Celestial Spires
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The Celestial Spires (also known as the Golden Spires and the Sacred Spires) are towers in Iacon, located within the protection of the Great Dome that outlines Iacon Central. It is unclear what their significance is to Iacon, except for one of the spires housing the Celestial Temple, also known as the Council Chambers. There, the Council of Autobot Elders comes together to decide on Iacon's course of action. Because Iacon tends to be the place that the Autobots protect best, the Spires and the Dome are of symbolic importance to them and they often refer to them to signify amazement, surprise or exasperation.
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Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
The Council of Autobot Elders held session in the Celestial Temple to decide how to deal with the war between Tarn and Vos. Traachon's wish to think of Iacon and let Tarn and Vos destroy each other won out. State Games Looking back, the Council agreed that had been a bad idea, as the Tarn-Vos conflict brought about the uprising of a new faction: the Decepticons. They destroyed or conquered many city-states before they turned their attention to Iacon. Another hearing of the Council went in favor of Xaaron's wish to grant Optimus Prime full control of the Autobot army. Under Optimus Prime's command, the Autobots saved what remained of Iacon, among which the Celestial Spires. And There Shall Come...a Leader!
As the war continued and Cybertron was knocked out of its orbit, an asteroid belt threated to destroy the planet. The Council called Optimus Prime and several other Autobots to the Celestial Temple to order them to do something lest they be all killed. Many of the Autobots' finest were lost during the mission to save their planet. The Transformers The Council attempted to reform the Autobot army but the Decepticon leader Trannis managed it first. For hundreds of thousands of years, fortified Iacon stood alone on a conquered planet until Trannis decided that utterly destroying Iacon would do just fine too. The Celestial Temple was destroyed and the councillors executed Cybertron: The Middle Years!
As the only surviving Council member, Xaaron became one of the Autobot resistance's leaders and set up his base under the remains of the Celestial Temple. Target: 2006 Even the remains of the Celestial Temple were destroyed when Galvatron II and Hook, Line, and Sinker attacked the base on Unicron's orders. Surrender!
In the meantime:
Optimus Prime let out a "By the Celestial Spires" when Megatron destroyed the Sherman Dam. Decepticon Dam-Busters!
Optimus Prime vowed "[b]y the Spires of Iacon" that the Decepticons would pay for abducting (and partly dismembering) Bumblebee. Crisis of Command!
Jetfire felt alienated from the other Autobots and talked about this with his creator Buster Witwicky. To illustrate the difference between him and the others, he mentioned that he'd never seen the Celestial Spires. The Gift
Ultra Magnus and the Sparkabots screamed "By the Celestial Spires!" when the zombie legion in Kalis advanced on them. Flywheels considered it more of an "Oo 'eck!" situation. City of Fear!
When Ultra Magnus and the Sparkabots found a large pile of Autobot corpses at the Jekka Amphitheatre, the formers reaction was: "By the Golden Spires of Iacon!" Deadly Games!
In a rare case of a Decepticon referring to the Spires, Ravage reacted with a "By Iacon's Golden Spires" when he discovered Galvatron's underground base. Time Wars
Upon noticing Shockwave bring Cyclonus's body, the final time-displaced Transformer, to the time rift and saving them all just in time, Rodimus Prime shouted a "By the Sacred Spires!" Time Wars
To delay the destruction of the Ark, Ratchet called the Decepticons' attention to a machine by exclaiming "By the Golden Spires of Iacon!". All the Familiar Faces!
Ratchet wailed "By the Sacred Spires!" when he discovered that he and Megatron may be separated, but still had their senses connected. A Savage Circle
Marvel UK future timelines
Seeing Rodimus Prime go apeshit on Galvatron for killing Blurr, Arcee reacted with "By the Celestial Spires!" Aspects of Evil!
Kup shouted a "By the Sacred Spires!" when he found Rodimus Prime and realized Unicron had possessed him again. Aspects of Evil!
Earthforce
When Sunstreaker and Jazz found Prowl alive and well after his apparent sacrifice, the former shouted: "By the Celestial Spires!"
Marvel Generation 2 comic
Optimus Prime reacted with a "By the Spires!" when the Autobase in Nevada suddenly came under attack. Tales of Earth Part Six
The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual
When surprise-attacked by Starscream, Optimus Prime yelled out: "By Iacon's Celestial Spires!" The Dinobots!
2005 IDW continuity
Pyro let out a "By the Sacred Spires!" when he first saw a human with his own eyes. Last Stand of the Wreckers #1
Likewise, Skids exclaimed "By the Celestial Spires..." upon finding a room full of corpses, slaughterhouse as did Cyclonus when he saw Brainstorm's atrocious handwriting. Predestination: An Expert's Guide
Ask Vector Prime
Vector Prime considered the Celestial Spires to be beauty made manifest. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/14
War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon
Upon seeing a rift leading to the Dead Universe, Starscream swore by the Celestial Spires. Earthrise episode 5
Transformers/Back to the Future
After witnessing the DeLorean time machine, Bumblebee swore by "the spires of Iacon". Transformers/Back to the Future #1
Notes
- The Celestial Spires, including the Autobots' tendency to swear by them, is one of the Marvel UK details that Simon Furman brought over to the US comics when he began writing those.
