The ninja, Espio was a part of a detective agency but all was change when Eggman madness started Sonic age of darkness despite being against the Regime, it wasnt until he and Vector clashed with Sonic and his allies, with Espio thrown into jail, Vector was taken to unknown place and Charmy suffered the rage of the hegehog..... rescued along side Charmy by team Shadow, Espio became a deadly tool of war