Erazor Djinn (WI01)

## Erazor Djinn

**Erazor Djinn** is one of Sonic's past foes from *What If Sonic Never Lost The Werehog Form?*, who re-appeared during an attempt to use his Magic Lamp in the Sonic Generations Arc. After attempting to breach time and wreak havok on the multiverse, he was left abandoned in White Space by Sonic for eternity.

## Personality

Erazor Djinn is a despotic tyrant who cares for nothing but conquest of the world of the Arabian Nights, a prelude to his even grander ambitions of conquering every world there is. He often gloats about the sense of supremacy he is granted by his power, status and immortality, but shows his more insidious and petty side when those he considers beneath him are able to catch him off-guard - such as when he readied to execute Sonic after already defeating him on account of the fact that he was wounded at all.

## History

### Past

Prior to the events of *WI01's* story, the events of *Sonic and the Secret Rings* occurred identically to the events depicted in the main video game continuity. Erazor Djinn attempted to take control of the world of the Arabian Nights using the World Rings, but was stopped by Sonic with assistance from Shahra.

### Sonic Generations Arc

Erazor first appeared in the final moments of Part 4, when Sonic, Tails, Classic Sonic and Classic Tails used a rift spawned by Chaos Control to time travel back into Sonic's adventure in the Arabian Nights. They arrived at the moment Erazor sacrificed Shahra and absorbed the World Rings, transforming into Alf Layla wa-Layla and declaring his superiority.

In Part 5, following immediately after this, he ejected the World Rings of Sadness, Hatred and Rage from his body before noticing Sonic and his allies. He believed that Ali Baba had come to aid Sonic, and that the two of them were using sorcery to multiply and change form. Alf Layla attempted to attack the quartet, but his wave of fire was avoided and he recoiled in fear upon seeing that Sonic had hold of the Magic Lamp. Its fiery harpoon impaled his arm, briefly forcing him to acquiesce to Sonic's command and undo the effects of the Time Eater's petrification on Sonic's friends across White Space, but no visible effects from the wish could be observed and Alf Layla's immortal body quickly regenerated the wound left behind by the lamp.

Before he could continue his assault, Alf Layla's attention was seized by the arrival of the Time Eater, who effortlessly thwarted his attempts to attack at the unknown variable by slowing down time and binding him with its massive, mechanical hands. While bound, Alf Layla listened to Doctor Eggman's monologue regarding the origins and capabilities of Time Eater, becoming enticed by the prospect of usurping its powers for himself. By transforming into smoke, he was able to meld with the incorporeal essence of the Time Eater and reshape the metallic components of its body, creating a new merged vessel to inhabit: Alf Wamaritan.

As Alf Wamaritan, Erazor effortlessly defeated Sonic, Tails and their Classic counterparts and destroyed the Magic Lamp before battling Darkspine Werehog, being severely wounded by him before landing a decisive blow thanks to his newfound time-manipulating powers. As he attempted to finish Sonic off, however, his allies from White Space arrived - cured of petrification from Sonic's initial wish - and distracted Erazor while supplying the two Sonics with the Chaos Emeralds. Thanks to the armour surrounding his heart being exposed by an earlier attack from Darkspine Werehog, Erazor's new body was destroyed by the Super Werehogs' Super Double Helix Punch, and Erazor was consumed by the wormhole that formed during Alf Wamaritan's implosion along with Sonic.

In White Space, Erazor, reverted to his base form, gloated to Sonic that he had survived the death of Alf Wamaritan thanks to being immortal, but Sonic rebuked that he'd wish he wasn't, now that he was trapped in White Space. Erazor was then abandoned in the endless void, unable to die and completely alone for eternity.

## Powers and abilities

Erazor Djinn's abilities are identical to those of his video game canon counterpart.

## Transformations

### Alf Layla wa-Layla

Erazor Djinn's malformed godly state, powered by the World Rings of Prayers, Joy, Pleasure and Wishes. He originally assumed this state in *Sonic and the Secret Rings* with the intent of rewriting the Arabian Nights to his liking, and once again was depicted in this form during Sonic and his allies' time travel back to the moment of his ascension during the Sonic Generations Arc.

The form displayed great power, capable of swinging his arms at near-instantaneous speed, generating waves of fire, transforming into smoke and manifesting the power of the words that make up the storybook world of the Arabian Nights in the form of his Spirit Blast attack. The Spirit Blast was never directly used by Alf Layla wa-Layla in his appearance in *WI01*, but was used prior to the events of the story in *Sonic and the Secret Rings*, as well as later being combined with Time Eater's Sun Burst by Alf Wamaritan.

Alf Layla wa-Layla's body is immortal like Erazor Djinn's base form, but he has a physical weak point in the form of a pulsating heart that Sonic once exploited to defeat him as Darkspine Sonic during their first battle.

### Alf Wamaritan

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By transforming his body into smoke and infesting the Time Eater, Erazor Djinn (as Alf Layla wa-Layla) was able to possess and reshape the entity into a new body for himself called Alf Wamaritan. Due to either a lack of willpower from the Time Eater on account of its animalistic mind or the strength of Erazor's magic, the vessel was purely under his control, giving him access to all the powers of the Time Eater as well as those of his World Ring-induced transformation. This form's power was so vast, it allowed Erazor to transcend the Magic Lamp entirely, negating his need to grant the wishes of its holder and giving him the strength to destroy it entirely.

## Weaknesses

### Magic Lamp

Prior to his infusion with the Time Eater, Erazor was at the mercy of whomever held the Magic Lamp and would be forced to grant their wishes, a painful process that he showed instinctive fear of, jumping back as Alf Layla wa-Layla upon seeing that Sonic was preparing to use the artifact.

## References

1. ↑ *What If Sonic Never Lost The Werehog Form? Part 5*
2. ↑ *"Out of nowhere, the malformed creature swings its hands at near-instantaneous speeds [...]"* ~ *What If Sonic Never Lost The Werehog Form? Part 5*