Maria Kintobor

Maria was the granddaughter of Professor Gerald and the half-sister of Dr. Ivo Robotnik. Suffering from the rare but terminal Neuro Immuno Defficiency Syndrome, Maria's grandfather had hoped to make a cure for the desease through his creation of Shadow the Hedgehog. However, before he was able to complete his project, Station Square's military decided to use Project: Shadow as a weapon. When a military team went to Space Colony ARK to retrieve both Gerald and Project: Shadow, Gerald ordered Maria to escape with Shadow. Although she got Shadow on board the escape pod, Maria was shot in the back and killed. When Gerald was informed of her death, he swore revenege against the army for murdering his granddaughter. (StH: #98, #158)