Shadow the Hedgehog (WI01)

## Shadow the Hedgehog

**Shadow the Hedgehog** is a supporting character in *What If Sonic Never Lost The Werehog Form?*, debuting in Part 3 as part of the *Sonic Colors* adaptation. He and Sonic's personalities clash frequently, but his no-nonsense attitude helps spur Sonic on when his mind is in doubt. He works well with E-123 Omega, and is a powerful ally against Dr. Eggman despite his abrasiveness.

## Personality

Shadow's personality in *Wi01* is identical to his video game canon counterpart, being a prideful defender of innocent lives with little care for personal grievances and the weaknesses they bring. He doesn't care what Sonic looks like so long as he does what he needs to do to save the day, though does comment negatively on the Werehog form's appearance.

## History

### Sonic Colors Arc

Shadow first appeared in Part 3 when Sonic and Tails breached the Asteroid Coaster's Nega-Wisp factory in search of Yacker, with Omega present simply to destroy Eggman's machines. Though Tails was able to spot him amidst the crowd of Wisps being carried off into the central mechanism and reach him in time, he was unable to dislodge the pod containing him from it's hanging conveyor, upon which Shadow's Chaos Spear pierced the attaching point and sent the entire pod falling to the ground. Shadow and Sonic briefly exchanged words, with Shadow's first reaction to the Werehog form being that it is 'ridiculous'. Despite this, he reminds Sonic that he has a job to do regardless of the form he takes, which actually eases Sonic's mind and gives him focus. As Sonic, Tails and Yacker proceed further into the facility in search of Eggman's generator, Shadow and Omega stay behind to dismantle the Nega-Wisp factory and free the aliens.

Shadow is next seen with the rest of the heroes in Part 3's finale, waiting to board the Space Elevator once Sonic and Tails return. When the Nega-Mother Wisp attacked, he was presumably among those of Sonic's allies who prepared to fight, but Shadow ended up joining Tails and the others in commandeering Eggman's mind control cannon instead, witnessing its use to purify the rampaging Mother Wisp after it absorbed Sonic.

### Sonic Generations Arc

Shadow presumably did not attend Sonic's offscreen birthday party prior to the Time Eater's attack, but was nonetheless brought into White Space just like in the original timeline. He was, for unknown reasons, not petrified like most of the kidnapped heroes and was thus able to obtain one of the Chaos Emeralds scattered across White Space.

When Sonic wished upon the Magic Lamp to undo the Time Eater's petrification, Shadow joined the recently-freed heroes as well as Silver, who had also been unaffected by the curse and had a Chaos Emerald of his own. With two Chaos Emeralds (as well as the remaining scattered ones gathered by the other heroes), they were able to perform a double Chaos Control to open a portal to Night Palace, where the entire group could catch up to Sonic, Tails and their Classic counterparts. Shadow joined the others in supporting the twin Sonics, offering up his Chaos Emerald to allow them to attain their Super forms. He was forced back to the present in the wake of Alf Wamaritan's defeat, where he witnessed Classic Sonic and Classic Tails return to their native time period with a bound Classic Eggman.

## Powers and abilities

Shadow's abilities are identical to his video game canon counterpart, with particular note given to his Chaos Control abilities. By combining his technique with a second user of Chaos Control, Shadow is able to open portals across time and space, even able to enter the World of the Arabian Nights without need of the magic book itself. Shadow also shows deadly accuracy with his Chaos Spear, capable of precisely sniping the hook affixing Yacker's pod to it's conveyor from off-screen.