RACE: The Forged

The Forged are considered by some to be the Second Wave of Predacons, the race's great revival from extinction, and have alternate modes that look remarkably similar to monsters or Earth's mythical creatures. Artificial Predacons made from both willing and unwilling test subjects by Shockwave, largely through chemical enhancement and body modification. It takes a strong spark to survive the Forging process, and many of the first Forged found themselves crippled by their sparks being pushed beyond their limits by the extensive body modification and increased mass. (Deluxe sized Forged are rare, most are Voyager or Leader. Anything smaller does not exist among their ranks.)

Forging has become extensively rare since the dawn of the cloned Predacons, and almost exclusively happens when an individual effectively pleads their case for a new body to Shockwave. Even today, some are left paralyzed by the process. Some Forged have betrayed the Decepticons, often in response to questioning their position among the Decepticons when Predacon cloning began and mostly produced larger, stronger results.