Knuckles Clan (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)


 * This article is about the tribe of echidnas in the Archie Comics. For Knuckles the Echidna's ancestors in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, see Knuckles Clan.

The Knuckles Clan was an ancient group of warrior echidnas that existed thousands of years ago, until they were wiped out by Perfect Chaos.

Foundation and War
During the early centuries of Mobius, a group of Echidnas left Albion to create a colony and spread Echidna culture. The voyagers arrived in Soumerca, where they found themselves at odds with the hostile native Felidae warriors from Pais Misterioso.

Most of the colonists chose to leave and settle elsewhere, but two castes of the colony desired to remain at the new land and fight for it. The warrior caste would come to be known as the Knuckles Clan, while the scientist caste became the Nocturnus Clan. The Knuckles Clan initally fought back against the Feildae with support from the Nocturnus Clan, but shortly after dedicating themselves to the fight, a rift opened between the Knuckles Clan's leader, Chief Pachacamac and the Nocturnus Clan's leader, Imperator Ix, eventually leading to Pachacamac chosing to wage war against the Nocturnus Clan as well as with the Felidae. A three-way war then erupted between the three groups, with the Knuckles Clan focusing on warfare while the Nocturnus Clan made great strides in their technological prowess and Felidae kept pressing on their attack.

Destruction
With conflict ensuing between the three groups, the Knuckles Clan was overwhelmed, and they therefore sought out the power of the Chaos Emeralds to defeat their enemies. When Tikal tried to tell her father to leave the peaceful Chao alone and simply leave their new land, Pachacamac ignored her pleas. Soon, the Knuckles Clan found themselves faced against the water-being known as Chaos. As penance for wounding numerous Chao and attempting to use the seven Chaos Emeralds' power for their own nefarious plans, Chaos wiped out the Knuckles Clan. Tikal, the last surviving member of the clan, realized Chaos had become overwhelmed with fury. She used the powers of the Chaos Emeralds to seal herself in the Black Emerald along with Chaos.