THE SERVERS (Zonac) (Character Group Page)

“We are the guardians designed in the beginning… but we arrived late.”

## Origin

### The Council

In the years of our time, space exploration had given the opportunity to travel further than expected.  Elements brought from different barren planets became the basis for military and scientific advancement.  Escalation led to biological warfare which created a split of four varying human types.  Two were distinctly different, one was of original humans, and another composed of hybrids.

The planet had been changed.  Entire continents had been modified in small areas, but it was not until an attack from a space species known as the “Xorda”, that both the planet, and the people were changed.

For more than one thousand years, earth was barren, almost entirely dead.  The chemical mutations led to a new form of humanity in animal-like people who would eventually be called “Mobians”.  The planet’s name became “Mobius”.  Civilizations were built, new wars began, and new history followed with each passing year.  During all of this, however, they were watching.

It is thought that they were a type called “Wanderers”: humans from our time that, regardless of their own biological change or lack thereof, survived into the current day.  They watched from afar, and they planned.  As the height of intelligence, they developed the possibility to store the very programmable matter around them: taking and categorizing that of water, fire, plant-life, and so on.  Each program was sent to a different reality: not a different dimension, but what they would call “Zones”, where all matter would become the programmed energy to be channeled for various use.  These were called “Servers”, each controlling the different new energies.  These varying forces were controlled by the administrative server called “Phantis”.

### The Interruption

It took years, but they had plenty.  Avatars were designs by each member: entities that would represent each pool, each force.  These Server avatars originally remained only in the realm of tangible matter: rock, sunflowers, cold drinks and so on.  Over time, they were able to make one for time, for space, for the mind.

Seven of them had been completed when He, the Never-Dead, interrupted.  He had created his own administrative force, one far more chaotic and unstable, to counteract the Phantis, and the project’s overall strongest asset: the Zonac.  They were destroyed, all but one of them, but the work created remained.  The Servers remained in stasis, but their energies were accessible to their newly-created multiverse.  The Never-Dead, however, was also stripped of his connection, and slept.

### To Legend

With no knowledge of who created these different energies, the multiverse studied and developed their own uses for such abilities.  The Seven types of the chaotic energy used to counteract the Seven completed Servers, were often forged into different programmable items for easy-harnessing, as to keep the power from destroying themselves.  On some worlds, they were called “Bezerker Gems”. Others “Anarchy Beryl”, but the main zone: the PRIME zone, referred to them as the Seven Chaos Emerald types.

Many would go on to discover other remaining elements such as “The Source of All”.  A group that would later be known as “The Ancient Walkers” became almost one with this Chaos Force.  It would be used for evil, and good, but most unfortunately, they were used to manipulate and warp what should not have been.

### Genesis

Two mad scientists of different worlds united forces for multi-universal domination, but in the end, their misuse of the Chaos Force resulted in the Prime Zone being altered incorrectly.  The original design was being taken from existence: erased from time and space, and it was at this point that the last of the Zonac Council awoke, as did the Never-Dead.

An echidna scientist survived the change, having trapped himself in a bunker able to withstand the modifications.  Trapped between space and time, it was he that discovered the hidden Servers: the different energy forces.  He required a world to survive, lest he be erased as well, and so he found the Time Server, and used its energy to create his own Chronos Avatar to do his bidding as he restored what could be preserved of the original Prime Zone.

Less than half of the population remained: most now transferred over to the new world if not erased entirely, but the planet still existed.  The echidna attempted to use his new Server to spread his influence and ideals, but his control over the Server was not nearly strong enough.  The Server was freed, and the echidna erased with the help of the last Guardian of Angel Island… before the guardian too—with the last of his power depleted—vanished as well to the new Prime Zone.

This Chronos Server: a hybrid of time and the core, was fully realized, and with the world preserved, the Seven completed Servers were awakened on Mobius Prime Alpha.

## Timeline

THESE EVENTS ARE GENERAL STATEMENTS OF THE OVERARCHING STORY. PERSONAL EVENTS AND DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF EVENTS CAN BE FOUND IN EACH SERVER'S PERSONAL PROFILE.

### Integration

Upon the awakening of Seven Servers—Takris Chronos (Time), Mysl Farensai (Fire) Tresser Aguain (Water), Luner Heren (Plant), Psyfilice Milen (Mind), the usurping Server Nicole (Stone), and a Light Sever—initial terror and praise was rising.  While many people were grateful to have new protectors and their lives back, others were terrified of these vastly powerful beings who dwarfed so much of what they knew before.  The core negativity, however, was the feeling of loss most felt: knowing that the world they knew had survived but only as a fraction of its former self.

The Servers attempted to stabilize things, with Servers such as Luner Heren going about and aiding in the restoration of buildings and communities.  At the same time, Nicole had to be educated on her role as a Server—though many of the Servers were very displeased that Takris had turned her into a Server instead of the original Stone Server appearing—and Tresser Aguain had various other Servers looking for the Light Server that vanished.

Months would pass, and eventually Tresser convinced Psyfilice Milen to use her psychic abilities to forcefully calm the population so that riots and further destruction after the Multiverse Error would stop.  Unfortunately this led to suicide rates going up, and chaos ensued after Psyfilice removed her hold on the minds of the people.

Many of the Servers planned to leave to the NEW Mobius Prime, but parts of the communities from areas such as New Mobotropolis and Mercia spoke to the benefit of the Servers.  The Servers eventually returned, asking to prove themselves.  While there would always be those that feared the Servers, they were welcomed by a majority as the new protectors of Mobius Prime Alpha.

### The Kingdom Wars and Virus Prime

Governments were beginning to reform on Mobius Prime Alpha, and the Servers were being talked about in what areas they would be involved.  Tresser Aguain was eventually made king of Soleanna, Psyfilice Milen was brought on as an advisor to the Mercian kingdom, and Mysl Farensai took hold of the fractured Dragon Kingdom: uniting it under her rule.  In Soleanna and The Dragon Kingdom especially, some rebellions were starting up against the Servers in power, but they held their control regardless.

While these were integrated, an attack on New Mobotropolis’s nanites resulted in the Servers being called to investigate.  Robotropolis—the power source for New Mobotropolis previously—had been blown up, and traces of some entity led a group of Servers to investigate the Anti-Mobius (Moebius).  While this occurred, however, the entity had distracted them with a roboticization wave that enveloped the planet.  With Servers about trying to stop this, the entity travelled to the SERVER REALM where it began to dismantle of consciousness of each Server before entering a fight with Nicole, and being transformed into a chaos-powered nanite entity which Nicole carried back to Mobius Prime Alpha as a single nanite.

While the nanite was being held for further discussion of what would be done with it, Tresser Aguain was facing issues with Soleanna’s rebels.  Eventually he stepped down from his position of power, discouraged as the rebel leader became the new king.

The Servers soon met afterward to discuss what they would do with the nanite found by Nicole, but before a decision could be made, the nanite transformed into a lynx-looking entity calling itself “Virus”.  The entity seemed to have little to no memory of her previous actions, and eventually the Servers decided they would let her live, though Takris Chronos was put in charge of her.

Robotropolis had been restored to its original position as Old Mobotropolis, with people beginning to populate it.  Virus Prime became interested in this city, and chose to make a house inside of it.  The Servers put a brace on her to keep track and limit her powers.

### The Never-Dead Battle

It was decided that the Zonac Soul—the designed leader of the Servers—would be summoned, but the Servers discovered it difficult to do so outside of the Server Realm, so they travelled there to bring the Zonac Soul into the real world.  Without them knowing, Virus Prime had snuck along and found a trail leading to a strange army which she awoke.  The army charged out with their leader—The Never-Dead—waking to destroy the Servers and the multiverse.

Eventually the Servers defeated the Never-Dead with the help of the Zonac Soul, but discovered that Virus Prime had been controlling Old Mobotropolis and transforming the people inside of it for her own interests.  They reversed this damage, with Virus Prime barely escaping them.

### The Light Server’s arrival

A rebellion group in the Dragon Kingdom resulted in a trial against them, but before Mysl Farensai could fully go through the legal process, she was attacked by the Light Server, who appeared to be immune to harm by most Servers, but still able to harm other Servers.  She was eventually subdued by Takris Chronos and it was discovered that she was against Msyl’s rule and wanted the Dragon Kingdom placed in its original state of united clans without Server rule.

It was decided that the Clan Leaders of before would act in a council, with both Trixin Luminai—the Light Server—and Mysl Farensai acting as members of the council.  Mysl was bitter about this but had little she could do against it.

### Space Battles/The Ror Vlasephs/Revten Tess

The Servers decided to go to the battle of the Xorda and the Black Arms to settle the warring before it continued spreading throughout the universe and eventually harm Mobius Prime Alpha.  Luner Heren remained to protect Mobius Prime Alpha, but found himself battling (while trying to reason with) alien giants known as “Ror Vlasephs”.

At the same time, Psyfilice Milen caught trace of a Server signal on a remote planet, leaving the others for a time to find it.  She eventually located the Fallen Server of Stone—Revten Tess—and aided him in the overthrowing of the harsh rulers of the planet before returning to the others, though Revten remained on the planet for the time.

The Servers ended the issues with the Xorda and Black Arms, returning to Mobius Prime Alpha where they aided Luner in his issue with the Ror Vlasephs, who like the Xorda and Black Arms were relocated to different planets for their and other people’s protection.

### Multiverse Heroes/Trixin’s Trial

Takris, Trixin, and Starcher, decided to stretch their reach of heroism to the multiverse.  They went through the legal process of the Zone Police Corps for approval of their actions, and eventually brought Nicole to help.  This went on for months.

At the same time, Virus Prime had organized remaining members of the old Dark Egg Legion to retake the Dragon Kingdom.  While they were defeated, information about Trixin Luminai brought her to trail for past actions as a Raiju Clan and Dark Egg Legion member before she was awakened as a Server.  Her sentence was not as harsh as expected, but the information was brought to the public, causing her to be resented by many people.

At the same time, the Servers were finding that they could not return to the Server Realm, and began trying to search for why.

### The Red Hand

An army similar to that of the Never-Deads was going about the planet, hunting down Servers and taking the cores of anyone in their way.  They eventually came to New Mobotropolis—powered by a captured Virus Prime—before supposedly killing Nicole.  Distraught and enraged, Takris lost his sanity, transforming into an Anti-Core being known as “The Dreekphane”.

As the Dreekphane, Takris planned to reverse the effects of the Multiverse Error, and possibly erase the Servers from existence.  In the process he killed the entity known as “Feist”, destroyed the Special Zone, and was only stopped by the authority in his programming by the Phantis Soul, restored to his previous Server form.

### Trisell Chronos/Seela

With many Servers taken by the Red Hand, the remaining group was met by Virus Prime, who was able to open a portal to the Server Realm due to her connection to the person behind the Red Hand: Trisell Chronos, the Fallen Time Server whom Takris replaced.

The group confronted Trisell, and a battle ensued with the cores of the Servers being freed from him, and things restored back at Mobius Prime Alpha.  Trisell vanished after his defeat, but the Servers were then confronted with the last remaining member of the Zonac Council “Seela”.  Seela planned to force the Servers into stasis mode so that she could basically reboot the multiverse to the original plan of the Zonac Council, but the Servers eventually came to a shaky compromise with her, resulting in Nicole leaving her position as the Stone Server and going to New Mobius Prime.

### The Hijacker

Tresser Aguain, Mysl Farensai, and Luner Heren, had become members of the United Federation to continue the multiverse policing that Starcher, Trixin, and Takris had stopped after confronting Seela.  Revten Tess arrived to Mobius Prime Alpha to accept his duty as the Stone Server, and a cat girl named “Lisa Stream” appeared on the planet with little memory of her past.

A mobian had fused with a remaining member of the Red Hand, turning into a villain known as “The Hijacker”, who began fighting against the Servers over the course of some months.  He was eventually overpowered and imprisoned, though Starcher attempted to reform him as a hero post-battle.

### Daricha

Takris had instructed the aid of Psyfilice Milen to help with the repairs of the Server Realm.  In the process, an incomplete Server called “Daricha” possessed Psyfilice, and a battle between her and the Servers began.  She assimilated Mysl Farensai, and killed Starcher Saraduct, before finally being taken down by Takris, Trixin, and the newly-arrived Phantis Soul.  Daricha was imprisoned in the corrupted blade Starcher wielded, before vanishing before the Servers could put her back in the Server Realm.

### Phantis/Lazarus

Lisa Stream’s abilities as the Phantis were trained by the Servers, but she remained unstable, and over time she began to cause problems around the planet.  To protect the others, Lisa left Mobius Prime Alpha.  In addition, Mysl Farensai left to be with Revten Tess on his alien homeworld, and Tresser Aguain placed himself in stasis mode again, seeing no reason for himself to continue on the planet for the time being.

### Virus Three

After battling with Daricha, Virus Prime had become unstable, and with Chaos Emeralds scattered about the planet because of the battle between the Dreekphane and Fesit, Chaos monsters were appearing, trying to capture her.  Eventually she split into three entities, the original Iron Nicole program, a program called “Isis”, and a new entity acting as the power of Chaos.

The Iron and Isis fought against the Chaos Virus, destroying themselves supposedly along with the Chaos Army created.

### The Drift

A century had passed.  The remaining Servers were Trixin Luminai, Revten Tess, Mysl Farensai, Psyfilice Milen, Takris Chronos, and Luner Heren.  Trixin Luminai had created her own civilization on one of the planets surrounding Mobius Prime Alpha, as did Mysl Farensai with Revten Tess, and Psyfilice Milen.  Luner Heren remained to watch over Mobius Prime Alpha itself, while Takris seemed to remain always in the Server Realm.

Then it happened…

…Three.

## Purpose

The Servers were created with the purpose of acting as the guardians of the Prime Zone, specifically the planet Mobius.  They were endowed with the power to manipulate their specific element to any degree through use of their specific element forces.

## Abilities

All Servers have a specific element they control uniquely.  They can transform into this element and wield a massive amount of it at a time.  However, each has specific limitations on their power programmed in in order to keep control over the amount of output they can produce from their energy forces.  Their bodies are not harmed by the use of their powers, but they will become drained and weakened if they use too much.

In addition, each Server was designed to have equal strength, regeneration, stamina, and durability: the template allowing for the survival and strength to that of multiple planets.  While this was the intention, the result was not as accurate.  Each Server does vary in these areas, some far weaker and stronger than others.  While not designed to become stronger through exercise in their bodies and energies, they have managed to.

Neutral with any Server are the abilities of flight, immunity to diseases, and despite having bodies that appear organic, they do not require air to breathe, nor are any organs affected by destruction.  Basically they’re there for show for the most part.  Each Server is resistant to pain but still very able to feel it.

While not a weakness, Chaos Energy is the anti-force to the Phantis energy that dictates the Servers.  It can harm them unlike their normal energy, but it is also possible for a Server to channel Chaos Energy through any tool using it.  Currently only two Servers are able to use the energy regularly.

### Server Armor/Tool

Each Server has the ability to enter their Server Form.  While in this form, they fully activate their abilities to a higher extent.  While in their regular form, they can still use their abilities to large degrees, but their power is lessened and more used to preserve their bodies.  Thus, while not in Server Form, each Server is far more regenerative.

After entering the Server Form, their bodies transform to a solid energy state, coated in an armor-like uniform specific to each Server, giving them far higher durability than in their regular bodies.  Activating their Server Form does not require a key or special energy boost as it is NOT a Super Form.  It is simply the complete form of a Server.  They can change back and forth between both regular and Server forms with almost no issue.  Servers are not designed to access Super Forms as they are only meant to access one specific element each, but loopholes have been discovered by some.

Each Server can also summon their Server Tool, be it in or out of the Server Form.  Each Server Tool is specific to each Server, and acts as an extension of their abilities: meant not held back by preservation as the Server body is.

### Friendly Fire

Each Server is designed to be entirely unable to harm the other to an extent.  While they can touch each other, and use each other’s elements to touch each other, they cannot effect each other negatively.  A small amount of pain is allowed from Server to Server in the form of physical pressure, but once this reaches a level, their bodies simply disallow any future pressure.

## The Server Realm

If a Server’s body were to be destroyed, their consciousness will return to the zone known as “The Server Realm”.  They will remain here, recovering and recharging but they will not return unless summoned back.  This can be done by the hands of another Server: however it is not known if their memory will remain intact.

The Server Realm was thought to simply be a hive-mind state the Servers enter, but few have managed to enter without connecting with the Servers.  It is quite actual and physical.  Inside are the remains of the base that housed the Zonac Council, as well as the Energy Chambers for each Energy Force, and all knowledge of each Server.

Seela

It is thought that the last remaining Zonac Council member, Seela, remains in the Server Realm somewhere, possibly in stasis, but her location is unknown.

## Fallen Servers

While Seven Servers were completed, there were others incomplete before the interruption of the Never-Dead.  The incomplete programming of the remaining Servers still remained in the Server Realm.  While these beings have the potential to awaken, they will not have all the limitations or power of completed Servers.  Depending on how far into completion each has gotten, they may or may not have control over their powers, be able to harm other Servers, or even be able to survive death back into the Server Realm.

## Pema-Death

The bodies of each Server are like a projection in a sense.  Destroy the body and the core will remain in the Server Realm until brought back.  As such, the only known way to kill a Server would be to destroy them in the Server Realm: erasing their connection to the Zonac Council’s design.  The Server will die, supposedly for good.

## Prime Zone Issues

As the Prime Zone had changed, it was originally the notion by most Servers that they had to go and protect the new Prime Zone, but after seeing that the Prime Zone was already populated with heroes, and seeing what remained of the originals on Mobius Prime Alpha, they agreed to remain and protect Mobius Prime Alpha, leaving the new Prime Zone to its own devices.

## Server Character Origins

### **IN-CANON CHARACTERS**

#### LUNER HEREN

Luner started out as just a drawing of a green hedgehog-echidna mix with glowing eyes.  I don’t think I had him as a Knuckles clone as he didn’t guard a master emerald, but mostly had power from the moon.  Yes, his name is a misspelled “Lunar”, but for some reason it stuck with me after I went far on past that initial design.

I liked the green idea though, and kept it with some red here and there.  For the longest time, he was pupilless, but I decided to give him eyes eventually to match his Server Symbol.  He was actually designed as an ancient deity type for years: a ruler of a lost civilization along with Mysl and Tresser.  He wasn’t an antagonist, but at the same time not a hero.  His personality hadn’t changed much over time.  He always seemed to have a very easy-going positive attitude, though when I finally decided to make him a Server, I made him just a bit more heroic.

#### TRESSER AGUAIN

This guy had some changes for sure.  Originally Tresser was just a white Silver-lookalike named “Tear”.  Back then I was just making any random design that popped into my head, and so I gave him a hover board despite having not yet played any Sonic Riders games.  He supposedly had amnesia with visions of Shadow, but I honestly didn’t know why I gave him that backstory even when I wrote it.

Like Luner, Tear was eventually made into some ancient ruler of a lost civilization, in the game continuity.  He hasn’t changed really at all in terms of personality, always being a stoic somewhat negative but well-meaning individual.

When it came time to make Servers, Tear got a consistent power finally, that being water.  I went with “Terrence” for his name for a time with “Tear” being the nickname, but that didn’t reflect his character well at all, so eventually it became Tresser.  His design changed a bit more than Luner’s simply because I really liked messing around with his boots and gloves, but eventually I settled for a more robed-knight sort of design.  Tresser was always a hedgehog so there was that at least.

As for the little purple spot on his head… well that’s just a bit of foreshadowing.  Hilariously I had the idea of one of my newer characters (at the time newer) “Athro” a snow leopard, be some kind of reincarnation of Tresser, but that idea has been dropped.  Mind you ATHRO is still an existing character, but he’s not Tresser.

#### MYSL FARENSAI

She was a Shadow-girl named “Mist”.  She was a  hedgehog of course, red and black with special boots and the like.  She really changed when she became an ancient ruler type, going from Chaos Energy to fire, and cutting all ties with Shadow.  When the Server idea came to mind, putting her, Luner, and Tresser in there was a no-brainer.

Eventually she changed to “Mysl” because Mist was too edgy and I made her a lizard so that I could make her Server Tools act as wings for a dragon look.

Her Server story has changed a bit.  She doesn’t originally get assimilated by Daricha in the story, but simply beaten up, but she does end up with Revten Tess later on.

#### TRIXIN LUMINAI

Trixin here has had a pretty straight-forward development, mostly just adding more rather than taking things away.  She started out as a ninja with hair and light powers, and that never really changed.  Her having a relationship with Starcher was also a long-running thing, but her backstory has been modified.

Originally she was taken already having her powers at a young age by the Iron Queen, and forced into being a ninja before she was knocked out by a rebellion and taken away where she would befriend another ninja named “Braid”.

During the Server stories, the Iron Queen originally played a larger role, actually having a large beat down between herself and Trixin (or Trix as her original name was), involving a mind control wave that is barely stopped.

As of now, the Iron Queen isn’t involved, and Trixin has no past with Braid.

#### REVTEN TESS

Kind of like Tresser, Revten was just a random design that I liked.  He looks like Silver as well, though this time it wasn’t intentional.  I shelved him for a long time before the Server idea popped up, and decided to make him the fallen Server of Stone.  His relationship with Psyfilice has always been the plan, though them no longer being a couple as Psyfilice goes with Luner and Revten with Mysl was not always the plan.  It just kind of happened.

Originally Revten’s design was less alien-looking but aside from his stripes being yellow instead of purple, he looks pretty similar to his original design.

#### PSYFILICE MILEN

This one’s quite different because I didn’t originally make this character.  My younger sister designed it as “Midnight the Rabbit”, a young girl who had moon powers.  I ended up making my own version of this character as we were trying to write a cohesive story at the time and disagreements emerged.

My original changed design was around a fifteen year old with faded eyes who had a special moon dagger.  In the original story, she was like a younger sister to Takris who only possessed half of her Server abilities, using Sound instead of psychic powers until all the Servers came together after reforming and her getting her psychic abilities.

The dagger went on to become the infamous “Daricha Dagger” which led to the idea of Daricha possessing Midnight.  Interestingly enough, in a later draft of the story, Daricha gives Midnight her sound powers instead of that being a lesser form of her mind powers, and slowly controls her before being purified and vanishing with the dagger.  And of course that’s where Banshees come from, what with the dagger infecting normal mobians and sound powers appearing.

Psyfilice was just an eventual name, but I decided to keep “Midnight” as well as it gave a sort of foreshadowing to the eventual Daricha situation.

#### BRAID

Not a very long backstory considering Braid barely appears in the official story now, but originally she was a ninja that befriended Trixin, and possibly before that she was some Knuckles-like girl that had her own master emerald, though I COULD be thinking of a different character.  Currently she’s a village girl from Mercia that befriends Psyfilice and Luner.

#### THE NEVER-DEAD

Originally I just needed some kind of ultimate villain against Starcher, even before the Servers were a thing, and that villain was called… NAZOC as in Zonac spelled differently.  He looked more like this diamond-fiery hedgehog back then, being an ultimate power created alongside Starcher or something like that.  I changed the name over time to different things I later forgot because I thought it sounded too much like NAZO and I wasn’t trying to make this character like the one portrayed in NAZO UNLEASHED.

The Never-Dead eventually became this ultimate enemy of the Zonac Council, some kind of horror from their past that sought revenge for… something.  He gets the name Never-Dead because he simply never goes away.  He always finds a way to survive and come back, and he will eventually, trust me.  He’s more human-looking now of course, but relegated to a simple in-the-shadows type.

#### DARICHA

As explained with Psyfilice, the idea of Daricha came from the dagger and some kind of spirit being inside of it that eventually possesses Psyfilice.  Daricha’s always just been this shadowy figure that has a moon theme, but for a time she was just a wandering spirit that had escaped the dagger long ago.

Now she’s a spirit that can enhance and influence those that wield her, slowly taking over them the more they use her power.

#### THE HIJACKER

I needed a new threat for the Servers, so I created someone that was meant to be very action-based and energetic.  The Hijacker was designed to outdo the Servers, but not be the typical copy-ability villain.  Instead he would simply drain their stamina and become stronger by default.  He’s quite recent honestly so there’s little to him.

#### LISA STREAM

Aside from her hair, Lisa’s barely changed in her appearance.  She first appeared in a fanfiction I wrote about Nicole, where she was a reporter that met Psyfilice and Nicole, and ended up on an adventure with them.  From there, she’d learn from magic books (that she just happens to find) and in the original timeline she’s in: Dark Gaia appears with the Servers all gone at the time, and after various heroes dying, Lisa loses control and becomes the Phantis, killing Dark Gaia before fading away.

From there, everything else is pretty much the same as it is now.  She gets a crush on Revten Tess, she becomes the Phantis, but there’s no magic book, and she meets the Servers far longer into the timeline before leaving because of instability.

#### SEELA

The last of the Zonac Council, Seela has ALWAYS been designed as the last Zonac Council member, looking to fix things with bitterness and loss.  Honestly her character hasn’t changed practically at all.  She still lives in the Server Realm, overseeing the Multiverse and messing with things she finds wrong.

#### VIRUS PRIME

One of my favorite Sonic Comic Story Arcs was the Iron Dominion Saga… IS the Iron Dominion Saga.  I went crazy when Iron Nicole appeared, and my younger self was so emotional that I couldn’t stand to think that this was the real Nicole being controlled by some villain (partially because I had a crush on Nicole when I was younger, ah childhood).  So, when I wrote a Nicole fanfiction set after the first appearance of Takris and Psyfilice, I began to introduce the Iron Nicole villain.

In the original story, Iron Nicole would have escaped to Moebius, and laid waste to it in an attempt to get stronger.  She would then return to Mobius Prime and begin destroying entire countries, only to be stopped by Nicole.  In the story, Nicole uses the Server power from Takris’s belt to give herself a time form to stop Iron Nicole, but in the process, Iron Nicole is fused with Chaos Energy powers, and becomes “Virus”.

Virus would a somewhat new entity for some time, going about doing random acts of terror throughout the stories until eventually she’d become unstable and split off into two sides: the good and the bad, with the original Iron Nicole side feeling sorrow for her past mistakes and defeating her evil side before the two died in an explosion.

Later on I decided to bring back the evil side of Virus, which ended up in the Lizzy Eventide series under the name “V” and later “Ira Black”.  She’d come back under the title of VIRUS, the character you know today, while Iron Nicole would become RIN.

The idea of a hive-mind villain was interesting, but it didn’t make sense that this second consciousness would just appear out of nowhere, so I created the ANTI-Identity character which acted as one of the original halves of Virus Prime that fused together.  So we had Iron Nicole, and Anti Nicole, which eventually became ISIS Nicole (not to be confused with… you know), and the current Virus.

#### TRISELL CHRONOS

Back when Takris and Psyfilice were the only two warriors around for the timeline, I was going through my own Sonic-Heroes-2-making phase and decided that Takris and Psyfilice would have their own personal enemies from the past.  One of them was named “Trisex” but that sounded… yeah, so I changed it to “Trisell”.  They were two warriors of the past who were replaced by Takris and Psyfilice, looking to take over the world and destroy their replacements.

Back then, the two were more human-looking, but the idea became short lived.  Trisell stuck around, and his story has been pretty consistent since.  He’s the original Time Server who got replaced when a clone of him got made that stole his position, so when he finally wakes up, he seeks revenge by using a forbidden power.  Takris goes crazy after losing Nicole, gets purified by Phantis, and everyone goes to stop Trisell.

Mind you, he’s not meant to be a one-off.  Trisell pops up later on, but I’ve always really enjoyed creating the storyline focused on him.

#### STARCHER SARADUCT

Starcher was my very first fan character.  He was originally a super form awakened out of Tails.  At the time, Tails was my favorite character, and I was REALLY getting tired of him being treated as the weakest link of teams, always needing help from others, so I came up with the idea that Tails has a past life as this incredibly powerful warrior who fought time and time again against a foe called “Nazoc” who again becomes the Never-Dead.
In the past life, there was also a female fox that Starcher has a romantic relationship with called Rain.  Starcher wakes up after the Nazoc appears again, and an adventure ensues with Starcher reverting to Tails again at the end. This idea stuck with me for a long time, and I eventually added more to it when the story involving Luner, Mysl, and Tresser being ancient beings of the past came to be.

Starcher was more so just another character helping to save the day rather than having any specific focus on him, but not too long after this idea went through, I was beginning to move away from Starcher as my main fan character, and developing the idea of the Servers.  The character of Rain wasn’t a part of anything anymore, replaced by Starcher’s relationship with Trixin.

So now, Starcher’s the strongest server-member (supposedly), awoken by the Seven and basically acts as my Superman in a sense.  I don’t use him much, not because there aren’t ways I can, but because I have many characters in many different areas of the continuity and I don’t want to fill it too much with one or another.

#### TAKRIS CHRONOS

Okay, here we go.  Takris started out as just “Tak The Fox”.  He was a Tails clone with six tails I believe (with rings around them).  He shot tacks at people… yeah.  He was part of a team alongside a lynx/chipmunk-looking character named “Slash” (who was partially the inspiration for a character named “The Rifter” and a hedgehog girl who I think was named “Breeze”. They were their own little Sonic Heroes team alongside others.

This changed of course.  I somehow ended up deciding to give Tak faded eyes, and that struck a chord with me, so I kept going with it.  It got to the point where he had two special power-rings on his wrists, one for Dark Chaos Energy, and one for Light Chaos Energy.  Initially he was a bit more evil in this personality, or at least brutal, but that changed a bit when I slowly began developing the Server designs.

Back then, Tak was the only one with a symbolic belt.  He was a Server that arrived before the others, alongside Psyfilice, who ended up developing feelings toward Nicole in his time at New Mobotropolis.  In this version, Dr. Finitevus had taken a fox mobian and experimented on him, combining it with the power of the Time Server, which created Tak.

Dr Finitevus would try to take over the world with Tak but Tak would break free of his control, so eventually a sort of clone of Tak was made that he fought with, ending with the three dying before coming back years later with the other Servers.

I removed the Chaos Energy-specific powers and replaced it with Core Energy when I changed the name to “Takris” but kept TAK as a nickname.  He’d still be designed by Dr. Finitevus, but not hosted by a mobian fox by default.  The clone and fight still happened, but far different than original, and of course Takris lives at the end of that fight.

### **CHARACTERS NO LONGER WITH US**

#### GIRODOOR

A scientist who got fused with some kind of machine and turned into this monster that grew stronger and larger the more he existed, mainly a villain fought by Mysl, Tresser, and Luner.

#### MORF

A fragment of the Never-Dead’s power that became sentient.  He began taking over the planet, tricking Mysl, Tresser, and Luner into thinking he was their friend during a continuity when they were the only Servers awake still.  He had a short relationship with Mysl at the time before being destroyed.

He partially inspired the idea of the Hijacker.

#### DARK THE FOX

In the first bit of the Server story, Takris is created and he rebels against Dr. Finitevus, so Dr. F makes a clone of Takris to do his bidding but Takris alongside Knuckles destroys the clone along with Finitevus.

In the original story, this clone ends up surviving, and takes on the Dark Chaos powers Tak has.  From then on, he’s mostly an Anti-Hero, just going about his own life and pursuing a relationship with Virus Prime who has no interest in him.  He ends up becoming a hero at some point, fighting against Eggman.

I chose to get rid of Dark mainly because I had Trisell now, and while Dark WAS designed first, Trisell just seemed more interesting and less cliché.  Dark didn’t really serve a purpose so he was done away with but I wanted to give him a bit of a cameo

### **PLOT DESIGNS**

#### THE SERVER ARMOR

The idea of the Server armor came originally from Tak.  He was the only character that wore a belt with his elemental symbol, and I chose to make a similar design for the other Servers.  This evolved further into the glowing armor set you see today.  I got the idea that the Servers would convert entirely into solid energy with the armor just being the surrounding casing.  In truth, the idea of covering them entirely in armor came from seeing the Keyblade armor in Kingdom Hears 2, though I  did not take any inspiration from any specific design.

#### THE SERVER TOOLS

This idea came out of Starcher’s double-bladed twin-swords.  These were based on Cloud Strife’s from final fantasy, but back then I didn’t know it was his blade, only that it related to a fan rpg called “Sonic X Final Fantasy”.  I decided to give Tak a weapon as well and the others got specific tools later on.  Daricha’s Dagger, Tak’s sword, and Starcher’s swords were the first.

#### PAST CONTINUITIES

If you read Takris’s bio, you’ll find that he talks about previous incarnations of the Server, such as the one with Rain, the one with Mysl, Tresser, and Luner being ancient beings, and so on.  Those still exist in the past to the extent that they DID happen but only Takris really remembers them.

Do I plan to reintroduce any of these plot elements to future parts of the Servers?  Probably.  I’d like to bring in Girodoor into the current timeline in some fashion, and possibly have the characters all end up remembering their past lives.

This will be a bit different of course, at least with the Never-Dead, as he was separate from the Zonac Council and out of their control, so he wouldn’t be known as “NAZOC” in the past necessarily, but he WOULD have been a threat in the past versions still.

## Server Profiles

**Below are links to each Server or Individual Associated** with the Servers

Luner Heren: Server of Plant

Tresser Aguain: Server of Water

Mysl Farensai: Server of Fire

Psyfilice Milen: Server of the Mind

Trixin Luminai: Server of Light

Revten Tess: Fallen Server of Stone

Lisa Stream: The Phantis

Trisell Chronos: The Fallen Server of Time

Daricha: Fallen Server of the Moon

Virus Prime: The Chaos Incarnation

Starcher Saraduct: The Zonac Soul

Takris Chronos: Server of Time