Spiral Knights - You cannot comprehend the true power..

You cannot comprehend the true power..

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Sat, 10/29/2011 - 13:59

God-King

Think about it. The Punkin King is unable to be damaged by our weapons until he chooses to trick any knights who wander into his domain, rather than treat. We can't hurt him unless he says so.

Even then, no one has truly ever "defeated" the Punkin King, no matter how powerful their armor and weapons. Vanaduke, Roarmulus, the Royal Jelly, and all their Shadow Lair counterparts have fallen to our might, but the Punkin King still walks, haunting the Clockwork Tunnels and handing out candy to any groups of knights who come across him.

Haven still exists and we still live merely because the Punkin King has no desire to destroy us.

Sat, 10/29/2011 - 14:06

Oakgear

O.O

He must be king of King Tinkinzar

Sat, 10/29/2011 - 14:13

King-Tinkinzar

RAAH!

No he ain't!

Sat, 10/29/2011 - 14:20

Iron-Volvametal

Well...

If he destroys us, who will he tell his Puns to?

Sat, 10/29/2011 - 14:21

God-King

The form that we perceive the

The form that we perceive the Punkin King as is nothing more than an avatar, a shape taken out of necessity in order to interact with lesser beings. In reality, his true appearance is completely incomprehensible to us mere mortals, for the Punkin King is actually so far above us that we cannot understand the full range of his real form. Attempting to do so would likely result in an unending state of terror and insanity, which as I'm sure you can surmise, would not be ideal when attempting to give out candy.

Remember how Vanaduke gained his powers from an ancient god of eldritch horrors? You get three chances to guess which one it was. The first two don't count.

Sat, 10/29/2011 - 14:24

Orangeo

Boswic!

Sat, 10/29/2011 - 22:19

God-King

I could say wrong, but that's

I could say wrong, but that's actually a pretty funny answer.

Sat, 10/29/2011 - 22:40

Heavy-Duty

...

... and that's why he wants us to beat him like kids to a pinata?

Sat, 10/29/2011 - 22:59

God-King

There's not much to do for

There's not much to do for entertainment when you're a nigh-omnipotent trickster god. Why not give out candy to the lesser beings for a few days?

After all, the pinata in this case is making an active effort to avoid your strikes, and summoning up easily-vanquished minions to distract you. There's pleasure to be had in denying knights as much candy as possible or giving it to them for free based on your current mood.

Sun, 10/30/2011 - 01:32

Cactuscat

If you worship the Punkin

If you worship the Punkin King, you worship a false deity.

He is nothing but a mere pawn in the grand scheme of things. The worst is yet to come.

Sun, 10/30/2011 - 05:34

#10

Axellon

OH GOD NO

SANTA CLAUS!!!!!!!!

...or maybe the Swarm and stuff.

Sun, 10/30/2011 - 08:14

#11

Mirehawk

The Punkin King is Galactus,

The Punkin King is Galactus, Giygas, Cthulhu AND Loki? Sweet Celestia of Equestria!

Sun, 10/30/2011 - 09:40

#12

God-King

You can only imagine what

You can only imagine what unspeakably horrible fates would await us were the Punkin King not so merciful.

Sun, 10/30/2011 - 10:49

#13

Dirge-Knight

Chuck Approved

The Punkin King is non other than Chuck Norris... Because there is no list of Knights that have died, only a list of those Chuck allows to live.

Sun, 10/30/2011 - 21:18

#14

Knight-Solaire

My initial thought upon reading the first post:

Rudimentary creatures of blood and flesh. You touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding. Organic life is nothing but a genetic mutation, an accident. Your lives are measured in years and decades. You wither, and die. We are eternal, the pinnacle of evolution and existence. Before us, you are nothing. Your extinction is inevitable. The pattern has repeated itself more times than you can fathom. Organic civilizations rise, evolve, advance, then at the apex of their glory, they are extinguished. We are the end of everything.

The Swarm? A label created by the Gremlins to give voice to their destruction. In the end, what they chose to call us is irrelevant, we simply are.

The Gremlins were not the first, they did not create the Clockworks, they did not forge the elevators, they merely found them, the legacy of my kind. Your civilization is based on the technology of Crystal Energy, our technology. By using it, your knights explore along the paths we desire. We impose order on the chaos of organic evolution. You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it.

We have no beginning. We have no end. We are infinite. Millions of years after your civilization has been eradicated and forgotten, we will endure. We are legion. The time of our return is coming. Our numbers will darken the ceiling of every depth. You cannot escape your doom.

I am the vanguard of your destruction. I am Punkin King.

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(Cookie for the reference, and yes I'm aware they're out of order. I think the monologue sounds more fitting this way.)

Sun, 10/30/2011 - 21:16

#15

Heavy-Duty

...

...cuz I'm a Pinata that makes an active effort to stay away from children! When I grow angry, I unleash my anger in an explosion of Candy! NOMNOMNOM Feel mah... NOMNOM... WRATHHH! Mmm... meh kandys tayst good :P

Sun, 10/30/2011 - 21:28

#16

Khamsin

@ Tlachti : Yes to the max. I

@ Tlachti : Yes to the max.

I wouldn't mind seeing some Harbinger thrown in there though if at all possible. Preserve Alpha Squad's bodies if possible :P

Sun, 10/30/2011 - 21:40

#17

God-King

Maybe he does act like a

Maybe he does act like a silly pinata. But let's look at things through a different set of lenses shall we?

The way we understand the Punkin King as he is, is not his actual self. He doesn't look the way he does, we can't see him. He doesn't sound the way he does, we can't hear him. If what we perceive him to be is completely non-threatening, silly, and thematically appropriate for the time of year, that's simply how our minds interpret him. The alternative is a reality so incomprehensibly horrifying that it would shatter our minds. What we see is not what is there. Even were it possible to understand the full range of the Punkin King's being, the form that we encounter within the Clockwork Tunnels is naught but an avatar created to interact with infinitely lesser mortals.

Perhaps it's best merely to accept the reality that is there. It's the only one we can actually know, lest we find ourselves thrown into unending madness. You'd likely find more sleep that way anyways.

Sun, 10/30/2011 - 21:44

#18

Khamsin

What I read: The Punkin King

What I read:

The Punkin King is actually Ultimate Dark City.

Sun, 10/30/2011 - 23:07

#19

Knight-Solaire

@ KhamsinSadly, Harbinger

@ Khamsin

Sadly, Harbinger didn't have an epic direct monologue like Sovereign did. He has a little dialogue at the end of ME2 and in that one DLC, but I can't really do much with those that would fit SK. Anyways here's the promised cookie:

Hope you like chocolate chip.

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You cannot comprehend the true power..