Sylvia was born on Angel Island as one of the few non-Echidnas a few years before Knuckles kicked everyone else out. When she was 2, however, a terrible windstorm (the Mobian Weather Service said winds there gusted to and in excess of 80 mph) swept her and her family away. They landed in Parkview, but everyone was safe. Sylvia got interested in the city, though, and met Sonic the Hedgehog a year later. At the age of 4, Sylvia was given WM4EX (then WCAS, then WTTN, THEN PBC Parkview) as a birthday present.