mentors Knuckles, Archimedes is kind and good natured, but often enigmatic and secretive, bringing frustration to Knuckles. The Brotherhood of Guardians A group of echidnas who have dedicated their lives to protecting the Floating Island, the Brotherhood operates from a hidden base of operations to assist and guide their descendants, namely Knuckles. Villains Enerjak/Dimitri Knuckles' great-great-granduncle and supreme leader of the Dark Legion, he arguably serves as the series' main antagonist. Dimitri stole the power of eleven Chaos Emeralds that were sustaining the Floating Island, turning him into Enerjak, a godlike being seeking to reform echidna society in his own image. Albeit eventually drained of his powers, Dimitri was rebuilt as a cyborg and continued to lead the Dark Legion. Renfield T. Rodent A former ally of Doctor Robotnik, Renfield is a shady businessman with underworld connections who operates the Happyland theme park on the Floating Island. General Helmut von Stryker The leader of the dingoes, General Stryker is a huge, muscled soldier with a militaristic and aggressive nature. The Dark Legion The antithesis to the Brotherhood of Guardians, the Legion is an army of cyborg echidnas who worship technology. Its leaders (known as Grandmasters) are all descendants of Dimitri the Echidna, just as the Guardians were descended from Dimitri's brother, Edmund. Reception Knuckles the Echidna has been commented on by media critics for its bizarre nature. Many of the series' elements have been met with bewilderment, including its tonal inconsistency, complicated dialogue and extremely blunt political allusions, all while being aimed at children who might be unable to comprehend said aspects properly. Legacy Though the series was cancelled with issue #32, Penders resolved many dangling plot threads in Sonic Super Special issue #14. He also kept writing supporting stories in the regular Sonic the Hedgehog series, which picked Knuckles' story up from where his own series left off. The plot of the 2008 Sonic game Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood shared many similarities with Knuckles the Echidna's storyline, prompting legal action from Ken Penders. After a crossover between Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man comics in 2013, most of the characters introduced in Knuckles were severed from the Sonic universe through a reboot of the continuity, due in most part to Archie's legal issues with Ken Penders. See also References 1997 comics debuts 2000 comics endings Archie Comics titles Comics based on Sonic the Hedgehog Comics based on