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The Great Forest (also known as Knothole Forest) is the massive wooded area beyond the former site of Mobotropolis, and covers much of Northamer. It acted as a safe haven for the Mobians who managed to escape the city during Dr. Ivo Robotnik's military coup; Knothole was built deep within the forest and remained hidden there for over a decade. For many years it served as the home for the Knothole Freedom Fighters and Knothole's hiding place throughout the First Robotnik War and well into the second, though Knothole's development later made its location obvious to outsiders.
When Knothole was bombarded by the Egg Fleet, the surrounding portion of the forest was burned to the ground. Despite this, much of the sprawling, deep forest remains intact.
History[]
Past[]
The Great Forest developed many centuries before Mobius' modern era, and many of its trees grew to be extremely large and long-lived. Within its bounds there existed a number of limestone caverns, many of which were later exposed by erosion to become the Great Valley, a large area hidden from view by the forest. Said valley became the site of Knothole Village, a small village that served as a refuge to inhabitants of the Kingdom of Acorn in times of trouble, such as the Great War. It particularly served the House of Acorn and their court, but later became home to many of the former residents of Mobotropolis following the city's takeover by Dr. Ivo Robotnik. (CSE)
The Great Forest, as Knothole's hiding place, served as staging grounds for two groups of Freedom Fighters: the Original Freedom Fighters under Tig Stripe, and the Knothole Freedom Fighters under Sonic the Hedgehog and Sally Acorn. In particular, the later group used one of the caverns near the village as their clubhouse, eventually transforming it into Freedom HQ. (StH: #142, CSE)
Dr. Ivo Robotnik's Tyranny[]
Throughout the years, the Great Forest continuously served as the hideout for Knothole and the Knothole Freedom Fighters, with Dr. Ivo Robotnik unable to find either within it. In his attempts to find both, the doctor would cut down large sections of the Great Forest. (OSM: #0)
When Sonic returned to the Great Forest from an outing one day, it was reported that a water leak was threatening to flush the Knothole Freedom Fighters out of Freedom HQ and Knothole. Traveling to the edge of the Great Forest, the group found the source of the leak and managed to mend it after a brief attack by Robotnik and Buzzbomber. Later, at the edge of the Great Forest, Sonic and Tails found Sally heading out into the open and acting strangely. Going to Antoine for some answers, they discovered that Sally planned to meet up with Robotnik to negotiate the return of King Acorn. Believing Robotnik could not be trusted, the trio brought her back to the Great Forest, only to discover that they had ruined a ploy by Sally to obtain the means of reversing the roboticization procedure. (OSM: #0, #1)
A month later in Freedom HQ, the Knothole Freedom Fighters discovered that the Freedom Emeralds had been stolen. Discovering the thief to be a robotic Robotnik spy who had passed the emeralds over to Robotnik, Sonic took it out into the Great Forest to have it explode safely when it began self-destructing. After that, the Knothole Freedom Fighters focused to recovering the Freedom Emeralds. The first one was recovered from a Robotnik Blimp above the Great Forest by Sonic and Antoine. While Antoine brought the emerald back to HQ, Sonic hunted down the rest, which were brought back to HQ by Tails and Sonic himself, where they restored to the Magic Crown of the Acorn Kings. Some time afterward, Sonic and Sally enacted a plan in the Great Forest to let Sonic infiltrate Robotnik's ranks. By having Sonic wear a robot disguise and pretend to chase after Sally for a while in front of Tails, the fox cub began spreading the news of Sonic's supposed roboticization throughout the Great Forest, thus allowing Sonic to easily join Robotnik's personal work force when the news reached the doctor. (OSM: #2, #3)
Burrobot would soon after seed Krudzu plants throughout the Great Forest that rapidly grew to engulf and entangle the entire forest. Along the way, Sonic had to save Antoine their vines. However, the Great Forest was saved when a rainfall destroyed the Krudzu plants. Later, Sonic left the Great Forest to deal with a Robotnik event before returning victoriously. The Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad soon after came to the Great Forest during their hunt for Sonic. Admits their search, Sonic lured the squad off a cliff, only for them to haul him down with them. Fortunately, Scratch and Grounder got into an argument, giving Sonic the opportunity to defeat them. Later, after visiting the Unknown Zone, Sonic was deposited into the Great Forest where Antoine found him, although a poor choice of words made Sonic chase after Antoine. (StH: #1, #2)
Soon after, a giant Burrobot would rampage through the Great Forest in an attempt to lure Sonic into the open for a trap. When Sonic finally did arrive and began fighting it, the Burrobot subdued him, but was kept from crushing him by Bunnie Rabbot. With that opening, Sonic managed to defeat the Burrobot. Universalamander soon after came to the Great Forest. Sonic tried fighting him, but was unable to deal with him as he was, and so gathered what he needed to turn into Super Sonic. With the power of his Super Form, Sonic got past Universalamander and retrieved a Reduce/Enlarge Component that he used to shrink the robot down to a harmless size. Later, Tails tried taking Sonic's place as protector of the Great Forest at the same time Robotnik held his company picnic in it. As Robotnik then dispersed his robotic attendants, Tails nearly got caught by Buzzbomber and Orbinaut, but he managed to escape and defeat them. Unfortunately, Tails got overconfident, prompting him to go after Robotnik. (StH: #3, #4)
The Eggman Empire[]
Ultimately, Knothole was destroyed by an attack launched by the Egg Fleet, and its citizens relocated to New Mobotropolis. Freedom HQ remained the Freedom Fighters' primary base for a time, but the region of Knothole was left largely uninhabited and became known as the Great Wastes. (StH: #175, #176, CSE)
Background Information[]
- Due to the improperly reversed Super Genesis Wave, it appears that the Great Forest has been renamed the Wood Zone, and is now located on Westside Island.