Maria Robotnik

Maria was the granddaughter of Professor Gerald and cousin to both Dr. Ivo Robotnik and Colin Kintobor.

Terminal Illness
Maria suffered from the rare but terminal Neuro-Immuno Deficiency Syndrome, Maria's grandfather, gerald, had hoped to make a cure for the desease through his creation of Shadow the Hedgehog, an immortal life form that would allow man to live forever. However, before he was able to complete his project, Station Square's military decided to use Project: Shadow as a weapon. (StH: #98)

Death
When a military team was sent to Space Colony ARK to retrieve both Gerald and Project: Shadow, Gerald ordered Maria to take Shadow to an escape pod and escape with him. Although she got Shadow on board the escape pod, Maria was shot in the back and killed. (StH: #98)

Legacy
Following Shadow's release by Dr. Eggman, the ultimate lifeform operated without knowing his true purpose. Believing his role was to exact revenge against G.U.N. for killing Maria, Shadow acquired a Chaos Emerald from Station Square's bank to help Eggman achieve this objective. It wasn't until over a year later that Shadow discovered a holographic diary of Professor Gerald's which would tell him of his purpose in life. While inside the diary, he met up with a holographic representation of Maria that led him to another hologram of Gerald. Gerald revealed to Shadow that he was to be the protector of all life on Mobius and defend them from the Black Arms when they returned in fifty years. The then diary began to degrade into nothing and Shadow was forced to leave, but not before saying goodbye to Maria and saying he would hold her in his heart. (StH: #98, #171)

Personality
Maria was an extremely loving, caring and thoughtful person, giving support to her friends like Shadow.

Maria was extremely fond of both her grandfather and Shadow, who was her best friend.

Background Information

 * When Maria first appeared she was was portrayed with brunnette hair. Later her hair was changed to blonde so she resembled her game counterpart more.


 * In StH #158, Dr. Eggman claimed to Shadow that Maria was his half-sister as opposed to his cousin. This was later explained by writer Ian Flynn as an attempt to simply make the loss seem much more personal to Eggman, thereby winning Shadow's alliance much more effectively.