Okay, I'm actually really excited about this AU, so I hope you all enjoy it

So, it'll be very long, not really just a fanfic, and more of a series

As always, there will be humor, angst, and lots of Tails suffering (Like all of my AUs tbh-)

Anyway, please make sure to read ALL of this chapter, as it has all very important info and notes

TW
This story will include
Death
War
Tyranny
Violence
Gore/Injury
Bullying
Mental Illness/Depression
Self-harm/Suicidal thoughts or mentions
Abuse
Neglect
Trauma
Transphobia
Homophobia
Yes, pretty serious tags for a Sonic fic, but if you've read any of my other fics, this is kinda standard

The context for Shadow and Silver being brothers:

In my AU, Gerald Robotnik created both Shadow and Silver in his lab. The two grew up like brothers, and were very close, being each other's best friends. Eggman now is taking care of them.

Original characters included:

Selina the Snake
Crumbs the Hare-Rabbit
Remus the Rabbit
Strobe the Angler Fish
Chiffon the Kitsune
Lotus the Kitsune
Retro Lawrence the Greek-Cheek Conure
Linus the Wolf
Spook the Bobcat
Whiteout the Chameleon
Splatter the Butterfly
Canvas the Moth
Regan Margo the Goat
Princess Gold the Mare
King Granit the Stallion
Queen Spark the Mare
Liam the Fox
Flare the Fox
Olivia "Ollie" the Bat

Remus is Crumbs' father
Sunny was Crumbs' late mother
Remus adopted Retro
Lotus is Chiffon's mother
Atticus was Chiffon's late father
King Granite and Queen Spark are Princess Gold's parents
Flare is Liam's father
Blight is Liam's late mother

Royal areas

𝓖𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓗𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓭𝓸𝓶
- Ruled by King Thomas Wachowski (32m) and Queen Madeline Wachowski (30f)
- Home to their adopted children Princess Sonia (16f), Prince Sonic (16m), and Prince Manic (16m)
- Peaceful and social culture
- Smaller than most kingdoms
- Fantasy-like landscape (kind of like the video game level)

Iɳɳσʋαƚισɳ Eɱριɾҽ
- Ruled by Emperor Amadeus Prower (30m) and Empress Rosemary Prower (29f)
- Home to Prince Miles Prower (8m)
- Extremely technologically advanced
- Alliance with the Green Hills Kingdom

♥ Floret Kingdom ♥
- Ruled by King Alexander Rose (44m) and Queen Ailinda Rose (45f)
- Home to Princess Amelia Rose (15f) and Prince Miguel (9m)
- Very mystical and spiritually-based culture
- Flowers grow EVERYWHERE
- Traditionally monarch-based, but they do care about their people's vote and wellbeing

тнє є¢нι∂ηα тяιвє
- Originally a powerful warrior nation, inhabited by Echidnas, who have long since passed
- The last resident is the last chief's son, Knuckles (16m)
- They forged the Chaos Emeralds and swore to protect them
- The area has stone huts, now overrun by planets

- Lots of precious stones can be found there

- Inscriptions of the history are etched on large, jeweled temples

KIᑎGᗪOᗰ Oᖴ ᗩᑕOᖇᑎ
- Ruled by King Nigel Acorn (36m)
- Home to Princess Sally Acorn (16f)
- Alliance with the Green Hills Kingdom and Innovation Empire
- An absolute monarchy with a reign over multiple islands
- Holds the secret headquarters of the Freedom Fighters

Çhåð KïñgÐðm
- Ruled by Queen Vanilla (27f) and King Remus (30m) (not married, just co-ruling)
- Home to Princess Cream (8f), Princess Crumbs (10f), and Prince Retro (17m)
- Safe haven for all Chao spirits
- Healer kingdom
- Absolute monarchy, but not many subjects besides Chao spirits

𝕊𝕠𝕝 𝔼𝕞𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕖 

- Ruled by Queen Violet (46m) and King Flame (45m)
- Home to Princess Blaze (15f)
- Usually called a kingdom
- Keeper of the Sol Emeralds
- Alliance with the Chao Kingdom

ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴᴛɪ ᴇᴍᴘɪʀᴇ
- Ruled by King Scourge (16m) and Queen Rosey (15f)
- Fiona Fox (16f) likes hanging out there.
- It was taken over by the two rulers from the past ones, and everything has kinda been thrown into chaos
- King Scourge and Queen Rosey are absolute tyrants
- Anarchy everywhere. Not the good kind.

Kιɳɠԃσɱ σϝ Iɳϝαɱყ
- Ruled by King Linus (16m) and Queen Selina (16f)
- Formed from Selina's old village
- Basically takes in everyone, mainly antiheroes/antivillains and such
- Rouge (16f) and Ollie (8f) live there as spies and hang out with Knuckles as a look outside of the fallen tribe
- They want to take over more territory

†hê Kµñê Èmþïrê
- Ruled by Empress Lotus (40f)
- Home to Princess Chiffon (14mtf)
- Army-rich empire with children being trained at a very young age
- Very orderly and strict, based on knowledge
- Only Kitsunes are allowed in

T̾h̾e̾ ̾A̾m̾n̾e̾s̾t̾y̾ ̾R̾e̾p̾u̾b̾l̾i̾c̾ ̾o̾f̾ ̾B̾a̾b̾y̾l̾o̾n̾

- Home to Sticks (16f), Wave (18f), Jet (14m), Storm (19m), Strobe (16pg), and Whiteout (17nb)
- Anarchy in a good way
- Mostly clouded in forest
- Fish is the main trade
- Gets targeted by the Eggman Empire a lot
- Created by the remains of Babylon

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒜𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈
- Ruled by Lady Splatter (16f)
- The main form of travel is flight
- Alliance with many places
- Doesn't really have an army and is very peaceful
- Supplies food to allied places

₮ⱧɆ ₴₮ØⱤ₥ Ⱡ₳₦Đ₴
- Ruled by Lady Canvas (17f)
- Set up in the sky
- Always covered in darkness with little light
- Strong relationship with the Aerial Lands
- Not many resources, so it relies on trade from other places, specifically the Aerial Lands

𝔗𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔵 𝔎𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔡𝔬𝔪
- Ruled by King Vector (28m)
- Home to Prince Espio (16m) and Prince Charmy (6m)
- Prince Charmy pretty much got adopted after the fall of the Golden Earth Colony
- Modeled like a city (Sunset City in particular)
- Alliance with the Chao Kingdom
- Helps with mysteries happening in other royal areas

ₜₕₑ Gₐᵣdₑₙₑᵣ Cₗₐₙ

- Ruled/Taken over by Leader Regan Margo (16f)
- Very few Gardeners left
- Mainly reclusive and heavily guarded
- Anarchy and doesn't really follow the old rules of the clan
- No heir, as Regan doesn't let anyone near her
 - Basically no citizens

†hê §†år KïñgÐðm
- Ruled by King Granite (47m) and Queen Spark (46f)
- Home to Princess Gold (16f)
- Keepers of the Star Emeralds
- Very rich with lots of gems and impressive architecture
- Culture centers around the night and the Moon

TᕼE ᗯIᑎTEᖇᒪIGᕼT KIᑎGᗪOᗰ
- Ruled by King Flare (49m)
- Home to Prince Liam (15m)
- Very quiet and doesn't engage in many outer affairs
- King Flare is a biatch to his son
- Extremely aggressive when provoked

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐠𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞

Ruled by Emperor Eggman (46m)
Residents are badniks and turned humans and hybrids
Empire is home to Prince Shadow (16m), Prince Silver (14m), and Princess Spook (15f)
He is planning on taking over all the other areas
Tyranny dystopia, and technological advancements that rival the Innovation Empire
Emperor Eggman has his heirs fight in battles alongside his badniks

Now, onto some royal pain