Smithy the Lion

Smithy the Lion is a posthumous hero in the IDW Sonic the Hedgehog comics. He was an anthropomorphic lion and was both the crafter and the unofficial leader of the Diamond Cutters. He was betrayed by their infiltrator Mimic and killed by Shadow Androids.
==Appearance==
Smithy was a brown anthropomorphic lion with bright brown eyes, black nose, rounded ears, and white hair on a tan muzzle. He had a large dark brown mane with the underside held in a black tie. On his chest he had pale fur, and a long tail with a black tie near the brush-shaped side of the tail's tuft.
He wore a suit similar to the other Diamond Cutters: a black cape, black sleeves and gloves with light gray palms, and light gray boots with dark gray toes and soles.
==Personality==
Smithy was somewhat calm and sophisticated that he had a strong sense of justice and always opposed Dr. Eggman. While he was often serious on missions, he sometimes tried to make them fun. He took great care of his teammates and loved his team as if it were the only thing that really mattered to him.
==History==
Smithy used to be the de-facto leader the Diamond Cutters, an elite anti-Eggman mercenary team. His Wisp companion was a Pink Wisp. As Smithy was also the crafter, he created all of the team's gear that they used on various missions, including some of their Wispons. With the masks he made, he wanted the team to act as one. He later created the Variable Wispon which he hoped that each member of the team would use one day so that they could all use the powers of each of their Wisps.
During one mission at an Eggman base, Smithy, along with Slinger the Ocelot and Claire Voyance, pretended to be captured by Mimic, who had shapeshifted into an Egg Pawn. After they managed to fool the guarding Egg Pawn there, Claire sensed a formation of Badniks on the far end of the base and two more on the inside that were recharging. This prompted Smithy to shoot down several Egg Pawns that stood in their way. He soon followed Mimic out of the facility after he created an exit with his Cube Wispon.
Later, at the onset of the Eggman War, Mimic secretly betrayed the Diamond Cutters and aligned himself with Dr. Eggman. He brought a plan before the Diamond Cutters to take down an Eggman base that cause a blackout among his forces along the coastline. At the Eggman base that the team decided to take down, the Diamond Cutters found no opposition. Claire tried to use her powers but could not sense anything, deducing that Eggman must have been emitting alpha waves somewhere to block her. After Smithy sent Mimic to scout for an ambush, he, Slinger and Claire pressed onward to find large capsules where Claire believed the source of the alpha waves was coming from. In the capsules, the trio discovered Shadow Androids. Suddenly, the room was automatically locked and trapped them inside. Ordering his companions to fire at will, Smithy attacked the activated Shadow Androids with all his might using his Spike Wispon, but was soon killed in battle.
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