Soundsplitter!

So we've got some main cast characters, but what's the threat? Where's the drama? Well, my dear reader that threat is none other than Shockwave's sparkling named Malware. Before the events of Woken Sparks, Shockwave created an assistant/son to take over his work once his spark is extinguished because of some big event that I don't really have an idea for yet.

Malware acts a lot like his sire/creator, cold and emotionless while also being very focused on his experiments. He's like Cyn from Murder Drones and Ultron from Marvel. Malware isn't alone of course, he has his own allies which consist of Starscream's son named Quasartide, and Airachnid's son named Jumpweaver.

Quasartide is a bit of a jokester, always smiling and having a great time even if he's in the middle of battle. He literally cannot stop smiling because his mouthplate won't allow him to frown or show any emotion thanks to Malware who created him using some parts from Starscream's offlined frame.

Jumpweaver (whose name I'm still kind of working on but might keep) is sarcastic and judgmental, if he doesn't like a certain bot, he lets them know even if it's a bad idea. He enjoys drinking energon wine, but thanks to the Dark Energon in his system thanks to his mother, he doesn't get drunk so he drinks it just for the taste and the aesthetic. Malware also kind of made him an Insecticon so he could control the bug/Terrorcon bots, so Jumpweaver is a zombie bug. :)

First off is Cyra, though she is the head of the High Council and can be rather intimidating because she resembles her sire Megatron so much, she is actually the sweetest bot ever and is an excellent teacher/friend, think cool aunt or cousin kind of vibe.

Tarak, though the most focused on his work and helping the other High Council members lead Cybertron to continue the peace it has, he's rather easygoing and laid back. If somebot breaks something, he doesn't get mad and instead helps them see the error in their ways. If someone messes up, now they know never to do it again.

Nixon (whose name was actually Nexus until I remembered that there was a Prime named that so I swapped it) is a complete and total bookworm. Know any boring history books? He's read it. Some books about Earth's wildlife? Uh, yeah, remembered from front to back. He can also be found recharging in the library on the floor surrounded by data pads and or books.

Guidedpath is the head medic on the High Council and takes her job very seriously, almost too seriously for some bots' liking. She's like that one meme where she could break all your bones while naming them one by one. The only reason she is feared so much is because of how well she does her job and she wears that fact like a badge of honor.

Rotorcharge isn't as easygoing as his fellow High Council members and in fact, WILL probably break every bone in your body while naming them. He doesn't take scrap from anyone and doesn't like it when others criticize his methods, stating that he went through med school just fine and doesn't need help from some insignificant scraplets. He also hates when people tell him that he has anger issues even though there is a lot of broken equipment that says he does indeed need some anger management classes.

And last but not least, Wildbreak! While Wildbreak was a criminal back in Transformers Robots in Disguise, his record has been completely cleared, and he has made a new life without constantly being abused by his friends. He isn't in contact with any of his Stunticon pals because Cyra said it might be better to distance himself from them for now just until they can get on their pedes and adjust to living a normal life without crime. Rotorcharge doesn't want his brother to be anywhere near the Stunticons and will rip them apart with no mercy. He won't let them harm his only remaining family member.

:)

After a lot of thinking, I came up with a base storyline for Woken Sparks, which is still in the brainstorming process, but I wanted to give you all a bit of a glimpse of what I have in mind.

The story starts 23 years after the Aligned Continuity shows (Rescue Bots Academy, Rescue Bots, Transformers Prime, etc) where in the future all the main cast characters have sparklings. Some of the sparklings that were made by two creators are a part of the High Council.

Which includes:

Cyra - Optimus Prime and Megatron's daughter

Tarak - Optimus Prime and Megatron's second oldest son

Nixon - Optimus Prime and Megatron's youngest son

Guidedpath - Ratchet and Drift's daughter

Rotorcharge - Knockout and Breakdown's youngest son

And Wildbreak - Knockout and Breakdown's oldest son

I know Breakdown is long gone after the events of Prime, but I wanted to give Wildbreak a sibling because why not? I don't really have an explanation for why Rotorcharge exists but the one I have in mind is that Knockout just has some of Breakdown's energon from before Silas took over his body in a jar for some weird sentimental reason and created a sparkling using that on a blank protoform as well with his own energon, kind of like when Starscream made his clones.

Also, I guess I should show what ships I have in Woken Sparks. Disclaimer, these are just my personal favorites and aren't meant to throw any shade against other ships with these same characters. These are just the ones in my story.

Blades × Bumblebee

Optimus Prime × Megatron

Ratchet × Drift

Prowl × Jazz

Arcee × Cliffjumper

Cyclonus × Tailgate

Blurr × Salvage

And finally Knockout × Breakdown

Transformers: Woken sparks! Or just Woken sparks for short.

(Sorry for the horrible handwriting, I can't write well on devices...)