IDW sneak peak of new female character

According to a recent interview with the Windblade author Mairghread Scott, there was an unveiling of an upcoming character, called "Mistress of Flame".

The interview talks about upcoming story elements and ideas, and shows a drawing of that new female character, explaining that it relates to Caminus (the homeworld of Windblade)... so expect spoilers in the interview if you aren't up-to-date on the comics.

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The Mistress of Flame is the leader of the only faith on Caminus, The Way of Flame, which worships a female Prime said to be the mother of all Camiens. But fire can be as dangerous as it is helpful and the faith of Caminus burns hotter than any Cybertronian realizes.

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Makes me think of the unnamed priest in Target: 2006....

Slightly related, but minor news - IDW has had the Transformers comic license for 10 years this year (I can't believe it has been that long already), and have renewed the license.

The mistress of flame looks very much like a homage to Solus Prime... especially with that hammer/forge in hand.

It is interesting that Hasbro/IDW seem to want to explore the feminine side of Transformers more at the moment with lots of fembots, Windblade and now this...

Wonder if those wanting a female combiner will get their wish after all. ;)

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Originally Posted by Bladestorm

The mistress of flame looks very much like a homage to Solus Prime... especially with that hammer/forge in hand.

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I think that's probably the point... like how Primus was drawn to look like Hotrod/Rodimus in the original comic.

I put in the link to Caminus for anyone else not following the comic, to see where all these females are coming from, and why the Mistress of Flame has a forge like Solus Prime.

Quite an interesting article :)

she seems cool...i wonder what her alt mode would look like ?

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Originally Posted by lancalot

she seems cool...i wonder what her alt mode would look like ?

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An ornate ancient Egyptian sundial ;)

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Originally Posted by lancalot

she seems cool...i wonder what her alt mode would look like ?

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Looks like a re-tool of Chromia to me, still, very cool :D

Loving all these interviews Scott does with these websites, it's a nice little glimpse into what is coming up.

Looking forward to Combiner Wars, it certainly is a brave new direction, that hopefully pays off.

I like that the Caminus storyline is not entrenched in the main plot line (sure it's linked via Combiner Wars) but I'm really happy liking the fact that Scott basically has free reign in creating the history of the planet and it's population...

All sounds pretty cool to me. Love how "way of the flame" resonates with the Game of Thrones fanboy in me.

Yeah, makes me think of Melisandre/the Red Woman from Game of thrones. Also a priestess of a conflicting religion, crazy about burning stuff.