Embrace the Dark: ROLE CASTING [UPDATED FEB. 8, REOPENED, view character list for open slots]

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Now Actively Casting Roles for the Near Future

Active casting for my FanComic Embrace the Dark has reopened and will remain so until all open slots have been filled, I will be reviewing both new and past submissions and will make a point to comment on notable character suggestions.

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There's a mountain of text here about what I'm looking for (and what I'm not looking for) so I have marked the most crucial parts with *IMPORTANT* that you should read at least before you suggest a character, though considering everything will likely increase the chances of your character making it in.

ATTENTION to those submitting actual game characters or characters used in previous FanFics

I've marked certain sections and points with a ==!== as they may affect the existing concept of the character you already have, you should address these sections for your character.

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Things to Keep in Mind *IMPORTANT*
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Not Everyone Gets to be a Star

I make no promises to anyone for their character making it in, you might spend an hour describing your dream character and they may only end up with a minor role, or not even appear at all. I won't say any character suggestion is bad, but I may not be able to find any way to include them into the plot regardless of how much work or thought you put into them. That said characters with more thought and description will have greater consideration then those with less effort put into them.

The character selection here is going to be far more rigorous then most FanFics because I can't bring a character into been by simply saying "so-and-so walked into the room", I actually have to model, texture, and animate all characters and any specialized gear/props that may go with them, not that I discourage lots of submissions, in fact suggesting multiple characters would be a good idea if you want an idea of yours to make it in.

Creative Leeway ==!==

Unless specified by the submitter, I reserve the right to borrow, change, and/or omit parts and aspects of characters as I see necessary to use them, this may include changing names or combining parts from multiple peoples suggestions into a single character, if there is an important element to your characters appearance, personality, and/or history that you believe is integral to them please tell me, otherwise everything else is subject to change at my discretion.

Think Outside the Box

For those who follow my Spiral Spy works you should know that what I can make in terms of gear, armor, and props is not limited to what you see in-game, it is perfectly okay to suggest customized gear and weapons for your character but keep in mind that there is a limit to what I can do and how much I'm willing to do for a single character, so if you say something like "I want my character to have a full mechanized battle suit" chances are I will toss your idea out the window.

I have an ongoing showcase of what I can do with character and gear design that you can view to see what is possible in my other thread SPIRAL SPY SCENES.

View it here, do further down to see more

Things I CAN'T do (at the moment):

  • Bow and Arrows (I've tried)
  • Two-handed melee weapons (working on finding a way)
  • Whips, robotic tentacles, or anything that needs a lot of fluid, uniform movement (Too hard to animate)

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Differences Between the Story and real Game Play
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Specialized Squad Roles

Squads can be larger then four people, and will often include characters with specialized roles such as squad leader, heavy weapons expert, medic, etc. Keep this in mind for your suggestions.

I'd also like to mention that, although there may be room for loner types, a majority of the knights will work in squads (whether the group will stay together is another matter) at least initially, if your main character has friends/squad mates you would like to see it would probably be a good idea to give a description of them too at some point as I am also looking for supporting characters as well.

Realistic Weapon Carrying

In my prologue story you may have noticed that characters often have their larger weapons slung over their back when not in use, I plan to carry on with this so knights will be limited to carrying 2 "large" weapons at most, I will assume smaller handguns and swords are holstered or sheathed.

Your Shield Actually 'Blocks'

Shields do not form a protective bubble around characters, they will act like real shields and actually take and (hopefully) absorb blows.

Bomb Toss

Bombs do not discriminate between friend or foe in this tale, as such they will often be tossed like grenades or remotely detonated from a safe distance.

No Instant Health Pills or Revives

That would kind of kill the drama.

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Character Requirements *IMPORTANT*
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I'm going to keep the required elements for a submission here minimal and leave it up to people to embellish their ideas further:

Name:

Obvious.

Gender:

Also obvious.

Personality:

What outlook does your knight take? Optimist, pessimist, etc? Are they friendly, mean, shy, charismatic, etc. What are their mannerisms like, are they the type that says "is not", "isn't", or "ain't"? How do they react under pressure? etc...

Wow that was short. Though chances are pretty slim for your submission if this is all you give.

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Optional Information
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Here are some optional information categories you can give, its not limited to these and you don't have to fill them all (hence optional), if you do not fill out a category I will assume you are okay with whatever I put in.

Appearance/Armor:

If you want you can leave it up to me to decide what a character should look like, otherwise you can specify the appearance of your character, keep in mind armor is not limited to what is in game but keep it reasonable and based off of something that does exist. It is also possible to make knights taller or shorter then usual but I will not be taking to the extreme either way.

Weapons:

Same as Appearance/Armor, but I'm willing to stretch the range of possibilities more here, keep in mind that I'm going to try and be realistic about what Knights can carry in terms of weight so you won't see anyone running around with 4 Troika like swords.

History/Background: ==!==

If your knight has past experiences, relations, or other forms of personal baggage you think I should include or be aware of mention them here, be careful of saying something that would force me to go off on a personal issue tangent from the main story like "he's searching for his lost father" and such similar past issues that people may expect me to address somewhere in the course of the story.

A lack of experience can also be a feature of your character, perhaps they are a trainee who finds him/herself thrown into a situation they are not ready for.

Relations: ==!==

Does your character have any important relations? Are they in a squad, know of, or are related to another character you or someone else has suggested? How important is it to your character that I include this relation?

'Twist' Degree: ==!==

How far will you allow me to make surprise revelations or changes to your character? Such as it turns out your character is actually a lumber disguised as a knight (not going to happen) or your character is revealed to be a homicidal snipe killer (also not going to happen), tell me how much you want your character to stay as 'your character'.

If your character has friends/squad mates/pets who you hope to play supporting roles you can also tell me how you want me to treat them as well in terms of this.

Pets/Sidekicks:

You can suggest a pet/sidekick for your character, but don't expect everyone to have a snipe/wolver/mechaknight/mewcat/whatever in tow behind them, if there are pets it will be limited to very few characters having them.

Expendability: *IMPORTANT* ==!==

How okay are you with your character been killed off? Do you want them to survive in the end? If you like to reuse your characters in other Fan-Fic works you may not want them to die (or this could be a perfect opportunity to have them die :D) in the course of this story. Saying nothing here will be taken as that you are okay with whatever I to your character.

I will listen to you if you want your character to live but DO NOT ask for me to make sure your character dies, and certainly don't tell me what kind of dramatic death sequence you want, knowing a character is destined to bite the dust will kill the tension around them when things go south, if you do want a specific death mail it to me personally in game and I will consider it (I won't promise I will carry it out) as not to give it away here.

Make note that asking for your character to definitely survive will reduce their appeal to me as I don't like having a 'Saturday Morning Cartoon Hero' type who everyone knows is going to live no matter how bad things get, I would really like there to always be the potential for death for the main characters in this story.

If your character has friends/squad mates/pets who you hope to play supporting roles you can also tell me how you want me to treat them as well in terms of expendability.

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Here's a template you can use for your character, you don't have to use it as these are only guidelines:

Name:
Gender:
Personality:
Appearance/Armor:
Weapons:
History/Background:
Relations:
'Twist' Degree:
Pets/Sidekicks:
Expendability:

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Iffy/Unlikely Submissions
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Non-Knight Characters

I won't say that I won't accept any characters from other races besides knights, however it is a long shot that they will make it into the story.

Villains (UPDATED)

It is the antagonists, not the heroes, who drive a story, without them there would be no tale as it is what they do that the protagonist has to respond to, I have the important villains already planned out and adding anymore would mean rethinking the overall plot, it is possible that suggested minor henchmen types could be accepted but the chances for a villain who would have an impact on the plot is less then 1%.

UPDATE: I've reconsidered parts of the plot and there is the possibility for a small (5 or less, certainly not more then) number of antagonist knight characters, I will put further details of what I may be looking for when I decide whether to include them or not.

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How to Get Your Suggestion Rejected *IMPORTANT*
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Mentioning the words "magic" or "superpower"

This is SK not WoW, if you want your character to throw fireballs give him a flamethrower, not have him spew them from his hands.

Wall of Text/Disorganized suggestions

You may have the best idea for a character who would be perfect for a starring role here, but if you submit it as a wall of 20 lines of unbroken text I won't even bother to read it, incomprehensible grammar will also turn me off so make sure your submission is put in a way that doesn't make peoples eyes hurt when they look at them.

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How Long will Casting Go for? What About Revisions?
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I don't plan to close casting for a while, possibly never, however the sooner you submit your idea the better the chances of them landing a major role, if you submit an idea late ('late' has yet to be defined) they might just end up as cannon fodder or as that guy in the background doing something.

You are welcome to submit as many characters as you want, and make changes to them until/if they show up in the story, I suspect many people will be revising their characters after the first few chapters are put out when they get a better idea of what I'm looking for.

If you do revise a character make sure you inform me of the changes you have made.

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NEEDED/FILLED ROLES *IMPORTANT*
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To help with the casting process I've devised a chart to keep track of what I'm roughly looking for by showing what sort of characters I need for each chapter when they are introduced, check this to see if your character made it in or if you can think of a character to fill a hole. For some roles I have a kind of character in mind that I want, at which point I will describe what I'm looking for.

Types of characters

Main Character: Lead roles that the story will revolve around, they will see the most character development and drama

Supporting Character: A character who is closely involved with a main character but does not have the story focus on them, like a best friend for example, likely to follow where the main character goes and follow their actions, possible chance of been turned into a main character depending on direction of story

Minor Character: Used to fill out necessary roles to make the story work such as extra squad mates, nonetheless important though and could have their own sub-stories and dramatic scenes, possible chance of becoming a supporting character. More vulnerable to sudden/shock deaths (refer to Torozae from the prologue :P)

Generic Character: Sometimes I will just fill a role with an unimportant knight I make who may not even be given a name, they will often end up been cannon fodder or background characters.

What I need for...

----Chapter 1----

Squad 1

Avaren: CONFIRMED - ( with amendments) - Squad Leader (Main)
Typhon: CONFIRMED (with amendments) - Second in Command/Guardian (Supporting)
Kyrie: CONFIRMED - Medic (Supporting)
Urrick: CONFIRMED - (with amendments) - Bomber/Technician (Supporting)
Frostex: CONFIRMED - Technician (Supporting)

Squad 2

Esira (a character I made ;) ): CONFIRMED - Squad Leader (Main)
Jael: CONFIRMED (with amendments) - Second in Command (Supporting)
Auger: CONFIRMED - Bomber (Minor)
Generic - Squad mate
Generic - Squad mate

----Chapter 2----

No changes planned

----Chapter 3----

No changes planned

----Chapter 4----

No changes planned

----Chapter 5----

Squad 3

Rex: CONFIRMED - Squad Leader (Main)
Drake: CONFIRMED (with amendments) - Second in Command OR shared Squad Leadership (Main)
Generic - Squad mate
Generic - Squad mate

----Chapter 6----

Robida: CONFIRMED (with amendments) - Civilian (Minor)
Soro: CONFIRMED(with amendments) - Technician (Minor)
???: ??? - Gremlin Assistant (Minor/Supporting?)

----Chapter 7----

Squad Characters (Squad Assignment TBA)

Gyli: CONFIRMED (with amendments) - Striker(?) (Supporting)
Artini: (Unconfirmed)(with amendments) - Swordsman (Supporting)
Jed: CONFIRMED (with amendments) - Gunner (Supporting)
Regnan: (Unconfirmed) - Gunner (Supporting)
Clide: (Unconfirmed) - Technician (Supporting)
??? - ???: (Supporting)

Other(s)

Reanu: CONFIRMED (with amendments) - Swordsman/Bomber/Solo Knight (Supporting)

----Chapter 8----

Squad 4

Gwilren: CONFIRMED - Squad Leader (Minor)
Rosco Barns "Silk Finger": CONFIRMED - Gunner (Minor)
Fragor: CONFIRMED - Bomber (Minor)
York: CONFIRMED - Guardian (Minor)
Zale: CONFIRMED - Technician/Medic (Minor)
Augustus: CONFIRMED - Swordsman(Minor)
??? - ???: (Minor)

Other
Captain Hammer: (Unconfirmed) - Navy Marine Platoon Leader (Minor)
Ailment: CONFIRIMED - Swordsman/Solo Knight (Supporting)

----Chapter ?---- (will be included eventually)

??? - ???: Unconfirmed (Main?)
??? - ???: Unconfirmed (Supporting?)
??? - ???: Unconfirmed (Supporting/Minor?)
??? - ???: Unconfirmed (Supporting/Minor/Empty?)

----Chapter ?----

TBA

Please keep in mind that new roles will continue to open up, a suggested character may not appear until later, just because your suggestion doesn't appear on the current list does not mean there won't be a possible future role for them

#151
Here is my, "second attempt."

Name: Reanu

Gender: Male

Personality: Somewhat cold-hearted. Very smart. He speaks rather formally, for example he would usually use "is not" instead of "isn't" and such. He will usually not help unless he is absolutely needed, otherwise he will watch were he can't be seen. He often may appear and disappear suddenly. He does not like to talk about his past. Is usually calm at all times.

Appearance/Armor: He wears a Mercurial demo set, and has a slightly altered, more powerful version of an Ironmight plate shield.

Weapons: He has an incredibly large variety of bombs, but usually uses a Big Angry Bomb, an Electron Vortex, and the gun Valiance.

History/Background: When he was young, almost every one he knew was killed by people he does not remember. He then became a scientist for the Spiral Order. To this day, he carries a pocket watch given to him by his best friend who was killed, and is very protective about it.

Relations: Works as a scientist for the Spiral Order.

'Twist' Degree: You can twist him to the point of breaking if you want!

Pets/Sidekicks: When he works, a silver Mecha knight with no weapons or shields and malfunctions less assists him.

Expendability: I have no care whatsoever.

Other: He is great at fighting. More importantly though, he is FREAKISHLY stealthy.

#152
Chapter one

ok now that I know Artini is not going in (no biggy, started a fanfic of him anyway :P) when do u think chapter one will be complete?

#153
Hmm.

@Happyapathy

I was late for a role, it seems.

If the history/backgrounds and relationships are hard for ye, I'm okay if ye want me to drop it. Do reply so, I sense some compromises.

#154
replies

@Faronel

I may have a role for that character, I'll think about it ;)

@Varsian

I never said anyone was out, more roles may open up so your character may get a chance, if the fan-fic your making will have an impact on what your character will be like please do say so. Chapter 1 should be out pretty soon.

@Thunderbog

Unfortunately yes, Windsickle came first, your character Burdite does have some issues with me using him.

1. You labeled your character as a 'Main' and 'Squad Leader', for the role casting that is a pretty ambitious target and makes me unsure about giving him any lesser roles at some point, not to say he won't be selected for the role you suggested but leaving the option of been a support or minor character would be good

2. This line here:

Although Burdite has a malfunction on his reaction as it seems to be slowing down his intelligence, being absent-minded, he is never slow when he's steady.

I don't really understand what you mean here, you need to rewrite it some other way.

3. Like you said, his history and relations need to be fixed up as you are essentially writing part of the story for me there, changing it to that he simply knew Covens would be better.

4. You sound pretty definite about him not been expendable, just because your a squad leader doesn't mean your invincible or everyone will fall apart if they lose you, leaders can (and do) die and how their followers will react is part of the story which will continue without him/her regardless.

#155
Btw fragor's personal colour.

Instead of using the 'player' colours, I went to 'theme family'. The colour is 'Gremlin'.

#156
Captain Hammer

Name: Capt. Hammer (changeable)

Gender: Male

Personality: I really just want to see the design I made used. If I had to make a personality though, it would be this: Drill sergeant-type character: Commanding, confident, strict, and impatient. He loves a good fight and feels somewhat useless if he isn't locked in combat. Hammer's specialty is the short game, meaning he is very effective in small battles, but not the type to play chess.

Appearance: (Refer to this link) I can also link the Model.dat file for him as well if you decide to use the look. His height is +2 and I increased his size to 1.10 to make him a full head taller than other knights.

weapons: Leviathan Blade (He sees anything but a sword as cowardly)

History/Background: I don't care. Have fun with it.

Relations: Same as history/background: I don't really care, although I'd picture this guy to be most effective in a group.

'Twist' Degree: Not really important. This is really just an armor design submission.

Pets/Sidekicks: None....whatsoever

Expandability: Really wouldn't like to see him die, but I leave that up to you.

#157
-_-

Happyapathy that how his back story goes when he was a teen and in it is about how he defeated his fear of wolvers and knowing how to kill the wolvers and the Snarbolax was in his back story and sometime you don't need to brave fool just to kill everything and just need to a brave fool to defeat a fear and if he still has the fear of wolvers its Question no one going to know in your Fanfic so sometime Questions do not need an answer and do not need to be asked.

#158
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that was one sentence...

#159
Name: Navolo Gender:

Name: Navolo

Gender: Male

Personality: Calm normally, Cant show tempter when his squad doesn't follow order.

Appearance/Armor: Azure Guardian armor with Crown Of The Fallen, Red personal color

Weapons: Divine Avenger, Gran Faust, Sentenza, occasionally Barbarious Thorn Blade

History/Background: Once the apprentice of the great Master Ren-Ja, Navolo however does not share the same ideals of his old master and branched off, Betrayed his army in past wars. The Spiral Order knows of the betrayal and fears he will betray them as well, however due to Navolo's great skill in some cases will risk using Navolo in tricky situations.

Relations: Only relation is Master Ren-Ja, Whom Navolo no longer communicates with.

'Twist' Degree: Feel free to twist the plot as much as you'd like

Pets/Sidekicks: N/A

Expendability: Kill if you desire to, After all he's liable to betray everyone.

Other: Master Ren-Ja's background is related, Ren-Ja was credited to be the greatest swords master of all time many generations ago, Ren-Ja's current location is unknown. Navolo shares similar strategy to the master, however unlike his master, Navolo isn't afraid to fight dirty (Will supply Ren-Ja's bio if requested)

#160
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"Main problem about your character is it sounds like he's towing an entire entourage of friends with him, like his own personal squad, I'm not sure how important the relations are and it makes it hard to use him if he supposed to be having all these extras in tow, some clarification on how his relations should be treated would help."

Well if you want, you can just entirely Skip him seeing/Talking to his Friends. I was actually thinking of making a Fan-Fic here in the Treasure Vault, but I might as well start small, like in someone else's Story.

If I didn't answer your Question Correctly, I Apologize. I've been working on something Personal in my Life & it's going to take a while for it to be Done.

#161
@Happyapathy

uh, i edited my former entry, feel free to tell changes xD (if ever you want him)
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/42339?page=1#comment-273426

i removed the brother story part, as it would suggest im adding three characters. i focused on his Saint of swords role instead...
He now wields all four brandishes. I also removed the special sword (green DA)..
lastly, I edited the character look to make him more unassuming (and appear quite weaker)

#163
Confirmed (?)

I'm not sure if I'm late or not since it took me awhile to get around to this. As per the suggestion I came here and found this..

"I will choose 2 to 4 (maybe more) characters from the following for minor Squad mate roles, respective submitters please confirm if you want to accept this role, keep in mind the minor role conditions:" - Happyapathy

I suppose I confirm (Zale) then. Although I'm a little confused about the roster, I suppose just posting a generic confirmation here would be fine. Feel free to contact me should you need anything Happyapathy.

#164
Ok fine i hope this guy

Ok fine i hope this guy works...

Name: Ace
Gender: male
Personality: naive, but very prudent. Likes to ambush enemies. He very kind, but if you get him mad, he will hunt you down relentlessly.
Appearance: blue eyes, wears an ash tail set. Never uses shields, since they drag him down and reduce his speed. Usually uses a Final Flourish or a Vile Striker, but will sometimes use a dark thorn blade. Also has a chapeau of the blue rose that he usually wears over his Ash Tail cap.
Relations: many, knows almost all the Knights in the Order.
History/Bio: The son of Kozma, Ace was brought up as a cheerful, loving boy. He was nice to everyone, the Snipes,Strangers, the other Knights, even sometimes the Snarbolax. But in battle he is relentless. His only problem is that he usually spares his enemies, leaving himself open to a counterstrike. When Ace's parents tried to teach him to fight, he threw away the shield he had and used two flourishes. He developed a very quick, nimble style of fighting and is one of the fastest Knights alive, but it never gets to his head. He is very prudent and usually thinks before acting.

Hope u like!

#165
Fanfic

the fanfic goes up until the background that i gave you. It's more like a bigger backstory. So there should be no lasting changes. Oh, one big change though, I decided not to make him so quiet. He is a more social person (Artini.) If you want me to give you an entire character application again i'd be happy to

#166
Name: ClideGender:

Name: Clide

Gender: Male

Personality: Inquisitive, geeky, enthusiastic about science and technology. If he spots a mysterious big red button of unknown purpose he probably pushes it just out of curiosity - after all he strongly believes that best knowledge comes from empiric experiments, not academic debates. Although he's rather easy-going and friendly, he has difficulties with carrying on conversations that are not about technology/science (like ionic blasters or quantum mechanics).

Appearance/Armor: Personal colour: Ember. Vitasuit Plus with heavy Bomb Bandolier, and heavy demo helm with heavy Mecha Wings and glasses. Plate Shield.

Weapons: Stable Rocket Hammer/Thwack Hammer, Deconstructor/Irontech Destroyer, Industrial Catalyzer, Punch Gun (used as emergency rescue tool rather the weapon)

History/Background: Clide has started his career as Geo Knight and served as field researcher gathering mineral samples. Soon his knack for unknown technological devices had been noticed and he has been given a proposition to join squads venturing into unknown regions of Clockworks as a technician. Clide is responsible for solving all technical issues that knights may be encounter in the Clockworks - from jammed handguns to broken elevators. So far he's doing good job and gained some renown as talented technician.

Relations: None

'Twist' Degree: Moderate. Note that, if left alone, he's prone to "forget" about mission if he encounter unknown, yet extremely interesting device that "needs" inspection. Also if attacked by giant robot his thoughts will be more like "Oh wow, never seen that one before. I wonder how does it work... that thing on its back must be some sort of plasma engine, but why are there those capacitors..." rather then "shield, dodge, retreat, charge, counter-attack".
It's up to you how hard it is for Clide to overcome this weakness. Will it be just a harmless (even comic) quirk or tool of ultimate doom/failure.

Pets/Sidekicks: Not likely

Expendability: Entirely up to you

#167
I got this mail from

I got this mail from happyapathy today, he's not going to be able to work on EtD for a week or so because life.

"Happyapathy here, I'm currently writing this from a hotel computer a couple hundred miles away from home, and as such cannot log onto my Steam account, would someone kindly post on my Fan Comic role casting thread about where I am and the fact I won't be able to do any work on it for a week, thanks. "

#168
I missed so much + something to keep you busy

I leave for one week and everything interesting happens :/ , and now I'm having verification issues with Steam and can't try out the mission :(

Anyways I admit it's been a long time since I posted anything about EtD, so I'm going to release the first part of Chapter 1 (which is taking much longer to make then I expected) to give people something to chew on while I finish up the rest of it, please excuse the lack of a title screen and the abrupt ending, I'll post the complete chapter in a new thread when it is ready.

I've also posted Chapter Notes that are meant to explain things that would be awkward to do in-story, mention relations to existing SK lore, or are personal views and opinions from me. These notes are indicated by a red asterisk(*) and a reference to the note in the top right corner. You can either read them as you go along (recommended), or after you've finished reading the chapter, reading them before viewing the comic could reveal spoilers.

I will also say that speculation is fun and welcome, if you have a guess at what is coming go ahead and voice it (unless you have inside information from me, in which case don't or else >:[ )

Remember to scroll down slightly so you don't see what's coming in the next panels. I also apologize for the first parts being so wordy, its necessary to set the stage but there is action to look forward to.

Chapter 1 (Incomplete, no title)
Chapter 1 Notes

I'm also going to be updating the casting list soon, more spaces will be opening up.

I'd also like to mention I'm also still in need of pre-made scenes to work with in Spiral Spy and those would be greatly appreciated from anyone.

#169
Wow

This is even better than the Prolouge...
Or in simpler terms, this is pure awesome.
Pure.

#170
Excellent continuation

I really liked the way you described the teams from Kora & Co's point of view while simultaneously showing them in action. Can't wait to see the rest of the chapter. The notes are also appreciated.

... I tried to do some scenes for you, but they're pretty wrecky. They'd probably take you more effort to fix and make usable than they're worth. Sorry!

#171
Notes

I made a new character named Ace, and i edited Striker... Hope its bettr now

#172
Uh...

So am I supposed to just say I confirm Reanu or something? (I sound stupid...) If that's the case, I confirm him. NOW FINISH CHAPTER 1! /scream

#173
VILLIAN ROLE!

I thought up a minor villain role that you could implement; I just wanted to take this chance to note it, you remember that character who betrays sparta in three hundred? Well what if there was a knight who new troop movements and was leading the swarm or whatever these evil things were to were the knights are patrolling?

Enter: Scathe
Initial look should resemble this http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/1391/snapshotca.png as eh attempts to look courtly, though he is a coward so he bears no weapon.

and referring back to your character urrick of first squad its noted his twist degree is "But he is cautious around infamous knights." my character silk finger would have some great interactions with him! Just a suggestion.

Also Wanted to say the comic is looking good! Much better than I had expected actually!

#174
chapter 1...

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#175
Awesome! That's fantastic, I

Awesome! That's fantastic, I love your custom item work, And I love your story so far!

I also got a Weapon suggestion

Weapon Name: Areozeon
Type: Vehicle
Description: Nicknamed a sky blade, a large energy-powered device designed as a giant blade, They are very fast and dangerous, Used to move and cut through objects or enemies as its pilot flies right through it. Due to how dangerously fast these devices can move, Very few have the ability to fly them and very few were created. They require a lot of training out of a skilled knight with faster than light reflexes to master. The blade of this device is designed to slash through anything it runs though, However will shatter killing its pilot if made contact with anything stronger than itself (the blade is diamond, would require unregistered materials stronger than such to cause the blade to shatter) Or if the blade is stressed by large amounts of heat (which would fry the pilot anyway as its a open aircraft). A barrier around the pilot protects from gravity force and foreign objects, but is not invincible The speed makes them impossible to shoot, The fact that its strictly energy powered means they cannot be tracked by homing devices. The top speed of a Areozeon can circle cradle in roughly 45 minutes. These devices are known to "victory screech" as they produce a loud screech sound as they shred through the air or objects around them. I know your good at item design from seeing this chapter, so, Use as you wish.

#176
Am I late for this?

If not... do you mind if I tried nominating Greenhorn for this? If you don't want/need/can't fit her in it doesn't matter, but yeah here we go.

Name: "Greenhorn"

Gender: Female

Appearance: Aquamarine personal color, Regal/Yellow colorscheme for Armor set (if you use a starter armor, go for the scarfed one), Pigtailed Helmet. Probably wears a Proto Crest. Supposed to be a little on the small side (as well as feminine-looking).

Personality: Really skittish and nervous most of the time. The rest of the time she's a bit of an airhead and this causes her to land into trouble. She'd never dare to start a fight, but runs into them frequently. Means well though, but is a little gullible, and is really shy and cautious around others. She has average fighting skills but her real "pluses" are that a) Once she's in trouble, she's quick to figure out how to escape it really fast, or b) if there is no escape possible, she will fight, and even if she's not exactly a hard hitter, she can take a lot of [crap] before she goes down. So she's kind of a "chew toy"... or would the word be "doormat"?

Weapons: she prefers weaponry that allows her to stun or freeze her aggressors and/or allows her to make a somewhat quick escape from whatever is chasing her. People say she has a stolen Blight Knight's sword in her possession but if she does, she never brings it out unless it's pretty clear she cannot escape.

History/Background: Has a history involving a rogue knight known only as "Indigo". Namely, she once used to be in the same squad as him. However something bad happened during a mission leaving only Greenhorn and Indigo alive. It was discovered Indigo had been severely abusive to Greenhorn and to his teammates on several occasions and was chiefly responsible for said accident. Indigo resisted arrest and disciplinary action and hightailed it down a mine shaft and has presumably been drifting in the Clockworks since. Greenhorn then ended up with better, more supportive teammates but still has issues coming out of her shell to others because of what happened. Greenhorn ran into Indigo a number of times afterwards, but then after those few encounters he seems to have disappeared altogether,

Relations:
Indigo- former chew toy and if he's still alive, she's still the object of his murderous obsessive stalker sadist crush. Naturally she isn't very happy about this.

Twist Degree:
Eh, keep her in character. Tweak her a little if you think it would make her more readable but not too much

Expendability:
Whatever you want, lol

#177
Blastus

Name: Blastus

Gender: Male

History/Background: A cunning leader, tactician, and fighter, Blastus was considered by most to be the most revered and well known bomber of the corps. With a chest full of medals and a reputation for decisive victories, He was well on his way to being promoted to one of the highest ranks in the Spiral Order. As it turns out however, his career would be cut short. For during the Skylark's plummet towards Cradle, he was the last living knight seen aboard the ship: half hurling the last of the crew members into their escape pods. No one saw his escape pod detach from the ship before the impact and he was presumed to have died in the crash. Not long after the incident however, he was discovered unconscious in a grassy meadow in the woods with a serious head wound.

Personalities: While he did make a perfect physical recovery from his wound, Blastus' mental stability was greatly damaged and he now suffers from dissociative identity disorder (split personality). So, while former Blastus was courageous, bold, daring, brilliant, and solemn; his current personality is, for the most part, just the opposite: gutless, jovial, dimwitted, silly, and easily distracted. It is only in times of crisis or extreme peril that his former self bleeds through - usually just in time to save himself or a teamate.

Fun Fact: Blastus has a throwing arm equivalent to a major league baseball pitcher (both in power and accuracy) and, if so chooses, can kill a soft-bodied enemy with the sheer impact of his throw.

Appearance/Armor: (Refer to this link)

Weapons: Nitronome, Dark Briar Barrage, Radiant Sun Shards, every haze-type bomb, Big Angry Bomb (for non-combative use), and a Neutralizer (refitted to be a grenade launcher)

Relations: None

'Twist' Degree: Minimal if any, but if it's the difference between him making it in or not then feel free to make changes. :]

Pets/Sidekicks: None. However, when in his "dopey" form, Blastus has an acute infatuation with snipes, butterflies, and things of this nature.

Expandability: Highly unlikely. Let's face it, no one wants to see the comic relief get killed, but if you feel that's what you need to do, then do it. :T

#178
Casting Update

First of all confirmations:

Squad 4 - CONFIRMED

Gwilren: CONFIRMED - Squad Leader (Minor) (Submitted by Windsickle)
Rosco Barns "Silk Finger": CONFIRMED - Gunner (Minor) (Submitted by Tovvok)
Fragor: CONFIRMED - Bomber (Minor) (Submitted by Atrumvindex)
York: CONFIRMED - Guardian (Minor) (Submitted by Tovvok)
Zale: CONFIRMED - Technician/Medic (Minor) (Submitted by Diskthree)
Augustus: CONFIRMED - Swordsman(Minor) (Submitted by Outnuendo)

Squad 4 is set now, don't plan on doing any major changes except maybe some weapon switching.

@Tovvok

To use York I'm going to have to omit the background that has to do with Almire, hope your okay with that.

@Diskthree

I'm going to use a different type of shield then the ones you suggested for Zale and may go with a jelly armor of some sort, I'll still try to keep the jelly crown though.

@Outnuendo

I'm tempted to use a Skolver set for Augustus, will see when I get to making him.

Soro: CONFIRMED - Technician (minor)

@Isisdelltion

I have a small scene in mind where I could use Soro, he'll be a bit more open personality wise then you suggested, I would also emphasize his connection to the Emberlight gremlins more.

I also would like to redo his appearance to be more engineer-like, if you have any thoughts on an alternative appearance I'll be happy to hear them.

If you are okay with these changes I will confirm his place in this role, otherwise I will reopen the role for another character.

Ailment: CONFIRMED - Swordsman/Solo Knight (Supporting)

@Ailme- er, I mean Scarred-Knight

Pretty much good as is, I know you have custom made files for him so you can send them to me to use for him. If you have any custom weapons in mind you can tell me and I'll see if I can make it a reality in Spiral Spy.

Reanu: CONFIRMED - Swordsman/Bomber/Solo Knight (Supporting)

@Faronel

Like the personality and appearance, however I would like to keep the background open and only keep the part "To this day, he carries a pocket watch given to him by his best friend who was killed, and is very protective about it." How his friend was killed will be revealed as the story develops. I also would like to take out the scientist part.

I also don't think I will include a mech sidekick if that is okay.

As for weapons bombs will be part of a major part of his arsenal but I want to make him also a skilled swordsman as well, I want to give him a custom sword rather then a gun.

If you are okay with these changes I will confirm his place in this role, otherwise I will reopen the role for another character.

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FUTURE ROLES

There are a few character suggestions I've already chosen but for the sake of the story (yes I've said this many times before) I can't publicly announce them. I will say there are 3-5 unlisted spaces I still need to fill so keep those character suggestions coming.

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NEED PRE-MADE SCENES

I'm thinking about going with a Clockwork Poison theme for Chapter 2, making some would greatly help speed up the time it takes to make the chapter. I can easily remake a Clockwork scene from one theme into another so don't worry if the scene is made in a different theme from poison.

In particular getting some more open spaced clockwork scenes would be helpful for what I plan to do.

Special thanks to Smashcraft for the scene with Avaren's team in Chapter 1, it's based off of one he sent me ;).

#179
Name:Raven Gender: Male

Name: (Preferably) Raven
Gender: Male

Personality:Slightly insane, Laid back, Scared of the dark (explained),
Every now and then he sorta snaps and goes batsh*t insane.

Appearance: A cloak of sorts (Magic cloak, Elemental cloak, etc.) with yellow designs.

Weapon: A variation of the Gran Faust/Divine avenger blade. No shield

History: He was a normal knight for A while, and a Great soldier. He took down the snarbolax with nothing but his proto sword.
This all changed the day of the Swarm invasion. Upon His squad entering the Unknown passage, They were no match for the swarm. He watched each and every one of his squad get consumed by the swarm. He was the only survivor. To this day he fears the dark, and wants vengeance.

Edit: Oh woops. Didn't know all the main role are filled. Ah well. Il leave this here for kicks.

#180
@Happyapathy

@Happyapathy
Captain Ozlo is mentioned not only in Recon Module. He's also mentioned by Greta in Rescue Camp and by Lieutenant Vaelyn at the Core.

#181
@Happyapathy & Merethif: Also

@Happyapathy & Merethif: Also by Feron.

#182
didn't know that

I guess he really is important :D

I'll update that when I release the full chapter.

#183
Thanks for the confirmation

In terms as to the models and textures I have made for Ailment, they are going under some changes. For one, I recently found a sword model in the props section that I have been toying around with quite a bit. Most likely I will make this his signature sword, however I will also have to send you a model.dat file, as otherwise you would have to adjust the sword (since it is not really treated as a weapon, under normal conditions it greatly clips with the model).

I may toy around with the Pepperbox a bit, the re-skin alone doesn't really suit to what it should be, but I will get back to that.

At any rate, the first part of Chapter 1 that you have released was a very well planned out. Can't wait for the remaining portion of the chapter.

#184
Confirmed.

Read above, Happyapathy.

#185
Once agian, thanks...

I really like the story so far, I cant wait to see what happens. BTW, What does it say on Urrick's Shield? I'm curious.

#186
Wat Dark Ritual?

is it too late for signup?

#187
well i should hope so

what did you expect york to be running around with his background following him?

#188
replies

@Ravenevan

The complete plot line isn't set in stone yet, I don't even know where it might go (I do know how it will end though), more main characters may appear, not that I'm guaranteeing your character will be one.

@Ailment

Tell me when you want to give me the files for your character, hopefully I can resolve my issues with Steam soon so I can see you in game.

@Urrick

The faded words say "Boom or Bust", I wanted to make his shield look like its been used so much that he really should get a new one, overtime he's put all sorts of stickers and painted on things to it that have gradually been worn off or replaced. He may have an attachment complex with that shield as he refuses to give it up cause its his shield :P. I will have a feature on character's weapons occasionally so watch out for those.

@Altos

It's never too late to sign up (unless I've finished the story of course), but the later you enter the less chance of landing a role as characters get established, you can also submit as many suggestions as you want, I just may not use them all, if any.

@Tovvok

Those portrait images you gave don't seem to be working anymore :/

#189
Happy

I noticed Frostrex's piece of cloth over his armour was a different colour. Is that meant to mean something, or is it the same as Urrick's shield's case?

#190
Confirmed

I'm not quite sure what his armor should be, but I'm thinking RockJelly helm with either Heavy Demo or Cobalt.

#191
@FrostrexThe piece of cloth

@Frostrex

The piece of cloth is standard with the 2* cobalt armor I think, never had one so I can't say for sure, but there is customization on him ;)

@Isisdelltion

I was considering a Stranger hat, would that work?

#192
Oh

Coo...

#193
Like Bosco

Sure! :D

#195
Well if things are going as smooth as I hope...

I'll be done with redoing my textures tomorrow or Thursday.

Also, I am redoing some videos that I once had up, takes up a good bit of time.

#196
Character

Name: 'Revised' Pow
Gender: Male
Colour: Cyan
Class: Scout
Personality: Very brave, fast and he always stays on his mission 'till it's done.
Appearance/Armor: Solid Cobalt Helm and Vitasuit Deluxe. He is very short, half the height of the standard knight.
Weapons: Either Shockburst Brandish, Nightblade or Twisted Snarble Barb with a Tempered Calibur.
History/Background: Oh, darn. I can't think of one.
Relations: Burner is his dad, Frostbite is his pet and he makes friends very quickly.
'Twist' Degree: I'd like him to be rather unchanged.
Pets/Sidekicks: One pet Frostifur called Frostbite.
Expendability: PLEASE let him live.
Energy: Almost completely relies on Mist. He sometimes gets crystal energy, but that's only for when he needs it.

#197
Solo

I am NOT being a solo knight. Pow is incapable of attacking enemies alone so he just goes back to Haven if he's about to solo.

#198
BTW

If you kill Pow, you kill the whole story. In three words, don't kill Pow! and another way is, Pow must live! He can take serious damage, but I am NOT tolerating death of Pow. If it happens, I will find your computer/laptop and blow it up with an elastic band gun XD. So, be sensible and let him live. Also, happy, you know TF2? Pow's minigun should be an autogun-coloured version of the Heavy's minigun from TF2.

#199
dude what

It's Happyapathy's story, dude. He gets to decide what happens to Pow. Also don't multi-post like that.

#200
IMO

If your so afriad if him dying, dont even bother asking for him to be in the story. You're not asking Happy to not kill him, you're TELLING him not to. Also, this may be for Happy to say, but a wolf shooting ice out of its mouth sounds like magic to me. And you want to be fast and light while carrying a minigun? Your guy seems crazy over powered and unbeatable.