Emerald Shards
An Emerald Shard Sprite
First appearance	Sonic Adventure
Other appearances	Sonic Adventure DX Sonic Adventure 2 Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Sonic Battle
User(s)	Knuckles the Echidna Rouge the Bat Miles "Tails" Prower E-121 Phi robots Chaos Gamma
Purpose	Empowering robots (Chaos Emerald Shards)
Description	A broken piece of a Chaos Emerald or the Master Emerald.

Emerald Shards (エメラルドのかけら, Emerarudo no kake-ra^?, lit. Emerald Fragments) are fragments of Chaos Emeralds crushed by Doctor Eggman found in Sonic Battle. They are used to operate the E-121 Phi model robots. Once a Phi is destroyed, they drop their Emerald Shard and either break down or retreat. When five Emerald Shards of the same color are united, a Chaos Emerald can be created. Tails is the one who first discovered how Emerald Shards work and characters often visit him to have their Chaos Emerald reassembled which Emerl would soon absorb. Chaos Gamma is also seen with an Emerald Shard which he absorbs to injure Shadow. At the end of Emerl's story, Emerl exploded, smashing the seven Chaos Emeralds within him. They returned to Shards with Emerl's "soul" within them.

Master Emerald ShardsEdit

In Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2, the Master Emerald was broken into shards which Knuckles and Rouge collected. In Sonic Adventure, Dr. Eggman shattered the Master Emerald to release Chaos. Knuckles then searched every stage for three shards and reassembled it on Angel Island. In Sonic Adventure 2, Rouge and Knuckles were fighting over the Master Emerald. Dr. Eggman attempted to steal it when Knuckles suddenly smashed it. Rouge wondered why and Knuckles revealed that it was his duty to protect it. Both Knuckles and Rouge searched every stage for Master Emerald Shards. Knuckles and Rouge eventually fight again where Knuckles saves her life. Rouge, in turn, returns her Shards to Knuckles, noting that they "stink like echidnas do". Knuckles then reassembles the Master Emerald and runs off. In Sonic Battle, when Sonic tried to use the Master Emerald to neutralize the out-of-control Emerl's Chaos Emeralds, it is said that Emerl smashed the Emerald into tiny pieces and was not seen for the remainder of the game. Some speculate however, that they were recovered along with the other Emerald Shards that were in the Death Egg.

TriviaEdit

• Strangely, Tails claimed that he could reassemble the Emeralds if the Shards were of the same color. However, all the Chaos Emeralds in Sonic Battle were given the same green Chaos Emerald sprite.
• In the original Sonic Adventure, the Master Emerald shards are a very dark green and hard to see against some backgrounds. In SADX, they are much more radiant, and easier to see.