Prowl

Prowl's History

Before the war, Prowl and Chromedome served under Orion Pax as members of Senate security. When ordered to crack down on Megatron's anti-empurata protests, Prowl made the mistake of insulting Megatron and his fellow Decepticons and got thrown aside by the Decepticon leader as a result. When Jetfire presented his findings on Titans to Orion Pax and his inner cadre of trusted associates, Prowl and Bumblebee caught Starscream spying on them and hauled him in front of Orion. When it became clear that Starscream would sabotage his own research to prevent the knowledge from falling into Autobot hands, Prowl and Chromedome chased him out to Metroplex's dig site but arrived too late to stop him from permanently scrambling the data files he and Jetfire had uncovered.

During the war, Prowl followed Orion Pax, now Optimus Prime, and the other Autobots to Earth. Although he took part in the final battle of the war—a conflict that ended with the Autobots triumphant, Megatron felled, the Earth pillaged, and the broken remnants of the Decepticons in retreat— it became clear that Prowl had not survived the war unscathed; according to Optimus, the war had broken something in him that couldn't be repaired. Soon after their return to Cybertron, Prowl began planning against their leader; although Goldbug quickly realized what Prowl was up to, Optimus, confident that he could deal with whatever Prowl was planning, ignored his warnings. Soon enough, Prowl was able to play on Goldbug's frustration and convince him to support his upcoming coup.

Their mutiny was only partially successful; although a number of Autobots supported them, Goldbug was unable to kill Optimus and retreated to Gold City to rebuild his powerbase. After a subsequent falling-out with Goldbug, Prowl took control over one-third of Cybertron and developed a reputation as the most fearsome of the three Autobot warlords. Blurr described Prowl's territory as a place where "everyone was on the menu".