My name is Shadow the hedgehog I am the ultimate life form. I am an artificially born hedgehog who was created by Professor Gerald Robotnik (uncle of Doctor Eggman) through genetic engineering as part of an experiment to cure his granddaughter Maria from a deadly illness. Maria and Gerald Robotnik were killed when the government organisation G.U.N attacked, I was in stasis so I survived and later freed by Doctor Eggman.