duke

backstory on duke:

Duke is an extraterrestrial life-form made of raw Void Essence built up over time from space decay and living beings. His path to Earth was set because of said decay being put onto a dying star, that became a shooting asteroid nearby SEGA of Japan offices. No damage were done at the time. A SEGA of Japan employee (currently unnamed), was the first to arrive to the fallen asteroid, and from there the influence of Duke took over his every being. He was the first victim of unforeseeable power and raw terror. This void essence decays the flesh in a way where once Duke finds his permanent place, the body is left but a weak husk. It took time to find a place, but a Work in Progress copy of Knuckles' Chaotix: THE FINAL FRONTIER was Duke's choice, he felt with his current abilities, he could siphon the world's power through humans that interacted with him. The media present would work well, and his rise to take over will suffice. His overtaking of the game landed on him on Knuckles, the host of this case. The melded look left him a mess when taking over him, but his body was able to keep himself patched up whilst in the body. Duke has claimed his first throne, with many more to collect, but never too many.

appearance:

Duke seems to have the standard Echidna body, but with much differences to the actual Knuckles. His skin tones are darker, the crescent on his chest is fully blackened, and he has a long bolt-like tail. His shoe stripes also seem to have a completely different style, now having a bright green stripe. He also has a very grim smile, messy iris, and multiple stitches on his body with an open hole near his left dreadlocks. Lastly his dreadlocks have darkened tips and he has two screws pierced on his fists.

beast form appearance:

In his Hellspawn form which appears first in newtrogic-high-zone, he begins to show that he is anything but Knuckles. His eyes now glow a bright neon green, gains a large third eye on his chest, green spiked knuckles on his gloves and broken metal restraints, and the collar of his shoes now green. He also has black ooze splattered around his fists and pupils which cover his green pupils. Lastly his dreadlocks also glow the same color. In Chimera, he appears unchanged aside from having a brighter fur color, different shoes, and his third eye fully shown and not covered by black sludge.