Shadow the Hedgehog (ARC Infinity)

## Shadow the Hedgehog

**Shadow the Hedgehog** is a character in Sonic Forces: ARC Infinity and for an indefinite amount of time the protector of the dimension named after him. He loosely looks over the whereabouts of Mace through instructing E-123 Omega to do so for him instead primarily in order to ensure the whereabouts of the "Hands of ARC Infinity".

Shadow secretly holds the two Chaos Emeralds that he used to help activate ARC Infinity as much as for safe keeping and only get used for dire emergencies. Following the destruction of the Silver Dimension and Nero's arrival to the Shadow Dimension, Shadow keeps a closer eye on Mace by recruiting him to race for Team Dark's Extreme Gear racing team.

## Appearance

Shadow is an anthropomorphic hedgehog with black and red fur, red eyes, white gloves and red, black and white shoes with four inhibitor rings worn on his wrists and ankles just like his incarnation in the Sonic the Hedgehog games.

## Personality

Shadow shares the same personality as his iterations from Sonic the Hedgehog games he is featured in. That being incredibly withdrawn and indifferent in businesslike ways. He doesn't interact with or around others for extended periods of time past what he thinks as necessary.

Shadow is as straight forward thinking as any of the Sonic the Hedgehog related cast gets as well as being quick witted when piecing together the situations revolving ARC Infinity's activation and the involvements the Phantom Ruby, the "Hands of ARC Infinity", Mace, Nero and later June all have to it.

Rather than killing Mace as a way to eliminate any possibility of Infinite's resurrection he lets Mace go about his day as a request from Rogue who is out of self pity for Mace and from having to kill in order to save the world. Shadow works around this by instead pursing Nero with the intent of killing him when he arrives to his Dimension. When Mace and Nero get nearly in direct contact of one another, Shadow intervenes with a Chaos Spear launched between the both of them who then urges Mace to get out of the way and run or be killed by himself despite the promise about him he made to Rouge.

## Abilities

As Dr. Gerald Robotniks ultimate creation, Shadow is capable to a number of abilities:

### Chaos Spear

This is a signature attack performed by Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog games as a white and purple bolt of energy made of chaos energy just weak enough to only stun and or knock targets back.

### Chaos Lance

This is the lethal version of the Chaos Spear as a bolt of energy, colored red and black instead. The results is either an explosion upon contact to lifeless obstacles or an instant non explosive incapacitation to living targets.

### Chaos Blast

This move requires a considerate amount of energy for Shadow to perform and will undoubtedly tire him out afterwards. It is a massive explosion of chaos energy, damaging everything and everyone within its radius.

### Chaos Control

Shadow requires at least one Chaos Emerald to perform this move and not even removing his inhibitors rings can achieve the chaos energy needed to perform it either. It allows Shadow to bend time-space and reality to warp across regions of his Dimension. With two Emeralds he can use it to traverse Dimensions outside his own and enter either the Sonic or Silver Dimension

### Weapons and Vehicles

In order to preserve his limited chaos energy and prevent unnecessary fatigue from it, Shadow can be seen operating GUN branded motorbikes and ATVs. Shadow can also be seen using select Wispons as well for the same purpose including White Wispon pistols.