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Blaze the Cat (ブレイズ・ザ・キャット, Bureizu za Kyatto?) is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. She is an anthropomorphic cat from the Earth of another dimension, where she is the imperial princess[8] of the Sol Empire and the guardian of the Sol Emeralds, similar to a shrine maiden.[9] Despite her position of power, Blaze tends to leave her castle to act freely and independently.[9] As her name suggests, she is gifted with the power of pyrokinesis, which lets her create and manipulate fire at will. Possibly thanks her sheer strength, Blaze often acts without her royal guards to protect her.[9] Blaze is normally calm and elegant but tends to conceal her true feelings. Devoted to her position, she sometimes gets herself bogged down by her own strict discipline, which made her anti-social, shy, and unfamiliar with the concept of having friends. After spending time with Amy and Cream and meeting Sonic, Blaze has discovered the value of friendship, allowing her to accomplish tasks for the good of her people and the innocent which she could never do alone. Despite the initial boundaries separating them, Blaze now travels freely between her dimension and Sonic's to visit her friends. Blaze was designed as an equivalent yet alternate reflection of Sonic's character. Concept art of Blaze shows her with various designs, including several Arab-inspired outfits such as a shalwar and a midriff top,[11] though this was eventually changed to a Takarazuka-like outfit instead.[12] An early character spreadsheet for Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) also mentions that she always wears a cloak to hide her flames to avoid bullying, but this is not the case in the games, so it was likely cut.[12][13] This was later clarified by the concept art gallery in the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations, which shows a concept of Blaze wearing a white and pink cloak. Blaze is a slim, lavender-furred anthropomorphic cat with golden eyes with two long eyelashes each, a small black nose, and a white-furred muzzle. She has triangular ears with peach-colored canals on top of her head, and a long tail with the end frayed and violet. Her fur is longer on each side of her head and sweeps slightly upwards, and she has four plumes of hair with violet tips tied-up into a high ponytail by a red hair tie. She also has a red oval gem on her forehead. For attire, Blaze wears a gold collar hanging from her neck, a purple tailcoat with rose trim at the bottom, white leggings, white gloves and high-heeled rose ankle boots, as both of them have white fluffy cuffs on them. Her boots also featured a thick white stripe on each of the front, and gray soles and heels.