Glyphic Canyon
First appearance	Shadow the Hedgehog
Previous stage	Neutral Westopolis
Next stage	Dark Cryptic Castle Neutral Prison Island Hero Circus Park
Characters (story mode)	Shadow Dark Doom's Eye Hero Knuckles
Level number	2
Number of acts	1

Glyphic Canyon is a stage in Shadow the Hedgehog. Glyphic Canyon is one of the three second stages and can be reached by completing the Normal mission of Westopolis.

Contents 1 Story 2 Missions 2.1 Dark 2.2 Normal 2.3 Hero 3 Behind the Secret Door 4 Music 5 Gallery 6 Trivia

StoryEdit

Having stolen the two Chaos Emeralds from Westopolis while ignoring both Doom's Eye and Sonic's entreaties, Shadow is confronted by a hologram of Black Doom on the city's broken streets, enraged by his intransigence. Doom muses that "perhaps Professor Gerald has done more to your memory than I imagined", referring to the scientist's reconditioning of the hedgehog after Maria's death. The still-amnesic Shadow is unable to comprehend the message; Doom responds to his sudden spark of curiosity by Chaos Control, teleporting him to Glyphic Canyon as punishment for his disobedience.

Shadow senses activity in the area, and proceeds to investigate. After a short run into the stage, Shadow will come across Knuckles the Echidna, presumably caught in the crossfire during one of his periodic treasure hunts, who wants help to 'get rid of these annoying aliens'. Still further into the stage, Shadow is once again faced by Doom's Eye, and is instructed to touch the five jewels around the stage and reawaken the temple. In an effort to activate the long-forgotten power cores buried within the temples, the Black Arms assault the ruins. G.U.N. forces scramble to hold back the invaders.

With or without Shadow's help, it seems that eventually, Black Doom manages to activate all the temple jewels. Reawakened, the temple ruins are able to levitate, and are used by the Black Arms to invade the rest of the world. Later in Sky Troops ,however, Shadow is forced into a stratospheric battle between the Eggman Fleet and the Black Arms ruin-ships.

MissionsEdit

Shadow the Hedgehog (GC) Glyphic Canyon Dark Mission A Rank(04:31)
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DarkEdit

Activate all the jewels!

• Guide: Doom's Eye
• Objective: Activate all of the temple jewels by touching them.
• Tips:

1. The first jewel is just past checkpoint #3.
2. The second jewel is after the air current section.
3. The third jewel is in the temple right after checkpoint #6.
4. The fourth jewel is past the platforms after checkpoint #7.
5. The fifth jewel is on top of a platform above the Goal Ring. To reach it, all the Black Arms in the area must be defeated to open the box containing the spring.

Ranking:

A	≥ 24,000 points
B	20,000 points
C	12,000 points
D	5,000 points
E	< 5,000 points

Leads to: Cryptic Castle

Shadow the Hedgehog (GC) Glyphic Canyon Normal Mission A Rank(04:38)
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NormalEdit

Find the Chaos Emerald!

• Objective: Reach the Goal Ring containing the Chaos Emerald.
• Tips: The Goal Ring is at the very end of the stage.

Ranking:

A	≥ 28,000 points
B	22,000 points
C	16,000 points
D	8,000 points
E	< 8,000 points

Leads to: Prison Island

Shadow the Hedgehog (GC) Glyphic Canyon Hero Mission A Rank(05:20)
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HeroEdit

Drive off the black creatures!

• Guide: Knuckles
• Objective: Destroy all 60 of the Black Arms.
• Tips: 15 Black Arms should have been defeated by the time you reach checkpoint #2. There are none between checkpoint #2 and checkpoint #3. 25 should have been defeated before reaching checkpoint #4, 27 before checkpoint #5, 34 before checkpoint #6, and 44 before checkpoint #7. The remaining 16 are between checkpoint #7 and the Goal Ring.

Ranking:

A	≥ 26,000 points
B	20,000 points
C	15,000 points
D	5,000 points
E	< 5,000 points

Leads to: Circus Park

Behind the Secret DoorEdit

A Black Arms' Black Hawk will take the player to the sixth checkpoint. Along the way, the player will find ring boxes and a fire shield (Heat Barrier).

MusicEdit

Glyphic Canyon (from Shadow the Hedgehog)(02:31)
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GalleryEdit

TriviaEdit

• This level has the same format as Sky Troops although lifted into the sky. It has a few differences, however.
• It could be inspired by Wild Canyon, in which Knuckles was a character that helped you in the stage.
• Despit the fact that's he's helping them Shadow has to kill Black Arms to complete the Dark mission, as they are blocking off his access to the fifth jewel.