The Special Investigators - A collaborative fan-fiction
Tue, 03/18/2014 - 17:42
The Strangers are a mysterious and seemingly friendly race of beings that inhabited Cradle before the knights arrived. These tall creatures wear elaborate clothing and masks that indicate their wares. They serve as vendors, selling some items, gear, energy, and recipes in exchange for crowns (or "shinies", as they call them). They are also very fond of Snipes, and most strangers in Haven seem to have several around them at most times.
But what do we know about them really? And what might they be hiding?
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The Story:
Something is going on behind the scenes amongst this secretive race. Quince, a traveling merchant who was most often found in our original Rescue Camp, went missing under dark circumstances.
Rudkin, known mainy for his expertise in dealing with trinkets, was murdered in Bazaar to prevent the revelation of powerful, hidden trinkets which the Dragon Princess, Vin, Astran, and Sapphire discovered.
Bootshuze, a Stranger that is dressed like a Gremlin and offers some information on Gremlins and their culture, could no doubt offer at least some of the answers.
Hailoh, who greets knights entering Haven, and Plinkop, a Stranger that offers information about the Clockworks, would also be a natural providers of intel.
And what of the group of gear merchants - Greave the Armor Merchant, Kragen the Shield Merchant, Quillion the Blade Merchant, Ricasso the Guns & Explosives Merchant, and Vatel the Recipe Merchant? What secret alliances have they formed?
What connection is there between Vatel the Haven Recipe Merchant and Basil the clockworks Recipe Merchant?
Mawashimono, aka The Dragon Princess, is assembling a team of special investigators to look into the secretive world of the Strangers.
Who knows what dangers await?
Who is daring enough to accept this mission?
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Guidelines:
Writers who wish to be contributors to this collaborative fan-fiction will be assigned a Stranger to investigate according to their requests if possible.
As the story progresses, objectives will be introduced into the story by the Story Master, Mawashimono aka The Dragon Princess. These objectives should be taken into account in your storyline.
If you'd like your storyline to interact or borrow elements from other players' stories (this is encouraged), please make posts asking them about this.
Players should plan on making at least one post per week. The story will be advanced by the Game Master at the end of each week.
The title of each post will be your character's name and the name of the Stranger you are investigating, for example, Mawashimono & Rudkin - Part 1, Mawashimono & Rudkin - Part 2, etc.
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Please take the following "facts" into account in your stories.
Strangers and Monsters
1. The Strangers get along well with the other two known races of Cradle - gremlins and knights. They also have an "understanding" with several members of the Crimson Order to their mutual benefit. The Crimson Order is a feared group of powerful gremlins. There are nine members, including Warmaster Seerus and Herex of Compound 42.
2. Strangers have a high degree of cyborg type chractersitics, giving them the power of teleportation, telepathy, and command over technology, including the ability to take control over all manner of constructs.
3. Strangers love snipes but are friendly with beasts in general.
4. The Undead do not seem to be able to see Strangers.
5. Strangers have a strong hatred for fiends and seem slightly afraid of them.
6. Strangers emit some kind of invisible field which repulses slimes.
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Basically each writer will be assigned to a Stranger to investigate and create a story around while contributing to the greater story. You may request a Stranger in your application, but the assignment will come from the GM.
Here are the Strangers to choose from:
Quince went missing from Rescue Camp. Was he murdered, abducted, or did he flee in fear?
Bootshuze, a Stranger that is dressed like a Gremlin and offers some information on Gremlins.
Hailoh, who greets knights entering Haven
Plinkop, a Stranger that offers information about the Clockworks
Greave the Armor Merchant
Kragen the Shield Merchant
Quillion the Blade Merchant
Ricasso the Guns & Explosives Merchant
Vatel the Haven Recipe Merchant
Basil the clockworks Recipe Merchant
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Example Introduction
Character Name: Mawashimono aka The Dragon Princess, or Mawa to her friends
Main Gear: Storm Dragon Helm, Radiant Silvermail, Lionheart Honor Blade, Argent Peacemaker
Appearance (optional)
Personality: Fiesty, Romantic, Natural Leader
History: The Dragon Princess is the leader of the Lionheart guild and keeper of the one true enchanted Lionheart Honor Blade. Many of her adventures can be found in ۞ The Dragon Princess ۞ Chronicles.
A link to some of your writing that you liked best [You can create a link to a specific post by clicking on the number of that post and copy/pasting.]
Stranger you desire to investigate and why: I want to investigate Rudkin (and his murderer) since he was killed while delivering a mesage to me.
Tue, 03/18/2014 - 18:24
#2
I have a feeling that Mawa may be the dragon princess...
Character Name: Serris Lengsk, 25th heir to the Lengsk industry, Isoran's biggest weapon manufacture before the crash of skylark
Main Gear: Pink jeans made of deep sea coral, pink fur coat. Pink hair, a fancy wooden staff passed down from his family with a modified final flourish hidden within. A small pocket polaris, a modified polaris that can be concealed with in his coat, capable of full auto firing.
Appearance: think of a man, kinkier than Bechamel but still look cool and manly
Personality: Arrogant, deciteful and selfish. A playboy at his core.
History: When he is 18, Serris took over the Lengsk industry from his dying father, Valerius Lengsk. With the manufacture's net gain inherited to him, Lengsk started a life of luxury, but after the second Isoran civil war, the home planet is ravaged. Lengsk moved his business onto skylark in order to make a living. Nowdays, no one is in need of state of the art assualt rifles or new flak jackets anymore, and the lengsk industry downsized dramatically, now days, the industry focused more on the development of experimental weaponry. It is probably natural for Serris to discuss with the strangers what kind of weapon is needed for the exploration of cradle.
Stranger you desire to investigate and why: well, at this point I will leave myself open. Any stranger that is left over after the app would be fine.
Side note: If this app is accepted, Serris can also call for back up when needed, he will be conversing with a female black operative known as 'X' through out his story arc. X is a skilled assassin who can blend in with any shadow and slice her foe apart with a beam katana. Invented by Serris himself to arm his best assassin.
Side note 2: Do keep in mind that I write in a script style, different from the other writters.
Here is an example of my writting style
Tue, 03/18/2014 - 21:23
#3
app
Name: Nick strider
Main Gear: Shadowsun Slicker, Nameless Cap, Swiftstrike Buckler (Modified look so that it blends with shadows, Plague Needle, Sentenza, Valiance, (sometimes carries a Nova Driver)
Appearance: Here
Personality: Quiet, Sneaky, Natural Born Recon
History: A natural at silent, unseen movement. Nile was one of the top recons in his training, he trained as a gunner and scout. Not many historical achievements are recorded on him, those he was involved in don't have very much detail. Not one to make many public appearances, he is a little shy, mostly only talking with his friends. Vanguard ceremony was only conducted with Barrus and Nile.
A link to some of your writing that you liked best [You can create a link to a specific post by clicking on the number of that post and copy/pasting.]
Derpitty Derp This one post was pretty good, My singular Fan-fic is here but I think I could have done a better job on it, I'm kinda proud of the last post though...
Stranger you desire to investigate and why: I want to investigate Quince because he may be in the wilderness, Nile is good at traversing unknown territory.
Thu, 03/20/2014 - 06:51
#4
about the first posts
Thanks for the rapid response, guys. That Serris character is great. You both stopped as if you are waiting for me to provide you with some information. I wasn't actually planning to do that just yet. I haven't planned any revelations this early.
Do you want me to come up with something? Or would you like to play it out wherever your fancy takes you for the time being?
Thu, 03/20/2014 - 07:05
#5
hm
Something small to point Nick in the right direction, at the moment he doesn't think he's got enough info to start.
Thu, 03/20/2014 - 21:54
#6
App
Character Name: Tyrataeus Korith
Main Gear: http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2013/067/0/8/_sk__sentinel_armor_s... , but with very dark red instead of red, and green instead of blue, modified Proto Sword (longer, much, much stronger and is black and green) custom sniper rifle with adjustable scope
Appearance:
Personality: Tyrataeus is unusaully cheerful for an assassin, but also extremely quite and stealthy. Often he will joke about his large (female) fanbase. He is also one of the best trackers in the world.
History: Tyrataeus was raised into a wealthy Isoran family, and desired to become a Knight ever since he could walk. His parents were completely ok with this, and even agreed to train him. They decided, with his consent, to mostly train with swords.
When he finally got aboard the Skylark, he made friends with one of the older veterans, who taught him even more sword skills. The two were inseperable, until the Skylark crashed. The two were in pod together, but only Tyrataeus survived. He was heartbroken, and took his friend's shield, later hanging it up on his wall as a memento.
Some of My Writing: http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/98274#comment-887590
Stranger you desire to investigate and why: I'd like Quince, because it would provide an interesting adventure, but any other stranger is good.
Fri, 03/21/2014 - 01:09
#7
@ Aekun
Hi, and welcome to the story.
Quince has already been assigned to Nick Strider.
I'd like to send you off to see Bootshuze, a Stranger that is dressed like a Gremlin and offers some information on Gremlins, since he seems like he has a lot of potential.
Fri, 03/21/2014 - 23:02
#8
March 22, 2014
I'm loving those posts and interrogations, guys! I'm excited to see where this goes.
I'll make a post now that will point toward a reveal of sorts in a few days.
Sat, 03/22/2014 - 02:09
#9
@ Midnight-Dj
Ha Ha - Strangers as "war economy" opportunists - I loved it!
Mon, 03/24/2014 - 00:54
#10
ok, here's a little something to move the story along
Serris - Ｑｕｉｎｃｅ ｈａｄ ｕｎｃｏｖｅｒｅｄ a secret arms deal alliance between the Gremlins of the Crimson Order and the Gear Stranger merchants － Greave the Armor Merchant， Kragen the Shield Merchant， Quillion the Blade Merchant ａｎｄ Ricasso the Guns & Explosives Merchant.
Tyrataeus - Bootshuze will hint at this to Tyrataeus but is fearful for his life.
Nick will find out the truth about Quince’s assassination. And Serris will learn that the Fiends had been hired as middlemen and accountants and had been double-crossingg both the Strangers and the Gremlins by skimming off the top.
The Dragon Princess will reluctantly confront Vanaduke with the help of Strangers Hailoh and Plinkop only to discover that Vanaduke, long frustrated by his army's ineffectiveness against Strangers, has formed an alliance with Krogmo and the fiends to destroy all Strangers and Gremlins.
Mon, 03/24/2014 - 02:28
#11
AAARGH
I was going to post a chapter, but my iPad is dead-set on not making me post it by resetting half-way! *Goes rabid on Safari*
Mon, 03/24/2014 - 05:24
#12
Heart of Valor.
Mon, 03/24/2014 - 05:26
#13
Heart of Valor.
Double postage.
Thu, 03/27/2014 - 06:48
#14
@ Midnight-Dj
I'm really enjoying your story and looking forward to what's going to happen next.
Thu, 03/27/2014 - 22:39
#15
*RUNS IN AND TACKLES THE DRAGON PRINCESS*
He didn't mess with you did he?! DID HE?!
*checks her vitals, getting a healthy heartbeat*
Oh my Vog, I almost had a heartattack.
I won't ever let them hurt you, okay Mawashimono? They wont lay a word nor hand in any volatile way that may prove to be damaging in the least!
;-;
((Long story short: Is back. Beast Prince must check Dragon Princess. Is good be back. I no let savages hurt you. You safe now. *squirts Lemon Pledge on her helmet and cleans with rag*))
Sun, 03/30/2014 - 05:10
#16
Ohh, vin
getting Biscotti involved - nice!
Thu, 04/03/2014 - 12:36
#17
Name: Granseal, often called
Name: Granseal, often called Gran or Seal for short.
Main Gear: Snarbolax Cap, Snarbolax Coat, Slippery Wetstone Pendant, Royal Jelly Band, Barbarous Thorn Shield, Barbarous Thorn Blade, Argent Peacemaker, Divine Avenger, Obsidian Edge.
Appearance: Is usually seen running around Haven wearing the Metal Sonic Set, his armor covered in a Love Aura and crest of Love. Upon his back are frosty Mecha wings and his helmet is covered in a candy cane striped scarf. His starry crimson eyes stare at the world through Cool Glasses. Under the armor is a knight of average height and an average build.
Personality: He was just your average recruit when the Skylark crashed, not from any background of privilege. Underneath that average exterior lies a worthy fighter, true to the bitter end to his allies. He loves to laugh and joke around and always has a smile for those he knows. To outsiders, he's guarded and soft spoken. His intellectual skill lies in mathematics and the sciences, but has been known to write the odd story or two.
History: From the rural regions of Isoran, he didn't wish to be a farmer. Frankly, he was pretty awful at it. So when he came of age, he joined up with the Order for the student aid packages. He was still studying to be a technician or coder when the wars broke out. Quickly drafted in, he never saw much combat thankfully. However, he was ushered onto the Skylark with the others. He was the only occupant of his pod when it crashed. He quickly learned that fighting was not as hard as it seemed. Since he's self taught, some of his moves and strategies are a little unorthodox.
Now a Vanguard, he's a seasoned veteran. He still appreciated the help he has received from the Strangers, but he was always suspicious of Basil. His recipe selections while in the Clockworks oddly never aligned with his needs. Often, he'd have a recipe he needed when he was short on crowns but when he had the funds it wouldn't materialize. As an officer with the Divine Avengers, he's often running around Haven much like he had done as a snot nosed apprentice, looking for new knights to join him.
Example of my writing: http://s15.zetaboards.com/Two_Tailed_Fox_Forum/topic/7366383/1/#new
Stranger I would like to investigate and why: Basil, he always seems to have the recipe he needs when he can't afford it and never does when he can. Forcing him to use the Auction House and paying more than he should for recipes.
Thu, 04/03/2014 - 21:09
#18
Hi, Granseal
Vin is already in pursuit of Basil, but I'll make a story post to try to work you in.
Fri, 04/04/2014 - 14:11
#19
And I've put in my post!
And I've put in my post!
Fri, 04/04/2014 - 14:49
#20
@ Granseal
Welcome to the Special Investigators and thank you for the very nice first post. I'm really looking forward to reading about your further adventures.
Fri, 04/04/2014 - 14:55
#21
alliances
Well, it looks like the Gremlins are all divided up, so we can expect some support from them, but others will be against us.
Beasts will fight along side us.
Fiends and Zombies will fight against us, but the Mewkat (Caspian Bartholomew Hickey) who lives in our guild hall may provide a way for us to recruit more of them to our side.
Constructs will oppose us, but Strangers have technology that can control them.
Slimes will fight against us. Can we convince Jellies to remain neutral somehow, or even come to our side?
Sat, 04/05/2014 - 07:47
#22
I know I posted again so
I know I posted again so soon... But the muse was with me and I couldn't waste the opportunity.
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 03:52
#23
@ Midnight-Dj
I really enjoyed reading that backstory for the development of your character. Nicely done.
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 05:06
#24
@Granseal
If you manages to rescue Quince, he will give you the schematic, sadly unknownst to him, part of the schematic remained in Kragen, Quillion and Ricasso's hands.
The piece you found will be the design of a new type of deconstruction beam cannon, an upgrade from that of the roamulus twins. Here is some lore for the weapon.
Razwog's journal, 5 days after the fall of skylark
After I faked my death at my surface lab, I returned to the great colony with the bad news of the spiral knight menace. Tinkinzar wasn't happy that I allowed the knights to breach our planet surface so easily, but he should really blame Seerus and Herex for it, their rivalry have stretched our war budget thin and I couldn't establish a proper surface defence due to the lack of money and man power. Curse Seerus and Herex! They are both mad man, one of them keeps on wanting to build bigger and better gun while the other tries to play frankenstein with our soldiers, either way, both of them are messed up in the brain.
ps. Yesterday I saw a half fish, half Gremlin looking bio-weapon called type-158 inside a culture tank in compound 42, I remembered for hours Herex stared romantically at the test subject, as if he could just break the tank and marry the thing. Herex is one disgusting Gremlin being.
Razwog's journal, 1 year after the fall of skylark
Crap, Seerus really blew things out of proportion this time, Grand Arsenal is in siege and Herex is dancing inside his lab, celebrating his rival's inevitable death. I secretly dispatched a group of stalkers into the arsenal do retrieve any useful schematics, but the radio contact is cut off just an hour ago, I wonder if they stumbled into the knights and got themselves killed. If Seerus could do the clockwork a favour and die, lord Tinkinzar should hopefully cut me some slacks.
ps. Seerus's roamulus twins are flawed at the core of their design and Seerus refused to listen me, he is so obsessed with destroying Haven that he lost his way. He is no longer that brave and passionated warmaster I used to served and loved.
Razwog's journal, a week after the fall of Grand Arsenal
What is left of the grand arsenal's engineering corp came to my humble workshop today. They arrived with some unfinished blue print of what seems to be a mobile version of the roamulus twins, a bipedal armored walker. As stupid as the design sounds, a mobile machine will certainly make it harder for the knights to sabotage and the weapon can reach Haven without expensive tunneling, so kudos to Seerus for having a little bit of innovations despite all his insanities. The schematic for the chasis of the walker is shipped else where and I am not informed of its location. Hell knows what Herex is up to.
A stranger called Greave came to the workshop during the afternoon and offered me the alloy recipe for the volcanic iron plating used by the spiral knights to resist strong heat. Greave asked an attack on Haven in exchange of the recipe and I am sure Tinkinzar is more than happy to accept the deal if Greave can steal more spiral knight technologies and give them to us.
ps. As much as I liked the help from a stranger, I couldn't help but to doubt his true alligiance, like Herex said, at the end of the day, it is every men for himself. Selfishness is written in our genes, we are never meant to make each other happy when we are born into this world, we can only offer miseries towards each other. Sometimes I wished that I was never borned a Gremlin.
Razwog's journal, a week before Rudkin's death
With the alloy recipe Greave provided, I made some tweaks to the deconstruction beam connons that was once used by Roamulus twins. The reason why the beams have to be fired with spaces in between is due to the high tmerature of the laser. If they are bunched up together, the temperature will be so high when firing to a point that it starts to melt the laser barrel and eventually unable to fire.
But this problem is resolved with the volcanic iron. By making the barrel with the new alloy, the laser can now be bunched up together and fire at six times the normal temperature. This new cannon can eaisly melt concretes and the sandstone walls of Haven, the fruition of my endeavour is then shipped to a secret hanger at Herex's order, when I asked him where did the cannon go, Herex simply said that it was sent to its final assembly place. Perhaps the cannon is the primary weapon for the bipedal walker?
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 06:31
#25
O.M.G.
That is so good!
Mawashimono bows before Midnight-Dj.
Wed, 04/09/2014 - 04:58
#26
I feel like I've kind of side-lined myself story-wise. I'll wait and see how you guys want to continue your investigations before i write anything else.
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 05:56
#27
@ Midnight-Dj
Great Arkus vs. Desna chapter. I thought Desna was female - was I mistaken?
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 06:17
#28
@mawa
Desna has always being a female. In my own personal lore, Desna is a war veteran who is almost near her 40, spending most of her life on the battlefield, Desna hardly had any time to find a boyfriend, maybe you can help her. Because at the end, even a tough girl like Desna needs some love.
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 11:00
#29
Ooh~!
Can Vin partake in the side mission? :3
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 13:42
#30
So....
That edit probably means no. :(
Back to the drawing board...
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 13:46
#31
@FG
Well, it is not my call, it is Mawa's. This mission is for her to take.
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 14:05
#32
on second thought...
Maybe Mawa SHOULD take this. She's been courting often with many other characters XD
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 15:36
#33
well, the dragon princess is
well, the dragon princess is female and so is Desna, so she's all yours Vin
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 18:58
#34
Well....
I haven't seen you RP as matchmaker before. Besides, I think it's better for you to do things (because I have no experience in terms of dating and actual "girly" fashion. Just my luck for being into masculine things XD)
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 23:00
#35
Oh, I see
You want me to set you up with her. Okay, will do in my next post.
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 23:37
#36
No!
I didn't mean that! XD
Just go pair her up with whoever you want to XD
Fri, 04/18/2014 - 16:26
#37
Sorry guys! Work has been
Sorry guys! Work has been really wearing me out. I'll write another part very soon!
Thu, 04/24/2014 - 17:16
#38
Shall we wrap it up?
Rescure Bootshuze, find those blueprints and whatever other secret weapons they were planning, use it against them, and we'll resolve the story and live to fight another day.
Thu, 04/24/2014 - 17:18
#39
@Mawashimono
Wait, you're ready to bring the story to a close?
Mon, 04/28/2014 - 22:50
#40
Yep
Midnight-Dj just made some hateful comments about me, so ima graveyard this thread. I may eventually put an edited version in my Chronicles.
Tue, 04/29/2014 - 03:27
#41
@ Mawashimono
Quoted from Midnight-Dj
@Phantomhamachi...Go hang out with Mawashingmachine, no one wants you here.
This is hardly hateful. We all know how supportive you were of Phantomhamachi. You should actually take it as a compliment. Where they got this washing machine name from I have no idea.
I'm only posting this here because I was sad to see this thing get graveyarded. I been following it since the start.
Tue, 04/29/2014 - 03:46
#42
:/
Wow, Mawa, all I said is that phantommachi should hangout with you, how can you let just one tiny little hate comment graveyard the whole story? For one time in my life when I thought you finally changed, you just slapped it right back at my face proving that you never changed. I thought the reason you let me write the fan fic is because you looked passed the stuff I wrote about you in the past and attempt to establish peace between us, and for a time I thought I can get out of the 'I hate Mawashingmachine' club, seriously, I don't want to go on forum and start ruining everyone's day with hate comments. I just want to write something that is all, I RP'd with Thinslayer only to realize that his philosophy and moral is in collision coursse with mine, so I avoided any future conversation with him by stop participating in his RPs.
If you want to stop the collaboration, fine, I am not the one who is hosting so I can't do anything about this, but now I finally realized, that some people never change. I once thought you and Thinslayer could, but then I realized that Thinslayer cannot, he is devoted to what he believed and he is not about let some outsider like me to change his opinion on life and execution, I understand that, if I was in his shoes I would have done the same thing. But after all the hate you recieved on the forum, I expected you to atleast reconsider and maybe be friend with those that hated you and turn them into friends, but instead, you just continued to be who you always are and always will be, shutting away from everyone and ignore the people that hate you. I will just quote what I said long time ago in one of my other hate comment about you.
"Ignoring others won't make them hate you any less."
"The best way to defeat an enemy, is to make him your friend."
Again, if you happen to read this and ignored it, I really don't care, but this is what I wanted to say to you deep beneath my heart. And if you think that all I said are non sense, then it is your call. But really, graveyarding a whole story over a tiny line of hate comment just isn't worth it, you can always play around with Serris and X if you want to, they are just the tiny fragments of my self, they are the people I wanted to be and not wanted to be, they have some of my strengths as well as weaknesses.
I realized now that I can't change you as a person, I never could, I failed to change Arcknightdelta, I failed to change Draycos and I failed to change Thinslayer, after all, to them, I am nothing more than a wall of hateful text. I understand now that change comes from within, if you refuse to change, then there is little to nothing that I can do. I hope that one day, maybe when you comment on the forum, people will treat you like everyone else, as their equal. (that is, if that is what you wanted, or you can keep on the dragon princess act)
The person who hate/ wanted you to change the most,
Midnight-Dj
Edit: got ninja'd by the wall mage
Tue, 04/29/2014 - 04:14
#43
@ Midnight-Dj
I am nothing more than a wall of hateful text
For the frikin millionth time! I don't think that. This all goes back to my thread where I wanted to have a forum that allowed players free control over reporting offenders. Your misunderstanding of me took things too far and my anger at the fact people were not willing to accept a system successfully used in the Steam forums, was why things escalated. But I was new to general discussions and inexperienced. We all make mistakes. Note my mistake was not that I wanted change, it was not the right time to ask for change and I admit that.
I have no bad thought for you or anyone. I just think you are "gifted" you express yourself in your own way. As do I, as do we all. Be proud of that.
P.S. don't expect this mushy talk from me again.
Character Name : Vin
Main Gear : Grey Feather Cowl, Snarbolax Coat, Cold Iron Vanquisher, Polaris, Snarbolax Shield
Appearance : http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/291/8/1/vin__by_improb_pinea-d6qv...
Personality : A lax and childish person as seen by many, Vin can only be diligent and fit for combat when the matters call for it. And his guild-master and adoptive mother, Mawashimono, is always his matters. He does well as a second-in-command, and he's usually very compliant with his allies. However, to those who oppose him, it is not without fear do they hate him for his brilliant cruelty and nigh-insane mentality when it comes to administering the law, making him a force to be reckoned with.
History: Vin's life predated the launch of the Skylark, but it wasn't without turmoil caused by the events leading to the crash into Cradle. Little of it can be said explicitly, and Vin isn't the one to share it. It can be said, though, that he has seen trauma in all kinds of manners.
After his last guild died out, it was only by the sharp eye of Mawashimono that Vin became the capable man he was today, who sees his past as only the past.
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/83055 <---considered non-canonical, but it's the best I've got on THIS forum.
Selected Stranger : Basil - Vin, during his time as a disowned Knight, often traveled with Basil as a sort of companion, until Vin decided to cash in his money back at Haven. He hasn't met him since Mawashimono allowed him into Lionheart, and Vin wanted to meet the Stranger once more...