Saturday, February 04, 2006

Character Profile - Sapphire the Bat

Sapphire the bat

Appearance: Female bat. Not too different from Rouge. Has blue fur and dresses for practicality and to hide her appearance rather that to seduce.

Clothes: Currently undecided on exactly what she wears, except that clothing is practical and concealing to match her spy and assassin lifestyle. She has a sword strap similar to Joz's, with strong black boots.

Strengths and Abilities: She can fly using her wings and can handle extreme temperatures. She has an intense rivalry with Joz the bat and knows all of his moves. She usually does research on all her opponents before facing them. She is a master of martial arts and has lots of skill with a blade. She is cold, ruthless and professional with all the skills and agility normally associated with bat type creatures. As a member of GASH (the Guild for Assassins, Spies and Hunters) she has aquired many skills associated with spies, bounty hunters and assassins. She is the leader of the Deadly gems because she has mastered these skills more than her 3 teammates, Diamond the Rabbit, Emerald the Chameleon and Ruby Rose.

Weaknesses: Besides her sword she has no gadgets. She relies entirely on her skills unlike Joz who is supported with his Armour, Stealth and Jet wing modes. She can also he overconfident and unprepared for the unexpected. Joz took advantage of this when he first beat her using his new technique the Shadow blade. Also unlike Shadow for example, she had no extreme strengths like extreme speed of strength.

Gadgets: Her Blade is her only gadget. Name pending. The Blade is a standard katana. She is also said to have small daggers on her boots that are normally hidden until she needs to use them.

History: Not much is known about her past. She joined GASH at a young age and developed the skills she needs to become a legendary mercenary. Unfortunately this has not been enough to earn her the title of Master and because of this she is envious of Joz and despises him. She is generally called upon for missions Joz won't take or when GUN know Joz wouldn't take them. Most notably the attack on ARK was led by Sapphire.

Rivals: Joz the Bat aka Master hunter, a male bat who got his title from being the best bounty and treasure hunter in the world. Shadow the Hedgehog, once her secret was revealed Shadow became more threatening to her than Joz.

Link to Sonic's World: She is Rouge's Grandmother. You know Rouge right? The bat in Sonic adventure 2 who is obssessed with Jewels. She is a decendant of both Joz and Sapphire.

Other notes: Blue is my favourite colour, the gem Sapphire is blue, this is where her name comes from. Her name went through many changes, Blade, Sharpedge, Jewel. Eventually I picked Sapphire and to introduce her I suddenly came up with the idea of the Deadly Gems. The idea behind her leading the attack on ARK was to make the Episode "Hunters" a little more interesting. It also helped in making her an enemy of the 3 Shadows as whole, not just Joz. I want her to have all the traits Rouge has that Joz doesn't, like the spy skills and deviousness.

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