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Black Doom is the leader of the Black Arms and the oldest member of his species. He is a highly ruthless, sadistic, manipulative, and power-hungry tyrant. He regards humans as pathetic creatures that will lead themselves to their own extinction, and always looks down on them and their technology. He has neither affection nor sympathy for anybody or anything, specially his enemies. The Black Arms are Black Doom’s own spawn and appear to operate with an insect-like hive intelligence, seemingly preventing any attempts to challenge Black Doom for leadership.

Fifty years prior to Shadow the Hedgehog, Black Doom formed a sort of alliance with Gerald Robotnik. He and Gerald created the Ultimate Lifeform, Shadow, in order to expand Gerald’s research and help Black Doom retrieve the Chaos Emeralds. Shadow was created from Black Doom’s blood, giving him access to Black Doom’s Chaos Control abilities.

In the beginning of the game, Black Doom appears as a hologram projected by Doom’s Eye (his third eye), to inform Shadow the Hedgehog. Black Doom claimed that “the day of reckoning” has arrived and unleashes the Black Arms on Westopolis. Shadow figures Black Doom will reveal his past if he follows Doom’s orders, so he rushes into the city to seek him out. Black Doom uses Shadow throughout the game in order to retrieve the Chaos Emeralds for him. He continuously pressures Shadow to denounce the home he has made on earth and swear allegiance to the Black Arms.

Black Doom possesses a large amount of mystical abilities. He can telepathically give someone like Shadow the illusion of going back to another time and place, and can sense energies, a person’s presence, and their inner thoughts and emotions. He also possesses a mental link with Shadow due to Shadow being created from him; he failed in his attempt to use mind control on Shadow.

Black Doom has not made a proper appearance in a game since Shadow the Hedgehog, but has made minor appearances in the Archie comics series.

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