The Shadow of Great Britain
“Next, we have the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Victoria Cross and the lower grades of Knighthood, the leader of the anti-colonial movement, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifelong dear friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Great Dumas, a steadfast supporter of scientific luminaries like Faraday and Darwin, having served as assistant under-secretary, deputy under-secretary, and permanent under-secretary in departments of the Home Office and the Navy Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inaugural Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus of our school. Please welcome Sir Arthur Hastings to deliver a speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of London.”
Arthur's gaze swept across the crowd before him, looking at the young faces and murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?”
The Red Devil's wraith hovered behind him, saliva almost dribbling from the corner of his mouth, “Look at these ignorant souls; they still worship you as a hero. Why not say something they'd like to hear?”
Arthur took a deep breath and let out a deafening roar, “Oxford is a bunch of whores' bastards!”
“Oh!!!!”
The audience erupted into thunderous applause.
“Cambridge is the same!” he added immediately.
The applause grew even more fervent...
(The protagonist, possessed by a devil, travels through 19th-century Britain in a world without magic)
Chasing Time · Fantasy
it's far far to early in to rate this much higher than 4 stars but what you have started is promising I'm curious what dynamic you'll have between the characters and how Aaron will grow in both power and character. though honestly the name is a bit bland and not the best choice in my opinion. eggman would probably try to name him something egg-based at least. if not he would probably pick something like project ultimate or something cheesy like that. I mean just imagine if Shadow was instead named Steve... ain't a bad name by any measure. but a bit out of place. not mention, I'm a bit curious on how the powers will progress. he has a higher connection to the chaos emeralds that's obvious and the master emerald he has emerald bones are probably making it possible to break them. he probably has shadows supposed immortality. I mean like he won't age beyond his prime. still get killed but won't die of age or disease because again ultimately form was created to counter disease. you'll have shadows and sonic speed. mostly sonics because Shadow relies on his skates a bit. the chaos abilities which are really interesting chaos. spear chaos, blast and chaos control... considering his bones are made out of the emerald, I doubt he will need an actual emerald to use most. the abilities might need them to use them at full power, but you know still use them in limited fashion. oh yeah and he'll have knuckles and shadows added strength. and a freaking super form. and based on his dialogue in the second chapter, I'm guessing that he might have had either. someone else's soul put in him and remnants of it are allowing him to make references or he has some information downloaded from his creation because eggman probably would put some baseline information. he doesn't want to raise a baby of course. or third option That's the DNA of Sonic making his personality.