Starfall Islands

Kronos Island, one of the Starfall Islands, from *Sonic Frontiers*.

The **Starfall Islands** (スターフォール諸島 *Sutāfōru Shotō*?) is a location that appears in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* series. It is an archipelago located on Mobius inhabited by creatures called Koco.

Historically, the Starfall Islands were where an alien civilization known as the Ancients set up camp when they came to the Earth after their home planet was destroyed by The End. On these islands, they created an advanced technology, Cyber Space, to preserve their culture, and established Portals all over the archipelago to access this dimension. Unfortunately, The End arrived at earth and threatened to destroy this planet too, but the remaining Ancients trapped this entity within one of their Titans, Supreme, using the seven Chaos Emeralds. However, the ancient society did not last long and they vanished a few generations later, their spirits being contained by the Koco that now inhabit the islands. Soon, after an unspecified period of time, a cataclysmic event caused the Earth to split into 2 separate planets in their own separate dimensions(with the Starfall Islands joining the planet that would eventually be known as Mobius).

Recently, the infamous Dr. Eggman sought to access the technology of the Ancients on the Starfall Islands in an attempt to conquer the world. During his campaign though, he was unsuccessful, leading to him being trapped in Cyber Space. Meanwhile, Sonic and his friends headed out to the islands after Tails detected some readings of the Chaos Emeralds there. When the blue hedgehog was separated from his allies, however, he embarked on an adventure around the Starfall Islands to rescue them, being unknowingly guided by The End to destroy the Ancients' Titans along the way. In the end though, Sonic defeated The End for good and the islands, along with the rest of Mobius, were saved.

## Description

The Starfall Islands are an archipelago of several islands that house a myriad of set pieces across their unique biomes, including dense forests, expansive grass fields, towering mountains, overflowing waterfalls, sizzling deserts, coastal beaches, and ancient monuments and gardens.

Not quite entirely devoid of urbanization, the Starfall Islands are home to a number of ancient ruins from a past, yet highly advanced civilization that used to exist on them. In addition, strange robotic enemies roam the various islands. The islands are inhabited by the species known as Koco, lead by the Elder Koco. The archipelago is also subject to a meteor-shower phenomenon known as the Starfall.

## History

### Past

Over millions of years ago, the Starfall Islands were visited by an alien society known as the Ancients, who escaped to earth when their home planet was destroyed by an entity known as The End. Making themselves a new home on these islands, the Ancients rebuilt their civilization there. They also made several creations there, including temples, Vaults that locked the Chaos Emeralds up, a Cyber Space built to preserve their culture, and Portals to access this dimension. Additionally, the Ancients created various defenses, an array of weaponry, and an army of robots that included gargantuan machines fittingly known as Titans, to defend themselves in case The End traveled to earth.

While the Ancients were seemingly able to live in peace for some time, The End eventually did arrive on earth and attacked the Starfall Islands, killing many Ancients there. A couple of these people powered up four of their Titans with the Chaos Emeralds for a backup plan that consisted of the Ancients taking these Emeralds to the location of the Master Emerald. Four Ancients would volunteer to control the Titans, Giganto, Wyvern, Knight, and Supreme, to face The End. The pilot of Supreme sacrificed themself to seal The End in that Titan, and the other Titans would seal themselves across the Starfall Islands. After this conflict, a group of Ancients fled to what would become Angel Island, and the remaining Ancients would die on the islands, their spirits being contained by the Koco that would inhabit the archipelago for hundreds to thousands of centuries.

### *Sonic Frontiers*

In *Sonic Frontiers*, the disgraceful Dr. Eggman discovered the Starfall Islands and their connection with the Ancients. Coveting this society's technology for his own use, the doctor set up camp on Kronos Island and began developing his operations, which included creating an AI codenamed "Sage" to help in his vile plan. Meanwhile, Tails was doing some research on the Chaos Emeralds when he tracked them to the Starfall Islands, noticing that they were mysteriously gathering there. After he and Sonic helped Amy destroy a horde of Badniks on a nearby island, they traveled to Kronos Island in the Tornado. When they were approachi

ng the landmass, however, an atmospheric charge caused the fox to lose control of the plane, and he and the two hedgehogs were sucked up by a wormhole that sent them to Cyber Space.

Fearing that Sonic might foil his plot, Eggman installed Sage into a drive and traveled through the Starfall Islands, where he put his drive into one of the Portals to activate it. However, since he began being attacked by Ancient robots, Sage incidentally caused him to enter Cyber Space, where he found himself trapped with his AI and his Egg Mobile to survive. Meanwhile, Knuckles ended up trapped on Ares Island when a Portal at the Sky Sanctuary sent him to Cyber Space too. In the interim, Sonic miraculously escaped this hostile dimension and landed on Kronos Island, where he began a new adventure.

## Points of interest

* Kronos Island
* Ares Island
* Chaos Island
* Rhea Island
* Ouranos Island

## Trivia

* Each of the Starfall Islands is named for a figure in Ancient Greek mythology; fittingly, almost all of them are named for characters relating to the Titans.
	+ Kronos was the youngest titan and the personification of time.
	+ Ares was the god of war and a son of Zeus.
	+ Chaos was the personification of the primordial void. The character Chaos shares this name origin.
	+ Rhea was the wife of Kronos and a fertility goddess.
	+ Ouranos was the father of the titans, including Kronos, and the personification of the heavens.
* Despite being named as different islands, Kronos and Rhea Island are physically identical, with the western and northernmost portions of Kronos Island inaccessible to the player and the eastern and southernmost portions of Rhea Island similarly blocked off. Whether these are actually two names for the same island/s or if this is purely a development quirk is unknown.
	+ Within the Egg Memo collectibles (specifically Egg Memos 5 and 7) Dr. Eggman mentions that there are only three Starfall Islands, despite five being named. Because the environment of Ouranos Island is very similar to Rhea and Kronos it is possible this island was meant to be connected to the aforementioned locations as well as a single large island. Evidence of this can also be seen when observing the edges of Ouranos Island.