Shadaria

"You used to have so much fun here, remember?"

- Maria Robotnik to Shadow, Shadow the Hedgehog (game)

Shadaria is the het ship between Shadow and Maria from the Sonic the Hedgehog fandom.

Canon
Shadow is a creature that was created to help make a cure for Maria's fatal illness. The two of them were raised alongside each other on board the Space Colony ARK, they formed a very close bond and were like siblings to each other. Maria is, is by far the one person that made Shadow the happiest, and they shared the same dream; to visit Earth.

Unfortunately, Maria was shot and killed by G.U.N, who deemed Project Shadow to be too big a threat to the world. They eliminated everything they could in relation to the project, including the people. Her last parting words were "Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog," Shadow still stays strong to keep his promise to her no matter what and mourned her death.

This backstory is roughly the same in all canons where Shadow appears, excluding Sonic Boom.

In some canons, Shadow has felt some kind of fondness for girls who remind him of Maria. Examples include Molly from Sonic X and Hope Kintobor from the Pre-Super Genesis Wave Archie Comics, the latter of whom was actually related to Maria. In addition, in Sonic Adventure 2, it was Amy's words reminding him of Maria that convinced him to save the world.

Fanon
This ship is one of the most popular ships for Shadow along with Shadamy and Shadouge. A common fan fiction storyline for this pairing is a story where Maria is brought back to life as a hedgehog.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Shadow/Maria on FanFiction.Net
 * Shadow/Maria on FanFiction.Net

DEVIANTART

INSTAGRAM

PIXIV
 * shadria tag on Pixiv
 * shadaria tag on Pixiv
 * シャダリア tag on Pixiv

TUMBLR

TWITTER

Trivia

 * The co-creator of Shadow and writer of Sonic Adventure 2, Shiro Maekawa, retweets Shadaria fanart on Twitter.