The Snowy Kingdom and the Tiger (Sonic Adventure 3: GX)

Template:Construction/NewThis page contains the story of Knuckles the Echidna in full detail, in the game Sonic Adventure 3: GX. Secondary characters in Knuckles' story involve Julie-Su and Big the Cat, who have their own gameplay style and levels. Note that not all Sacred Treasures are found automatically after completing a stage, but some are hidden in Adventure Fields.

Knuckles' story is chiefly inspired from that of the Archie comics. Most of the characters and locations remain the same, but slightly altered to match the chronological events of the series' games. The story's title is The Snowy Kingdom and the Tiger, the Snowy Kingdom being Angel Island and the Tiger being Knuckles, symbolically speaking.

Stages in Knuckles' Storline

Knuckles has 21 levels in Story Mode, Julie-Su has 12, Big has 5 and there are 11 Bosses in total.

1. Tropical Sanctuary (Knuckles)
2. Lost Paradise (Knuckles), Boss: Dark Egg Legion Squad 1# (Knuckles)
3. 00's Boulevard (Knuckles)
4. Chaotic Casino (Knuckles)
5. Mad Terminal (Knuckles)
6. Dumm Jummai (Knuckles), Boss: Beast of Xenin (Knuckles)
7. Blue Bay (Knuckles, Julie-Su)
8. Rail Mountain (Knuckles, Julie-Su), Boss: Fang the Sniper (Julie-Su)
9. Scrap Fortress (Knuckles, Julie-Su)
10. Sky Squadron (Knuckles, Julie-Su), Boss: Egg Viceroy
11. Tropical Sanctuary (Big the Cat)

More coming soon...

Knuckles' Story

Time has passed since Immarius and the Gravitus attacked the Angel Island and destroyed most of its cities. Teotihuacan has now been abandoned and its inhabitants have created colonies on the surface of the island and are now living peacefully.

Knuckles is seen gliding over the Angel Island. We hear from his thoughts that he has signed a peace treaty with the Dingoes and is now heading back to the village to meet up with his father Locke. Upon arriving at the village, Knuckles is welcomed by his clan and father but before they can say much, the village is attacked by an army of black hooded figures who cause havoc and destruction in the island. They burn down the houses and captivate as many Echidnas as they can. Knuckles tries to fight them back but is eventually disabled by one of their firearms and has his father kidnapped by them. Locke throws a key at Knuckles and tells him to go quickly to the Mystic Ruins and find a guy named Archimedes. After Knuckles gets up to his feet, he witnesses all the damage done to the village and his people. Determined, Knuckles follows his father's instructions and heads to the Mystic Ruins hoping to uncover the mystery behind this sudden attack and rescue his father and clan.

Adventure Field: Angel Island

(You will have to talk to the townspeople first. You will encounter some frightened Echidna villagers who will give some information about what has happened. They will tell you to go to the Tropical Sanctuary and will point you to its location).

Stage 1: Tropical Sanctuary (Knuckles)

At the Mystic Ruins, Knuckles finds himself in the remains of an ancient temple. He spots an opening in the wall looking like a lock and tries to open it using the key his father gave to him. After unlocking it, he finds a letter, opens it and reads it. It is a letter from his father Locke. It starts off by saying: " Knuckles, my son, by the time you will be reading this, the entire Brotherhood of Guardians (except Knuckles of course) will have died and grave danger will have pledged in time but now, he must go to Teotihuacan and find Archimedes, an old and trusted friend of his who will instruct Knuckles what to do and will answers some of his questions on what is happening. The letter ends with the phrase "I have faith in you, your father, Locke". Saddened but encouraged, Knuckles stays loyal to his father's commands and heads to Teotihuacan to find Archimedes.

Stage 2: Lost Paradise (Knuckles)

Knuckles arrives at Teotihuacan, which he remembers since the events from The Chronicles of Sonic the Hedgehog: Rise of the Heroes. As he wanders around the place, he is approached by a tiny, red ant, who immediately recognizes Knuckles from his crescent fur patch on his thorax and introduces himself to him as Archimedes, the fire ant. He tells Knuckles to come with him quickly as it is not safe to speak there and takes Knuckles to a hideout located under the ruins of Teotihuacan. After reaching a safe zone, they enter a chamber which is different from the rest of Teotihuacan, having a more futuristic appearance. Archimedes tells Knuckles that this is the Grand Conservatory an undeground base built for storage of the Echidna tribe and by the Guardians. Teotihuacan, which is where the Grand Conservatory is, was called Haven by the Brotherhood of Guardians and

Archimedes

was their base of operations on Angel Island. Archimedes is a friend of Locke and a close confident of the Brotherhood of Guardians for many years, as were his forefathers before him and his entire family. They have been assisting the Echidnas with their projects and missions for many years and are known as the Fire Ants. Archimedes tells Knuckles that the Angel Island and possibly the entire world is in grave danger now that an "old" threat has appeared and is in search of the "Enerjak Suit", a suit made by the Gods millenia ago of divine powers with unimaginable potential. The suit was used for good by the Brotherhood of Guardians but now that they have all died or captured, the suit is in danger od falling into the wrong hands and causive great destruction. However, the Brotherhood had forseen this evil and managed to hide it out of plain sight, making it possible only for the last Guardian of the Master Emerald to find it by gathering all of the Sacred Treasures of the Brotherhood of Guardians, which were used to seal the chamber containing the almighty suit. Now, Knuckles must travel to various locations and retreive these Sacred Treasures to uncover the suit before it is stolen. Knuckles agrees to this task but asks how it is possible to find all of the treasures. Archy replies by saying that his family, the Fire Ants hid them according to the Brotherhood's orders and therefore knows most of their locations. He will aid Knuckles to the Sacred Treasures. But before long, they hear noises coming outside. Archy gives Knuckles the first of the treasures, which was given to him for safe keeping and they escape Haven only to be ambushed by a group of Dark Legionaires.

Boss 1: Dark Legion Squad 1# (Knuckles)

(Upon defeating them, you will be awarded with a Sacred Treasure; this happens most of the times when you defeat a Boss or if you search well enough in the Adventure Fields).

Knuckles and Archimedes head to the altar of the Angel Island and after having a quick discussion, Archimedes instructs Knuckles to head to the city where the next treasure is hidden.

Adventure Field: Angel Island

While on their way to the city, but still on Angel Island, the two are attacked by a Dark Legion squad once again. Knuckles manages to defeat most of the Dark Legionares. Some of them manage to escape. Knuckles catches a

Knuckles and Julie-Su's first interaction

Dark Legionaire and is about to harm him, until the mask falls of, revealing to be a female echidna. Knuckles gets embarassed and apologizes for his actions. He asks her what she's after and what her name is. Enraged, the mysterious female echidna gets to her feet and escapes leaving Knuckles unanswered and confused. However, as she escapes, Knuckles spots an interesting item in her pocket resembling a Sacred Treasure. He tells Archimedes that they should continue with their mission and so they do.

Adventure Field: Central City

Stage 3: 00's Boulevard (Knuckles)

(Talk to the townspeople, they will tell you that the treasure you are seeking for is located at the Museum. Head there. Afterwards, Archimedes will tell you that you cannot steal the treasure and must acquire it in another way. Talk again to the townspeople and they will tell you of an exact replica located at Casinopolis. Head there and take it to replace it with the actual one in the museum).

Stage 4: Chaotic Casino (Knuckles)

(Head back to the Museum to acquire the Sacred Treasure).

After successfully acquiring the Sacred Treasure from the Museum, Knuckles and Archimedes spot the echidna they saw earlier at the Angel Island heading to the train station. Knuckles gets a feeling that she is somehow connected to their mission and convinces Archimedes to go after her.

Stage 5: Mad Terminal (Knuckles)

On board the train, Knuckles and Archimedes are assaulted by more Dark Legionaires, who blast the train out of its tracks. After the train crashes, the two find themselves in a futuristic city near the coastline. Knuckles and Archimedes decide to explore the area.

Stage 6: Dumm Jummai (Knuckles)

It is now night time. Knuckles and Archimedes reach the old market near the harbour, which is crowded with people and merchants. Suddenly, the crowd disperses in panic and gunshots are heard. Knuckles follows the sound of the gunshots and finds himself face to face with a cybernetic echidna with an army of Dark Legionaires with him. He introduces himself as Xenin, servant of Dr. Finitevus and points his gun to Knuckles. The two battle each other.

Boss 2: Beast of Xenin (Knuckles)

During the battle, Knuckles is nearly killed by Xenin's warriors when out of a sudden, the same echidna Knuckles and Archimedes saw earlier appears and launches a ferocious attack against Xenin. Xenin, however, takes out a warp ring from his pocket and uses it to create a portal and disappear with his soldiers. Having defeated the Beast of Xenin, Knuckles acquires yet another Sacred Treasure (it was probably in Xenin's possession). Enraged, Knuckles demands an apology from the echidna for interfering with his battle and to reveal her identity. The two start quarreling until Archimedes intervenes and introduces them to each other, as he already knows both of them since they where children. She is introduced as Julie-Su the Echidna. However, as it is night time, Archimedes suggests they go find somewhere to rest and continue tommorow. He insists that Julie-Su join them, which she does since she is injured by Xenin, and the three find shelter in the harbour. After things get calmer, Knuckles asks to know more information about her and her goals. Julie-Su replies by saying that Xenin is her brother and that both were members of the Dark Legion, a powerful army of cybernetic Echidnas controlled by Dr. Finitevus. Eventually she escaped, but her brother stayed behind, as Dr. Fnitevus had poisoned his mind and had made him his right hand man. She vowed to hunt down Dr. Finitevus and rescue her brother. Earlier, she disguised herself as a Dark Legionaire to go undercover until Knuckles attacked her. She also reveals to him some information about Dr. Finitevus until Knuckles asks her about that objects she has in her pocket. Julie-Su says that it is one of the Sacred Treasures of the Brotherhood of Guardians given to her by her great grandfather, who was a Guardian of the Master Emerald. Julie-Su gives it to Knuckles after learning of his goal and therefore, Knuckles collects one more of the Sacred Treasures.  

A cutscene follows. We are introduced to Dr. Finitevus in his laboratory (location unknown), where he is

Finitevus and Dimitri next to their victims.

examining test subjects, namely Echidnas (which he captured after invading the island). As he is working, we see Dimitri floating by him. Finitevus explains to him that he is examining the Echidnas to discover their bloodline and how they are affected to Chaos energy. After a talk, Dimitri informs Finitevus not to forget what their true intentions are. Finitevus reminds him that they teamed up in the first place to acquire the Enerjak suit and grant Dimitri immortality, since he is slowly losing his life. The camera zooms at one of Finitevus' victims, who is Dimitri's own son The cutscene then ends.

The next day, Knuckles and Archimedes continue with their quest on finding the Sacred Treasures. After a talk, Julie-Su is convinced to join them so that she can achieve her goals more easily and rescue her brother. Archimedes points the next location, the sea. They head there.

Stage 7: Blue Bay (Knuckles, Julie-Su)

The trio finds yet another Sacred Treasure but before long, they are assaulted by infamous bounty hunter Fang the Sniper, who mistakens the treasure for an Albion artifact and steals it. He then escapes to the mountains to reach Eggman's fleet. Knuckles, Julie-Su and Archimedes pursue him.

Stage 8: Rail Mountain (Knuckles, Julie-Su)

Boss 3: Fang the Sniper (Julie-Su)

With the help of Dark Legionaires, Fang manages to escape to Eggman's fleet, which passes right above the mountains. The three decide to go after it.

Adventure Field: Central City

(After talking to the locals, you will be informed that Eggman's fleet is heading to the E.G.G. Metropolis).

Adventure Field: E.G.G. Metropolis

Stage 9: Scrap Fortress (Knuckles, Julie-Su)

The heroes have now infiltrated Dr. Eggman's base. They see Dr. Eggman boarding the Egg Fleet with his troops, which has now landed there and takes off again. Julie-Su suggests they take a small shuttle and pursue the fleet.

Stage 10: Sky Squadron (Knuckles, Julie-Su)

There is a cutscene which shows Dr. Eggman and Fang on board the Egg Fleet. Fang gives Eggman the reasure he believes is an artifact and hands it over to Dr. Eggman. Eggman, knowing that this is not what he is after, yells at Fang and orders him to do better job and throws the treasure down to the Earth.

At the deck, Knuckles, Archimedes and Julie-Su confront Eggman himself in his mech. Knuckles demands his treasure but Eggman replies by saying that he does not know what he's talking about and prepares to launch them out of his fleet.

Boss 4: Egg Viceroy (Knuckles)

Eggman seizes Knuckles and Julie-Su and renders them immobile, losing their consciousness. Having panicked, Archimedes returns to the shuttle and escapes in order to find help, but is blasted down by Eggman's cannons and crash lands in the jungle.

The story switches to Big the Cat, who is riding a caravan pulled by a donkey in the jungle of the Mystic Ruins. The caravan bumps into something which causes Big to stop and check the ground. He finds that he bumped into a treasure, the Sacred Treasure that Eggman threw from the aircraft. At that moment, Big hears an explosion coming from deep within the jungle which scares Froggy and causes him to run away. Big chases after him.

Stage 11: Tropical Sanctuary (Big the Cat)

Big and Froggy end up in the crash site of Archimedes' shuttle. Inside, they find Archimedes, whom Froggy tries to eat, but Big does not let him. Archimedes tells Big that Knuckles and Julie-Su have been kidnapped by Dr. Eggman. Big decides to head to the Cat Kingdom in the Mystic Ruins to seek help. He takes Archimedes with him.

Adventure Field: Angel Island

Stage 12: Olive Retreat (Big the Cat)

While heading to the Cat Kingdom, Big and Archimedes encounter Xenin with his army of Dark Legionaires. They follow them in secret until they reach a gigantic fortress situated within the jungle. There, they see Eggman's army handing over Knuckles and Julie-Su to the Dark Legionaires and head inside the base. Archimedes concludes that Eggman and Finitevus are working together to achieve their goals.

Afterwards, Big and Archimedes arrive outside the Cat Kingdom. At the gate, Archimedes asks them if they can come in as visitors but their entrance is denied. According to the kingdom's rules, they can only come in if they complete a certain task; to catch a large number of fishes. Big, then, takes out his fishing rod and heads to the sea to catch the fishes.

Stage 13: Blue Bay (Big the Cat)

Having thriumphed, Big brings the Kingdom the amount of fishes needed to complete the task. Amazed with his fishing skills, they are invited in the village where they meet with the Queen. Archimedes explains to them the overall situation and about the Angel Island's threat and persuades them to go rescue Knuckles.

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The story is interrupted by a cutscene. We see Dr. Finitevus and Dimitri, in his headquarters, watching Knuckles, Big and Julie-Su through a portal. A Dark Legionaire reports and Finitevus says that there are some minor problems in his plans, as Knuckles and his team are thwarting his plans in getting the Sacret Treasures for himself. He orders the Dark Legion to capture them and bring them here.

Meanwhile, (now night time) Knuckles, Julie-Su and Big arrive at the Mysterious Cat Country, Big's village. They meet up with the country's chief Lupe, who welcomes them. She tells Knuckles that she had been awaiting for him in order to give him one of the Sacred Treasures of the Brotherhood that was given to her in order to hide it and hand it over to Knuckles when time was right. Lupe gives them Floren-Ca's Twin Daggers. Knuckles thanks them and forms an alliance with the Mysterious Cat Country. They go out to gather and celebrate Knuckle's coming. But to their dismay, the Mysterious Cat Country is attacked by an army of Dark Legionaires, who seize the villagers and burn down the entire village. Knuckles tries to fight them off, but is somehow struck in the head and loses his conscious. The cutscene ends there.

Knuckles wakes up chained on a wall by the arms, in what seems to be a castle. As he yells for help, a mysterious cyborg appears and threatens Knuckles. His name is Xenin. Knuckles asks him where he is and what he is doing here. Xenin tells him that he is in Dr. Finitevus' headquarters and soon, he (Knuckles) will become part of the Dark Legion himself.

Meanwhile, Julie-Su wakes up in a now devestated village. She searches for any survivors.

Adventure Field: Angel Island

Julie-Su encounters Big and together they team up to go find Knuckles, who was abducted from Finitevus' army, the Dark Legionaires. However, hey cannot go alone to find him and need some help. Thankfully, Julie-Su has past meetings: the Chaotix. Julie-Su and Big head to find them and rescue Knuckles.

Adventure Field: Angel Island

Adventure Field: Central City

(Talk to the locals; they will inform you about an incident that happened some time ago in the city and that a group of policemen and detectives have gathered in the train station for research).

Stage 8: Mad Terminal (Julie-Su, Big)

Julie-Su and Big find Espio, Charmy, Vector, Mighty and the Omni-Viewer at the train station. Julie-Su informs Vector about Knuckles' abduction from the Dark Legionaires and that they need their assistance to go rescue him. The Chaotix offers their services to them. Using Omni-Viewer's radar abilities, they track Knuckles' location.

Adventure Field: Central City

Adventure Field: Angel Island

(If you talk to the locals, they will tell you that a huge, black structure has appeared beyond the mountain).

Julie-Su, Big and the Chaotix find what they were searching for, Finitevus' headquarters. They infiltrate the base.

Stage 9 (a) : Nocturnus Haunt (Julie-Su, Big)

The team finds Knuckles chained on a wall. They free him and together they escape from the fortress.

Stage 9 (b): Nocturnus Haunt (Knuckles)

As they are heading towards the exit, they pass through a section where prisoners are kept within cells, until Knuckles spots Shade the Echidna imprisoned. He orders the team to stop and busts Shade out of the cell. Shade tells Knuckles that Finitevus invaded the Angel Island with his Dark Legionaires and wiped out most of its population, some imprisoning them here. Knuckles tells Julie-Su, Big and Charmy to follow Omni-Viewer to safety, whereas Knuckles, Shade, Espio and Vector find another route to the exit so they don't get caught.

Adventure Field: Angel Island

(The Adventure Field takes place only inside Finitevus' base).

Knuckles, Shade, Espio and Vector enter a hidden room in attempt to hide from soldiers in the hallway. The room seems to be different from other rooms in the base. They examine it. Knuckles looks around and finds some documents scattered around the desk. He looks at them carefully. They are about the Knuckles' Tribe and about the Brotherhood of Guardians. Knuckles looks at a paper with various images of Echidna Guardians whose heads have been marked with a red X. Below it says ELIMINATED. Knuckles becomes anxious and reads them faster. He recognizes some figures in the pictures. He nearly sheds a tear when he recognizes his father, who has also been marked with an X. He now realizes that they are below Haven, the Brotherhood's old hideout, which has been found by Finitevus. He takes as many documents as possible with him and orders the team to leave this place. Before he leaves the room, he encounters a flute on top of the desk. He takes it with him and leaves.

Adventure Field: Angel Island

Knuckles, Espio, Vector and Shade find themselves in a large, decorated room, resembling a palace. The room is surrounded by Dark Legionaires. Finitevus, Dimitri and Xenin appear. Finitevus orders them to arrest them. Xenin goes first and seizes Shade. Knuckles gets frustrated and attacks first.

Boss 2: Xenin (Knuckles)

Knuckles defeats Xenin and begins a conversation with Finitevus. Finitevus tells Knuckles that he plans to get his hands on the Enerjak suit. However, he needs the Sacred Treasures of the Brotherhood of Guardians and offers Knuckles to form an alliance and search for the suit together. He promises him great power and immortality. Knuckles rejects his offer, with the support of Espio and Vector, by calling out loud the Guardian's Code of Honour. Finitevus prepares to deal with Knuckles himself and engages combat without the intervention of his army.

Boss 3: Finitevus (Knuckles)

Finitevus nearly loses the fight, but he doesn't give up easily as he has a trick under his sleeve. Finitevus pulls out his Warp Ring and teleports Knuckles, Espio and Vector to a different location outside the base while ge gets away with Shade and his compass.

Knuckles is woken up by Julie-Su in the middle of a valley in the Angel Island. He tells Julie-Su to go to the Oracle together for explanations.

Adventure Field: Angel Island

At the Oracle, Knuckles and Julue-Su find the place entirely destroyed, possibly by the Dark Legionaires. They search the place. Knuckles finds one of the Sacred Treasures of the Brotherhood of the Guardians and adds it to his collection. As it begins to get dark, the two find a place to spend their night. Knuckles finds the opportunity to ask Julie-Su more about her identity. Julie-Su tells Knuckles that she is a distant relative of Finitevus and that originally she worked for his benefits as a Dark Legionaire. However, when things went out of control and when she learned about his true intentions, she turned against him and has been fighting him since then. She then reveals information about Finitevus' past. Finitevus comes from Albion and is one of the last surviving citizens of that city. When he was researching about the effects of Chaos Energy, he accidentally infected himself and transformed him into an albino mastermind. He was then exiled from his city for being too much of a threat. Finitevus continued his studies until he learned how to master his new powers. He allied with Dr. Eggman and turned against his own race, ultimately obliderating Albion. Afterwards, Finitevus discovered about the Enerjak suit's existence and vowed to get his hands on it and become immortal. However, he needed allies and began traveling through different dimensions using his warp rings and ended up in the Twilight Zone. There he met the Nocturnus Tribe. He soon took control over them and trained them into becoming Dark Legionaires for his own benefits. Recently, Finitevus has joined forces with Dimitri, a mysterious echidna whose life was expanded by Finitevus by placing his head into an orb.

Julie-Su falls asleep while Knuckles examines the mysterious flute that he acquired from Finitevus' base.