Alien Species in Sonic the Hedgehog
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In the various Sonic the Hedgehog continuities, their are several instances where the characters encounter extraterrestrials.
Bem
A scientist race from the Archie comics, the Bem all appear to be identical females. This is possibly due to cloning. The Bem travel the galaxy, and on several occasions their journeys have brought them to Mobius. The Bem recovered Shadow the Hedgehog from falling into the atmosphere, restoring him to health and giving him the energy to achieve Super Shadow to hold off the Xorda while they escaped. Later on, Sonic visited the Bem planet of Argentium, also known as Wheel World, where he found Amadeus and Rosemary Prower.The most prominent of the Bem is Ceneca 9009, the first scientist to develop a De-Roboticizer.
Black Arms
The Black Arms, essentially the darkest and most powerful of these aliens mentioned, are the only aliens to appear in the game continuity. They appeared in the game Shadow the Hedgehog as the primary enemies or allies, depending on the player's path. Their leader is called Black Doom, who is a giant Black Arm that floats, wears a brown coat and has celestial charms all over him. When they first appear, there is no explanation, but soon after we learn that they came for the Chaos Emeralds. The Black Arms appear to have their own technology which revolves around guns (that can range from crude to seemingly expertly crafted) that emit purple, fatal laser beams (with the exception of one, which shoots worms).
Seedrians
Seedrians is a fan term for a species of plant-like aliens who have evolved to assume sentience and more animalistice forms that appear in the Sonic X series. Male Seedrians, referred to by the fans as Thorndrigans, are slightly larger than most of the inhabitants of Sonic's world, and are usually rather rotund, with short tails, small antler-like growths on their heads, and a colored ridge on the top of their heads; they are largely similar to trees in their make-up. Female Seedrians, or Petali(s), more closely resemble their plant ancestors, being mostly slender and having an arrangment of petals sprouting from their waists and buds--or bloomed flowers--atop their heads. Apparently Seedrians evolve into trees at some point in their lifetimes, perhaps a first stage of death or old age.
For untold years, the Seedrians were locked in a war against a mysterious foe. In an effort to combat them, all the known males joined forces under the command of a renegade scientist named Lucas and willed themselves to undergo unnatural evolution, becoming bestial giant versions of their former selves. However, the evolution process was unstable, and in many cases fatal. Stealing their own world's Planet Egg, they used its power to stablize the evolution process. Finally, after many died, the planet's leader Hertia, devastated at what they had become, decreed that they would have to leave the planet to survive and abandoned her world and her mutated comrades to destruction by their enemies.
However, this caused dissension, as the male Seedrians, now known by the term Beasts, were unwilling to abandon the fight. They continued to do battle until only five Beasts, including Lucas, remained alive, those who were to become Dark Oak and his henchmen through a finishing phase of their evolution and became the leaders of the Metarex. A mass number of the females however, had escaped into space with Hertia, creating a colony upon which Hertia's last daughter, and possibly the last child of the Seedrians, Cosmo, was born. Determined to rid the universe of all non-plant life, and to have revenge on their former colleagues, they hunted down and attacked the ship carrying the surviving females, all but exterminating them.
The ship was destroyed, leaving only six known specimens of the Seedrian race alive: Lucas, reborn as Metarex leader Dark Oak; his commanders Red Pine, Yellow Zelkova, Black Narcissus, and Pale Bay Leaf; and Hertia's daughter Cosmo.
Trivia
The Seedrians bear a great resemblance to the Pokémon Ralts, Gardevoir, and especially Kirlia. In fact, certain Pokémon fans who are not familiar with the Third Season of Sonic X tend to confuse the female Seedrians as "probably fan-altered" forms of the mentioned Pokémon.Xorda
A warlike species from the Archie Comics storyline, the Xorda are responsbile for the metamorphosis of Earth into Mobius. They resemble large, purple, brain-like organs with long pink tentacles and a single green eye.The Xorda's wrath was encurred upon Earth when an envoy they sent to it was captured, imprisoned, and disected by human scientists. Outraged, the Xorda bombarded the planet with gene bombs, believing that all life had been wiped out. Unbeknownst to them, some survived, and eventually swelled to repopulate the planet. The energy of the bomb caused the mutation of many animal species in the anthropomorphs that now inhabit it, as well as the creation of Mobius' Chaos Emeralds.
Upon realizing that the planet they so hated was still supporting life, the Xorda returned. During their journey, they nearly stumbled upon a Bem ship, but were distracted by Shadow the Hedgehog. When they arrived, they delivered an ultimatum of destruction unto the people of Mobius, and also told them the truth about their world's origins. As if to demonstrate their power, they launched a devastating single-ship attack on Dr. Eggman's Eggman Empire.
In the planet's polar region, the Xorda revealed their final plan to eradicate the planet. A pyramidal device, known as the Quantum Dial, was set up. It's purpose was to tear open a hole in reality, creating a black hole that would consume the planet. Unwilling to give up without a fight, the various fighters of Mobius banded together, putting aside their differences to battle a common enemy. However, even with the amazing number of warriors aligned against them, the Xorda were only vanquished after the timely resurrection of Knuckles the Echidna and the seeming suicide attack of Sonic the Hedgehog upon the Quantum Dial, which caused the destruction of the device.
The Xorda departed Mobius afterwards, and have not been seen since except in flashbacks. They are also the reason that the Bem do not pursue a vessel they believe to contain Ceneca 9009, the rogue scientist who built the De-Roboticizer. In truth, the vessel held Sonic, who had been beamed into space by the Quantum Dial's destruction. Unwittingly, the Xorda had provided a safe journey home for their greatest hindrance.
See also
| Emerald/Ring | Chaos Control | Chaos Emerald | Master Emerald | Rings | Special Zone | Star Posts |
| Locations | Planet (Little) | Angel Island (Hidden Palace) | South Island | Westside Island | Mystic Ruins | Central City | Station Square | Space Colony ARK | Egg Quarters | Tiny Chao Garden | Knothole | Mobotropolis | Nameless Zone | Shanazar | Special Zone |
| Vehicles | The Tornado | Extreme Gear | Egg Carrier | Dr. Eggman's vehicles |
| Other | Aliens | Badniks (E-Series Robots) | Echidnas | Eclipse Cannon | Eggman Empire | Roboticizer (Roboticization) | Sonic Team |
| Spin offs | Manga | AoStH (episodes) (Blast) | Sonic the Comic | SatAM (episodes) | Archie | [[Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie|Movie]] | Underground | Sonic X (episodes) (comic) (game) |
| Fan-related | KiStH | [[Sonic: Time Attacked|Time Attacked]] | Sonic Robo Blast 2 | Hedgehog Heaven | The Sonic Center |
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