Solaris (WI02)

## Solaris

**Solaris** was a super-dimensional lifeform, god of time and Soleanna's patron deity of the sun in *What If Emerl Survived?*. It was reformed from its component entities thanks to cunning of its intelligent half, and threatened the balance of the multiverse by consuming timelines and dimensions.

## Personality

Solaris' personality was identical to its video game canon counterpart: It did not speak, and seemed to only care for the gluttonous consumption of reality besides its own self preservation. When threatened by Masterl, it flew into a rage and attacked indiscriminately while rampaging.

## History

### Past

Just prior to Mephiles' transcendence, he referred to a time when he and Iblis were 'whole', alluding to their previous existence as the complete entity Solaris.

10 years prior to the events of the series, Solaris was but a small flame under research by the people of Soleanna when an accident occurred, causing it to fracture into the primordial forms of Mephiles and Iblis. Through the intervention of Shadow the Hedgehog and Silver the Hedgehog travelling through time, each half became sealed in the Scepter of Darkness and Princess Elise respectively.

### Emerl 06 Arc

Following Mephiles' acquisition of Emerl and the completion of their ritual together with the pure essence of Iblis, Solaris was formed from its two halves. Immediately descending from the sky and unleashed a massive wave of light that consumed everything. The universe was blanketed in a white light, signalling the beginning of Solaris steady consumption of dimensions and timelines; this disturbance also affected the Twilight Cage, and briefly consumed the cosmic entity known as Argus.

#### End of the World

In the remains of the universe left by Solaris' consumption, it floated high in the air, continuing to absorb the energy of all the worlds collapsing during its attack on reality. Emerl, who had been at the threshold of its awakening, was still lodged in Solaris' core however, causing it to seemingly retch and regurgitate the Gizoid from its body to feast uninterrupted. Ultimate Emerl attempted to mimic Solaris by feeding off of its excess universal energy, but Solaris did not react to this, allowing the heroes to go about battling with Emerl unimpeded.

Masterl's awakening caught Solaris' attention, as the new, celestially-empowered Gizoid sought to challenge it in direct combat. Solaris fought Masterl's temporal facsimiles in three separate time periods simultaneously, but was immediately assaulted by Masterl's incomprehensible speed and strength, losing its armor instantaneously to the brutal offensive. In an attempt to preserve itself, Solaris unleashed its second form and blindly fired beams of light in every direction, only for them to be avoided, leaving it open for a clean shot from Masterl's Hyperion Ray. The attack impaled Solaris' core- the container which held its consciousness, and held until it grew rigid and stopped moving. Solaris' body perished, leaving behind only the small white flame of its essence, Masterl then pressed on, intensifying the ray's power until all traces of Solaris were completely erased.

Following Solaris' death, Masterl captured the remaining universal energy stored up inside of its body and added it to his own, using it to invoke the Ultimate Chaos Control and return the multiverse to its undamaged state.

## Powers and abilities

Solaris, as a super-dimensional lifeform and divine entity, commanded incredible strength over light, time and reality itself. Shortly after manifesting, it was capable of consuming the entire universe in its light, leaving behind nothing but a dreary, lightless void filled with only trace fragments of preserved mortal architecture.

During the battle with Masterl, Solaris only managed to attack once - firing a barrage of blue beams of light in all directions, but they were evaded thanks to Masterl's autonomous reflexes.

### Wings of Light

A defensive technique that created a nigh-impenetrable barrier in front of the user. Solaris attempted to use it to stop Masterl's Hyperion Ray, but the shield was shattered upon contact.

## Transformations

### Phase 2

After losing its armor, Solaris could take on a second, angelic form that exposed its core. In this state, its overall battle potential was multiplied at the cost of sacrificing much self-control. As such, upon entering the form, it began rampaging and firing indiscriminate beam attacks in all directions.

## Weaknesses

Solaris' existence as a super-dimensional lifeform normally granted it immunity to being killed, as it would simply continue to exist in the past and future independently from any deaths elsewhere in time. This could be overcome, however, by killing Solaris in the past, present and future simultaneously.

Though Solaris' body was incredibly durable, attacking its core was tantamount to attacking its brain, as it housed its consciousness. By destroying it, Solaris could be rendered unresponsive.

## Trivia

* In Part 2, Mephiles feared that Emerl's power, if left unchecked, might one day completely destroy him, foreshadowing Solaris' death at the hands of Masterl.
	+ In a similar ironic vein, Solaris was killed via impalation to the chest, identical to how Mephiles killed Sonic in Part 3.
* In the English release of *Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)*, Solaris is referred to by the characters with 'he/him' pronouns. In *What If Emerl Survived?*, however, it is exclusively referred to with neutral 'it/its' pronouns.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *"The crazed entity begins rampaging, ejecting huge blue lasers from every part of its translucent body." ~ What If Emerl Survived? Part 4*
2. ↑ *"Iblis... Finally, we'll be whole again." ~ What If Emerl Survived? Part 4*
3. ↑ *"The laser continues to flow, eventually snuffing out any remaining embers of the sun god and destroying it entirely." ~ What If Emerl Survived? Part 4*
4. ↑ *"Fortunately, upon Solaris' death, Masterl captured the surplus of energy the beast had taken in when consuming all planes of existence." ~ What If Emerl Survived? Part 4*
5. ↑ *"Solaris tries its best to defend itself using its Wings of Light technique to form a nigh-impenetrable barrier [...]" ~ What If Emerl Survived? Part 4*
6. ↑ *"Solaris has been forced into its Phase 2 form, multiplying its potential at the great cost of control." ~ What If Emerl Survived? Part 4*
7. ↑ *"As Doctor Eggman outlined, Solaris is an eternal organism, its existence spread across three different points in time. The only way to truly eradicate it would be to somehow expunge all three simultaneously." ~ What If Emerl Survived? Part 4*
8. ↑ *'Solaris' only vulnerable point is the red core in the center of his body that holds his consciousness. By destroying it, Solaris' body would be left perfectly intact but he would be unable to do anything.' ~ Solaris - Sonic Wiki Zone*