Shadow the Hedgehog
- Lovingly sporked from Mobius Encyclopedia's Entry
| Shadow the Hedgehog シャドウ・ザ・ヘッジホッグ | |
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| First appearance | DRAW Your Own Story 11 |
| No. appearances | At least 2 |
| Profile | |
| Aliases | The Ultimate Lifeform |
| Species | Mobian Hedgehog |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of birth | 50+ years ago |
| Age | Physically 17, but theoretically ageless |
| Occupation | Freelance antagonist, "emo," Angster |
| Nationality | Mobian |
Shadow the Hedgehog is the end result of Project: Shadow, an effort to create the Ultimate Lifeform. Created by Professor Gerald in his efforts to find a cure to a rare disease known as NIDS that was affecting his granddaughter Maria Robotnik, Shadow was gifted with the powers of the alien Black Doom through that entity's blood. After the project was forcibly shut down by the government, Shadow was put into stasis for 50 years.
He was then awakened by Dr. Eggman, Gerald's grandson, to help him take over the world. Shadow sought instead to destroy the world to avenge Maria, who had been killed by the raid on Space Colony ARK where they had both lived. To this end, he manipulated the doctor under the guise of granting him "one wish."
However, Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends were able to convince Shadow that Maria would not have wanted such a result, and Shadow joined forces with Sonic to save the planet. Shadow used up all his energy to prevent the planet from being destroyed by the ARK, which was on a collision course with the planet due to the deceased Gerald's designs. He was presumed dead by the heroes for some time.
Saved by aliens, he would return to join with Sonic and others against the evil Xorda. He would eventually rejoin Eggman, only to turn against him and join the special forces of the United Federation after learning the true purpose Gerald created him for - to protect and serve humanity.
He has since become one of the top agents of Commander Tower and is part of Team Dark along with Rouge the Bat and E-123 Omega.
Role in DYOS
Shadow first appears on page 24, where he used his Chaos Powers to vanquish Ivo Robotnik - supposedly to a void where no one would find him. He soon discovered, however, that his emerald had been replaced with a fake, complete with no batteries - likely due to the Hacker's shenanigans. Curious how Eggman had vanished and distraught at having been duped so easily, he invited Tails to a GUN base to see what the two-tailed fox could tell him.
Shadow learned that the emerald seemed to be a fake, despite its many similar qualities, and whoever designed it seemed to have made it in the United Federation (actually a joke on real world China being the basis of production on Earth and the UF being the USA's counterpart on Mobius). Shadow said that, while it did not give him much, he nonetheless appreciated Tails' assistance.
However, his direct link to the Chaos Force seemed to be having interference, rendering Shadow without much of his arsenal. Sonic arrived on the scene at Rouge the Bat's hinting that Shadow had no powers now, and taunted the Ultimate Life Form about it. Of course, Shadow was quick to nearly skewer Sonic, only to explain that, indeed, he now lacked his powers, and would have to use Chaos Drives - which had stored energy within them - to use them for the time being. While it seemed they had reached an accord, Sonic was quick to hint Shadow kept them all stuffed where the sun doesn't shine, and this prompted Shadow to knock out the blue hero... through a military-grade desk.
Pondering his perdicament, Shadow went outside... his thoughts were interrupted by a portal opening not too far above him, that dumped Silho and Taniciusfox on him. Shadow politely asked them to get off of him in the middle of their conversation, lest he severe some of their limbs.
