Hello!
We began a study of the Spiral Knights setting with the goal of identifying its captivating qualities.
For this we have evaluated the Spiral Knights story and built it into a cosmology capable of providing both structure and closure, creating an in-Universe timeline (chapters 1-10). We extracted the symbols and themes found throughout these narratives, eventually proposing three essentials of the setting's unique aesthetics, which are discussed in the final, 11th chapter.
This study is now complete:
Burning Stars. Mythology and Worldbuilding of Spiral Knights. (Google Drive)
We hope you may enjoy it as much as we loved creating it.
Farewell.
Spoilers:
The document contains spoilers for "The Dream Cycle" series by H.P.Lovecraft.
The final chapter where we evaluate Spiral Knights setting against other works of fiction contains spoilers for "Blame!", "Made in Abyss" (up to latest chapter), "The Expanse" (book series up to Babylon's Ashes), "Rain World" (and its DLCs), "Hollow Knight" (series), "White Knuckle," and "Broken Script."
