Shade the Echidna

Shade is a Marauder who helped steal the last Chaos Emerald from Knuckles the Echidna. Originally, Knuckles was fighting a whole group of Marauders after they destroyed a trap made by Tails. Knuckles fought well, until Shade stepped on to the battle field and knocked him out quickly, though she was impressed by Knuckles' abilities. Despite the rest of the Marauders objections, Shade decided to keep Knuckles prisoner after retrieving the Chaos Emerald. Little did she know that as soon as she left, Tails raced to get help from Sonic the Hedgehog, Amy Rose and G.U.N.. (StH: #191)


 * Shade debuted in was the comic adaptation of the game Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. Like the Sonic and the Black Knight and Sonic Unleashed adaptations, this story was said to take place in "another time and place." Writer Ian Flynn has stated that the above is a separate continuity from the regular comic, at the moment. This site considered this to mean it takes place in an alternative zone or universe. Furthermore, in the game universe it was revealed that Shade is in fact an Echidna, but since this was never shown in the comics it is not considered canon by this site's canon policy.