#nocturnus echidna (shade the echidna)

[fyeahsonicthehedgehog]

[askknuckles]

Whatever happened to Shade?

Heh heh... Good question.

After we escaped the Twilight Cage and sealed the Nocturnus Clan back in that awful dimension, Shade joined us back on Earth.

She hung out with me on Angel Island for a while, mostly to get a sense of what the Knuckles Clan had been doing ever since the Argus Event plucked the Nocturnus from Earth.

But... She's a lot like Sonic, in a sense. She wanted to get a sense of the world and how much it's changed. She had a second chance, and Shade wanted to capitalize on that.

I can't blame her... After what happened on the Starfall Islands, I want to do that too. I just need to make sure my affairs are in order first. Maybe when I'm out there... I'll go look for her. So she isn't alone in the big bad world.

Yeah. I think I'd like that.

[muses-of-the-memory]

Happy 33rd Birthday, Sonic! (Open RP)

Today's the day!

It's the 33rd Birthday for our most favorite blue blur, the fastest thing alive! The dude who's "way past cool"!

Sonic the Hedgehog!

So today, I am going to hosting an open RP with the Sonic the Hedgehog cast of characters I have below on the tags. So, come on down and share the love!

For @hoshi-neko-hikari, @bluemajingirl, @milestails, @smashingveteransandnewcomers, @astral-multiverse, @themultiverseheroines, @littlefoxtailsprower

Also, I can RP as Classic Sonic, Classic Tails, Classic Knuckles, Classic Amy, and also the Sonic characters of the DiC Cartoons

[birdsareblooming]

Sonic Frontiers and Nocturnus Connections

⬇ Chaos Map below ⬇

Been thinking about this since reveal, there's a lot of Nocturnus bullshit in Sonic Frontiers, however until plaything the game and sitting down I didn't realize how much there was.

I believe this is possible setup for a possible revival of the Nocturnus Clan into canon, re-written to fit Modern Canon better, and re-written by people on the crew.

As posed on the Chaos Map above, I believe the idea is that while the Knuckles Clan (and possibly other unnamed ones) were inspired by their Architecture built around the Master and Chaos Emeralds. (Knuckles says the Religious and Military stuff was inspired. Possibly because the Ancients' influence also influenced whatever religion the Echidnas had.) But then the Nocturnus were inspired by, or perhaps even stole/took, the technology aspect of the Ancients.

Thoughts (slightly posed on the Chaos Map above):

There was a portal on Angel Island, could the Nocturnus have found their way to Starfall?

Or could the Ancients have brought tech with them that the Nocturnus took and kept from the other tribes?

You would think they would bring tech with them when fleeing and settling on Angel Island right?

That tech would be found by now, unless the Nocturnnus took it all.

In Chronicles, they were in a pocket dimension. (Dragged there by an unknown powerful being named "Argus", they were in the Twilight Cage along with other Alien species.) A Possible rewrite is for them to have been trapped in Cyberspace?

If so, would Sonic have freed them, or would they have been in a separate enough section of Cyberspace?

Is it possible they could have tried to replicate Cyberspace, trapping themselves within it?

Lots of rewrite potential

[charleecat-bat]

I am not built for drawing comics. But my buddy @barsikscorner inspired me to kinda revamp my Ghost AU after encouraging me to watch Little Hope (and it was decent... minus the ending i don't wanna talk about that) Some things have changed, including Shade being alive instead of a ghost! And a particular ancient echidna spirit is not too thrilled to see a Nocturnus Clan member...

Basically, a scenario me and Barsik spoke about and was inspired by a moment in the game.

[marionedde]

tag team competitors! meet the troublemakers!

Shade Nocturnus: "The world is so much bigger than you could ever perceive."

Skill: Power

Talent: Leech, Teleport

Age: 24

Pronouns: She/he

Race: Echidna

Weapon: Leech Gloves

Mimic: "They're not aware yet."

Skill: Specialty (Luck)

Talent: Shape-shift

Age:23

Pronouns: he/him

Race: Octopus

Weapon: Dagger

Tumble Wheeler + Rough Wheeler: "That mimic guy seems like a really normal dude!" "Yeah, I think so too."

Skill: Speed + Fly

Talent: Smoke + jump/climb

Age: 21 + 21 (older by 4.93 seconds)

Pronouns: he/him + he/it

Race: Skunk

Weapon: Punch?

Anton Veruca: "Remember me, Sonic?"

Skill: Swim

Talent: Taunt

Age: 24

Pronouns: he/him

Race: Alligator

Weapon: Punch

masterpost

[fastfists]

The ONLY Echidna that Knuckles isn't weary of and is actually friendly towards (other than Tikal; but that is a given) is Shade. He might be willing to give other members of the Nocturnus a second chance, but only if Shade insists or supports the decision...he trust her to know if they deserve a chance or not.

[carmarriage]

So what is Shade Like? How would you picture them getting together?

by jove being asked about my sonic shipping opinions is the best thing that has happened to me all year. Yippee!!

some context on the sonic chronicles story: the knuckles clan (tikal's tribe from sa1) was at war with the nocturnus clan, which was another more technologically advanced echidna tribe that wanted to Do A Conquest or something along those lines. i think sonic chronicles implies that's the reason for the flashback events of sa1. so the knuckles clan is wiped out by chaos, and shortly afterward the nocturnus clan is thrown into interdimensional space jail (?) by an interdimensional space god (?) and they use the alien technology there to get even more technologically advanced. they manage to find a way back to mobius, but time in the interdimensional space jail flows differently, so though they were only in there for some nebulous few years, 4,000+ years passed in the regular world. it's stupid and it's awesome. i haven't played this game in many years so i had to skim the wiki page for a refresher lol

shade is part of the nocturnus clan, she's like an assassin type warrior lady that works as the big bad's blindly devoted right hand man for the first half of the game, then gets betrayed and swaps sides to join the good guys. she's pretty much what you would expect for that kind of archetype, but since it's one of my favorites (ESPECIALLY when done with female characters <3 women's wrongs etc etc) i like her a lot even if the rest of the game isn't very good. because of the ken penders lawsuit (apparently this game riffs pretty hard on some concepts from the archie comics, but i haven't read those so iunno) none of this is canon anymore and we will never see shade ever again. sadge. (apparently ken penders thinks he owns her now and is making her into nfts. this is the worst timeline)

SO my reasoning for being #1 tikade crusader: technically shade and tikal were born/alive at the same time and it's very likely that at least shade knew of tikal, since she's the daughter of the chief of the clan they're currently at war with. it's got some real good romeo & juliet spice to it. i think the contrasts between their characters (calculating warrior on the cusp of turning into a living weapon vs peaceful pacifist who just wants to live in harmony) is sauurrrr good. narrative foils and all that. and the inherent tragedy of it too!! knowing that tikal is going to seal herself in the master emerald!! and shade is going to slip away thousands of years into the future!! no matter what it'll always end the same way!!

many many years ago i had this fanfic concept in my head where shade is sent to assassinate/kidnap tikal for political reasons, but tikal manages to talk her out of it and the two of them bond and begin to meet in secret, and their romance blossoms from there. this is pretty much still the definitive "how it would happen" scenario for me. i like to think their relationship would help them work through the uncertainty in both of their lives and situations and give them a new perspective on what they want for themselves and what they want their futures to be like. it'd be cute if their attitudes influenced each other, like shade deciding she wants to abandon her life of violence and run away with tikal, while tikal decides she wants to stay and fight (figuratively anyway) their circumstances so they can be together.

once the whole thing with perfect chaos goes down, i don't think shade would've been present so she wouldn't know what tikal had done and where she is, and only thinks she died along with everyone else, which is SUCH good drama. i like to think the grief of losing the woman she loved would've caused shade to regress and further entrenched her into the person she is during sonic chronicles, unflinchingly loyal to ix and the nocturne clan, and she would've tried to forget about her time with tikal and just focus on her mission. yum

i still really like this concept.... i'm not good at writing fic but maybe i'll try to do a little comic about it someday. this is all like 2 steps removed from canon in my brain and i need everyone to see them the way that i do because there's so much potential here...... but ya that's why i like tikade

(hey so while writing this i read through tikal's wiki page and apparently she's ALIVE now?? at the end of sa1?? which is funny because all this time i thought she straight up died. like after she reunited wwith chaos her spirit was at rest or some shit. but that's kinda awesome because at the end of sonic chronicles shade is also back on mobius so they could have a reunion, LOVE WINS!!!!)

thank you for reading my post :)

[legiongamerrd]

#Gamefemerides

Hace 16 años llega a América, Sonic Chronicles The Dark Brotherhood. Es un RPG desarrollado por BioWare y publicado por SEGA para el Nintendo DS. El juego fue el primero para portátiles de Bioware, y es parte de la serie de Sonic The Hedgehog. Sonic chronicles se enfoca, inicialmente, en los eventos que rodean el secuestro de Knuckles y la desaparición de las Esmeraldas Chaos, después de la derrota del Dr. Eggman, antes de mover al elenco de personajes entre dos dimensiones, mientras encuentran a un nuevo aliado, Shade the Echidna. Todos buscan detener la invasión de su mundo por Ix, el líder de la tribu de Shade, los Nocturnus.

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[leechblades]

@scumbag-the-hedgehog said: "...the Nocturnus Clan. A technophilic empire seeking to dominate the world for the sake of power in-of-itself. The way history seems to eternally repeats itself is farcical, isn't it?" The albino echidna closes his eyes and gently smiles at the grim observation. The presence of an echidna, someone other than the Guardian who seems to persist in every universe, has immediately attracted his attention. He knows the feeling is mutual: Finitevus can already tell his mere presence piques Shade's interest, and his familiarity with her background should only interest her more.

You would be correct about that, for better or for worse, Finitevus has the echidna warrior's attention. They're a bit stunned to speak, instinctual tension seizing her shoulders and hands tightening into fists. Another echidna, but not one of her own clan's. It'd be a relief to Shade if it weren't for the other millions of questions now barraging her mind. Hah. Is this how Knuckles felt when they first properly revealed themself to him?

" I.. You're.. " Amidst the ridged stuttering, strawberry blonde blinks, trying to recollect themself. What was that he said? A remark about the vices that plagued her imprisoned people.

" You know of us, " Finally, they manage to respond. The fact he was able to recognize her as a Nocturnus soldier told them that he's likely encountered their people before. " ...Who are you? "

[smashingveteransandnewcomers]

Elsewhere, on the Floating Island, now known as Angel Island, we find Knuckles, having gone through his own adventures with the Chaotix, even discovering that there was more to the Island's emerald than he was told as he soon learned when he encounter a hidden tribe of Echidna's from the Nocturnus Clan, which held surviors of the Knuckles Clan within.

Now, with the information that he was not the last of the Echidnas, He continues to fulfil his duty and guard the Master Emerald, the Chaos Emerald that once held the island up grown to it's full power, with his very life...

One night, at the Alter of the Emerald, after a rough storm had passed...

"There he is, Shade!" A female voice called out as an Echidna with pink fur walked up to the alter. "No way he slept through that monsoon!"

The Rise of the Archie Team Trinity

@smashingveteransandnewcomers

Everyone knows how Team Trinity met and started back in the ol' classic days and how they grew up into some of the most well known and powerful heroes to fight against the Eggman Empire. But as per usual, there are always different universes for every main universe. And this universe has Team Trinity meet in entirety different ways and has them join the Freedom Fighters in their fight against the Robotnik Empire. We start with Dr. Ivo Robotnik at his desk, working on his next big plan

"Ivo dear, Badnik and SWAT Bot production is making great progress thanks to Omelette's efforts" Dr. Shelly Blanche said as she entered the room, with a robotic Cluck on her shoulder

"Excellent...! I knew she wouldn't disappoint. And your experiments?" Robotnik asked

"I'm using some of the Mobians we captured to run some tests and so far, all I managed to do was make a rabbit with a rubberhose body... But I did make an interesting concoction I think you would love~ Snively, be a doll and bring in that beaker I just whipped up" Shelly responded

[fyeahsonicthehedgehog]

[muses-of-the-memory]

Happy 16th Anniversary to Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood

Happy Sweet 16 for Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood!

It was a Sonic the Hedgehog RPG where Sonic and his friends face off against the Marauders who were stealing the Chaos Emeralds and captured Knuckles, until they learned they were another tribe of Echidnas who were trapped in the Twilight Cage.

Shade the Echidna was among them, and she joined Sonic's side when she found out about Ix's intentions to rule the universe.

Sonic and his friends won the battle, but when they returned home, they were welcomed back by Eggman, with an attack, leaving them with a cliffhanger.

Tagged by: @hoshi-neko-hikari, @bluemajingirl, @themultiverseheroines, @smashingveteransandnewcomers

[stephensharpe]

Shall we explore the Twilight Cage?

[leechblades]

" A version of you? " The echidna repeats back with a look of surprise. It's not that she didn't know of the possibilities of the ever expanding multiverse. But to encounter such anomalies were rare. So rare in fact that this would be Shade's first time doing as such.

She ponders Sonic's.. er.. this Sonic's words for a moment. Well, it explains the staring.

" ... I see, " That would mean he hasn't met the Shade from his zone, then, if she exists. Which means this theoretical other version of herself may very well still have misguided intentions with Mobius.

...Well, what better way to get the jump ahead?

" My name is Shade. Yes, you are seeing me right. I am an echidna of the exiled Nocturnus Clan. Well... formally so. "

Oh okay so the third echidna he's ever met seems to know him. Which is a relief to some extent, as it meant that she was from another reality. Because he does not recognize her. Aside from being able to point out she's an echidna.

" First let me apologize for staring, was trying to be sure I was seeing you right. Secondly, let me apologize for not knowing you when you know me. Or, well, a version of me! Don't know which of us is displaced from where we belong, but I can't say I've met you before. "

[fini-mun]

It’s Shade week on twitter, so here’s a traditional art Shade I did. :)

Uniposca marker, holbein watercolour, jellyroll.

It’s pretty sloppy but I did it in my cheap watercolour sketchbook. I’m still happy enough with it :)