After killing Edmund, Steppenwolf- the son of Edmund and second Guardian- engaged Menniker in mortal combat. The Dark Legion began open warfare on Echidnaopolis, beginning a civil war which would not stop until one side emerged victorious. 1.12 Enerjak's Curse & Desperate Allianceįounded by Menniker, son of Dimitri, the Dark Legion was originally made up of a group of disgruntled Echidnas opposed to the Echidna Council's ban on excess technology.Following Eggman's descent into insanity, they became soldiers under the Iron Dominion, but returned to their previous allegiance after their joint occupation with the Dominion of New Mobotropolis was defeated by the Freedom Fighters. Eggman, where they swore their loyalty to him in exchange for technological implants and power and were renamed as the Dark Egg Legion. Those who missed their technology remained loyal to Lien-Da and followed her to Dr. Enerjak used his powers to completely rid them of their technological enhancements, and many of the former members were transported to Albion with the few surviving Angel Island Echidnas. However, upon the return of Enerjak, the factions unified against their common foe. The Legion temporarily splintered into two factions, the Flame Legion and the Frost Legion as a result of a power struggle between Lien-Da and Remington. While originally the organization was continually hostile towards their other Echidna brethren, recently they had acted as the protectors of the surviving Echidnas on Angel Island from the Dr. The Dark Legion was a technocratic organization formed by Dimitri's son Menniker after the Echidna society on Angel Island renounced technology. Nearly 400 years ago, founded by Menniker (dissolved into Dark Egg Legion in 3237)