Spiral Knights - The future to come on Spiral Knights and parts of the SK lore

The future to come on Spiral Knights and parts of the SK lore

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Fri, 03/01/2013 - 03:16

Yorha

We all have theories of the SK lore, and of course the obvious whats inside the core, the core I think that if you've been to the unknown passage, that's possibly one part of the core, but the background of it is pitch black with purple(or pink). But the core however, once you reach D29, arcade or after Vanaduke, you see a white glow, my theory is it might be the sanctuary which is the core, you might think different, as will I, so lets respect everyone's opinion. After defeating Vanaduke the story of SK somewhat felt short, and I know that the story line isn't finished yet. Here's mainly what I've been asking my self.

1: Whose King Tinkinzar? And what does he look like? Will he be much more of a pain to fight than Seerus(I think so...)?
Yes I know I did my homework :P but if you're curious to know and wondering "Whose that guy you mentioned" Click the link below
http://wiki.spiralknights.com/King_Tinkinzar

As it was said he might have had something with the creation the swarm(Which can be seen in unknown passage and SL boss levels which is only a swarm seed) and the Red Roarmulus Twins(Known as RRT, which is the shadow lair of the T2 boss Roarmulus Twins) explains something about the swarm, but doesn't show a lot of meaning, there's one theory there

(Once again, http://wiki.spiralknights.com/King_Tinkinzar )

Since the Ironclaw Munitions Factory(Known as IMF) is owned by the gremlins, we might as well consider UIMF(Ultimate Ironclaw Munitions Factory, the shadow lair version of it) a place where the swarm might've been created, in the beginning where the knights get the ancient generator and which razwog threatened to kill the knights with the generator(We'll make a fake one up, named Sirkull) so like I said razwog threatens to kill Sirkull and Rhendon(http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Rhendon) to reclaim the ancient generator preventing the knights to escape Cradle and he tricks the knights and decides to kill them anyway, but of course Razwog failed. After talk, talk and more talk, so the journey to the core continues

2: Whats inside the core?

Gremlins, main enemy in the game, who tried to rid of the knights off the planet, but for what? It has to be something the Gremlins are hiding, as they take orders from the core(http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Gremlins) The core however, for sure we know it's keeping the swarm inside, but if you look closely at the core on Depth 29, you can see the lock somewhat resembles a shadow lair key lock(Example UIMF, UFSC, etc) You can see the resemblance if you look closely at the key lock of a shadow lair and at the core, so possibly shadow lairs are an entrance to the core. As mentioned in the story Alpha Squad, which is a BIG part of the games story( http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Alpha_Squad) mentioned in the game saying they got inside the core, and the other knights, don't know how, No one knows for sure if Alpha Squad is captured, dead, or mind controlled by the swarm.

3: Different enemy families

I've been hinting this one for a VERY long time, if Cradle was built by Gremlins? How did the undead, slimes, or beast family even get on the planet? and if you put like say for example, a zombie and slime together, you can see they're not fighting each other, perhaps the swarm is mind controlling them to team up and get rid of the knights

Off topic: Of course battle sprites are coming out sometime soon, but whatever OOO is planning, they're probably planning something big to be put up in the missions

TL;DR
What's inside the core, Shadow lair key lock resembles core lock.

If you have a theory of your own, let the world know, our opinion may differ.

Fri, 03/01/2013 - 06:01

Thunder-The-Bright

ok.

I stay on what fezor said: no matter how industrious gremlin can be, they can't build planets.
swarm: probably created by tinkinzar, but it got twisted, as the last echo stone says.
the core? ok, the alpha is in (most probably). but we do not know anithing else directly. I had a thread once, but I just have let it go.
for different families: we have different visions, so I'll stop here.

Fri, 03/01/2013 - 08:51

Fehzor

Well, you all know my theory on the lore in game... http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/74934

Fri, 03/01/2013 - 10:19

Eltia

Cooperstown, ND

Inside the Core is the retirement plan for the Dev. That either leads to a new project or retirement in the Bahamas.

My theory is that the Swarm puts the SL gates there, to lure their preys into SL and consume them.

Fri, 03/01/2013 - 10:52

Sgt-Brownie

The way I see it, the Swarm

The way I see it, the Swarm was originally a biological machine meant to register data of each species of monsters, possibly for reproduction values. Mass-produced, then thrown into the Core, it allowed Gremlins to build better places for those monsters (Wolver's Den, Lichenous Lair), while undergoing climate experiments on the old ones (Clockworks Levels).

However, those machines were also able to gather emotional feelings from them. Add them being shut off in a empty world ravaged by wars (Almire, Owlites, ...), and the arrival of thousands and thousands of Knights that seem to react to them, have overloaded their circuits and have gone amok, mind-controlling the creatures of Cradle and making them go berserk at the sight of a Knight.

Lucky for the Gremlins, King Tinkinzar had decided to shut off the Core before the vast majority of the Swarm could get out. Unfortunately, a small group of Knights managed to reach and enter the Core before it was shut, hence the attack of the Swarm upon them reaching the gate to the Core, while nowadays no Swarm is even near the gate. This is unlucky on the part of the Gremlins, as this gives the Spiral Order a further need to reach this so-desirable Core.

So now about the monsters.

While it has been proven that Slimes came from Space, I can safely assume that Gremlins and Beasts came from the planet inside the Core (Gremlins built the "Core"'s shell, there are Wolvers in FSC). Construct are easy and obvious, as they are machines meant to look like other monsters for reproduction values that were later abandoned for the Swarm, only to be later given the job of destroying Spiral Knights, and then the rest, which are Undead and Fiends, came from the Underworld when the Owlites decided to tap into the Dark Arts.

And then we come to the Trojans.

So yes, the majority of Trojans came from the Underworld (that Devilites like to open its door every once in a while now), but some of them are actually Spiral Knights that have been corrupted.
How have they been corrupted, and why do they have those crystals on their backs? Well since Spiral Knights react to the Swarm and vice-versa, I can conclude to this:
Corrupted Knights are weak-minded Knights, which allow the Swarm to break the barrier between them and the Knights and disturb them (like Arkus?). As their victims begin to feel darker, the Swarm then manage to disrupt them and make them consume much more energy than what their body can, crystallizing the surplus in their backs, all the while giving them the feeling of overwhelming power inside them.
So now their minds are dark-pitched, filled with dark emotions and power. The Swarm should've left them by now, returning the energy consummation to normal again, but with one catch they don't know: Their Energy storage became the crystals on their back. In other words, if the crystals shatter, the corrupted Knights are dried out of energy and begin to turn to stone.

Fri, 03/01/2013 - 18:11

Avantir-Chaosfire

Halo

The Core is Halo Installation 08. I thought everyone knew that :P

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