Lanolin’s Reconciliation

Lanolin the Sheep is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by IDW Publishing. She is an anthropomorphic sheep from Riverside which would be attacked by a Death Crab and after seeing the good impact Sonic and Amy brought, she would become a member of the Restoration and help out wherever she is needed. She is responsible for the creation of the second generation of Diamond Cutters with Tangle and Whisper.

APPEARANCE

Lanolin is an anthropomorphic sheep with cloudy white wool on her head for hair, a light tan muzzle with a black/salmon nose, and slate blue eyes with light powder blue sclera and two eyelashes on each one. She possesses black/brown pointy and stubby horns on top of her head, droopy medium-long ears with light tan canals, and black/brown hoof stubs for fingertips. She also has a large tuft of wool on her forehead while the rest of her hair is kept in four buns by yellow hairties.

She wears a yellow-orange sleeveless shirt and wears a bell around her neck, along with some green military-esc pants. The boots she wears are brown with yellow soles and hints of yellow on the tongue. She also wears a brown belt around her pants, and wears fingerless gloves. The tip of her fingers also have some black on them.

PERSONALITY

Lanolin has a helpful and hardworking mindset, as she is willing to do many tasks for the Restoration. She is good at following orders but is very formal about it. As such, Jewel and others have to remind her to not act so official while greeting them. Lanolin also appears to get startled easily, whether it is from Badniks to being called by her boss. She also prefers to make sure she and her group are prepared and have a plan ready before going in for an assault against their enemies, and is therefore easily flabbergasted by the blatant recklessness of heroes like Sonic and Tangle. Lanolin prefers to do things that do not have a lot of risk but is willing to put herself in danger when needed. Lanolin recognizes when others are hurting and is willing to help them out. She has also admitted to having an issue with being bossy.

Lanolin is described in that just like Tangle, she was inspired by Sonic's acts of heroism, causing her to join the Restoration. However, she started to grow frustrated in secret over how the organization started to focus on humanitarian efforts and how Sonic and his friends dealt with Eggman, wanting them to focus on dealing with attacks from criminals with a direct approach, instead of waiting for them to strike first.

She takes her duties as a new member of the Diamond Cutters seriously. Unfortunately, due to stress with organizing the team, she comes across as cold and abrasive despite having good intentions, such as not checking on her friends' well-being. She also has some difficulty listening to her team, such as not looking into Silver or Whisper's accusations or not having concerns on how Team Sonic's boards mysteriously malfunctioned, as well as having a sense for being stubborn which makes her react poorly to how certain people act. However, after Duo is exposed as Mimic and she realizes that he had been manipulating her, she becomes much less stubborn and more open, apologizing to Tangle and Whisper and admits that she made mistakes and that they might not want her to be their leader. When Tangle and Whisper claim they will still work together to save the people in the event, Lanolin is very grateful. She eventually realizes, alongside Jewel, that what the Restoration is truly about is the people.

Afterwards, in a meeting with the Diamond Cutters, Lanolin not only apologized, but showed that after the fiasco of the Clean Sweepstakes race she was humbled. Not only did she acknowledge that she only has herself to blame when her own team and boss had no reason to trust her for being easily manipulated by Mimic, but also that her own frustrations blinded her that the Restoration focusing on humanitarian efforts was for a good reason. And that despite having the idea of leading a group she had no idea how to, now with this experience changing her she wanted to start over with her team on better terms.