Sonic Adventure 3: Enerjak Reborn/Dark Legion: Knuckles' Story

This page focuses on Knuckles' story in Sonic Adventure 3: Enerjak Reborn.
== Overview ==
Knuckles leaves his post as guardian of the Master Emerald to help a pink echidna named Julie-Su to fight off against the mysterious group known as The Dark Legion and find the 13 ancient Albion Stones. Rouge also joins along, but can the jewel thief be trusted.
== Knuckles' Story ==
The story begins with a cutscene taking place at a civilization where echidnas are being enslaved by hooded figures. The echidnas were building up statues and carrying stone while being brutally whipped. Next, a powerful mysterious being called Enerjak banishes a few echidnas to the desert (Sandopolis) for "disobedience". The echidnas are suffering under the heat of Sandopolis with no food or water.
It turns out that this was all a dream from Knuckles. He wakes up very disturbed by the dream and resumes to guard the Master Emerald, staring at the dark skies. Just then, he sees a strange aircraft approaching from a far as well as a few others. Each aircraft unleashes a group of mysterious hooded figures. Knuckles leaves the Emerald shrine and goes to the jungle to confront them.
Stage 1: Tropical Angel (Knuckles)
Knuckles confronts the hooded figures and asks them who they are and why are they here. One of the hooded figures introduce themselves as the Dark Legion and they have come to find an Albion Stone. Knuckles, who has never heard of it, orders them to leave since he doesn't welcome intruders. The Dark Legion Troopers refuse and challenge the red echidna to a fight.
Boss: Dark Legion Squad #1 (Knuckles)
Knuckles manages to take out most of Dark Legion troopers as others have escaped. He sees one of them sneaking out of the jungle. Knuckles grounds the trooper and to his shock, the Dark Legion cloak reveals a pink female echidna. Knuckles is shocked to meet another of his kind. The echidna angrily yells at Knuckles for hindering her objective and runs off. Confused, Knuckles goes after her to seek answers.
Adventure Field: Angel Island
(Head to the waterfall area and find the echidna)
Stage 2: Sandopolis (Knuckles)
Knuckles catches up with the pink echidna who is holding a strange artifact known as the Albion Stone. She is less than pleased when Knuckles finds her. Knuckles demands to know why is she working for the Dark Legion. The echidna claims that she used to work for them, but is turning against them by going undercover; she plans on stopping them as well as a scientist named Dr. Finitevus from finding the Albion Stones to awaken the Enerjak. Knuckles is distraught by the mention of the name Enerjak due to his dream. Nonetheless, he offers to help her. The echidna bluntly refuses, but Knuckles tells her that he will be a part of this because he is the guardian of the Master Emerald and is willing to help one of his kind. The pink echidna relents and accepts the offer. The pink echidna introduces herself as Julie-Su, and the two leave Sandopolis.
Adventure Field: Angel Island
(Go to the shrine of the Master Emerald)
Knuckles shows Julie-Su the shrine of the Master Emerald, explaining that he has been guarding it for as long as he could remember. Knuckles then asks Tikal whose spirit resides inside the Master Emerald to watch over it as he helps Julie-Su in her mission to find the Albion Stones and battle against the Dark Legion. Tikal grants Knuckles' request. Knuckles and Julie-Su leave the shrine.
(Leave Angel Island.)
Adventure Field: Mystic Ruins
Knuckles and Julie-Su spot some Dark Legion troopers far ahead. Julie-Su assumes they are after an Albion Stone and suggests they should follow them.
(Head to the jungle ruins.)
Stage 3: Autumn Jungle (Knuckles, Julie-Su)
Knuckles and Julie-Su enter into the area of the old echidna civilization. Knuckles tells Julie-Su about its history including the time Chaos had attacked the city 4,000 years ago. After one brief discussion, the two echidnas go into the ruins.
Stage 4: Forgotten Sanctuary (Knuckles, Julie-Su)
Knuckles and Julie-Su spot The Dark Legion who are surrounding Sonic and Tails. Knuckles is surprised to see his old allies, but decides that he and Julie-Su come to their aid against the Dark Legion.
Boss: Dark Legion Squad #2
After dealing with The Dark Legion troopers, Knuckles introduces Sonic and Tails to Julie-Su. Then, he notices that Sonic and Tails have an Albion Stone in possession, pointing out that he and Julie-Su are in possession of another in hand. Sonic explains they found them before Eggman, who has already stolen two of them recently. Knuckles assumes that Eggman is in league with the Dark Legion. The four agree to find the rest of the Albion Stones as fast as they can and to keep them off of the hands of Eggman and the Dark Legion.
Before Knuckles and Julie-Su could leave the ruins, Knuckles spots a mural of Enerjak enslaving the echidnas just like in his dream. After pondering about it, Knuckles sets of to leave the ruins with Julie-Su following behind.
Adventure Field: Mystic Ruins
(Knuckles senses that an Albion Stone is far ahead from the Mystic Ruins. Take the train to Central City.)
We are taken to a dark volcanic base. Looking at a computer monitor stands an albino echidna named Dr. Finitevus. Alongside him is a floating head with red tentacles named Dimitri. The two discuss about their plans on taking the 13 Albion Stones to awaken Enerjak to grant Dimitri immortality since he won't live much longer. The two look at the monitor of their henchmen encountering Knuckles and Julie-Su. They are disgusted that Julie-Su is working against The Dark Legion after escaping their base. Dr. Finitevus orders his men to capture them both because he has some plans for them.
Adventure Field: Central City
(Talk with one of the citizens and they will inform you of Eggman's robots evacuating the dockyards. Head over to the dockyards to enter Cargo Foundry)
Stage 5: Cargo Foundry (Knuckles, Julie-Su)
Knuckles and Julie-Su find an Albion Stone. They are confronted by Metal Sonic who was sent by Eggman to find the stone.
Boss: Metal Sonic (Knuckles, Julie-Su)
Knuckles and Julie-Su leave the dockyards after defeating Metal Sonic. Unknown to them, however, a group of Dark Legion troopers appear via warp rings. They are led by a cybernetic echidna named Xenin. The group set to follow the two echidnas to take back the Albion Stones they found.
Adventure Field: Central City
(Get to the train station)
Before Knuckles and Julie-Su could go to the train station, they are confronted by Xenin and the Dark Legion troopers. They plan on taking Knuckles and Julie-Su to Dr. Finitevus' base and to take the Albion Stones from them. Knuckles refuses and tries to punch Xenin, but misses. Xenin punches Knuckles, knocking him out. He then hits Julie-Su who tries to attack them. With both echidnas unconscious, Xenin and the Dark Legionnaires take them up to a warp ring, disappearing in sight.
We now are taken to Emerald Town where Rouge is flying over the town's outskirts. She is taking a vacation from her duties as spy and is doing what she does best - hunting for the world's famous jewels.
Adventure Field: Emerald Town
(Go to Emerald Beach)
Stage 6: Palmtree Shores (Rouge)
Meanwhile, Knuckles and Julie-Su are chained up inside a dark room. Standing before them are Dr. Finitevus and Dimitri. The two introduce themselves to Knuckles and tell them they are inside his headquarters deep within Angel Island. Dr. Finitevus berates Julie-Su for betraying them and hindering their goals in finding the Albion Stones to awaken Enerjak. With Knuckles and Julie-Su chained up and have no place to escape, Finitevus and Dimitri plan on doing something to them the same way they have done to the other echidnas. Angered at this, Knuckles demands that Finitevus tell him what have him and his men done to the echidnas. Finitevus explains that he had implanted the echidnas with technology known as cybernetics, pointing at the cybernetics on one of Julie-Su's dreadlock. He has them implanted specifically for those who were unwilling to serve The Dark Legion. Now that Knuckles and Julie-Su are present with him, Finitevus wants to implant cybernetics on them to control them unless if they willingly align themselves with The Dark Legion. Finitevus is notified by one of The Dark Legionnaires that Dr. Eggman has arrived to the base. Dr. Finitevus orders his men to send Knuckles and Julie-Su into the chamber as he and Dimitri go to the laboratory to have a meeting with Eggman about the Albion Stones that have been collected so far.
Knuckles and Julie-Su are thrown into the chamber. Knuckles asks Julie-Su about Dr. Finitevus and Dimitri. Julie-Su first explains the history of Dimitri. He was formerly a scientist from Echidnaopolis. He was later corrupted by Chaos Energy which severely affected his well being for 4 centuries, meaning that he is really over 400 years old. Then she explains Dr. Finitevus' history. He is a scientist from Albion who used to be a normal echidna until an experiment with a Chaos Energy transformed his fur color into albino and had a unpleasant personality change. Because of how dangerous he was, he was exiled from Albion. From then on, he made an allegiance with The Dark Legion, taking Dimitri's place as the leader due to Dimitri's failing health. With his mind, they plan on conquering Angel Island and all of the echidnas who live there.
After the discussion, they see Sonic, Tails, and Amy arriving to the rescue. After they free them, Knuckles tells the gang that Dr. Eggman and Dr. Finitevus are at the laboratory with the Albion Stones. The five go there and find Dr. Eggman, Dr. Finitevus, and Dimitri. Finitevus was surprised that Knuckles and Julie-Su had been freed. Eggman informs the gang that he and Finitevus have already acquired 9 of the Albion Stones so far and they have already located the remaining four stones. Dr. Finitevus sends out some guards (which includes a cybernetic echidna named Xenin) to attack the heroes to keep them from interfering in their plans. As Eggman, Finitevus, and Dimitri exit the room, Sonic, Knuckles, and the others prepare for battle.
Boss: Xenin (Knuckles, Julie-Su)
Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, and Julie-Su defeated Xenin and the other Dark Legionnaires. Knuckles and Julie-Su set off to find Dr. Finitevus while Sonic, Tails, and Amy leave the base and find the rest of the Albion Stones before Eggman.
Stage 7: Magma Mountain (Knuckles, Julie-Su)
Knuckles and Julie-Su enter into a large room where strange airships are set to depart. Dr. Finitevus was there and spots Knuckles and Julie-Su who demand to know where did he place the Albion Stones. Finitevus says he will tell them if they join The Dark Legion and their mission to rule over all of the echidnas. They strongly reject his offer, and call him out on destroying the lives of the echidnas. Disgusted with the rejection, Finitevus engages a battle against Knuckles.
Boss: Dr. Finitevus (Knuckles, Julie-Su)
The battle continues with Knuckles and Dr. Finitevus knocking each other down with a punch. Both struggle to get up on their feet. Knuckles goes for another attack, but Dr. Finitevus uses his warp ring to transport Knuckles. He then does the same to Julie-Su. With the two sent away from his base, the albino scientist moves on finding the Albion Stones.
Knuckles appears from the warp ring and finds himself at a civilization called Albion. He realizes that Julie-Su is not with him and assumes that she is still in the base, and hopes she's okay. Then he sees an individual running from a far distance. It is revealed to be a red echidna. Knuckles goes to follow him.
Stage 8: Hidden Paradise (Knuckles)
Knuckles catches up with the echidna. The echidna turns around and Knuckles realizes that the echidna is really his father who is named Locke. Knuckles had never seen his father since he was only 10 years old. It was a happy reunion of father and son. Knuckles asks his father about what had happened all these years. Locke says he doesn't have much time to explain as he was on a mission to retrieve the Albion Stones in Dr. Finitevus' base, but the guards spotted him and sent him to Albion with their warp ring.
Locke tells Knuckles that the place they are currently in is Albion which was a technologically advanced civilization and it was the place where the Albion Stones were created to enhance the technology. The population had decreased after the Dark Legion attacked and the remaining echidnas migrated to Angel Island. This made Knuckles realize that there are more echidnas present. He tells Locke that the rest of the Albion Stones must be found and that Dr. Finitevus has 9 of them so far. He also mentions that he must find Julie-Su. Realizing this, Locke states he was going to find the headquarters of Angel Island known as Haven and track down the Albion Stones that was stolen by Dr. Finitevus. He enlists Knuckles to come with him and they set off to Angel Island.
Adventure Field: Blue Ridge Zone
(You are still in Albion; Locke will inform you that there is a transporter in Albion that will directly take one to Angel Island; it was made many years ago by the Albion scientists who wanted to explore and research Angel Island. Use the transporter to go to Angel Island)
Adventure Field: Angel Island
(Go to the Forbidden Door)
Knuckles and Locke find a stone wall which is known as "the forbidden door". Locke notes that the door was the entrance to Haven. Locke opens the door and he and Knuckles enter into Haven via a transporter.
Knuckles and Locke appear from the transporter and go inside the headquarters where a number of echidnas are present. Knuckles had never seen them before. The echidnas were shocked to see that Knuckles is discovering Haven while leaving the Master Emerald shrine, but Locke explains that he brought him here for an important reason and the Master Emerald will be in good hands. The echidnas introduce themselves as the Brotherhood of Guardians. Locke showed Knuckles and the other echidnas a computer monitor where he had located the Albion Stones inside Dr. Finitevus' base. He uses the monitor to locate the rest of the Albion Stones which are hidden in Blue Ridge Zone. Knuckles then realizes that since the 9 Albion Stones from Finitevus' base and the rest of the stones can't be found at once, he decides that the best course of action he must do is to find Julie-Su and search for the stones at the Blue Ridge Zone, then they can return to Dr. Finitevus' base and regain the 9 Albion Stones.
Adventure Field: Angel Island
(Take the transporter to Blue Ridge Zone)
Prior to Knuckles meeting Locke, Julie-Su appears from the warp ring and finds herself at the rocky mountains of Blue Ridge Zone. She worries over Knuckles and before she could begin searching for him, she sees Rouge from a distance who has found two Chaos Emeralds. Mistaken them for Albion Stones, Julie-Su goes after her.
Stage 9: Rocky Trails (Julie-Su, Rouge)
Julie-Su confronts Rouge, demanding her to give up what she has. Rouge shows her the Chaos Emeralds, which Julie-Su realizes that it's not the Albion Stone. Then Rouge points out that this isn't the first time an echidna confronted her. Julie-Su assumes she met Knuckles before, which she is correct. She tells her that she is searching for him after an encounter against Dr. Finitevus. Taken interest in hearing about Knuckles, Rouge offers to help Julie-Su to find him. While skeptical, Julie-Su accepts her offer, and the two set off.
(You return as Knuckles who has appeared to Blue Ridge Zone)
Adventure Field: Blue Ridge Zone
Knuckles is at the Blue Ridge Zone and he meets the Chaotix for the first time in a couple of years. They share a short conversation and Vector explains that he, Espio, and Charmy are currently working as detectives and have their headquarters located at Angel Island. Knuckles tells the three that he's searching for Julie-Su and the Albion Stones. Then the Chaotix remember about the Albion Stones and explain that they have been chasing a group of criminals known as Team Hooligan who had stolen some of them and took them to some base. Knuckles tells the group that there are 9 Albion Stones that are located at Dr. Finitevus' base and asks if they could find it there as he finds the rest in the Blue Ridge Zone. Vector agrees, hoping that they could find and catch Team Hooligan. Knuckles reminds them that they need to head to Albion to use the transporter to take them to Angel Island. As the Chaotix head to Albion, Knuckles goes to search for the Albion Stones.
(Find Julie-Su and Rouge)
Knuckles finds Julie-Su and Rouge. While Knuckles is happy to see that Julie-Su was okay, he was surprised to see Rouge with her. Rouge explained that she was helping Julie-Su in searching for Knuckles. Julie-Su then assumes that both Knuckles and Rouge are romantically involved, which they deny. Knuckles then tells Julie-Su that an Albion Stone is nearby the hills of Blue Ridge Zone and explains to Rouge what he and Julie-Su were searching for. Rouge offers to join considering she wants to see what it looks like. The three set off to find the stone.
(Go to the hills)
Stage 10: Azure Hills (Knuckles, Rouge)
Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Rouge find an Albion Stone. Just then, Team Hooligan confronts them. Then Fang becomes shocked when he sees Rouge. Rouge reveales that she used to be partner with Fang a long time ago until he let her get arrested to save his own self. Fang, who wasn't apologetic about deserting her, threatens to take out Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Rouge and take the Albion Stone from them. The fight begins.
Boss: Team Hooligan (Knuckles, Julie-Su, Rouge)
The battle was still going. Bean throws a bomb where Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Rouge are standing. The three clear out fast before it explodes. This causes Knuckles to drop the Albion Stone, which gives Fang the opportunity to steal it. Fang taunts Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Rouge and, he Bean, and Bark run off with the stone. Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Rouge give in chase to regain it.
Adventure Field: Blue Ridge Zone
(Find Team Chaotix)
Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Rouge meet the Chaotix who inform the group that they have already retrieved the 9 Albion Stones from Dr. Finitevus' base and hid them in Haven. Vector also mention that they have used one of their warp rings to arrive quicker than expected and showed it to Knuckles. Knuckles tells Vector that they saw Team Hooligan and they ran off with the Albion Stone. The 6 decide to go after them.
(Find a boat which leads to a deserted island.)
Team Knuckles and the Chaotix find themselves at an abandoned and barren city known as Old Megaopolis. Vector assumes that Team Hooligan are at the outskirts of the old city, so they all go on to search for them.
Stage 11: Old Megaopolis (Knuckles, Rouge)
Knuckles, Julie-Su, Rouge, Vector, Espio, and Charmy find themselves at a dystopian-like city surrounded by statues of Eggman. Knuckles assumes that Team Hooligan is somewhere in Egg Metropolis planning to give the the Albion Stone to Eggman. They decide to split in two groups to find them.
Adventure Field: Egg Metropolis
(Head inside the interior of Egg Metropolis and as you do, you will find yourself in a large room. Find a door where you are asked to enter the password "E-G-G-M-A-N" to open it. After you do that, enter inside.)
Stage 12: Lethal Fortress (Knuckles, Julie-Su, Rouge)
The six heroes arrive at the center of Eggman's headquarters where they see Eggman's fleet which had already launched. If that isn't bad enough for them, the Egg Shocker appears from behind. It is being piloted by an Egg Pawn. The heroes prepare for battle.
Boss: Egg Shocker
After defeating the Egg Shocker, Knuckles' team and the Chaotix find an emergency aircraft and enter inside to catch up with the Egg Carrier. Piloted by Vector, the aircraft flies away to the Egg Fleet.
Stage 13: Empire Armada (Knuckles, Julie-Su, Rouge)
Knuckles, Julie-Su, Rouge, Vector, Espio, and Charmy approach the main battleship, hoping to find not only Team Hooligan, but also Eggman.
We are taken to the part where Eggman sends out a group of badniks and Metal Sonic to surround Sonic, Tails, and Amy. And this is where Knuckles, Julie-Su, Rouge, and the Chaotix arrive to the rescue, helping Team Sonic take out all of the mechs. After this, Eggman smirks, and tells all of the heroes that he'll retrieve the two Albion Stones that were lost, but first, he will search for the last Albion Stone located in Albion. He sets off in his Egg Mobile. Knuckles explains to Team Sonic that with The Chaotix's help, they managed to retrieve the Albion Stones from Dr. Finitevus' base and they hid them somewhere at Angel Island. After giving the news, Knuckles suddenly hears Locke's voice in his head; he informs him that the Dark Legion have invaded Haven and have kidnapped him and the echidnas. He tells the others that they must quickly head to Angel Island because there's danger. While Team Sonic goes after Eggman, Vector gives Knuckles the warp ring knowing that he has to return to Angel Island as soon as possible. With the Chaotix chasing after Team Hooligan, Knuckles uses the warp ring to open a portal to Angel Island. He, Julie-Su, and Rouge head inside.
Adventure Field: Angel Island
Knuckles' team arrive to Angel Island. Rouge asks Knuckles why are they here, and Knuckles answers that Locke and the other echidnas are in trouble and they need to rush to Haven. So the three head over to Haven.
(Go to Haven)
Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Rouge arrive to Haven where the room is empty. Julie-Su spots a letter written by Dr. Finitevus who states that the Dark Legion is attacking the colony far from Haven and dares Knuckles to stop them. The three exit Haven and rush to the colony.
Stage 14: Regal Shelter (Knuckles, Julie-Su)
Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Rouge confront Dimitri along with some cybernetic echidnas. Dimitri explains to the three that one of the Dark Legionnaires had discovered the door to Haven and that is where the Dark Legion proceeded to kidnapped Locke and the echidnas, weakened their colony's defense systems, and are currently rebuilding Echidnaopolis in their image. Having said that, Dimitri reveals to Knuckles that he was the previous Enerjak until Locke sealed him away with the Albion Stones. Dimitri then transforms into a machine, and threatens to eliminate Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Rouge. The battle begins.
Boss: Dimitri (Knuckles, Julie-Su, Rouge)
Dimitri escapes in his normal form, gliding away as some Dark Legion soldiers follow behind. Knuckles tells Julie-su and Rouge that they must head to Echidnaopolis to save Locke and the echidnas. What they didn't know is that they were on top of a cave which inside is a locked entrance to the core of Angel Island.
(Head to the entrance to Echidnaopolis)
Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Rouge arrive to Echidnaopolis where all buildings are being made by the Dark Legion. They rush to find the echidnas.
Stage 15: Echidnaopolis (Knuckles, Julie-Su, Rouge)
The trio find the abducted echidnas which Locke and the Brotherhood was among them. Locke and the Brotherhood set to take the echidnas back to safety while Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Rouge go to confront Dr. Finitevus himself. The echidnas wish the three good luck as the set off to find Finitevus.
It wasn't long when the trio found Dr. Finitevus on top of his headquarters at a tower. Finitevus reveals to them that his abduction of the echidnas was to coerce Locke to tell him the location of the 9 Albion Stones that were retrieved by the Chaotix earlier. Not only is he still planning to search for the stones, but he's also planning to rebuild Echidnaopolis in his image. With Xenin and some cybernetic echidnas beside him, Finitevus gives Knuckles the chance to surrender or face death. Knuckles refuses and declares that as Guardian of the Master Emerald, he will defeat him for the sake of his people. Finitevus scoffs and absorbs the life force of Xenin and the cybernetic echidnas to increase his powers, killing them in the process, much to the heroes' shock. With Finitevus powered up, Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Rouge are determined to defeat him no matter what.
Boss: Dr. Finitevus (Knuckles, Julie-Su, Rouge)
After the battle, the tower is collapsing, and Knuckles, Julie-Su, Rouge, and Dr. Finitevus are falling. With Finitevus using his warp ring to escape, Rouge uses her wings to fly and grabs Knuckles and Julie-Su and land safely. The two echidnas thanked Rouge for saving her. Rouge explains to Knuckles that she wanted to return the favor for the incident at the Space Colony ARK, which impressed Knuckles.
The three returned to meet Locke and the other echidnas. Locke congratulates the three for saving them. Rouge decides to leave to "handle some business". Julie-Su is surprised that she's leaving, but Knuckles knew she's after some jewels. The red echidna then expresses concern that the war with the Dark Legion is far from over and Dr. Finitevus may return to try to find the Albion Stones one way or another. But Locke assures him that the echidnas will prepare to combat against his next attack. The scene ends with Locke agreeing to tell Knuckles about his past and Knuckles and Julie-Su follow on.
THE END?
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