Knuckles Tribe

Centuries ago, a group of Echidnas known as the Knuckles Tribe left Albion in search of new lands to colonize and also simply to explore. During their efforts to find new lands to call their own, the Knuckles Tribe came across the lands of the mysterious Cat Country. When the tribe's leader, Pachacamac, decided to wage war against the Cat Country, the intellectuals, scholars and scientists, not wishing to engage in war, left the Knuckles Tribe to find a home elsewhere. These Echidnas were the ones who would eventually colonize Echidnaopolis. The warrior cast, who remained behind to fight the cat people, were wiped out by the being known as Chaos when they attempted to use the powers of the Chaos Emeralds to wipe out their enemies. Locke the Echidna would later name his son after the tribe, partly because of their relation to the tribe and partly because of the fist spurs Knuckles inherited from them.