Staff of Merlin

A device of great power originally owned byQuintessato wield control over the planetCybertron,the artifact later became known as theStaff of Merlin.The Staff was a device created long ago, its original owner Quintessa could use it to literally drain the "Life Force"of other worlds into Cybertron. The Staff can be bonded to a particular being, and so at that point could only be used by that person, or someone of that bloodline. The Staff possess a myriad of other abilities, giving its user the ability to wield advanced science beyond the comprehension of" primitive "beings. Befitting an artifact of Cybertronian origin, it is capable of mass-shifting to accommodate its wielders and disguise its true appearance.

Fiction

The Last Knightfilm

In the distant past, the Staff belonged toQuintessa,the alleged creator of theCybertronianrace who used it to enhance her creation abilities. Upon rebelling against Quintessa, the TwelveGuardian Knightsof Iacon stole the Staff and took it with them as they fledCybertron.By the Fifth Century C.E., the Knights had landed onEarthwhere their existence would be kept secret by the "wizard"Merlin.However in the year 484, an invasion ofCamelotbySaxoninvaders had led toKing Arthurrequesting Merlin's help to win the battle. Merlin's pleas to the Knights, would help the Knights decide that humanity was worthy of survival withStormreigngranting ownership of the Staff to Merlin, the artifact bonding to his genetic code.

AfterDragonstormdefeated the Saxons, Merlin would use the Staff's abilities in future battles. The young human race however perceived the Staff's powers as beingmagicalin nature and inspiring the legend of the "Staff of Merlin". When Merlin died, the Staff was buried with him with hissarcophagusbeing placed inside theKnights' Ship,at the bottom of theAtlantic Ocean.

In the 21st Century however,a knightcrashed landed inChicago,carrying theTalismanwith him. The device ended up bonding toCade Yeagerwhich brought him to the attention of theOrder of the Witwiccans.SirEdmund Burton(viaCogmanandHot Rodrespectively) sent for Yeager andViviane Wembly,the last living descendent of Merlin, for their aid in tracking down and securing the Staff to spare Earth from destruction at the hand of the oncoming Cybertron.

Concurrently,Optimus Primehad returned to Cybertron where he was confronted by, and placed under the control of, Quintessa. Showing Prime theignition chamber,the sorceress explained the history and purpose of the Staff as well as its necessity in reviving Cybertron. Brainwashing Optimus into "Nemesis Prime", Quintessa revealed that Earth was in reality the slumbering form ofUnicronand that with the Staff, she would be able to drain the life from him and restore Cybertron before she sent him back to Earth to find it.

Viviane and Cade eventually tracked down the Knights' ship and found the Staff disguised as an inconspicuous piece of wood which Cade angrily grabbed and chucked aside. When theTRF,broke into the ship however and slewSkullitron,Viviane touched the staff in the resulting chaos causing it to shed its holographic disguise and reveal its true Cybertronian nature, an event which Quintessa felt. In a standoff, Viviane threatened to let the Staff fall into the bowels of the ship lest the TRF stood down before more Guardian Knights rebooted to try and secure the Staff. The Knights were quickly dispatched by Nemesis Prime who demanded the Staff, which a terrified Viviane handed over at Cade's behest.

Bumblebee,William Lennox,and Cade followed Nemesis to the surface where the former was able to coax Optimus free of his mind control. In his disoriented state however, he was an easy target forMegatronandNitro Zeuswho promptly stole the Staff and flew off to Cybertron.

Megatron brought the Staff to Quintessa to begin the process. The Staff channeled Unicron's energies through the Knights' ship and itself which Quintessa then transmitted across Cybertron, healing the planet. Though the Decepticons fought to defend the chamber, the Autobots managed to enter where Viviane managed to remove the Staff from its resting place after Bumblebee had seemingly slain Quintessa.

In the aftermath, the Staff was in Optimus Prime's possession as the Autobots prepared to return to Cybertron.The Last Knight

Notes

• The Latin scribed on the staff reads: "MEO TANTUM SANGUINE CAELUM APERTUM ET VINCULUM EST INTER VIRUM ET APPARATUS COMMO".
• The Gaelic scribed on the staff reads: "mhàin bho m' fhuil urrainn na neamhan fhosgladh, agus an ceangal eadar fear agus machine bhith chruthaich fèin-rithist".
• The text on the staff using an Alpha bet byBen Procterhas yet to be translated.

External links

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