Calias the Phoenix

## CALIAS

Calias during Phase 6

"*You’re… wrong… I am the… real deal… Wanna know why? ... Because… a true Phoenix… ALWAYS RISES FROM THE ASHES!*"

    ―Calias, Organization: Chaos

**Calias Dash** is an artificial lifeform created by Dr. Bradley Dash and Dr. Elijah Starline. His first name is an acronym for "**Cloned Artificial Lifeform Inadequate As Server**"

## Biography

### Before Organization: Chaos

Calias the Pseudo-Phoenix was created after the Eggman War as part of GUN’s top-secret Project: Phoenix. He was intended to be the next Ultimate Lifeform and a controller of an army of robots called the Gundroids that Dr. Starline planned to use to take over the world for Dr. Eggman. However, after discovering Dr. Starline’s evil intentions for Calias, Dr. Dash secretly sabotaged his creation, rendering Calias incapable of interfacing with the Gundroid control system.

After his first awakening, Starline would run tests on the then unnamed Phoenix. Upon learning of his inability to control the Gundroids, Starline would deem the the bird a failure and, with input from Dr. Dash, would name him CALIAS The Pseudo-Phoenix.

Fearing that Starline would kill Calias, Dr. Dash insisted that he be put under the care of GUN Major Grant "Grizz" Ursa, to which Starline reluctantly agreed. Dr. Dash disappeared soon after.

Together with Grizz, Calias would become one of the Burning Rangers, a GUN special forces strike team. The two of them would be sent on missions all over the world to handle the problems that regular GUN agents couldn’t.

### Phase 1

On a mission to recover the Chaos Blade, Calias met Dr. Dash’s daughter, Hannah Dash, for the first time (although he wouldn’t know who she was until later). The next day, he and Grizz were sent on a mission to open a path into an Eggman base. There, Calias fought a Shadow Android by using his innate Chaos abilities for the first time without the assistance of Chaos Drives.

Upon hearing of this development, Dr. Starline ran another test on Calias using the Gundroids to see if he could awaken his full power, but Grizz cut it short. The two then went to Raven Haven and prevented the Gundroids from capturing Hannah.

Having teamed up with the group at Raven Haven, Calias and Grizz put into action the plan that Grizz had been working on to expose Dr. Starline’s control over GUN. The plan backfired, and Calias was warped to a seemingly abandoned Eggman Base. Here, Calias came face-to-face with Polybius, the end result of Project: Phoenix.

The two Phoenixes battled until Polybius got the upper hand and seemingly vaporized Calias. That was when Calias awakened his full potential and officially declared himself a true Phoenix.

Grizz and the others soon arrived and together they beat Polybius and rescued Dr. Dash (Who was captured inside the base). Their victory was short-lived, however, as Polybius got ahold of a Chaos Emerald and transformed a pile of destroyed Gundroids into the Robo-Kaiju-Hydra.

Grizz put together a plan to defeat the Hydra: by linking the power of six different Chaos drives among the honorary Burning Rangers. Calias was given a red Chaos Drive and temporarily unlocked the ability to perform unlimited Chaos Blasts.

The battle ended with the destruction of the Hydra and the loss of Grizz. Although devastated by the loss of his partner, Calias was able to move on with the help of Dr. Dash and Hannah, who took him in as part of their family. Calias soon adopted the name “Calias Dash The Phoenix” and became a founding member of the new Burning Rangers in GLACIA.

### Phase 2

#### Organization Chaos 2: Living Ashes

Nearly two months later, Calias and Hannah were sent on a Burning Rangers mission to Bootstrap Butte, to respond to a distress signal. There, they teamed up with the local Freedom Fighters who informed them that their town had been taken over by a man calling himself the Overlord.

One of the Freedom Fighters, Stripes the Star, took a mutual liking to Calias. The two went joyriding in an old race car on the night of Calias and Hannah’s arrival. Their fun was cut short when the Overlord discovered them and told them to return home.

The next day, the Burning Rangers and the Freedom Fighters worked together to put a plan into action. Their goal was to take back Bootstrap Butte from The Overlord, but it went horribly wrong when the Overlord used a gem called the “Ampythyst” to power up and swiftly destroy everyone, including Calias.

Calias died, but a strange voice guided him back to life, where he began the day over again. Calias would repeat this cycle of death and rebirth one hundred and thirty-one times, until finally beating The Overlord with help from a seemingly reformed Polybius (going by the name Nihil).

After returning home, Calias told Dr. Dash of his many time loops, specifically one where Hannah got ahold of the Ampythyst and killed him. Hearing this, Dr. Dash decided to tell Calias a secret about Hannah.

Later that night, Calias communicated with the strange voice he heard whenever he died. The voice introduced themselves as Chol, the spirit of the ancient “Phoenix Factor,” but refused to answer any more of Calias’s questions.

#### Code Black

The next day, while training with Hannah and Nihil, Calias and the rest of GLACIA were called to a Code Black (A potential terrorist attack) in Golden City. There, Calias was saved from falling debris by Pipsqueak Cheddarosier, one of the honorary rangers who helped defeat Polybius. The two of them, along with several others, worked together to save as many Golden City citizens from the wreckage caused by a mysterious flying city.

#### For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll

About two weeks later, the Dash Family attended the wedding of Jack Beakton and Angela Evazorn (who were also present at the battle with Polybius). When the wedding was attacked by Metal Sonic 2.0, Calias was the first to jump into action, but was quickly defeated. Shadow the Hedgehog arrived to put an end to things, prompting Calias to try challenging the hedgehog to see who was the “True Ultimate Lifeform,” but Shadow refused. When Jack revealed that he was aligned with Dr. Eggman, Calias apparently already knew, thanks to reading Grizz’s journal. Hannah was upset that Calias didn’t share this information with her. Later, Calias called Stripes and set up a date.

#### First Date

A few days later, Calias prepared for his date with Stripes, when Hannah brought up the conversation about Jack and Eggman. Calias apologized for keeping the information from her, stating that he didn’t want to stress her out any more than she already was.

Later that day, Calias met up with Stripes at Twinkle Park in Station Square. The two of them spent the rest of the day racing, eating spicy food and riding the roller coaster, before going their separate ways at the end of the night.

### Phase 3

Calias was among the GLACIA agents tasked with securing Central Square for the New Years party. He disappeared along with Nihil after they went to investigate a shadowy figure in a nearby alley.

## Personality

Calias’s personality can be described as hot-headed, arrogant, facetious, adrenaline-obsessed, a bit naive, and very earnest.

## Gallery

*Main article: Calias the Phoenix/Gallery*

Calias during OC1Calias using the full power of the Phoenix FactorCalias's Super formCalias in his Burning SuitCalias with his Extreme Gear