Knothole Village
First Appearance: Sonic the Hedgehog #0 (February 1993)
Surface Size: Approx. 1.3 square metrons above ground, total size underground unknown as the labyrinth of tunnelling reaches out quite extensively.
Climate: Generally warm, sunny days with cooler nights, occasional rainstorms with thunder and lightning.
Population: Over 3,487 subjects to the Crown of Acorn, consisting of over 78 different sentinent species.
Tallest Tree: 1592 marks (Oak)
Distance to Mobotropolis (AKA Robotropolis): 13.4 metrons
Points of Interest:
1) Sonic's Shack
2) Sally's Sactum
3) Tails' Bunk
4) Antoine's Hut
5) Bunnie's Grotto
6) Rotor's Lab
7) Amy Rose's Burrow
8) Rosie's Cottage
9) Hamlin's Trough
10) Dylan's Digs
11) Penelope's Pad
12) Arlo's Abode
13) The Royal Compound
14) Doctor Quack's Domocile (He has no official office due to the fact that he makes house calls)
15) Meeting Area
16) Village Lock-Up
17) Village General Store
18) Medical Clinic
19) Emergency Center
20) Wooden Bridge
21) Performance Area
22) Power Ring Spring
23) Path to the Knothole Elevator (which leads to Great Desert)
24) Treehouse Apartments
25) Solar Windmill
26) Big Haystack
27) Hidden Entrance to the Tunnel Network
28) Underground Cavern
History:
To this day, no one is quite sure of the exact origins of Knothole Village, as its beginings predate any recorded Mobian documentation. The earliest known artifacts are believed to be roughly a thousand years old, and they indicate a very simple society, much like the one that currently resides within the village limits.
Over the passage of many years, the village evolved into a retreat for many citizens of Mobotropolis looking for a break from the pace of the city. When Mobotropolis was attacked by outside forces for the first time, it was then the village came to be regarded as a sactuary upon realizing the natural environment of the Great Forest protected it against discovery.
The residence that King Theodore had retired to was transformed into a Royal Command Post where King Acorn conducted the prosecution of the war against the Overlanders. Upon winning the war, King Acorn then relocated back to the city. Shortly thereafter, Warlord Julian seized power, assigned the King into a nether-zone known as the Void, and waged systemic roboticization against the populace. Only a fortunate few managed to return to the village, including the King's daughter Sally, who would eventually train and lead various bands of freedom fighters against the evil despot, making extensive use of the underground network of tunnels that are known but to a select few.
Since the demise of Julian and the rise to power of his successor, Knothole Village continues to be both home and safe haven for all who dwell there.
