Lord Mordred Hood

Lord Mordred Hood is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-off comic series published by Archie Comics. In the Post-Super Genesis Wave timeline, he is an anthropomorphic cobra and the regional Egg Boss of the Avalon Egg Army, as well as the sworn enemy to Bow Sparrow.

In the Pre-Super Genesis Wave timeline, he was the Grandmaster of the Mercia Dark Egg Legion. He was the arch-nemesis of the Mercian Freedom Fighters.

A Slithering Problem
Lord Mordred Hood apparently acquired the role as a Grandmaster sometime during Sonic's absence after the Xorda Attack on Mobius. By 3237, after Snively betrayed the Eggman Empire and gave false information about Dr. Eggman's demise and the destruction of the Death Egg Mark 2, Hood told a servant of his at Snottingham Castle that they will celebrate by flogging the prisoners. However, he was immediately transported to the seemingly-destroyed Death Egg Mark 2, where he and the rest of the Grandmasters were told by Eggman that Snively lied about his demise and that their objective is to not only capture Snively if they find him, but to find the missing blue Chaos Emerald Eggman used in Operation: Clean Sweep but lost after activating the World Roboticizer. With this, Hood and the rest of the Grandmasters were sent back to their respective jobs with these new tasks.

Shortly afterword, Hood began terrorizing prisoners at the castle to find out the location of the Deerwood Forest hideaway. However, he was interrupted by a Mercia Dark Egg Legion member, who told Hood that the Mercian Freedom Fighters–Bow Sparrow, Thorn the Lop, Munch Rat, Friar Buck, and Alan Quail–along with the Chaotix–Vector the Crocodile, Espio the Chameleon, and Charmy Bee–had sneaked inside the castle to rescue prisoners. Hood decided to let the heroes get inside, since he assures that once they get inside the dungeon, they would never leave.

And thus, Bow and his gang managed to make it inside the dungeon and, by using a Warp Ring courtesy of Vector, were able to transport prisoners to Deerwood Forest hideaway. Hood commanded his troops to get the Chaotix quickly given that they are a small group. But, after learning that Bow and his gang are using a Warp Ring to rescue prisoners, Hood immediately took action and went to the dungeon. Hood and his army went to the dungeon and surprised the heroes, as the cobra called Rob'O the Hedge a coward just to upset Bow. Taking that as an insult, the sparrow decides to shoot a TNT arrow at Hood. Hood manages to avoid it thanks to his agile neck movement, but an explosion from the arrow occurs, in which Hood is caught in the crossfire. The explosion caused a brick to fall on him, subduing the Grandmaster. However, Hood walked up on the stairs in the dungeon and used his hypnosis to command the heroes and Deerwood Forest-prisoners to stand down and surrender. Hood was ambushed by Vector, who punched the Grandmaster in the back. As the Mercian Freedom Fighters, Chaotix, and prisoners made their way to the center of the castle grounds, Hood commanded his troops to subdue the heroes. Fortunately, the heroes fled via Warp Ring before G.O.O.N. robots were able to stop the heroes.

Double Trouble
At some point in the Post-Super Genesis Wave timeline, Lord Mordred Hood became the regional Egg Boss for the Avalon Egg Army. However, he was experiencing trouble from not only Bow's team, but also from G.U.N. forces. Shortly before the Shattered World Crisis, Eggman, Orbot, and Cubot needed to get to the Death Egg as soon as possible after getting readings about the planet cracking apart. However, Eggman (inside his Egg Mobile-converted bi-plane) crashed landed at the Avalon Egg Army Base thanks to G.U.N. forces. Eggman, irritated, demanded where Hood was at. Lord Hood arrived and told his master that G.U.N. forces have been a problem to the local Egg Army, as well as the problem with Bow's gang. Eggman then demanded an aircraft to get to the Death Egg. However, Hood replied that they have no aircraft and that, even if they did, they wouldn't have enough space to fly before G.U.N. forces destroy their aircraft. Luckily, Eggman was able to think of an idea by converting his Egg Mobile into an Egg Walker. Eggman was able to destroy the G.U.N. carrier, wiping down one problem for Hood and his army.

Appearance
Lord Mordred Hood is a green anthropomorphic cobra with a legionized torso, arms, and legs. He has four yellow sideways triangles on his torso, which are inspired from Eggman's main design of his jacket. Hood's eyes are yellow, and he has two yellow circles on his hood. He has a pair of fangs and has a tail uncovered by legionization.

Personality
Lord Mordred Hood, like most Grandmasters/Egg Bosses, has a strong sense of hatred to Eggman, and when Eggman was falsely confirmed dead, Hood, like most Grandmasters, wished to not serve the Eggman Empire no longer. Much similar to other Grandmasters, Hood is also terribly afraid of his master, keeping quiet during the entire meeting when Eggman told his "loyal subjects" to find the blue Chaos Emerald. Albeit one could say Hood looks up to Eggman due to his legionized robotic parts, this is not true; since Hood only accepts the legionized parts for power. A cruel and astute cobra, he cleverly thinks of ways to trap his enemies rather than easily kill them on the spot, i.e. the Mercian Freedom Fighters heading inside the castle dungeon to save the prisoners. He also enjoys watching the suffering of enemies. He is easily arrogant and over-confident when things are looking good in his situation.

Powers and Abilities
Lord Mordred Hood has the ability of hypnosis, in which he can either manipulate individuals for answers or for his personal amusement. Hood apparently seems to have a strong hold on this ability, as well. Hood also has the ability to move his neck in a agile movement, easily avoiding a TNT arrow Bow shot at him.

Trivia

 * In an early version of the cover for Sonic Universe #37, Lord Hood was originally colored purple. This was most likely changed due to the fact that Trey Scales was also a purple snake. Whether Hood's color was changed to green because of the similarities or because of early development is unknown.
 * However, in the early version of said cover, one could also notice Duck "Bill" Platypus colored incorrectly green, as well. Therefore, some chalk up Hood's "early" coloring as a coloring error with Duck Platypus.
 * Lord Hood's abilities are most likely a reference to his animal counterpart, the cobra, in which cobras are not only quick, but cobras have been stereotyped to have the ability of hypnosis.
 * Lord Hood is one of the few characters in Mercia to not be based off of a character from the Robin Hood-folklore. However, Hood's name does come from British literature.