Pragmatist. Calculating and cold. Rule-bound. Prickly. Just some of the words used to describe Prowl, and that's by those he'd consider allies! To him, the war is nothing but a maddening confluence of factors he cannot control, despite his impressive strategic acumen and dedication to logic. That doesn't stop him from trying though, and Prowl secretly moves players and pawns across his own personal chess board in an attempt to expand his influence and produce the results he desires. Prowl always believes he's serving the greater good through these morally-gray manipulations, but he's sometimes uncaring of the harm he causes to his own comrades and the increasingly-fewer people he'd call friends.

His inherent ruthlessness is so well known that even when he's been under enemy mind control, or negatively influenced by other outside means, those closest to him have barely noticed a difference in Prowl's behavior. On occasion, Prowl will find his conscience again and attempt to change his nature, but these self-reinventions seldom take for very long. Prowl's crossed lines that most people don't even know exist and despite his intentions, he's learned time and again that he'll ultimately be judged by his harsh actions.

"We're not winning this war, and I'm tired of it. Tired of crunching stat after stat, formulating workable strategies for achievable victory. Prime listens--to a point--then gets restless and changes tack on a whim. The average Autobot default setting is daredevil maverick. That's not us, Perceptor. We can subdivide this war into its purest mathematical form and generate solutions all we want, but unless we happen to be surfing on a meteoroid at the time, no one will pay attention." -Prowl