Feist

Feist is a gigantic panda of unknown origin and power. He has black and white fur and green eyes. At some point, he was banished to the Zone of Silence, where he met and was defeated by Ixis Naugus. After Naugus escaped the Zone for the final time, Feist seized control and, using the power of all the galaxy's Chaos Emeralds, reshaped it into the Special Zone. He guards the remaining four emeralds he has in the Special Zone, but will willingly give them to those who complete his most difficult challenges. The three emeralds he has lost were as follows: one given to Sonic the Hedgehog to cure Maximillian Acorn and for his part in granting Feist his new power, but was later stolen by his old master's master, Mammoth Mogul; another found by Marine the Raccoon which ended up in the Sol Zone by some unknown means and was later given to Shadow the Hedgehog; and the most recent was stolen from him by Team Dark after they failed his challenges.

Prisoner in the Zone of Silence
Feist was first seen by Sonic when he entered King Maximillian Acorn's dreams while the king was comatose and succumbing to a crystallization spell set on him by Naugus. In the dream, Sonic learned that Feist attacked King Acorn shortly after his arrival in the Zone, but King Acorn escaped and eventually made an alliance with Ixis Naugus. Later, Naugus revealed that he had defeated Feist using his magic while battling Ultra Sonic and Hyper Tails as Ultra Naugus. (StH: #43, #66)

Ruler of the Special Zone
Following the battle between Sonic the Hedgehog and A.D.A.M. and the transport of all Chaos Emeralds into the Zone of Silence, Sonic and Tails travelled to the Zone in search of them. They found the dimension miraculously changed, Feist having fused the countless Emeralds into seven jewels and taken over, reshaping the Zone of Silence into the Special Zone. Apparently content with the Zone as his realm and considering the pair his loose allies due to their shared antagonism of Ixis Naugus, he granted them the grey Chaos Emerald, which was used to help King Acorn recover from poison. Feist stated that Sonic would have to earn the others if he wanted them, an event made all the more likely by the loss of the grey Chaos Emerald to Naugus' new master, Mammoth Mogul. (StH: #169, #170, #186)



When Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat were sent into the Special Zone to collect a Chaos Emerald by order of GUN, Feist told them they could have an emerald if they completed his challenge of going through an obstacle course of steel, fire and cloud. At first Shadow wasn't interested and was going to simply use his Chaos powers to teleport to the other side, when Feist took his powers away from him. With only thirty seconds left to complete the challenge, Rouge grabbed Shadow so he could use his jet shoes to give her more lift and get to the Chaos Emerald. However, they failed and Feist teleported them out of the zone when their time was up. They later returned with E-123 Omega to form Team Dark. Feist provided a different test for them to get the emerald. Once more, they failed his test and Feist mocked them. Omega then fired at Feist as part of Plan B, allowing Team Dark to obtain the emerald and return home, leaving an enraged Feist behind. (SU: #4)

Abilities
As master of the Special Zone, Feist can control the very physics of the realm and give himself ultimate power. Feist also had his own powers before achieving omnipotence, such as being able to shoot energy beams from his eyes. Those who enter the Zone also become subject to his power, enabling him to shut off their special abilities. (StH: #43, #170, SU: #4)

Background information

 * Originally, Feist's species was uncertain, some thinking he could be a badger or skunk, but he was later revealed to be a panda.
 * It is currently uncertain whether Feist is a hero or villain, as he was imprisoned in the Zone of Silence, likely for some evil deed (or possibly for opposing Robotnik), but now he protects the Chaos Emeralds from hero and villain alike, and even allowed Sonic and Tails to use one to save former King Max, but he said it was for their past deeds and may just be protecting the emeralds to maintain his power. Mobius Encyclopaedia shall have Feist remain under the category of "Anti Hero", unless new evidence reveals him to be otherwise.
 * Feist currently holds the twelth longest non-appearance gap in the comic series at 104 issues (StH: #66-170)
 * Feist's appearance has changed every time he has appeared. In his first, the fur on his mostly black, with white around the mouth and down the center of his face. In his second, his face is white with black around his eyes, and his ears have a white outline. In his third, the outer part of his ears were fully black.