Princess Elise (Archie)


 * This article is about the character who appeared in the Archie Comics. For the character who appeared in the game Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), see Princess Elise the Third.

Princess Elise is the monarch of Soleanna, a Human/Overlander settlement on Mobius. As the leader of this city-state, she is allied with the United Federation.

Childhood
Born into the royal family, Elise was meant to become the next ruler of the Soleanna settlement. Ten year prior to the current storyline, however, Elise's father, the Duke of Soleanna, and his researchers accidently split their sun god Solaris into Mephiles and Iblis in an attempt to harness the god's powers over time. While Mephiles got sealed inside the Scepter of Darkness, Elise was forced to have Iblis sealed inside herself as the Duke of Soleanna was, regrettably, left with no other option. Using a Chaos Emerald, the Duke sealed Iblis inside Elise, dying in the process. Elise would then have to remain as Iblis' container until the day she would give into despair, as that would release Iblis from within her, trapping her in a life of feigned optimism.

The Release
Years later, Elise became the target of Mephiles, who had managed to escape from his prison. Using a brilliant scheme, Mephiles saw the death of Sonic the Hedgehog, who Elise had grown attached to. With the death of Sonic, Elise gave into despair, and Iblis was released from her. Mephiles then rejoined with Iblis, recreating Solaris and began to devour time. With the united forces between heroes and villains, however, Sonic was revived and they defeated Solaris. Elise and Sonic were then sent back in time a few days before the experiments on Solaris was conducted where they found Solaris' original form; a tiny white flame. Elise then personally blew out Solaris' flame to ensure that Solaris' split would never happened, resulting in history being rewritten. Though Elise still remained the ruling monarch of Soleanna, it is unknown what other events in Elise's life were changed.