Transformers: Exodus within the "Prime" universe, showing how they came to be the leaders of their respective factions. The book also delves more heavily into the mythology of other well-known aspects of the Transformers characters and locations, such as Alpha Trion and The Fallen, whose original name is revealed in this story for the first time as Megatronus. The story is set on Cybertron, the home planet of the Transformers. It has been several centuries since Cybertron's golden age of space exploration and planetary colonisation, and its society has declined into stagnation. Almost every Space Bridge has gone offline due to years
Transformers: The Covenant of Primus Primus is an actual relic in the Transformers universe. This concept was first introduced in "Beast Wars", where the Covenant is regarded as a sacred text by the Transformers. Several passages of it are quoted in the series finale "Nemesis", and several are known to be modified Bible verses. From 1998 to 2000 the annual Transformers fan convention Botcon had exclusive storyline that included a group of characters known as the Covenant of Primus. This group consisted of Twelve pre-Cybertronian Transformers based on the Zodiac and created by Primus as a last resort defense against the return of his nemesis,