Julie-Su

Julie-Su is a 16 year old pink Echidna on the planet Mobius. She was raised by her foster parents after her mother was killed and her father disappeared, growing up to become a support troop in the Dark Legion. After meeting Knuckles the Echidna for the first time, Julie-Su eventually grew to enjoy his company. She abandoned her status as a Dark Legionnaire, and joined Knuckles' group, the Chaotix. Eventually, her and Knuckles became romantically involved, and eventually started dating. The two consider each other soulemates, as the Soultouch has brought them together. Julie-Su will sacrifice anything for Knuckles' well being.

Early Life
Born to the Dark Legion Grandmaster Luger and his second wife Mari-Su, Julie-Su had a troubled life early on. Her half siblings, Kragok and Lien-Da, treated her with distain from the beginning, having been opposed to their father's remarriage and jealous of the affection she received from her mother and father. Shortly after the "accident" which claimed her mother's life, Julie-Su's father disappeared, never to be seen again. Her sinister siblings then activated her Memory Neutralizing Chip thus erasing her memory, as neither wanted her to share in their future role as leaders of the Dark Legion. (SSS: #11)

Julie-Su was then adopted by the Dark Legion couple Simon and Floren-Ca, and was raised with no knowledge of her real parents or siblings. Lien-Da and Kragok attempted to have Simon killed off by sending him with a poorly equipped troop detachment on an attack, but he managed to survive and continued to assist in raising Julie-Su with his wife. (SSS: #11)

Dark Legionnaire
At the age of 13, Julie-Su became a support trooper in the Dark Legion. The twin half-siblings ensured that Simon and Floren-Ca never revealed her true past or heritage, and she was constantly monitored by the two. (SSS: #11)

When the Dark Legion managed to escape from the Twilight Zone (as a result of Dr. Ivo Robotnik's firing of the Ultimate Annihilator) their forces clashed with Knuckles, the current Guardian of the Floating Island. Knuckles and the Chaotix eventually lead an assault on the Dark Legion's new headquarters, which caused Julie-Su to be separated from the rest of the group. Upon finding her way back to them, she encountered Vector the Crocodile, and easily subdued him. However, Knuckles eventually showed up and apprehended her. (KtE: #4)

Joining the Chaotix
Julie-Su was mistrusted at first, but gradually won over the Chaotix, Knuckles, Lara-Le and Locke's respect and friendship. At first, this didn't include Vector, but the two later reconciled (to some extent) during Knuckles' brief stay in the afterlife. (StH: #122, KtE: #28)

Julie-Su discovered the truth about her past and developed a more romantic involvement with Knuckles, due to their unacknowledged recognition through a sixth sense the Echidnas refer to as the "Soultouch". This relationship developed when they briefly found themselves the only members of the Chaotix remaining on Mobius proper as a result of the effects of the Quantum Beam. (StH: #100, #101, #102, #103, KtE: #26)

Assisting Knothole
Together with the other Chaotix, she has left Angel Island to live on the surface in Knothole Village, working freelance with the Knothole Freedom Fighters. This has led to her participation in battles against various enemies, including the Metal Sonic Troopers, Destructix, Mammoth Mogul, and Ixis Naugus. She later takes Amy Rose under her wing, teaching her skills that likely aided the pink Hedgehog in uncovering the relationship between Fiona Fox and Scourge the Hedgehog. (StH: #130, #159, #172)

Julie-Su later became one of the prisoners taken by Dr. Eggman during the destruction of Knothole, joining the rest of the Chaotix and many of the Freedom Fighters in the Egg Grape Chamber. She was quickly freed in an ensuing rescue mission mounted by Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, NICOLE, and Amy Rose. Together with the rest of the freed prisoners, she was transported to New Mobotropolis by Dr. Eggman's redirected teleportation beam; shortly afterwards, she and the other Chaotix helped to defeat Robotnik's Egg Beater battlesuit. (StH: #175, #176, #177)

Stopping Enerjak and Freeing Knuckles
As if the Egg Fleet's bombardment of the new city weren't stressful enough, Julie-Su found herself confronted once again with the menace of Enerjak, whom she had met shortly after her first encounter with Knuckles. Brought to life by the machinations of rogue Dark Legion scientist Dr. Finitevus, the reborn Enerjak gave Julie-Su even greater cause for worry as it conincided with Knuckles' disappearance, and after she had begged him not to travel to Angel Island alone. Upon learning that the Chaotix would not be sent to Angel Island to look for him, she led the others in an attempt to escape New Mobotropolis, but Sally managed to convince them to remain behind, placating the angry Echidna with the promise that Sonic and Tails would go to look for Knuckles. Julie then watched through a probe sent by NICOLE as Enerjak defeated the Dingoes and the Dark Legion, and was the only Legionnaire-former or otherwise-who didn't have her cybernetic parts removed by Enerjak's power in the first wave, during which he also sent most of the transformed Legionnaires and the other Echidnas to Albion. (StH: #180, #181, #182)

Enerjak then arrived in New Mobotropolis, by which point Julie-Su became convinced that Knuckles had died at his hands. She attacked in a rage, not caring what happened to her so long as she could avenge her love's demise. But then Enerjak revealed the full horror to her and the other defenders of the city: Knuckles couldn't have been killed by the new Enerjak, because he had become the new Enerjak. After he explained his plans to remove all technology from Mobius and thus establish peace, she tried to convince him to abandon his madness. Furious, he tried to force her to share his vision by restoring her body to a fully organic state, but was thwarted by the arrival of Sonic. She and the other Chaotix and Freedom Fighters were then caught in a pitched battle as first Sonic and then Shadow the Hedgehog fought Enerjak, only to be defeated by the super-powered Echidna. Luckily for the already damaged city of New Mobotropolis, the Egg Fleet arrived and captured Enerjak, beaming him to a new Egg Grape Chamber so that his power could be used by Dr. Eggman to fuel his own schemes. (StH: #181, #182)

Julie had little time to worry over Knuckles' fate, however, before Locke brought her and Sonic to a secret facility where the Brotherhood of Guardians had stored a powerful weapon as a precaution against Enerjak's return. Locke's intentions for the pair were obvious: his plan was to have them use this weapon to kill Enerjak. Vehemently opposed to this course of action, Julie-Su was surprised when Sonic apparently decided to cooperate. Before she could ask the Hedgehog for an explanation, however, Locke led them right into a battle with the Destructix, led by Scourge the Hedgehog and Fiona Fox. For all their skills, the trio couldn't defeat them, and Archimedes, Knuckles and Locke's mentor, intervened. Julie-Su's doubts in Sonic were unjustified as he then destroyed the weapon Locke had been seeking, not willing to kill his friend in order to stop him. She was then left behind as Sonic left to face Enerjak, using the Master Emerald to become Super Sonic. (StH: #183)

Locke was still of the opinion that Knuckles had to be destroyed, but Julie-Su cut him to the quick by accusing him of hating his own son. Leaving him to ponder that shocking possibility, Julie went to confront Dr. Finitevus, intent on making him change Knuckles back. The mad doctor laughed at the suggestion, saying that he couldn't because his spell could only be undone by the sacrifice of a life. More than willing to die for her love, Julie-Su was about to attack, but was stopped by first Archimedes, and then Locke. After a brief battle with Finitevus, Julie watched as Locke made his way to the Emerald and undid the spell, promising Locke that she would tell Knuckles the reasons behind his actions and that Knuckles would understand why he had done what he had. With Knuckles freed and Finitevus fled, Julie and Sonic were both eager to return to New Mobotropolis-but Knuckles refused, saying that it was now his duty to watch over the Master Emerald, even if he had to do so alone. (StH: #184)

Post Enerjak and the Dark Egg Legion
Julie-Su remained loyal to Knuckles despite his feelings of guilt, taking the Chaotix back to Angel Island to keep an eye on him. She was happily reunited with him after he received a pep talk from Rouge, but the pair soon found another problem to deal with: the Dark Egg Legion, formed by the remnants of the Dark Legion swearing allegiance to Dr. Eggman in exchange for technology to replace that which they had lost because of Enerjak's actions. Knuckles continued to hold himself responsible for his actions, even though it had been the work of Dr. Finitevus' spell that had turned him against his friends and the rest of Mobius. (StH: #186, #189)

Weapons and abilities
Julie-Su carries with her a double-barrel multi-purpose proton gun and a taser. In tradition with her family history in the Dark Legion, some parts of her body have been replaced with cybernetic implants. These implants include her left arm, giving her greater physical strength. Her left front most dreadlock has also been replaced, and can be used as a transmission antenna. Julie-Su is also trained in various forms of martial arts like Knuckles.



Romance
Julie-Su is Knuckles' girlfriend, both of them acknowledging each other as their destined partners through the Echidna six sense called the Soultouch. Julie-Su once stated that Knuckles is her soulmate, the only being who makes her feel like she's more than a soldier. Recently, Julie-Su has found a rival for Knuckles' affections: none other than Rouge the Bat. Rouge has vowed to take Knuckles from Julie-Su, despite Julie-Su's warnings. However, Knuckles has not shown any interest in Rouge, and has repeatedly stated that Julie-Su is the only girl he will ever love. Also, since Rouge's interest in Knuckles is purely for her own gain, it is unlikely that she will be able to sway his opinion. Their relationship is later tested, however, by Knuckles' guilt over his actions as Enerjak. (StH: #165, #186, KtE: #27, #28)

Personality
Julie-Su is very similar to Knuckles in personality, acting tough but in reality, is quite caring. She is an advocate of "girl power", serving as the only female member of the Chaotix until Saffron and later Rouge joined the group. Julie-Su is always willing to go into any danger, particularly when it involves saving Knuckles, whom she always attempts to aid despite his assurances that he doesn't need it.

Julie-Su, known to her friends as Julie, Jules, or 'Su, prefers to go into battle with her friends rather than wait on the sidelines. She is also even more of a tomboy than Sally, and refuses to be seen in a dress, though she does wear them on special occasions. Despite this, she and Sally do share a number of feelings, including a deep desire not to see the men they care about-namely, Knuckles and Sonic-get hurt.

Despite all they've done to her, Julie still cares deeply for her family. (StH: #191)