Minions

The Minions were a race of goblin-like creatures apparently native to the Zone of Silence. After Maximilian Acorn was banished to the Zone by Dr. Ivo Robotnik, the Minions took him in and chose him to be their leader, outfitting him with special armor. They subsequently joined him when Sonic the Hedgehog, Sally Acorn, and others of the Knothole Freedom Fighters came to rescue the king, though they were defeated by Sonic's speed. Later, the Minions would be caught up in the Zone of Silence's near collapse, which the Freedom Fighters were able to prevent with the Neutralizer device. (StH: #36, #41)


 * In his Q&A, Flynn stated that the Original Freedom Fighters -along with other contents/residents of the Zone of Silence and Void, which would include the Minions-were reduced to nothing and used by Feist as building material for the Special Zone, meaning that Feist is responsible for the deaths of that group's members. (1)