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'''Shade''' is a playable character in ''[[Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]''. Kept relatively enigmatic until the game's release, Shade is a member of the [[Nocturnus Clan]] [[echidna]]s, long-lost remnants of [[Knuckles]]' vanished race. A disciplined and serious military girl, Shade is dispatched by [[Imperator Ix]] to steal the [[Chaos Emeralds]] from [[Sonic's world]]. However, as her master's megalomania becomes apparent, she switches sides to help [[Sonic]] stop her former boss.
'''Shade''' is a new character in ''[[Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]''. She is a Nocturnus Echidna and was kept relatively enigmatic until the game's release, unlike most of the content for the game. Despite being discussed in press material so sparingly, she actually turned out to play a major role in the game, partly due to the unknown fact that she was an echidna from a new clan. She can climb walls, much like [[Knuckles]], although she can't glide. Shade can also rely on stealth and wits (and her Nocturnus cloaking device) to sneak around, similar to [[Rouge]]. Lastly, she can also teleport through a warp belt, similar to [[Shadow]] when he uses [[Chaos Control]].
 
  
== History ==
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==Personality & Traits==
Several thousand years ago, Shade and the [[Nocturnus clan]] of echidnas, lead by [[Imperator Ix]], were becoming a great civilization of power, and saw the [[Knuckles]] clan, led by [[Pachacamac]], as the only thing in their way. Over time, they developed advanced technologies and machines, including the [[Gizoids]]. With their army of invincible Gizoids and their leader's and soldiers' strong powers and technology they were nearly undefeated. However, after [[Chaos]] had been sealed into the [[Master Emerald]], the Nocturnus Clan was banished to an alternate dimension called the [[Twilight Cage]]. Once there, they began devising a way to escape from the Twilight Cage. Their technology advanced further, and they united under them the [[Kron]], [[Zoah]], [[Voxai]] and [[N'rrgal]], through brute force if necessary. Now that the Twilight Cage was theirs, they just needed a way out. Since Shade and several warriors discovered they could use their warp-belts to escape the Cage temporarily, Ix sent her to get the Chaos Emeralds and Master Emeralds he needed, so she was sent to grab them.
 
  
== ''Sonic Chronicles'' ==
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In the first half of ''Sonic Chronicles'', Shade is commander-in-chief of the marauding Nocturnus forces on Sonic's World, holding the rank of ''Procurator''. While physically much weaker than [[Knuckles]], she can climb up walls in the same way, though she isn't able to glide. Shade fights with tactics and technology rather than brute force, stabbing with her leech blade and tossing out explosives to stun foes. An imposing figure in her helmet and armour, Shade's combat suit enables her to cloak for limited periods, and also teleport short distances.
Some time prior to the events of the game, Shade obtains six Chaos Emeralds and helps capture [[Eggman]]'s destroyed base in [[Metropolis (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)|Metropolis]] to use as a temporary Nocturnus base.
 
  
Shade then moves out to get the last Chaos Emerald from [[Tails]] and Knuckles, who are using it as bait for their trap. However, Shade disables the trap, and kidnaps Knuckles and the Emerald while Tails repairs it. The party spends a long time trying to figure out who she is and where she stands in the Nocturnus hierarchy.
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The echidna's personality is described by the ''Chronicles'' codex as "the polar opposite of [[Rouge the Bat]]". She doesn't steal, doesn't joke, and certainly doesn't consider "sitting around looking pretty" as a worthwhile use of her time. She does have a moral streak, however; objecting loudly Imperator Ix's dreams of conquest until he fires her (off the edge of a cliff). Shade nurses a bit of a guilty conscience throughout the second half of ''Sonic Chronicles'': both for enabling Ix's evil plans, and - as the [[Voxai]] [[Voxai Overmind|Overmind]] teases out of her - for subsequently betraying them.
  
Later in the [[Blue Ridge Zone]], after Shadow and [[Dr. Eggman]] reluctantly join your party, Shade appears and reveals herself to be an echidna, which shocks Knuckles and displaces him both mentally and emotionally. After a quick battle, Shade then obstructs the normal path to Metropolis, forcing them to use Eggman's underground subway.
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==''Sonic Chronicles''==
  
When they get to [[Angel Island]], Shade and Ix are about to steal the Master Emerald when [[Sonic]]'s half of the party arrives (prior to this point, the gang has split up). They hold off Ix's soldiers until Eggman and Tails can teleport up there and destroy them. After a fight with Ix, he reveals his true intentions to continue World Conquest after escaping the Twilight Cage. Shade had not wanted to continue the conquest, so she was tricked. Now that she knows, Ix had no purpose for her, so he tries to kill her, which provides him with enough time to steal the Master Emerald and open a wormhole to the Twilight Cage.
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Shade's people, the Nocturnus Echidnas, were exiled by [[Argus]] to the [[Twilight Cage]] almost 4,000 years ago. It is only in Sonic's time that they begin to effect their plan to return, using warp belt technology to temporarily travel out of the Cage. In this capacity, Shade and her 'Marauder' forces secretly take over some of [[Doctor Eggman]]'s old bases, including [[Metropolis (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)|the deserted ruins of Metropolis]], and begin gathering together the [[Chaos Emeralds]]. [[Tails]] and Knuckles' attempt to stop her backfire, with Shade's troops taking both the final Emerald and Knuckles ''himself'' to a base in the [[Mystic Ruins (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)|Mystic Ruins]].
  
After [[Metropolis Ground Zero|Angel Island plummets into Metropolis]], Shade helps Sonic and friends put together the craft needed to chase Ix into the Cage. There, she helps Sonic and friends gather the Chaos Emeralds from the various Colonies and Clans, making allies with them. Eventually, they set out for an invasion of the Nocturnus Colony, which Ix is now moving towards the wormhole. Shade then helps Sonic defeat her old master, and escapes with the crew, only to find that in their absence, Dr. Eggman has taken over the world.
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Sonic and co. only discover the Marauders' true nature in [[Blue Ridge Zone]], when Shade reveals herself as an echidna, much to Knuckles' shock. After pursuing her to [[Angel Island (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)]], Sonic and Knuckles are around to watch Shade's falling out with her Imperator; Knuckles saves her life after the procurator is blasted over the side of the island. In the [[Metropolis Ground Zero|ruins below]], Shade agrees to team up with the heroes; while she certainly wants to see the Nocturnus Clan rescued from the Twilight Cage, Ix's intention of ''crushing every other race on the planet'' is not to her tastes.  
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In this capacity, Shade assists Sonic and the others during their travels around the [[Twilight Cage]], forging alliances with the [[Kron]], [[N'rrgal]], [[Zoah]], and [[Voxai]]. After [[Super Ix]] is defeated on the [[Nocturne]], Shade escapes in the [[Cyclone (Sonic Chronicles)|Cyclone]] with the heroes, making her the only [[Nocturnus]] echidna to permanently escape the [[Twilight Cage]] to [[Sonic's world]].
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===POW moves===
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Like all player characters in ''Sonic Chronicles'', Shade has a selection of [[POW moves]] that she attacks enemies with:
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'''Cloak'''<br>
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Shade activates her cloaking field, making her faster and harder to hit in combat. Activated via a device on her wrist, Shade's advanced suit can generate a local cloaking field which is useful in close combat as well as enabling the echidna to move stealthily.
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'''Blade Rush'''<br>
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Shade rushes the enemy and delivers a brutal five-hit combo with her leech blade. The ''leech blade'' is the standard armament of the Nocturnus military elite: a glowing pink energy knife, which is capable of sapping foes' strength and replenishing the wielder's. The Blade Rush technique sees Shade deliver a stab, punch, and then crippling vertical strike against her opponent, which serves to replenish her own health at the same time.
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'''Echidna Rush'''<br>
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Shade and Knuckles team up to deliver a powerful attack that ignores armor and may also leave the enemy distracted. Shade hurls an explosive grenade at her enemy, and, while they're reeling, she and Knuckles close in to simultaneously punch the stunned opponent.
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'''Blade Drop'''<br>
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Sonic propels Shade into her target to deliver a leech blade attack that ignores armor. Sonic spin-dashes into an opponent, and on the rebound an airborne Shade ricochets off the blue blur, catapulting up into the air to deliver a powerful leech-blade slash from above.
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'''Hard Line'''<br>
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Knuckles teams up with Shadow and Shade to deliver a crushing attack likely to distract the target. This attack is a pretty impressive bit of three-way teamwork. First, Knuckles hurls Shade up into the air; at the apex of her ascent, Shadow teleports above Shade, and throws her up even higher. Shade then comes cannoning down on top of the opponent fists-first, delivering a considerable amount of damage.
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Revision as of 21:09, 10 December 2022


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Shade
First seen: [[Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]] (2008)
Species: Echidna (Nocturnus Clan)
Gender: Female
Age: +4,000 years (objective)

Shade is a playable character in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. Kept relatively enigmatic until the game's release, Shade is a member of the Nocturnus Clan echidnas, long-lost remnants of Knuckles' vanished race. A disciplined and serious military girl, Shade is dispatched by Imperator Ix to steal the Chaos Emeralds from Sonic's world. However, as her master's megalomania becomes apparent, she switches sides to help Sonic stop her former boss.

Personality & Traits

In the first half of Sonic Chronicles, Shade is commander-in-chief of the marauding Nocturnus forces on Sonic's World, holding the rank of Procurator. While physically much weaker than Knuckles, she can climb up walls in the same way, though she isn't able to glide. Shade fights with tactics and technology rather than brute force, stabbing with her leech blade and tossing out explosives to stun foes. An imposing figure in her helmet and armour, Shade's combat suit enables her to cloak for limited periods, and also teleport short distances.

The echidna's personality is described by the Chronicles codex as "the polar opposite of Rouge the Bat". She doesn't steal, doesn't joke, and certainly doesn't consider "sitting around looking pretty" as a worthwhile use of her time. She does have a moral streak, however; objecting loudly Imperator Ix's dreams of conquest until he fires her (off the edge of a cliff). Shade nurses a bit of a guilty conscience throughout the second half of Sonic Chronicles: both for enabling Ix's evil plans, and - as the Voxai Overmind teases out of her - for subsequently betraying them.

Sonic Chronicles

Shade's people, the Nocturnus Echidnas, were exiled by Argus to the Twilight Cage almost 4,000 years ago. It is only in Sonic's time that they begin to effect their plan to return, using warp belt technology to temporarily travel out of the Cage. In this capacity, Shade and her 'Marauder' forces secretly take over some of Doctor Eggman's old bases, including the deserted ruins of Metropolis, and begin gathering together the Chaos Emeralds. Tails and Knuckles' attempt to stop her backfire, with Shade's troops taking both the final Emerald and Knuckles himself to a base in the Mystic Ruins.

Sonic and co. only discover the Marauders' true nature in Blue Ridge Zone, when Shade reveals herself as an echidna, much to Knuckles' shock. After pursuing her to Angel Island (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood), Sonic and Knuckles are around to watch Shade's falling out with her Imperator; Knuckles saves her life after the procurator is blasted over the side of the island. In the ruins below, Shade agrees to team up with the heroes; while she certainly wants to see the Nocturnus Clan rescued from the Twilight Cage, Ix's intention of crushing every other race on the planet is not to her tastes.

In this capacity, Shade assists Sonic and the others during their travels around the Twilight Cage, forging alliances with the Kron, N'rrgal, Zoah, and Voxai. After Super Ix is defeated on the Nocturne, Shade escapes in the Cyclone with the heroes, making her the only Nocturnus echidna to permanently escape the Twilight Cage to Sonic's world.

POW moves

Like all player characters in Sonic Chronicles, Shade has a selection of POW moves that she attacks enemies with:

Cloak
Shade activates her cloaking field, making her faster and harder to hit in combat. Activated via a device on her wrist, Shade's advanced suit can generate a local cloaking field which is useful in close combat as well as enabling the echidna to move stealthily.

Blade Rush
Shade rushes the enemy and delivers a brutal five-hit combo with her leech blade. The leech blade is the standard armament of the Nocturnus military elite: a glowing pink energy knife, which is capable of sapping foes' strength and replenishing the wielder's. The Blade Rush technique sees Shade deliver a stab, punch, and then crippling vertical strike against her opponent, which serves to replenish her own health at the same time.

Echidna Rush
Shade and Knuckles team up to deliver a powerful attack that ignores armor and may also leave the enemy distracted. Shade hurls an explosive grenade at her enemy, and, while they're reeling, she and Knuckles close in to simultaneously punch the stunned opponent.

Blade Drop
Sonic propels Shade into her target to deliver a leech blade attack that ignores armor. Sonic spin-dashes into an opponent, and on the rebound an airborne Shade ricochets off the blue blur, catapulting up into the air to deliver a powerful leech-blade slash from above.

Hard Line
Knuckles teams up with Shadow and Shade to deliver a crushing attack likely to distract the target. This attack is a pretty impressive bit of three-way teamwork. First, Knuckles hurls Shade up into the air; at the apex of her ascent, Shadow teleports above Shade, and throws her up even higher. Shade then comes cannoning down on top of the opponent fists-first, delivering a considerable amount of damage.

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Teams Sonic/Heroes | Rose | Dark | Chaotix | Babylon
Other Animals (Flicky) | Froggy | Chao (Hero, Dark) | Tikal | Pachacamac | Omochao | Chaclon | Gerald & Maria Robotnik | President | King Boom Boo | Cheese | Chocola | Vanilla | G.U.N. Commander | Wisps | Mother Wisp
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Other Birdie | Illumina | Secretary | Elise | Duke of Soleanna | Sonic Man | Coconut Crew | Vikings | Professor Pickle | Wentos | Don Fachio | Dodon Pa | Koco | Ancients | Conductor | Conductor's wife | Ariem | Heavy | Bomb | Tiara Boobowski | Honey


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