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- For other appearances of the object, see Master Emerald (disambiguation). For other subjects named "Emerald", see Emerald.
The Master Emerald (マスターエメラルド Masutā Emerarudo?) is an object that appears in the anime series Sonic X and its comic series published by Archie Comics. It is a massive, green emerald and a mystical relic of immeasurable power from Sonic's world.[note 1] The one who controls the Master Emerald can nullify and control the Chaos Emeralds, making the Master Emerald a very valuable gem.
The Master Emerald's eternal resting place is on Angel Island where its power keeps the island afloat in the sky; without it, the island will fall down. For generations, the Knuckles Clan has guarded the Master Emerald, the mission having been inherited from one generation to the next. In the present day, the role has been passed onto the race's last surviving member, Knuckles the Echidna.[1]
When the Master Emerald got sent to Earth, it became a key factor in many battles until it was returned home. It would later become a vital power source in the war against the Metarex.
Description[]
Powers and traits[]
The Master Emerald is an all-powerful[1] gem on par with the Chaos Emeralds and holds unbound and infinite amounts of chaos energy. As its primary function, the Master Emerald has the power to fully control everything that the Chaos Emeralds do, which grants it the ability to completely shut down the Chaos Emeralds' energies. The Master Emerald's energies can as well be harnessed to power machinery.
The Master Emerald appears to have some degree of sentient, as demonstrated when it interacts with Knuckles and Tikal, and can create three-dimensional holographic images within itself as a form of communication. In addition, if the Master Emerald is broken into several pieces, it can repair itself if the shards are brought back together. However, the shattering of the emerald seems to give the shards an explosive trajectory, causing them to fly a great distance which makes the task of gathering them rather painstaking.
Only Knuckles and Tikal are able to talk to, command and control the Master Emerald's power to the fullest. On most occasions, for Knuckles and Tikal to connect to or unlock the power of the Master Emerald, they must recite an ancient quote.
History[]
Anime[]
Past[]
Tikal discovers the Master Emerald.
The Master Emerald's true origins are shrouded in mystery. The earliest documentations of it date back to the era when Knuckles Clan still thrived. In those times, the Master Emerald and the Chaos Emeralds resided in a sacred shrine in the Mystic Ruins where a colony of Chao lived peacefully, guarded by the mystical water beast Chaos. Eventually though, Pachacamac, leader of the Knuckles' Clan, set his greedy eyes on the Master Emerald and the Chaos Emeralds to gain ultimate power for his clan. Learning of her father's plans to raid the shrine, Tikal failed to make the shrine's residents leave. Instead, the residential Chao let her see the Master Emerald. As if the Master Emerald spoke to her, Tikal began citing a mantra telling of the controller of the Chaos Emerald and understood how it was that controller.[2][3]
When the time of the raid came, Pachacamac and his warriors brought destruction to the Emeralds' shrine. Tikal attempted to stop her clan and block access to the Altar, but her pleas fell on deaf ears. Trampling over Tikal and the Chao alike, the Master Emerald and the Chaos Emeralds were left for the echidnas' taking until Chaos blocked their path. In a fit of rage over them desecrating the Altar and harming Tikal and the Chao, Chaos took the Chaos Emeralds' power and wiped out most of Tikal's tribe. With Chaos lost to rage, Tikal prayed to the Master Emerald with her mantra to stop Chaos, which the gem responded to by sealing Chaos inside itself along with Tikal so Tikal could sooth its anger.[4] After that, the survivors from the Knuckles Clan would devote themselves to protecting the prized gem on Angel Island. In the present day, this task has been inherited by Knuckles the Echidna, the last of the Knuckles Clan.
Chaos Emerald Saga[]
The Master Emerald was eventually left unprotected when Knuckles got sent to Earth by Chaos Control. During most of his time there, Knuckles was on an almost obsessive quest to get home to protect the Master Emerald. While no harm was done in Knuckles' absence, Angel Island and the Master Emerald were transported to Earth by a giant Chaos Control triggered during a fight between Super Sonic and the E-99 Eggsterminator.[5]
Chaos Saga[]
The Master Emerald shattered.
Following the Master Emerald's arrival on Earth, Knuckles resumed his duty of protecting it. Six months later though, the Master Emerald was shattered by Dr. Eggman to release Chaos, its shards scattering far and wide and causing Angel Island to fall into the sea.[2] As such, Knuckles began searching for the fragments. After Knuckles had brought most of its shards back together, the partially-restored Master Emerald showed Knuckles that the remaining shards were on the Egg Carrier.[3] Not long after, Knuckles brought the final pieces back and fully restored the Master Emerald. When Chaos had finally been calmed down by Sonic, Tikal and Chaos returned to the Master Emerald to live in peace.[4]
Shadow Saga[]
Rouge stealing the Master Emerald.
After Perfect Chaos' attack on Station Square, the Master Emerald was stolen by Rouge the Bat who took to the Space Colony ARK.[6] However, Knuckles followed her up to the ARK where Rouge let him take it back after he saved her life.[7] When the Space Colony ARK was sent on a crash course into Earth, which would destroy the planet, Rouge had the idea of using the Master Emerald to deactivate the Chaos Emeralds that were currently powering the ARK's descent. With help from Sonic, Decoe, Bocoe and Shadow, the Master Emerald was brought to the ARK's core where Knuckles called upon its power and shut down the Chaos Emerald.[8]
Homebound Saga[]
When it was revealed that the presence of Sonic's planet is of the huge amount, arrived en masse, of their population (including villages) threatened to freeze time[9], Master Emerald was sent back to their planet using a machine created by Tails and Chuck Thorndyke
Metarex Saga[]
After returning home, the Master Emerald was protected by Knuckles over the next six months. At that point, the Master Emerald served as an immobile docking point for Christopher Thorndyke's portal to Sonic's planet but because of the time difference between Earth and Sonic's planet, counting also that his portal was in the experimental stage and therefore not perfected, Chris physically rejuvenated by six years.
The Master Emerald being used to power the Blue Typhoon.
As Sonic and co. prepared to set out to travel around the galaxy and battle the Metarex, an alien race of cyborgs bend on universal dominance, the crew took the Master Emerald from Knuckles to use it as a power source for the Blue Typhoon, a massive spacefaring vessel, which Knuckles was forced to accept.[10] Onboard the Blue Typhoon, Knuckles would call upon the Master Emerald's power in time of need, most importantly to power the ship's Sonic Power Cannon. In the final battle against the Metarex's leader Dark Oak, the crew channeled the Master Emerald's energy into a powerful shot from the Sonic Power Cannon in an attempt to destroy Dark Oak. However, the attack pushed the Master Emerald beyond its limit, leaving it shattered and powerless.[11]
After defeating the Metarex, Knuckles brought the Master Emerald shards back to Angel Island to guard them until they healed naturally, although the process will take some time[12] . The destruction of the Master Emerald prevented Chris from returning home until the Master Emerald would recover.
Archie Comics[]
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Game appearances[]
Sonic X (Leapster)[]
The Master emerald, along with the seven Chaos emeralds, from Sonic X (Leapster).
In Sonic X (Leapster), the Master Emerald (spelled as Master emerald[13]) appears as a small reward. In gameplay, the player can empower the Master emerald by completing two zones with all ninety-nine golden rings collected after having collected all seven Chaos emeralds. However, empowering the Master emerald will not affect the game.
Trivia[]
- The design of the Master Emerald in Sonic X was borrowed directly from its game counterpart's design in Sonic Adventure 2.
- In the Italian dub of Sonic X, the Master Emerald is called "Smeraldo Gigante" (Italian for "Giant Emerald").
- In Sonic X (Leapster), the sprite for the Master Emerald is directly taken from Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
See also[]
Notes[]
- ↑ The world where the Master Emerald comes from is not named in the anime and comics. The comics state, though, that the Master Emerald had traveled across dimensions on a parallel planet, Earth.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sonic X #6, "I Never Promised You a Chao Garden Part Two"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yoshimura, Kiyoko (25 September 2004). "A Chaotic Day". Sonic X. Season 2. Episode 28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Houjou, Chinatsu (2 October 2004). "A Robot Rebels". Sonic X. Season 2. Episode 29.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shiraishi, Masahiko (23 October 2004). "Flood Fight". Sonic X. Season 2. Episode 32.
- ↑ Masaki, Hiro (27 March 2004). "Countdown to Chaos". Sonic X. Season 1. Episode 26.
- ↑ Masaki, Hiro (30 October 2004). "Project: Shadow". Sonic X. Season 2. Episode 33.
- ↑ Yoshimura, Kiyoko (27 November 2004). "Robotnik's Revenge". Sonic X. Season 2. Episode 37.
- ↑ Yoshimura, Kiyoko (4 December 2004). "Showdown in Space". Sonic X. Season 2. Episode 38.
- ↑ Houjou, Chinatsu (19 March 2005). "Running Out of Time". Sonic X. Season 2. Episode 50.
- ↑ Yoshimura, Kiyoko (17 September 2005). "A Cosmic Call". Sonic X. Season 3. Episode 54.
- ↑ Yoshimura, Kiyoko (22 April 2006). "The Light in the Darkness". Sonic X. Season 3. Episode 76.
- ↑ Yoshimura, Kiyoko (6 May 2006). "So Long Sonic". Sonic X. Season 3. Episode 78.
- ↑ Sonic X (Leapster) instruction booklet, pg. 2.
| Playable characters | Sonic | |
| Non-playable characters | Chris · Knuckles · Tails · Amy · Eggman | |
| Zones | Station Square · Angel Island · Eggman's Base | |
| Minigames | Eggman's Super Sucky Machine · Math Robot Round-Up · Aerial Automations | |
| Enemies | Math robot | |
| Moves/techniques | Grinding · Spin-dash | |
| Gimmicks and obstacles | Goal Plate · Spring · Star Post | |
| Items | Chaos emerald · Master emerald · Golden ring | |
| Voice actors | Jason Griffith (Sonic) · Mike Pollock (Eggman) · Suzanne Goldish (Chris) | |
| Other | Angel Island · Earth · Egg Mobile · Station Square · Super Sucky Machine | |