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Downunda
Added by Sen10elSDownunda is a continent in the southern hemisphere of Mobius and the home of the Downunda Freedom Fighters. It is most famous for being the former homeland of what became the Floating Island. It was Thunderhawk's responsibility to monitor the region for the Brotherhood of Guardians.
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Struck By The White CometEdit
Downunda was the continent which Echidnaopolis was settled by Echidnas from the Knuckles Tribe of Albion after a failed attempt to start a colony in the Mysterious Cat Country. Centuries later, their descendants used the power of the Chaos Emeralds to send their city airborne in order to avoid its destruction by the White Comet. (StH: #34, #84)
War With CrocbotEdit
During the ten year rule of Dr. Ivo Robotnik, Downunda was controlled by Robotnik's Sub-Boss Crocbot. Downunda played a key role at the end of the First Robotnik War, as it was only on this continent that a special ore could be located and mined to serve as fuel for the Ultimate Annihilator in Robotnik's Operation: EndGame. After the despot's demise, the Downunda Freedom Fighters managed to overthrow Crocbot and regain the continent's freedom. For a short time, the peace was disrupted when Crocbot's remains were located by Duck "Bill" Platypus, which then activated a mind-control chip placed in him while in Crocbot's prison camp. Bill went rouge and attempted a rebellion with tribes of wild platypi at his command. The revolt was stamped out soon after though, when Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles "Tails" Prower arrived while searching for Ixis Naugus. Following Sonic and Tails's activities here, Guardian Thunderhawk found himself with a significant mess to clean up. (TMS: #1, #2, #3, StH: #49, #50, #61, SSS: #6, KtE: #16)
Mild PeaceEdit
After the formation of the Eggman Empire and the expansion of its territories in the Second Robotnik War, the continent of Downunda remained relatively untouched. Knuckles the Echidna speculated this was due to the continent lacking any strategic value. This changed in the months following Sonic's return from space when the former Freedom Fighter, Bill became the new Sub-Boss of his "own free will" and led his fellow platypuses to serve the Eggman Empire with cybernetic enhancements and equipment from Dr. Eggman, forming an earlier chapter of the Dark Egg Legion. (StH: #136, SU: #11, #12)
The status of the Downunda Freedom Fighters was uncertain for some time as they were unable to respond to Princess Sally's distress call during the newest Enerjak's rampage in New Mobotropolis. However, Dr. Eggman was scrambling any outgoing or incoming signals, so the lack of contact with them may have been entirely for that reason or possibly also due to them combating the Downunda Dark Egg Legion. (StH: #181, 182, SU: #11)
New DangersEdit
Added by AtlantagirlBill would then plot against Knuckles with Dr. Finitevus at the Crater Rim shortly before the Guardian set out after his enemy. Dr. Finitevus later chained Angel Island to Downunda for unknown reasons. A horde of upgraded Wing Dingo robots also assaulted Shrine Isle in an attempt to steal the Master Emerald, leading to the question of whether or not Dr. Eggman's influence had left the continent even though Crocbot was gone. It was soon revealed Eggman did indeed attempt another takeover, this time with locals as his enforcers. The platypus of Downunda rallied Duck Bill to lead them, setting up base in the Great Crater and made members of Eggman`s Dark Egg Legion. Cybernetics and blasters were supplied and they began the counquest of the land down under. Due to poor leadership they gained little progress other than the crater. (SU: #8, #9, #10)
Background InformationEdit
- Downunda is clearly based off Australia, due to it being under the equator. Also, the Freedom Fighters of this region are animals exclusively found or commonly associated with Australia. It's possible that it used to be Australia before the Xorda attack on Earth.
- Downunda is most likely a pun on down unda.
