Shahra

Shahra (シャーラ Shāra), also known as the Genie of the Ring, is the deuteragonist in Sonic and the Secret Rings. She is a special, eager young genie from the world of the Arabian Nights, and a character from the Arabian Nights tale "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp". During the World Ring incident, she enlisted the help of Sonic the Hedgehog in stopping the Erazor Djinn.
She was voiced by in Japanese and in English.
==History==
===Early life===
Shahra was trapped inside her ring for ten thousand years, until she was released, and summoned by her first master, "Aladdin".
At some point, after the story, Shahra sensed Erazor Djinn taking over the entire Arabian Nights world, vanishing it, because of his betrayal. She then had the idea of using her own magic to carry her ring she's bound inside, out of the the world's book to find a legendary blue Hedgehog, Sonic, the only hope to save her world.
===Role in the Game===
Shahra first appears to Sonic when he is asleep with a cold, to beg the "Legendary Blue Hedgehog" for help in defeating Erazor Djinn, a powerful spirit who is erasing the pages of the Arabian Nights and attempting to break out into Sonic's World. Together they journey into the story via the Lost Prologue, with Shahra appearing as small pink light during levels when she talks to Sonic.
Shahra encourages Sonic to gather all seven of the mysterious World Rings, said to be the key to "opening the portal between worlds". Only when they confront Erazor at the end of Night Palace does it become apparent precisely why Shahra wanted the rings: not to defeat Erazor, but as an offering to him, such that she might return to his side. Sonic makes a wish on the ring to compel Shahra to "do what you think is right!", prompting a last-second change of heart from the genie as she throws herself in front of Erazor's strike, sacrificing her life to save Sonic's.
After Darkspine Sonic defeats Alf-Layla-wa-Layla, Sonic compels Erazor to resurrect Shahra, before consigning him inside his lamp for the rest of time. The Genie of the Ring returns to life weeping with regret for her betrayals; Sonic touchingly wishes a mountain of handkerchiefs for her, mimicking his first wish at the start of the story. During the credits, after Sonic threw Erazor's lamp in a fiery pit, Shahra says goodbye to Sonic as he makes his way back to his own world, before she retires back into her ring.
==Powers and Abilities==
As a genie, Shahra is capable of granting "simple wishes" for the one who wears her ring, and she is the one who contacts Sonic for help in gathering the seven World Rings inside the book.
==Quotes==
==Gallery==
Shahras Ring Profile.png|Shahra's ring
Shahra smiling upon being resurrected by advanceshipper2021 dfsiekr.png|Shahra's beautiful smile, after her resurrection
==Theme==
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==Trivia==
*In the original story of Aladdin, the evil sorcerer who tricked Aladdin gives him a ring with a genie in it, one that is less powerful than the one in the lamp. This may be where the idea for Shahra came from.
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