Ion the Sophiornis

Ion is the ancestor of Shunt the owl and the first person to control the cosmic gems.

Story
Ion had a rare power to control crystals and stones. Walking in the outside of his city, he finds a cosmic gem and was able to control it. He said that these kind of stones have a great power, and that enough of them can be even more powerful than a Chaos emerald, but no one believed in what he said. Ion went on a travel to find more of these stones, and prove that they can equal the power of the Chaos emeralds. Back in the city, he used many of the cosmic gems and fused them into a powerful stone, what Ion called a "hypercube". With this hypercube, the leaders of the civilization saw the true power of the cosmic gems, and decided to take care of them and keep them safe from the rest of the world. Soon, all the Firenza civilization was able to control, fuse or destroy cosmic gems. Ion remained as the main protector of the cosmic gems.

Abilities and weakness
Crystal shoot: Ion was able to create sharp crystals and shoot them to his enemies

Diamond row: Ion creates a row of harmful crystals from the ground

Rainbow shield: He creates a great shield, using different crystals to make it stronger.

like his descendant, Shunt, he is very weak, and often uses the crystals to keep himself safe

Personality
Ion is very serious, and is always showing to others what the crystals can do. He likes to collect diamonds and rare stones. He always get surly when someone talks about the Chaos emeralds and is always busy searching for new stones and gems. He is able to control stones because a "rare crystal" impacted him.

Trivia

 * Sophiornis belonged to a family of chicken-sized birds, which are tought to be primitive owls
 * An Ion is an atom in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons, giving the atom or molecule a net positive or negative charge
 * Ion has a pair of wings on his back, but he's unable to move these at will