Knuckles the Echidna

Knuckles the Echidna
Name	Knuckles
Species	Echidna
Age	16
Height	110 cm
Weight	40 kg
Special abilities & skills	Powerful fighter and martial artist, with boxing-like technique Can practically bust through anything with his heavy, gloved, spiked knuckles Tuned in to fluctuations in mysterious energies; he can detect Chaos Emeralds, the Master Emerald, and other such things intuitively
Unique ability	Ultimate mobility—there is no such thing as an obstacle for Knuckles. He can dig tunnels, climb sheer walls, swim well, glide through the air with his quills fanned out, and break through almost anything that stands in his way.
Carried items	Knuckles doesn't usually carry much of anything besides the shoes on his feet and gloves on his hands, but he does sometimes take various tools like his Shovel Claws or Air Necklace when exploring.
Ability Ratings
Agility	Can probably reach speeds of around 125MPH—very fast, especially for such a bruiser. He's acrobatic, quick-footed, glides, climbs, tunnels, swims... What can't he do?
Strength	He's burly. He can rip boulders out of place and throw them at foes. Enough said.
Toughness	Strong, fit, experienced, battle-hardened and hard-headed with tough quills. He breaks rocks with his fists.
Energy	At the pinnacle of athleticism—the last time anybody saw Knuckles too tired to keep fighting was after he'd spent a couple solid days trying to stop Sonic, got beaten to a pulp, electrocuted by Eggman for several seconds straight, and dropped ten stories onto his head on a stone floor—and he still got up to punch down a wall.

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General Info

Reclusive, irritable, harsh, prideful, and even hermetic—Knuckles has been called a lot of things. Among them, however, is also noble, honest, dutiful and just-minded, for beyond his rough exterior lies a truly good and devoted guardian. As a loner by nature, he spends most of his time in his own head, silently focused on his own purposes and goals. He really doesn't like people invading the hallowed ground of the Master Emerald, so he tends to be very withdrawn from society, keeping a watchful eye over his charge. Unfortunately, this does make him unfamiliar with the way the world works, and this ignorance belies a very gullible nature, making him susceptible to those who might seek to manipulate him.

Regardless, as many times as Knuckles might get tricked or played as a fool, no one ever really gets away with it. Sure, he can brush aside a simple annoyance, but when someone pulls the wool over his eyes and endangers the Master Emerald, his fierce, aggressive drive kicks in and he unceasingly pursues victory; anyone who stands in his way had best beware the full extent of his wrath.

And speaking of wrath, he has a heck of a temper on him that, unfortunately, Sonic the Hedgehog, the person he seems to run into the most, loves exploiting. Truth be told, Knuckles may well envy Sonic's free-wheeling, devil-may-care style, and can actually be seen in his company more often than one might expect. (It's pretty obvious that guarding a big rock all day isn't that fun, no matter how dutiful you are.) That said, despite their antagonistic relationship, the two really are friends, and when the time comes to cooperate, the duo of Knuckles and Sonic is one of the most unstoppable forces the world has yet seen.

All in all, despite how focused he is on his own goals, Knuckles' strong sense of justice always rushes him to the aid of anyone in need, and for that reason, he's always ready to lend a helping hand or flying fist right in the nick of time.

Ability Info

Knuckles is through and through a brick-hard, dead-serious fighting man. Gifted with prodigious strength and physical fitness that he keeps honed to a razor-sharp peak, he can muster the strength to lift boulders and shatter rocks the size of cars. No one knows what the spikes under his gloves are, but when he's in a pitched battle with an insane scientist in a 20 foot tall mechanical monster, no one really cares.

Another, odder side to the guardian of Angel Island is that (possibly owing to his birth-bound duty or his constant exposure to the Master Emerald) he has an innate sense for the energies of it and the Chaos Emeralds that enables him to track them with uncanny accuracy from amazing distances.

Miscellanea

Trivia

• Closest friends: The Master Emerald? Maybe Sonic. Tails too, even.
• Worst enemies: Dr. Eggman
• Biggest rivals: Sonic
• Likes: Fruit (especially grapes), digging and exploring
• Dislikes: Strong sunlight
• Birthplace & Home: Angel Island
• Character theme: Marlon Saunders, Hunnid-P - Unknown from M.E
• Other trivia:
  • People often assume that Knuckles is close friends with Vector, Espio, Charmy, and Mighty. In reality, they're just acquaintances. Knuckles met the Chaotix by chance at Neutrogic High Zone, as did Mighty (who has no known affiliation with the Chaotix, either).

Beyond the Profile

Played By

Ben

Credits

Character art taken from The Sonic Official Art Archive.

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