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Shadow the Hedgehog
By: AlohaShads Date: August 31, 2014, 6:00 pm
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Art from Sonic Adventure 2)
A mysterious hedgehog from Planet Freedom, known as the Ultimate
Lifeform...
Description
A mobian hedgehog with pitch black fur streaked with blood
orange, and his quills bent upwards, he looks absolutely nothing
like Sonic. Despite this, people still manage to confuse them
for eachother. His appearance is dangerous and otherworldly to
the people of Planet Freedom. To most Mobians, though, he seems
relatively average. Shadow is shorter and stockier than most of
his species, and is built more for power and endurance than he
is for speed.
Shadow also carries around what appears to be a large toy gun,
actually modified to use his chaos energy to the widest extent.
It looks suspiciously similar to a Nerf Super Soaker.
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Personality
Shadow is generally percieved as dark and brooding by the people
who respect or are intimidated by him, or as angsty and
overdramatic by the people who look down on him. He couldn't
really care either way. He has his morals and his goals, and he
will work towards them; he doesn't care how people percieve him
until it gets in his way or becomes a means to an end.
Notably, he rarely judges people by association. To him, every
person is to be evaluated on an individual basis. The one big
exception is the government of Planet Freedom, which he still
furiously blames for the raid on the ARK fifty years ago; most
likely, he doesn't realize that the previous president isn't
even in charge anymore. He's surprisingly civil to new people,
and he only becomes nicer if he's treated in kind; the reverse
is true, and if you're a jerk he'll probably hate you.
He generally has trouble expressing emotions, leading to a stoic
image. To the people he's closest too, meaning Rouge and Omega
in particular, he can become very emotional. He's rather
introverted in general... until he gets drunk, in which case all
bets are off, everything is made up and the points don't matter!
Powers and Abilities
Shadow has incredible abilities with Chaos Energy, and is a
literal powerhouse on the level beyond some of the most powerful
chaos users on Mobius. The problem is that his energy is always
untyped and released as pure power; while effective, he needs
the help of specially designed items to use his abilities to
their full potential.
Leap (A) Shadow jumps forward, gaining momentum. This has little
height and becomes somewhat innefective if done in other
directions.
Switch item/weapon (Y) Shadow can swap between a variety of
items and weapons to change his skillset. However, more than one
active item at once can cause his power to become strained and
overload him.
Default
Bound (A+A) Using the momentum gained from a leap, he jumps
straight upwards, gaining a fair amount of height. Looses
momentum if he changes direction, but can still be useful.
Somersault (B) Shadow rolls forward quickly; although it's no
spindash, it can still ruin someone's day with his spines, and
is good for ducking under attacks quickly. He can only do two or
three somersaults consecutively before loosing momentum.
Cartwheel (Left/Right+B) Shadow quickly cartwheels to the side,
evading attacks and landing ready to fight. He can do multiple
cartwheels consecutively, but will get disoriented after a
while.
Backflip (Back+A) Shadow flips backwards, evading any obsticals
below him and landing on his feet. He must land between each
flip.
Back handspring (Back+B) Shadow flips backwards without leaving
the ground, moving much faster than with a backflip. He can do
multiple back handsprings consecutively, but will become
disoriented after a while and will not be able to keep track of
his surroundings as easily.
Attack/grab weapon (X) Shadow will fight with whatever he has on
hand. He can easily take any junk lying around and use it as a
weapon; or, if that fails, he can just as easily use his fists.
He attacks unrelentingly and without concern for whatever
injuries he himself might sustain.
Chaos Blast (Hold X) Shadow's main use for his untyped chaos
energy, allowing him to release all the energy at once in a
massive blast. The less energy he has stored, the longer the
charge and the smaller the range. If he's been building up the
energy for long enough, though...
W/ Chaos Blaster
Pick up ammo (Hold X) The chaos energy filtered through the
blaster automatically reaches out and grabs things to fire.
Shadow mentally directs this energy, but it can be somewhat
unruly. The blaster will automatically start shooting things
when it reaches capacity. This drains his reserves by a small
amount.
Shoot (X) Shadow fires the ammo he's gathered. This has no cost
to his chaos energy, and in fact can recharge it slightly.
Chaos Lance (X w/ no ammo) If there is nothing Shadow can use as
ammo, he can fire blasts of pure chaos energy. These blasts take
serious costs from his reserves, and have to be used sparingly.
Crouch (B) Shadow can crouch down. Well, he can do that anyways,
but it gives him a better place to aim and avoid attacks for a
time while using the blaster.
Tumble (Any direction+B) Shadow can't use his more complicated
acrobatics while dealing with his blaster, but he can tumble in
any direction to avoid or recover from attacks. He'll come up in
a crouch, perfect to aim for a counterattack.
Other items
Gun: Bash (X) The weird metal “guns” Mobians and Overlanders
use? Useless. Unless you use them as clubs, in which case they
become surprisingly effective.
Hover boots: Speed up! (–) This item allows him to reach speeds
nearing those of Sonic's, as well as use his attacks, such as
the homing attack and the spin dash. Unfortunately, he isn't
very good at them. He can turn off his hovershoes if needed with
a simple change in the direction of his chaos energy.
Surfboard: Hella (??) Shadow is the best surfer, bruh. If you
think getting him out on the water will lead to an easy victory
like with certain other hedgehogs, you'll be sorely mistaken.
Alcohol: what the **** (??) Drunk people are unpredictable,
avoid them. He also gets an infinite ammo supply of empty beer
glasses, which hurt like hell when they shatter, AND give him
even more ammo with broken glass. AVOID HIM.
Chaos Emerald: Chaos Control (–) Shadow can use the abilities of
the Chaos Emerald to teleport. Using Chaos Control in proximity
to others can color it's effects; near the super-speedy Sonic,
it causes time to slow down, and combined with the time
traveller Silver it can rip a hole into the past or future. The
“coloring” lasts for a while after the other leaves, but will
fade away after long enough.
Weaknesses
Physical
His immune system is the ultimate, and he's almost always in
perfect help, but alcohol will **** him up. He denies it.
He really isn't as fast as he claims to be.
When you do crazy acrobatics all day, the exhaustion will start
to wear you down, even if you do have crazy endurance. And when
Shadow crashes, he crashes HARD, sometimes sleeping for days at
a time.
If Shadow's reserves of Chaos Energy run dry, he'll be exhausted
for hours, and sometimes even become sick until he fully
recharges.
Shadow drives himself to the limit with everything he does, and
will often sleep for long periods of time. Even though his
energy is slowly wearing itself thin, he refuses to stop until
he can finally complete his mission...
Mental/Emotional
He's still rather traumatized by the raid on the ARK. Who
wouldn't be? It doesn't help that he sometimes goes to liquid
means to dull the pain.
He frequently forgets that he lost fifty years of time thanks to
his cyrogenic nap. The long bouts of sleep he still has don't
help.
He tries too hard to be someone he's not, for a purpose he
doesn't fully believe in. The wear this causes becomes more and
more visible as time goes on...
At his core, he's still a fifteen year old kid who just wants
his life back. But in the eyes of the world, he is the monster
of fifty years ago, come to bring vengeance. And, if it wasn't
clear... the monster is winning, and slowly taking over who he
is. Who he was.
There's no turning back. So why can't he forget the ghosts of
the past? The voices of everyone he lost return to torture him
whenever he allows himself time to rest, only driving him to
move his plans forward... and slowly driving him to the breaking
point.
History
Shadow was born in another world, in another time. The Planet
Freedom, divided into two lands; the Land of the Sky, and the
Land of Darkness. Professor Gerald, the brilliant scientist and
the helmsman of the Dark Colony ARK, was working on the
definitive cure for all diseases, and thus the safety of his
beloved granddaughter Maria. To do this, he created Project:
Shadow...the Ultimate Lifeform. And, from the project, Shadow
was born.
Not much is known yet about his past, other than something fifty
years ago caused him to be placed under cryogenic sleep...and
gave him a vicious vendetta against the people of Planet
Freedom.
Trivia!
[list]
[li]After his release from cryogenic sleep, Shadow immediately
started pushing himself to the limit. As a result, he's
frequently on the verge of burning out completely.[/li]
[li]Shadow was 14 going on 15 when the ARK was raided; the 50
years in cryo, from his perspective, were completely
nonexistent. Therefore, his actual age is around 15, but his
legally recorded age is much older. Shadow is asexual (but not
entirely opposed) and doesn't consider romance very much. He
might develop feelings for a close friend, though...[/li]
[li]Shadow's "worst nightmare" would be to loose the only things
that still connect him to his past; his memories. As he is, his
past is all he has, his entire identity. To loose that would be,
in his mind, a fate worse than death.[/li]
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