Gerald Robotnik

"I plan to give you a taste of my revenge, once all the seven Chaos Emeralds are collected. All of you ungrateful humans, who took everything away from me, will feel my loss and despair!"

- Gerald Robotnik's final message

Doctor Gerald Robotnik was a scientist and the father of Maria and Ivo Robotnik. Gerald was asked by the United Federation to lead Project Shadow, a medical program for researching immortality, which he accepted in hopes of finding a cure for a fatal illness afflicting his daughter. In his search immortality Gerald managed to create Shadow the Hedgehog, though not without drastic measures. He was taken into custody by the military when his work was deemed too dangerous. When learning that Maria was killed by GUN, Gerald slipped into madness and spent his last days plotting revenge against humanity.