Quintesson Executioner

Quintesson Executioner
General Information
Other names	Gatekeeper
Homeworld	Quintessa (native; destroyed) Cybertron (immigrant; formerly) New Quintessa (G1 cartoon) Aquatron ("Aligned" novels)
Locomotion	Bipedal
Sapience level	Sapient
Status	Varies by continuity
Behind the Scenes
Universe	Transformers

The Quintesson Executioners (also known as Gatekeepers) are a subspecies of humanoid Quintessons.

Biology

Anatomy

Quintesson Executioners roughly share a similar biology to other Quintessons, except they are humanoids.

Powers and abilities

Quintesson Executioners share many of the same abilities as other Quintessons.

Executioners can alter their bodies into a powered-up state for increased damage.

Weaknesses

Quintesson Executioners share many of the same weaknesses as other Quintessons.

Culture and society

Quintesson Executioners share a similar culture to other Quintessons and are tasked with putting an end to the victims of Quintessa's courts. Whenever Quintesson Prosecutors declare their prisoners innocent or guilty, the Executioners then throw the switch that drops them into their Sharkticon pits.

Gallery

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An unnamed Executioner in a weakened form

An unnamed Executioner in a powered-up form

Two unnamed Executioners

Notes

• Marvel's The Transformers Universe referred to these humanoid Quintessons as "Gatekeepers". This suggests the design was originally created for a deleted scene from The Transformers: The Movie, in which a bipedal Quintesson standing watch at the gate to their citadel sent the Dinobots (who were searching for Hot Rod and Kup) off in the wrong direction.
  • With the deletion of this scene, the design was instead used for the bipedal Quintesson attending Arblus' trial. Due to their role consisting of throwing the switch that would send the Lithone plummeting into the Sharkticon pit, Quintessons of this design were given the fan-made designation of "Executioner".
  • The "Executioner" term would later find its way into official use across various media, a prime example being the Transformers: EarthSpark cartoon.
• In-Saba Nur, a Quintesson Executioner featured in Fun Publication's Transformers: The Wreckers series, is named after En Sabah Nur, the real name of Apocalypse from Marvel Comics.