 release, Windblade was delayed to January 2022.
Transformers: Kindergarten Series
- Windblade (2023)
- A childlike nontransformable figurine of Windblade was available as part of Transformers: Kindergarten Series, a crowdfunded blindpackaged toyline available exclusively in China. Windblade's figure was one of the commonly-occurring characters, and depicted her wielding two fans. The figurine included a translucent plastic stand and a small character card.
Transformers Character Card
- Released as part of the eleventh wave of the e-HOBBY exclusive Transformers Character Card series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of Arcee and Windblade along with character profiles and tech specs.
Notes
- Windblade is the first "officially fan-created" Transformer ever, the culmination of Hasbro's "Fan Built Bot" initiative program. Two polls on Hasbro's official website allowed fans to determine her character and physical traits (well, most of her traits - her Japanese motifs weren't an option in the poll and seem to be the work of the design team).
- From April 18th to May 5th, 2013,[4] fans decided her faction (Autobot over Decepticon), alternate mode (jet over car, truck, tank, spaceship, terran beast [land], avian beast [airborne], helicopter, motorcycle, and construction), signature weapon (sword over blaster cannon, flame thrower, mace, spear/harpoon, morning star, Cybertronian taser, nunchucks, crossbow, and long-range blaster), color scheme (red & black over green & gold, blue & silver, orange & white, or purple & bronze) and personality (valiant over sneaky, hotshot, secretive, wild man, and grumpy).[5]
- From May 10th to May 17th, fans voted on name (Windblade over Autobot Eclipse, Charon, Centuritron, Cashtron, Autobot Wraith), gender (female over male), origin (from Kaon over Iacon, Altihex, Kalis, and Praxus) and specialty (telepath over combat medic, bodyguard, recon, and close combat specialist).[6]
- Subsequently, Windblade was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2013, where concept sketches of her (and the piece of finished art to the right) were part of the Transformers brand presentation.
- Some of the concepts that fans voted for were tweaked or outright dropped when Windblade made her official debut. Rather than hailing from Kaon, she originated on the planet Caminus. Instead of being broadly telepathic, Windblade's job was being a cityspeaker for Metroplex.
- Concept sketches at San Diego Comic-Con showed that European knight (with visor, arm shield, and fencing foil-esque sword) and Roman warrior (with twin swords) concepts for Windblade were considered before her Japanese stylings were finalized. A different pre-production sketch gave her a Japanese hand-fan weapon in addition to her sword. Speaking of her Japanese motifs, her finalized helmet was apparently designed to resemble the hairstyle commonly worn by the onna bugeisha, the upper-class warrior-women of feudal Japan.
- At Toy Fair 2014, Windblade was noted as being the handiwork of designer Lenny Panzica, who put "probably five times as much energy" into her as the rest of his workload. A gallery of his work was posted by Hasbro on Facebook.
- Her name works on many levels: "Wind Blade" is a real variety of industrial fan blade; she turns into a jet with VTOL turbofans; Hasbro designers had said they envisioned her coursing more energy into her sword blade through a spinning turbine fan in the hilt; she has a tessen, or iron fan; and, of course, she was the fans' choice character.
- Like all non-toy robot Kreons in the Kre-O manga, Windblade is made from existing Kre-O parts. She uses the Mirage helmet, the Starscream wing-pack and the curved blade first used by Insecticon and Rampage.
- Mairghread Scott, who among other things wrote stories prominently featuring the 2005 IDW continuity iteration of cityspeaker Windblade in The Transformers: Windblade comics along with The Transformers: Till All Are One and wrote or cowrote some of the various comic issues of Combiner Wars, responded to an ask on her tumblr in case of authorial intent that cityspeakers went through both body modification and training to be able to link minds with Titans, and thus in theory could link to each other or any other non-Titan bot with the right 'port', and that such a mental link between such transformers would likely be easier for Windblade since it would not involve the vastness and power of a Titan.[7]
- According to Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #3, Windblade is 26 feet tall and weighs 8 tons.[8]
Foreign names
- Japanese: Windblade (ウインドブレード Uindoburēdo)
- Mandarin: Fēngrèn (China, 风刃, "Windblade")
See also
References
- ↑ Titans Return Titan Force 3-pack bio material/instructions.
- ↑ Dating Profiles
- ↑ Transformers panel with Ben MacCrae, Mark Maher, Evan Brooks, Takio Ejima and Thew Adams at Hasbro Pulse Con 2023.
- ↑ http://investor.hasbro.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=757648
- ↑ http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-fan-built-bot-poll/27089/
- ↑ http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-fan-built-bot-poll-second-round/27272/
- ↑ "Linking to metrotitans is a combination of body modification and training that CitySpeakers go through. So in theory they could also link to each other or any other transformer with the right “port” essentially, for her to hook into. In fact, it would likely be easier for Windblade to navigate a regular Transformer’s mind than one as vast and powerful as a titan."—Mairghread Scott, Tumblr, 2015/08/15
- ↑ For reference, this equals 7.9 metres and 7.3 metric tonnes.
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- IDW (2005) Autobots
- IDW (2019) Autobots
- Kre-O Autobots
- Kreons
- Legends Autobots
- McDonald's exclusives
- Rulers of Cybertron
- Targetmasters
- Titans Return Autobots
- Transformers Roleplaying Game Autobots
- TransTech Autobots