WHITE ORCHID TIMELINE
« White Orchids are said to represent innocence, reverence, and a clean slate. »
A story mostly based on IDW canon with a sharp divergence after the Metal Virus.
Quick Character Bios
A few notes:
* AIs mature faster than organics up to a certain point. "AI years" refers to the equivalent age for an organic. Think of it like the coloquial term "dog years". You can usually just add eight.
* The term 'loose family' refers to a familial relationship that doesn't fall into a distinct category like 'sibling' or 'parent' so on. Like 'loose change', it's not sorted.
Neo the Android
Previously Known As: Neo Metal Sonic; MS-2
Gender: Woman; xe/xen/xer/xers/xenself
Species: Android (Hedgehog?)
Age: 7 years; 15 AI years
Affiliation: Team Dark
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Once hailed as Dr. Eggman’s greatest creation, Neo is prideful and perhaps a bit arrogant, often preferring to do things xenself. Xer biggest pet peeve is being blown off or underestimated. Xe can be quick to anger with people xe doesn’t like, but has remarkable patience with the people xe cares about.
Likes: speed, flying, space, sunsets
Dislikes: Sonic, disrespect
Favorite color: #180078
Abilities: Shapeshifting, flight, speed
Fun fact: The Master Emerald freed xen from Eggman's control, and even re-wrote xer code so that xe couldn't be controlled again. Xe calls xer unique system ChaOS (Pronounced "K O S", a play on 'Chaos').
Main Relationships: Midnight (child); Orchid & Cupid (younger siblings); Shadow (partner?); Omega & Rouge (teammates & housemates); Shard (sibling); Sonic (stressor)
Orchid the Fox (Orbot)
AKA: Orbot, SB-1
Gender: Man, he/him
Species: Android (Fox)
Age: 4 years; 12 AI years
Affiliation: Neo
Alignment: True Neutral
Sweet little ball of anxiety. Usually only mean if you've managed to piss him off, but generally regarded as a polite young man.
Likes: data management, strategy and puzzle games, underdog stories
Dislikes: conflict, being disrespected
Favorite color: Cyan
Abilities: Psychokinesis
Fun fact: He idolizes his big sis. He used to desperately wish he was Metal Tails.
Main Relationships: Cupid (twin); Neo (big sis); Midnight (neicew); Tails (friend?); Shadow, Omega, and Rouge (Housemates); Shard & Belle (estranged siblings); Dr. Eggman (ex-despot)
Cupid the Dog (Cubot)
AKA: Cubot, SB-2
Gender: Fluid, any pronouns
Species: Android (Dog)
Age: 2 years; 10 AI years
Affiliation: Family
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Cupid is very playful and free-spirited. He has a hard time focusing on things that don't interest him, and tends to come off as unmotivated. Things they do like can highlight their surprising level of skill. She still has issues with thinking for herself, unfortunately. It's opted out of the running for leader; it doesn't think it's cut out for that.
Likes: socializing, creativity, comedies, anime
Dislikes: conflict, thunder
Favorite color: Changes frequently
Abilities: Strength
Fun fact: Their favorite game is Minecraft. He loves hanging out in roleplay servers.
Main Relationships: Orchid (twin); Neo (big sis); Midnight (neicew); Shadow, Omega, & Rouge (loose family); Shard & Belle (siblings); Bow (friend)
Shadow the Hedgehog
AKA: Project SHADOW
Gender: Nonbinary, they/them
Species: Hybrid (Hedgehog, Black Arms)
Age: 16 years (+50 in stasis)
Affiliation: Team Dark
Alignment: Neutral Good
The Ultimate Lifeform.
Likes: nature, calm
Dislikes: mind manipulation,
Favorite color: Moss Green
Abilities: Chaos Energy Manipulation, speed
Fun fact: They have a self-appointed mission to free their fellow 'living weapons' from being controlled. Omega gave them the first spark of hope, and Neo proved Omega wasn't a fluke.
Main Relationships: Neo (partner?); Midnight (child); Rouge & Omega (teammates/loose family); Orchid & Cupid (loose family); Maria (late sister)
Midnight the Android ✦ (Fankid)
AKA: Night
Gender: Null, they/them
Species: Android (Hedgehog?)
Age: 0 years; 5 AI years
Affiliation: Family
Alignment: True Neutral
Neo made them as xer successor, also using biodata from Shadow. They are well loved by their family. They eventually become a traveller and people watcher.
Likes: stars, nature, learning, gossip,
Dislikes: conflict, sudden loud noises
Favorite color: #1D1689 (Blue)
Abilities: Shapeshifting, Chaos Energy Manipulation, flight, speed
Fun fact: They've likely spent more time with Orchid and Cupid than with their parents.
Main Relationships: Neo (mother) & Shadow (parent); Orchid, Cupid & Shard (uncles); Rouge & Omega (loose family/housemates)
Shard the Metal Sonic
AKA: MS-1
Gender: Nonbinary, he/him
Line: Metal Series x Hedgehog Series [Metal Sonic]
Age: 9 years, 17 AI years
Affiliation: The Restoration; the greater good
Alignment: Neutral Good
The first Metal Sonic and oldest running badnik, Shard has dedicated his existence to being a better hero than Sonic. He was made with Sonic's biodata and was left to rust after his first failure because Eggman found him annoying. He was later found and repaired by Tails at Sonic's request.
Likes: speed, heroics, earned praise, insects, puns
Dislikes: sitting still, relaxing, Being buried alive.
Favorite color: Neon Green
Abilities: speed
Fun fact: He doesn't actually care what pronouns are used for him, but he decided it was simplest to keep the set everyone already associated him with.
Main Relationships: Sonic & Tails (adopted siblings); Neo, Orchid, Cupid (siblings);
Tails
AKA: Miles Prower, Sonic's sidekick
Gender: Man, he/him
Species: Fox (Mutant)
Age: 12 years
Affiliation: The Restoration
Alignment: Chaotic Good
World-renowned for his skill with mechanics, but he's still more renowned as his brother's sidekick.
Likes: mechanics, robots, physics, puzzles, mint
Dislikes: interruptions, being disrespected, unnecessary danger
Favorite color: Blue
Abilities: flight
Fun fact: He sometimes wishes Eggman was good just so they could discuss robotics together.
Main Relationships: Sonic (big bro); Orchid (crush); Shard (???)
Bow the Cat (OC)
AKA: Bow Pallas
Gender: Woman, she/her
Species: Pallas Cat
Age: 12 years
Affiliation: The Restoration
Alignment: Chaotic Good
A young girl who was dragged into all of this by a chance friendship with Orchid.
Likes: archery, the outdoors, adventure
Dislikes: cramped spaces
Favorite color: Aqua
Abilities: none
Fun fact: While she has much less relevance, she does still exist in the NBE Timeline.
Main Relationships: Dr. Pallas (father); Cupid (crush); Orchid & Scamper (friend group), Tails (hero & acquaintance)
Summary
You can read a far more in-depth version on the story page.
Characters whose name or pronoun use changes during the story are referred to with the name/pronouns they use at the time. Most noticeable for Neo, Orchid, and Cupid.
After the events of Sonic Forces, Neo Metal Sonic makes an attempt to take over the world, during which he goes super and his code is scrambled. He is defeated as Master Overlord.
Tails repairs Metal Sonic. He returns to the Empire.
Dr. Eggman is proud of Metal for his actions as Neo, and tells him he's officially in charge if something happens to him again. Metal gets a voice chip added to his standard form and his ability to shapeshift back.
Mr. Tinker makes a sudden return one morning. Neo introduces himself by that name, and Orbot and Cubot continue calling him this when no one else is around.
Tinker wants to go look for Belle, but Orbot suggests Neo go instead. Neo and Shadow end up meeting, and Neo realizes he can't remember certain events Shadow mentions.
Neo finds Belle and brings her back to the base.
Neo finds she prefers it when Shard calls her 'sis', and comes out to Orbot and Cubot. They help Neo start to identify more with 'Neo' as her name and not sharing an identity with Sonic, thus not having to fight for it.
Post Metal Virus. Neo is sent to stall Shadow so Eggman can escape. They manage to convince her to stop following Eggman, but she returns to Eggman's base to get Omega back.
First, Neo takes Belle to Tails' lab on Mr. Tinker's request. Shard promises to look after Belle, so Neo returns to the base.
I think I need to pull this directly from the summary doc: "Tinker encourages Neo to go live xer gay robot dreams with the Ultimate Lifeform, and xe sets off to do just that. Starting with retrieving Omega."
Cubot refuses the offer, but Orbot agrees and leaves with Neo and Omega.
Neo brings Orbot and Omega to Team Dark's house. Omega is very picky about his body so Neo focuses on building a stealth android body for Orbot while Rouge looks into replacement parts.
Orbot changes his name to Orchid; he is now passing as a psychic mobian fox.
Team Dark splits up due to a disagreement on methodology, and the Chao Races sublot kicks off fairly similar to canon other than Neo being with Shadow.
Eggman sends bots to attack the town where Team Dark happens to live. Orchid keeps a few people safe, including Tails, who develops a crush on him.
Someone was hurt badly, and Orchid helps save her. Tails continues a conversation afterwards, which Orchid eventually dips out of after traumadumping vaguely.
Tails goes back to that town the next day and finds Orchid. The two talk for a while before Orchid finally asks Tails for help.