Wave the Swallow

Artwork of Wave from Sonic Free Riders

**Wave the Swallow** (ウェーブ・ザ・スワロー *Uēbu za Suwarō*) is an anthropomorphic swallow and is the technical and mechanical expert of the current generation of Babylon Rogues from *Sonic the Hedgehog* franchise. She is the daughter of the tech expert of the previous generation of Babylon Rogues, which she takes after, and takes care of her groups' customized Extreme Gears.

## Appearance

Wave is an anthropomorphic swallow with light and dark purple feathers that cover her body and head. Her hair is styled like a pair of long braids. On her arms near her wrists are light purple fire-like markings. She has a golden-curved beak, light purple eyelids, cobalt blue eyes, and two twin tail feathers. For attire, she wears a white bandana, white gloves that possess visible lining with golden bracelets and red lining, a white tube top, and dark purple flare-designed white trousers. She also wears red boots with white accents and gray soles, a white necklace with a red utility gem, and gray sunglasses with gold lenses.

## Personality

Because of her knowledge, Wave is brimming with self-confidence. She is very arrogant about her expertise at Extreme Gear, certain that no one can match her in this field. She is a super-achiever and holds very high standards for how Extreme Gear should be and never hesitates to dismiss others' Extreme Gear as 'junk'. She takes great pride in her skills and is passionate about her profession, becoming indignant when someone insults or blames her work for their own failures. She has a keen eye for detail, takes notice of everything, and hates thick-headed and stupid people. Also, she tends to give advice using terminology understandable to only herself and not others. Naturally, this causes tension and frustration between her and others like Jet.

Wave often refuses to admit others' talents with Extreme Gear mechanics due to her dislike of anyone who could rival her. She often holds back on her compliments and will either continue to dismiss or deny that the person has any skill at all to cover up any sense of generous gesture she may hold. In the cases she does give compliments, she will disguise them as insults. It is only in the rarest of cases that Wave gives well-meant compliments.

While generally fun-loving like the rest of the Babylon Rogues, Wave is very level-headed and serves as the voice of reason amongst her group, often lecturing Jet and Storm of their responsibilities. Because of her teammates' unreliability, Wave believes that she has to take charge of the team if anything is to get done. She is very serious on a job, staying dedicated to the task at hand, and insists on no lack of dedication from her companions. When things do not go as planned, however, she tends to get impatient. Also, she can be quite stubborn and obstinate when making a decision.

Wave is usually rude, with a sly attitude and snide sense of humor. Being the most outgoing of the Babylon Rogues, Wave has no problem insulting others and mocking their Extreme Gear. She will also take compliments or conversations from others and twist them around so that she can throw them back at others as a snide comment. Wave also finds amusement in insulting and degrading her opponents' skills during races.

When it comes to accomplishing her teams' goal, Wave is perfectly willing to cheat in official competitions, such as sabotaging Sonic's Extreme Gear in *Sonic Riders* and *Sonic Free Riders*, even without Jet knowing it. Likewise, she will gladly take whatever beneficial chance that might present itself, such as taking the Key to Babylon Garden on behalf of Jet when Sonic returned it despite Jet refusing to accept it.

Wave also has a great deal of greedy love for money and treasure, and her primary motive in life is to acquire as much wealth as possible. This was her sole reason for willingly competing in the World Grand Prix in *Sonic Riders* and *Sonic Free Riders*.

## Trivia

* Wave is the only female member of the Babylon Rogues.
* Even though her 2D art shows her hair with a dark part, this is nowhere to be found in her 3D art, but it can be seen in her *Sonic Free Riders* artwork.
* An odd trait that Wave has is her curved beak. However, her species have straight beaks.
	+ Her beak also has nostrils in her 2D artwork, as is the case for Jet and Storm.
* Both her English and Japanese voice actresses play Sakura Haruno in *Naruto* and *Naruto Shippuden* as of 2010.
* On Wave's *Sonic Riders* series 2D artwork the flames on her wrist are dark purple however on her Sonic Channel and 3D artwork the flames are pink or lavender.