This location exists primarily or exclusively within the Pre-Super Genesis Wave continuity. Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.

For the stage in Sonic Forces, see Iron Fortress.

The Iron Fortress^[1] is a location that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. It is a citadel located in the Dragon Kingdom, and the former castle of the Iron King.

History[]

Usage by the Iron King[]

The Iron Fortress served as the Iron King and Iron Queen's headquarters during their attempted takeover of the Dragon Kingdom. When the citizens of Stormtop Village refused to bow to their will, the Iron Queen used her dark magic to set Mount Stormtop ablaze with cursed fire that never died out. As the only thing that could extinguish said fire was the enchanted Fan of Fen Xing, they locked it away in the Iron Fortress to prevent the fire from ever being used. In an effort to put out said fire and save Stormtop Village Sonic, Tails, and Monkey Khan invaded the Iron Fortress, and immediately met resistance in the form of the Iron King, whom Sonic and Khan managed to distract while Tails grabbed the fan, and handed it to the former, who used it to blow the Iron King out of the fortress.^[1]

Iron Dominion Takeover[]

During the Iron Dominion Takeover, the Iron Fortress was reclaimed by the Iron Dominion and entrusted to the Raiju Clan. Seeking to make them renounce their ties to the dominion, Sonic, Sally, Khan, and the Destructix infiltrated the fortress, destroying the outer gate, and manually opening the inner gate. Entering the throne room, Khan challenged the Bride of the Conquering Storm to a duel, agreeing to be her slave if they lost, but should he win they would break away form the dominion. Agreeing to this, Conquering Storm sent Lightning Lynx to fight on her behalf, while Khan asked Sonic the same. Unsurprisingly, Sonic managed to easily defeat lightning, who was soon expelled from the clan for his failure. Conquering Storm kept her word, and renounced the Raiju Clan's ties to the Iron Dominion. Their mission completed Sonic and the others soon left the fortress.^[2]

Under Raiju control[]

Following the Iron Dominion's defeat, the Raiju Clan took full control of the Iron Fortress, which had received minor alterations due to the clan recently joining the Dark Egg Legion. At some point a member of the Yagyu Clan managed to infiltrate the fortress in an attempt to steal the treasure of the Raiju Clan, but was halted by a newly legionized Conquering Storm. However, before she could finish the thief off, she was teleported to the Death Egg Mark 2 by Dr. Eggman, along with all the other Grandmasters. After explaining Snively's betrayal, Eggman teleported Conquering Storm back, presumably to the Iron Fortress. ^[3]

Eggman himself later arrived at the fortress in search of Snively's whereabouts. During his visit, Conquering storm attempted to convince him not to legionize the rest of the clan, to no avail. Angered by his refusal, when he asked her about Snively, she simply stated there was no sign of him presently, not telling that she had let him take the Iron Oni from the clan mere hours earlier. Displeased, Eggman would subsequently leave the Iron Fortress.^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Iron Fortress at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.