King Shadow

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Character Information
Character Name: King Shadow the Hedgehog
Fandom: Sonic Archie Comics (Light Mobius)

Character History: King Shadow's history is similar to the Mobius Prime version of Shadow the hedgehog up through the Second Robotnik War. He was created by Gerald Robotnik aboard the Space Colony Ark and has DNA from Black Doom as it was needed to complete Shadow's creation. He assisted Dr. Eggman for a time until he realized what Maria wanted for the world. However, where it changed for Light Mobius was when Sonic attempted to stop the world from unraveling and was erased from the history of the world around the time of the end of the Second Robotnik war.

With the Eggman Empire fallen and no Sonic in the world, Shadow seized the opportunity presented to him. He knew of the change in the timeline due to his powers of Chaos Control. Knowing this was a different time line and aligning himself with Lien-Da who still had all of her memories of the previous timeline, Shadow was able to conquer the world within a years time. He named Knuckles his legitimate enforcer along with his Echidna Security Force and the Chaotix. Meanwhile he gave leadership of his Dark Presence enforcers to Lien-Da. The two worked well together for their purposes.

During his reign, Shadow moved the world capital to the merchant city of Portal on Angel Island. He also instated Maria as a religious figure for his Kingdom and re-dubbed her Saint Maria. Saint Maria was a key figure of worship in the kingdom and the perfect example of what everyone should aspire to be. Shadow's rule was one of fierce rules and punishments; though some relief was given when Sally Acorn married Shadow. This gave him legitimacy to the crown as well as let Sally attempt to curb Shadow's fierce rule. The official legitimate enforcers were the public face of Shadow's power while the Dark Presence was used as his unofficial shadow enforcement organization. He would use the Dark Presence to secretly punish and search out any descent in the ranks. He also used them to find and captures those who remembered the previous timeline.

Two key people who remembered the previous timeline were captured during this time, Rotor and Cobar. He tortured the two of them, demanding to know the methods they used to change the timeline as well as all of those who remembered the previous timeline. It was heavily implied Shadow himself killed Cobar during the interrogation process and was planning on continuing to torture Rotor in the same way until he broke.

When Tails found the world in this state, he sought the help of Knuckles to find Sonic and help fix everything. Knuckles turned him down but Knuckles's daughter Lara-Su offered to assist. Shadow's Dark Presence caught wind of the attempt to overthrow him. Shadow sent Knuckles to arrest his best friends and own daughter. Knuckles arrived after Tails and Lara-Su found Sonic and arrested them all. This was part of Knuckles's plan, however, as he freed Rotor, Lara-Su, Tails, and Sonic. Sonic confronted King Shadow but due to Sonic's aging and Shadow's lack of aging, the king was able to defeat the blue hedgehog easily.

It was then that Lara-Su stepped into challenge Shadow. The fight was short before Lara-Su was able to use her own control of chaos energy to place Shadow in suspended animation. The former King of Mobius was locked away deep under Castle Acorn for five years.

Five years later, the Dark Presence were able to invade and take control of the castle thanks to planting servants inside the royal castle. Lien-Da was able to free Shadow using a Chaos Syphon to free him from the suspended animation. Shadow was shocked to learn he had been left to rot for five years and that the world had simply accepted Sonic as their king. Shadow, angry and disappointed in the world, decided he would not simply take control of the world again. The citizens of the world had to be punished in his eyes. He made his way with Lien-Da and two other Dark Presence members to an inner chamber in the castle where Tikhaos was imprisoned. During his reign, Tikal had fused with Chaos in order to control the beast. Due to this, Shadow sealed her away with the other threats to Mobius he had battled during his years as king.

Lien-Da objected to using Tikhaos as she released Shadow to rule, not destroy everything. Shadow simply destroyed Lien-Da's temporal arm band that allowed her to continue existing in the new timeline and she was erased from existence. Shadow then supplied Tikhaos with a massive amount of Chaos Energy, making her lose control and transform into Perfect Tikhaos. His plan was to use her to decimate the world. He began to speak to Maria, as if she was there, stating that once the world was in ruins and had suffered enough for its sins, he would return to rule them once more.

After the defeat of Perfect Tikhaos, he vanished.

Character Personality: King Shadow holds many similarities with his Mobius Prime counterpart, yet there are things that do set the King apart. Where as Shadow appears distant and cold to many, King Shadow is more fierce with those he does not favor or those who stand against him. His pride is also greater than that of the Mobius Prime Shadow's, most likely due to Sonic's absence in his life and the conquest of Mobius. This Shadow still follows the same goal as almost all Shadow's, to make Maria's wish for Mobius come true.

The similarities between Shadow's is strong. King Shadow often appears aloof and brooding. He is quiet and a man of few words. When he does speak, he wastes no words and is more than not blunt. King Shadow's main drive is Maria's wish, as I stated. To him, her wish was to bring about a world of everlasting peace. This promise to Maria is at his core, he permanent driving force. He wished to make this wish come true by placing himself on top of the world as its ruler. He was sure that by keeping a fierce grip on the world and controlling all aspects of it, he would be able to bring about that peace. All would be happy so long as they obeyed his rule and allowed him to control them. Being in control is important to him as shown when he became furious when the world abandoned him after the coup. Because of these traits, King Shadow may feel similar to his other zone counterparts but it is the differences that truly sets him apart.

One of the major differences being his sadistic nature. Shadow is shown to take pleasure in torture and forcing people to do things against their nature. The absolute control he expects and extends into his endeavors is something that succeeds that of other Shadows. King Shadow will demand and force things to go as he wishes them to, either directly himself, through open means, or even underhanded means such as with his Dark Presence. The absolute controlling personality is coupled with an ego that makes the Mobius Prime Shadow seem humble. It is the pride of being the Ultimate Life Form and the pride of being the one to carry out Maria's wish that allows him to justify his actions. He uses cruelty and force but justifies himself in that it is all for the greater good. This gives him the authority to do anything and the pride that he is correct in all he does. He is so prideful he truly believed it was his place to punish the world by not living by his example and force. He would kill millions and rule the survivors because it was his place to do so. All for Maria.

Unlike other Shadows, he keeps no one close and his respect for someone will not allow for them to disobey his commands. Shadow was willing to erase someone from existence for voicing objection to his destruction of the world. He is ruthless in his expectations. Whereas Shadow in other zones collects a small number of those he respects that help to balance his personality, King Shadow does no such thing. He only sees people as things to be controlled and used. When they can no longer be either, he discards them. This makes him extremely dangerous to be near and even more so when one gets on his bad side.

King Shadow is a more evil aligned Shadow than most. He cares for no one anymore and only seeks to control all aspects of all things around him. He justifies his actions with Maria's wishes and his own pride. He is cruel and sadistic. King Shadow is not one to let go of grudges and is one to take things to extremes. He is a fierce opponent and a person who will do anything to meet his own goals. Even if it means reducing the world to ashes to only rebuild it all in his own image.

Powers and Abilities: King Shadow has most of the powers of the other Shadows but with one large difference. I will go over them all here and mark where the difference is.

Like most Shadows, King Shadow has incredible speed thanks to his air shoes. His speed is on par with Sonic's as he keeps up with him in all instances of their races. Shadow can also preform a Spin Dash and Homing attacks like Sonic can as well. One of Shadow's greatest strengths is his skill in hand-to-hand combat. Up close, Shadow is a worthy opponent and not one to be trifled with. Yet close quarters combat is not his only strong suit.

Shadow also has the ability to manipulate chaos energy. He can create spears of chaos energy he either throws at opponents as projectiles or longer spears he can wield in his hands for a more melee approach. He is also able to create a massive blast of chaos energy known as his Chaos Blast. Looking at how King Shadow manipulates chaos energy, his blast color is a fiery green rather than red like his Mobius Prime counterpart. Shadow can also create a bubble shield of chaos energy around him or flat shields with a swipe of his hand. This gives him versatile offensive and defensive capabilities.

One large difference between King Shadow and other Shadows is his Inhibitor rings. While most other Shadows can take off the rings to gain access to the totality of their powers, they become exhausted afterward. King Shadow does not become exhausted. He removed his Inhibitor ring to feed Tikhaos chaos energy and was able to simply replace it and create a shield around himself. He showed no signs of fatigue, hinting that he has somehow surpassed the other Shadows in this area. He is able to undo his rings for a longer period of time before suffering any adverse effects.

One final ability of Shadow's is his Chaos Control. This ability allows him to selectively alter the flow of time either around himself or others. This lets him seem to vanish and reappear in other places when in truth he is simply moving too fast or others are moving too slow to see him go. Shadow can use this ability on himself without a Chaos Emerald. Though the power is limited as he can only go short distances or keep the flow of time altered for a short time in real time. This gives him the ability to make quick escapes or move to a more beneficial position in battle but he cannot simply keep using it again and again. Removing the Inhibitor rings does allow for him to increase the power of his chaos attacks, but doing so most likely decreases the amount of time before he becomes exhausted and needs to replace the rings.

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[The video comes on to show what everyone should recognize as the Western District. The site is in front of the Western Welcome House. Yet there is something new here. Standing in front of the Opera House is now a large fifteen foot statue of a girl reaching her hand up toward the sky with large feather wings sprouting from her back. The view of the statue is blocked though when Shadow walks into frame. He turns to the camera and flips his cape of his shoulder.]

Citizens of Nautilus. There is a threat facing all of this city and it has stared us in the face for too long. Weak Ascended. Those who have Ascended to Angelii or even Ashura who possess weak wills are not our friends. They are not our protectors. They are our enemies. We have seen what becomes of this city when an Ascended is corrupted by the influence of another Wakened. These Ascended are a threat to us all. Their weak wills allow them to be taken and used as we have seen before. This cannot continue. Every moment they are allowed to keep their Ascended status, it is another moment they are open to becoming puppets for those who wish to spread chaos across this city and all of our worlds.

We mustn't allow them to continue to be a threat to us all. They're power is too unstable, their minds too feeble. We must rectify this weakness in our city. I speak to you all as a protector of this city. As one who will stand and fight all dangers that face us here in Nautilus and all other worlds. The Ascended who are weak must be stripped of their powers and returned to a state where they cannot threaten us. If this cannot be done, they must be sent back to Sleep. In their worlds, they will pose us no danger. These are our only options and you must all realize this. If we simply stay idle and do nothing, how long until someone takes control of all the Ascended and uses their combined power to destroy us all? How long until we are all Unmade for the mad schemes of another mad Ascended? How long will we be safe?

Action must be taken. Align with me and we, together, will force these Ascended down to Wakened status or back to their worlds. This city is only as strong as its citizens. Together, united, we all will protect this city. Together, we will build a city worthy of being called a Paradise.

May Saint Maria be with you.

[And with that, the feed ends.]

Third Person:

"Maria." The King of Mobius said aloud as he stared at his finished work. It was a perfect replica of the statue he commissioned to be build in the center of Portal. She stood tall, magnificent, her wings folding around her and her hand reached out to all who would accept her. She was the symbol of all he wished to create. A world of purity and peace. It would be a world he would forever watch over and protect. A world he would control. Humans and Mobians alike did not know what they truly wished for. They did not know what was good for them. They feared power yet craved it. They would strike out at each other for the slightest offense and then justify their cruel actions afterward.

None of them knew what was was best for them. None of them could see what was needed for the future. The same went for Nautilus. The Ascended spoke of duty and responsibility and yet so many of them did nothing but idly wallow in their power and only sought to use their power when it affected them directly. They were selfish creatures. Disgusting. This city was rife with potential and yet it was squandered on children who did not know the meaning of order. People must be controlled and tamed. They had to be taken by the hand and lead to what was right. They must be lead by example. Even if it had failed in Mobius, he would succeed in making them all see one day.

For now, he would start anew here in Nautilus. He would sow the seeds of a new Kingdom, a new paradise. One worthy of Maria. He pulled his cape around him and closed his eyes. He could almost see here standing before him instead of the statue.

“Maria, they know nothing of peace. But I will teach them. I will guide them and lead them toward what is right. Your wish will be made a reality. This time, I will not fail you. I will not allow any of them stand in my way. Your image will be placed on every world in his universe. All those who waken will be greeted by your visage and my rule. I will see to it. Your wish is going to come true. Finally, here, it will.” He opened his eyes again and tossed the cape behind him. “And anyone who stands in my way will be destroyed.”