Thrash the Devil

Thrash the Tasmanian Devil, or Thrash for short is a Mobian Tasmanian Devil who is undergoing a quest to find and punish the Echidnas who mutated and destroyed his people. He was also a recent member of the Downunda Freedom Fighters who joined sometime after Duck "Bill" Platypus's took command of the Dark Egg Legion chapter in Downunda. While being a member of their team, Thrash helped fight to liberate the region with his brute strength as a powerful asset until he returned to seeking out the Echidnas.

Lone Quest
Thrash was born as one of the last Mobian Tasmanian Devils, a race which had been mutated into Mobini Devil Dogs by Echidna Albion scientists during the Forgotten War. Over many generations their race produced less and less full-blooded Devils to carry on their line, thus leaving Thrash as perhaps the last known Mobian Tasmanian&mdash;in fact, his two sisters were born Devil Dogs. At some point in his life Thrash decided to set out on his own quest to find and exact revenge upon the Echidnas with his two sisters, but achieved little, and decided to join the Downunda Freedom Fighters to "bust up a few heads for a good cause." (SSSM: #2, SU: #11, CSE)

Helping Downunda
While fighting the local Dark Egg Legion, Thrash and the other Downunda Freedom Fighters helped fend off a group of Wing Dingoes attacking the Chaotix as part of an assault to steal the Master Emerald. After the two groups worked out a plan to free the Angel Island, Thrash, Walt Wallabee and Barby Koala took Dr. Finitevus with them in the guise of working together while secretly intending to eliminate the mad doctor. Thrash made the first move, but Finitevus' taunts caused him to lose his temper and gave the doctor an opening to use the Devil to knock out Walt and himself. Finitevus was soon joined by Bill's troops, and Thrash and the others were captured. Once they were released by Bill and learned how he was forced to lead the Legion, Thrash led the counterattack by blasting off the door of the shed they were trapped in with his powerful lungs. After routing their forces and causing the Platypi to retreat, Thrash informed his team that he would be continuing his own quest and then departed via Knuckles' Warp Ring. (SU: #11, #12)

Personality
Thrash is rough-but-fair with a strong sense of justice, but possesses a profound dislike of Echidnas since a rogue group of them turned most of the ancient Tasmanian Devil tribes into mindless dogs, and in fact Thrash's sole goal in life is to find and take revenge on the Echidnas who devastated his kind. Dr. Finitevus referred to Thrash as a "failed experiment", possibly meaning that to him: a mindless Tasmanian Devil is more useful than an intelligent one. Thrash is a bit rough around the edges and holds a deep desire for revenge, but usually acts somewhat easy going and does possess some measure of noble ideals, as shown by his willingness to join the Downunda Freedom Fighters in battling the Legion. However, he has a very short temper-particularly in the face of Finitevus' taunts and jabs at the state of his species-and seems to enjoy fighting. Due to being the sole member of his species, he is an expert survivalist. (SSSM: #2, SU: #11, CSE)

Abilities
Thrash is gifted with considerable strength, able to take on Wing Dingoes with his bare hands. His fighting technique is far from skilled, though, as Barby Koala apparently views his ability in combat as unprofessional, referring to him as a thug. He is able to project his voice as a kind of sonic attack, strong enough to break down some objects and send multiple enemies flying. (SU: #11, #12)

Background Information

 * Writer Ian Flynn revealed on his forum that he created Thrash's concept design off a videogame glitch from the SEGA game "Sonic and Knuckles", which had a character sprite resembling a weird purple hedgehog/echidna mix as the player attempted to switch characters. (1)
 * Thrash's "sonic roar" may be in reference to the real-world species' capability to emit extremely loud shrieks and growls.
 * Thrash somewhat resembles Bark the Polar Bear, Storm the Albatross and Sonic's Werehog form in terms of overall body shape & design, and displays physical strength similar to all of them.
 * In the third issue of the Sonic Universe Graphic Novel Series, Ian Flynn stated that Thrash was meant to be a character who could "throw down with Knuckles and have it mean something" given Knuckles' somewhat limited rogues' gallery.