Helmut Von Stryker

General Helmut Von Stryker is the violent, prideful, and fearsome military leader of the Dingo Regime, who had long been at war with the Echidnas on Angel Island. After the Dingoes returned to the Prime Zone (a result of Dr. Ivo Robotnik firing the Ultimate Annihilator which undid the effects of the Hyper-wave Projector) Von Stryker held Lara-Le hostage in an attempt to gain territory for the Dingoes. After this plan was foiled, he decided to take a more peaceful approach to coexist with the Echidnas in Echidnaopolis, as the Echidnas still had their city intact, while the Dingoes did not. Tensions between the two species continued to mount however, and Von Stryker attempted a violent protest to have his demands met. His rule over the Dingoes was temporarily ended when his son, Kage Von Stryker ousted him and took over, forming an alliance with the Eggman Empire. However, when Kage was killed by Enerjak and the Dingoes banished to Von Stryker's whereabouts in the Sandopolis Zone, he resumed command of the Dingoes.

Return to the Prime Zone
Decades ago, the Dingoes had attempted a nuclear strike on Echidnaopolis, which was prevented by the Guardian of that time period, Hawking. In an effort to save all life on the Floating Island from the radiation that began to spread, Hawking transported the Echidnas to one Zone and the Dingoes to another using the Hyper-wave Projector, leaving them there until the island was habitable again. Years later, Dr. Ivo Robotnik fired his weapon, the Ultimate Annihilator, in an attempt to erase Knothole Village and the Freedom Fighters from existance. His plot failed, but the Ultimate Annihilator undid the effects of the Hyper-wave Projector, resulting in Echidnaopolis to return to the Prime-Zone intact, and the Dingoes city in ruins. (KtE: #4, #5)

Politics in Echidnaopolis
Suddenly surrounded by Echidnas and finding himself and his fellow Dingoes in Echidnaopolis, Von Stryker attempted to gain an upper hand by holding the Guradian Knuckles' mother, Lara-Le, hostage. Knuckles, the Chaotix and the Echidna Security Team managed to subdue Von Stryker and put an end to his plot. (KtE: #5, #6)

Shortly after this however, the Echidnas and Dingoes were forced into an alliance. The Chaos-demigod Enerjak had returned from space, leading his Dark Legion followers in an all-out attack on Echidnaopolis. Von Stryker accepted the alliance offered by Constable Remington to defend the city together. (KtE: #8, #9)

Not long after this, the Echidnaopolis elections for the new High Councilor began. Von Stryker had the Dingoes protest at the politicians' speeches, often resulting in violent clashes between the Echidnas and Dingoes present. When the Dark Legion began their plot to rig the elections, Von Stryker was encountered by Xenin, a Dark Legionnaire, and captured. The Dark Legion's plot was foiled when their candidate Benedict was discovered to be a machine. (KtE: #22, #23, #24)

Some time later, Von Stryker became dissatisfied with Echidna politics, which continued to delay the construction efforts for Dingo housing. Hoping to speed up the process, he once again resorted to violence, rallying the Dingoes for a massive, violent protest. Just as the protest began however, the Dark Legion fired the Quantum Beam on Angel Island, banishing Echidnas and Dingoes alike to another zone. (SSS: #14)

After their return to the prime zone, the Dingoes once again formed a temporary alliance with the Echidnas, this time including the Dark Legion, in order to combat the Xorda during their attack of Mobius. (StH: #125)

Banishment
At some point during Sonic the Hedgehog's lengthy absence of Mobius, Von Stryker's son, Kage, ousted him from his position and took over the Dingo Regime, banishing his father to the Sandopolis Zone. In his time of exile, Von Stryker finally began to see the Echidnas as an honorable people, and, coupled with witnessing the atrocities being committed by his people when Kage formed an alliance with Dr. Eggman, did what he could to support the scattered members of the crushed Fire Ant Kingdom, personally working beside Archimedes for the purpose of finding ways to cripple the regime he once led. (StH: #138, #181, #186)

Resumming Command
In the end, Kage's reign of terror was brought to a crashing end when the Enerjak attacked the assembled Dingo Army at their city of Cavem Canus; proceeding to strip the Dingoes of their weapons, technology and pride; and then tossing them out into the Sandopolis Zone. Von Stryker quickly took back control and helped rally the Dingoes under his leadership once again. Kage, however, never received a chance for atonement, as he proved himself unrepentant in the eyes of Enerjak, who proceeded to kill him (via. disentegration), to ensure he would not return to power to wipe out the surviving Echidnas. (StH: #181)

Von Stryker led his people to do well and prosper in the harsh environment they were in, becoming strong and self-sufficient once again. Stryker also took Catweazle as his advisor, and eventually regained his former arrogant opinions of Echidnas. Knuckles paid Von Stryker a visit in his command tent, at which point the General quickly pointed out the success of the Dingoes in the Sandopolis Zone. Knuckles went on to explain it was he who was Enerjak, and apologized for killing Helmut's son. The latter turned his back on the Guardian, calling his son a traitor and thanking him for his forwardness. Knuckles also welcomed the Dingoes back to the inner section of the island, to which Von Stryker assured they would be on the move soon. (StH: #186)

Background Information
Von Stryker's first name was unknown up until Sonic the Hedgehog #186, where it was stated as Helmut.