Ravenus

Ravenus is anAutobotfrom theLegends of the Micronsportion of theUnicron Trilogy.

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Ravenus(ラヴィナスRavinasu) is an Autobot who succumbed to addiction toMini-ConPowerlinxenergy. Captured by agents ofUnicron,he was further warped and mutated, his mind decaying until he became little more than a slavering beast that Unicron's minions used as a tool.

Even before he was corrupted, it seems Ravenus had little in the way of brainpower.

Fiction

Linkage

Ravenus was brought toEarthbySidewaysin a metal "egg" and put in the care of theSpeed Chaser Teamfor their use in disrupting the plans of a batch of free Mini-Cons who were trying to unlock theMaster Key,which would break the bonds that tied them to their creator Unicron.Linkage Part 8With their location in the Hawaiian Islands found out by theAqua Raider Team,the Speed Chasers arrived and unleashed the beast.Linkage Part 9

Me look familiar. Where me seen me before?

Ravenus's Powerlinx command was greatly enhanced, so that it triggered theServility Programswithin any Mini-Con within earshot, forcing them against their will to Powerlinx with him.ServoandTwirlwere force-linked to him, butStella Holleymanaged to get toFlat-OutandFalciafirst, allowing them to Powerlinx with her car and convert it to a fighting mech. Using Falcia's claw-weapon mode, they were able to rend one of Ravenus's arm-mounted Powerlinx plugs, freeing Servo, but Ravenus needed only one Mini-Con, and he retreated with Twirl.Linkage Part 10

He carried theDoomstoneinside him, and the powerful, dark energies of that gem would be channeled through the Powerlinx into Twirl, who was connected to the Mini-Cons'Linkagesoul-dimension. This would utterly destroy the Linkage, and with it gone, the Mini-Cons' minds and free wills would similarly cease to exist. The newly upgradedRedlinegave chase, but Ravenus began to release the Doomstone's energies... untilKingboltarrived and tore Twirl free, interrupting the process. He and Redline prepared to destroy Ravenus, but Twirl begged them not to, having found out through the Powerlinx that he was anAutobotunder that warped exterior, and she pleaded with her friends to help him.Linkage Part 11The upgraded Mini-Cons, now growing in number as the Master Key spread to all "free" Mini-Cons through the Linkage, used their new powers to reverse the mutations and return Ravenus to his original form, as well as safely remove the Doomstone from his body.Linkage Part 12

When the Mini-Cons of Earth rejoined the Autobot forces on their way toCybertron,Ravenus went with them and fought against the hordes ofDead End dronesin order to atone for his time as one of the Chaos-Bringer's minions. Even though Twirl underwent the upgrade that broke the Servility Program bonds, she seemed to remain close to Ravenus, and the two fought side by side.Linkage Part 13

Notes

• No toy of Ravenus was ever produced, though both of his forms were based on existing toys. His "mutant" form uses theArmadaTerrorsaurtoy as a model, in varying shades of black, deep green, and tan. His model also makes use of theretooledthruster-portion found onBeast MachinesTerranotron(but notArmadaTerrorsaur) that puts aspark crystalin that area; this crystal being the location of the Doomstone in his body. His pre-mutation Autobot form is based on theDiaclonecoloration of the toy that would becomeGeneration 1Swoop,following theArmadacartoon's tradition of using character models from previous series as extras.
• Linkage author/illustratorHirofumi Ichikawahad proposed that Takara make a Ravenus toy as a special mail-away premium, perhaps with proof-of-purchase of the entireLegends of the MicronsDVD series, but the proposal never went beyond that stage.
• According to Mr. Ichikawa, Ravenus isnotintended to be an "alternate"Unicron Trilogyincarnation of Generation 1 Swoop. He is also unrelated to theEnergoncharacterSwoop,as even before he was mutated, his name was "Ravenus" and continues to be so even after he is restored to his original form.