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Deo Volente is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. He is one of the long-living members of the race of fire ants on the Floating Island, and the grandfather of Archimedes.
Description[]
Deo has carried on the family tradition of mentoring and standing by the current guardian of Angel Island. Deo is two hundred years old, has blue eyes, wears a green beret, green boots, a green and white striped vest, gold-topped walking stick and sports a white beard. Deo was a close friend to Knuckles' seventh-generation grandfather Hawking.
History[]
Time as Mentor[]
Deo Volente served as the mentor to Guardians Hawking and Tobor, taking over the latter's training when Hawking returned to Angel Island in order to start cleaning up the nuclear fallout caused by a Dingo attack on Echidnaopolis that Hawking thwarted. His tenure as Tobor's teacher was short, as Tobor was quickly replaced with the impostor Moritori Rex following a horrible battle. His Guardian pupils also included Mathias, Spectre, and Sojourner. Pragmatic and spiritual, Deo aimed at helping the Brotherhood learn to stand on its own while his line decreased in importance.[1]
Advisor to the Brotherhood[]
When the barriers between Mobius Prime and the various pocket zones Hawking had created began to break down, Deo transported himself to Hawking's location. Hawking explained to his old mentor that the Dingoes were not responsible for the barriers between zones breaking down, and that Haven likely had the answers. Deo and Hawking then listened to Locke's explanation that it was the Ultimate Annihilator being fired that caused the zones to break down. As the pocket zones began to merge with Mobius Prime, Deo informed Archimedes of Hawking's wish for everyone to get to the underground bunkers for safety. After the pocket zones merged with Mobius Prime, Deo spoke to his grandson Archimedes, explaining Hawking's fate was out of his hands, but that Hawking had left a gift for Knuckles - the hat he used during his tenure as Guardian.[1]
Following the return of the Dark Legion days later, Deo Volente summoned Archimedes to Haven in order to pass the word to Knuckles of an imminent threat. Before they could accomplish anything, however, Enerjak returned from his exile in space, courtesy of Mammoth Mogul. Volente and his grandson found themselves captured by the super-powered Echidna, a precaution against their interference in his plans.[2]Trapped in a special electromagnetic prison that disrupted their teleportation abilities, they were handed over to the Dark Legion, and Volente found himself despairing over any hopes of escape. But with Archimedes' encouragement, he rallied, and the two even found their positions reversed as Archimedes felt himself losing hope.[3] Fortunately, help arrived in the form of Knuckles, who had been saved from destruction at Enerjak's hands by the Ancient Walkers. Rescued, Deo and his grandson soon found themselves facing a new problem in the form of Mogul, who drained Enerjak's powers to increase his own.[4]
While Locke tended to Hawking in Haven's med lab, he informed Deo that Hawking would not be able to pull through on his own and required life support. When Locke pointed out the irony of Hawking relying on technology to live whereas the echidnas had gone to war over technology's use, Deo angrily pointed out that their society only went to war because a few had misused it like the Dark Legion.[5]
Deo later preceded over the Brotherhood's meeting with Knuckles, and following that was present during the Brotherhood's meeting with Princess Sally Acorn.[6][7]
Relationships[]
Friends/allies[]
- Brotherhood of Guardians
- Hawking (close friend)
- Locke the Echidna
- Mathias
- Sabre
- Sojourner
- Spectre
- Thunderhawk
- Tobor
- Chaotix
- Semper Fidelis (son)
Enemies[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Knuckles the Echidna #6, "Lost Paradise Part Three of Three: Zero Hour... and Counting"
- ↑ Knuckles the Echidna #7, "Dark Vengeance Part One of Three: Deadly Homecoming"
- ↑ Knuckles the Echidna #8, "Dark Vengeance Part Two of Three: The Gauntlet"
- ↑ Knuckles the Echidna #9, "Dark Vengeance Part Three of Three: Twilight of the Titans"
- ↑ Knuckles the Echidna #12, "The Forgotten Tribe Part Three of Three: Journey's End"
- ↑ Knuckles the Echidna #21, "The Forbidden Zone Part Three of Three: The Many Faces of the Truth"
- ↑ Knuckles the Echidna #29, "My Special Friend"
External links[]
- Deo Volente at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.