Introduction
Mephiles the Dark was a character and the primary antagonist from Sonic the Hedgehog.
Mephiles has three forms; the first and original was a dark, formless ooze or gas. In his second form, Mephiles appears almost identical to Shadow the Hedgehog, another Sonic character (due to using his shadow to gain a physical form), but with a grayish-blue color replacing everything that was red on Shadow, a muzzle with no mouth, and green, feral-looking eyes. His third and primary form was a crystalline, anthropomorphic hedgehog form resembling the appearance of other hedgehogs in the Sonic series, such as Sonic himself. This form has blue quill tips and red eyes with green irises, a pale muzzle and no mouth, just like his second form (minus the nose). His name was based on the one of the names of Mephistopheles related to the legend of Faust.
Story
Mephiles was created during the "Solaris Experiment" (Project Solaris) related to Elise's father. He was actually an extension of Iblis himself, his conscious part. He was sealed in the "Scepter of Darkness" by Shadow the Hedgehog, who had traveled through time to ten years before the events of the game. In the present, Dr. Eggman accidentally releases him while trying to steal the scepter from Rouge the Bat. Mephiles' true state was like Shadow's shadow. He seeks to get the Chaos Emeralds and bring pain and despair to Princess Elise, with the goals of making her cry, therefore releasing the "Flames of Disaster" (a.k.a. Iblis) and then fuse with him, becoming Solaris.
To accomplish this, he tells Silver the Hedgehog and Blaze the Cat that Sonic the Hedgehog was the cause of Iblis being released, which led to the destruction of their world. Sonic was, thus, referred to as the "Iblis Trigger". The two then promptly travel back in time to stop Sonic from inadvertently destroying the world in the future, when it was really Mephiles' plan to make Elise cry, as she cared for Sonic as a good friend.
Along the way, as all three storylines progress, the three main characters discover how Mephiles was somehow involved in the secret "Flames of Disaster", wielded by Princess Elise. Mephiles has a very pivotal role in all of the storylines, throughout the course of the game (even though he ends up battling Shadow in Shadow's story). In the Last Story, Mephiles uses a Chaos Emerald to warp to Sonic and Elise's location, then Mephiles instantly impales Sonic with a spear of energy, thus killing him. Elise cries over his death and, as a result, releases Iblis, allowing Mephiles to fuse with him and transform into Solaris.
Mephiles holds a particular hate for Shadow since it was he who sealed him in the Scepter of Darkness. Mephiles attempts to break Shadow's will to fight and join him, much like Black Doom had, by revealing that in the current future, the world, and an unwilling Omega, would turn against Shadow and imprison him (Mephiles keeps his hatred for Shadow a secret when he tries to convince him join him). However, Shadow proved immune to Mephiles' tactics, saying Shadow would determine his own destiny. Later, when Shadow learned of Mephiles's goal, he made a permanent enemy of him.
Abilities
Mephiles, in his crystalline form.Many of Mephiles's offensive techniques are based on that of past Sonic bosses. He can sink into the ground and become the shadow of his opponent (particularly Shadow's since you only fight him as Shadow, but on one level you fight Mephiles as Omega); this was not unlike King Boom Boo. Mephiles's final attack used before transforming into his Solaris form was a long energy bolt that he extends from his right hand to impale Sonic. He can also duplicate himself into an army of clones.
Mephiles also appears to have unique and almost flawless form of manipulation, as he was able to manipulate nine people (Amy, Blaze, Knuckles, Omega, Rouge, Shadow, Silver, Sonic, and Tails) across a time period of 210 years (from 10 years in the past until 200 years in the future) to get a single result in the present.
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