Braveheart the Fox (Dark Mobius)

## Appearances

### Appears in

Secrets of the Dark World; The Dusk Wolf(cameo); Looming Shadows; Storm of Warriors; After the War

### Debut

Secrets of the Dark World

> "Look what you did!" he waved a hand at the destruction. "You brought the Worlds into ruin! You took countless lives, either for your Prelates, or those who have died. You killed my father, and Austin. Left me scarred and crippled. Even when the Worlds are eventually rebuilt, there will be no going back to normal. Too many people have joined the Spirits. My own scars will serve as a reminder of everything you've done."
>
> Braveheart to Knuckles (Dark Mobius), Secrets of the Dark World

**Braveheart the Fox** is a character who appears in *The Legend of Fox the Brave*. This is an alternate counterpart of Braveheart who lived in the alternate future referred to as Dark Mobius

The major differences between this Braveheart and his Prime Zone counterpart are their personalities, and DM Braveheart's appearance

In *Return of the Dark World*, Braveheart was killed by the returning Dark Enerjak

## Appearance

Braveheart is a tall red fox that appears to be somewhere in his 40s. He has thick, red and white fur, amber eyes, and a white right ear. He wears a black t-shirt and beige shorts not unlike his father Fox

However, because of the war with Dark Enerjak, Braveheart has been left with extensive burn scars. The left side of his face is bare, with his ear and eye missing(he wears an eyepatch as a result). His left arm, leg, and flank have bad burns, and his right leg is smashed and crooked from an old injury

While he lived, Braveheart always had a simple wooden staff with him that he used as a weapon as well as a walking stick

## Personality

Because of the war with Enerjak, Braveheart is a very cold, gruff person, and very defensive. He has a borderline extreme hatred of Enerjak, Knuckles, and anything to do with either of them

He does have a soft side he rarely shows, but the only person to have seen it so far is Boulder

Though it hasn't been shown, Braveheart has an overwhelming fear of losing those he loves, and of Enerjak finding a way to use them against him, so he feels he needs to push them away

## History

Braveheart's past is largely the same as his Prime Zone counterpart. However, their paths diverged when Knuckles started to go mad from his Chaos powers

When Knuckles officially took the name of Enerjak, he began his attempts to eradicate his enemies. The first was the Storming Alliance

He attacked the Storming Base, destroying it and scattering the resident warriors. A small group of warriors survived and created a new team of Storm Fighters, led by Fox. They took up residence in Nekronopolis, Enerjak's capital city, and remained there during the conflict

Some time after this, Fox was killed and Braveheart was caught in an explosion, leaving him badly scarred, and left maimed, half-blind, and with damaged hearing and breathing

### *Secrets of the Dark World*

After the death of Fox, Braveheart took over as leader of the Storm Fighters, though his father's demise and his own injuries left him with a deep-seated hatred of Enerjak, which drove his personal war against the crazed demigod

During the war, Braveheart formed an alliance with the local Freedom Fighters, led by the Guardian Jani-Ca, who appeared to somewhat understand the rage driving the wounded fox

When Silver the Hedgehog arrived, following a Prelate that was sent to his Zone, he helped the resistance teams to fight Enerjak when he meets them

During the final battle, Braveheart tries to fight Enerjak himself, and receives a brutal beating. However, Braveheart refuses to give up, continuing to fight, until Jani-Ca takes advantage of Enerjak's distraction with Silver and Braveheart to take his power, and use it to restore their World

### *The War of Darkness*

At the end of *The Dusk Wolf*, Boulder sees Braveheart just beyond Dark Enerjak. It is later revealed in the prologue for *Looming Shadows* that Braveheart was investigating Enerjak's old citadel when he sees a flash of light and later wakes up at the Master Emerald in the Prime Zone

Braveheart attacks Enerjak, causing a great battle, as Braveheart and Boulder fight him. When Boulder nearly slips off the Island, Braveheart helps him back up, and Boulder takes note of his crippled leg

Later on, Boulder meets Braveheart for real when he is taken to his mate and the injured fox by a Torterra local named Clayton. Braveheart is getting looked at by Skye, who reveals he has a broken nose, courtesy of Enerjak hitting him in the face. Braveheart then helped Boulder get to the city to get their injuries looked at

After Boulder recovers from his injuries enough to travel, Enerjak attacks the Mystic Ruins forest, and Braveheart is seen battling the Prelates

In Soleanna, Braveheart joins Boulder and Crunch in the fight against Mephiles. Though Braveheart is uninjured, Boulder is left on the brink of death, with extensive burns on his pelt. Later, when Boulder wakes up from his coma, Braveheart reveals he and Crunch found a Z-Crystal, which he gives to Boulder

When the group arrives at the Storming Base, Braveheart appears to be looking wistfully after Fox, likely because he desperately misses his own father. After Boulder's discussion with Fox, Braveheart assures the Lycanroc that the others would come around, displaying a softer side to his harsh personality

In the final battle of the War of Darkness, Braveheart fights on the Alliance's side, and they ultimately win

Some time after the battle, in *After the War*, Braveheart returned to his home Zone

### *The Phantom War*

In *Return of the Dark World*, Braveheart was recruited by the warriors to help stop the returning Enerjak. He also helped the warriors recruit Razorjaw as an ally, and takes part in the final battle

Driven by his hatred of Enerjak, Braveheart gives it all he has, but is fatally wounded by Enerjak, when he breaks the fox's staff and stabs him with one half of it

Braveheart clings to life just long enough to see Enerjak defeated once and for all, but his wounds prove too much for him, and he dies after Pebble gives him a final farewell for him to hear

## Abilities/Skills

Despite his missing eye and crippled leg, Braveheart is incredibly skilled in hand-to-hand combat. Though hampered by his leg, Braveheart can easily hold his own in battle, and typically wields his staff like a weapon, similar to a bo staff, or just a club

## Lasting Injuries

NOTE: This is for Braveheart's appearance before his death, as becoming a Spirit heals all injuries and illnesses

Braveheart is missing much of the fur on his left side. The left side of his face is completely bare, with his eye and ear missing, making him blind and mostly deaf on that side(the latter due to hearing loss). Much of his left arm, leg, and side are all burned, and it's mentioned his mouth is twisted in an odd expression on that side. His right leg below the knee is completely smashed

Because of his smashed leg, Braveheart cannot walk very well, having a slow, limping gait. Though he can go faster if the need arises-he often resorts to hopping on his other leg if he needs to-he still cannot run as fast as his Teammates, often having pains when he does

Following the explosion that injured him, Braveheart began to suffer from breathing problems. They got better as time went on, but often flare up whenever he exerts himself too much, and he ends up unable to breathe for a short bit. This also gives him a noticeable rasp to his voice, and a burr that prevented him from speaking clearly, which he eventually got over

## Trivia

In the epilogue for *Secrets of the Dark World*, it is revealed Braveheart quite liked Boulder for his inquisitive but no-nonsense attitude, which he also saw in Boulder's then-young son Pebble

Braveheart is currently the only known Spirit who can travel to other Zones at will, given his involvement in the Prime Zone