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The Knothole Freedom Fighters one of the first modern Freedom Fighter groups, formerly based and operating out of Knothole and, like other groups, were opposed to the tyranny of Mobius' former despot Dr. Ivo Robotnik, and as such spent years fighting his reign via guerrilla warfare and sabotage. Following his defeat, the Freedom Fighters later became involved in a war against one of his inter-dimensional counterparts, Dr. Eggman, as well as a number of other villainous individuals who emerged to threaten Mobius. Shortly after the first Genesis Wave in 3237, the team disbanded into Team Freedom and Team Fighters.

## History of Knothole Freedom Fighters (Mobius-2)

### Formation

The original members of the Knothole Freedom Fighters, Sonic, Tails, Princess Sally, Rotor, and Antoine, were children evacuated to the hidden village of Knothole in the Great Forest following the fall of Mobotropolis to Dr. Ivo Robotnik, and the first resistance operations began when the Original Freedom Fighters formed, serving in this capacity until Robotnik trapped, roboticized and banished the group to the Zone of Silence. Inspired by their sacrifice, and many of their number looking up to them as inspirations and guides, the Knothole Freedom Fighters, the kids being the main core of the team, formed to carry on in their stead.

### Campaigns against Robotnik

Despite being only a small band of Mobians, with time, the group quickly stood out among the rest as a major force to be reckoned with. Their members, led by Sally and their primary agent Sonic, quickly gained experience and intelligence with time, performing many operations against Robotnik; launching several guerrilla tactic strikes, sabotaging supply lines, destroying factories, interfering with his projects, etc., effectively doing anything to hamper and/or ruin Robotnik's plans, all in the name of their primary objective: to defeat Robotnik forever, reclaim Mobotropolis and restore the Kingdom of Acorn. Other missions included helping Mobians across the planet in need.

On a personal level, the group's members began friendships and relationships with other members, and the group joined several other Freedom Fighters groups, mostly getting along well.

### Disbanded

Eventually, the group succeeded in its mission with Robotnik being killed by the Ultimate Annihilator while engaging Sonic in combat, and Maximillian Acorn was retrieved from the Zone of Silence and resumed the role as king. Upon their victory, the Kingdom was quickly re-established and Mobotropolis re-captured, with time becoming habitable and functional again. With time, Max began to see no need for the group to continue fighting, as he considered Freedom Fighters, who were nothing more than children, no longer preferable in favor of the restored Royal Army, and as such, eventually officially disbanded the team in favor of using the re-built Royal Secret service under St. John.

### Reformation to fight on

King Max's policy regarding the Knothole Freedom Fighters was changed following the coming of an alternate version of Robotnik called Dr. Eggman and his attack and re-invasion of Mobotropolis. As such, the group was officially reformed and relaunched by King Max, with their status changing from ragtag rebels fighting a ruthless dictator to soldiers fighting a threat to the Kingdom.

Upon their revival, their old base was restored and links with other groups established, most especially the Chaotix under Guardian Knuckles. The group fought threats by Eggman across the world, along with other threats such as Mammoth Mogul, Ixis Naugus and his minions, the Destructix, Scourge the Hedgehog, other Bounty Hunters, and the Dingo Regime.

After years of fighting, with professional and personal struggles, and the comings and goings of allies and other members, the group suffered a massive defeat when Eggman launched an all-out assault with his Egg Fleet, which razed Knothole to the ground, and all but a handful of Freedom Fighters taken prisoner. Quick actions were taken by the remaining team members, however, and the population of Knothole was rescued from the Egg Grape Chambers and sent to safety in New Mobotropolis.

Following this the Freedom Fighters began to rebuild Freedom HQ, though they were first forced to contend with the threat of the second Enerjak. Not long afterwards, they fought to defend it against the invading Suppression Squad. Although withdrawing for the time being, they later allied with the Suppression Squad to take down Scourge and send him back to Anti Moebius.

With the Suppression Squad defeated, the Knothole Freedom Fighters pressed their assault against the crumbling Eggman Empire. Working along side the Chaotix, they managed to force the Dark Egg Legion to retreat, and defeated the Egg Phoenix. The next day the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix proceeded to break into the Eggdome and face off again with the Dark Egg Legion.

After Bunnie and Mighty the Armadillo finally managed to knock down the barricade, all of the Freedom Fighters entered and found Eggman broken and defeated. Having finally won, they all went back to New Mobotropolis to celebrate. The festivities were cut short, however, as Monkey Khan arrived with news that the Iron Dominion had taken over the Eggman Empire. Not long afterwards, the Freedom Fighters were forced to battle Bunnie as she was manipulated by the Iron Queen's magitek powers, and then Monkey Khan as he was similarly affected. This would be the first of many engagements with the Iron Dominion, as they were forced to confront the Iron King, Queen, Yagyu Clan, and Dark Egg Legion in a battle over the escaped Dr. Eggman. Later, the group would lose Nicole to the Iron Queen's power, forcing them to fight the Iron Dominion inside New Mobotropolis as they attempted to evacuate civilians. Sally was later able to free her, and left Nicole as a spy to aid resistance forces-including teammates Amy Rose and Antoine-against the Iron Queen while she, Khan, Sonic, and Tails set out for the Dragon Kingdom. The group of four set out to break ties between the Dominion and the Clans that had sworn loyalty to it, and later returned to join their teammates in a final battle with the enemy.

With the Iron Dominion beaten, the Freedom Fighters found themselves with other tasks to perform. After a largely fruitless search for Dr. Eggman and returning the Iron Queen to the Dragon Kingdom for her imprisonment, the group found itself split up yet again. Sonic and Sally accepted an invitation that had been extended to the entire group to become honorary members of the new Wolf Pack Nation, only to land in the middle of a conflict between the Wolves and the Felidae. Tails, Antoine, and Bunnie departed New Mobotropolis as well, leaving Rotor to his Council of Acorn duties and Amy Rose to keep watch over the city in the absence of her teammates.

### Fallen and divided

Following the events of the arrival of the new Death Egg Mark 2 in 3237, everything slowly fell apart for the team. Sally sacrificed herself to save Mobius from being roboticized during Eggman's Operation: Clean Sweep. The end result had her roboticized and becoming one of Eggman's most dangerous soldiers. Some time later, after Ixis Naugus became the new king of New Mobotropolis, the Freedom Fighters were planning on escorting Elias Acorn, the true king, to Feral Forest. An ambush by Mecha Sally and the Death Egg resulted in Antoine being critically injured while fending off a self-destructing Metal Sonic.

With the departure of Bunnie, Nicole's exile, Sally's roboticization, and Antoine's hospitalization, the Knothole Freedom Fighters had suffered too many loses to be capable of combating the threats posed by the Eggman Empire and Naugus effectively. The remaining members split into two teams with Team Freedom protecting New Mobotropolis, while Team Fighters would combat Eggman. The two groups continued in this capacity for some time, until Mobius was hit by the second Genesis Wave. Super Sonic later undid the effects of both this wave and the following Super Genesis Wave, but Eggman's interference resulted in drastic changes to Mobius.

### Pre-Super Genesis Wave

The Freedom Fighters were formed after Dr. Eggman had taken over the city of Mobotropolis by a young Sally Acorn, out of a desire to stop hiding and make a difference. The team first formed after Sonic the Hedgehog's victory against Eggman in the Final Zone, inspired by Sonic's heroism. Among their many victories were liberating Mobotropolis from Dr. Eggman and rescuing King Acorn from the Special Zone. Despite Sally's fears, King Acorn allowed her to stay with the Freedom Fighters, realizing how valuable she was to the team despite his own fears for her safety.

Eventually, the group separated up on miscellaneous missions between them: Amy was spirited away to the Sol Zone, Sonic and Tails were dispatched by Nicole the Holo-Lynx to rescue King Acorn from Walter Naugus, Bunnie was sent undercover on a mission to the Metropolis to steal a Shield Generator, and Sally infiltrated the new Death Egg for files as Rotor worked on a secret project with Tails.

### Countdown to Chaos

Amidst a battle with the Tails Doll on their mission which ended in the doll's defeat, Sonic regained his memories of the original reality, and Tails regained his after contact with Nicole, who suggested that they sought out the other Freedom Fighters to get to the bottom of the matter. Having rescued King Acorn, the pair set out to locate their missing teammates. The duo found Rotor in the Mystic Ruins, hard at work on the Sky Patrol base, which they and Big the Cat saved from a Badnik Horde. Sonic and Tails restored Rotor's memories of the old world by having him hold Nicole. After processing this, Rotor informed the duo as to the last known whereabouts of the other Freedom Fighters.

Following Rotor's directions, Sonic and Tails headed to the Wood Zone, where they found Antoine serving as Professor Charles the Hedgehog and Muttski's bodyguard while they researched recent earthquakes. They soon restored Antoine's memories as well, and worked together to save the two scientists and their equipment from an earthquake. Antoine departed with Chuck and Muttski while Sonic and Tails traveled to Metropolis Zone to find Bunnie D'Coolette, who was undercover in the local Egg Army unit to retrieve a shield generator for the Sky Patrol. Escaping with Bunnie and the generator, they returned to the Sky Patrol and reunited with Antoine prior to restoring Bunnie's memories.

Meanwhile, Sally was at the Death Egg stealing information from the Eggnet, and escaped to Mobotropolis with Metal Sonic on her tail. There, Sonic and Tails arrived in time to drive Metal Sonic away. Conveniently, they also found Amy, Cream, and Cheese, who returned from their trip to the Sol Zone. The Freedom Fighters then reunited in the Sky Patrol, where Sonic restored Sally's and Amy's memories. However, with Nicole repaired, she revealed the planet was tearing itself apart, just as the Shattered World Crisis began.

## Members of Knothole Freedom Fighters

### Leaders

* Sally Acorn (Former Leader)
* Sonic The Hedgehog (de-facto leader)

### Members

* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Antoine D'Coolette
* Bunnie D'Coolette
* Nicole
* Amy Rose
* Dulcy the Dragon
* Rotor Walrus
* Sir Charles Hedgehog (Formerly)
* Mina Mongoose (Resigned)
* Fiona Fox (Defected)
* Snively Kintobor (Defected)
* Tommy Turtle (Deceased)
* Nate Morgan (Deceased)
* Patch (Expelled)
* T-Pup
* Nicole the Holo-Lynx (Post-SGW)
* Big the Cat (Post-SGW)
* Cream the Rabbit (Post-SGW)
* Cheese the Chao (Post-SGW)
* Omochao (Post-SGW)
* Froggy (Post-SGW)