
Later, during Sonic's futile stand in Dark Hollow, Sir Gawain watches with the other Knights via Nimue's scrying pool, and urges the hedgehog to escape rather than stay and fight pointlessly. In order to save the Grand Kingdom from Merlina's vision of magical stasis, the Knights team up with Sonic and Nimue to activate four enchanted stones Gawain speeds off towards the one in Great Megalith. While Sonic battles King Arthur on Faraway Avalon, he and the other the Knights of the Round Table corner the Royal Wizard within Camelot Castle, before she reveals herself as the Dark Queen. Sonic confiscates the echidna's twin blades before racing off.ĭespite this defeat, Sir Gawain continues with his other mission for the King - to slay Merlina. Although Sonic tries to avoid a confrontation, Gawain jumps to the conclusion that he is in fact heading towards Dragon's Lair to steal the beast's treasure a misconception which Sonic cannot help but draw parallels to.Īfter Sonic manages to defeat the Knight of the Sun in battle, Gawain, incredulous at having lost "to a mere apprentice", attempts to take his own life to remove the stain on his honour. Gawain eventually finds Sonic inside a druidic henge on Titanic Plain while the hedgehog is en route to rescue captured villagers from Crystal Cave. Gawain is open about his reservations in being assigned to kill the Royal Wizard, but Lancelot reminds him that "the King's orders are absolute". In the opening cutscene of Sonic and the Black Knight, King Arthur dispatches Sir Percival, Sir Gawain, and Sir Lancelot to hunt down and kill Sonic and Merlina. A Knight of the Round Table in the service of King Arthur, Gawain wields a pair of twin hand axes known collectively as Galatine, which are praised for their sharpness.ĭefeating Gawain unlocks Knuckles in the multi-player mode. Sir Gawain, the Knight of the Sun, is an alternate reality version of Knuckles the Echidna encountered by Sonic during Sonic and the Black Knight.
