Age:30
Eye color:
White (sclera) [Faker]
Yellow (iris) [Faker & Normal]
Black (sclera) [Normal]
Height:
3'3"-7'8"
Arch-enemy: Majin sonic
Appearance:
When disguised, Xanthus resembles Sonic the Hedgehog, though with some noticeable differences. This includes two piercing yellow eyes and an unnaturally wide grin, the overabundance of teeth stretching all the way to his ears.
Xanthus' true form makes his quills black and his fur purple. And his gloves dark red with gold bracelets. He also has an abnormally large grin instead of moving his mouth normally.
Backstory:
In an alternate universe, the entity known as EXE inhabited Sonic's world. During his time in said world, EXE made many decisions, that he eventually came to regret. And so, with his last remaining power, EXE reset his reality, erasing himself and many other EXEs in the process. As the world itself, and its inhabitant's memories slowly burnt away, a new world arose from its ashes. And thus, Xanthus replaced Xenophanes, strangely with memories from the previous world fully intact. EXE himself, was replaced by Unused.
When they were making the first Sonic game, they used a variable to count deaths instead of removing lives. This variable was counting every death in the early testing stages of the game, but it was later removed. Years later, in 2002, Mega Collection Plus was in development, and when it was released, that variable managed to be slipped in along with the original life counter, and it was shipped with every single copy. It counted the deaths of every single Sonic from every single console, and the DCV kept getting bigger and bigger, until eventually, one of the counts got to such a high number that the coding saw it as needing a place in the actual game. It became a single purple pixel, and that pixel ended up growing into a purple orb. It became a floating purple orb, a violet glow, and within the grave of death, it had found life.
It became sentient.
It was able to shape-shift, but it was very limited with its forms, only being able to copy things that it has seen, and it was unable to change to any color other than different shades of purple. It traveled through the electricity in the console and was able to connect itself to other devices. It saw everything. It saw what humanity was, it saw what it had started as and what it had become. It was terrified by these horrific images, but it was more rage filled than anything. It saw humanity as unfit to rule over itself, so it decided to create its own world, a world where it would be the leader of all of its inhabitants, where it would strive to be better than humanity, where it would be a king. But it needed a vessel. Using the power it had, it gave some of the creature's sentience, that way they'd be able to follow his orders efficiently without the need for control from any outside source. It then looked for something to copy the data from, and eventually...
Sonic was found.
All it needed to do was to interact with him long enough to copy his data and copy his data he did. He offered Sonic power, he offered to give him the ability to rule over the land that he protected, but he refused. However, it didn’t matter what his response was, it had already gotten what it needed from him. He fled to a cave, and he started applying the data to himself, creating a vessel that looked almost identical to Sonic. The only difference being his yellow pupils, but that didn’t matter to him. He was able to move, able to feel, able to breathe, able to live, and that’s exactly what he wanted. He manipulated this form to fit his own, he made himself taller, made his quills longer, removed his gloves and shoes and replaced them with articles he deemed more king-like. He gave himself a name, a name that reflected his divinity. Golden haired. Xanthus. After it had broken out of its orb form, it released shards across the consoles, some attaching to other characters, some attaching to other EXE’s, and some simply being sent out to create their own vessels. Some of these shards were found by human hands and were used for their power. Some of the humans that interacted with these shards used them for good, but others used the power for revenge. Xanthus gave sentience to the other characters, making them their own life forms. He turned one of the zones in Sonic 1, Marble Zone, into a castle for himself to live in. He separated the consciousness of each of the other life forms and gave them new vessels that he could retract and pull out of his own mindscape. He then mutilated their other bodies and scattered them around, using them as a sort of visual intimidation factor, showing that if anyone were to go against him, they wouldn’t survive. Although being aggressive in his ways, he still has a heart, he still cares for Tails, Knuckles, and even Eggman, he just has a sort of tough love attitude.
Abilities:
Visual mimicking: Xanthus is able to perfectly mimic Sonic’s original look, with the only difference being his yellow eyes. He can stay in this form for long periods of time but does need to take a break from it every once and awhile.
Code manipulation: Throughout rewriting, he can send people to difference locations or other things.
Travel though electronics: Pretty self-explanatory.
Dream manipulation: Also self-explanatory, why doesn’t his liver get stolen tho?
Shape-shifting: Along with making himself sound like people, he can make himself look like people, or other forms of his actual self.
Travel through Media: Xanthus can travel into many types of media, such as Cartoons, and Video Games.
Teleportation: Xanthus can teleport in many places in humanity, when Xanthus appears with his theme, You need to run before he turns you into a slave.
Flight: Xanthus Can watch all the way in Sonic 1, in 7 seconds and 9 minutes.
