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A Chaos Emerald is a mystic item that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog video games, allowing the holder of all seven of them to transform into a "super" form. Each emerald is composed of positive and negative charged materials which make them an everlasting source of energy and allow them to float. This energy also makes their possessors faster than normal.
Sonic and Knuckles only use the positive charged part of the emerald to transform, which is demonstrated by Sonic at the end of Sonic Adventure. Knuckles has only been able to transform in Sonic & Knuckles and Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Tails was also able to attain a super form with the use of both the Chaos Emeralds and the Super Emeralds in Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
The Chaos Emeralds can be anywhere, usually located in a "Special Stage". Even alone, their power is unmatched by anything else in the universe; however, their power can be halted at any time by the Master Emerald.
Game Appearances
A Chaos Emerald in the Sonic 3 special stage
In Sonic the Hedgehog, there were 6 Chaos Emeralds located in 2D rotating Special Stages, and Sonic could not become super. Sonic 2 was the first game to introduce all 7, in pseudo-3D Special Stages where Sonic and Tails continuously run forward down a half pipe. In Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles, the 7 emeralds are located in pseudo-3D special stages that rotate entirely when you turn. You must collect all the Blue Spheres located in the stage to earn the Emerald.
The Chaos Emeralds appear as plot points in Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2. In Sonic Adventure, the Chaos Emeralds were collected by Dr. Eggman in order to feed Chaos, a water beast that changed form every time it received a Chaos Emerald. With all 7 it became Perfect Chaos, and used all of the negative energy in the emeralds before dropping them onto the ground. Sonic then picked all 7 up and used the positive energy to become Super Sonic and defeat Perfect Chaos.
In Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic and Shadow had the ability to use the Chaos Emeralds to "Chaos Control": alter time and space to teleport or freeze time. Shadow collected the Emeralds for Dr. Eggman to power the ARK, at which point Biolizard took over the station. Biolizard became FinalHazard, and then Sonic and Shadow had to team up and use the Chaos Emeralds (it is believed Sonic used the positive energy and Shadow used the negative energy, but no proof has been given) to become Super and defeat FinalHazard.
Super Emeralds
The Super Emeralds are a set of 7 emeralds which made their first and only appearance in Sonic 3 & Knuckles. After beating the final boss of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the player goes on to the second game, which features an additional set of emeralds in Special Stages very similar to the ones in the previous game. Getting all 14 emeralds (from both games) enables Sonic to transform into Hyper Sonic, Tails to transform into Super Tails, and Knuckles to transform into Hyper Knuckles (Hyper Sonic and Knuckles have special attacks and are faster than Super Sonic or Knuckles). You can't transform into your super form while obtaining the Super Emeralds, even if you have all 7 Chaos Emeralds already.
Master Emerald
The Master Emerald is a large, green emerald depicted in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series.
Origin
Little is known about the origin of the Master Emerald except that it resided in a shrine on Angel Island for an unspecified amount of time, guarded by Knuckles the Echidna.
Purpose
The Master Emerald contains an immeasurable amount of power which is used to keep Angel Island afloat in the sky.
The emerald also possesses the ability to negate the effects of the Chaos Emeralds.
Role in the Story
The Master Emerald first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, where it was stolen by Doctor Eggman, AKA Robotnik, in his bid to take over the world and transform its anthropomorphic citizens into robots.
It was brought back in Sonic & Knuckles, an expansion pack for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 that allowed you to play as Knuckles, and included several new levels.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Its part in the game includes being stolen by Doctor Eggman, being used to power the robotic Metal Sonic, and eventually being restored to Angel Island.
Sonic Adventure
The Master Emerald appeared again in Sonic Adventure for the Sega Dreamcast, where it was again shown keeping Angel Island afloat. The emerald also held within it the ancient monster known as Chaos.
In the game, it was shattered by a mysterious force, causing Angel Island to fall.
Sonic Adventure 2
The Master Emerald was again a source of contention as Knuckles fought with Rouge the Bat for possession of it. Eggman tried to steal it again while they were distracted, but Knuckles voluntarily shattered the Emerald in order to keep it out of his hands. Knuckles and Rouge then set off seperately to gather the shards of the emerald for their own reasons.
The Master Emerald in the Archie Comic
The brotherhood are a series of echidnas handed the task of protecting the island. Knuckles is a decendant from these male echidnas, and is now gaurdian of the island, doing what his ancestors have done for quite a bit of time.
Guardians
Contrary to popular belief, the emeralds were not protected by echidnas originally, but by Chaos, a water like being that protected both these emeralds and the Chao that lived there.
Tikal found Chaos and the chao in her ancient echidna family. She loved them and cared for them, but her father found out about them and wanted the power of the chaos emeralds for himself. He attacked the emeralds and stole them for himself - sealing Chaos away inside the Master Emerald, and killing Tikal in the process. We know this because Tikal's spirit is of the age when she died, which is the age at which her father attacked the emerald. The Chao lived on and bred, however.
This is the point at which the echidnas took over in protecting the emeralds. Knuckles is the echidna that protects them in the time of the current Sonic the Hedgehog timeline, and probably the only echidna left (In the Sonic Team storyline, other official Sega continuities like the American Sonic comics have more echidnas in existance).
It is not known if the island was afloat in the time of Tikal.
Chaos Emeralds in the Comics
In Fleetway's Sonic the Comic, the history of the Emeralds is expanded considerably, though some points contradict the storyline of the games. The Grey Emerald is said to be the most powerful of the seven, and has the ability to control the energy of the other Emeralds. However, the Master Emerald can still over-rule its power. The original form of the seven Emeralds were what is now known as the Super Emeralds. They were taken from Angel Island by persons unknown (though it was probably Dr. Ovi Kintobor, the original form of Dr. Ivo Robotnik) and began to lose their power, reverting to the small emeralds that are familiar to all the Sonic games. Dr. Kintobor planned to use the Emeralds as a storage device to contain all the negative energy in the world, but a freak accident infused him with pure chaos energy and turned him into Sonic's lifelong antagonist.
In the Fleetway comics (and contrary to Sonic Adventure), there is no positive energy in the Emeralds; only chaos energy. The Emeralds absorb chaos energy through contact, draining the victim and growing more instable. In contrast to this, Sonic absorbs chaos energy, which is why he is the only one (storyline-wise) who is able to harness their power and transform into Super Sonic. The only way to stop the transfer of chaos energy to and from the Emeralds is to keep them at a cold temperature. In the comic, Super Sonic was an insane, all-powerful version of Sonic created when he absorbs too much chaos energy and goes out of control.
It is also implied that it was the Emeralds which created the Special Stages in order to protect themselves from Dr. Robotnik. The comics also claim that the seven original Emeralds were split into fourteen - the emeralds from Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 respectively. These Emeralds were then fused back into seven in the comics. However, this is never proven or implied in the games.
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