Forge the Hedgehog

Forge, or Forge the Hedgehog is an anthropomorphic hedgehog created for Season 2 of Bux, but has not had an official appearance in the series so far. He is Recol's older brother who was separated from her roughly 11 years ago and has been surviving in the wild ever since. His name is a pun on forget/forgotten.
- Forge's theme from the Bux OST, "Pipe Bomb Safety"
== General Information ==
=== Appearance ===
Forge is a male anthropomorphic hedgehog, with a quill colour identical to Recol's weird apricot/"quail". He also shares Recol's dark red eye colour. His design is highly variable as he is not drawn very frequently, though the important details are: a blue, torn scarf, blue shoes with the same stripe pattern as Classic Sonic's, white gloves (usually damaged), and bandages around his body. In the art made for the wiki, his left glove is damaged with no finger sheaths, his right ear is torn, he has a scar on his chest and his bandages are wrapped around his right elbow and left thigh.
The bandage on Forge's arm has a red gemstone attached to it. This, like Recol's gemstone, is a shard of the Phantom Ruby of which is too small to have any significant power - it would need to be almost entirely reassembled to restore its abilities.
=== Personality ===
Forge's overall personality is unknown. He does not speak to many, but he is well-mannered to the few people he meets. He educated himself through notes and scraps of books he found on his travels. Despite having the lifestyle of a savage animal, he is able to show compassion and a borderline level of intelligence through speech.
=== Abilities ===
Forge has excellent self-taught survival skills, evident by how he is still healthy after living without a home for more than 10 years. Forge also has a fucked up (/pos) immune system and can eat almost anything he wants without it affecting him too badly. He occasionally uses this ability to consume unorthodox things like tree bark and petrol just for the sake of it.
== Background ==
Forge used to live an ordinary life alongside his parents and sister until a naive, 4-year-old Recol unconsciously crafted her first pipe bomb which exploded point-blank in front of Forge and sent him to the abyss (not to be confused with Sacred Abyss Zone from the Shattered Island). He has since been surviving alone in the wild, meaning he has already lived a majority of his life away from home. He is most commonly seen in, and spends about 80% of his total time in Forest Fortress Zone.
Recol hadn't developed her memory yet (and maybe still hasn't) so she doesn't remember Forge in the slightest. Their parents did not tell Recol about the incident ever since. Forge still thinks about his family a lot, and despite originally wishing to come back, he is content with his life as it is and is at least happy knowing Recol is still alive. Sometimes Recol passes through FFZ for the Scheduled Biannual Bux Adventure™ (aka BuddyEx.wad stream) and Forge spectates the Bux Crew from afar.
== Relationships ==
=== Recol ===
Recol is Forge's younger sister. Forge cares deeply for Recol, despite having never talked to her and only seeing her for a few minutes every year. When Recol is SRB2ing around Forest Fortress Zone, Forge stays close by to ensure she doesn't endanger herself or take a wrong turn.
=== Hurricane ===
The character who Forge talks to the most is Hurricane the Hawk. They talk to each other every time they meet, since Hurricane passes through Forest Fortress Zone somewhat frequently. Yin also knows of Forge, as Hurricane mentions him to her occasionally. These two are currently the only major Bux characters who know of Forge's existence.
== Notable Appearances ==
appearances
== Trivia ==
* Forge was able to survive being launched miles away from the pipebomb 11 years ago because the crayon Recol used shared a material with the Shockwave Grenade from Fortnite, which prevents fall damage after a blast.
* Forge's favourite plant and overall food to eat is lavender. I think he may have landed on his head after the pipebomb incident.
* Recol and Forge's personalities are comparable to Marle and Squares' from Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, and Forge's devotion to protect Recol is comparable to the relationship of Yaorochi and Saragimaru from Len'en Project.
* Forge wouldn't know what Super Smash Bros. is, but he would totally main Sephiroth and Donkey Kong.
* His creator refuses to insert him into major Bux media and commonly jokes about his debut being from "Season [high number with 2+ digits]" since he does not have any notable appearances yet, even more than 15 months after his creation.
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