Silver the Hedgehog


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

Silver the Hedgehog is a hedgehog gifted with psychic abilities 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 by his master, Mammoth Mogul, on how to use and control his powers as part of training to become a Knight of Kronos. Silver is driven by a mission to learn the identity of a supposed traitor amongst the Knothole Freedom Fighters whose actions ruined the future, and hopes to find this person in the past in order to save both that time and his own world. To this end, Silver has traversed both time and space, journeying into the pasts of Mobius Prime and other worlds including the Mobius: X Years Later dimension as well as Dark Mobius, effecting minor changes in his own time, but ultimately unable to undo its devastation. After numerous failures to fix their present time, Mogul eventually stranded Silver in 3237, under the condition that he would not return until he succeeded in stopping the traitor. With his solo efforts proving fruitless, Silver found himself joining Director Harvey Who's Secret Freedom Fighters in exchange for help finding the traitor's correct identity.

Hedgehog Havoc
Silver first appeared on Mobius Prime over Never Lake in the Kingdom of Mercia before Rob o' the Hedge and his wife Mari-An, telling them he needed to find Sonic the Hedgehog as the future depended on it. With Rob as his guide, the two traveled to Freedom HQ via Silver's Super Warp Ring, where they learned from Sally and Alicia that Sonic and Amy Rose were on Moebius, a world Silver admitted he knew about. Silver then transported himself and Rob there, and the two hedgehogs found themselves in the middle of a melee with Sonic, Scourge, Amy, Rosy the Rascal, Metal Sonic v3.0 and Shadow. (StH: #194, #195)

Eventually, Silver got fed up with the battle and halted everyone with his psychic powers to find out who was Sonic. Using Metal Sonic's paint scheme, Silver attacked Sonic, only for Rob to intervene. Silver explained his future had been ruined because someone betrayed the Freedom Fighters and he figured only Sonic was likely to have the power to do that. Rob, however, argued in favor of Sonic's heroism and gave Silver reason for doubt. At that point, Scourge resumed his attacks against them until Sonic got everyone to focus on just fighting him, to which he used Anarchy Beryl to transform into Super Scourge. Silver was at first knocked aside like all the others, but recovered in time to use his psychokinesis to grab hold of Super Scourge and save Miles after the Suppression Squad and Freedom Fighters came through the Globe Posts from Mobius, only for Scourge to break free. Silver tried again so the others could pile on top of him long enough to lose his super form, but Silver's power failed him yet again and Scourge threw the others off until he was stopped thanks to Sonic's thinking, as the Anarchy Beryl drained Scourge's strength when he powered down. Following this, Silver went to Dr. Kintobor's tower with the others and told Sonic that he would do more research on the traitor before returning, then departed to his home time. (StH: #195, #196)

Back to the Future
Silver's next trip was to the Mobius: X Years Later dimension, thirty years after his first encounter with Sonic, where he saved King Sonic and Queen Sally's family from a missile attack by the Dark Presence's leader, Lien-Da, during the Five Years of Peace celebration. Once at Castle Mobius, Silver explained that he believed this was the time when his future would be plunged into chaos, and briefly came to fear that Sally might be the traitor after learning she ordered the Freedom Fighters to disband, but kept this to himself. He was soon gassed unconscious by Misty-Re, a sleeper agent for the Dark Presence posing as a maid, and was then taken by Sally to a Panic Room with the children as the terrorist group took over the castle. (SU: #5, #6, #7)

Silver finally revived by the time King Shadow unleashed Tikhaos, (the result of Chaos and Tikal merging together during the Elemental War) and joined in the fight against it, saving Belle and Jacques D'Coolette. After Sonia and Manik Acorn successfully struck Tikhaos' brain, Silver caught them in mid fall. With the battle over, Silver inquired if King Sonic remembered a traitor in the Freedom Fighters, only to learn he did not though his trip through time had altered his memories. Having succeeded in saving the time-line for now, Silver then pulled out a Time Stone, and used Chronos Control to head home. (StH: #215, SU: #7, #8)

Name Games
Back in his his own time, Silver continued his research in Edmund's library on Onyx Island, where he found a record of the Freedom Fighters that listed one of it's founders as "Boomer" Walrus, leading him to believe Rotor Walrus was an imposter. Deciding to not consult his master and take action himself, the hedgehog then found himself conflicted, not wishing to kill an individual for a crime they had not yet committed, but eventually convinced himself it had to be done to prevent his time's ruination. (StH: #215)

Going to 3237, Silver ambushed Rotor while on his way to the Northern Tundra, using telekinesis to short out the walrus' nanite battlesuit. They struggled, but Silver was persuaded to help Rotor in his mission when he heard many innocent lives were at stake. Arriving at Iceborough in the middle of a battle, Rotor directed them to the Psionic Emitter where Silver was hooked up to the interface chair, and used his telepathy to free the Walrus Herd of mind control forever while also harming the local Dark Egg Legion chapter. After learning from Rotor's mother and Sonic that Boomer was just his childhood nickname, an embarassed Silver returned to his time to discover from Edmund that he had caused some slight changes with his mission, and then reported to his master, a slightly aged Mammoth Mogul. (StH: #215, #216)

The Dark Unknown
While being tutored by Mammoth Mogul one day, they detected a strange visitor arrivng from across both time and another zone. Silver went to investigate the occurrence, only to be attacked by a mysterious being on Onyx Island which he subdued with Edmund's help. While they tried to examine the thing, it retaliated and Silver gave chase through a strange portal it created to find out what was going on. Exiting the portal, Silver arrived in a dark and decrepit city that looked worse than his own world and encountered his attacker once again, this time with backup. Outnumbered, the young hedgehog quickly found himself fighting for his life as his attackers overwhelmed him, leading to his rescue by the Dark Freedom Fighters. (SU: #25, #26)

When brought to their leader, Silver learned the hard way that he was not dealing with Lara-Su, but an alternate version of her, and tried to explain his journey to their world and how he knew “Jani-Ca". Jani-Ca quickly accepted his story and brought him back to their base while explaining to Silver how the Guardian before her had conquered this Mobius as Enerjak, making Prelate warriors out of his victims' Cores, and destroyed all resistance but her rebels. Silver also learned that Jani-Ca believed him from her own time travel experience where she failed to help her present and he attempted to sympathize with her as they went over their plan to defeat Enerjak using Sword of Acorns’ magical properties. However, Enerjak then revealed his presence to the rebels and destroyed their base while Silver levitated them to safety. (SU: #26)

Hearing from Enerjak that his arrival made the rebels’ entertainment value moot, Silver demanded the demigod surrender, only for him to summon more Prelates and attack his allies. Unsure who to help first, Silver decided to go after Enerjak directly, only to find Enerjak could dispell his powers with ease. As every counterattack failed, Silver broke off from the fight to rally the Freedom Fighters, and assisted them by gathering the Cores as the Prelates were destroyed so Enerjak could not reuse them. Though Dagger suggested it was not worth restoring their owners, Silver argued he had not given up on his world, and neither should they when they knew how to fix it. Unawares, Silver was caught off-guard when Enerjak attacked and then trapped the hedgehog as he removed the others' Cores until just Jani-Ca was left. Silver soon freed himself through intense focus, getting Enerjak's attention with his display of power, and flew right at the tyrant, intending to finish the fight once and for all. (SU: #26, #27)

Silver's fought fiercely as he engaged the corrupted Guardian, taking itso far that Enerjak eventually struck him with the island itself. Silver was unprepared for the onslaught from a horde of new Prelates, but with Jani-Ca's help he battled his way through them to Enerjak. Silver then encased him in his aura and dragged Enerjak across the island before hurling him into it far below, believing with that action that he went too far despite his master's warning. As Enerjak bomarbed Silver in vengeance with Chaos energy, the hedgehog recalled his teachers' lessons and finally realized he could not beat Enerjak with his own power, but could outsmart him with it and turn his attacks back against him. This new strategy worked instantly, as Silver found Enerjak was completely vulnerable to each blast he returned, causing him great pain. Infuriated at how Silver had turned the battle around, Enerjak leapt to crush him, only to be stunned by Jani-Ca with the Sword of Acorns, saving Silver as she drained the tyrant's power. At first worried he had been tricked when she became an Enerjak herself, Silver was relieved to see Jani-Ca still retained her old personality and desired to heal her world with this opportunity. Silver then graciously turned down her offer to help his world as he had yet to learn how it got ruined, and departed home with the realization from this experience that he needed to be ready to help other worlds that might be depending on him as well. (SU: #28)

Stuck in the Past
Back in his own time period, Silver found a secret room behind a shelf in the library on Onyx Island. He used his psychokinesis to move the shelf, and he and Edmund entered the room. After Edmund playfully mocked Silver, Silver found a diary that once belonged to Antoine D'Coolette. Misinterpreting the remaining words from the torn pages of the diary, Silver was certain that Antoine was the Freedom Fighter traitor that he had been searching for. He then brought the book over to his other mentor, Mogul, and explained what he had come across. Mogul was concerned that Silver might again mess up in finding the traitor, and, after explaining what he remembered about his past, he warned Silver that there could be serious consequences for continuously time traveling. As a result, if Silver's latest hunch proved to be incorrect, he would have to remain in the past until he found the traitor and fixed the future. Accepting the conditions, Silver took the notes from his master on how to return to the future once his mission was complete, and Mogul sent Silver into the past through the use of the Time Stone. (StH: #235)

Arriving in the past, Silver began his search for Antoine. He noticed Rotor Walrus comforting NICOLE, and, while speaking quietly to himself, he apologized to Rotor for his previous accusation, referring to him as "Boomer" in the process. Sonic the Hedgehog noticed Silver outside his house, and, when Sonic asked him what he was doing, Silver explained that he was sure that Antoine was the traitor. Sonic, who was already sad about losing Sally Acorn and Antoine, broke through the wall and window of his own home to attack Silver and literally dragged him all the way to Tommy Turtle Memorial Hospital where the unconscious and hospitalized Antoine was. Silver was shocked to find that he had again messed up and began reading through the diary to try to make sense of things. Sonic then found the note left behind by Bunnie Rabbot-D'Coolette saying that she had left, resulting in Silver wondering if Bunnie was the traitor. Sonic became enraged at Silver's accusations and attempted to attack him, but Silver stopped him in mid-air with his psychokinesis. Sonic yelled at him that none of the Freedom Fighters were traitors because they were his trusted friends and were bigger heroes than a "flake" like Silver could ever hope to be, before ordering Silver to go home. Silver explained that he could not return to his future, so Sonic told him to just go away. Now depressed over his constant failure to find the traitor and save his future, Silver sat on a bench outside wondering what to do, especially now that so many people in the past knew of him, which could possibly result in major paradoxes. Harvey Who came across the distraught Hedgehog, and, after learning that he was the time-traveling hedgehog that he had heard about, he offered Silver the chance to join the Secret Freedom Fighters, where Silver can fight to save the world and his future and ensure that his name and actions would not spread. Excited over this opportunity, Silver gladly accepted. (StH: #235)

Ace in the Hole
Once the Secret Freedom Fighters were established, Harvey Who sent them on their first mission (reassuring Silver that, in return, he would look over Silver's notes and help identify his traitor). Silver, along with Shard and Larry Lynx, were sent to track and report the actions of Geoffrey St. John, leading them to Windy Valley in Soumerca. The group found themselves investigating a dangerous underground crypt, the resting place of Ixis Vale. Here, Silver was stunned to find mention of his master as "Ixis Mogul," though he kept this to himself. When the team discovered that St. John was attempting to flee the crypt unnoticed, Silver nearly succeeded in trapping him; however, the former Secret Service agent had a few tricks up his sleeve and managed to escape with the use of bombs. Large parts of the tomb collapsed, leaving the team trapped below. Silver used his powers to hold back the falling rocks as Shard carefully began to dig them free. However, they had some success as they had earlier planted a tracker on St. John. (SU: #41)

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. In moments of anger or stress, he can call upon a massive amount of power, allowing him to induce and explosive wave and making the material in his hold take a different form like a giant fist. 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.
 * Silver's Secret Freedom Fighter uniform is based of off his race suit from the Sonic Rivals series.

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.

As part of the Secret Freedom Fighters, he wears a black bodysuit with black gloves and boots; these are accented in cyan bands with gray trimming. This outfit stems from the Sonic Rivals games. Unlike the rest of the team, Silver's outfit doesn't include a visor and facemask.

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," indicating, that it may not be possible. (1)
 * However there have also been thoughts that Silver could possibly be the descendant of Shadow and Rouge, due to various clues and evidence in appearances and personalities. Although Sega may not intend to reveal who Silver really is, it is still a possibility.