Shahra

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Shahra (シャーラ Shāra), also known as the Genie of the Ring (リングの魔神 Ringu no Majin), is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. She’s a special, eager young genie, despite her being 1000+ years old, from the world of the Arabian Nights, and a character from the Arabian Nights tale “Aladdin and the Magic Lamp”. During the World Ring incident, she enlisted the help of Sonic to stop the ambitions of the evil Erazor Djinn when the villain was threatening the welfare of the world of the Arabian Nights and Sonic’s universe as a whole. Shahra’s an attractive woman with tan skin, blue eyes. pointy ears with blue teardrop earrings, and pink hair with a bun on the back of her head and another ponytail that curves upwards. She wears a lavender top that only covers her front, a fuchsia sash around her waist, gold bangles on her biceps and wrists, baggy white pants, pink flats with ribbons wrapped around her legs, and a transparent cloth that’s wrapped around her waist. She was born a genie a thousand years ago on June 23rd, the same day as Sonic’s birthday, and was given a ring as her small home, and lived imprisoned inside there for a thousand years, until Aladdin released her from the ring in the story of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. At some point Shahra sensed Erazor conquering the Arabian Nights world, causing it to vanish without a trace, and she knew that a blue hedgehog would be her only hope to save this world before he’s unleashed into his world. At the beginning of Sonic and the Secret Rings, Shahra appears out of her Ring to Sonic seeking his aid. She explains that the stories of the Arabian Nights are disappearing as a result of the work of the Erazor and asks for his help, saying “Only you, the blue hedgehog, can do it.” Once he accepts, he becomes her “master” and helps to guide him through the world of the Arabian Nights. She grants Sonic special abilities and bonuses to aid the hedgehog in his quest. She appears to have a strong relationship with Erazor. She has a habit of calling Sonic “Master” (she’s likely used to calling whoever possesses the Ring her master like a genie normally would), even though he prefers her to just call him by his name. While she does have high magic power, she seems to be unable to undo the works of any of Erazor’s magic, such as the cursed flaming arrow that he embeds in Sonic’s chest. It’s hinted that she and the Erazor were once in love or were friends, but when she tells Sonic in the Last Chapter, “I just want to be back with him!” the former seems most likely. After being killed by Erazor, she’s later brought back to life with Sonic’s first wish upon Erazor’s lamp. After Sonic’s last wish (that Erazor spends eternity within his lamp) is granted, Shahra cries, overcome with grief at both her betrayal of Sonic and the loss of Erazor, in an act of compassion, wishes for a mountain of handkerchiefs so that she can cry as long as she needs to, which was a reference to the beginning of the story.