The team has seemed to settle now.

The original four remain and are now led by Fiona Fox.

With a close-knit team under the command of such a cunning, conniving mind you can be sure bad things are on the horizon.

The Fearsome Foursome joined up with other convicts and took part in various crimes.

Their roster rotated fairly often, with Nack the Weasel, Drago Wolf, Uma Arachnis and Scourge the Hedgehog among them at one point.

Their leadership kept changing too; from Snively, to Kodos, to Sleuth Dawg.

The mercenaries for hire known as the Destructix started out as the Fearsome Foursome.

Sgt. Simian, Predator Hawk, Lightning Lynx and Flying Frog were Mammoth Mogul's top lieutenants until they were all arrested.

Bark the Polar Bear is Bean's partner in crime.

He redefines the "strong, silent type."

His long, powerful arms let him grapple and overpower pretty much anybody, and his silent demeanor suggests he's the brains of the duo.

Or maybe he just gave up trying to talk around Bean.

Bean the Duck is about as stable as a rocking chair set on marbles at the top of the stairs.

Completely loony, he talks fast and creates bombs out of thin air.

He wouldn't be much of a mercenary if it wasn't for his perfect throwing arm - and his curious moments of lucidity.

Nack the Weasel is a treasure hunter, bounty hunter and hitman.

He rides around on his versatile hover-bike, the Marvelous Queen, which carries his wide range of weaponry.

He may act goofy sometimes, but he's single-handedly taken down Sonic more than once!

Eel Capone was the gangster of the seven seas.

He bullied anyone who stood up to him with his hired "muscles."

He was ultimately defeated by the Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters frightful finja fighter - Bottlenose! (You can't make this stuff up!)

Renfield T. Rodent is a man with a vision: to create a theme park the likes of which the world has never seen.

It's hard to get funding in a war-weary world like Mobius, so Renfield will work with anybody to get his way - even Eggman.

As we review the villains of the world, we'll start from the ground floor and work our way up.

Ebony Hare is a mob boss with delusions of grandeur.

Specializing in illegal goods, he had been set up in Echidnaopolis until the Chaotix shut him down.

Not all villains come in the world-conquering style.

The Eggman Empire's oppression feeds a seedy underbelly to Mobius's societies.

Thieves and mercenaries are available to the highest bidder, and crooks peddle illicit things to the unwary.