Blaze the Cat

Blaze the Cat is a lavender, female Mobian cat and a princess in her dimension. Blaze's first encounter with Sonic the Hedgehog was when he found her in captivity after she was captured by a group of SWATbots outside of Knothole. At first hostile to the "Blue One", Blaze eventually realized Sonic meant her no harm after their brief battle ended and he offered his friendship. Blaze vanished soon after, promising to haunt Sonic's dreams as he'd haunted hers. She later assisted Sonic, Tails and Marine in battling Captain Whisker, Johnny and Dr. Nega to retrieve a Chaos Emerald. In her next encounter with someone from Mobius Prime, she worked with Shadow and Marine to defeat Metal Sonic.

Search for the "Blue One"
After being plagued by constant dreams about a mysterious "Blue One" that could save her "Sol Emeralds" (presumably her dimension's equal to Chaos Emeralds) from coming into danger in the future, Blaze came to Mobius Prime to seek out Sonic. While exploring just outside of Knothole, Blaze was intercepted by a group of patrolling SWATbots, who mistakenly thought Blaze was a he and possibly an enemy of the Eggman Empire. They snuck up on Blaze, intending to use a stun bolt on her, but she evaded the sneak attack and managed to trash two of the four robots. Although she fought valiantly, Blaze was eventually subdued by the group after a surprise bonk on the head and taken to one of Dr. Eggman's research bases. The robotic "doctors" there took scans of Blaze while she was still unconscious that showed her to be from a different dimension. Blaze awoke soon after and destroyed the robots as well as part of the facility in a rage for removing her mantle. There she finally encountered Sonic, who'd arrived to rescue her. Hoping to make sure that the person before her was truly the one from her dreams, Blaze engaged Sonic in combat, and was thoroughly impressed with the hedgehog. After using all her power of flame against Sonic and eventually created a fire to engulf herself, she ultimately lost when Sonic created a vortex around her, preventing oxygen from reaching Blaze to put out her flames. When she began to run out of air, Sonic stopped and offered his assistance. Sonic introduced himself, and Blaze then informed him that he was indeed the one she had been looking for, saying she was the one who would "haunt your dreams the way you have haunted mine" until she had need of him and vanished in a blaze of fire. (StH: #160, #161)

Quest for the Chaos Emerald
Some time later, both Sonic and Tails ended up in Blaze's zone. After the green Chaos Emerald was stolen from Marine the Raccoon by the robot Johnny, the three met up with Blaze and began their pursuit. Following whatever clues they had, the four eventually located Johnny, Captain Whiskers and the mastermind behind the theft, Dr. Nega. After battling them, the four heroes retrieved the green Chaos Emerald. Sonic allowed Blaze to keep it as it would help her to locate the missing Sol Emeralds. Blaze and Marine thanked Sonic and Tails before they used a ship Tails constructed and Marine "supervised" over to return to Mobius Prime. (SU: #1)

Meeting with Shadow
Some time later, Blaze and Marine discovered the nearly-drowning Shadow the Hedgehog in the ocean while onboard Marine's ship, the Ocean Tornado. Bringing him on board, Blaze explained to Shadow her encounters with Sonic, with Marine interrupting and finishing the story. Travelling to Southern Island, Blaze was horrified to see the town under attack by Metal Sonic, which had followed Shadow to their universe. Blaze violently attacked the robot, but her attacks failed to do any damage. Shadow and Marine joined the frey, though still had difficulty fighting the machine. After Shadow failed to convince Metal Sonic to go against Eggman, Blaze used her fire attack and weakened the machine, allowing Shadow to spin dash it into the sky, where Marine used the Ocean Tornado's cannons to destroy Metal Sonic for good. After the fires around the town were put out, Blaze offered Shadow the green Chaos Emerald, saying "thanks to Sonic's generosity, I've found a few of the Sol Emeralds. They'll serve for the rest of my search. Now I can return the favor by helping one of his friends find his way home." She then wished Shadow safe travels home, and the Ultimate Lifeform teleported back to Mobius Prime. (SU: #1)

Return to Mobius
Blaze came back to Mobius to find one of the Sol Emeralds, but then she ran into Amy Rose and Cream the Rabbit and attacked them. (SU: #21)

Personality
Normally cool and collected, Blaze gives the impression that she keeps a tight lid on her emotions, but this may not be her true nature. Despite her calm appearance she can lose her temper easily and when she does, she's quite scary to be around. She dislikes being referred to by her title of "princess" and prefers just being called by her name. She often speaks her mind bluntly but feels grateful to those who have helped her and will do what she can in whatever way to fulfill the debt. She is also very dedicated to her duty as princess, much like Sally Acorn, and does whatever she can to protect her people from outside threats. She also has a fondness of Marine the Raccoon, though often has her patience tried by her. (StH: #160, #161, SU: #1)

Abilities
Blaze is a skilled fighter, gifted with the ability to create and control fire. Using her pyrokinesis, she can conjure fire at any place on or all over her body and even launch barrages of fireballs at enemies. By jumping into the air and twirling, she can become a fiery tornado and attacks using her feet and can also conjure up fields of fire around her hands to protect her from damage, which comes in useful during hand-to-hand combat. She has also been shown to teleport with her flames. (StH: #160, #161, SU: #1)

Background information

 * Blaze appeared in a backstory in StH #197 as some sort of knight to an evil king, along with Knuckles the Echidna and Shadow the Hedgehog. The story was a comic tie-in to the game Sonic and the Black Knight, and took place in an alternate reality in the comics.

Confusion of Title

 * There has been a slight confusion as to her title of being either a princess or a queen. She is called "Queen Blaze the Cat" on the official Sega of America Sonic mini site, Sonic Central as well as the Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) game website. However, in Japanese, her title is 皇女 kōjo, which translates to "imperial princess," and is also called princess in Sonic Rush Adventure. She is also called a princess by Marine in the comics and so she shall be called a princess by this website's canon policy.

Confusion of Origins

 * In the game universe, Blaze seems to have two different backstories as to where she came from. In her debut game Sonic Rush (and most other games afterward) Blaze is depicted as being a Princess and the protector of the Sol Emeralds in a parallel dimension to that of Sonic's world. The same backstory is applied in it's sequel Sonic Rush Adventure which takes place in her universe entirely (Marine the Raccoon also hails from Blaze's world).
 * However, in her second appearence in the series, Sonic The Hedgehog (2006), Blaze comes from the future where she battles against the fearsome monster, Iblis (whom Silver the Hedgehog also combats at different times). At the end of Silver's story-line, Blaze sacrifices herself by sealing Iblis inside her body with two of the Chaos Emeralds. At the end of the game, it was made so Iblis never existed, causing the events of the game to never happen, meaning that Blaze is still alive. The possibility that she and Silver never even met each other is never clarified, as in all future appearances they never appear together in their mutual stories and neither of them ever mention each other. Current comic writer Ian Flynn brought an end to the confusion when he thoroughly detailed how Blaze and Silver never met. (1)

Appearance
Blaze is a lilac cat with gold eyes. Her muzzle is white, her inner ears peach and the tip of her tail dark purple (though it has often been miscoloured white). She wears a long purple flared mantle-like coat of sorts with a gold collar and white pants; the cuffs are fuzzy and white (sometimes miscoloured lilac). She has plumes of "hair" done up in a high ponytail with dark purple tips. Her outfit is generally accented in pinks and reds, including her high heeled shoes, hairband, coat trim and a small gem on her forehead. She was once briefly shown with her mantle removed.