Silver the Hedgehog is a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He is an anthropomorphic fourteen-year-old hedgehog hailing from at least two hundred years into the future where his role is to protect his time by changing the catastrophes of the past, thus preventing the ruining of his era. To aid him, Silver makes use of his psychokinesis, an ability from his time that is considered the norm, which allows him to move objects with the power of his mind.