Mathias

Father of Hawking and the oldest Guardian still living by the time of Knuckles, Mathias retired from his duties in Haven to spend the rest of his life in quiet meditation in another dimension. However, his time there was brought to an end when he sensed the Dark Legion preparing for yet another offensive against the Brotherhood and Echidnaopolis. Returning to Haven, he marshalled the Brotherhood for a preemptive strike against the Legion in hopes of thwarting Dimitri's plans. They launched an attack against the Dark Legion's headquarters in the Grand Conservatory, Mathias leading a meld of their powers with devastating effect, but all the members of the Brotherhood were then caught up by the effects of the Quantum Beam. While his death was not shown, Mathias was later said by Spectre to have joined with his son Hawking and grandson Tobor unto "the next evolution"-in other words, the afterlife.