Forge


 * The Forge is a location in the Generation 1 continuity family

The Forge is an illegal gladiatorial arena within the Cybertronian city-state of Kaon. It is within this arena that Megatron rose to prominence and began organizing the insurrection that became the Great War.

Dreamwave Comics continuity
The Forge is shown to be where Megatron trained the majority of the Decepticons, as well as applying extensive physical and psychological conditioning, bodily modification, and branding, all under the heavily bribed nose of Emirate Xeon. It's here that Grimlock met Starscream. It's also rumored that the repeated abuse seared a few new subroutines into Starcream's fetish processors.

IDW Comics continuity
In this continuity, the Forge is shown to not have a fixed location. Rather, the Constructicons were shown to build the arena on an ad-hoc basis, changing locations for each fight. They were also seen using a portable smelting pool to melt down an empty for the foundation.