#kf lore

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The seekers have wyverns, skyfire has his flying contraption, whirl has wet fart, and the triple changers have the possibility of magical mutations/shapeshifting (some of the curse variety?) etc; what kind of curses? Are they exclusively for triplechangers? Are there instances where someone who, outside of kf, has a flying alt mode that, in kf, have been cursed with some form of magical mishap but are unable to leave that form? Sorry this is a lot of words and probably confusing as fuck I just really like your au ajdnsjdbsnjr

alright alright, so! lets go point by point

what kind of curses: In the media i've seen and paid the most attention to (TFA) triple changers are experiments for the purpose of war. Much like combiners in KF, triple changers are people who were experimented on using black magic to warp their physical form to be able to change their shape.

are they exclusively for triple changers: no! as mentioned above, there are a bunch of different black magic curses that do plenty of different things, most notably being combiners, who's souls are bound together with black magic. In addition, Cyclonus is cursed to be a revenant or undead knight using black magic, and Tarn's body has been warped and mutated multiple times using black magic (hence how he got from an average sized elf to a massive mountain folk sized monster).

is there someone that's cursed to stay in a magical form: yes! its ratbat.

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When it comes to KF! Sunstorm's lore, what does our insane lamp priest preach to his fellow followers? (If I have this right) is it still Primus in this universe still?

the church of primus IS still in this universe!! It sorta got mashed up with the senate to create a deliciously corrupt combo of church and state, just like in the middle ages!!! yay!

mostly sunstorm preaches about living a life free of sin and being a good and noble follower of primus by devoting your life to divine labour, and by cleansing yourself of sin via punishment, confession, and constant shame <3

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So, what kinda environments exist in the Cybertronian Continent(?) in Knightformers? Is it loosely based around general ‘Fantasy area here’ or are there real word inspiration?

Like— is the Fae Wild based around Maine and Canada’s woods due to how lush they are and cooler temperatures? What kind of Architecture is most common within the region— is it loosely based on German, seeing as that seems to be one of the most common in Fantasy???

oooh this is a great question!! personally i've always pictured knightformers in that sorta pseudo-european range of generic fantasy, HOWEVER I have more thoughts about the architecture of some places over others. For instance, I imagine iacon to be more french gothic inspired architecture, like, almost verging on renaissance due to the big rebuilding and revitalizing push sponsored not only by the current government but the church.

for nyon, it picture it a little older, more outdated, sort of germanic or northern french, sort of alpine in places. Kaon and what remains of tarn would slip more into that Russo-scandanavian area of architecture, lots of very insulated wooden structures, with a smattering of keeps and strongholds.

Vos specifically is where it gets more interesting, because i picture it almost mediteranean, being on the seaboard, I can picture lots of tile and open air villas. Same for caminus as well, lots of stucco and mosaic.

as for the isle of junk, I almost picture them as inuit or mongolian or siberian and saami inspired, very nomadic.

god, if I could, I'd write about this stupid setting forever. alas, i would be obliterated. siiiigh.

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Question, do you have any lore or information on the Island of Junk and the relationship between the island and the residents as well as any outsiders who’ve heard of it, been there, or now live there? (I’m making lore for my oc that I’m working on)

okay so i can't speak to relationships amongs the junkions, but! basically the isle of junk is a big mountainous island full of ruins and shipwrecks and of course junk leftover from various ancient civilizations. The junkions themselves are almost all a type of incredibly large mountain folk, who are genetically the same as regular mountain folk except for the fact theyre on average about a foot taller than normal mountain folk.

the junkions came into contact the alliance of cybertron during the war, when hot rod and co crashed on their shores after a naval battle. they allied with them to help out and win another great battle, were invited to join the alliance of cybertron and aid in the fight, and promptly got lost for several years in the faewild trying to get to the fight and help out.

nowadays, they've got trade routes set up with nyon and iacon, with another route's terms being decided between them and kaon, and their borders are open to whoever, though life up there can be quite harsh, as they are VERY mountainous, and VERY cold.

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i see optiratch a lot in your kf au and i love them very much… any place for megop there or is the divide too great?

Oh god yeah, megop is absolutely there- LISTEN- this is MY blog, and MY au, and it has no canon set storyline, just ships i like drawing and ships people request, the world is your oyster.

Im also a multishipper, i like LOTS of different things, so id be stupid if i said there was only a specific ship that could work. So yes, Megop is absolutely there.

some facts about the au in relation to megop just for you!

megatron and optimus met each other when optimus was in college to become a scholar while working as a knight's squire, and megatron was a miner. They would spend time together reading optimus' study material while megatron was off shift

megatron partially learned how to swordfight from optimus sparring with him to practice

following the war, optimus specifically pulled strings with his connections to get megatron placed under house arrest with Rodimus instead of having him be executed (i was going to make a lore comic about that exchange with rodimus, i probably still will eventually)

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KF-related question: Is the name for the collective land as a whole still "Cybertron"? Or did you have a different name in mind?

it's known formally as The alliance of Cybertron, because its a bunch of provinces/states with their own rulers allied together to make a greater collective! but casually, they call it Cybertron, in the same way people call the united states of america America.

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I don’t know drift’s lore very well beyond the overall happenings but isn’t the sword(s) sentient? Or Wing’s sword specifically? Could totally see the curse coming from there, even if he’d change by the time of Wing’s death could be the sword lashing out for someone not-Wing wielding it.

I love cursed sentient swords.

yea so ive been staring at this ask in my inbox for a while now

i'm gonna expand on this later but i really like this idea a lot

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*taps mic and pulls a note book and pen*Alright I have just a couple of questions for research purposes…of course

How did Ratchet meet Drift? Is it the same in mtmte that he leaves to bring him back? Also how did Drift and Rodimus meet?

I apologize (not really) for the dum idiots I am going to make Ratchet and Rodimus become with miscommunication come August. 🫡

Ratchet and Drift met while Drift was addicted to (insert magical drug name here) and was overdosing, just like their story in mtmte! he saved him, and sent him on his way hoping for the best (the best did not happen, as we all know)

Drift met Rodimus after being trained and redeemed by Wing, on his way out of the sequestered abbey he was being trained at and on his way to iacon to attempt to switch sides, he got lost in northern Nyon during a blizzard and was starting to freeze to death when he was found by Rodimus who was on a scouting mission at the time. He found drift unconscious in the snow and thought he was an autobot, and so dragged him back to the nearest autobot outpost to be healed. Because of this, Drift owes rodimus a life debt, which is why theyre so inseparable