Austin Smith (Fallen Worlds)

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Austin Smith is a character who appears in The Legend of Fox the Brave: The Fallen Worlds. He serves as a main protagonist of Austin's Exile and Journey through the Broken Worlds. Unlike his main timeline counterpart, he is extremely underconfident and bears a different design; this was initially a disguise that he later kept as his look, as he liked it
Unlike the calm, confident young warrior from the main timeline, Austin bears a lot of trauma from Dr. Starline, and is thus a lot more quiet, contemplative, and wary. He is also dreadfully afraid of Dr. Starline himself
== Appearance ==
Austin retains his appearance from the main timeline, for the most part, but with a few additions
Austin is a young, 19 year old Mobian German Shepherd Dog with brown fur, black fur on his muzzle, back, and the upper half of his tail. He has blue eyes, and wears a black shirt. In addition to this, he wears a blue scarf, blue goggles, black fingerless gloves, and has a scar on his face similar to his main counterpart
== Personality ==
Unlike his main counterpart, who is brave despite his fears, Austin in the Fallen Worlds timeline is very timid, quiet, and contemplative
While he started out as a brave, confident warrior, constant, relentless torment at the hands of Dr. Starline caused him to become more withdrawn and quiet. With severe psychological trauma, Austin is very timid, nervous and underconfident
He suffers from regular nightmares, and has a panic attack when he starts seeing Starline's apparition. Austin is deeply comforted by the presence of his friends, but is put off by the presence of Kit at the Base, seeing the small fennec as a painful reminder of the man who tormented him for so long
== History ==
=== Rise of the Warriors ===
At some point during Eggman's rule of the Worlds, Austin was brought to Angel Island, presumably in the same manner he was in the main timeline. When young Red was sixteen years old, he met Austin by quite literally crashing into him. The two became fast friends, though Austin was put off by the appearance of Dr. Finitevus after one meeting. Also after that meeting, Austin admitted his secret to Red: He was from Earth, a different World entirely
When Red makes the decision to leave the Red Fox Pack to start a resistance movement against Eggman, Austin tags along. He accompanies the newly named Fox the Brave, Maako, Karra, and Dr. Finitevus(who accompanied them for his own means) off the Island, and on a mission to stop Eggman
Austin mostly remained in the background, accompanying Fox and the others as they returned to Soleanna. They traveled up to River Valley Village, where they helped fend off an attack from Neo Metal Sonic. Austin explained Neo Metal Sonic to the others, before they are attacked. Austin takes part in the battle with aid from a Bone Rush attack given to him by Isa
Later, after the warriors travel further down the river, they are ambushed by unseen forces, and kidnapped. Austin is the one who first notices something out of the ordinary, and warns Fox. Before any of them can act, they are attacked and knocked out
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== Relationships ==
=== Fox the Brave ===
Like the main timeline, Austin and Fox view each other as battle-brothers, and are as close as blood brothers. Fox was initially Austin's only real friend in the Four Worlds before Michael arrived, and before he befriended Boulder and Storm
Though their relationship went through a very tenuous period after the Enerjak incident, it was slowly repaired with time and distance, as Austin spent some time away from the Storm Fighters as a loner living on Angel Island. Though Fox is currently missing from the Four Worlds, Austin is still very close to his friend, and misses him dearly. Fox was overjoyed to know that Austin was still alive after everything
=== Doma the Houndoom ===
The first friend Austin met after becoming a loner, Doma helped Austin open up, and vice versa. Soon, she became one of the few people Austin trusted with his secret, which helped her understand all the interest in him. During Austin's stay on Angel Island, Doma became a source of comfort for Austin, being his only friend before Austin returned to the Base
Doma grieved Austin's "death", and was overjoyed to find out he was alive and well, if horribly traumatized by Starline. When the Storm Fighters were reformed, Doma joined them. She appears to also have befriended Storm and Boulder, and is on good terms with them
=== Boulder the Lycanroc ===
Boulder is a close friend of Austin's, and a source of comfort for him. Though Boulder is overwhelmed by Austin's memories when he sees them through his foresight, he empathizes with Austin, and comforts him when he is afraid. After the battle against Dark Enerjak, Boulder admitted he was seeing Dr. Starline's Spirit, which prompted the doctor to start appearing to Austin, deeply frightening him. Boulder became a comfort to Austin when this happened, as Boulder apologized to Austin while comforting him as he has a severe panic attack
=== Dr. Starline ===
Similar to his main counterpart's dynamic with Dr. Finitevus, Austin is deeply afraid of Dr. Starline. He was initially just put off by the doctor's bearing, noting him as "Finitevus but less crazy". But as time went on, Starline took a deeper interest in Austin, referencing his reasons as being spurred by Dr. Finitevus' interest in the young dog. But while Finitevus simply sought to use Austin's knowledge, and attempted to trick and manipulate him, Starline took a far more direct-and brutal-approach
After capturing Austin for the purpose of wrenching the information he wanted from him, Starline put the young warrior through many long and very painful procedures. This stuck with Austin even long after he escaped. It was noted that Austin had faint electrical burn scars around his eyes from one of the devices Starline used, though they're mostly hidden by his fur
Truly, Dr. Starline left the biggest impact on Austin's life. His torture of Austin left deep, long-lasting emotional and psychological scars similar to what Surge and Kit suffer. Even after his death, Starline haunted Austin from beyond the grave. After Boulder told Austin what he saw, the doctor's Spirit visited Austin, and taunted him, claiming he "couldn't escape", setting him off in a panic attack. He would do this again in a return visit to the Eggperial City, and continues to haunt Austin's nightmares
== Trivia ==
Unlike his main timeline and Godfall counterparts, Austin is not troubled by Dr. Finitevus. Rather, he was troubled by Dr. Starline
* Austin noted that he was afraid of Finitevus, but he at least knew all there was to know about the Echidna madman, which made him less scary to Austin. However, he knew nothing of Starline(as the IDW comics had not been released when Austin entered the Worlds), so he did not know what drove the doctor to do what he did, and it scared him even more