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Ok, I know that this isn't the most original Idea.

I was looking through a few DA art & came across arts of Maria Robotnik & Princess Elise as Anthro animals (mostly hedgehogs; surprise, surprise). Few months later in college, I was thinking about my own idea of a spin-off Shadow game (yes, I enjoyed the first one) & had the idea of having a anthro hedgeog called Maria as part of the storyline - Off cource, she has nothing to do with Professor Gerald's granddaughter, but that name alone would probably have Shadow's attention I guess.... Yeah, I'm s*** at that sort of stuff but erm, whatever.

I was inspired to make one after seing sash0's awesome version of Maria the Hedgehog ( [link] ).

Either way, I was going to make her look really close to the original Maria, but after a while, it started to look like a completely different character & I stuck with it.
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Name: Maria The Hedgehog
Species: Madras Hedgehog
Clan/Tribe Name: Kodairakta*
Age: 18
Height: 98.5 cm
Weight: Secret
Type: Speed
Fur Colour: Dark Ginger
Hair/Quil Colour: Gold/Blonde
Skin Colour: Peach
Eye Colour: Dark Blue

Abilities: Speed (not as fast as Sonic on foot), Rollerblading (can keep up with Shadow & allows her to be as fast as him, but still not as fast as Sonic), basic Hedgehog abilities (Rolling, Spindash, Spin Jump). She has hidden unknown power that drives on 3 main emotions; Sorrow, Hollowness, & Wrath - Originates from her descendants from her clan. Feline-like excellent balance. She however cannot utilise Chaos Powers or the Chaos Emerald, but that makes up for the fact that her hidden power can be utilise in a similar way to Chaos Powers. She also knows a little bit of Karate.

About Maria's Clan: Maria is a descendent of an ancient race of a Hedgehog tribe in (Kodairakta) where their form of power is vastly different from the Chaos Emeralds. Around 3000 years ago, instead of relying on magical jewellery, their source of power comes from emotions & their attributes that are influenced toward each individual (think of the Smurfs with X-Men powers); for example, if a hedgehog had experience a joyful & happy childhood, that would give birth to an inner spirit within that hedgehog & gain an ability to Heal oneself or others. Or another example could be that if one hedgehog was very lively & energetic as a child, they could gain the ability to manipulate Lighting & have extreme agility. The people of the clan will normally have a singular set of hidden powers.
However, certain emotions/attributes are deemed as taboo in that tribe: Jealousy, Greed, & Wrath are to name a few. Hedgehogs with those attributes are tend to be exiled in modern day times, but centuries ago they would as go as far as executing them, as they will bring upon destruction amongst the tribe & outside it.

Backstory: Maria, as stated before, comes from the anctient tribe Kodairakta with alternate forms of power. Her childhood however there was harsh from constantly being bullied for her lconstantly twitching ears & her awkwardness towards people. This fueled her emotion of Sorrow. However, due to her quiet & soft nature, she couldn't bring herself to harm them. Trying to find friends was just as tough as nobody really want to talk to someone who can hardly talk & was deemed as the black sheep. She eventually gave up on this & decided friends won't ever come to her so she usually stays isolated - This fueled her Hollowness emotion powers. Worst of all, many starts to think due to her depression that she should be given an early exile. Many kids her age began to look at her with disgust & fear, leading them to go as far as giving her death threats & attempt to harm her. Maria weeps from all this, but deep in her mind & heart is filled with hatred & vengeance towards the hypocrisy that these people had done. At the age of 15, she decided to run away searching for a new life to start.

Bio: Maria is a shy, quiet person, but over time she had came out of her shell to familiar people & surroundings (but she still tends to be shy around newer folks). As of now, she is a gentle character who begins to fight for what she believes in (over-used term, I know). She was influenced enough by the "heroic" actions of Shadow for her to learn Karate.

*Kodairakta literally means "Ancient Blood" in 2 separate languages (someting I came up with):
• "Kodai" (古代) means "Ancient" in Japanese
• "Rakta" (রক্ত) means "Blood" in Bengali/Bangla
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Description
Ok, I know that this isn't the most original Idea.

I was looking through a few DA art & came across arts of Maria Robotnik & Princess Elise as Anthro animals (mostly hedgehogs; surprise, surprise). Few months later in college, I was thinking about my own idea of a spin-off Shadow game (yes, I enjoyed the first one) & had the idea of having a anthro hedgeog called Maria as part of the storyline - Off cource, she has nothing to do with Professor Gerald's granddaughter, but that name alone would probably have Shadow's attention I guess.... Yeah, I'm s*** at that sort of stuff but erm, whatever.

I was inspired to make one after seing sash0's awesome version of Maria the Hedgehog ( [link] ).

Either way, I was going to make her look really close to the original Maria, but after a while, it started to look like a completely different character & I stuck with it.
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Name: Maria The Hedgehog
Species: Madras Hedgehog
Clan/Tribe Name: Kodairakta*
Age: 18
Height: 98.5 cm
Weight: Secret
Type: Speed
Fur Colour: Dark Ginger
Hair/Quil Colour: Gold/Blonde
Skin Colour: Peach
Eye Colour: Dark Blue

Abilities: Speed (not as fast as Sonic on foot), Rollerblading (can keep up with Shadow & allows her to be as fast as him, but still not as fast as Sonic), basic Hedgehog abilities (Rolling, Spindash, Spin Jump). She has hidden unknown power that drives on 3 main emotions; Sorrow, Hollowness, & Wrath - Originates from her descendants from her clan. Feline-like excellent balance. She however cannot utilise Chaos Powers or the Chaos Emerald, but that makes up for the fact that her hidden power can be utilise in a similar way to Chaos Powers. She also knows a little bit of Karate.

About Maria's Clan: Maria is a descendent of an ancient race of a Hedgehog tribe in (Kodairakta) where their form of power is vastly different from the Chaos Emeralds. Around 3000 years ago, instead of relying on magical jewellery, their source of power comes from emotions & their attributes that are influenced toward each individual (think of the Smurfs with X-Men powers); for example, if a hedgehog had experience a joyful & happy childhood, that would give birth to an inner spirit within that hedgehog & gain an ability to Heal oneself or others. Or another example could be that if one hedgehog was very lively & energetic as a child, they could gain the ability to manipulate Lighting & have extreme agility. The people of the clan will normally have a singular set of hidden powers.
However, certain emotions/attributes are deemed as taboo in that tribe: Jealousy, Greed, & Wrath are to name a few. Hedgehogs with those attributes are tend to be exiled in modern day times, but centuries ago they would as go as far as executing them, as they will bring upon destruction amongst the tribe & outside it.

Backstory: Maria, as stated before, comes from the anctient tribe Kodairakta with alternate forms of power. Her childhood however there was harsh from constantly being bullied for her lconstantly twitching ears & her awkwardness towards people. This fueled her emotion of Sorrow. However, due to her quiet & soft nature, she couldn't bring herself to harm them. Trying to find friends was just as tough as nobody really want to talk to someone who can hardly talk & was deemed as the black sheep. She eventually gave up on this & decided friends won't ever come to her so she usually stays isolated - This fueled her Hollowness emotion powers. Worst of all, many starts to think due to her depression that she should be given an early exile. Many kids her age began to look at her with disgust & fear, leading them to go as far as giving her death threats & attempt to harm her. Maria weeps from all this, but deep in her mind & heart is filled with hatred & vengeance towards the hypocrisy that these people had done. At the age of 15, she decided to run away searching for a new life to start.

Bio: Maria is a shy, quiet person, but over time she had came out of her shell to familiar people & surroundings (but she still tends to be shy around newer folks). As of now, she is a gentle character who begins to fight for what she believes in (over-used term, I know). She was influenced enough by the "heroic" actions of Shadow for her to learn Karate.

*Kodairakta literally means "Ancient Blood" in 2 separate languages (someting I came up with):
• "Kodai" (古代) means "Ancient" in Japanese
• "Rakta" (রক্ত) means "Blood" in Bengali/Bangla
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