<P> The G.U.N. Commander (司令 官, Shireikan) is the leader of the Guardian Units of Nations (G.U.N.), a major military organization in the Sonic universe . His childhood took place aboard the ARK, a massive space station that was first explored in Sonic Adventure 2, although he did not appear in that game . While there, he befriended Maria Robotnik and witnessed the creation of Shadow . His family was killed when G.U.N. attacked the ARK, and he began to harbor a deep resentment towards Shadow as a result, though he would later join the organization . He appears throughout Shadow the Hedgehog as an antagonist; he tries to kill Shadow at first, though in one of the game's branching pathways, he realizes that Shadow has no memories of the incident and lets him go . Dialogue from levels in this game indicates that he has at least one child and one grandchild . The Commander also appears in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, where he allies with the game's playable characters against the Marauders, an antagonistic nation . </P> <P> Blaze the Cat (ブレイズ ・ ザ ・ キャット, Bureizu Za Kyatto) is a purple cat princess from an alternate dimension . She has been appointed as guardian of the Sol Emeralds, her dimension's version of the Chaos Emeralds, making her role similar to that of Knuckles the Echidna . She is portrayed as calm and levelheaded, hiding her true feelings . She is sometimes "bogged down" by her own strict discipline and devotion to her position, making her appear withdrawn . Blaze can control fire, but wears a cape to conceal it as she was teased about her pyrokinetic abilities when she was young . Using the Sol Emeralds, she transforms into Burning Blaze . Blaze wears a purple dress and white tights with pink high heels and a yellow necklace . </P> <P> Blaze debuted in Sonic Rush as a playable character along with Sonic . She arrives in Sonic's dimension from another dimension along with the Sol Emeralds . While searching for the Emeralds, she befriends Sonic and Cream and helps them stop Dr. Eggman and Eggman Nega before returning to her dimension . She reappears in Sonic the Hedgehog as Silver the Hedgehog's friend during the future of Sonic's dimension . The two attempt to fix their ruined future world by traveling back in time . Blaze ends up sacrificing her life to seal Iblis, the fiery monster that has destroyed their world, inside herself, but is brought back to life at the end of the game when Sonic destroyed Iblis in his own time period . She appeared again as the main character in Sonic Rush Adventure, where Sonic and Tails are transported to her dimension and help her retrieve the "Jeweled Scepter". </P> <P> Since her first trio of games, she has been relegated to being an extra playable character in Sonic spinoffs and multiplayer games . She is an unlockable multiplayer character in the Sonic and the Secret Rings and Sonic and the Black Knight, a playable racer in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity and Sonic Free Riders and a playable athlete in all five Mario and Sonic at the Olympics games . She also appears together with Silver in Sonic Colors DS in several cutscenes and missions . </P>

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