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.
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.
- Tropical Sanctuary (Knuckles)
- Lost Paradise (Knuckles), Boss: Dark Egg Legion Squad 1# (Knuckles)
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 and where the Oracle is. They will tell you to go to the Tropical Sanctuary).
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 was their base of operations on Angel Island.
(Here, you control Knuckles and your mission is to defeat 25 Dark Legionares. You fight them in a location just outside the Lost World).
Knuckles and Julie-Su's first interaction
Knuckles manages to defeat most of the Dark Legionares. Some of them manage to escape. Knuckles catches a 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. She says her name is Julie-Su and walks away. Knuckles goes after her and asks her questions such as where she comes from and what is she doing here. Julie-Su says that she is after some ancient items and therefore, she beat up a Dark Legionaire and disguised herself as one so that she went undercover and unnoticed by the Dark Legion. Knuckles tells her that he is looking for the same thing and suggests they co-operate, but Julie-Su rejects it as she prefers to work alone. After many negotiations, Julie-Su decides to work with Knuckles to find these ancient items. Julie-Su suggests to the city, but Knuckles suggests they head to the Master Emerald, to see if he can get some answers from there.
Adventure Field: Angel Island
At the altar, Knuckles touches the Master Emerald with his two palms and closes his eyes. Knuckles sees a vision signaling that he must start off from the city. Something significant is going to happen there soon. Knuckles shares his vision with Julie-Su and head to Central City.
Adventure Field: Central City
It is now night time. Knuckles and Julie-Su arrive at downtown Central City. Just as the vision had predicted, the city is attacked by Dr. Eggman's armada of airships.
Stage 3: City Siege (Knuckles, Julie-Su)
By the time Knuckles and Julie-Su arrive at the site of the incident, Eggman's fleet and the citizens have all left. With this opportunity, they sneak in the museum, after being informed of what Eggman's intentions were. After looking at the artifacts, they stumble upon one that catches their sight. An ancient compass with the symbol of Knuckles' tribe carved on it. Knuckles takes it and realizes that it belongs to one of his ancestors, Thunderhawk. The scene ends at that point, where Julie-Su and Knuckles are looking at the compass.
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 story switches back to Knuckles and Julie-Su, who are walking in the streets of the city. With the ancient compass and the second Ancient Treasure of the Brotherhood in their posession, Knuckles and Julie-Su head to where the magic compass points to find the missing treasures. First, the compass's needle points at north, where the mountains of Blue Ridge Zone are located. They head towards the mountains.
Stage 4: Rail Mountain (Knuckles, Julie-Su)
After climbing on the mountains, Knuckles and Julie-Su find what they were searching for, Edmund's Shovel Claws. However, they are soon confronted by number 1 bounty hunter Fang the Sniper, who, believing it is one of the Samarkanda artifacts, tries to steal it.
Boss 1: Fang the Sniper (Knuckles)
Fang manages to robb the treasure and flees to the city. Knuckles and Julie-Su chase after him.
Adventure Field: Angel Island
Adventure Field: Central City
Stage 5: Mega Central (Knuckles, Julie-Su)
After they confront Fang, Dr. Eggman's fleet appears in the sky and Fang escapes with it, leaving behind a group of Dark Legionaires. Knuckles now understands that something doesn't seem quite right, as the Dark Legionaires are working for Eggman.
Mission 2: Defeat 30 enemies (Knuckles, JulieSu)
(Here, you will have to defeat 30 enemies. 15 of them with Knuckles and 15 with Julie-Su).
Knuckles and Julie-Su defeat the Dark Legionaires but they are too late to chase after the Egg Carrier. Knuckles still wants to go after the Egg Carrier, but Julie-Su advises him that they go find the other treasures first and deal with this afterwards. Knuckles agrees and they head to where the compass shows: the sea.
Adventure Field: Central City
Stage 6 (a): Blue Bay (Knuckles, Julie-Su)
At the beach, the compass leads them to the bay where they find Big the Cat, who is seen fishing along with Froggy carelessly. Knuckles and Julie-Su approach Big and ask him if he's seen any Sacred Treasure. Big tells them that there is something he is trying to catch under the sea that looks like a Sacred Treasure. After some struggle, Big fishes for the Sacred Treasure, Steppenwolf's Hammer Gloves. Big gives them to Knuckles and they thank him. Big tells them that he has seen some very similar items in his village and offers to take them there for hospitality.
Stage 6 (b): Blue Bay (Big)
Adventure Field: Angel Island
Stage 7: Olive Retreat (Knuckles, Big)
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.