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Lien-Da (born 3204)[note 1] is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. She is the Light Mobius timeline counterpart of Mobius Prime's Lien-Da. She was a seemingly retired Grandmaster of the Dark Legion and was operating in peaceful times before King Sonic altered the timeline. Seizing on the Spatial armband technology to retain her existence, she became a henchwoman under King Shadow's regime.
Prior to the timeline being altered by King Sonic, Lien-Da was living a domestic life style with her great grandfather Dimitri and her son Rutan. This life was not possible for her when growing up in the Twilight Cage. She had seemingly let go of her hatred for her half-sister Julie-Su and could casually contact her for conversation. After receiving word from Rutan that Knuckles was going to make an alliance with the Kingdom of Acorn to stop world wide destruction on the space time continuum, she confronted Rotor Walrus and Cobar. She had the latter create a device that would allow her to retain her personal history from the other time-line, the spatial armband, to survive the process of King Sonic repairing the space-time.
After the timeline was altered, Lien-Da adapted to the new timeline as the Grandmaster of the Dark Presence and an enforcer of King Shadow. After Shadow's fall at the hands of the returned King Sonic and Lara-Su, Rutan was taken away from her, and she vowed vengeance on those she felt were responsible for it. After she managed to release Shadow, he became intent on revenge and intended to release Tikhaos. When Lien-Da tried to convince him otherwise, Shadow broke her device, causing her existence to realign in the time-stream, which left her to an unknown and potentially haunting fate as she cried for Rutan.
Appearance[]
Full view of Lien-Da, from Sonic the Hedgehog #131.
Lien-Da's appearance remains mostly the same in the Light Mobius dimension. She retains her cyborg enhancements and a black leather uniform. In the altered timeline she is also seen with her whip.
Lien-Da also looks very youthful despite her current age during Light Mobius. The reasons for this are unknown, but there have been Echidnas who age at a slow pace due to their connection to the Chaos Force, such as the Brotherhood. It's also never been established the actual concrete rate at which Mobians age.
History[]
25 Years Later (Unaltered)[]
Before King Sonic's alteration of the space-time continuum, Lien-Da settled down and had a son named Rutan by an unknown father. She lived with Rutan and her grandfather Dimitri, and ascended to the rank of Grandmaster of the Dark Legion, which had been reduced to little more than a social group.[1] She hired Cobar, a brilliant Echidna mind, to be her chief scientist.[2]
Lien-Da caught her son Rutan sneaking out one night to see his girlfriend Salma (Espio's elder daughter) at Locke's Park, after Lien-Da had specifically told him not to. Lien-Da was furious, but nevertheless helped escort Salma home.[3] Later, Lien-Da questioned her son further about his whereabouts. Dimitri intervened, saying that Rutan was just a teenage boy, leading to an argument between Lien-Da and Dimitri about why he had never turned over control of the Dark Legion to her. Dimitri admitted that it was because she always acted in her own self-interest.[4]
Rutan revealed that he had overheard Knuckles and Rotor talking about the collapse of the timeline. To his surprise, Lien-Da believed him and let him go without punishment.
After confronting Rutan, Lien-Da called Julie-Su, much to her half-sister's surprise. She was connected to a three-way conversation with herself, Julie-Su, and Queen Sally. They discussed the recent weather patterns connected to what Rotor was studying, hoping to hear more about it. Julie-Su also invited Lien-Da to dinner but the offer was declined.
Lien-Da later went to confront Cobar and Rotor about their experiments. She demanded from Cobar what information he was hiding from her. After hearing about the collapsing timeline, she forced Cobar to create a device for her which would help retain her memories after King Sonic altered space-time.
25 Years Later (Altered)[]
In the altered timeline, Lien-Da used her knowledge of the old timeline to serve the new King Shadow as one of his enforcers. She was also Grandmaster of the Dark Presence, the newest incarnation of the Dark Legion. Because of her elevated status in this altered timeline, she had no interest in the future being restored to its proper order.
She was responsible for the capture of Rotor, which earned her praise from Shadow, and was later assigned to inform Shadow's chief enforcer Knuckles to capture Sonic, Tails and his daughter Lara-Su. After their capture, Lien-Da celebrated these events (particularly the apparent end of the line of Edmund) in her home, much to the disappointment of Dimitri, who was reduced in this time to a cybernetic head in a glass orb. Dimitri saw Lien-Da's alliance with Shadow as on a level with his own association with Dr. Finitevus.
Five Years Later[]
After King Shadow's fall, Rutan was apparently taken away from Lien-Da. Displaying love for her son, she was deeply upset and vengeful as a result. As part of her plans for revenge, Lien-Da had the Dark Presence create several decoys for Lara-Su so that while King Sonic gave his speech at the celebration of his five year rule, she could fire at the hedgehog with a rocket. Surprisingly, Silver the Hedgehog appeared and stopped the projectile with his psychokinesis, saving the royal family. That night, Lien-Da and the Dark Presence invaded Castle Mobius and freed King Shadow from suspended animation. When Shadow wanted to use Tikhaos for punishing the world she tried to stop him, but he ripped off her spatial armband, causing her to disintegrate, and realign in the time-stream.[5]
Personality[]
Like in the present time, Lien-Da would remain deceiving and wicked. In the unaltered timeline, she seemed to settle down with a more peaceful life but was still so much of a concern that the Brotherhood kept careful watch on her. Dimitri would often try to act as a voice of reason to her, promoting her to reestablish her relationship with Julie-Su. She was seen getting along with her half-sister as well.
In the altered timeline, Lien-Da seemed to be more brutal and darker as leader of the Dark Presence and working for the tyrannical King Shadow. She took pleasure in torturing Rotor and pride in the fact she had Lara-Su arrested by her own father. Dimitri would also describe her behavior as "despicable".
She however remains loving towards her son and their forced separation hurt her deeply. She becomes revenge-driven after King Shadow's fall and while she wishes to avoid harming Sonia and Manik if possible, she is eager to punish those she finds responsible for the current government and her situation, including Sonic and Lara-Su.
Relationships[]
Rutan[]
Lien-Da loses, from Sonic Universe #7.
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Shadow the Hedgehog[]
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Family[]
Friends/allies[]
Neutral[]
- Dimitri (great-great-grandfather)
- Julie-Su (half-sister)
- Prince Manik Acorn
- Princess Sonia Acorn
Enemies[]
- Chaotix
- Knuckles the Echidna (half-brother-in-law)
- Cobar (ex-henchman)
- Dr. Eggman
- Future Freedom Fighters
- Lara-Su (half-niece)
- King Sonic the Hedgehog
- Rotor Walrus
- Queen Sally Acorn
- King Shadow the Hedgehog (killer)
- Silver the Hedgehog
Gallery[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 As an alternate counterpart of Lien-Da Prime, this version of Lien-Da is presumably the same age.
References[]
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #131, "Mobius: 25 Years Later - Prologue"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #141
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #133
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #134
- ↑ Sonic Universe #7
External links[]
- Lien-Da (Light Mobius) at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.
| Characters | Good | Antoine D'Coolette** · Archimedes* · Argyle** · Belle D'Coolette** · Bunnie D'Coolette** · Cobar · Espio · Hope Kintobor** · Jacques D'Coolette** · Julie-Su · Kneecaps · Knuckles · Lara-Le* · Lara-Su · Manik Acorn · Maximillian Acorn · Melody Prower · Mighty · Tails · Mina Prower · Rotor · Sabre* · Sally Acorn · Sasha** · Skye Prower · Sonia Acorn · Sonic · Sojourner* · Spectre* · Wynmacher* |
| Neutral | Dimitri · Tikhaos** | |
| Evil | Dr. Eggman · E-107 Theta · Lien-Da · Misty-Re** · Shadow | |
| Other | Abby* · Amy Rose · Charmy · Demi-Na* · Dr. Finitevus** · Harry* · Jaker* · Juanita* · Locke* · Maria Robotnik** · Perriwinkle* · Riki-Le* · Rutan · Salma · Shockra* · Vector | |
| Objects | Anarchy Beryl Bomb** · Gas-gun** · Nullifier* · Spatial armband** · Tachyon Displacement Chamber | |
| Groups | Brotherhood of Guardians* · Chaotix · Dark Eyes** · Dark Hands** · Dark Presence · Mazuri Separatists** · Republic of Angel Island* | |
| Locations | Angel Island** · Castle Mobius** · Guardian Tower** · Kingdom of Acorn · Locke's Park* · Mobotropolis* · Portal | |
| Other | Elemental War** · Five Years of Peace** · News 11** | |