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Breakdown: Deathsaurus

HELLO THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME ABOUT MY WIFE.

How I feel about this character: He's one of my favorite Transformers actually. I love his cheeky attitude in Victory, his protection of his people and his human son Solon (and his fear of caterpillars for some reason) in the Victory manga, and his strong leadership and advocacy for his troops in MTMTE.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Esmeral, of course. I'd love to see more people talk about her and her dynamics, both as an individual character and alongside Deathsaurus. I do think that the slight homoerotic beef going on between him and Star Saber is funny tho.

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Star Saber. Their rivalry is extensive, beginning before the war. In my AU, Star Saber was the head of the Elite Guard during Sentinel's primacy. Sentinel was an avid hunter, and he was not shy about it either. He ended up crossing a major line when he decided to bring the guard with him to Kalis on a hunting mission. It had always been an aspiration of his to kill a Predacon and add the beast to his trophy case. Star Saber did question the importance of it, to which Sentinel reassured him that it was well worth their time as Predacons are considered a dangerous species that poses a major threat to Cybertronian lives. It was at this time that Deathsaurus was the new young leader of his tribe. They ended up slaughtering most of Deathsaurus's tribe mercilessly, and ever since Deathsaurus hated anyone from the guard. Once Sentinel was dead, his hatred turned to Star Saber, who had enlisted in the Autobot ranks and became on of the Prime's generals. Deathsaurus's grudge turned personal when Star Saber imprisoned his fortress in the Dark Nebula. He didn't know it until much later, but Star Saber had just stranded over half of Deathsaurus's forces, including his wife, taking the only family he had left. To him, Star Saber had taken everything he'd held dear once again, and he was determined to make him pay for all the destruction and misery he brought.

My unpopular opinion about this character: He should be recognized as part of the Predacon species, like the ones in TFP. His alt mode is a Kaiju, which is a big monster not specifically like a dragon, but there are types that are very dragon-like. I want there to be Predacon tribes on Cybertron that persisted after the Great Cataclysm, and for them to have their own cultures. Because of his striking similarity to Onyx Prime, I'd like to think his tribe was the remains of Onyx's empire in Kalis, which is now mostly uninhabited by Cybertronians due to it being considered too dangerous. There's a larger population of Predacons there, and the lack of Cybertronian civilization had the city nicknamed the City of the Dead. I think it's fitting for Deathsaurus since he was from a place called the Death Zone in Victory. I have more thoughts on Esmeral's tribe as well, so feel free to let me know if you're curious.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: His wife wasn't in the Victory cartoon, nor was she in the MTMTE comic. Esmeral needs more love, and an updated design. I would also like to see more backstory with the rivalry between Star Saber and Deathsaurus. According to Ask Vector Prime, they have known each other since childhood and have always had beef. Their parents knew each other, and I would like to see someone take the ideas of Terrorsaurer and Galaxy Saber (their respective parents) and make some canon or fanon media around them. I also wanted some more collaborative shenanigans between Deathsaurus, Tarn, and Overlord. People make such funny interpretations of their reluctant alliance that I really want to see it now.

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[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, can you tell me about Esmeral, Deathsaurus's wife? What's her history?

Dear Spousal Scientist,

Some say that behind every great mech is a great conjunx, and Esmeral certainly embodies that maxim. A graduate of the Darkmount Military Academy, Esmeral met Deathsaurus during the conquest of Probat, and they have made a formidable pair ever since. 

Though certainly skilled in combat, Esmeral's true power was her mastery of espionage, diplomacy and strategy. Many an Autobot peace envoy would make their way to an alien world, only to find its government already suspicious of Autobots and on the take of the Decepticons, all by her hand. She plotted courses through eldritch regions of space, hiding Decepticon factories in gravity pockets and minefields, far from the eyes of scouts. At the height of her tenure as Empress of Destruction, she was known as the "Jewel in the Fortress' Heart" by the rank and file. 

Indeed, her cunning was matched only by, incredibly, her genuine love for her fellow Decepticon and her husband Deathsaurus. Her kindness gave him the strength he needed to match Star Saber, and perhaps rubbed off on him, given his adoption of the human Solon Kitakaze, upon whom she dotes to this day. Even I must commend this trait; in the present day, she has become a sterling councillor of the Cybertron Alliance, quick to offer reparations and among the first to notice the plight of the Selectors.

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Deathsaurus and Solon.

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How did Nickel and Deathsaurus get their hands on combiner technology?

Dear Gestalt Goon,

During the early days of post-war Cybertron, Swindle made a number of unscrupulous deals with members of all factions, as part of his plan to obtain enough resources to weather the approaching storm of Decepticon leadership competition. One such sale was a long-distance data transfer to the Decepticon warlord Deathsaurus, who had decided to ignore the great summons home and eke out a prosperous life as leader of his Warworld. This data transfer contained, among other things, all Swindle knew about the combiner process, developed during his time on Earth. Another bidder for this data was Hellbat, whose leader Gigatron had a plan to combine himself with his own space fortress. Perhaps thankfully, Swindle did not accept stone relics as currency.

Though Deathsaurus and his scientists were resourceful, they were unable to get satisfactory results, their best try resulting in the permanent merger of the diminutive warrior Solon with his King-class exo-suit. This changed when Nickel joined the group following the grim end of the Decepticon Justice Division. With her expertise in body augmentations, she was able to bond together the tight-knit Destron strikeforce into a new combiner: Liokaiser. The excellent morale and corp d’esprit aboard the Warworld left Liokaiser surprisingly intelligent and capable, though I believe withdrawal symptoms left one member, Deathcobra, feeling rather blue.

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"Solon Kitakaze is the adopted son of Decepticon leader Deathsaurus. As such, he is perhaps best known for his rivalry with his opposite number, Jean Minakaze, the adopted son of the Autobot leader Star Saber."