The Ancients (Sonic Boom)

The Ancients are a civilization featured and the overarching protagonists in the Sonic Boom franchise. They lived on Earth millenia ago and shaped much of the world as it is now. They played a role in stopping one of their own, Lyric, from destroying the world, but eventually died out, leaving Lyric the last ancient.
==History==
===Rise of Lyric===
The Ancients lived at least a thousand years ago, and their influence stretched far across the planet. They were in possession of the powerful Chaos Crystals, which they used to both power their technology and live in balance with nature. This changed when one Ancient, Lyric, became incurably sick when studying the crystals to unlock their power. Feeling betrayed due to his peers not warning him and being unable to cure him with organic medicines, he turned himself into a cyborg and sought to destroy all organic life and build a realm of machines in its place. The Chaos Crystals had to be hidden away to prevent Lyric from using them for his scheme. A war between him and the other Ancients broke out, which stopped when two heroes from the future, Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles "Tails" Prower, stole the map marking the Chaos Crystals and allowed one of his robots, MAIA, to destroy his facility. Lyric was soon after captured by his peers and frozen in a tomb, never to be released. Over the years, the Ancients ultimately died out under unknown circumstances, only leaving the ruins of their civilization behind.
===Shattered Crystal===
The Ancients lived over 5000 years ago and were in possession of the Crystal of Power. One of them, Lyric, tried to obtain the crystal's power and become omnipotent, sparking a war between him and his peers. The other Ancients stopped and imprisoned him for the time being, and split the Crystal of Power into multiple fragment to keep it away from Lyric's grasp when he would inevitably be set free. Over the years, the Ancients ultimately died out under unknown circumstances.
===Legacy===
After his release in the present, Lyric was left as the last member of his once great civilization and continued with his plans, only to be stopped by Team Sonic. In the present day, various people would uncover pieces of the Ancients' technology and use them for their own benefit.
==Trivia==
*The Ancients have been described as both a civilization and a race in various sources, although most of their depictions seem to imply that they are the former.
*It's unknown what caused the Ancients to go extinct.
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