Ancients

The Ancients (古代, Kodai) are a species that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. They are an ancient, benevolent race and long-lost civilization of mystical beings that existed over many millennium of years ago, who worked on creative process for the benefit of the world and designed amazing technology and built many incredible machines. But however, the Ancients was betrayed by one (certain multiple ones) of their own, one namely Lyric, whom the Ancients would wage war against to project the world from these treacherous traitor-like forces, which would cost them their greatest sources of power.

In the present day of centuries that followed, the Ancients have seemingly and mysteriously vanished/disappeared without a trace, with the exception of some or few. The Ancients are also the central deities of the series' setting. This was perceived as the Ancient race for most of history before the discovery of Lyric, whose current fate is unknown, though still retained the trait of being the "most powerful beings in the universe that are wise and knowledgeable, beyond imagination and measure".

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 * —About the Ancients.

Heroes

 * Maurice the Hedgehog
 * Bolt the Fox
 * Edmund the Echidna
 * Rosy the Hedgehog

Allies

 * Five unnamed Ancients

Villains

 * Lyric the Last Ancient