Ailton

## Overview

Ailton was the underwater fortress, a city built for the survivors of Cybernet's takeover. It stood firm for three years under Crown Jewel's vigilant gaze before she sent the vast majority of them to a duplicate universe to save them from the hive.

## Notable Residents

* Crown Jewel: A determined hedgehog who used to go by Amy Rose. Ever since coming into contact with the Phantom Ruby and kickstarting a rebellion against Psyche X, Amy took up the mantle of Crown Jewel (CJ). Crown Jewel became a symbol of hope amongst the survivors of Mobius, acting as a figure of strength that stands against Cybernet’s onslaught and was outright revered by her people to the point where following her sacrifice to create a safe universe for the survivors, they created an entire religion centered around her. In contrast, she was a figure of great danger and fear for the footsoldiers of Cybernet, who view her as a terrifying force of nature. Crown Jewel was careful to play up these images of herself, using both viewpoints as a mask to hide her true nature.
* Scrapper: When Eggman kicked the bucket, control of Metal Sonic was handed off to Amy Rose. A machine with no real purpose anymore, he initially followed Amy’s orders because he didn’t know what else to do, but he eventually became close to some of the residents. Evangelus wanted very badly to assimilate him and had done things like crush his belief that Eggman cared about him and use his cyberkinesis to send messages into his mind to this end, but to no avail. He became more and more his own person as time goes on, and he was willing to do do whatever it takes to preserve that. And to spite Evangelus. Later, he bonded with Eclipse and the two became a couple.
* Big the Cat: One of Amy’s oldest friends and physically the strongest Mobian alive. She trusted him completely, even with a weapon forged to counter her own powers. He helped hold her together when she felt like falling apart, serving as her shoulder to cry on and almost everyone else’s who came to him.
* Cream the Rabbit: The Tails to Amy’s Sonic. Like sisters, or maybe even closer. Cream cared about everyone’s safety, but wasn’t sure what to make of Cybernet. Even though she had to grow up a little faster and fight more often, she became a bit of a mascot for the people of Ailton, a darling everyone found adorable. Which makes what happened to her that much worse...
* Rouge the Bat: A skilled thief that escaped Cybernet because she was just that good, she went right to Team Rose and offered what help she could. One of Cream’s mentors as far as combat went and willing to teach it to other Ailton members, she was a pillar in the community.
* Rookie: The character from Forces. Timid, selectively mute, and very good with Wispons. If they hadn’t gotten Eggman's drone (and therefore control of his assets) to Amy, Cybernet would have outright won, but they had a knack for pulling off the impossible, even up against Sonic himself.
* Kit: One of Starline’s deeply traumatized experiments. Torn away from Surge by Ambrose, he became Ailton’s guardian and almost drowned in grief and rage. His hydrokinesis got a huge boost since Ailton was underwater.
* Blaze the Cat: The princess of the Sol Empire and guardian of the Sol Emeralds. For unknown reasons had been stranded in Sonic’s universe. Upon learning that Evangelus took Silver away to be assimilated, she'd sworn revenge and allied with Amy Rose. She was a respected figure in Ailton.
* Eclipse the Darkling: A single father and Shadow’s “brother,” created to kill him. Only wanted the best for his race, the Dark Arms, which consists of himself, his four children, and Shadow, who is now Ambrose. He bonds with Scrapper and the two become a couple.