Chaos energy (Sonic the Comic)

Chaos energy is an extremely powerful and dangerous form of energy.

Chaos Energy exists in minute quantities within just about everything on Mobius, but the most concentrated source of this power is the Chaos Emeralds. Chaos power has been known to have many radical effects, such as causing machinery to malfunction or causing transformations in living beings. The Drakon Empire discovered Chaos energy and use Mobius' Chaos Emeralds to store it, as the energy is highly unstable on its own.

Creation of the Chaos Energy
Prior to the Great War of Mobius over 8,000 years ago, the Drakon Empire developed an unstable energy source, but the "Chaos" energy was too unsafe to use. In order to find a capsule for the energy, the Drakons supposedly began spying on a number of planets, Mobius one of them. They observed the native echidnas for some time until they knew exactly what they wanted. A military squadron subsequently invaded Mobius and took control of the echidnas' sacred Emerald mines. By digging up and using these precious gems, the Drakons utilised their technology to transfer the Chaos energy into the Emeralds. This not only stablised the energy, but gave them the means to control and use it.

Fearing that the Drakons could transfer their Chaos energy into a thousand Emeralds and conquer the galaxy, Pochacamac stole the seven "Chaos Emeralds " and kept them within his Megopolis City home. The Drakons were furious and chased the echidnas down, meaning to retrieve their Chaos energy. An initial battle arose, beginning the Great War. A number of Prosecutors and Sentinels attempted to steal back the Emeralds but inadvertantly ended up creating the Chaos monster, the product of the unstable Chaos energy merging with a captured Prosecutor fish. Eventually, the Drakons were defeated and the Chaos Emeralds remained on the Floating Island, protected by Knuckles the Echidna.

Chaos Emeralds
For some reason, some of the seven Chaos Emeralds began taking on different properties, warped by the unstable energy. The Master Emerald became the largest and most powerful of them all, containing enough Chaos energy to transform both Sonic the Hedgehog and a Metallix into super-powered forms. The Grey Emerald has the status of being the "Control Emerald" and has the power to absorb more Chaos energy. This has become vital on three occasions, allowing Knuckles to remove excess Chaos energy from Doctor Ivo Robotnik's body.

Robotnik was one of the first people to learn of Chaos energy's limitless power and attempted to steal the Chaos Emeralds for himself. He befriended (and tricked) Knuckles and helped him retrieve a second set of Chaos Emeralds, at some point separated from the original seven. Knuckles was able to recombine them but wasn't aware that Robotnik would then absorb the Chaos energy into himself. This newfound power allowed him to grow to an enormous size and even turn Tails into glass. Fortunately, Knuckles revealed that the Grey Emerald, thought to be missing, was in his possession and removed the Chaos energy before teleporting him back down to Mobius. Robotnik's second instance of gaining Chaos powers was much more successful; Robotnik completly changed reality and the timeline, plunging Mobius into misery. Sonic was able to convince Knuckles to use the Grey Emerald on him once more. As Robotnik had become so used to the Chaos energy in his body, he seemingly shrunk to nothing when it was removed, although he had actually been sent to the microscopic world of Shanazar.

External Link

 * Chaos Energy at Sonic the Comic Wiki