Ritual Chamber

The Ritual Chamber is a location in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. It is located underground, specifically under the Council Of Acorn. It is where Ixis Naugus prepared his plan to hypnotize the Council of Acorn members to build a new Order of Ixis.

History
In a bright, sunny morning, Ixis Naugus decides to take a walk around New Mobotropolis. As it turns out, he goes inside the hole that the Battle Bird Armada made by destroying Castle Acorn. Unknowing what is behind him, Naugus is followed by three members of the Secret Freedom Fighters- Elias Acorn, Leeta and Lyco. As all four enter inside an opening to the chamber, Naugus turns around when he hears noises, but the three Secret Freedom Fighters hide behind stones on the walls. He carries on after complaining to his mentors inside his head. As Elias decides to place a bomb for their escape (the entrance was sealed after Naugus walked away), the Wolf Pack twins argue with Elias, suggesting that they should be in charge, as Harvey Who thought that their recent battle aganist Eggman was great. Elias decides to stay and keep placing the bomb, while the twins follow Naugus. The wicked wizard, however is struggling to keep his mutation that he got in the recent battle with Eggman away from his form now. The voices in his head tell him to be loose and that no one is looking, so Naugus then lets his mutation out. With the twins watching this, Leeta screams, causing Naugus to yell "WHO'S THERE?" Elias then hears the twins screaming and runs through the tunnel, but Naugus barely caught him, as the former-king hid behind a rock. Elias catches up with the twins and escapes the chamber from Naugus, but is hit by the wizard at the last moment, causing the Secret Freedom Fighters to fall to the bottom of the hole..... (StH #42)

As Geoffrey St. John comes after his previous mission, the skunk brings the bones of Ixis Vale, as commanded by his master. Naugus then tells Geoffrey the real reason why the bones are important; the wizard will use a spell from the bones to take control of the Council of Acorn. As a shock to his suprise, Geoffrey argues with Naugus, saying the chaos could easily happen if the plan succeeds. Naugus, however, disagrees with Geoffrey's pleading, as Naugus wants that to happen to New Mobotropolis. (StH #43)

Naugus prepares for his spell, with a ticked-off Geoffrey, until the Secret Freedom Fighters- Elias, Leeta, Lyco, Silver, and Shard- blast in and stop the spell. A big fight takes place, as major key elements in the battle is Ixis Vale's bones are turned to dust via Shard's cannon, and Naugus causes a big fire that destroys parts of the Ritual Chamber. With the spell destroyed, the Secret Freedom Fighters have completed their mission, escaping the chamber. Geoffrey had escaped with them, too, but Naugus, pleading for mercy, hypnotizes Geoffrey to come stay with the wizard, as the chamber supposely, is sealed in, due to the battle. (StH #44)

Trivia

 * This could have been an area where the original members of the Order of Ixis could have met.