Gerald Robotnik

== General Information ==
Gerald Robotnik was a man of science during the 1800s, and was the grandfather of Clay, Maria and Dr. Eggman. He created Shadow the Hedgehog with the unwanted assistance from Lucifer while trying to turn lead into gold. He was a very distant man from his family, but he was very determined in his work and loved his family dearly. 
== Background Information ==
Gerald Robotnik was born in 1774, and at some point graduated from the University of Córdoba. He began his family while working as a scientist for the university, and eventually would welcome his grandchildren into the world. Soon after, however, his country would become engulfed in the Fourth Argentine Civil war. Even after most of the fighting had died down, the Unitarians continued the fight in exile. Gerald's staunch support of the liberal Unitarian League had him in hot water with the Argentine Confederation's government, which led to desires to flee far from the country and the victorious Federalists. 
Using the promise of his scientific knowledge, he was able to immigrate with his family to England. There, he was hired by the English government to research a way to turn lead into gold. He struggled immensely with this, and to make matters worse his granddaughter Maria became very sick and he had to care for her while working. One day, he was visited by a strange figure who called himself the devil; it was Lucifer. He promised both an answer to his research and also a cure to Maria's illness all in one. Gerald agreed, and his research lab was thrust into space. He looked to his research and saw a black and red hedgehog had been created from it. He named it after the code name for his operation, Shadow. While his daughter seemed to get along with the creature, he soon realized this was secretly a curse as the British Government desired Shadow for themselves. Gerald refused, fearing what Shadow would be used for and wanted him to stay with his granddaughter. 
Hearing this, the Commander in Chief of the British Armed Forces Arthur Wellesley ordered a task force to construct a "big ladder" to go get Shadow "down from there". He called the operation "operation tumbledown" because he thought some of them would fall, and ordered everyone but Gerald and Shadow who knew about the project to be executed. This resulted in Maria's death while protecting Shadow, as well as Gerald's capture. Before he was ordered to be executed, Gerald put a plan in motion to use the power of the 7 chaos emeralds (when collected) to crash the laboratory into England and destroy all those who wanted to take Shadow. He was executed on December 23rd, 1850 by firing squad despite an attempted repeal by Parliament.
== Appearance ==
Gerald Robotnik is a bald man with a white mustache and circular glasses. He often wore a white lab coat, and could be identified by his long nose and spectacles.
== Fun Facts ==
* Gerald Robotnik is was born in the 1700s because Shadow was included in the Reddit War lore.
* He is distantly related to Dick Tortellini and Dream.
* He/Him
* Gerald Robotnik somehow got his hands on a chaos emerald while living in England. The government probably got it for him who knows.