Sol Emerald (Archie)

The Sol Emeralds are a set of seven mystical gems from the Sol Zone that appear in the Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series and spin-offs.

The Sol Emeralds are the dimensional equivalent to the Chaos Emeralds from Mobius Prime, and are protected by Blaze the Cat, their destined guardian. The Sol Emeralds hold a vital role in maintaining the Sol Zone, and the Zone itself will grow unstable should the emeralds go missing.

Loses and Reclaims
For an unprecedented amount of time, the Sol Emeralds has been guarded by Blaze the Cat. At some point in time, the Sol Emeralds disappeared under unknown circumstances and were scattered all over Blaze's world, leading to Blaze immediately beginning a search to find them all, or risk the end of her world. Due to her connection to the gems, the Sol Emeralds gave Blaze visions in her dreams that showed her who she had to seek out to find the emeralds.

After Blaze had helped Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, who had arrived in the Sol Zone (which Blaze believed was due to the Sol Emeralds), and Marine the Raccoon in retrieving Mobius Prime's green Chaos Emerald from Johnny, Captain Whisker and Dr. Nega, she was given the green Chaos Emerald by Sonic so that it could help her located the Sol Emeralds. With the Chaos Emerald's help, Blaze managed to locate a few of the Sol Emeralds. When Shadow the Hedgehog later arrived in the Sol Zone, Blaze passed the green Chaos Emerald on to Shadow, stating that she could find the remaining Sol Emeralds with the Sol Emeralds she had already found.

Treasure Team Tango
Some time later, Dr. Nega came into possession of the cyan Sol Emerald, which became secured in a capsule that masked its energy signature. When Dr. Nega was chased to Mobius Prime by the Zone Cops, the capsule containing the cyan Sol Emerald was shot off Dr. Nega's vehicle and was lost. Using the grey Sol Emerald to track the cyan Sol Emerald down, Blaze eventually arrived on Mobius Prime to retrieve it. Shortly after arriving, she was joined in her quest by Amy Rose, Cream the Rabbit, and Cheese, forming Team Rose. When they finally found the cyan Sol Emerald, however, things soon escalated to an all-out brawl between Team Rose, Team Dark and Team Hooligan over the possession of the cyan Sol Emerald. When Team Hooligan tried to escape with the cyan Sol Emerald, the three teams were joined by the Babylon Rogues as well, who also wanted the cyan Sol Emerald. After a prolonged battle between the four teams, Blaze ultimately managed to regain her possession of the cyan Sol Emerald. Blaze then left Prime Zone to continue her search for the remaining Sol Emeralds.

Pirate Plunder Panic
After leaving Mobius Prime, Blaze managed to locate and retrieve more of the Sol Emeralds, eventually only having one left to find, which was the red Sol Emerald. The last Sol Emerald was at some point found by Captain Metal. Not leaving the red Sol Emerald out of his sight, Captain Metal began to make plans for both it, the other six Sol Emeralds, and Blaze herself. After a week's search, with help from Amy, Cream, Marine and the Coconut Crew, Blaze managed to track the last Sol Emerald to Captain Metal's ship in the Ocean Tornado. However, when Blaze boarded Captain Metal's ship to retrieve the emerald from Captain Metal, she ended up being knocked out, and the Ocean Tornado was blown to pieces.

Powers and Traits
The extent of the Sol Emeralds' powers remains largely unknown, except that they seem to possess large amounts of unknown energies. They have a close connection to the Sol Zone, where their existence in Blaze's world give life to the entire Zone. Without the Sol Emeralds to support it, the Sol Zone will grow unstable and eventually die, with storms starting to manifest, and will ultimate culminate in the oceans boiling, the islands sinking into the seas and the sky falling.

The Sol Emeralds appear to possess traits of fire powers, as they can burst into flames and can give off fire. Additionally, it appears that the Sol Emeralds require a specific form of control different from the usage of the Chaos Emeralds to be use or it could lead to undesired results, given that Blaze can control the Sol Emeralds fully, while the Sol Emerald began to burst into flames when Shadow tried to use Chaos Control with it.

The Sol Emeralds also appear to be rather durable, seeing that even when hit by a gun shot, the cyan Sol Emerald did not receive a scratch.

Trivia

 * Sol_Emeralds_first_comics.png the Sonic Rush series, the Sol Emeralds are revealed to be the dimensional counterparts to the Chaos Emeralds and look exactly like them, except for the fact that they're emerald cut instead of brilliant cut. In their early appearances in the comics, they are brilliant cut like all the other Chaos Emeralds. In recent comics, they appear like their game counterparts.
 * It is possible that Dr. Nega and the pirate crew of Captain Whisker were somehow involved with the disappearance of the Sol Emeralds and that was why Blaze had dreams about the doctor.