Heephis

"*He was the most influential and mightiest of leaders. Every little aspects of his creations were laced with dedication and purpose-- nothing was made on accident. If it were not for him, nothing would be here.*"
―Chaos to Sonic[src]

## Heephis

* Original
* "Fallen"

## Appearances

### First Comic Appearance

TMOM ARC 1 #5 (projected)TMOM ARC 1 #8 (pictured)

TMOM ARC 2 #10 (vision)

## Voice Actor(s)

### English Voice Actor(s)

* Eaglecrye (current)
* Nathan Morrison (Issue 9- issue 12)

## Biographical Information

### Relatives

* Celios (brother) †
* Zielo (brother)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (creation)
* Shadow the Hedgehog (creation)
* Silver the Hedgehog (creation)

## Physical Description

### Description

* Fur: Cerulean blue
* Eyes: Yellow

**Heephis** is a minor character in the *The Murder of Me* comic series created by Gigi Dutreix. He's one of the three original gods, along with Zielo and Celios. Not much is known about Heephis up to this point in the comic, but various off-panels have shown that Heephis is the most peaceful yet stoic out of the three gods. His appearance is also quite similar to Sonic the Hedgehog.

## The Old Gods

Heephis's apprentice, Chaos, describes Heephis as someone who was meticulous and that nothing he made was ever on accident. (In stark contrast to Sonic's personality, who lies on impulsive behavior). He held the responsibility of Energy and it is implied that his position was the most important of the creation of existence.

## The Fall

Not much is known of Heephis's past "The Fall". Described by many to be the reason why Zielo had become evil and both Celios and Heephis to have died. It is hinted in page 1 of Issue #1 and a vision in Issue #10 that Heephis may have been corrupted as badly as Zielo currently is.

In Issue #14, Sonic experiences a vision of The Fall where Heephis was seen to be the first of his brothers to have his powers be corrupted. In this vision, He refers to his brothers as his "others" and proceeds to crush the worlds they built together.

Before Zielo had ended his brother's life, Heephis had breathed out 3 souls to be Zielo's end. It is also implied that Zielo has absorbed Heephis and Celios's power after their death to become the only single god (as stated by Zielo himself in Issue #5).

## Personality

Based on off-panel drawings by Gigi, Heephis's personality seems to be of a calming manner. There always seems to be a sense of wisdom surrounding his presence. Whilst only briefly seen in a vision in Issue #10, his personality after becoming Fallen is rather sinister, possibly like Zielo's personality currently. Issue #14 further hints at his corrupted personality, portraying a greedy, remorseless and sinister version of himself.

## Trivia

* Parallels between Heephis's corruption and Sonic's corruption are evident in Issue #14:
	+ *In page 10 of Issue #12, Sonic has the ability to extract power from Shadow and Silver by force through their shared bond. In page 15 of Issue #14, Celios entrusted Heephis with his power for a few moments before corruption overcame him.*
	+ *Heephis and Sonic are both shown to be the first to fall to corruption out of the three brothers.*
* While Issue #10 introduces more implications that Heephis became corrupted at some point in time, it has been speculated that Zielo was corrupted first. Issue #14, however, challenges this speculation with showing Heephis becoming corrupted before Zielo.
* Heephis' voice actor, Eaglecrye, is Nonbinary.
* In *Hollow* and various fanworks, Heephis is often referred to as "the Grand Sun" or has some relation to the sun, daytime, and blue skies.
	+ This may be a subtle reference to the greek god *Helios,* who is the personification of the sun.
	+ This may also be inspired by the egyptian god *Ra* who was responsible for the sun and all forms of creation.
* In The Lover of Me, the fanmade **noncanon** game, Heephis is seen as the leader of the three gods and is responsible for energy, formation of planets, and bringing dawn and dusk. **NOTE\*: take this information VERY lightly as none of this is considered true or canon.**
	+ In Sonic's route, the cave drawings represent the game's version of The Fall: Heephis was the first to become corrupted and in his rage, scarred Zielo. In retaliation, Zielo murdered him and Celios by proxy. This is **NOT** how the Fall originally occurred as it is still open to interpretation.
		- However, as of Issue 14: In The Depths Of God, Heephis being the first to fall has been confirmed as canon.
	+ The cave drawings in Sonic's route reveal that falling into sin is incredibly painful.
* According to Gigi via tumblr: *"Heephis was not supposed to be a permanent name. I think I was looking through a greek dictionary my grandmother gave me and I found some random names and combined them into a temporary name “Heephis”. I never thought of a better name than Heephis though, ha ha."*