Chaos Emeralds

## Chaos Emerald

The seven Chaos Emeralds, from Sonic Generations

### Description

Seven brilliant-cut gems with unlimited power in the colours green, red, blue, yellow, purple, turquoise and white.

The **Chaos Emeralds** are objects of great power within Eternium. They are seven ancient emeralds tied to the **Master Emerald** that possess unlimited power. Those who hold the emeralds can learn how to manipulate **Chaos Energy** to perform miracles and warp the very fabric of space and time. Additionally the emeralds can infinitely power machines, and initiate Super Transformations. Anyone who combines all seven are said to control unimaginable power.

The Chaos Emeralds have been at the centre of countless conflicts throughout history, due their ability to improve a person's innate ability further beyond what the person can normally perform, or the ability to infinitely grant its users energy. The have been the target of countless factions and people for their near limitless powers, and have had a indirect hand in most global catastrophes throughout Eternium.

## Description

### Appearance

The Chaos Emeralds are seven brilliant cut gems that can fit in the palm of a hand. They come in the colours of green, red, blue, yellow, purple, cyan and gray.

### Powers and Traits

The Chaos Emeralds are said to hold enough power to let the user control the whole world. Each Chaos Emerald is said to possess mystical properties and contain unlimited amounts of Chaos Energy, which is said to give energy to all things. The power they grant can only be compared to the likes of the **Master Emerald** and **Phantom Ruby**. One Emerald alone grants the user access to unlimited power, and empower's the user's innate abilities beyond the limits of what they normally would be able to perform. The Emeralds also amplify their own power the more of them that are used together, where 5 Emeralds hold enough power to destabilise several continents at once, and with six one can blow up the moon; and with all seven it grants the user power equivalent to that of destroying a planet, and piercing the stars.

Each emerald has the ability to sense, and respond to the thoughts of the people around it. By focusing one's thoughts, a user can draw from the Emerald's energy and can even learn how to manipulate the Chaos Energy the Emerald creates to perform reality-warping feats, such as fabricated visions, manipulating the elements, performing rituals, reviving the dead and manipulating the very fabric of space and time. Additionally, it is the energy that the Emerald generates that allows the user to increase their own innate ability to even grander heights than what was previously possible.

The Chaos Emeralds' power can be harnessed by an organic or inorganic user alike. When harnessed by a living beings, they grant the user heightened abilities, and grant the user access to **Chaos Energy**. Harnessing all seven Chaos Emeralds grant the user the ability to transform into a **Super State**, a form that grants flight, invulnerability, greater ability to use Chaos Energy, and increased innate talents. Additionally, a user of the state can transfer part of the power to others, granting them Super States as well. These states do not last long however, as they consume tremendous amounts of energy. The Emeralds energy can also be used to power machinery.

A user can meditate and focus their thoughts on the Chaos Energy of the Chaos Emeralds, granting them insight to manipulating the energy toward reality bending feats. Over time, these **Chaos Powers** will be easier to use, and grow in power. These are different from the abilities Mobians naturally have through-out Eternium, and only work through using the energy of the Emeralds. With enough time, the user can learn how to use these powers without an Emerald near them, by manipulating the ambient Energy within themselves.

The Chaos Emeralds seem to hold a form of Sentience and Self-Awareness; able to use their own power to stay stable during reality warping events of other Chaos Emeralds as well as the other-worldly abilities of interstellar beings. Additionally, the Emeralds also are aware of when they aren't near anyone, and can just simply teleport to a different location on the planet to be found by a different being. The Emeralds seem to have a preference for who they are found by. Additionally the Chaos Emeralds are linked together, and can act like magnets that can attract eachother, and grant their user the insight to find remaining Emeralds.

When all seven Chaos Emeralds are together, they can be used to alter reality on a planetary scale. The user can wish for whatever they wish, and the Emeralds will change Reality, Space and Time to accommodate it. Afterward, they will scatter to all corners of the planet. In general however, they seem to scatter away from public places and seem to end up near whoever the wish to be wielded by next.

The Chaos Emeralds are not indestructible, and can be shattered into Emerald Shards that hold a part of the Chaos Emeralds' energies. However, like the Master Emerald, they can repaired if their shards are brought back together again.

## Background

Tens of thousands of years ago, the technologically superior race known as the **Ancients** fled their home planet in the wake of the destruction caused by the void entity known as **The End.** They brought with the seven powerful gemstones to act as a power source for their spaceships to escape, the **Chaos Emeralds**. The seven emeralds resonated with the power of the **Master Emerald** that was on the surface of the planet Earth, and led the ancient's spaceships to the planet. The Ancients colonised the Starfall Islands, and used their vast knowledge to rebuild their civilisation, and prepare for their eventual return of The End. Although The End's return destroyed their home, the Elder Ancient devised a plan to bring their Ancient Relics to Angel Island, to be with the Master Emerald. A small remainder of the Ancients travelled to Angel Island with the artifacts in tow, and used their power to Shatter the Phantom Ruby upon their arrival, fearing the potential of it unsealing of The End. The ancients would later devolve into the **Chao** that surrounded the Altar of Emerald.

Throughout history, civilisations and individuals sought to harness the Chaos Emerald's power for various purposes. The Ancient Civilisations on West Side Island collected the Chaos Emeralds and used them to advance their society and achieved great prosperity. Even interstellar races, like the Black Arms, attempted to visit earth to take the Emeralds for themselves. The numerous locations that have held the Chaos Emeralds have led to several legends being created to their true resting place, leading to contradictory information of where they lie across the planet. Although, this is mostly due to them showing up where ever they wish.

Over 4,000 years prior to the Chaos Incident, the Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald resided in the Altar of Emerald on the outskirts of Mystic Ruins. Within the shrine resided a colony of **Chao**, peaceful creatures and the shrine itself was defended by **Chaos**, the then Guardian of the Master Emerald and the God of the Chao. The Ancient Echidna civilisation known as the **Knuckles Clan** knew of the Chaos Emeralds and their supposed power. **Tikal**, the daughter of the chief, was a friend to the Chao and Chaos, and thus was allowed on the shrine. The remainder of the clan attempted to raid the Shrine at night, but Tikal stood between them. Her pleas falling on deaf ears, the clan raided the shrine trampling over Tikal and the Chao. Enraged over the harm brought to his friends, he used the Chaos Emeralds to become **Perfect Chaos**, and wiped out the Echidna clan in vengeance, including Tikal. Realising what had been done by his hands, he fell into a great sorrow. Using the power of the Emeralds once again, he wished to escape the world and keep the remaining Chao safe. The whole of Angel Island shook and rose into the clouds above, and the Emeralds once again scattered across the world.

Over 150 years prior to the present day, the Chaos Emeralds were researched by Professor **Gerald Robotnik** onboard the **Space Colony ARK** as part of **Project Shadow**. The research led to the creation of many great technological marvels onboard the station, however another project on board caught the professor's attention. The **Gizoid** aboard the station reacted to the Emeralds. After a Chaos Emerald was installed into the **Gizoid** however, the robot went on a rampage across the station. In its rampage, it had interferred with another project on the station, **Project Shadow**. The entity being created was unstable with Chaos Energy, and unable to contain the energy it was creating at its point of creation. The Space Colony ARK was utterly destroyed with the unleash of energy, along with the Gizoid and the entity being made by Project Shadow. The remains of the Station rained across Earth. A part of the station had landed on Angel Island, and wiped out a large majority of the Chao population. Chaos in his mourning was enraged past the point of madness, and seeing the remains of the creatures within the wreckage, Chaos set its sight upon the humans of the world. In its rage and sorrow, it used its power to flood the lands of humanity, and slaughtered every human it could. Legends say that Chaos still roams the oceans of Eternium to this day, hunting down any humans that survived the great floods. The Chaos Emerald that was installed in the Gizoid still has not been found to this day.