Wechnia (Elements of Power)

This page is about Wechnia's depiction in SolarBlaze's sprite comic and Knuckles' Chaotix: Elements of Power continuity.

Backstory
In this continuity, Wechnia is a creation of Dr. Robotnik's that's been around since the events of Knuckles' Chaotix. He was meant to be the doctor's first "big" project since Metal Sonic. After building the Newtrogic High Zone and luring Knuckles and the Chaotix to Carnival Island/Isolated Island, Robotnik intended to capture them in order to obtain data samples to use for his creation, which he has codenamed the "White Echidna Project". Originally, Robotnik intended to gather data from all members of the Chaotix team, but he only had the chance to add Knuckles the Echidna's and Mighty the Armadillo's before Wechnia came to life and escaped from his rest tube before the doctor had the chance to add the finishing touches.

After escaping from his rest tube and wandering around the Newtrogic High Zone base, Wechnia eventually came across the Chaotix team (including Heavy and Bomb), and got acquainted with them. They all introduced themselves to him, but he was unable to do the same thing in return, since he didn't have any idea who he was (since at the time, he was unnamed), where he came from, or what his purpose was. From there, the group decided to come up with a name for him. By combining the words "white" and "echidna", "Wechnia" was what they chose in the end, and he decided to go by that from now on. From that moment on (much to Robotnik's dismay), Wechnia agreed to fight alongside them and became a member of the Chaotix team.

Eventually, with all eight heroes (including Heavy and Bomb) banded together, they managed to venture through the five Zones, collect the six Chaos Rings, and defeat Metal Sonic in a final showdown, thus spoiling Robotnik's plans. Much later on, after Knuckles and the Chaotix disbanded and went their separate ways, it was soon revealed that Wechnia's lifespan was only temporary, since he was an unfinished prototype at the time, and as such, he did not have a source of energy to continue sustaining his life. As a result, he ended up passing away (only to be brought back later on).

Knuckles' Chaotix: The Emerald Hunt
Many years later, after Wechnia's aforementioned "death" took place, Dr. Robotnik was busy pondering, trying to come up with his new world domination scheme, and caught a glimpse of Knuckles, Espio, Charmy, and Vector searching for broken pieces of the Master Emerald. From there, the doctor thought all the way back to the events of Knuckles' Chaotix, and ended up remembering the "White Echidna Project", and how he never had a chance to finish it. He then decided that he was going to use the Master Emerald for its revival, so that he could complete the project and use Wechnia's powers to aid him in his quest for world domination, as he had originally intended. He then decided to "hire" Nack the Weasel/Fang the Sniper (as well as Bean the Dynamite) to steal the Master Emerald for him.

After the two of them were finished collecting them, and after the doctor had double-crossed them both, he, Heavy, and Bomb (who were pretending to side with Robotnik at the time), wasted no time and hurried to the next room to revive Wechnia right away. After doing that and explaining his purpose to him, Wechnia refused to take orders from Robotnik, and decided to attack. When the doctor questioned him regarding why Wechnia decided to oppose him, the latter then went on to explain that he considered all humans to be corrupt and evil, stating that the world would be a better place without them. As such, Wechnia opted to dispose of all humans, starting with Robotnik. Before he had a chance to finish him off, the doctor quickly fled in his Egg -O- Matic Hovercraft to warn Knuckles, the Chaotix, and company, and ended up forming another of his temporary alliances with them.

Sometime later, Wechnia attempted to persuade Heavy and Bomb into joining him in his rebellion against humanity, assuring them that it was for the sake of peace for all animals on the planet. However, the two of them refused, and told him that he was out of mind for proposing such a thing. Wechnia then labeled the two of them as enemies, and was getting ready to strike them, only for Knuckles, the Chaotix, and Rouge to arrive on the scene just in time to stop him.

Throughout the rest of the story, Knuckles engaged Wechnia in an emerald-powered showdown in outer space. Knowing that the Master Emerald was his only weakness, Knuckles attempted to shatter it again, but Wechnia put a protective barrier over the gem to protect both it and himself from getting harmed. However, thanks to the rest of the Chaotix (as well as everyone else who transported rings to Knuckles via the space transporter), the barrier disappeared, and Knuckles was able to shatter the Master Emerald.

Defeated and weakened, Wechnia questioned Knuckles, asking why he fought against him, stating that he was only doing what he thought was best for the animals; saving them from the humans' acts of cruelty. Knuckles then replied, saying that even though there are bad humans in the world, not all animals are necessarily good, citing Nack the Weasel as a prime example. Shortly before Wechnia "died" (again), Knuckles was able to get through to him with their little talk, and made him understand that even though his intentions were noble, he was going about it the wrong way. Wechnia then apologized, saying that he hopes to someday atone for the wrong he's done.

Later on that day, Knuckles decided to take Wechnia back to the altar (knowing that he's learned his lesson), and used the Master Emerald's power to revive him.