Alyon

Alyonis an uninhabited region ofCybertronknown for being home to ahot spot,an area where newsparksare born.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

Four million years ago, a hot spot shaped like a handprint lit up unexpectedly in Alyon. Fearing that its shape would be seen as the hand ofPrimusand proof of his existence, in turn strengthening the influence of the religiousFunctionist Council,theSenatekept the hot spot's existence secret and began to experiment on the sparks by showering them with radiation.Orion Paxlearned of this and took a group ofoutliersto Alyon to defend the hot spot, successfully stopping the Senate's plot and safely harvesting the sparks.All Our Parlous Yesterdays

FollowingVector Sigma's "resetting" of Cybertron in the modern day, the Alyon hot spot lit up a second time and was discovered byBludgeon,who began running twisted experiments with the newborn sparks andTrypticon's corruptedenergon.Unaware of this,Strafe,Swift,andBarricadesimultaneously hatched a plan to plant a truckload ofCamiensparks in the Alyon hot spot, finding Cybertron's soil more suited for nurturing sparks than the barren Caminus. While the sparks were destroyed by Bludgeon en route, Strafe, Swift, and theDinobotsdiscovered that the hot spot was already active and defeated the Decepticon, saving the sparks from his experiments.Redemption

The hot spot was brought to the attention ofStarscream,who kept its existence secret and posted guards there until the time was right to harvest the sparks. A few months later, Bludgeon returned to Alyon, slew the guards and stole the sparks away toTrypticon.Salvation

When the Cybertron from theFunctionist Universethreatened the primary universe, the crew of theLost Lightrealized that they needed to use twelveMatrixeson the planet's twelve hot spots in order to destroy theFunctionist Counciland stop their onslaught.Riptide,Nickel,andFulcrumheaded to Alyon, where they were met with resistance from the Functionists' forces. After a rousing speech fromRodimus,Riptide was able to open his Matrix, sending its energies toVector Sigmaand obliterating the Functionist Council.A Spark Among Embers