Cyclonus

Cyclonus is one of the two main characters of this AU.

He is a Decepticon from the planet Seibertron.

Personality
Cyclonus is cold and distant, he tends not to care what others do as long as it does not involve or disrupt him. He has a bad habit of dissociating a lot and spending periods of time just lost in his own thoughts, he’s struggling to ‘refind’ himself at the moment. Cyclonus is  very proud  of his race/species and is not above bragging about Decepticon achievements, even though it’s currently the Decepticons fault he is currently travelling around space. He has his own moral code that he follows and feels regret for things he has done, Cyclonus is doing his best to reconnect to life. He can be calm and calculating but during fights can be prone to explosive rage originating from conflicting feelings.

Pre-Gavin/Pre-AU's beginning
Hatched to two loving mothers, there was nothing out-of-the-ordinary about this nymph. At just under a year old his mothers were unfortunately relocated due to a landslide that had been provoked during a confrontation with the Autobots. It was during this relocation that a juvenile Cyclonus was the one who noticed another Nymph hiding in an alcove amongst the rubble, the unfortunately orphaned Nymph was adopted into the family getting the name “ Scourge ”.

The two brothers grew up close, getting into many typical troubles and adventures younglings often do, be that falling out of trees, or wandering out too far and fighting off small wild animals.

From a young age Cyclonus was very proud and protective of his planet, deciding to join the military to further protect it, a choice supported by his parents. One his brother also joined him in this decision.

His mothers eventually had another child, and while gladly being around to help with their infant sibling, both Scourge and Cyclonus felt this the time to fully join the military, in a sense allowing their parents to devote most of their time to baby “ Armada ”.

Cyclonus was well-received in the army, the young teen built up fast and displayed intense loyalty to the Decepticons.

Through physical strength and great tactical skills he was quickly put in charge of his own squad, a squad that quickly grew.

He was given command of his own high-tech four-man fighter ship, of which he used to great effect becoming well known amongst Autobots for his prowess.

He lost a few troops for his decision to let Ultra Magnus live during a fight, he claimed that felt the Autobot should die a honorable death rather than a cowardly one, a death he wanted to deliver himself.

This act lead to his downfall in a way.

His desire for a strictly-honorable fight where he could feel accomplished in bludgeoning his opponents to death or impaling them on the many pieces of weaponry he collected and practised wielding brought him to a slowly terrible realization.

Despite his intense loyalty, strength and military prowess bringing him to a point where he was almost among Megatrons top-five Decepticons he noticed that few other Decepticons felt the same way.

Many Decepticons used the fighting and various other struggles going on as an excuse to behave… like animals.

Feeling depressed and suddenly quite detached at noticing his fellow Decepticons dumb brutish actions and selfish dealings he slipped away in the dead of night and took his ship with him.

After fleeing so very far away Cyclonus was at a loss of what to do with himself.

He was raised a military Seibertronian, with a passion for honorable fights regardless of if they ended in death or not.

Feeling like there was little else to do he began offering his services to people as a hired killer, bodyguard, whatever those who had the money needed.

He admits some of his actions post-leave were terrible and speaks little of what he did.

He feels some pleasure in being a bounty hunter and taking down dishonorable people regardless of their crimes, and usually (he hopes) taking the bounty whether the prisoner is alive or dead.

Current/AU-ongoing
It might be best if you just read it for yourself.

Trivia

 * Roger C. Carmel was his VA in the original 1984 cartoon.


 * He is fluent in both Autobot and Decepticon dialect. However, he is also fluent in the ancient Primal Vernacular, a near-dead language that both Autobot and Decepticon tongue descended from, with only two other known fluent speakers (shame those two are both Autobots)
 * Vortex once tried to woo him but lost spectacularly in the traditional fight to woo a mate and promptly never bothered again.
 * He collects glass figures, admiring their fragility and beauty.
 * He can secrete a pinkish-purple substance from his small arms, this is a vestigial/dying gene in his species but he uses it as a mark to essentially sign his name.
 * He enjoys chewing on bones (and eating the bone marrow) as a snack/treat.
 * Cyclonus for some reason particularly loves three odd Earth animals, the Platypus, Cow and Manatee.
 * Likes humming and signing to himself in Primal Vernacular.
 * His blood is a shade of purple, a rare thing for his species.
 * Is the only known Seibertronian to survive a Sparkeater attack.
 * In the future he gets a pet cow named “Sugar Pumpkin Sprinklepants” He did not name it.
 * Rubbing the corner of his lower jaw is like rubbing the “sweet spot” on a cat or dog, he enjoys it and will purr.
 * The smell of baked goods, such as cake, makes him homesick.