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Ebony is a character that appears in the Sonic the Comic series published by Fleetway Editions. She is an anthropomorphic black cat and a skilled magic-user. She runs a coffee bar named The Groovy Train and is best friends with a slightly senile seer called Pyjamas. She is also a rival of the magician Omen and opposed Doctor Robotnik's dictatorship of Mobius while he was in power.
Appearance
Ebony is a black cat Mobian with green eyes and a pink nose and inner ears. She generally wears green and purple clothing; in civilian situations she wears a purple coat and skirt over a green shirt and boots, but can quickly change into a magician's outfit consisting of a purple tunic with green cape, adorned with a matching gold belt and broach, over black tights.[2]
History
Ebony learned magic through fifteen years of dedication and personal sacrifice.[2] At some point she met and developed a rivalry with Omen, who believed his magic was superior to hers.[3]
Ebony and Pyjamas attended a protest against Robotnik's destruction of the park in the Metropolis Zone, hoping to save the sentient Ancient Trees that grew in the park. When the protesters were accosted by Troopers, she used her magic to fight them off, and was aided by Knuckles the Echidna.[2] She soon encountered her old rival Omen,[4] but he managed to defeat her with a new spell he had learned, trapping her with green tendrils that sprang out of the ground. She was saved when Knuckles convinced the Ancient Trees that some "flesh creatures" were worth saving, leading them to use their powers to throw Omen and his gorilla henchmen out of the park.[3]
After Robotnik was overthrown, she went back to working in her coffee bar, The Groovy Train. When an amnesiac, powerless and homeless Super Sonic arrived at the bar looking for a job, Ebony quickly befriended him, despite Pyjamas' precognitive feelings that he was evil.[1] When Bio-Hazard arrived, looking for Super Sonic on the orders of Lord Sidewinder, Ebony used her magic to distract him while she, Super Sonic and Pyjamas hid in her office. She then convinced Pyjamas to perform a Mind Link on Super Sonic to unlock his memories and find out who he was,[5] but fortunately he was able to retain his pacifistic personality by not tapping into any of his Chaos powers. Impressed at Super Sonic's restrain, Ebony gave him the job he had originally wanted to apply for.[6] Despite her knowledge of what Super Sonic truly was, she was convinced that he had made a genuine change, ultimately putting her at odds with Sonic and his team. When Super Sonic began to die from a loss of chaos energy, Ebony helped him to recharge by bringing him to face the monstrous Perfect Chaos, confident that the power would not bring back his insane rage. When Super Sonic was transformed back into a raging demon, Sonic convinced her to rejoin the two hedgehogs once more.
Personality
Ebony is a kind and trusting person, willing to give Super Sonic free coffee despite him having no money left and believing in him even after Pyjamas insited on him being dangerous, going as far as protecting him from real Sonic when he came looking for Super's signature.
Ebony expressed distain in Pyjamas visions, saying that they are never true, however remains best friends with her anyways.
Outside of her regular life and love towards her friends, she has a more radical and active side as well, enjoying the thrill of battle with Badniks and being sassy towards both enemies and allies.
Powers and abilities
Ebony has a wide variety of magical abilities which she learned over the course of 15 years and personal sacrifices. She can change from her civilian clothes into her magical robe instantaneously, and in combat can create destructive tendrils of blue energy, blast foes with red energy, create green Forcefields and move objects via Pseudo-Telkinesis, including pieces of Badniks, with green energy.[2] Though she is powerful enough to break free of some of Omen's attempts at capture,[4] her magic truly is "inferior" to some of his new spells.[3] Among her other abilities is being able to generate illusions and manipulate perception of people, making them live out their fantasies while they themselves are immobile, additionally she can manipulate technology, tinkering with Sonic's radar for it to show that there is no Super Sonic around, she can use magic to fly and fuse living beings into one.
In other media
Archie Comics
Ebony makes a brief cameo appearance alongside Tekno in issue #134 of the Archie Sonic comics, as an in-joke and tribute by artist Jonathan Gray.
Trivia
- There is a Marvel Comics character called Ebony, who is a black housecat with magic powers belonging to a witch called Agatha Harkness. Nigel Kitching was aware of Agatha Harkness and her magic cat, and the name Ebony may have come from there.[7]
- Ebony's nickname, Mystic Mog, is a reference to British astrologer Mystic Meg, and to the term moggy, a domestic cat of unknown pedigree.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sonic the Comic #116, "Hunter & The Hunted, Part 1"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sonic the Comic #94, "Roots, Part 1"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sonic the Comic #96, "Roots, Part 3"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sonic the Comic #95, "Roots, Part 2"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #117, "Hunter & The Hunted, Part 2"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #118, "Hunter & The Hunted, Part 3"
- ↑ Kitching, Nigel (18 December 2011). Re: Ebony's name origin?. Sonic the Comic - Online! Message Zone. Retrieved on 29 December 2011.
External links
- Ebony at the Sonic the Comic Wiki.
