House of Acorn (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)

The House of Acorn is a fictional royal family of anthropomorphic squirrels from the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon (SatAM) and Sonic the Hedgehog comic book by Archie Comics. They traditionally rule the Kingdom of Acorn from the capital city, Mobotropolis. Before the beginning of both series, they were usurped by the evil genius Doctor Robotnik.

In the Archie series, the royal family and its history has been greatly expanded on from the version seen in the SatAM cartoon. The Kingdom has been restored. Although Mobotropolis has been lost, Knothole has developed into a bustling city and has even become the new capital for the royal family. The new-named Kingdom of Knothole is no longer hidden from Dr. Robotnik, now in a state of open war against his Eggman Empire.

Members

 * King Maximillian Acorn
 * Queen Alicia Acorn
 * King Elias Acorn
 * Princess Sally Acorn
 * King Frederick Acorn, father of King Maximillian
 * Prince Emerson Acorn, son of King Theodore
 * King Theodore Acorn, son of King Alexander
 * King Alexander Acorn, first King of Acorn

Non-Royal
There are several minor members of the Acorn family who are not considered royalty.
 * Megan Acorn, wife of Elias
 * Alexis Acorn, daughter of Meg and Elias

Mobius: 25 Years Later

 * King Sonic the Hedgehog (through marriage)
 * Princess Sonia Acorn
 * Prince Manik Acorn

Family tree
(In the above family tree, dotted lines indicate intervening generations about whom we have no information.)

Magical Artifacts

 * Sword of Acorns
 * Crown of Acorns
 * Ring of Acorns

Kingdom of Acorn
As the royal family, the Acorns hold sway over the Kingdom of Acorn, which includes the former Mobotropolis (now a radioactive wasteland) and Knothole, as well as Great Forest. It is unknown how much territory the family controls, but it is considerable. The Kingdom is currently engaged in open war with the Eggman Empire, as opposed to the guerilla warfare previously utilized by the Freedom Fighters.

Following an attempt by Patch to seize the throne which left Maximilian Acorn unable to continue his duties as sovereign, Elias Acorn was forced to step forth and claim his birthright, and now serves as the Kingdom's head of state. The Kingdom suffered heavy damage from an attack by Eggman's Egg Fleet, with the entire royal family being among all but a few of Knothole's inhabitants taken prisoner by the invading forces. Thankfully, the quick actions of the survivors resulted in a successful rescue mission that liberated the Acorns and all the prisoners being held by Eggman, and their relocation to a new city; a picture-perfect recreation of Mobotropolis before Robotnik first came to power created by NICOLE christened New Mobotropolis.

Council of Acorn
Not long after the relocation to New Mobotropolis, the Kingdom was faced with internal problems: Amadeus Prower staged a rebellion intent on removing the Acorns from power due to their past failures, a conflict that split the inhabitants of the city down the middle and pitted Acorn-loyal Sonic against Tails, his best friend and Amadeus' son. With neither King Elias nor Amadeus willing to budge on their stance regarding the kingdom, the two engaged each other in a fierce duel. Their battle ended abruptly, however, when NICOLE intervened, bringing Sally in to mediate.

After a stern lecture from the princess, the two men agreed to compromise rather than demand one extreme over another, resulting in the creation of the Acorn Council: six elected citizens, with the king presiding as a seventh. While this reform was praised by the people, it was silently criticized by the former king, Max, who had initially demanded severe punishment for Amadeus and all co-conspirators after the original riot. Despite this, the elections were organized, with Rosemary Prower-Amadeus' wife and Tails' mother-putting her name up for nomination, obviously eager to bring about the reforms she feels are necessary. She won the post, together with three of the Substitute Freedom Fighters, Uncle Chuck, and Rotor the Walrus, only to have to deal with the threat of a reborn Enerjak.

Once Dimitri-once Enerjak himself-reported all that he could about the situation, the Council made a number of decisions. First, they determined that neither the Freedom Fighters nor the Chaotix would be sent against Enerjak or to Angel Island until more could be learned about the danger of the situation. The Chaotix, objecting to this decision and to the fact that the Council refused to hear their say, tried to force their way through by fighting through guards at the King Frederick Airfield. Sonic appeared to stop them, and Sally managed to convince them to remain in New Mobotropolis by offering them a compromise from the Council: if they stayed, Sonic and Tails would be sent to find the missing Knuckles.

Source of All
The "Source of All" is the name given to the omnipotent and sentient substance that was the driving force behind the creation of the universe.

For unknown reasons, the Source has shared a long history with the ruling leaders of the Planet Mobius, the House of Acorn. The Source and every first-born member of every generation of the House immerse together in the nexus pool created for this purpose in a secret chamber in Castle Acorn in Mobotropolis (later Robotropolis), where the member and the intelligence of the Source, taking the form of a family member or friend for familiarity, would discuss future events and the Source would allow the member access to the future in exchange for bonding with it for life. The Source also determines who the heirs of the House will marry, given the chance.

During the rein of King Frederick, after Frederick immersed himself in the pool, he had the leftover subtance from the pool, enchanted with the Source's god-like magical properties hardened into the form of a ring, a sword, and a crown.

When Robotropolis was nuked by Station Square's out-of-control defense computer, the largest concentration of the Source (that in the pool) was rendered inaccessible due to the fallout, and is assumed to have been instantly evaporated by the blast (something many Royal Family members, Freedom Fighters, Villains and even the separated-Artifacts themselves assume is the case). The artifacts remained in the Kingdom's possession, until the Ring of Acorn's power was drained, and by extension made useless, by Amy Rose (to age herself), and the Sword and Crown of Acorns, after being corrupted by harsh Chaos energy from Mammoth Mogul, was destroyed by Sir Connery (at the cost of his own life) to stop his rampage.

The Source Pool (assuming it survived) may be accessible soon, as with the establishment of New Mobotropolis, the radioactive fallout in Robotropolis that blocks access to Castle Acorn is being steadily drained for power for the city, and in time will make Robotropolis accessible again.


 * A cancelled storyline would depict the Source of All being corrupted by Ixis Naugus, causing it to seek to bond with Sally and prevent her from achieving her destiny. This plot line could still come to pass, as this prototype story featured the Source of All escaping the devastation of Robotropolis by seeping through the planet's surface and reforming in a mountain grotto halfway around the planet. In addition, an order of protectors known as "the Strand" were thought of, and another possible idea was having Antoine D'Coolette bond with it in hopes of winning back his beloved Bunnie Rabbot, only to be corrupted and used for its own purposes.