Knights of the Round Table

For the group in the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog television series, see Knights of the Hound Table.

The Knights of the Round Table (円卓の騎士, Entaku no kishi^?) are a group that appear in Sonic and the Black Knight. They are a group of knights and the lieutenants of King Arthur. Most of the members are alternate reality doppelgängers of Sonic's friends and rivals.

History

Past

Not much is known about the Knights of the Round Table's past. Presumably, the group was formed by King Arthur during the period of the king's noble rule, to serve as his foremost servants and enforcers. The Knights of the Round Table themselves willingly served under King Arthur and followed his every order, bound by their honor and code of chivalry.

Sonic and the Black Knight

Sir Lancelot, Sir Gawain and Sir Percival are assigned by King Arthur to track down Sonic the Hedgehog and Merlina the Wizard during Sonic and the Black Knight's opening sequence. While Gawain and Percival express their misgivings, the Knights of the Round Table nonetheless obey and pursue Sonic across the Grand Kingdom and beyond. Sir Lancelot is fought in Deep Woods, Sir Gawain upon Titanic Plain and Sir Percival in Molten Mine.

Despite suffering humiliating defeats at the hands of Sonic and Caliburn, the Knights do not give up. While Sonic battles King Arthur on the island of Avalon, Lancelot, Gawain, and Percival manage to track down Merlina in Camelot Castle. The Blue Blur arrives just in time to see Merlina reveal herself as the true villain: the Dark Queen. As the castle falls apart around them, Sonic and the Knights flee through Knight's Passage. In order to save the Kingdom, the former lieutenants of King Arthur agree to work with Sonic and Nimue to halt the Dark Queen's magic by activating four barrier stones. Sir Lancelot rushes to Shrouded Forest, Sir Gawain to Great Megalith, Sir Percival to The Cauldron and Sonic to Dragon's Lair.

The Knights of the Round Table watched from Nimue's pool as Sonic got brutally injured by the Dark Queen, and advised him to back down despite his refusal to give up. Upon witnessing the long-lost light of the sacred swords, the Knights of the Round Table offered their sacred swords to merge with Sonic's Caliburn, transforming Sonic and Caliburn into Excalibur Sonic and Excalibur.

After Sonic defeated Merlina, Sir Lancelot suggested that due to the disappearance of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table had to disband, but Caliburn had already nominated the new king: Sonic. Believing that Sonic was the true King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table bowed down in honor in front of their new king, much to Sonic's dismay.

In other media

Archie Comics

Main article: Knights of the Round Table (Archie)

Real world mythology

Sonic and the Black Knight's Knights of the Round Table are based on the traditional English legends of King Arthur and Camelot.

Trivia

• Nearly all the Knights of the Round Table are alternate reality doppelgängers of Sonic the Hedgehog's companions from previous adventures; namely:
  • Sir Lancelot - an alternate version of Shadow the Hedgehog.
  • Sir Gawain - an alternate version Knuckles the Echidna.
  • Sir Percival - an alternate version of Blaze the Cat.
  • Sir Galahad - an alternate version of Silver the Hedgehog.
  • Sir Lamorak - an alternate version of Jet the Hawk.
• Interestingly, the Knights of the Round Table's original counterparts all started out as adversaries of Sonic, before being on more friendly terms with him thereafter:
  • Knuckles the Echidna: Sonic the Hedgehog 3/Sonic & Knuckles.
  • Shadow the Hedgehog: Sonic Adventure 2.
  • Blaze the Cat: Sonic Rush.
  • Silver the Hedgehog: Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)/Sonic Rivals.
  • Jet the Hawk: Sonic Riders.
• Galahad and Lamorak are the only knights whose original counterparts are not available for play in Multiplayer mode.
• Each of the Knights of the Round Table has at least one aspect that they share with their original counterparts:
  • Shadow/Lancelot: Serious personality, being the strongest of Sonic's rivals and Chaos Control.
  • Knuckles/Gawain: Protecting a treasure and mistaking Sonic for a thief upon first encounter.
  • Blaze/Percival: Elegant and formal personality and possesses pyrokinesis.
  • Silver/Galahad: Psychokinesis.
  • Jet/Lamorak: Hot temper and cockiness.

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