Optimus Prime (G1)

Optimus Prime is the heroic leader of the Autobots, and a sentient robot from the planet Cybertron. While he became a famed warrior, he started life as the simple dock worker named Orion Pax. Orion was content in life, he had a good job and a loving girlfriend- Ariel. When the Cybertronian Civil War broke out tragedy struck, and the brutal leader of the Decepticons, a warlord named Megatron, destroyed both Pax and his girlfriend. The mysterious Alpha Trion rebuilt Orion Pax as Optimus Prime, and he began to lead other Cybertronians against Megatron- the Autobots. After a massive battle between Optimus and Megatron and their personal squads resulted in everyone going offline, they began to drift through the stars, and woke once more on the small blue planet known as Earth, four million years after the fight. 21 years after their reawakening, in 2005, the Decepticons launched an attack on Autobot City. Optimus Prime and Megatron engaged in one-on-one combat, and Optimus took the upper hand. He almost killed Megatron once and for all, but the intervention of the Autobot Hot Rod allowed the Decepticon to gain the upper hand, fataly wounding his heroic rival. Prime survived long enough to see the Decepticons chased out of Autobot City, and to pass the ancient symbol of Autobot authority, the Matrix of Leadership, down to his successor, Ultra Magnus. Prime was instantly spotable on the battlefield, wielding his iconic Energon Axe and his powerful and fast Ion Blaster.