Red Wisp (IDW)

The Red Wisp is a creature that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by IDW Publishing. It is a type of Wisp.

Appearance
The Red Wisps have heads that each looks like a flaming teardrop with two small spikes at the top. They also have three blue eyes that form a triangular pattern on their heads. They also have three flame-like tentacles that stem from their bottom.

Past
At some point in the past, the Red Wisps and their planet came under the threat of Dr. Eggman. Fortunately, they were saved by Sonic the Hedgehog. Afterward, a bunch of Red Wisps settled down on Sonic's world where they would return Sonic's favor by helping out the residents of Sonic’s world whenever they could.

Shortly before the war between the Resistance and the Eggman Empire ended, several Red Wisps in a town got hoarded by the mercenaries Rough and Tumble, who imprisoned them in their Deployment Pods and Wispons when they took over the town.

Fallout
In the town Rough and Tumble had taken over, the Red Wisps found salvation when Sonic and Knuckles arrived to stop the two mercenaries. During the heroes' subsequent fight with Rough and Tumble, the Red Wisps and their fellow Wisps were convinced by Sonic to not let the two villains boss them around. As such, the Wisps in Rough and Tumble's Wispons left them, leaving their arsenal powerless and allowing Sonic and Knuckles to defeat them. Afterward, the now-liberated Red Wisps decided to stick around and help the villagers defend their town by powering their Wispons.

Personality
Being Wisps, the Red Wisps are peaceful, helpful and friendly of nature, and enjoy spending their time with others. They get especially well along with the good people of Sonic's world, whom they will gladly help out whenever they need them.

The Red Wisps are not much for fighting. However, they are nonetheless brave and do not stand for amoral behavior.

Powers and abilities
The Red Wisps are able to levitate in midair at will, which serves as their main method of transportation.

The Red Wisps are able to generate and store their own unique variant of a powerful energy inside their own bodies. The Red Wisps can as well pass on a fraction of this energy by phasing into the recipient.

Trivia

 * The Red Wisps are based on the creatures of the same name from the Sonic the Hedgehog video games.