Julie-Su

Julie-Su was born the daughter of Luger and his second wife, Mari-Su. Almost as soon as she was born, Julie-Su's half brother Kragok, and his twin-sister Lien-Da, despised her and her mother, and Luger wasn't far behind for bringing the two of them into the family. She was virtually ignored by Luger as he carried out his duties as Grandmaster of the Dark Legion, and only her mother appeared to truly love her.

When Mari-Su died from an unexpected accident (whether Lien-Da and Kragok may have taken part in the "accident" is unknown), Julie-Su's memory was wiped by Kragok and Lien-Da. They had greater plans for the Dark Legion and had no desire for their detested sibling to share in them, so an elderly echidna couple, Simon and Floren-Ca, took care of Julie-Su and treated her as their own daughter.

For most of her life, Julie-Su grew up in a loving environment, unaware of the truth that Simon and Floren-Ca were warned never to reveal. Yet she constantly wondered why something felt missing in her life. Holding back these feelings, she later became a support troop when she was thirteen.

When the Dark Legion and Knuckles eventually clashed, the results were a destroyed headquarters and complex and an angry Julie-Su, separated from her compatriots. Upon discovering Vector the Crocodile, she attacked him, drawing Knuckles the Echidna, Mighty the Armadillo, Espio the Chameleon, and Charmy Bee to her. Later on, she faced Knuckles alone, and was forced to work together with him after a brief battle, during which her identity as a girl surprised Knuckles. Because of her association with the Dark Legion, Julie-Su was mistrusted at first, but gradually won over the Chaotix, Knuckles, Lara-Le and Locke's respect and friendship. At first, this didn't include Vector, but the two later reconciled (to some extent) during Knuckles' brief stay in the afterlife.

Julie-Su discovered the truth about her past and developed a more romantic involvement with Knuckles, due to their unacknowledged recognition through a sixth sense the Echidnas refer to as the "Soultouch". This relationship developed when they briefly found themselves the only members of the Chaotix remaining on Mobius proper as a result of the effects of the Quantum Beam. Together with the other Chaotix, she has left Angel Island to live on the surface in Knothole Village, working freelance with the Freedom Fighters. This has led to her participation in battles against various enemies, including the Metal Sonic Troopers, Destructix, Mammoth Mogul, and Ixis Naugus. She later takes Amy Rose under her wing, teaching her skills that likely aided the pink Hedgehog in uncovering the relationship between Fiona Fox and Scourge the Hedgehog.

Julie-Su later became one of the prisoners taken by Eggman during the destruction of Knothole, joining the rest of the Chaotix and many of the Freedom Fighters in the Egg Grape Chamber. She was quickly freed in an ensuing rescue mission mounted by Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, NICOLE, and Amy. Together with the rest of the freed prisoners, she was transported to New Mobotropolis by Dr. Robotnik's redirected teleportation beam; shortly afterwards, she and the other Chaotix helped to defeat Robotnik's Egg Beater battlesuit.

As if the Egg Fleet's bombardment of the new city weren't stressful enough, Julie-Su found herself confronted once again with the menace of Enerjak, whom she had met shortly after her first encounter with Knuckles. Brought to life by the machinations of rogue Dark Legion scientist Dr. Finitevus, the reborn Enerjak gave Julie-Su even greater cause for worry as it conincided with Knuckles' disappearance, and after she had begged him not to travel to Angel Island alone. Upon learning that the Chaotix would not be sent to Angel Island to look for him, she led the others in an attempt to escape New Mobotropolis, but Sally managed to convince them to remain behind, placating the angry Echidna with the promise that Sonic the Hedgehog and Tails would go to look for Knuckles. Julie then watched through a probe sent by NICOLE as Enerjak defeated the Dingoes and the Dark Legion, and was the only Legionnaire - former or otherwise - who didn't have her cybernetic parts removed by Enerjak's power in the first wave, during which he also sent most of the transformed Legionnaires and the other Echidnas to Albion.

Enerjak then arrived in New Mobotropolis, by which point Julie became convinced that Knuckles had died at his hands. She attacked in a rage, not caring what happened to her so long as she could avenge her love's demise. But then Enerjak revealed the full horror to her and the other defenders of the city: Knuckles couldn't have been killed by the new Enerjak, because he had become the new Enerjak. After he explained his plans to remove all technology from Mobius and thus establish peace, she tried to convince him to abandon his madness. Furious, he tried to force her to share his vision by restoring her body to a fully organic state, but was thwarted by the arrival of Sonic. She and the other Chaotix and Freedom Fighters were then caught in a pitched battle as first Sonic and then Shadow the Hedgehog fought Enerjak, only to be defeated by the super-powered Echidna. Luckily for the already damaged city of New Mobotropolis, the Egg Fleet arrived and captured Enerjak, beaming him to a new Egg Grape Chamber so that his power could be used by Dr. Robotnik to fuel his own schemes.

Julie had little time to worry over Knuckles' fate, however, before Locke brought her and Sonic to a secret facility where the Brotherhood of Guardians had stored a powerful weapon as a precaution against Enerjak's return. Locke's intentions for the pair were obvious: his plan was to have them use this weapon to kill Enerjak. Vehemently opposed to this course of action, Julie-Su was surprised when Sonic apparently decided to cooperate. Before she could ask the Hedgehog for an explanation, however, Locke led them right into a battle with the Destructix, led by Scourge the Hedgehog and Fiona Fox. For all their skills, the trio couldn't defeat them, and Archimedes, Knuckles and Locke's mentor, intervened. Julie-Su's doubts in Sonic were unjustified as he then destroyed the weapon Locke had been seeking, not willing to kill his friend in order to stop him. She was then left behind as Sonic left to face Enerjak, using the Master Emerald to become Super Sonic.

Locke was still of the opinion that Knuckles had to be destroyed, but Julie cut him to the quick by accusing him of hating his own son. Leaving him to ponder that shocking possibility, Julie went to confront Dr. Finitevus, intent on making him change Knuckles back. The mad doctor laughed at the suggestion, saying that he couldn't because his spell could only be undone by the sacrifice of a life. More than willing to die for her love, Julie-Su was about to attack, but was stopped by first Archimedes, and then Locke. After a brief battle with Finitevus, Julie watched as Locke made his way to the Emerald and undid the spell, promising Locke that she would tell Knuckles the reasons behind his actions and that Knuckles would understand why he had done what he had. With Knuckles freed and Finitevus fled, Julie and Sonic were both eager to return to New Mobotropolis-but Knuckles refused, saying that it was now his duty to watch over the Master Emerald, even if he had to do so alone.