White Wisp (IDW)

The White 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 White Wisps' basic shape are that of a sphere with three tentacles, two of which are used as arms. They have one pink eye in the center of their heads, and two very alien-like antennae on top of their heads. Some members of the White Wisps can also have hair, such as Yacker, who has a blue hair-like curl on his head between his antennae.

Past
At some point in the past, the White Wisps and their planet came under the threat of Dr. Eggman. Fortunately, they were saved by Sonic the Hedgehog, who befriended a White Wisp named Yacker. Afterward, a bunch of White 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 White 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 White Wisps found salvation when Sonic and Knuckles arrived to stop the two mercenaries. During the heroes' subsequent fight with Rough and Tumble, the White 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 White Wisps decided to stick around and help the villagers defend their town by powering their Wispons.

Personality
Being Wisps, the White 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 White Wisps are not much for fighting. However, they are nonetheless brave and do not stand for amoral behavior.

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

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

Trivia

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