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Mobius: 25 Years Later, (or simply M:25YL), is an alternate history and alternate universe from Mobius Prime, which takes place twenty-five years after the events of the Mobius Prime timeline. While this universe showed peace and prosperity throughout Mobius initially, this all changed when King Sonic was forced to go back in time and change history in order to preserve the fabric of reality. Upon his return to the timeline, events had dramatically been altered and Shadow was now king. With the help of Knuckles, Tails and Lara-Su, the despot Shadow was disposed of and a chance for peace returned.

Between Present and Futures
Various events are known to have taken place somewhere along the timeline between the present timeline seen in Mobius Prime and the possible futures of Mobius 25 Years Later. Knuckles temporarily regained the powers of his Chaos Knuckles form, enabling him to defeat Dr. Eggman once and for all (though in a line of dialogue between Knuckles and King Sonic, the former claims it was the latter who defeated Eggman). However, Knuckles lost these powers again when Sonic, attempting to stop Knuckles from using his vast energy to recreate Mobius as he saw fit, accidentally used an alien device upon him. As a result, Knuckles' right eye was ruined and had to be replaced by a biomechanical implant. In addition, Dimitri was badly damaged after refusing to give Eggman aid in the moment of his imminent defeat. Because of this, he was reduced to a cyborg head contained within a floating glass ball. (StH: #135, #138, #140)

25 Years Later — Unaltered
Originally in this universe, prior to his alterations, the status quo of Mobius had dramatically changed during the years past. Mobius enjoyed a state of peace and prosperity, with most if not all past antagonists destroyed or permanently defeated. The Kingdom of Acorn was currently under the rule of King Sonic and Queen Sally, who were married and had two children named Princess Sonia and Prince Manik. However, due to past events, Sonic appeared to have grown distant towards his old friend Miles "Tails" Prower and openly hostile towards Knuckles. Sally put up with this, believing that her husband is going through a midlife crisis and the pressures of ruling without being raised to do so. (StH: #131, #135, #136, #138)

Angel Island had become a tranquil metropolis, no longer the battleground for conflict between the Dark Legion and the rest of the island's Echidna population. Knuckles and his girlfriend Julie-Su were paired up, though not civilly married as they believe that commitment is more important than ceremony. The two of them also had a daughter named Lara-Su, who was constantly dismayed at her father's refusal to let her become a member of the Brotherhood of Guardians. The Brotherhood continued its vigil over Mobius from hiding, though the group's numbers were somewhat diminished with the death of Knuckles' father Locke and the reduction of Knuckles' grandfather Sabre to a vegetative state. Lien-Da controlled the Dark Legion, and had a son by the name of Rutan. Dimitri, as a changed man, also lived with the two of them, and believed that Lien-Da should mend her relationship with Julie-Su. The two apparently disagreed over a number of subjects, but remained civil. (StH: #131, #133, #134, #135)

As for the other Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix, a number of things for them had changed as well. Tails had married Mina Mongoose and had two children who were friends to Manic and Sonia, while Rotor had become an emissary of the Kingdom of Acorn. Espio was currently married and serving as Knuckles' secretary, having two daughters by the names of Salma and Juanita, though it is known that Salma is involved having a relationship with Rutan. Vector the Crocodile was also married and had a son named Argyle. (StH: #131, #132, #133, #138)

Unfortunately this future had a major crisis facing it. Following the celebration of Lara-Su's sixteenth birthday, King Sonic's family payed a visit to Angel Island. When Sonic met with Knuckles, he learned that Mobius faced imminent destruction. Numerous occasions of immense stress on the space time continuum - including Sonic's access of the Cosmic Interstate, his final battle with Dr. Ivo Robotnik, and his detonation of the Xorda Quantum Dial - the fabric of space and time was in danger of collapsing, which would cause Mobius to be destroyed. In an attempt to fix the problem, Sonic and Knuckles agreed to a truce. Sonic agreed to use the Tachyon Displacement Chamber, a time machine built by Eggman and kept in storage for years, to travel to the past and collect information so that the problem could be rectified. Before departing, Knuckles told Lara-Su that she could become a Guardian, and she stowed away aboard the transport. Sonic entered the chamber, but something went wrong and he disappeared. Lara-Su vanished at the same time, and the time line was irrevocably altered... (StH: #133, #138, #141, #142, #143, #144)

25 Years Later — Altered
As a result of King Sonic's journey to the past, Mobius in the 25 Years Later universe had been changed almost beyond recognition. The planet was now under the despotic control of King Shadow who had become Sally's husband through some alteration to the past. With the Dark Legion working together with him and Knuckles apparently serving as his enforcer, he had subjugated the planet to his will. Although these negative changes took place, the damage to the time space continuum has apparently been repaired, ending any danger of Mobius being destroyed. However, the handful of Mobians who had escaped losing their memories of the original timeline thanks to being near the Tachyon Displacement chamber when it went off, had been imprisoned by Shadow's orders, though Cobar had been possibly killed by Shadow since he had operated behind Lien-Da's back, and had been trying to save the old version of their timeline. (StH: #166)

Having retrained her memories, Lara-Su found a world far different from what she left behind. As a result of the alteration, several of her friends ceased to exist, while her father appeared to be a brutal enforcer of Shadow's will, with only herself and a handful of others remembering the original timeline before it was altered. Teaming up with Tails, she accompanied him in a search for Sonic, eventually finding him living on the streets of the city of Portal as a hobo. Sonic reconciles with Tails, believing that if he couldn't fix the past back to the way it was, then he could at least fix his friendship with Tails. However, the three were then arrested by Knuckles, who later revealed that he was only serving Shadow's will so he could undermine the power-mad Hedgehog from within. (StH: #166, #167)

Working together, Lara-Su and the others freed Shadow's prisoners and lead a rebellion, with Sonic going to face his old rival. Shadow soundly defeated him as Sonic had aged with the flow of time while Shadow had not, but Lara-Su took his place and was able to defeat Shadow using Chaos Control. As a result, her father was convinced of her worthiness to be a Guardian. Upon speaking with Sally later, who considered her relationship with Shadow annulled, she and Sonic agreed to get married, their old love rekindled. (StH: #167)

Characters Present in M:25YL
Royal Family
 * King Sonic Hedgehog
 * Queen Sally Hedgehog
 * Sonia Hedgehog
 * Manik Hedgehog


 * King Shadow (formerly)

Knuckles' Family
 * Knuckles
 * Julie-Su
 * Lara-Su
 * Knecapeon Mace
 * Spectre
 * Sojourner
 * Sabre
 * Locke
 * Dimitri
 * Lien-Da
 * Rutan

Other
 * Rotor Walrus
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Mina Prower
 * Espio
 * Juanita
 * Salma
 * Vector the Crocodile
 * Argyle the Crocodile
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Harry
 * Cobor
 * Riki-Le
 * Jaker
 * Demi-Na

Background information

 * The characters of Sonic and Sally's children Sonia and Manik were named after the Sonic Underground characters of the same names, possibly as a tribute since nothing of the series had any major role in the comics.


 * Because the "finale" of the feature has been already printed, it is unknown if this feature will continue to be printed in a future issue. As of now, it has not appeared in any issues since the finale.


 * Several important characters did not appear in Mobius: 25 Years Later, although a number of them were mentioned. These include:
 * Bunnie Rabbot
 * Antoine D'Coolette
 * NICOLE
 * King Acorn
 * Elias Acorn
 * Charmy Bee
 * Mighty the Armadillo
 * Dr. Finitevus
 * Rouge the Bat
 * Amy Rose


 * Prior to the release of Mobius: 25 Years Later, another possible future storyline was planned out for the comics. Known as Mobius: 20 Years Later, it would have featured Mobius coming under attack from some unknown threat 20 years into the future of the comic and a new villain called Doctor Droid. This is the same threat that Locke was shown a vision of by the Ancient Walkers, prompting him to the experimentations that made Knuckles into a mutant Echidna, and which Princess Sally saw during her first contact with the Source of All. However, the storyline was cancelled before ever being published.


 * It has been approved that Sonic Universe issues 5-8 will contain a storyline called Mobius: 30 Years Later. It will basically serve as an extension from Sonic The Hedgehog #167. King Sonic is married to Queen Sally, and many of the M25YL characters will reappear in this arc.
 * It's also been stated in the synoposis for SU#6 that Silver the Hedgehog will reappear in this arc. Because he's from an alternate future of his own, whether or not he will still be the same age as he was in STH#195-196 is currently unknown.