Black Doom (ブラック・ドゥーム[4], Burakku Dūmu?) is an antagonist from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He was the sinister leader of the Black Arms and the creator[4] of his kind. For thousands of years, Doom planned to impose terror on the earth and use the local human population as a livestock for his minions. Ultimately, however, he met his defeat at the hands of Shadow the Hedgehog, his own offspring.