Black Doom

Black Doom is an antagonist from the *Sonic the Hedgehog* series.

He was the sinister leader of the Black Arms and the creator of his kind.

For thousands of years, Doom planned to impose terror on the earth and use the local human population as a livestock for his minions.

Ultimately, however, he met his defeat at the hands of Shadow the Hedgehog, his own son.

He serves as the main antagonist of the Shadow the Hedgehog Arc.

He's one of the most dangerous enemies of the protagonists.

## Appearance

Black Doom has a jet black legless body with three red bestial eyes, twin wide horns with red tips, a set of spines on his scalp, three-fingered paws with claws, and no lips.

For attire, Doom wears a dark brown worn robe with black-brown shoulder pads and golden accents, a maroon drape scarf with tattoo markings hanging from the back, golden chains with a set of silver-spiked medallions possessing a gem, and a double black cord necklace with red, blue and purple ornaments on one and golden and silver pendants on the other.

## Personality

Black Doom is presented as a highly ruthless, sadistic, manipulative, and power-hungry tyrant.

He regards humans as pathetic creatures that will lead themselves to their own extinction, and always looks down on them and their technology.

He has neither affection nor sympathy for anybody or anything, specially his enemies, referring to foes like Dr. Robotnik as "incompetent imbeciles".

Regardless, he also appears to possess a degree of self-awareness, acknowledging that the actions he encourages are "evil", even reaching such levels that he outright refers to heroics as "hypocritical acts" and says that his creations will impose terror "in unimaginable ways".

Black Doom's plans for the planet extend much further than simply conquering earth.

His main goal is to have him and his armies feed off the humans, which he states are a great energy source for them.

According to Doom, once the planet is under his control, the humans will never see the sun again and the planet will cease to be blue.

It seems Doom wants to conquer the planet as a step closer to the entire universe.

## Powers, Skills & Abilities

Whilst few would challenge Black Doom, he has numerous abilities which make him a fearsome foe for those who would dare.

For important long range communication, he can send his third eye forth to do various tasks that would require him while he is away.

Doom's Eye can speak and project holograms of Doom himself, which possess many of his abilities as well.

Black Doom can levitate/float which seems to be his primary method of mobility as he appears to have no legs, even when transformed into Devil Doom.

One of his main abilities is inducing Chaos Control, which he can use with just as much proficiency as Shadow.

When using all seven Chaos Emeralds, he could teleport the Black Comet down to earth from space.

He is capable of teleportation and is capable of transporting others as well as he demonstrated transporting Shadow to various locations on earth and even into cyberspace.

He also seems to be able to phase right through solid objects.

Compared to humans, Black Doom seems to have eternal youth, or at least extended longevity, as he lived for over 2000 years.

His blood was used to help create Shadow, who obtained eternal life.

Black Doom possesses a large amount of mystical abilities.

He can telepathically give someone like Shadow the illusion of going back to another time and place, and can sense energies, a person's presence, and their inner thoughts and emotions.

He also possesses a mental link with Shadow due to Shadow being created from him; he failed in his attempt to use mind control on Shadow.

He is also capable of telepathy, as there were a few incidents where he communicated with Shadow or multiple people yet was nowhere to be seen, and he also uses telepathy through Doom's Eye.

While engaged in battle, Black Doom can summon and throw flaming meteors towards enemies with devastating force and use a vertical disc attack that can slice partially through large obstacles.

His aim with these weapons is recognized by many characters as having deadly precision, along with "swift strike", a long, sideways, light-blade boomerang which spins around at floor level and bounces against obstacles.