Apelinq (TFG)

Steadfast, Wise, Patient, and Spiritual, Apelinq is a Former Beast-Lord who once served as part of the Cybertronian Knights, a tether between Colonies and Species before a Dark Presence severed those connections long ago. Apelinq once lead Eukaris with Peace and Justice, before being overthrown and imprisoned by his former War Chief, Galavar, as the first act in The Beast Wars of Eukaris. Eventually, he broke out, albeit too late to prevent The Beast Wars. Putting himself in the backseat of The Maximals, he hopes to guide along The People of Eukaris, as well as The Autobot Alliance as a whole to a brighter tomorrow through his many sayings and teachings passed down through The Maximals, his chosen people, Cybertronians who possess the ability to turn into Animalistic 'Beast Modes', Apelinq's being a Gorilla, much like his progeny, Optimus Primal, whom he has entrusted with Direct Command of The Maximals in his stead.

A Former Cybertronian Knight, Apelinq was Eukaris' Rep at the Round Table. However, when Knights started to go missing, Apelinq retreated back to his home, becoming a Beast Lord. Though he'd miss his old friends, He knew that if he vanished as well, Eukaris would be leaderless. He took to raising a young Guardian Primal when their Tribe was destroyed, and hid his past in hopes it would be forgotten along with anything that could come from it. Apelinq lead an era of Peace and Justice, but when the Autobots, and Megatron arrived, Galavar, the lone survivor of the Tyrannosaurs and Apelinq's Militant Chief, turned rogue, proclaiming Megatron's way as being superior to Apelinq's. Apelinq would then be captured and, years later, rescued by Primal, but no longer Guardian, now Optimus. In critical from Galavar's torture, he was reformatted in the image of his Adopted Son, and now serves as an Advisor for the Maximals. He just hopes now whatever made the Knights disappear won't resurface to get him, too..