Maria Robotnik

Maria Robotnik is the promotheus overarching protagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. She is the granddaughter of Professor Gerald Robotnik, the cousin of Dr. Eggman, and Shadow the Hedgehog's closest companion aboard the Space Colony ARK until her death. Maria was gunned down by a G.U.N. Soldier while she was helping Shadow escape capture. Her final wish was for Shadow to protect humanity. 
==Personality==
While frail in appearance, Maria was strong in spirit. Eternally cheerful, optimistic, and positive despite her condition, Maria could see the good in almost anyone or anything. She was likewise a very kind, caring and thoughtful soul who always put others before herself, supported her friends, and held an unconditional love for the people of the world, even showing compassion towards her enemies when they were distressed. Because she never got down to earth, Maria was very interested in the planet and wished to see it. She was as well very encouraging as she could make others accept themselves and calm others down when in stressful situations, including Shadow.
Always gentle and thinking about others before herself, Maria was one who found it easier than most to forgive and forget, not to mention trust. Even after GUN violently raided the ARK and shot her down, Maria did not hold any ill will against the people on earth and only wished for them to live happy lives. She was also utterly selfless as she sacrificed her life for Shadow's sake, having faith he would carry on her dreams for her.
Despite her youth and frailness, Maria was brave, determined, and had a strong sense of righteousness. When the Artificial Chaos were on a rampage, Maria wanted to stop them to save the innocent, and during the GUN's raid on the ARK she refused to leave the injured researchers behind. Even on her deathbed, Maria remained undeterred and only wished for Shadow to fulfill his purpose.
==History==
Maria was born and raised, a terminally-ill patient on the Space Colony ARK who had contracted the disease NIDS (Neuro-Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) which seems to be related to the disease AIDS, even before she could visit the Earth. She couldn't leave the hospital, since she's confined in outer space. 
For some reason, she never met and knew her cousin, Ivo, since they never cared for each other at first, but he looked up to their grandfather because of the things Professor Gerald Robotnik accomplished in his life. Ivo eventually wanted to be a great scientist like him, but after fifty years, he became a maniacal scientist now known as "Eggman" trying to dominate the Earth, building a legacy of his own; creating Robotnikland (Eggmanland in later games), expand his empire across the globe. He even wondered if she was like his own "daughter", Sage.
Her grandfather, then, cared for her, as long as she cared for him, while the worked and lived together. Maria would eventually have a lot of fun with a young boy, who would later, be a commander of the military. Later, Gerald created Shadow as a means to study immortality and to use the fruits of the project to attempt to cure Maria, and she is yet excited to meet Shadow, as well.
After Shadow's creation, he became close friends with Maria, where they would watch and admire the Earth together. But when the first president of the United Federation, out of the thirteen sent the military to shut down and destroy Gerald's research facility, since they were in a hurry, Her grandfather has been captured, and Maria's life was sacrificed by a delusional soldier after releasing Shadow from a cryogenic tube. When her grandfather was sent to jail on prison island, he saw her name among those who died. Maria ment everything to him, and Shadow, and they couldn't bare the thought that she died because of Gerald's research project he's been working on. She was dead for 50 years and she sometime reappears in Shadow's mind.
For some time during the Project Shadow events, Maria was resurrected into a Hedgehog, but lost her grandfather after his execution, and was reunited with Shadow.
==Quotes==
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==Trivia==
*Christopher Thorndyke and Molly both remind Shadow of Maria, because of their similar selfless natures and the kind, loving look in their eyes.
**Amy Rose also reminds Shadow of Maria, because Shadow has to help people.
*Speculated date of death is February 7th, 1953. Reason for said speculation is the countdown timer in the Space Colony Ark on the Sonic X episode "Robotnik's Revenge" which takes place 50 years after Maria's death.
**Her birthday is November 1st, 1942
*She was the first and only weakness of Shadow the Hedgehog. Whenever someone mentioned her name or Shadow having a flashback of her.
*Her appearance and outfit are reminiscent of Alice, the heroine of Lewis Carroll's novels Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.
*According to Sonic X, Maria is twelve years old.
*She was Shadow's first friend before she dies.
*In one fanfic...Maria is Professor Gerald's granddaughter, Shadow's wife, and Alex's & Christina's mother.
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