Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic Sol)

Shadow the Hedgehog is an experimented Hedgehog from an unspecified GUN facility as a means to test the powers of Chaos energy. While one of the antagonists in Sonic Sol II: Starlight's Mask, he also appears as a neutral deuteragonist in Sonic Sol III: Traveler's Tales.
=Appearance=
Shadow is shown as a anthropomorphic Hedgehog. His fur is a dullish black coloration with red stripes along his upward-facing spikes. His eyes are red, with a slight red eyeshadow along them as well. He wears a pair of air shoes that allow him to skate at high speed, and his feet and hands also have inhibitor rings that retain his full power. This appearance is overall the same in the third game, but with his fur a much more prominent black coloration.
=History=
==Games==
As revealed by Rouge the Bat in Sonic Sol II: Starlight's Mask, Shadow is meant to be an experiment by GUN to test the powers of the Chaos Emeralds, specifically Chaos Energy. These tests began to overwhelm Shadow, and when the Mechanical Angel arrived to try and destroy the project, he uses this opportunity to defeat the Mechanical Angel, and escape the facility compounds. Ever since this, a worldwide manhunt was brought out to search for him. 
===Sonic Sol II: Starlight's Mask===
During the events of the game, his first canonical action is in Knuckles' story, in which he appears on Angel Island. While there, he tries taking the master emerald from Knuckles the Echidna, but this just results in him destroying the Master Emerald and retreating to find the remaining Chaos Emeralds. from there (in Sonic's Story) he confronts Sonic the Hedgehog, demanding that he hand back the Chaos Emerald. When refused, he attacks Sonic but fails to not only hit him, but also to retrieve said emerald. Failing to do this though, he travels around to collect more of the Chaos Emeralds, but when he learns of Sonic's whereabouts, he manages to kidnap both Comet the Hedgehog and Volt the Hedgehog for ransom, demanding the remaining Chaos Emeralds for their freedom. On this encounter though, he loses his remaining Emeralds to Shade the Echidna.
In the final story, he confronts the defeated Shade, and after some conversation, he agrees to help her in getting the Chaos and Sol Emeralds for her, in exchange for Shade keeping GUN away from him. In this mission, he ends up in a fight against Blaze the Cat and at first actually loses. Angry, he removes his inhibitor rings and attacks Blaze, stealing the remaining emeralds away. He meets Shade at the Echidna Ruins from there, ready to see the Chaos Emeralds be destroyed, but he decides to turn on her when he learns of her true intentions with them. After the main fight with Shade and Chaos, Shadow leaves the group, promising they'll meet again.
He is also an unlockable character within the second game, being unlocked by getting A rank in all his boss fights.
====Boss Fight Description====
As a bigger threat within the second game, Shadow is faced off numerous times throughout the game as a re-occurring boss: Two boss fights in Sonic's story, one time in Knuckles' Story, and one time in the Final Story:
*SONIC'S STORY: In Sonic's first fight with him within the destroyed town, Shadow mainly attacks the player with a barrage of homing attacks launched at the player. During the fight, Shadow will use Chaos Spears at the player. The main method is to continuously dodge these until Shadow tires out, leaving him open to attack. The main fight with him takes place in Griffin Canyon: Shadow's methods of attack carry over from the first fight, but with an added addition of "Chaos Shield", which will damage the player if they attack him during this state. His ultimate attack during this fight is "Chaos Blast" - releasing a wave of energy to harm the player. The only way to stop this attack is to damage Shadow while he's charging.
*KNUCLES' STORY: Knuckles' fight against Shadow has Shadow's strategy slightly altered: Shadow's Chaos Shield is more prominently used here as a main means of attack, Shadow charging at Knuckles with said shield. When charging, Knuckles has to punch the shield to break it before he could do any damage directly to shadow.
*FINAL STORY: In the boss fight with Blaze, Shadow will focus much of his energy in projectile attacks against Blaze, namely Chaos Spears. Chaos Shield is constantly up during this fight, so direct damage by the player is somewhat impossible, and Chaos Blast is more commonly used. The main way to damage Shadow during this fight is to blast fire at him while he's charging for his Chaos Blast, and to reflect away Chaos Spears back at Shadow.
===Sonic Sol III: Traveler's Tales===
Although not as prominent within the third installment, he appears as an aid to Sonic and friends instead of being a enemy.
During the events of the game, Shadow starts feeling like his memories are being tampered with by some outside force. Questioning this, he finds Sonic and company, learning about the current involvement with the Mechanical Angel and the timeline. On figuring this out, he travels with them to the future to end this before the timeline becomes destroyed. His whereabouts after the events of this are unknown.
=Personality =
==Game Canon==
Shadow is presented as more of a loner within the main Sonic Sol games. In his first appearance in Sonic Sol II: Starlight's Mask, Shadow is serious, brutal, and cold towards others in his mission to collect the Chaos Emeralds. He holds an ill view on Humanity for what they've put him through, specifically GUN themselves. He also seems to show a sense of pride, considering himself as a higher lifeform than others he comes across yet this can also make him ill-suited for losing to those he considers lower than him.
In Sonic Sol III: Traveler's Tales, Shadow's behavior is less antagonistic, behaving as more of a lone anti-hero as he aids Silver and Sonic in stopping Eggman Nega from destroying the timeline. It's possible though he's only doing this over the alternative of his timeline being destroyed.
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