Vikings

The Vikings are a group of anthropomorphic polar bears who appears in Sonic Rush Adventure. This hardy group resides in a village of ice houses on Blizzard Peaks, in the frozen north of Blaze the Cat's world in the Sol Dimension.

When Captain Whisker came to their village, the Vikings were subsequently trapped in ice when defending their home, but were eventually saved by Sonic the Hedgehog and his allies.

History
During the events of Sonic Rush Adventure, the Vikings and their village came under attack by Captain Whisker and his pirate crew following the pirates' escape from Sonic, Blaze, Tails and Marine on Haunted Ship. When Whisker and his crew first showed up on their island, the Vikings left their village and tried to fight them off. Despite their efforts though, the Vikings were eventually defeated when Whisker and his crew used their machines to freeze all the Vikings in solid ice. Having been trapped in ice, all the Vikings could do now were to await their inevitable death.

Some time afterwards, Sonic, Blaze, Tails and Marine arrived on Blizzard Peaks in search for the Vikings to enlist their help, believing that they had fought the Whisker and his pirates before and therefore had valuable information on them that they would share. Finding the Vikings' village deserted, Sonic and the others went in search of them, and eventually found the Vikings and Whisker. After Sonic and Blaze had following defeated the Ghost Whale and drove Whisker and his crew off, the Vikings were thawed out by Blaze's pyrokinetic abilities.

Now freed from their icy prison, Norman thanked Sonic and his friend on behalf of the Vikings for saving them, and revealed to them that they had heard the pirates say that they had made their hideout in some ancient ruins in the far east.