Lucas "Red" Eracenae

**Lucas Eracenae** (ルーカス・エラセネ *Rūkasu Erasene*), better known by his nickname, Red (レッド *Reddo)*, is an anthropomorphic hedgehog with the ability to run at great speeds, comparable to Sonic the Hedgehog. He also has the ability of pyrokinesis, which is the ability to manipulate fire. Like most of his species' members, he can curl up into a ball and roll to destroy enemies. Although Red typically uses his pyrokinesis for adding effects to his attacks.

Red has always wanted to save people as far back as he could remember, and has since helped Sonic and friends fend of the evil Dr. Eggman. He was a high ranking member of the Resistance, often dealing with some of the elite missions when needed. Unlike Sonic, Red often stops to enjoy the peaceful things, often being able to be found birdwatching or taking care of the Animals if he isn't busy. Red always tries to do whatever he can for people he cares about, and may go to the extremes for their safety.

## Appearance

Red is a hedgehog who has, as his nickname suggests, red fur. Alongside it, he also has golden-yellow stripes from the top of his six spines that glide along the top of them. From the topmost spine, he three tufts has golden yellow hair growing from where the stripe ends, with the middle hair being the largest.

For clothing, Red wears a long sleeved, open yellow shirt, with orange sleeves, starting from his elbow and ending at the tip of the sleeve, where his hand would be. He also wears blue long pants. He also wears white gloves with soft cuffs, which have a small emblem similar to his face on them. He wears shoes similar to Sonic's, except with a yellow stripe, and blue soles, which glow on the sides.

## Personality

Red is a very kind person, who'd go out of his way to help someone who needs it. He's also very protective of his friends, and does whatever he can for their safety. Despite this, Red has a hot temper. If you do make him angry, he'll show a "dark side" fuelled by anger. This would increase his offensive abilities, but often leads his moral compass through a 180° turn. Because of this, he tries his best to stay calm.

If Red finds someone being bullied or attacked, he'll almost always stand up for them, even if they did him wrong. Red forgives people easily, showing that he's somewhat naïve. This shows the fact that Red is a very innocent person, often being a bit childish at times, despite his age of 17. He always tries to keep an upbeat attitude, sometimes making jokes to lighten the mood.

When Red was younger, he was a bit overconfident, always believing he could defeat anything. One instance of this is when he saved a village from a kidnapper. He almost lost from his overconfidence, but still came out victorious. This is what led him into meeting one of his closest friends, Violet.

## Abilities

As stated previously, Red has pyrokinesis. This allows him to create, control and stop fires. He's practiced this ability for a long time, allowing him to do many things with it. Red can create a fire shield for a short time, that absorbs some damage whenever he is attacked. This appears as a layer around his body, or a bubble around him. He can also do a Pyro Dash, which is functionally similar to the Spin Dash, except he is surrounded by fire, and can melt certain objects in his path.

Like most, Red has the ability to perform the Spin Dash, where the user curls up into a ball, and blasts at incredible speeds, often destroying objects in his path. Alongside this, Red can do the Rolling Combo if paired up with another person who can perform the Spin Dash.

Red has the ability to perform the Super Peel Out. This move has him stay in place while moving his legs at rapid speeds, retaining a circle or figure-8-like pattern. After charging as much as needed, Red blasts off at a speed depending on how long he charged the move.

If Red takes off his scarf, he can use it like a long rope to grab something. It is also incredibly fire resistant, as if he needed to burn soemthing from a distance, he could light the scarf on fire, and throw it to set something on fire. Though, that is highly situationalm and is not often used.

### Transformations

#### Super Form

By harnessing the Seven Chaos Emeralds, Red can achieve his Super Form, where his abilities greatly increase. For example, his top speeds can reach light, and his pyrokinesis abilities drastically increase. Though because of this great power, it uses up a lot of energy, so it does not last for very long.

## Weaknesses

Red has severe aquaphobia. This stems from him not being able to swim. Alongside this, water weakens Red, likely due to his pyrokinesis, though this is unknown. Red also dislikes cold. Whenever he touches something that has the temperature at freezing or below, he'll immediately catch a bad cold. Though, this can be avoided (for the most part) if he is having some form of fun.

Red is also very forgiving, and often will trust people as long as he can see at least a part of them is willing to change. This can lead him to be easily backstabbed, though he has started to be a bit more aware of people.

## Relationships

### Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic is Red's younger cousin, and one of his closest friends. They often work together in missions and team up. Because they grew up together, they often can guess what the other is thinking, which is great when they need to do something together at the same time. Despite their close relationship, they also have a bit of rivalry. They both can run at similar speeds, often resulting in them having races to see who is the "fastest", which often results in a tie. If one wins, the other will challenge a race again, leading to the challenger gaining a point, keeping them neck and neck in terms of wins.

### Miles "Tails" Prower

Tails is a good friend of Red's. Tails' older brother, Azriel, was introduced by Tails himself, after he met Sonic. Red and Tails are on good terms, and if needed, they'll team up. If Azriel is gone, Red typically would go to Tails.

## Trivia

* Red was made by RedTHedge#0196 on Discord, during summer 2015.
	+ This version of Red was vastly different from what he is now. Almost everything about him changed, with the exception of most his appearance.
		- The only major bit of his appearance that has changed is his shirt. How his hair is styled and how his shoes glow are minor changes.
* Despite his nickname, Red's favourite colour is golden yellow.
* Occasionally, Red's scarf is forgotten to be drawn by RedTHedge.
* Red has been RedTHedge's main character and profile picture for roughly 4 years.