Armand D'Coolette

Armand D'Coolette was the General and highest-ranking officer in the Acorn Kingdom Army, an old friend of King Maximillian Acorn and father of Antoine D'Coolette. After Dr. Ivo Robotnik's military coup and takeover of Mobotropolis, Armand was roboticized and turned into the High Sheriff, and eventually made into the regional underboss in the Kingdom of Mercia, remaining so after Robotnik's death and rise of Dr. Eggman. After the Robians had their free will restored, Armand was brought to Knothole where he spent the next year making up for the lost time with his son, and returned to duty in the army. He was killed in 3236 by his son's Anti-Mobius self, Patch.

Army General
During the Great War, Armand was King Max's top general and advisor. When the king brought Julian Kintobor (who would later become Dr. Ivo Robotnik) onto his side, Armand spoke against it, unable to believed the king would trust an Overlander during an open war with their race. However, the king was adamant to give Julian the benifit of the doubt, feeling guilty for Nate Morgan imposing self-exile. (StH: #74)

Armand had high hopes for his son, enlisting him in the Army as a Cadet-In-Training and teaching him the art of sword-fighting. Armand also arranged with his old friend Max to let Antoine have the hand of Max's daughter Sally when he was older, as per royal tradition. (StH: #46)

Heeding the call of duty, Armand fought for the Kingdom during the Great War against the Overlanders and his troop were deployed, and went missing, during the carnage of Doctor Robotnik's coup against the Kingdom of Acorn, with them assumed to have perished. Antoine, as a testament to his father, took up his old uniform and sword, despite not being a proper soldier, and fought with the Knothole Freedom Fighters in his name. (StH: #46, #58)

The High Sheriff

 * See: High Sheriff

During the aftermath of Robotnik's death at the hands of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic, seeking to defeat Robotnik's sub-bosses before they became a threat by establishing their own fifedoms, went to the forest Kingdom of Mercia, where it was here Armand's fate was revealed; Armand had been captured and roboticized the day he went missing, and served as Robotnik's highest-ranking and one of his most dangerous sub-bosses - the High Sheriff. Having had his memories of his past life supressed, Armand commanded a large battalion of Robians to enslave the local population and quell any rebellions, thus becoming the nemesis of the Crazy Kritter Freedom Fighters' leader Rob O' the Hedge. Sonic engaged Armand in combat while freeing many of Armand's prisoners, trying desperately to jog his memory, especially that of his son. This, however, failed, as Sonic and the others escaped while Armand remained a tyrant of the land. Sonic later revealed what he had learned of Armand to Antoine upon his return to Mobotropolis. (StH: #58)

Free Will Restored
After Antoine, Bunnie Rabbot and Amy Rose retrieved the roboticized Armand from Albion they brought him back to Knothole and placed him in prison until they found a means to restore him to his former self. Antoine was forced to leave Armand in Knothole's jail for weeks until Sally restored Armand's free will and memories using the Sword of Acorns. Armand reunited with Antoine and returned to his old home. (StH: #99, #102)

Rob O' the Hedge, having been Armand's arch-nemesis during his time as High Sheriff, wasn't convinced Armand had changed, and remained in Knothole for some time to see if it was true. Armand proved himself after spending two days with Rob however, and Rob even departed on good terms with him. Some time later, Armand, along with the rest of the Robian population, was de-roboticized by the Bem. (StH: #111, #123)



Fighting the Eggman Empire
During Sonic's year-long absence in space following the Xorda's attack, Armand resumed command of his Mes Braves Battalion. When Sonic returned, Armand was stationed at Fort Acorn near the ruins of Robotropolis, protecting the dome shield which contained deadly radiation. When Dr. Eggman launched a three-pronged offensive targeting the Kingdom of Acorn and the Republic of Station Square, Armand and the Mes Braves Battalion defended the dome shield against a horde of Eggman's SWATbots with assistance from the Chaotix, Amy Rose and G.U.N.. (StH: #131, #132, #133)

Ailing Health and Death
In the next few months following this, Armand began suffering constant declining health problems that eventually forced him to give up fighting, with Dr. Quack clueless to explain it, apart from it may be some form of poisoning, possibly from years ago and was just beginning to affect him. Armand helped the war effort any way he could, and during the first Battle Simulation with between the Knothole Freedom Fighters and Chaotix, Armand apologised for ever putting pressure on Sally to marry Antoine (Sally's heart eventually grew to belong with Sonic) but suddenly collapsed and remained at Julayla Memorial Hospital, seriously ill. (StH: #153)

After Patch (Antoine's counterpart from Anti-Mobius) was discovered trying to usurp the Kingdom from Max, Doctor Quack discovered that Armand's health problems were being caused by the same poison as what Patch used on King Max. Since it was being given to Armand via laced food, Armand's dose was far heavier, and was declared terminal. Antoine came to his father on his deathbed, where he re-assured the morally-weak Antoine that he wasn't a failiure in his eyes, and instead viewed him as a far greated warrior than he, and implored Antoine to cherish his relationship with Bunnie. Armand, succumbing to the poison, died with a smile on his face, his last words saying he would tell Antoine's mother he was doing okay, and that she would be as proud of him as he was. (StH: #156, #168)