Sally Acorn

Princess Sally Acorn is the daughter of King Acorn and leader of the Knothole Freedom Fighters. Born as the heir to her fathers throne, she was taken, as a child, to the sanctuary of Knothole Village in the Wood Zone by her Nannie Rosie Woodchuck when her father was betrayed by his royal adviser, Dr. Eggman and led the Knothole Freedom Fighters on many field missions against the scientist when he took power after banishing the King to the Special Zone. After King Acorn was rescued and resumed his role as king, Sally continued to lead the Knothole Freedom Fighters in the ongoing battle against the Eggman Empire.

Early Life
Sally was born as the heir to the Kingdom of Acorn and lived a peaceful life in Mobotropolis, always playing and enjoying life with her father. However, one night, her sleep was interrupted by Rosie, who scooped her up in her arms, and spirited her away to the safety of Knothole Village in the Wood Zone, after the king's royal adviser (the man who would later come to be known as Dr. Eggman) betrayed him and banished him and the royal wizard Naugus into the Special Zone, allowing him to take over the kingdom. Inspired by the heroism of Sonic the Hedgehog, she assembled the Knothole Freedom Fighters, whom she led as the field leader, to combat the Eggman Empire. After several years, the Freedom Fighters where finally able to take back the the city and rescue King Acorn. With the Eggman Empire still possessing a strong hold in the rest of the world, King Acorn returned to his duty as King, allowing his daughter to continue leading the Freedom Fighters. (FCDS: #8)

Sally also appears to have been friends with the scientist Dr. Ellidy, who gifted her with a highly advanced handheld computer. Upon determining that the A.I. within was a "she," Sally asked the doctor for her name, and Ellidy found himself unable to answer. Her father suggested that she name the computer after a queen from their family line: Nicole. Sally became quite attached to Nicole, whose vast database seemed to her to be a match for any teaching, but was given a reality check by Rosie and realized that Nicole-at the time-lacked regard for anything beyond logic. Despite this, she kept Nicole even upon fleeing to Knothole, and eventually helped the computer discover her sentience. Ellidy, who went into retirement after giving Nicole to Sally, later developed the Ring-Blades, which would become Sally's signature weapon as a Freedom Fighter.(SU: #71, #72)

At some point in the past, Lupe the Wolf's village was invaded by Dr. Eggman's forces. Thankfully, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sally Acorn and Antoine D'Coolette came to her aid. While Sonic ran off to follow and defeat Dr. Eggman, Sally remained and attempted to encourage Lupe to take a stand. (StH: #257, #277)

Genesis
When Dr. Eggman's first Genesis Wave was unleashed, Sally's reality was altered by the phenomenon. In a strange altered world, Sally Acorn and her friends, "Boomer Walrus" and "Antoine Depardieu" were trapped with several small animals inside a prison pod. Luckily, Sonic came across the pod and opened it, freeing the captives within. Sally then explained to Sonic that she and her friends were investigating recent strange events (including kidnappings and earthquakes) which they thought to be the work of someone called Dr. Eggman, adding that they could use Sonic's help. They traveled through the Marble Zone, finding that things seemed oddly familiar at times. Eventually, they decided to use one of Eggman's smashed robots to their advantage; however, the robot would need a small animal as a battery. In a singsong tone, Sally called to a nearby Flicky bird and asked it to help them by temporarily powering the robot. They escaped a magma flow caused by a sudden earthquake, and then Sonic and the Flicky-powered robot ran off ahead, confronting Dr. Eggman himself. After a quick battle, the madman retreated, and Sally thanked the Flicky for its assistance. Sally then lead the group to an underground passage she believed would lead to Eggman's lair, declaring that they'd teach him a lesson for having messed with their world. (StH: #226)

Sally led the group through the Labyrinth and Scrap Brain Zones, eventually catching up to Dr. Eggman. Sonic seemingly chased off the doctor, leading Sally to think they had succeeded in their mission; however, using a computer in Eggman's base, she discovered that his production plants were still functioning, forcing them to conclude that Eggman had not given up. Sonic took the group to meet his old friend, Tails Prower. As more earthquakes struck, Sally insisted that they still needed to shut down Eggman's operations; she wanted to target his infrastructure primarily, while Sonic thought it would be better to take out Eggman directly. With Tails alongside, they journeyed to the Chemical Plant Zone, dodging its dangers through another earthquake. However, after narrowly escaping another hazard, Sonic and Sally again began to discuss their plan of attack. Sally told him that rushing in would only get someone hurt. Sonic began to retort but was suddenly struck by a vague memory: Sally in danger on the Death Egg. He suddenly told her that she could do things her way, but he was going after Eggman alone. The two had a brief argument, and then Tails apologetically left with Sonic while an irritated Sally led Boomer and Antoine to shut down the plant. Later, in the Oil Ocean Zon, Boomer stepped in, saying that Sally should have made more of an effort to keep Sonic around, as they could use his help. She admitted to as much, but then another quake struck. Feeling the need to hurry, they rushed on ahead, unaware that Badniks were approaching. (StH: #227, #228)

Soon, Sally and the others were attempting to find cover while being chased by Badniks. Boomer again said that Sonic being around would have been helpful, and Sally agreed that she should have tried harder to reason with him. They soon found their path blocked by an odd trap featuring spikes on its sides; as Boomer wondered what such a contraption could be, Sally noticed the incoming Badniks. With little room to move and under attack, both Sally and Antoine fell from the narrow platform upon which they were standing; Antoine landed safely while Boomer grabbed Sally's hand, dangling her over the edge. To her shock, Sally suddenly remembered another time she'd been in a similar position; more memories of another time came flooding back to her. However, as Boomer pulled her to safety (and Antoine inadvertently destroyed the Badniks), she found the memories already beginning to fade. Telling herself to focus, she asked a nearby small penguin (freed from within a Badnik) if it knew where to find the main control valves of the region. With a new direction, they set off. They eventually managed to shut down the oil flow, finally cutting off Eggman's resources (unknown to them, this led to Eggman fleeing back to the Death Egg). While they were unaware of what happened on the massive ship, they all witnessed the massive wave of light that emanated from it. While Boomer was concerned, Sally was sure that Sonic had everything under controller, calling her friend "Rotor." While this confused him, Sally insisted everything would be fine. As the world faded away, she reached out to the sky, saying, "See you, Sonic..." (StH: #229)


 * Its unknown whether or not the alternate memories Sally experienced were of the Pre-Super Genesis Wave Timeline (as shown in the originally published story) or of this one.

Countdown to Chaos

 * From a reader's perspective, this picks up from where the original pre-Super Genesis Wave continuity left off.

During an undercover mission for the Sky Patrol, Sally found herself aboard the Death Egg evading capture. She managed to escape, but not before being caught on the Death Egg's security cameras. Eggman learned of her presence upon his return after a misadventure across the planet. He summoned Metal Sonic to hunt her down, vowing that Sonic will never see her alive. Sally evaded Metal Sonic until a well-timed hit sent her crashing into Mobotropolis and at the feet of Amy Rose, Cream, Bean and Bark. Members of the Royal Palace Guard attempted to aid Sally and Amy in fighting Metal Sonic, but were stopped, only for Sonic and Tails to rescue the two. After a tearful reunion from Sonic and a reunion with her father, King Acorn (who was now healthy and whole), Sally was requested by NICOLE to return to Sky Patrol. There, Sally and Amy regained their memories of the previous world, which caused Sally to break down in grief over her actions as Mecha Sally. Though Bunnie comforted the princess, the time for processing was short - Mobius was tearing itself apart because of the Super Genesis Wave. (StH: #252, #255, #256)

The World Shattering Crisis
With Mobius broken, Sally lead the Freedom Fighters to Station Square in order to help with rescue operations. During this time, NICOLE took notice of Sally's change in demeanor. Sally responded that she was doing this because of what she had done as Mecha Sally. NICOLE, however, stopped her before she could go any further - that Mecha Sally wasn't her and that they needed her in the her and now. When the Freedom Fighters' rescue efforts reached a major impasse, G.U.N. stepped in, lead by Captain Amanda Tower, who complimented Sally and the Freedom Fighters for their efforts, saying that had they not been there, it would have turned into a recovery effort. Sally took the compliment with tearful pride, seeing that her efforts to make up for those actions were worth it. Sadly, the happy moment was cut short, as Muttski contacted the Freedom Fighters with news of the abduction of Professor Charles the Hedgehog and Professor Pickle.(StH: #257)

Sally and her teammates soon intercepted the Egg Train carrying Eggman's captives, and Sally led one squad to the engine car to stop the train while Sonic led the other in searching for the missing scientists. Much to their chagrin, Sally's group awakened E-106 Eta, who destroyed the train controls and prevented them from learning the professors' exact location. This forced the groups to launch a car-by-car search for the missing pair while the train continued to accelerate uncontrollably. Fortunately, they managed to rescue the scientists, from whom they learned of Dark Gaia, a malevolent force affecting the shattered plant, and Light Gaia, a being with the power to restore it. The group thus set out on a mission to recover the Chaos Emeralds and locate the Gaia Temples in order to heal their world. Sally led Tails, Antoine, and Nicole on the first mission to recover an Emerald, penetrating Crystal Cave undetected. However, upon seeing the beautiful structures of the cave and realizing that they would be destroyed by Eggman's forces were the theft unnoticed, Sally persuaded Nicole to reactivate the security systems guarding the cave. After escaping, the group returned to the Sky Patrol, but their incursion alerted Eggman to the fact that Sally was making use of his stolen files. (StH: #258, #259, #260, #261, #262, #263)

The Freedom Fighters then made their way to Soumerca, where Amy and Sonic joined Sally in investigating reports of another Chaos Emerald found by Eggman's forces. They were attacked by E-113 Xi, but saved by the timely arrival of their old friends Mighty the Armadillo and Ray the Flying Squirrel. The pair introduced the Freedom Fighters to their mentor Moss the Sloth, who sensed the Dark Gaia corruption that had been affecting Sonic for some time. Sonic insisted that he was fine, and Amy used her newly learned Mystic Melody to determine the location of the Chaos Emerald, which prompted Mighty and Ray to join the trio in journeying to the nearby Soumerca Egg Army base. Unfortunately, Egg-Boss Thunderbolt was waiting for them with an electric trap, which caused Sonic to take on a savage Werehog form. Sally, Amy, and Ray recovered the Emerald while Mighty pursued Sonic, who easily defeated the Egg Soldiers and would have dispatched Thunderbolt had Mighty not engaged him. After a brief fight between the two, Sally and Amy managed to talk Sonic down, and they returned to Moss' hut. To their relief, Sonic returned to his normal form upon daybreak, but fearing a savage relapse voted to remain with Moss until he could get a handle on his new form. (StH: #265, #265) Determined to continue on, Sally soon had the team targeted on another Chaos Emerald, and led the D'Coolettes in while Rotor, Amy, and Tails waited in reserve. Sensing an obvious trap, Sally nonetheless continued, knowing how essential the Emerald was to restoring the planet. As expected, Eggman's forces were in place: E-108 Iota, E-109 Kappa, and E-110 Lambda appeared to attack the trio of Freedom Fighters. Worse, when their backup arrived, the Chaos Emerald was flown away and a laser net appeared to trap them all. Luckily, the remaining crew aboard the Sky Patrol, led by Cream, flew in to rescue their beleaguered teammates. The group soon rendezvoused with Sonic, who was stunned by their battered appearances, and Sally berated herself for acting foolishly and not guessing that Eggman had learned of the stolen data. Sonic encouraged her, but both were unpleasantly surprised to learn that the next Chaos Emerald was in the hands of an old acquaintance: Breezie the Hedgehog. Sally quickly registered Sonic, Amy, and Tails in Breezie's Chaos Emerald Championship, but was unable to get any more of the Freedom Fighters into the tournament or buy the Emerald from Breezie instead. Despite the urgency of the matter, she refused to condone stealing the Emerald, knowing that the world looked to them as heroes. When Sonic questioned how her father felt about her employing the kingdom's wealth as she had-paying the Chaotix to help locate Emeralds and attempting to pay off Breezie-Sally recalled the awkwardness of approaching her father for the funds, but would only tell Sonic that her father was "pragmatic." (StH: #266, #267, #268)

Sally joined her other teammates in watching the tournament on BreezTV, nervously watching as Tails faced off with Honey the Cat and later Sonic's match against Knuckles the Echidna. Following the tournament and the successful recovery of the Emerald, Sally and her teammates were contacted by Gregorios regarding the threat of Dark Gaia. Shortly thereafter, an attack by Dark Gaia's Minions on the Sky Patrol forced Sally and her teammates-minus the absent D'Coolettes, Sonic, and Amy-to do battle with them. When they were within two minutes of the sun causing the monsters to vanish, a group of them swarmed Tails, and Sally dove off the Sky Patrol in order to save him. Though Tails returned the favor, Nicole later berated her friend for her recklessness. However, the conversation was interrupted as Nicole received a distress signal from her creator, Dr. Ellidy, and left for the Digital World to help him. Fearing for both of them, Sally took Tails and Big the Cat in the Tornado to Isolated Island, where Ellidy had taken up residence following his retirement. They were greeted by Ellidy's repurposed Badnik helpers, and arrived just in time to greet the returning Ellidy and Nicole. Nicole later commented to Sally that Ellidy seemed to act strangely around her, and Sally did her best to comfort her friend. The A.I. then confided her fear that Ellidy had been trapped in the Digital World deliberately, and that the party responsible might now be aware of their location. (StH: #269, #271; SU: 71)

The following day Ellidy showed off his latest acquisition, a Red Star Ring produced by Isolated Island's Lake of Rings following the crisis. When Ellidy reported that the Badnik assigned to monitor the lake was no longer sending footage despite reading as active, Sally volunteered herself and Big to go check on things. During the trip, Sally questioned how Big felt about Nicole, and the simple Cat responded that he liked her and it didn't matter to him whether she was a machine or not. The two arrived at the lake just in time for another Red Star Ring to emerge, but were then attacked by Ellidy's Badnik. After Big dispatched the robot, the two headed back to Dr. Ellidy's House, where they reported their findings. While Big and Tails turned in for the night, Sally contacted the Sky Patrol on her MilesElectric to inform them of what was going on. She then noticed a curious shelter near the house, but upon investigation was confronted by an irate Dr. Ellidy. (SU: #72)

The confrontation led to a discussion of Ellidy's behavior towards Nicole, something that Sally couldn't understand, and Ellidy revealed that Nicole had been created to save the life of Nikki, his daughter. The effort had failed, and he had thus erected a shrine to her on the side of his home on Isoalted Island. Sally's exchange with him grew heated, but she eventually realized that they were being affected by the energy of Dark Gaia. Much to her horror, Dark Gaia's Minions and Ellidy's Badniks closed in to attack, forcing them to take shelter inside the house. Closeting herself and Ellidy in the lab, the pair were confronted by Phage, the evil computer program who had taken control of Ellidy's Badniks and orchestrated the various attacks on them. An agent of Eggman's, she vowed to consume Nicole and claim Ellidy's research for her creator. This prompted Sally to use the Digitizer to go to her friend's aid, despite Ellidy's objections. Leaving the doctor a Ring Blade, she entered the Digital World and challenged Phage alongside Nicole. (SU: #73)

Despite Sally's bravery, Phage merely saw her presence as an added bonus, and set out to devour the pair of friends. Sally encouraged Nicole to flee, but instead the Lynx A.I. attacked Phage, causing considerable damage. The pair briefly escaped, and Sally questioned why her friend hadn't left when she had told her to. Nicole responded by revealing that Phage had prevented her from returning to her computer, and further insisted that she wouldn't leave Sally. Sally then bemoaned that she couldn't use the abilities Nicole displayed in the Digital World, which Nicole reminded her was due to the Digitizer accommodating her own understanding of reality. Sally then hit upon a strategy-luring Phage to an outside system and having Nicole create a digital copy of one of Ellidy's Sling Rings so that she could pull Sally back into Ellidy's systems. The plan worked, and Nicole then tried to seal Phage out, but the virus proved too powerful until Ellidy inserted a Red Star Ring into Nicole's computer, transforming her into Overclocked Nicole. Sally embraced her empowered friend, and they and their teammates were soon preparing to join the other Freedom Fighters in Apotos. Before leaving, Sally spoke with Ellidy about Nicole again, and learned that her friend had discovered her own origins during her time fleeing from Phage. After receiving the other Red Star Ring from Ellidy, Nicole surprised Sally by opting to travel with them as a hologram rather than returning to the inside of her computer. (SU: #74)

Sally and her team were later contacted by G.U.N. with information on the last unclaimed Chaos Emerald, and traveled to Crystal Desert Zone to rendezvous with a G.U.N. unit. Unfortunately, Metal Sonic beat them to the punch, and both he and Sonic disappeared through a Genesis Portal during the Freedom Fighters efforts to catch him. After contacting Rouge the Bat and providing aid to the injured soldiers, Sally began laying plans for the team to try and locate the missing Sonic. This proved unnecessary when another portal opened to admit Sonic, Emerald in hand, at their feet. (SU: #75

Multiversal Mayhem
Days later, while searching for a possible Chaos Emerald in the Green Hill Zone, Sonic disappeared without a trace. When he did not return, his friends spent several hours searching for him, but they could not find him anywhere. Sally began to worry about her friend, uncomfortable with the thought of him assuming his Werehog form upon nightfall without being watched. Suddenly, Sally's father contacted her with dire news: Mobotropolis was under attack by an all-new and extremely powerful robot, M'egga Man. The Freedom Fighters quickly engaged the corrupted Robot Master, but found themselves to be no match for him. As such, Sally instructed Cream to contact her mother Vanilla so that Gemerl could come to their aid. However, even the mighty Gizoid proved to be no match for M'egga Man, who succeeded in activating one of Sigma-1's Unity Engines. (SB: #8; StH: #273)

As Mobius merged with Earth 20XX, Sally and her teammates were introduced to several Robot Masters from that world who had been fighting Sonic Man, Sonic having been corrupted in similar fashion to Mega Man. The unlikely allies found themselves helping civilians while the two Roboticized Masters attacked each other. After they were cured, the two groups were joined by other heroes: the Maverick Hunters from Earth 20XX's future and Team Sticks of the Sonic Boom Zone. Together, the heroes boarded the Sky Patrol in order to hunt down Sigma and thwart his plans to conquer the Multiverse. They were unexpectedly joined during a meeting of the group's leadership by Eggman, Dr. Wily, and Xander Payne, who informed them of Sigma's base on the Lost Hex. On the way there to confront him, Sally spoke with X and learned of his friend Alia, who had served him and his fellow Hunters as a "Navigator." Sally then volunteered herself, Nicole, Cream, and Roll to serve as Navigators for the assembled heroes. It wasn't long before they found themselves on their first mission, with their fellow heroes engaging an army of Mechaniloids controlled by Sigma's brainwashed commanders, the Deadly Six. Unfortunately, the villains later turned their robot-controlling powers on Sally's allies. (MM: #50; SU: #77; SB: #9)

As their robotic allies were forced to attack them, Sally went outside to help while ordering Cream to remain inside. She found Bunnie struggling to keep herself from attacking the others, the Zeti's abilities affecting her robotic limbs as well. Gemerl then tried to attack her, but was halted by Knuckles following his battle with Break Man. She then ordered the organic heroes back into the Sky Patrol as the robots pressed their attack. Fortunately, Eggman and Wily completed their Egg-Wily Uppity Robot Scrambler Cannon, which stopped the Deadly Six and their robotic pawns. The heroes didn't have long to recover, however, before Sigma appeared in a giant new form and unleashed his Maverick army on them. Weakened as they were, the heroes were no match for the massive army, many of whom scattered to various worlds while a handful remained to continue attacking them. However, Sticks the Badger then arrived with some reinforcements: Chun-Li, Ken Masters, Ryu, and Guile of the Street Fighter Zone. Inspired by Sticks' quick-thinking, Sally directed her allies to split into small teams and follow the Mavericks in order to stop them and recruit other heroes. At Eggman's suggestion, however, a handful of them were assigned to remain on the Sky Patrol and await the arrival of Metal Sonic with Eggman's Chaos Emerald so that Super Sonic could be called upon if necessary. (StH: #274; MM: #51)

Sally and Wood Man traveled to the world of Ōkami, where they befriended Amaterasu and Issun and recruited them to their cause. They returned to the Unified World to find the Sky Patrol destroyed, but fortunately Metal Sonic had rescued the skeleton crew and the Chaos Emeralds. The expanded army of heroes then launched a massive assault on Sigma, only for him to unveil his final form and force Super Sonic and Super Mega Man to take him on. He was subsequently defeated, but the villain's actions left reality in a dangerous condition until Xander Payne acted to undo Sigma's trip to the past. As such, the Freedom Fighters were restored to the recreated Sky Patrol, with only Sonic retaining memories of the conflict. (SU: #78; SB: #10; StH: #275; MM: #52)

Fixing the World
Following the conflict with Sigma, Sally and her friends returned home and set about restoring the world to its proper state. This would lead her and Bunnie on a mission to Egg Boss Clove the Pronghorn's territory to retrieve the last of the Chaos Emeralds. A confrontation would soon result between the Freedom Fighters and their Egg Boss enemies, with Sally pitting Bunnie against Clove's sister Cassia. (StH: #277, #278, #279)

Romance

 * Sally is not yet known to have had a romantic life in the current continuity. See the Pre-Super Genesis Wave tab for her romances in the old continuity.

Abilities
Sally is a natural leader and tactician, serving as the strategist and organizer of the Freedom Fighters. She has a very logical mind, but has experienced enough that she readily accepts the mystical forces she encounters. However, her thought process does have it's drawbacks, such as limiting her physical abilities in the Digital World to what she's capable of in the real world.

For combat purposes, Sally employs her Ring-Blades, which were developed by Dr. Ellidy. These blades, projected from her bracelets, are strong enough to withstand Metal Sonic's claws, and can cut through solid substances such as metal alloys. Sally wields them with great proficiency in battle; in the Digital World, she could also conceive of them in other shapes such as a shield and sword.

Personality
Sally is strong-minded and is very opinionated. She is often logical and focused with a playful side and prefers to plan ahead in almost all situations. She often takes the role of a leader, not only in directing and organizing people en masse but also through mediation and offering suggestions or compromises to difficult situations.

Despite being a princess, Sally is a bit of a "tomboy", not hesitating to get into rough or messy situations if needed and does not typically dress regally or act as a damsel, but rather acts as a fighter.

Sally is known to be kind but headstrong and has a tendency to put too much pressure on herself to react in the most wise way. She can be somewhat insecure at times and should she think herself to have failed or misjudged a situation in the past, she will often have tremendous self-doubts in herself at the frustration of her perceived inability.

Sally's attitude towards her title of princess is one of duty; she is a firm leader with a strong sense of justice and a warm heart, and loves her people and strives to do the best she can for them. She is very caring as well and shows passion, bravery and determination, often remaining undeterred by setbacks, and goes out of her way to make sure her friends are safe and happy. While inwardly compassionate, she can often come off as confrontational, overbearing, hard, sardonic and condescending when stifled enough. When her emotions are open however, she is often only protective of her friends, constantly worried about their well being in the field.

Appearance
She is a brown chipmunk with strawberry blonde hair that connects to the stripe going down her back and ending on her tail. Her face has a lighter brown patch in which her large blue eyes are settled. Her clothes consist of black shorts with white rimming, dark blue boots with white outlines on the buckles, and white gloves with blue power bracelets that produce energy blades. She wears a closed blue vest with a black crop-top hidden underneath. Her tan-colored underbelly can be seen in the her midriff.

A younger Sally wore an outfit inspired by her younger self from the Sonic the Hedgehog animated series episode "Blast to the Past," though with the addition of white gloves. She has also been seen in white pajamas decorated with acorn designs. When she was slightly older, she started wearing her hair (now shorter) in a ponytail, and sported an open blue vest with a collar, with a black tube-top underneith, black sports pants held up by a white belt with a square, golden buckle, and wore a pair of grey and white sneakers. (StH: #277)

In the altered "Genesis" reality, her design largely resembled her appearance in the Pre-SGW timeline, although it was somewhat simplified, making her seemingly younger.

Background Information

 * Sally's design appears to be heavily inspired by Mecha Sally's weaponised form in the pre-SGW timeline. It's possible that the form heavily influenced how the Super Genesis Wave altered Sally's look.
 * Sally's energy blades bear strikingly similar properties to those of lightsabers in the Star Wars franchise.
 * According to Ian Flynn, Sonic and Sally's relationship status in the new reality is currently "Just Friends". It is not known if this will change in future comics as of now.
 * Ian Flynn confirmed in a Q&A that Sally is a poor cook as indicated in SU #71, and when preparing food for herself usually makes salad with nuts.
 * Acording to Aleah Baker on the Bumbleking Forums, Sally is 16 years old; though this could change.