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Rogue Shadows - A Spiral Knights Fanfiction. <WIP>

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Tue, 11/22/2016 - 11:31
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Kalsus

Currently as a Self-Proclaimed, "OK Writer Hobbyist Not so good Time Manager" I am constructing a Multi Chapter story about Spiral Knights.
How this Post will work is simple; It will be an index and Marker for the Chapters of said story. Multiple links will be put with more being added as I write more. so if you REALLY do want to follow the story progress. Check up regularly to see if I post anything (If I don't, I'm procrastinating ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ) However I will try my best to update as soon as I finish a Chapter!

Anyways now for the Actual important stuff!
Summary: The Story centers around Two brothers: Kalsus and Sir-Macalot (Or just Macalot). The plot follows them and there adventures. This Story will have many other characters involved and many chapters for characters to be in, I plan on making multiple Main characters with plenty of Side and background characters!

Now I actually have a request for anyone who is interested. As of right now the story is still in it's infancy and I am looking for editors, possibly other writers and a big part. CHARACTERS. Yes you're knight can be in this story (woo-hoo...?) All I need is a quick Bio of their personality and how they act and stuff similar. I also need their favorite gear (Armor, Weapons, Shields, etc) Also if possible perhaps provide a screen shot of your Knight.

(Edit 12/14/16)
Alright, back here after 4 chapters, Not the greatest pace ever, but I'm getting more free time with 3 weeks of Winter break (งツ)ว, So expect a surge in Chapter posts and upcoming Bios for the MC's (Whom have been set, however Side characters are still open.) So look forward to those!
Also in a much larger scale, My brother Macalot (yes, he is my older brother IRL) has offered to write up a few chapters. This request has got me thinking about letting others submit not chapters (many reasons why I'm not doing that) But Chapter IDEAS. (I think I said that before? Idk.) So if you want throw me ideas, send them to my Steam: @ http://steamcommunity.com/id/Kalsus/ THANKS DUDES!

If you have any Questions or Ideas Leave Feel free to ask or share on this post!

Character Requirements:
(These are guidelines characters must follow in order to be apart of my Story, If they don't, Either adjust them accordingly or make new ones, will not add them if they do not follow them. You have been told.)
- Must be within Spiral Knights universe, This means no outside characters from other mediums. NO EXCEPTIONS.
- Cannot have mystical or magical Abilities or properties. (No Magic basically, Even basic Fire, Water, Air, etc. You have weapons for that guys.)
- No personally created equipment. (Stuff that aren't in the actual game, cannot be in this story. However, Customized equipment of the game are allowed. I.E: [X] Fire Archeon. [✓] Normal Archeon with engravings.)
- Characters cannot exceed In-game strength. (If you're character can single-handedly kill a swarm of 100 Darkfang thwackers, You're character is too Over-Powered, tone it down. This doesn't mean you're character can't have unique traits or skills not normally in-game. I.E, Kalsus' is naturally good at stealth.)
I personally don't think I'm asking for too much, I mean really, use common sense and if you really need a second person to take a look at your character, message me on steam, I'll be more than happy to take a look.

(Edit 12/15/16)
A name has been decided for the story.
"Rogue Shadows" fits well. Plus the other ideas I had were reeeeeally bad.

(Edit 2/21/17)
Gosh look at that gap, unacceptable.
Anyways, This story isn't dead (Not anymore lmao)
I've just lost interest in writing on it (Veteran SK players will get what I mean on how you lose interest in SK for awhile.)
Anyways YES, I am still looking for Ideas and Characters, sooooo keep em coming!
Anyways That's it for today.

(P.S) If you want to leave a Critique here (Or individual chapters, please do, I greatly appreciate it!)
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INDEX

Prologue - http://sta.sh/0bpdyb7b011
Chapter I - http://sta.sh/02cq0r0idt8z
Chapter II - http://sta.sh/026diauf56o5
Chapter III - http://sta.sh/0280p49l3kt9
Chapter IV - http://sta.sh/01vj6ya1aouh
Chapter V - WIP

Kalsus - WIP
Aduritine - WIP
Sir-Macalot - WIP

Tue, 11/22/2016 - 22:16
#1
Varriscious's picture
Varriscious
<!>The Demon Hound, Recon Ranger Niro<!>

>Name of Knights: Niro
>Gender: Male
>Color: Amber
>Armor: Modified Dangerous Diablo Helmet with Dangerous Com unit and Dangerous Scarf. Modified Dangerous Hound Coat with Anti-Spikes and Recon Ranger Crest.
>Weapon(s): Wild Hunting Blade, Autogun, Fearless Rigadoon, and Fang of Vog.
>Likes: Cutter weapon line, fighting against the odds, Danger Rooms/Danger Missions, supporting other knights and Rangers (Mostly), being alone yet to be accompanied, Captain Carnatux (looks up to as a great fighter and leader), Lieutenant Desna, the idea of being a Recon Ranger entirely, and the alias "The Demon Hound".
>Dislikes: Random chatter with other knights, Drops, King Tinkinzar w/ all Gremlins, The Swarm, "The Fallen", and losing other Recon Rangers.
>Origins: "Falling down to a strange planet with a great source of energy, I crashed straight through the crust. Wandering through the strange mechanical insides of this planet, carrying my Cutter with sharp teeth, I become cautious as to where I go from here on. As a few days pass of survival of seeing many different life forms of many kinds, almost near to death, I felt as if I was being watched constantly. I stumble in front of a gate with a module next to it, saying "Danger Room" having a Red Skull give off more of a terrible vibe. Foolish as it was, I had the sense to go in and fight on, to see what treasures may wait for me. Stepping within the middle, many monsters were unleashed out of no where, surrounding me with these feral looks, showing their viciousness within their stances. I knew what I got myself into. So I fought as much as I possibly could within these swarm of monsters, cutting through each and everyone of them. They were too strong...but no matter how many times I fell, I kept getting back up. Fighting, over and over till I was damaged terribly, at the point to where I could hardly move. Trying so hard to reach for my blade, monsters leaped for me...till, SHE came to my rescue, with a blade that seemed to have a power of cold bitterness, and no mercy."

My characters image
http://imgur.com/gallery/ZHc51

Wed, 11/30/2016 - 21:41
#2
Kalsus's picture
Kalsus
RE: Recon-Ranger-Niro

Hey, Sorry for the late reply,

I never expected a Recon Ranger to be in this story, This opens up alot more paths for this story! Since you're character would have a big influence, I have decided to make him one of the main Antagonists to the MC's (You'll be the good guy don't worry!) Look forward to you're Knight being introduced somewhere around Chapters 5 or 6!

With regards from, Kalsus

Thu, 12/01/2016 - 07:17
#3
Angel-Girl's picture
Angel-Girl
Hoi

Do you take magical characters?

Thu, 12/01/2016 - 13:56
#4
Kalsus's picture
Kalsus
RE: Angel-Girl

Thank you for your interest in my story!

As for your question, It would depend on what kind of magic you're talking about, as I am keeping the characters at In game levels of strength with a bit of tweaks.

Please elaborate on the type of Magic, and type of character using the magic.

Best, Kalsus.

Thu, 12/01/2016 - 19:09
#5
Ghoost-Gum
Stealing angel's qoute

Do you take wolver characters with a alchemy bag?

P.S loving the story so far.

Thu, 12/01/2016 - 20:05
#6
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Kalsus
RE: Ghoost-Gum

Hello!

First I want to say thank you for reading, it means alot to me!
Secondly, could you explain your character in better detail? Do you mean an actual Wolver or something similar? Also what is a Alchemy bag?

Best!
Kalsus

Thu, 12/01/2016 - 21:18
#7
Ghoost-Gum
Better detail

First I mean an actual wolver that's been genetically modified (Part of bio)

Secondly An alchemy bag(fan made item) is a small portable alchemy machine that can only produce a weaker versions of 1 category weapon type.
Since its a "Bag" it can only make weaker 1-5 star version bombs That only do half the damage of the originals. and since the "alchemy Bag" is a prototype the bombs are given at random.

The alchemy bag is just a weapon for the wolver character. I don't mind taking it away if its seems OP or not in the realm of spiral knights. I just wanna see what my odd wolver would add to the story if she gets added

Fri, 12/02/2016 - 18:58
#8
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Kalsus
RE: Ghoost-Gum (2)

Hi,

So a simple wolver? Hm, I'll have to see where one would fit in as a legitimate character, Still, if you could provide a larger bio that would be great!
As for this Bag, it seems a bit weird to see a simple wolver running around with that kind of tech, but I'm sure if I read a backstory I could understand!

Best, Kalsus

Sat, 12/03/2016 - 08:27
#9
Ghoost-Gum
Wolver Bio

Name of wolver: failed Subject #818 Guzzy (Named herself to not be deemed a number)
Gender: Female

Strengths: same traits as a voltail but with a thicker hide to resist piercing and element based attacks, run and react faster than the average wolver, can charge body up like a quicksilver to gain more speed and make bites even more lethal , can shoot out electrified thorns, better stamina than wolvers, fast regeneration (do to bolts)

Weaknesses: must eat quick silvers to use charged state and self charging eats up a lot of stamina, shooting thorns weakens hide to piercing attacks,Must keep body fit and healthy to prevent the bolts from colonizing cells and withering her body away.

Appearance: A tier 2 voltail with blue luminescent designs similar to an ash tail With a eye symbolized grey bolt on her chest and a white bolt in her forehead, With a proto bomb shaped bag tied to her tail.

Personality:Shy, playful, friendly, sadistic when making pranks(doesn't know better) or fighting an enemy,Will become saddened if the pranked victim is killed during a prank made in fun if they are friend, family or an innocent passerby.

Likes: pranks (as long as victim is laughing and/or alive), being loud and obnoxious at a distance to solider or recruit knights in random clockwork areas even appearing in areas were wolvers don't appear(ex: fiend and undead floors), quicksilvers, shock and snow theme areas, shiny knights that are nice and friendly, Bombs, treasure boxes, crowns, alchemy orbs, stealing food,shines, valuable objects, machines, old ruins, snow

Hates: Pranks gone wrong, mean gremlins and knights, confined areas(unless it a living area or new home then she indifferent about it.)

Bio: Guzzy Was one of thousand of failed attempts at making living weapon for gremlins. guzzy was showing signs of becoming a good contender to the gremlins own electric type of snarbolax stronger than the original . fast, intelligent, and being born female meant she could bare more snarbolax cubs since most of her siblings have been born or made sterile. unfortunately this is when the expectations stop, over time the scientist noticed she was not as big or strong as the her previous brothers and sisters
but exceptionally faster than them and smarter too. Gremlin scientist weren't looking for speed but incredible raw power for their living weapon for project alpha.

After some mumbling among the gremlins staff members suggested making two different living weapons. one for mass destruction an unstoppable wolver and one weaker yet faster wolver designed for clearing out and assassinating small groups of knights in seconds and able to travel large distances.
as much as the idea sounded good the scientist knew they didn't have the founding nor resources to such an change of plan.

They were disappointing that such a interesting candidate had been given the majority vote to be "put down" and thrown away with the other failed subjects. Guzzy being smarter than her siblings attacked her potential killer and escaped after running for quite sometime she started to developed health issues with her sight and lungs in the wild, guzzy knew these health issues could get her killed by the other animals and having not eaten anything during the escaped meant she had no energy to defend herself.

Unable to defend herself from predators, gremlins or knights, guzzy was decided her time was up and rested on near by pile of bone's cracked aged they where the perfect resting pace she thought. Guzzy walked past two abnormally large grey and white bolts as she rested her self at the top of the bone pile. a black pixelated sludge started to enveloped her "is this what death looks like?" Guzzy thought. before she closed her eyes she briefly saw the Bolts shoot at her. Guzzy later woke up with a cornucopia of destroyed bone then immediately took noticed to the grey bolt in her chest and a white one in her forehead and her health problems gone.

Guzzy walked around a new floor pondering how she got a bolt in her head and chest questioning where they came from and how it didn't kill her, but the thought where quickly gone after hearing a load explosion. Guzzy followed the sound the group of knights all in shiny Armour and scientist coats but what caught here eye the most was a bag shaped bomb the a knight held on their waist. over come by a sudden urge to steal the bomb hoping it was food or snacks guzzy bolted to knight. The knight immediately hearing the rustle of grass looked guzzy direction trying to defend themselves from a possible attack but bye the time they unsheathed it the wolver snatched the alchemy bag and already in the bushes.

Guzzy continued to run a short distance more before opening the bag but to her surprise instead of food or snacks she saw a flash of light then a yellow crystal stone appeared. Guzzy placed the odd object the ground with her mouth, tied the bag to her large tail, she turned back to retrieve said object only to find it flashing she thought for second about the object and the loud sound she heard "why is this thing fla...." she immediately put to and too together
"This object is about to go off!?!!??!!" she thought and quickly leaped into the bushes. Guzzy heard mild crashing sound only to look that the bomb had broke into pieces and those exploded making only a little sound as well she looked into the bag to see its contents but she only saw a liquid blue substance she flipped it upside down to see if it will fall out but it remains in the bag she tries scooping it but this time an object with an angry face came out. Guzzy read the side of the bag "alchemy bag type-P?" Guzzy read. "Ithink this might be a spiral order weapon." she thought.

Guzzy was pleased with herself "I just snagged a possible deadly weapon for her to use and have fun with." she thought

(sorry if this is really long I wanted to make a bio not a story but keep some of the details >.<)

Sat, 12/03/2016 - 00:15
#10
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Varriscious
<!>The Demon Hound, Recon Ranger Niro<!>

Edit: Niro, besides an Autogun it will be a Volcanic Pepperbox (representing an advanced version of Autogun, that many Rangers don't have.) and Fearless Rigadoon would be rarely used, and Fang of Vog is off the weapons. (I recently got The Bitter End, so be sure to add that.) Thank you.

Sat, 12/03/2016 - 15:19
#11
Kalsus's picture
Kalsus
RE: Ghoost-Gum (3)

Hey,

So I read you're (long) bio and I have decided to not add your wolver in the story for some reasons;
1) The current character you have described stretches a bit away from standard Spiral Knights level of strengths.
2) A wolver like that wouldn't make sense in the story the way it's progressing. It would halt the pacing and confuse readers.
3) What would she do? What role would a Wolver play?
I hope you understand my concerns and you're more than welcome than to use say...you're knight!
Anyways, thank you for your ideas and I had to really think about it.

Best, Kalsus

Sat, 12/03/2016 - 16:13
#12
Ghoost-Gum
NEW bio then (I'll save my wolver than for a different story)

Name: Ghoost
Gender: male
Color: green
Age: 19
Job: sharpshooter and Medic

Weapon:Magnum, fusion blaster named plusie, frozen pulser, darkchaingun named anti, sealed sword

Appearance: wears a element hood and wolver coat with the shackles accessories has one eye the appears with the hood on

Personality:Quiet, passive, an introvert, kind unless bugged, easily entertained, games, horrid at naming things, Ghoost is a very passive fighter, Preferring to fight from range than up close though he no slouch in close quarter combat either.
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Likes: Supporting other people when out on the field,exploring, weapons, games,snow and ice themed ares, ruins and destroyed structures, drawling
Hates: Disgusting or sewer like areas, fiends, clutter,

Bio: Ghoost was your slandered spiral knight soldier, nothing made him pop out of the crowd, and no noticeably features out side of only 1 eye appearing with his hood on which was good since ghoost didn't like the attetion. Ghoost also liked to take on missions alone unless needed as a field medic but other than that he worked alone. Ghoost has a love for exploring the clockworks especially jelly farms and graveyard areas except deconstruction zone the place is too loud and the gremlins annoy him greatly when he enters there.

Thu, 12/08/2016 - 07:46
#13
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Angel-Girl
Back

Sorry for late reply, life got busy.

But anyway. @Kalsus The type of magic is the standard elemental you'd think of (Water, air, fire, etc.), though inherited to a certain race because of cross breeding. So it's not like a mage or anything. And my character only has one (two if we want to get technical) elemental power. The original concept of the element origin and race info is somewhat complicated but I usually give out the dumbed down and modified version to stories taking character requests, so I don't interfere a lot with the story. And usually the rest of the race never comes into play (like not even necessary to be mentioned as a whole) outside of my own universe. Unless the writer can fit that in somehow.

Oh and, uh, she has Valkyrie wings...but she doesn't know how to fly very well yet...

Thu, 12/15/2016 - 15:29
#14
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Woad-Ink
Going on?

Is this still going? Nice. Sounds like a dang interesting idea, it'll be nice to see how it all plays out. May have to even apply my own Knight to be in this.

As a side note, I can't find any actual links to this story. Is it on your Steam profile somewhere or is it flat-out not posted yet?
EDIT: Found them. No idea how I missed them in the first place

EDIT Again: Since I didn't want to waste time with extra messages I decided to add to this, I have two main questions I've been wondering.
1. Where in the SK Timeline does this take place? (Before Project R, after the defeat of Vanaduke, Etc)

2. Similarly to the previous question, assuming it takes place at the very least partly into the game, how would the missions be a part of anything? Who was the 'canon' knight who went through all of them, or was it a bunch of separate people? This second one could be important to know for various character backstories.

Thu, 12/15/2016 - 23:17
#15
Kalsus's picture
Kalsus
RE: Ghoost-Gum (4)

So I read your bio and I liked it.
However I do have some problems/questions
- Knights (like Pokemon) are not capable of having more than four methods of attack, So you must choose what 4 he usually has
[Side Note: He is allowed an Arsenal, meaning he can have multiple weapons, in-which he can swap out when he is allowed (At home or load out stations)
- I don't think Knights have calculated ages? Is that his "age" Prior to Kalsus becoming Vanguard or During his time as?
Other then that I'll certainly see if I can fit him in!

Thu, 12/15/2016 - 23:22
#16
Kalsus's picture
Kalsus
RE: Zollom

Ahhh very good questions, I'll try to answer these questions with as little spoilers as possible.

The main chunk of the Story takes place after Project R was shut down and is during Firestorm.
These missions were taken by Elite Vanguards.

The story of Kalsus/Macalot/Aduritine are separate things dealt by the Spiral Order.
Eventually the story (A bit of spoilers i think?) will go past the main chunk and finish with a Epilogue.
It is possible Side-stories of other Knights or events might be planned in the Future.

Hope these answer you're questions!

Fri, 12/16/2016 - 13:00
#17
Woad-Ink's picture
Woad-Ink
Alright, character app/bio

Alrighty then, thanks for answering the question. Here we go... Decided to just use my main knight for this.
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Name - Zollom
Gender - Male
Personal Color - Red
Rank - Defender Elite

Main Weapon - Final Flourish
Secondary Weapon - Silversix
Shield - Blackened Crest
Armor - Glacial Cloak
Helm - Frosty Hood w/ Cool Party Blowout (Because why not)
(Yeah I know those are technically armor costumes, but I think they should count as the real deal. The stats would probably be the same as the actual cloak and hood lines)

Traits:
Virtuous - Despite having a somewhat-sinister name, he's actually a pretty friendly guy who's usually willing to help in a given situation.
Competent - Able to go through levels of the clockworks on his own, yet still prefers to travel in a squad for obvious reasons.
Quick - Uses his sword to go in for swift strikes and evade before the enemy has a chance to counter.

Flaws:
Prideful - If challenged directly, will almost always accept.
Rash - Tends to take a lot of risks, though they do seem to pay off most of the time.
Poor Aim - Has trouble aiming with a gun, so he mostly only uses it for backup.

Likes:
Confetti (Don't ask why)
Browsing the Auction House
Dueling with other knights, as well as fighting Trojans.

Dislikes:
Most jellies, seeing as his sword is near useless against them. (Constructs aren't much of an issue, however, thanks to the Silversix)
Allied Mecha Knights, due to having a tendency to get accidentally shocked by them.
Compounds. Or, more specifically, the swarms of tiny monsters within them.

[THE BELOW IS OPTIONAL]
If possible, not sure how these work in the story, but if it is indeed possible, Zollom also has a Battle Sprite
Type - Seraphynx
Name - Sphinx (Yes, it is a terrible pun. I don't care.)
Stage - Tier 2
Harness - Advanced Iron Harness
[THE ABOVE IS OPTIONAL]

Backstory:
One of the many knights to arrive on Cradle after the Skylark crash, Zollom found his way to the Rescue Camp, where he met up with his best friend, Syn. However, shortly after arriving at Haven, Syn went missing. On this strange planet, Zollom would continue to hone his skills, eventually becoming a Defender Elite in rank. Hoping to someday help HQ reach the core, find out the mysteries of the planet, and perhaps, find his missing friend.

Image Link -> http://imgur.com/a/SY7eC (Yeah I know I have the Crest of Almire here, but I downgraded it for the sake of the story.)

Mon, 01/16/2017 - 06:46
#18
Jedwell
Writing

Greetings, I hope I'm not too late to the party.
I've starting working on my own SK story not so long ago and wanted to ask if you would consider, in a sense, teaming up?
You know, exchanging ideas, giving feedback on each others story, that sort of thing.
I'm asking because there seems to be a remarkable lack of writers interested in this particular franchise, let alone ones that are currently working on a story, so this is really the only place I found where I could potentially find or provide assistance.
Anyway, let me know if you're interested. If so, we can always discuss this matter in detail.

Thu, 01/26/2017 - 22:04
#19
Lordcalvinheins's picture
Lordcalvinheins
love to help

this seems pretty cool wondering if i could join. i have a few ideas for some things.
:P

Sat, 03/11/2017 - 22:39
#20
Kalsus's picture
Kalsus
RE: Jodewell & Lordcalvinheins

@Jodewell:

Terribly sorry for the late response!

Anyways, I would love to swap ideas from a fellow Writer, who knows, maybe you could help actually get this thing done ༼;´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ༽
You can contact me through Steam or Kik (Kik will most likely get immediate response but if you don't have it that's all good too [@Spiral_Knight])

@Lordcalvinheins

Sorry for the late response!

Of course contact me through either of the methods mentioned above!

Mon, 03/20/2017 - 18:22
#21
Lordcalvinheins's picture
Lordcalvinheins
erm...

whats Kik?

Thu, 04/27/2017 - 17:49
#22
Jedwell
Right

Ah yes, I just remembered I left a message here. Honestly, I thought this ceased to be a thing, but I'm glad you responded! As I have no idea what kik is, I guess I'd rather stick to steam, though you'd have to tell me who to add for that. If you have a name that's hard to find, feel free to leave the number of your profile so I may find you directly. (mine is 76561198049837184)

Fri, 04/28/2017 - 21:44
#23
Kalsus's picture
Kalsus
RE: Jedwell

Here's to hopefully getting back into it!

steam:76561198192269634

Thu, 09/14/2017 - 19:59
#24
Lordcalvinheins's picture
Lordcalvinheins
revive dis thread

I guess this is kind of a necro? but i'm almost done with my CH description.

almost.

just wait a few more days. (plz)

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