Bow Sparrow

"I am Bow Sparrow, humble woodsman, and these are my fellow Freedom Fighters."

- Bow Sparrow, Sonic Universe #46

Bow Sparrow is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. In the Post-Super Genesis Wave timeline, he is an anthropomorphic sparrow and a part of the resistance fighting against Lord Mordred Hood and his Avalon Egg Army.

In the Pre-Super Genesis Wave timeline, he was a member of the Mercian Freedom Fighters, but rose to the leadership of the group following Rob'O the Hedge's departure to parts unknown to protect his family from Dr. Eggman.

Early life
Early in his life, Bow was captured by the Mercia Dark Egg Legion and sent to Snottingham Castle until he was rescued by Rob'O the Hedge. Grateful and obedient to Rob, Bow carried on Rob's position as leader of the Mercian Freedom Fighters when the hedgehog went to hide and protect his family–Mari-An and Jon O'Hedge–from danger. Since then, Bow "carried on the King's speech in his memory", essentially meaning Bow took the language accent from Rob (that being Shakespearean).

A Friend in Need
Sometime after Rob's departure, Mighty the Armadillo and Ray the Flying Squirrel had traveled to Mercia after Mighty's sister, Matilda the Armadillo, was confirmed to be alive. As Mighty and Ray were ambushed by G.O.O.N. robots, they quickly disposed of them. Bow had found the two Chaotix members and pledge to serve the two since Bow knew about Mighty's parents and the armadillo's rough past, but Mighty shook that aside told Bow that what happened is what happened. Mighty, Ray, Bow, and the sparrow's Freedom Fighters–Thorn the Lop, Munch Rat, Alan Quail, and Friar Buck–had planned to raid the Snottingham Castle, but when the Mercia Dark Egg Legion forces ambushed the Deerwood Forest Hideaway, the heroes had halted their raiding of the castle and decided to deal with the enemies. Bow had told Mighty and Ray in the duration of the fight to go find the armadillo's sister, in which, reluctantly, Mighty and Ray left the fight to find Matilda.

Days later, Chaotix members Vector the Crocodile, Espio the Chameleon, and Charmy Bee had went to Mercia to find Mighty and Ray after letters from the two stopped coming and the Warp Ring used by Mighty and Ray was sent back to the rest of the Chaotix. However, the three Chaotix members were ambushed by G.O.O.N. robots and Mercia Dark Egg Legion forces, but, fortunately, Bow and his team arrived to help the Chaotix. Asking where Mighty and Ray where at, the Chaotix were taken to Hideaway where Bow explained that Mighty and Ray did come here earlier, but left to the Snottingham Castle. Thus, the next night, the Chaotix and the Mercia Freedom Fighters infiltrated the castle, but unbeknownst to the heroes, Lord Mordred Hood, Grandmaster of the Mercia Dark Egg Legion, was spying on them.

Thus, Bow, the Chaotix, and the rest of the Mercia Freedom Fighters traveled inside the castle. Whereas the Chaotix decided to find the computer room to look up information about Mighty's sister and Mighty's whereabouts, Bow and his team will rescue the prisoners inside the castle. The Mercia Freedom Fighters were able to sneak inside and free the prisoners, but they were caught by Lord Hood and his minions. Bow had shot an arrow at Hood, but the snake was able to dodge it. However, the arrow, being explosive, caused an explosion to occur behind Hood. As Hood used his hypnosis to attempt to defeat Bow and his team, Vector and Charmy came in to stop Hood and to bring Bow, his team, and the rest of the prisoners to the gates of the castle, where Espio would meet them with the information about Matilda thanks to the Egg Network. The Chaotix, the Mercia Freedom Fighters, and the rest of the prisoners escaped from the castle via Warp Ring right before G.O.O.N. robots and Dark Egg Legion soldiers arrived to captured them.

Later that night, as the rescued people celebrated with the Freedom Fighters and Chaotix, Bow told Espio that their debt of honor is to the Chaotix. But, Bow asked if Rob and his family where at and their status, in which Espio replied that they are free from Eggman's forces, since the evil forces have no clue where Rob is at. Bow then tells the Chaotix a bittersweet good bye and good luck on their journey to find Mighty and Ray the day after the heroes rescued the people from Snottingham Castle.

The New Leader
At some point in the Post-Super Genesis Wave timeline, Bow and his team fought against the forces of the Avalon Egg Army, led by Mordred Hood. Bow and his team were able to distract the army to where G.U.N. forces arrived to join the fight against the army.

Appearance
Bow Sparrow, as his name suggests, is an anthropomorphic sparrow with light brown and tan feathers, three tail feathers and light brown irises with black pupils. He has two shoulder-wings on each arm, colored tan. He has two hair-like whips with the tip colored tan. Bow has chest-feathers, which are colored white. Having a red vest with black edge-stripes, Bow's vest covers the lower half of his torso. He also wears brown boots with red plating on the front and back, belts around his waist and boots, and brown gloves. Bow also has a set of arrows and a bow strapped on his back.

Personality
Having been saved by Rob O' the Hedge early in life, Bow is strongly loyal to Rob, so much that Bow decided to change his dialect out of respect into one much similar to Rob's, dubbed "the king's speech" (that being Shakespearean). However, Bow seems to have trouble sometimes speaking in this dialect. This respect has also made him very dutiful, making him carry a great deal of unpleasant responsibilities.

Bow is incredibly friendly and relaxed to others, as he let the Chaotix stay at their hideout with hardly any questions asked. He also has a spirit of joyous good-fellowship as he immediately joined Alan Quail when the latter begins a song.

Powers and abilities
Like Rob, Bow is an expert archer with amazing accuracy, and his skills let him handle a variety of different arrows with ease.

Weapons
Bow possesses a fairly standard medium-sized bow and carries with him a number of arrows with different features, such as regular arrows, arrows with TNT heads and arrows with boxing glove attachments.

Trivia

 * Bow's name is a reference to both his ability and his species.
 * In Sonic Universe #46, editorial commenter Paul Kaminski stated that clue hunters needed to be on the lookout for Bow in the future, since Paul hinted that Bow might have a relation to the Babylon Rogues.
 * Bow knows the information of the past of the Kingdom of Mercia, namely the execution of Mighty's parents and Mighty's exile from the kingdom after his demonstration of power.