voice for the voiceless.
WIINDVOIICE, a private, mutuals only portrayal of windblade adapted for transformers prime. as penned by jay/bunny. * please read rules before interaction. 18+ only.
originally est. 2O14.
Some birds sing when the sun shines bright... our praise is not for them.
But the ones who sing in the dead of night? We raise our cups to them.
*
blog contains mentions of mass murder and conspiracy, past child endangerment, past misdirection and deceit, past abuse, self worth issues, and fear of failure.
writer information:
• forty years old.
• they / them pronouns.
• est timezone, low-medium activity.
authored by jay/bunny.
1st.
on the topic of: following.
Mutuals only, selective, 18+ only! I prefer to only play with mutual partners, though I do count me following your sideblog and your main following me as mutuals. Personals and other followers are welcome to send me asks, but not to send stuff that would start scenes. Please have a rules page or I'll be far less likely to follow..
2nd.
on the topic of: behavior.
If you are an exclusionist, LGBT+phobic, racist, sexist, transmed, or fall in those umbrellas, we're not going to get along. If you do exhibit these behaviors and follow me, I'll just block you and move on. I'm generally very chill otherwise, but I don't abide by asshole behavior. I'll also block you if you clearly disregard my rules, or if you try to stir drama/dictate who I follow or interact with without providing any sort of evidence to your accusations. I have been caught up in the drama of far too many people to fuck around with it.
3rd.
on the topic of: multiverse & ocs.
Multiverse and oc friendly! I do request OCs have some information and a rules page, just so I can get acquainted beforehand. For OCs, I do request they NOT act like they know her right off the bat. It's just bad etiquette, and she will immediately be on guard.
4th.
on the topic of: shipping.
I am multiship and do not do cheating plots. All ships take part in their own little universes, and I'm open to a lot of different ships. I'm also open to polyships if all parties are interested. That said, I prefer chemistry, but I'm just as good with pre-established if you want to talk it out!
5th.
on the topic of: *nsfw.
NSFW will not appear on this blog; I have a sideblog for that at cityspeakersecrets. It won't be super common as Windblade is young and as of yet unattached but it still may show up, and I just want folks to be prepared.
6th.
on the topic of: triggers.
I will try to tag all common triggers. Most of the triggers that may show up regard war trauma, PTSD and trauma responses, and discussions of violence and conflict. I do request things like eye and hand trauma/gore be tagged, as those are big triggers of mine. All things I tag will be under "trigger cw."
basics.
some flowers bloom where the green grass grows.
our praise is not them.
full name windblade of caminus.
nicknames windy, blade.
species camien.
birthplace caminus.
orientation bisexual.
pronouns she/her.
gender agender (female identifying).
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* basics.
occupation cityspeaker.
birthplace caminus.
residence jasper, nevada.
alt mode camien jet.
languages camien common. neocybex. ancient titan glyphs.
abilities extremely powerful telepath.
self. *
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basics.
but the ones who bloom in the bitter snow?
we raise our cups to them.
Windblade of Caminus was a somewhat expected blessing. The only bitlet of Oracle, a temple priest, and Emberlight, a powerful cityspeaker in his own right, that she showed signs of the gift very early came as no surprise. This eventually came to the attention of Caminus's cityspeaker order, and as soon as she was old enough to be apart from her family, the femme was taken to the convent to train as an acolyte.Many of the priests at the convent didn't think the headstrong little femme could ever really be capable of the focus required for such a rigorous task, but the Mistress of Flame was certain: with such a powerful gift, it would be wasteful to simply let her be sent off to the Academy, squandering her telepathic abilities. And as it turned out, she was quite capable. She was among the very few that managed to pass the final exams to finally be made a novice.As Windblade's life was truly beginning, war was already well underway on Cybertron, and slowly the colonies were beginning to cut contact. Eventually, only Caminus remained in contact and trade with Cybertron proper, and the council eventually convinced the Mistress of Flame to come to Cybertron with a contingent of novice cityspeakers in an attempt to find some lasting peace between the warring Autobots and Decepticons in the hope that the neutral third party could assist the remaining metrotitans on Cybertron, Metroplex and Trypticon, and through this show that cooperation was the way forward on their world.Unfortunately, this was not to pass. While on neutral ground for the meeting, an unknown attacker set upon the meeting hall, and the casualties were high. The Council reported to Caminus that all at the location were killed, including the beloved Mistress of Flame and several bodyguards, and in grief and fear, Caminus shut off the space bridge and cut all contact with their homeworld.What somehow was not reported was that one of the severely wounded cityspeakers survived her injuries. This young cityspeaker was Windblade, who now found herself stranded on Cybertron. For a time, the young cityspeaker was strictly under the control of the oldest councilors, with the intention of usin her to manipulate Metroplex to their bidding. But before long, the young senator Elita One stepped in to oversee the youngling. Under her protection, she continued to care for Metroplex in the absence of her brothers and sisters who died in the attack. Even after the exodus, she remained with the fallen Titan, believed dead by his own faction, and there she has remained ever since…...but Metroplex lives, and his worry over his voice may drive him to desperate measures... sending his trusted voice to the one safe place left for Cybertron's last cityspeaker: Earth.
basics.
we raise our cups and drink them up.
we raise 'em high and drink 'em dry.
height 19'.
build slim, lightweight, small for a flier, largely due to her Camien history.
paint color primarily red with accents of blue and gold. face is bleached white and stained with patterns in red to mark her as a cityspeaker.
scent ozone, jet fuel, incense, delicate perfumes.
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* stats.
mbti infp a.
dnd neutral good.
likes flying, rainstorms, sunrises, watching Ratchet work.
dislikes staying inside, being kept in the dark, long dry spells, being unable to fly.
traits adaptable, honest, empathetic, loyal, creative / impatient, perfectionist, impulsive, headstrong, stubborn.
skills vtol flight in vehicle mode, limited flight and hovering capabilities in root mode, powerful telepathy largely trained towards communication with metrotitans.
details.*
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basics.
to the lost of us and all of us.
good night, brothers, good night.
★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ strength.
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ constitution.
★★★★★★★★☆☆ dexterity.
★★★★★★★★☆☆ charisma.
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ wisdom.
★★★★★★★★★☆ intelligence.
Since I’ve had some iteration of this account since November 2014 (I was thelastcityspeaker before, and moved to wiindvoiice later), well before we knew much at all about Caminus proper and before we had any info that Windblade was going to appear in an animated series, I just wanted to point out that I won’t be changing the direction I’ve taken or MOST of the information I’ve developed. I put a lot of work into the headcanons that developed my Primeverse take, but thankfully the Aligned universe is disjointed anyway, so we’ll just treat my girl here as an AU. Here’s some basics, since I’m doing some retconning while keeping a lot of the stuff I’ve already built:
Things not being retconned: the massacre of the cityspeakers on Cybertron before the fall of Iacon, the use of telepathy by the cityspeakers.
Caminus was the first city to have a cityspeaker, but in this verse, he was not the only one. There was a specific order set up to train young colonists and core Cybertronians who had the gift. Originally I’d had the order set up on Cybertron; it's instead on Caminus.
The order’s origin is moving to Caminus proper (since the first cityspeaker came from there), but with the war calling for more supplies and Caminus slowly starting to flounder, a small conclave came through to Cybertron, hoping their unique abilities could provide a bridge between the disparate factions. Windblade was the mental equivalent of 12-13 at the time of the transfer.
Though only a novice at the present part in her story, Windblade is a surprisingly accomplished cityspeaker. Her natural gift for “hearing” the voice of the cities was what got her enrolled in the program in the first place..
She came to Cybertron with a number of other cityspeakers and a dear friend, the Mistress of Flame's bodyguard Chromia, who has not seen her since the massacre. Presently, she’s convinced she’s dead.
At present, Windblade is the mental equivalent of 19-20 years old.
She was trained in combat by Elita-1, who disagreed with the council’s handling of the very young novice when she herself was a councilor. Windblade still sees her very much as an older sister.
The worship of the Primes among Camiens is still a thing, but having spent a large part of her training among Cybertronians, Windblade has fewer tendencies toward this. She does see the Prime as a revered order and has a great deal of respect for them.
The cityspeaker massacre was still entirely set up by the council and blamed on the Decepticons so that they could more easily manipulate the only survivor they allowed, the youngest one.
verse one.
aligned .
After spending uncounted years in the depths of a dying titan, Windblade was sent to Earth with the last of Metroplex's waning strength, landing her in the middle of the still raging conflict between those who managed to remain standing. As Cybertron's last cityspeaker, she was kept close and safe as much as possible... not that it was always possible.At one point, she found herself captured by the Decepticons, and it was here she learned the truth about what happened to the cityspeakers she had come with to Cybertron... and began to assist the weary, weak titan Trypticon, forced into the form of the warship Nemesis.Always remaining neutral, she never swore her allegiance to anyone regardless.Since the end of the war, she's been working to see if it's possible to get Metroplex back online out of stasis.
verse two.
idw .
A headstrong and diplomat sent to Cybertron by the Mistress of Flame, Windblade had a rocky start with the planet's current elected leader, Starscream. Despite this, she continued to forge forward, learning over time to lose some of her naivete in exchange for determined wariness. She never lost the qualities that made her so uniquely skilled for the job she was sent to do.Through far more trials and tribulations than she ever expected, the young cityspeaker continued to press forward, no matter what was thrown at her.In the end, she has chosen to remain on Cybertron, and has been serving as Starscream's advisor as he continues to lead the people of Cybertron into the future. She's often frustrated by his seeming inability to recognize the work put in by others, especially as she is less and less frequently able to care for Metroplex in the capacity she feels she needs to.
verse three.
tf animated .
Back well before the Great War, Cybertron had colonized a number of planets using vast city ships. As the war dragged on, contact was lost, and to some, these mysterious colonies were nothing more than a legend. Then, unexpectedly… that changed. An affluent colony named for its cityship, Caminus, known for its arts and focus on history and learning in its day, reached out to its long detached homeworld. Following some discussion, an ambassador was sent to attempt to help smooth the transition.The ambassador was Windblade, a young member of Caminus’s cityspeaker order. And at first, things were going fairly well. Though Caminus’s language had diverged considerably from Cybertron’s over the many years they were separated, she learned quickly, and enjoyed speaking to people regarding the recent realliance.But with the war long over, a different approach was needed. Certain senators and councilors began more carefully grooming how the young ambassador appeared, puppeting her from the shadows and cutting her off from a great deal of contact with her homeworld.
verse four.
earthspark .
In the early days of the Cybertronian civil war, the Cybertronian colony of Caminus decided to try and nip the growing conflict in the bud. Sent by the Mistress of Flame, a group of cityspeakers were sent to meet with the warring factions in an attempt to facilitate peace talks and see the war to an early, amicable end.Unfortunately, things didn't turn out as planned; a sudden ambush led to the deaths of the cityspeakers, all except one: a young acolyte barely out of protoform with a powerful telepathic gift.With nowhere else to send her, the young cityspeaker was taken in as a ward of Elita-1, with the watchful assistance of Elita's long time friend Chromia as a bodyguard. Under their tutelage, while windblade was still carefully kept and minded, she learned to fight and defend herself, and assisted as well as she could in the war.On earth, Windblade serves largely as a diplomat, since a cityspeaker can't do much without a city to be the voice of. She adores whenever she can visit Elita-1 and the others, though.