Human Form
Quintessa is a mysterious and powerful space sorceress and one of the two main antagonists (alongside Megatron) of Transformers: The Last Knight. As the self-described "Prime of Life", she created the Cybertronian Race, Optimus Prime, and the Infernocons and considers Cybertron to be hers to command.
History[]
Transformers: The Last Knight []
A Millennia ago, Quintessa had a guard force of twelve knights known as the Knights of Iacon. They eventually betrayed her, and stole the Staff of Power from her, and took it with them to Earth, the planet formed around Unicron, before hiding it there.
Quintessa remained hidden for the following millennia, until Cybertron was devastated and collapsed in on itself following the Battle of Chicago in Dark of the Moon. Eventually, Cybertron began to move towards Earth, being hidden by the Sun, while she repaired it using her powers and created the Infernocons to assist her in the reconstruction process.
Depending on whether or not Quintessa's affirmation that she is the creator of the Cybertronian species is true, she would have contracted Lockdown to hunt down, capture and retrieve her Knights and Optimus Prime to her, so that she could hypnotize them into helping her rebuild Cybertron and destroy Earth. At some point after Lockdown's demise, Quintessa met with Galvatron and rebuilt him as Megatron, with a new body resembling a Dark Knight, and put him under her thrall.
Optimus Prime went into space to search for his makers, and after entering stasis lock and left adrift in space, came across the traveling Cybertron. There, he found Quintessa. She declared herself the "Prime of Life", and the god of the Transformers. As Optimus attempted to attack her, she quickly disarmed and detained him. After having Infernocus immobilize Optimus and using her magic to put the Prime into a state of trance, she explained her history with the Knights and reprogrammed Optimus to serve her as Nemesis Prime. She explained him that Earth was, in fact, Unicron, before sending him on a mission to retrieve her Staff.
Quintessa transported Cybertron to Earth and met with Megatron and his Decepticons. Though Nemesis Prime had been reverted back to Optimus, Megatron managed to retrieve the Staff from him, and delivered it to Quintessa. She then used it to channel her powers, draining Unicron's life force and Earth's geothermal energy, and using it to heal Cybertron.
The Autobots and the military hasted to stop Quintessa's, plan. Optimus, Hound, Hot Rod, Crosshairs, Drift and Bumblebee all made their way into Quintessa's chamber along with Cade Yeager and Viviane Wembly, the latter of which being the only human capable of wielding Quintessa's Staff and its magic. Megatron failing to stop them, Optimus confronted Quintessa, and though the sorceress managed to immobilize him, Bumblebee attacked her from the back, shooting her, seemingly, to her death. After that, Viviane removed the Staff, stopping Cybertron's healing before it destroyed Earth, but not before the planet was made inhabitable again, prompting the Autobots and Decepticons to return home.
Unbeknownst to all, Quintessa survived and remained alive on Earth, using holographic cloaking to disguise herself as a human female. She approached the archaeological research site around one of Unicron's horns, and made contact with one of the workers. She advised him not to touch the horn, for "he wouldn't like it". When the worker expressed confusion on who she was talking about, she explained it was Unicron, and that she could show him how to kill the being.
Abilities[]
- Energy Projection: Quintessa could fire balls and bolts of electrical energy into her opponents. She used this to stun Optimus Prime when they first met, and would do the same again to immobilize him during their final showdown.
- Energy Channeling: Using her Staff of Power, Quintessa directly channeled energy from Earth's core to Cybertron.
- Levitation: At all times except when in her human form, Quintessa is seen hovering in air.
- Telekinesis: Quintessa can move objects with her mind. She used this to restrain Optimus Prime when they met.
- Hypnosis: Quintessa's sorcery enables her to put Cybertronians under a mental thrall in which she can reprogram them, making them obedient to her.
- Minion Transfiguring: Holding the power of creation, Quintessa is able to alter the phisiology of Cybertronians to her liking, as she did when reverting Galvatron back to his Megatron form, using her Guardian Knights as inspiration for his new design.
- Holographic camouflage: While stranded on Earth, she used holograms to cloak herself as a human.
Relationships[]
Minions[]
- Infernocons
- Knights of Iacon (formerly)
- Lockdown (by contract)
- Nemesis Prime (brainwashed Optimus Prime; formerly)
- Decepticons (formerly)
Enemies[]
Gallery[]
To see more images go to: Quintessa/Gallery
Trivia[]
- In the Generation 1 continuity family, Quintessa was the home planet of the Quintesson species.
- Quintessa has similarities with Quintus Prime, the creator of the Quintesson race from the Aligned continuity family.
- *The Knights of Iacon address Quintessa as "The Great Deceiver", implying she lies about being the Prime of Life.
- she's not a prime because her rank is creator of the cybertronian race.