River the Echidna (current version)

"I'm not sure whether to be happily surprised or extremely creeped out..." - River

Hey guys, you know how I said that River wasn't going to be my main character anymore? Well it turns out I suck at sticking to my own promises, because I just decided to reboot the entire thing.

Also, the picture didn't take as ridiculously long to finish, so that's a nice thing I got going for me.

Basic Info
Other Names: Ponytail girl, Blue Porcupine, Midget, Spikehead

Age: 15

Species: Echidna

Gender: Female

Maritial Status: Single at the moment

Date of Birth: March 19th

Birthplace: Station Square (alternate timeline)

Dominant Hand: Right

Height: 3'6" ft or 106.7 cm

Weight: 70 lbs or 31 km

Voice Actor: Rebecca Fraiser (AKA, Kaikana Grif/Sister from Red vs. Blue)

Appearances: Soon…

Personal Info
Occupation: Jobless

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Personality: River, at first, seems to be extremely skeptical of new people and very cautious around them. When in the presence of Mobians or Alien races, she’s much more open and talkative. However, this is the complete opposite around Humans, and she becomes more introverted and judgmental towards them. She doesn’t hate all Humans or anything, but she has major trust issues with them and it takes longer for one to befriend her. River, even though she’s paranoid of strangers, always gives new people at least one chance to prove that she can trust them.

Then after that, she becomes a completely different person. She becomes outgoing, humorous (however she makes mostly juvenile humor), a bit brash, and brutally honest towards others and herself. She has a tendency to run into things without thinking, but laugh about it afterwards even when no one else laughs along with her. River becomes a go-with-the-flow kind of person; whenever something comes up that confuses or concerns her, she normally shrugs, accepts it, and moves on. But it doesn’t apply to all situations.

<p class="MsoNormal">Mental Condition(s): None, might be edited later.

<p class="MsoNormal">Physical Disability: None, also might be edited later.

<p class="MsoNormal">Ability Type: Power

<p class="MsoNormal">Goal(s): Prevent anyone from finding the 7 Infinity Crystals (this will be explained later)

<p class="MsoNormal">Fears: Again, none yet. Will be edited in the future.

<p class="MsoNormal">Current Residence: Not completely defined, but she goes back and forth between Station Square and Angel Island (Game canon timeline)

<p class="MsoNormal">Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

<p class="MsoNormal">Good Points: Go-with-the-flow kind of person, has a good sense of humor, becomes very friendly when her trust is gained.

<p class="MsoNormal">Bad Points: Paranoid of strangers, brutally honest, does a lot of things without thinking, has a natural disliking towards most humans.

Stats
<p class="MsoNormal">Strength: 16/20

<p class="MsoNormal">Agility/Speed: 14/20

<p class="MsoNormal">Intelligence: 10/20

<p class="MsoNormal">Health/Defense: 8/20

<p class="MsoNormal">Abilities: Being an Echidna, River has electroreception. However, due to being a short-beaked Echidna, it’s extremely weak compared to other animals that have electroreception. But thanks to this, it is more difficult for someone to pull a stealth attack on her since she can sense their presence easier. Unfortunately, it does cause her to feel extremely overwhelmed when there’s a lot of electricity in her area.

<p class="MsoNormal">Fighting Style: AGAIN, will be edited in the future. I haven’t thought out all the details yet.

<p class="MsoNormal">Powers: River, as her name might suggest, is a Hydrokinetic. Basically, she can control water and anything that has water in it. If she’s in a humid environment, she can pull water straight out from the air, but normally she would need some other source like a lake or a puddle or something. However, in a dry and bare place like a desert, her power is almost completely useless since there is no water source. But in the rare moments when she’s in extreme desperation, River has been known to injure herself (not severely, though) and use her own blood as a weapon. <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Weaknesses: As mentioned earlier in the "goals" section, River has a connection with these objects called the Infinity Crystals. Similar to the Chaos Emeralds, they are seven powerful crystals that exist within every single possible timeline, but they cannot leave the timeline they are currently in. When all seven are together, they grant someone (or multiple people) the ability to travel between alternate timelines. Then after they are used, they are separated again. River’s life is bound to these crystals, and if something happens to them, then something else must also happen to her. For example, if someone traveled to another timeline, she would be forced to follow no matter what. And if the crystals are broken, then she would die several minutes after they’re shattered unless they are repaired within that timeframe.

Social Status and Background
<p class="MsoNormal">Friends: Arcturus, Mandolin, Fryst, Brody, Sonic, Knuckles, and Amy

<p class="MsoNormal">Rivals: Rouge, Rogue, Fryst, and Arcturus

<p class="MsoNormal">Enemies: None at the current moment

History
<p class="MsoNormal">River was born in an alternate timeline where the events of Perfect Chaos on Angel Island never took place, so therefore her race wasn’t almost extinct. She was born in an apartment that was built on top of the location of an Infinity Crystal, and the energy that radiated off of it mutated her a bit before she was even born. As a result, she came out cyan, despite the fact that all Echidnas are either some shade of red or orange. But seeing as how the odd colors weren’t related to any health concerns, her parents simply ignored it and raised her normally.

<p class="MsoNormal">Another thing to be known about the timeline River was born in is that Mobians and Humans aren’t on the best of terms with each other. While they do live in the same places and do many of the same things, Mobians were heavily discriminated against, and River was no exception. She wasn’t allowed to join certain things, she was insulted almost on a daily basis, and was never regarded as an actual person. Thus, causing her to naturally have her own form of hatred towards humans.

<p class="MsoNormal">Then, one day, someone had gathered the 7 Infinity Crystals and travelled to another timeline. River, being bound to the crystals, was unintentionally forced into the other timeline as well, or in other words, the world of the Sonic games that we all know and love. Arriving in a completely different yet similar place, River currently struggles to adjust to everything, but for some odd reason she refuses to leave that timeline.

Trivial Facts

 * This character is a reboot of River the Echidna, who still has a page here that you can read.
 * Most of her new personality was inspired from the characters in the web series, Red vs. Blue (Tucker and Grif, for example), while her history was more inspired by the backstory ideas from Bioshock Infinite (alternate timelines) and RWBY (conflict between the Humans and Faunus)
 * Characters from the games also exist in the alternate timeline River was from, except for Dr. Eggman, who was never born in that timeline. Due to this, the original canon characters are barely known because they never had to save the world from anyone.
 * River hates it when someone calls her a Spikehead, even more than when someone calls her blue instead of cyan.