Before the Great War, Orion Pax was a library archivist in the city of Iacon. As societal unrest on Cybertron grew, Pax would find himself following the works of the miner-turned-revolutionary Megatron. Corresponding with him, Pax’s own ideas would shift and transform, as would Megatron’s.
The pair would meet before the Cybertronian council, and while they dismissed Megatron’s ideals, Orion Pax spoke to their sparks. It was decided by them that Orion Pax would become a Prime, but he rejected the role. Betrayed regardless, Megatron would put his ideals to action, and the Great War began.
Orion Pax would enlist as a soldier, fighting side by side with his fellow Autobots. It would take until the death of his predecessor, Vector Prime, for Orion Pax to accept his duty and responsibilities as Prime. He would accept the Matrix of Leadership, and awaken as Optimus Prime.
As Prime, he would lead the Autobots in their war against the Decepticons, and when it was discovered that the war had killed their planet, Optimus ordered the Autobots to evacuate Cybertron.
Chased by the Decepticons, Optimus and his Autobots would crash land on Earth, where Optimus Prime continues to lead the Autobots in their war against the Decepticons, all the while taking great pains to keep as many as he can alive.
Though this war has been long and costly, Optimus Prime believes that it will come to an end one day, and will fight on until all are one.
STATS
AGE: 7,000,000
BIRTHDAY: UNKNOWN
HEIGHT: 38'
HAIR COLOR: NA
EYE COLOR: BLUE
GENDER: MALE-PRESENTING
PRONOUNS: HE/HIM
SEXUALITY: ASEXUAL/PANROMANTIC
ALIGNMENT: LAWFUL GOOD
CANON
[Optimus Prime is canon-divorced and almost entirely headcanon based, with elements being taken from Skybound’s Energon Universe; the IDW2005 Continuity; and the Aligned Continuity; with minor elements taken from the Unicron Trilogy and the Knightverse]
THE FALL
The war between the Autobots and the Decepticons rages on the planet Cybertron. But Cybertron is dying. All the fighting has taken its toll on the planet, and it can no longer sustain life. Optimus Prime and the Autobots are preparing an evacuation from Cybertron. However, the death of their planet will not stop the war from being waged, and Megatron's forces want nothing more than to see the Autobots die with Cybertron.
PAX
The war is over, and now it is time to rebuild Cybertronian society, both as a planet and as a people. Relinquishing both the Matrix of Leadership and his title of Prime, Orion Pax takes part in the postwar government, doing his best to create and advocate for a new Cybertron, one which will never know firsthand the injustices which lead to the Great War. But while the war is over, newfound troubles emerge in this peacetime period, both external and internal…