Before Megatron consolidated power as the one true leader of the Decepticons, the Decepticon Warlords were the leading members of the uprising. Independently power-hungry, the Warlords each have their own dreams of conquest, and vie for control of Cybertron with each other as well as the Autobots. Still, they occasionally put aside their differences long enough to meet in War Councils for the greater glory of the Decepticons and discuss topics important to them all.