Silver the Hedgehog


 * This is the article on the time traveler. For one of Dr. Ivo Robotnik's robots, see Silver Sonic. Or if your searching for the one made by Dr. Eggman, see Silver Sonic II.

Silver the Hedgehog is a hedgehog from a post-apocalyptic alternate future in the year 3437 P.X.E., two hundred years away from the Mobius Prime's timeline. He has been taught how to control his powers by his master, Mammoth Mogul, and went back in time to Mobius Prime to seek out Sonic the Hedgehog, who he suspected betrayed the Knothole Freedom Fighters in his own timeline. Silver eventually found himself on Moebius and ended up part of a large battle between hedgehogs as he tried to identify Sonic among them. After witnessing Sonic's good nature and Rob O' the Hedge explaining that the evidence Silver had was circumstantial, Silver returned to his own timeline to do further investigation. Silver returned to Mobius thirty years later in the Mobius: X Years Later dimension just in time to save King Sonic and his family from being assassinated by a missile attack from Lien-Da. After feeling that timeline had averted disaster following the defeat of Tikhaos, he returned to his own universe to continue his efforts to uncover the traitor to the Freedom Fighters, where he would find a possible lead in Rotor Walrus, which Silver thought was "Boomer" in disguise. After finding out his error about Rotor's past nickname and helping thwart a Dark Egg Legion chapter's hold on the Northern Tundra, he returned to his own time once again to consult with his master. Later, after sensing an arrival into his time, he went to investigate, only to come under attack by an unknown assailant, which he followed into its own time: a barren, wrecked city under the rule of an iron-fisted tyrant.

Search for Sonic the Hedgehog
Silver appeared for the first time on Mobius Prime over Never Lake in Mercia, to the surprised Rob O' the Hedge and his wife Mari-An. Silver first believed Rob to be Sonic due to their similar appearance, but when Rob explained he wasn't him, Silver told him he needed to find this Sonic as the future depended on it. (StH: #194)

Rob O' the Hedge explained to Silver they could find Sonic at Freedom HQ. Using Silver's Super Warp Ring, the two travelled there together. Silver and Rob arrived together to find Sally and Alicia arguing about stranding Sonic and Amy Rose on Moebius. After getting the gist of the situation from Sally, Silver admitted he knew of the place and wasted no time transporting himself and Rob to Moebius. Once there, the two hedgehogs met up with Sonic, Scourge, Amy, Rosy the Rascal, Metal Sonic and Shadow the Hedgehog. (StH: #195)

During the ensuing fight, Silver attempted to discover which hedgehog among the group was Sonic, gingerly attempting to ask the individual combatants. Getting increasingly annoyed by everyone ignoring him, Silver halted everyone with his psychic powers and demanded Sonic's identity, to which both Sonic and Scourge replied "He is!" Deducing the truth from the blue Metal Sonic, Silver attacked Sonic, only for Rob to demand he stand down. Silver protested, explaining that in his future someone betrayed the Freedom Fighters and he figured only Sonic was likely enough to have the power to do that. But Rob argued otherwise, displaying Sonic's heroism and giving Silver reason for doubt. Scourge then jumped in and attacked both of them, taunting that Silver should use his powers to give himself "a less-stupid haircut". Shortly afterward, Sonic made a proposal to everyone to stop attacking each other and strictly finish off Scourge. In response, Scourge used the Anarchy Beryl in his throne to transform into Super Scourge. (StH: #195)

Silver tried to defeat Super Scourge but was temporarily knocked aside like all the others. Shortly afterwards when Super Scourge tried to defeat the Suppression Squad and Freedom Fighters after they came through the Star Posts from Mobius, Silver used his psychokinesis to grab and hold Scourge before he could injure the cowering Miles, but Super Scourge managed to break free. Silver tried this again on Sally's orders so the others could pile on top of Super Scourge long enough for him to lose his super form, but Silver's power failed him yet again and Scourge threw the others off of him. Scourge was eventually stopped thanks to the quick thinking of Sonic, as the Anarchy Beryl drained Scourge of his strength when he powered down. Following this, Silver walked back with the others to Dr. Kintobor's tower and told Sonic that he would do more research concerning the betrayal of the Freedom Fighters and return one day, then departed to his home time via Warp Ring. (StH: #196)

Return in 3267
Silver kept his promise and found his way into the Mobius: X Years Later dimension, thirty years after his first encounter with Sonic. During the celebration for King Sonic and Queen Sally, the Dark Presence's leader, Lien-Da fired a missile at the royal family. Before the missile could destroy the king and queen along with their children, however, Silver arrived just in time and used his telekinesis to destroy the missile and save them all, telling King Sonic that he returned to attempt to save his future once again. (SU: #5)

He later explained to them at Castle Mobius that he believed that now was the time when his future would be plunged into chaos, and says that the Dark Presence are likely connected to it, and Sonic says that he should be searching for King Shadow's former right-hand woman Lien-Da. Silver briefly came to fear that Sally might be the traitor after learning that she ordered the Freedom Fighters to disband, but did little to pursue this conclusion. He was later gassed by Misty-Re, a sleeper agent for the Dark Presence who was posing as a maid inside the castle. After Sonic gassed the maid, he told Sally to take the unconscious Silver and their kids to a safe room in the castle. With Silver still out cold, Sally did her best to carry out her husband's instructions and managed to get the children and Silver into the Panic Room, the latter being carried while draped across her shoulder. (SU: #6, #7)

Silver finally started to come around by the time King Shadow unleashed Tikhaos, (the result of Chaos and Tikal merging together during the Elemental War). Once King Sonic came to rescue his family from the ruins of Castle Mobius, Silver had nearly got back to full power and helped in the fight against Tikhaos, managing to save Belle and Jacques D'Coolette. After Sonia and Manik Acorn successfully struck Tikhaos' brain in an attempt to defeat it, Silver managed to catch them before they plummeted back down to the ground. With the battle over and the time-line saved for now, Silver inquired as to whether King Sonic remembered a traitor within the Freedom Fighters, and he said that he didn't but his trip through time had altered his memories a bit. Silver then pulled out a yellow Time Stone, and used Chronos Control to disappear in a bright light. (StH: #215, SU: #7, #8)

Continued Quest
Returning to his own time, Silver went to Onyx Island, doing research in a library there with the permission of his acquaintance Edmund. Finding a record of the Freedom Fighters, he discovered that one of the original members was listed as "Boomer" Walrus, leading him to believe that Rotor Walrus had infiltrated the group and was impersonating Boomer. Silver briefly considered consulting his master, but decided to take action himself, confident enough in his abilities with the Time Stones to forgo the use of his Super Warp Ring. The Hedgehog then found himself conflicted, not wishing to kill an individual for a crime they hadn't even committed yet, but eventually convincing himself after looking around at the ruined civilization around him and remembering that the traitor was responsible for it. Traveling back in time, he attacked Rotor as the Walrus made his way to the Northern Tundra, easily overpowering his nanite battlesuit and accusing Rotor of being an impostor and traitor. They struggled, but Rotor later managed to persuade Silver to help him in his mission. Arriving at Iceborough in the middle of a battle, Silver thought to hold everyone with his telekinesis, but Rotor directed him to the Psionic Emitter. Silver was then hooked up to the interface chair where he used his psychokinesis to permanently free the Walrus Herd of mind control while also causing serious damage to the local Dark Egg Legion chapter. Once convinced that Boomer was only Rotor's childhood nickname by his mother and Sonic, Silver returned to his time period quite embarassed and, after a brief dialogue with Guardian Edmund, he reported his mission to his master, a slightly aged Mammoth Mogul. (StH: #215, #216)

Into the Unknown
One day, while being tutored by Mammoth Mogul, a strange visitor arrived having crossed through both time and another zone, and Silver went off to investigate. On Onyx Island Silver found himself being viciously attacked by the mysterious being, and was forced to defend himself before it retreated. Silver gave chase, unaware it was trying lead him into a trap and he was saved only through Edmund's timely intervention, enabling him to subdue it behind a dumpster. While they were examining his attacker after he explained the situation, Silver attempted to get any useful information possible out of Edmund by describing what it had been capable of, but the inquiry proved fruitless. However it eventually recovered and realtiated, whereupon Silver barely saved them both from being crushed as it escaped through a strange portal that the young hedgehog kept from closing; both with his psychic powers. Worried about the visitor's motives, Edmund suggested Silver enter the portal as well since he was the only one who could do anything about it, keeping the Time Stone with him so he could later return home. After traveling through the portal, Silver found himself in a dark and decrepit city that featured a towering statue of a being holding an island and the planet in his hands. Silver encountered his attacker once again, but before he could get any answers, he was joined by five others. Ambushed, the young hedgehog soon found himself fighting for his life when his attempt to rationally settle the situation first failed. (SU: #25)

As his attackers overwhelmed him, Silver used his telekinesis to shield himself with chunks of concrete, but they quickly turned this strategy against him and pressed in on the concrete in order to crush the young time-traveler. Silver at first seemed to succumb to their efforts, but in a last act of desperation, unleashed a surge of psychic energy that forced them back. Silver then used this moment to try escaping and find safe place, but was quickly struck down by the three flying beings, narrowly avoiding landing amongst the others, and put himself behind an overturned car. As he tried to recover, Silver did not notice the flying beings moving in on him and might have been finished, but they suddenly exploded above his head. Peering cautiously from his hiding place, he witnessed as his other attackers were easily destroyed by a group of combatants, leaving behind only glowing colored orbs. When a pair of his saviors found him and brought him to their leader, Silver was relieved to see who he thought was Lara-Su, but was viciously threatened by her when he uttered her name. Once Silver was allowed to tell how he knew “Jani-Ca”, he realized this was a different version of Lara-Su, and explained who he was and his journey to Angel Island. After a moment’s consideration, Jani-Ca accepted his story and dragged him along with her group back to their base. While on the way, Silver asked Jani-Ca what had happened to this world, and listened with shock and disgust at how the Guardian before her went mad with power and conquered Mobius as Enerjak while destroying all forms of resistance but her rebels, turning old friends and family into Cores to make his Prelate warriors. Once they arrived at their underground hideout, Silver asked Jani-Ca why she believed him, and she described a prior trip to the past she took herself. As she admitted how she messed up and failed to change anything in her present, Silver realized he could relate and briefly attempted to sympathize with her before changing the subject to how to stop Enerjak. Silver was at first dubious, but when the Freedom Fighters explained the Sword of Acorns’ magical properties and how they would use it, he went along with the idea. While Silver tried to reason out Enerjak’s identity from Jani-Ca’s story, the demigod revealed his presence to the rebels, claiming he had always known their location as he destroyed their base. Ordering everyone to link hands with him, Silver then lifted his new allies out of the crumbling remains of the hideout with his telekinesis, but was suddenly caught in Enerjak’s Chaos energy. As the tyrant claimed Silver’s arrival had made the rebels’ entertainment value moot, the hedgehog broke free of his hold and landed everyone to safety, demanding that Enerjak surrender. Instead, Enerjak summoned more Prelates to give them a “fair fight” and Jani-Ca told Silver to help the others as she fought one made from her mother’s Core. Silver did not know who to help at first and became flustered, but then he remembered Edmund’s words to use his head and took his advice by launching a large piece of debris at Enerjak himself. Hiding behind the debris, Silver waited for Enerjak to destroy it as a distraction and then grabbed him in his own psychic power. Elated at first, he was then shocked to see Enerjak dispel his hold over him with ease and was knocked to the ground with Enerjak declaring Silver had arrived in time to watch him assert complete domination over the world. (SU #26)

Personality
Silver has a strong sense of justice and it is this personality trait that motivates him to head back into the past to correct the future to help his people at whatever the cost. However, this eagerness to do good is coupled with a strong naivety; he often jumps to conclusions and readily believes anything he's told. Thus he is prone to manipulation and making poor decisions; he often benefits from having someone to assist and guide him in his actions. Somewhat awkward, he has a tendency of hiding behind bravado. While determined to do the right thing, he lacks ruthlessness and sometimes has trouble figuring out the best way to attain his goals. He's also noticeably shy and somewhat polite. This kindliness often clashes with his sense of justice. Silver's sense of justice goes deeper than just saving the future, though. Regardless of his own goals, he is unable to ignore those in need of help and will put his own missions aside if there's someone in danger.

Abilities
Silver's main power is his psychokinesis, which allows him to lift, throw, hold and move objects (and people) easily with a thought, though repeated and extreme use can cause strain. While he has his limits, he can often affect multiple targets at once. His abilities are particularly effective against machinery, and he can also use them on himself to enable him to not only hover but fly. Silver can also capture objects in an orb of psychokinesis and crush them while inside and not let anything get out, like he did with the missile fired at King Sonic and his family. He can also perform limited telepathy, but all he can do at the moment is give someone a headache and talk with another telepath inside his head, but the latter leaves him with a migraine. This particular skill can be enhanced while using specialized equipment though. He has also learned to manipulate the energies of artifacts known as the Time Stones, though originally he relied on a Super Warp Ring to travel through time and space.

Background information

 * When Silver was first introduced into the comic universe, it was in a similar way to the games universe Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). He went back in time to kill Sonic because he would cause the destruction of his world as the Iblis Trigger. This was later proven false just like the games.
 * Which, in a way, also happened in the comics. As Ian Flynn stated that he is "treating [the comic] as if Sonic06 already happened. Since its story effectively makes itself never happen, [he's] saying that it did happen in the book - which is to say it didn't." (1)
 * In StH: #194, #195 and in SU: #6-8, Silver had a cyan colored talk bubble, but in StH: #196 and SU: #5, it is green. And in StH: #215 and #216, his speech bubbles are black like everone else's.
 * In StH: #194, the sides of his boots are dark blue, in StH: #195 and 196 they are teal, in StH: #196 and SU: #5 the circle symbol on his gloves are green, and in SU: #6 the sides of his boots are black on the first page then indigo the rest of the comic and the circle symbols on his gloves are sky blue.

Appearance
Silver is a very light gray (almost white) with white fur on his chest surrounding his neck with yellow eyes and tan skin. He wears white gloves with cyan circles with lines sticking out of the bottom leading to his golden bracelets accented in cyan. The tops of his boots are of a similar fashion with a red gem set in gold. The rest of his boots are navy blue, white and cyan. He has two large spines at the back of his head, while at the front of his forehead there are five distinct spines flared up and back, the two final ones covering up most of his ears. The glow from his telekinesis is cyan, though it has often been miscolored green.

Possible Descendant

 * Some fans have speculated that Silver could possibly be the descendant of Sonic, Shadow, Amy or another famous hedgehog, but this has not been confirmed. Evidence to support this theory for the game universe appeared in Sonic and the Black Knight, where Silver was depicted as Sir Galahad, the son of Sir Lancelot who was played by Shadow the Hedgehog, indicating a possible hint at Silver's heritage.
 * When writer Ian Flynn was asked if he was going to reveal who Silver was descended from, he said "No". He went on to further explain that he is "not touching or even hinting at that in fear of Sega will make it official and make [him] look stupid. That said, [he doesn't] think Sega will ever delve into Silver's back-story. Short of cameo appearances or non-main-series games, [he] think[s] we've seen the last of him. All that said, [he's] sure [Silver] ' ll remain a familiar face. And given how much SegaSonic parallels Dragon Ball Z, [he]'d wager Silver is somehow descended from Shadow and Amy. He also said that people should not ask him "how that'd work", and that he was "just going off the patterns." (1)