Category:Quintesson

The Quintessons once controlled one of the most powerful empires to span the stars. In recent millennia, however, their power has dwindled as individual races have broken free from their stranglehold. The Quintessons have lost nearly all of their power, but many races remember their legendary Empire and fear their return to the galactic stage.

In 2017, after a failed Quintesson invasion of Cybertron, the Decepticons launched a counterattack against Quintessa. The planet was destroyed and the Quintessons scattered. Another Quintesson occupation of Cybertron was thwarted by the Cybertronians in 2019. There are only two remaining powerful Quintesson figures: Astracius and Exterminatius.

A common belief is that all Quintessons are evil. This is inaccurate as most are merely loyal to their empire and their own version of justice. The current Quintesson Empire is constantly making efforts to retake Cybertron and capture its former slaves, the Transformers. Trading agreements with various other species have provided the Quintessons with another means of increasing their influence.

More recently, while losing Trokius in battle with the Junkion cityformer Cinaplex, the Jukions gained a new homeworld, Neocron. Thereafter they were not heard from or seen till a series of incidents made it clear this ancient race are still a threat.

Quintessons generally resemble an upside-down teardrop with three to five 'faces' facing outwards. Typically, those with five heads are more respected. Quintessons have uneasy relations with most other races, as many were victims of their old Empire.