Dark Gaia

**Dark Gaia** (ダークガイア, *Dāku Gaia*) is one of the main antagonists and the final boss of *Sonic Unleashed*. It is a primordial hyper energy organism from the dawn of time and the incarnation of darkness, night, and destruction. Since its birth, Dark Gaia has been in an eternal conflict with Light Gaia, where they maintain a cycle of destruction and rebirth of the planet. In the present day, Dark Gaia was awoken prematurely by Dr. Eggman, who planned to use its power to establish Eggmanland, which caused it to break apart and scatter across the world. After being reassembled, Dark Gaia attempted to destroy the world, but was defeated and returned to dormancy by Sonic the Hedgehog and Light Gaia, restoring its cycle.

## Appearance

Dark Gaia is an gargantuan creature of such size that it makes characters like Sonic seem like grains of sand by comparison. In its incomplete base form, it has brown skin with its lower body and torso resembling that of a snake's, two thin arms with long neon-blue claws, and scaly shoulders. Its head itself is very wide, much wider than its main body and is mostly composed of its jagged mouth (which remains closed until it transforms) and has a single green eye on each end of it. Its central face looks like that of a reptile, with four small horns on the top of it, white eyes, and one large green eye on the middle of its forehead.

On its back, Dark Gaia has seven purple flaming energy tentacles sticking out from it, and neon blue scaly fins that run from its lower back up to its head. It also possesses "hair" in the form of purple energy that emits from its head and back, giving it the appearance of a mohawk.

## History

### Past

The counterpart of Light Gaia, Dark Gaia originates from the beginning of time, having been spawned in the core of the earth after the planet first came into being. While their origins are unclear, Prof. Pickle has speculated that both Dark and Light Gaia are manifestations of the planet's desire for a balance between light and darkness. As per its purpose, Dark Gaia sought to destroy the planet that spawned it. In opposition to that, Light Gaia sought to protect the planet from Dark Gaia. Thus began an endless conflict between the two entities, forming a continuous cycle of destruction and rebirth of the earth over the eons. In this cycle, Dark Gaia would incubate in the earth's core for millions of years, gathering negative energy from the world to mature while sleeping. It would then awaken during the time of awakening as Perfect Dark Gaia and break the planet apart before trying to destroy it. Each time, however, Dark Gaia would be defeated by Light Gaia, who would rebuild the world and return Dark Gaia to dormancy, thus restarting the cycle. If Dark Gaia succeeds its mission, all life on the planet will perish, and the dead planet will enter a deep slumber until Light Gaia's arrival.

Some tens of thousands of years ago, Dark Gaia had just finished another cycle with Light Gaia and had returned to the planet's core to grow strong enough for the next confrontation.

## Role in Sora’s Adventures

Dark Gaia doesn’t use the Heartless because he has his minions to invade in Sora and Friends Unleashed