Artist's commentary
if sonic prime won’t give us a rouge-centric world, then i’ll just make my own <3
i’ve been calling it “deepfreeze domain” because it sounds just corny enough to be in the actual show. although, that’s technically only half of the world; it’s split in two, with the other half being a lava-filled place. deepfreeze, though, is appropriately cold.
sonic’s friends are split between the two halves of the world, with the tails and rouge variants being from deepfreeze. tails, called hatchet in this world, was taken in by rouge, who’s called alabaster.
a main function of this world are the wisps. everyone is bonded to one (except for hatchet, who has two). they contribute to the main gimmick of the world: wisp races.
in this world, alabaster is willing to do anything to secure that bag. those prizes. the championship title. “you might not like how i do things, but i get things done.” you know? so, she’s the undefeated champion of the wisp races, thanks to her own cunning tactics and a little “help” from hatchet.
that might be a problem once sonic and shadow show up though, since this shatterspace’s shard is in an unfortunate spot: the championship trophy.