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[[Image:Official-Crash_Site.png|399px|thumb|right|A Spiral Knight and his crashed pod.]]
The '''Spiral Knights''' have awoken on an unknown world. Their equipment stores have been raided and their starship, '''The Skylark''', will not recover from the crash that brought them here. They have no means of contacting home base and, more importantly, exactly ''who'' or ''what'' home base is remains a mystery: no one can quite remember where they came from or who they were serving.

All is not lost, however. Taking refuge in a town called '''Haven''' they have begun a new mission: explore this new world, discover its secrets and maybe, just maybe, find a way home.

As a newly arrived '''Spiral Knight''', you must delve deep below the surface of the world into the mechanical labyrinth known as '''The Clockworks'''. This colossal complex of turning gears and unnatural machinery is filled with massive slabs of alien worlds and home to a legion of terrible monsters. This great machine is in constant motion and is always changing the worlds it creates. An exciting adventure awaits that will take you to the planet's very core, where the '''Spiral Knights''' will discover the purpose of '''The Clockworks''' and who or what created it.

Welcome to the world of '''Spiral Knights'''!

==Creating a New Spiral Knight==
[[Image:Official-Char_Creation.png|200px|thumb|left|The character creation screen.]]
Once you have created a new account and downloaded the game client, you can log in to the game and create a new character.

You have a few options for your appearance, but don't panic: your personal color and name are the only two choices that are permanent. With any luck, you'll find all sorts of cool armor and equipment very soon!

Once you've finalized your choices, you'll find yourself outside your crashed pod. Thankfully, your distress signal has been picked up by the rest of the Spiral Knights, so follow their directions to get your bearings!






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