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[[File:Gremlin_Haiku_Poster.jpg|right|350px]]
 
[[File:Gremlin_Haiku_Poster.jpg|right|350px]]
  
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== Gremlin Haiku Hijinks - Summer 2011 ==
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The player-run '''Gremlin Haiku Hijinks''' is a forum event from the Summer of 2011.
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[[File:Worksign.png|center|200px]]
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<br><br>
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<br>
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Sponsored by the '''Obsidian Guild''' to herald the arrival of '''The Ironclaw Munitions Factory''',<br>
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Sponsored by the '''Obsidian Guild''' to herald the arrival of the upcoming Tier 2 gremlin boss stratum,<br>
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and the arrival of 2 new gremlin spies...derp...merchants '''Punch''' and '''Vise.'''<br>
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'''The Ironclaw Munitions Factory''' and the arrival of 2 new gremlin spies...derp...merchants.<br>
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=== Details ===
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== Details ==
 
Competition details are at the following link:
 
Competition details are at the following link:
 
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/12071
 
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/12071
  
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=== Deadline ===
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Entries are only accepted through the official Spiral Knights forum link or Spiral Knights facebook link:
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'''To be announced'''
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http://www.facebook.com/SpiralKnights
  
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=== Judges ===
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== Deadline ==
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'''Raspberry'''<br>
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'''July 14, 2011 11:59PM Central (GMT-5)''' -CLOSED-<br>
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'''Thebadger'''<br>
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'''Guest Judges'''
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=== Prizes ===
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== Judges ==
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*'''Raspberry'''
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*'''Thebadger'''
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*'''Eurydice'''
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== Prizes ==
 
'''The Spiral Haiku Master Receives:'''
 
'''The Spiral Haiku Master Receives:'''
 
*100,000 Crowns
 
*100,000 Crowns
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*1000 CE
 
*A Wallpaper Honoring the Winning Haiku
 
*A Wallpaper Honoring the Winning Haiku
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<br>
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'''Honorable Mentions Receive:'''
 
'''Honorable Mentions Receive:'''
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*10,000 Crowns
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*15,000 Crowns
  
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=== Gremlin Haiku Library ===
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== Gremlin Haiku Library ==
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[[File:Gremlibrarian.png|200px]]
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[[File:Gremlibrarian.png|200px|right]]
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The haiku are sorted alphabetically by the IGN(or forum name, if IGN wasn't given) of the submitter.
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{{showhide|A|content=
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Agger|content=
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<br>Gremlins gremlins, what<br>
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y'gonna do? What y'gonna do<br>
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when they come for you?<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
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All haiku WILL EVENTUALLY BE sorted alphabetically by the IGN(or forum name, if IGN wasn't given) of the submitter.
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}}
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Alexest|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Alexest|content=
 
<br>Gremlin in the night<br>
 
<br>Gremlin in the night<br>
 
Wandering in the bazaar<br>
 
Wandering in the bazaar<br>
 
Merchanting he likes<br>
 
Merchanting he likes<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Amethyzt|content=
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<br>We stand together!<br>
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Their hatred burns very hot!<br>
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Knights of Haven go!!!<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Tier Three fires burn shyly:<br>
 
Tier Three fires burn shyly:<br>
 
In tier one decon!<br>
 
In tier one decon!<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Azafran|content=
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<br>I hate those gremlins<br>
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deadly wannabe humans<br>
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need we any more?<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Azerk|content=
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<br>Small dark eyes glaring<br>
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Scaly claws grasp your money<br>
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Ripped off once again<br>
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<br>
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}}
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}}
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{{showhide|B|content=
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Battlebeard|content=
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<br>Gremlin team hurts you<br>
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You go buy from "nice" Gremlin<br>
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He was team leader<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Damage armor<br>
 
Damage armor<br>
 
Merchant happy<br>
 
Merchant happy<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Bomb-Blaster|content=
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<br>More and more missiles,<br>
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Flash...and the big puppies come,<br>
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The battle begins!<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Boss-Scarmiglione|content=
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<br>Rockets, Missiles, BOOM!<br>
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Beware big towering twins,<br>
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Or face destruction.<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Boxboxbox|content=
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<br>gremlins bizarre sale<br>
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strangers thought, will the snipes like<br>
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still give me shinies<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Brischli|content=
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<br>Gremlin over there!<br>
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Draw my sword and charge right in,<br>
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just to realize that it's a merchant Gremlin.<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Brysonic|content=
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<br>We welcomed them in<br>
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All was well, until we heard<br>
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Those dire words, "Stay Close!"<br>
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<br>
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}}
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}}
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{{showhide|C|content=
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Catrix|content=
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<br>Menders fill my woe<br>
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as the red numbers stack high<br>
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no true end in sight<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Comradeer|content=
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<br>Knight wants Menders dead<br>
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Gremlin Merchant sells him sword<br>
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Sword breaks at first hit.<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Coolsoul|content=
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<br>Gremlins come to help,<br>
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But you see their tricky ways,<br>
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And run, run away!<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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}}
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{{showhide|D|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Dasparian|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Dasparian|content=
 
<br>Crimsonite + Moonstone =<br>
 
<br>Crimsonite + Moonstone =<br>
 
Mechanized Mile, Decon Zones.<br>
 
Mechanized Mile, Decon Zones.<br>
 
Where's my Dark Matter…<br>
 
Where's my Dark Matter…<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Dayte|content=
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<br>An Ironclaw Demo?<br>
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Going nuts behind that gate!<br>
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I'm on this side though ~<3<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Decibel|content=
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<br>Bombs are confusing.<br>
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Spiral Knights look like they know<br>
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what to do. Here, catch!<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Desdinova|content=
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<br>gremlin merchants here!<br>
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do they sell anything new?<br>
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just gremlin gizmo<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Pyros o'er yonder training<br>
 
Pyros o'er yonder training<br>
 
This will not end well<br>
 
This will not end well<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Doom-Dude|content=
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<br>Its all about trust,<br>
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Gremlin Merchant fits or not?<br>
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Only time shall tell...<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Drakexxq|content=
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<br>Gremlins one and two<br>
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Spies or merchants, which is true?<br>
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Guess it's up to you!<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Their Arcane Factory Looms!<br>
 
Their Arcane Factory Looms!<br>
 
Onwards, Knights! To Glory!<br>
 
Onwards, Knights! To Glory!<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Drthz|content=
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<br>Can they be trusted<br>
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Ironclaw in our Haven<br>
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Or will we all burn?<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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while clockworks turn like seasons,<br>
 
while clockworks turn like seasons,<br>
 
hone ironclaws on spikes.<br>
 
hone ironclaws on spikes.<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Dziurka|content=
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<br>Merchant's watchful eye,<br>
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Coldly watching as knight dies<br>
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Trust them you cannot<br>
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<br>
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}}
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}}
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{{showhide|E|content=
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Espeonage|content=
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<br>It's the gremlin boss<br>
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mender fly; I have no gun<br>
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hijink win this time..!<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Exnem|content=
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<br>Factory is a go!<br>
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Stay a while and listen!<br>
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Shields are wise ahead!<br>
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<br>
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}}
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}}
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{{showhide|F|content=
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Farewells|content=
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<br>The Gremlin is hiding<br>
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They come to watch, Eyes open!<br>
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The sale begins!<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] FelXaga|content=
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<br>I fix broken things<br>
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Knights like to make broken things<br>
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I make knights broken<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Final-Crescendo|content=
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<br>Gremlin transmission<br>
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Says, "Burn Haven to the ground!"<br>
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We prepare for war<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Knight need better equipment<br>
 
Knight need better equipment<br>
 
Gremlin merchant smiles<br>
 
Gremlin merchant smiles<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Fording|content=
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<br>The one who<br>
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Owns a thwack hammer<br>
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Fears not<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Frizz|content=
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<br>Gremlins with big guns<br>
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Bombs, Hammers, Menders! Oh my!<br>
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I have my sword ready<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Frozyn|content=
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<br>Fire crackle and roar<br>
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Three heroes stand on button<br>
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Afk knight snore<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Not your typical mogwai<br>
 
Not your typical mogwai<br>
 
This guys no Gizmo<br>
 
This guys no Gizmo<br>
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<br>
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}}
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}}
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{{showhide|G|content=
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Geil|content=
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<br>Knight In Skelly Helm<br>
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Sinister Grin Charges Sword<br>
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Flash Of Light Corpse Dust<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Frenzy heats up the office<br>
 
Frenzy heats up the office<br>
 
Working over knights<br>
 
Working over knights<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Griffinbane|content=
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<br>Annoying gremlins.<br>
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Alas, a gremlin boss comes!<br>
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I shall burn you good.<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Grittle|content=
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<br>when gremlins are dead<br>
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they turn into small kittens<br>
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they are sinister<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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O why did I go solo?<br>
 
O why did I go solo?<br>
 
A mecha knight, please!<br>
 
A mecha knight, please!<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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}}
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{{showhide|H|content=
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Hecatoncheire|content=
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<br>Lighten your spirits!<br>
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Fanged merchant friends can help...<br>
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Just bring your wallet.<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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They are spies! Looks like they are...<br>
 
They are spies! Looks like they are...<br>
 
Sappin' my Haven!<br>
 
Sappin' my Haven!<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Hollowxxvii|content=
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<br>Axes razor sharp<br>
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Watching re-runs on TV<br>
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Healer ahhhhhh aight.<br>
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<br>
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}}
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}}
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{{showhide|I|content=
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Ibubble|content=
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<br>Gremlins are so cute.<br>
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But may be spies! awww so cute...!!!<br>
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Too cute *Frogpalm* dies...<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Itep|content=
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<br>We build new constructs<br>
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with new thwack hammers in hand<br>
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we fight to mend<br>
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<br>
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}}
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}}
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{{showhide|K|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Katmint|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Katmint|content=
 
<br>Deep in the Clockworks<br>
 
<br>Deep in the Clockworks<br>
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How can you all torch me so!?<br>
 
How can you all torch me so!?<br>
 
Oh God oh God oh-<br>
 
Oh God oh God oh-<br>
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<br>
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}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Keiko|content=
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<br>Welcome to Haven!<br>
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This Gremlin has things to sell.<br>
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"What are you buying?"<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Armor smoking in silence<br>
 
Armor smoking in silence<br>
 
After thund'rous blasts.<br>
 
After thund'rous blasts.<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Kimosabe|content=
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<br>two gremlin merchants<br>
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selling, passing their free time<br>
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scorching and bombing<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Knightydood|content=
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<br>Crafty Scorcher pair<br>
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Now the Bazaar is aflame!<br>
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A fire sale<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Knightlancer|content=
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<br>Burn Haven they say?<br>
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The Twin Roarmulus awaits!<br>
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Things just got hotter!<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Kral|content=
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<br>Bark Modules tempt us.<br>
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Gun puppy or lumber boss?<br>
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We will soon find out.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Kuritaro|content=
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<br>爆弾を<br>
 +
爆発すると<br>
 +
爆笑し<br>
 +
<br>
 +
Translated as:<br>
 +
<br>
 +
The Big Angry Bomb<br>
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explodes in angry constrast<br>
 +
as laughter explodes.<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
 +
}}
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{{showhide|L|content=
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Lawlol|content=
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<br>Can't wait for new Boss<br>
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New levels, this is so cool<br>
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Too bad I can't win<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] LeJerque|content=
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<br>Gremlins aren't so tough.<br>
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I can handle guys like you.<br>
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OH GOD GUN PUPPIES<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Lhykos|content=
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<br>From fog, Twins emerge<br>
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Roaring, missiles and bullets<br>
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Air becomes as death<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Lmaoboat|content=
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<br>Buy from Gremlins? Ha!<br>
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What? A free toaster, you say?<br>
 +
Eh... what could go wrong?<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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}}
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{{showhide|M|content=
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Markosmesh|content=
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<br>New gear in Bazaar!<br>
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But so expensive... Damn them,<br>
 +
Those greedy gremlins.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Masterfang|content=
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<br>Old Gremlin Motto,<br>
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A Manual reads as such:<br>
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Dodge, Toss, Toss, Toss, Dodge!<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Migake|content=
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<br>Big Ol' Tinkinzar<br>
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Not another Jelly King<br>
 +
to run this summer!<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Morpholomew|content=
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<br>Rumoured new stratum<br>
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Gremlins with guns, they sell them<br>
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Buy cheaply, or die!<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Mynarde|content=
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<br>Haven, Tinkinzar<br>
 +
Covert means intentions hide<br>
 +
Service knight for naught<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Mysticfury|content=
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<br>Thunderfist Arenas<br>
 +
Shocking experience<br>
 +
Piercing through metal<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
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}}
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{{showhide|N|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Natash|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Natash|content=
 
<br>Boom Bang Gremlins work<br>
 
<br>Boom Bang Gremlins work<br>
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A cause for celebration?<br>
 
A cause for celebration?<br>
 
A battle ahead<br>
 
A battle ahead<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Nekosniper|content=
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<br>I for one welcome<br>
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Our new Gremlin ov-er, uh<br>
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I mean these merchants<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Noxis|content=
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<br>Two little Gremlins<br>
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New arrivals in Haven<br>
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Are they friends or foes<br>
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<br>
 +
}}
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}}
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{{showhide|O| content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Ozymandius|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Ozymandius|content=
 
<br>I hear gremlins shout,<br>
 
<br>I hear gremlins shout,<br>
 
Hammer and Fire! And I see,<br>
 
Hammer and Fire! And I see,<br>
 
Death falls like blossoms.<br>
 
Death falls like blossoms.<br>
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<br>
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}}
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|P|content=
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Panzervaughn|content=
 +
<br>Rising tide of flame<br>
 +
shield flickers in the tempest<br>
 +
the others flank right<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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With friends and brothers in arms<br>
 
With friends and brothers in arms<br>
 
Ironclaw wins again<br>
 
Ironclaw wins again<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Prisega|content=
 +
<br>The Roarmulus Twins<br>
 +
Our Knights have defeated them<br>
 +
Angered Gremlins come<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Providence|content=
 +
<br>Acrid smell of oil;<br>
 +
Twin hounds bereft of mercy:<br>
 +
Leave me alone, jerks.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Pula|content=
 +
<br>Missiles everywhere!<br>
 +
The summer sun shines above.<br>
 +
Knights, we shall prevail!<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|R|content=
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Radish|content=
 +
<br>Clockworks tick as we<br>
 +
tow the pieces of machine.<br>
 +
Our hands bring forth life!<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Wouldn't trust them with ice cream<br>
 
Wouldn't trust them with ice cream<br>
 
What are they planning?<br>
 
What are they planning?<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Ren_Partycat|content=
 +
<br>A Gremlin outcast<br>
 +
Stranded deep in the clockworks<br>
 +
He seeks redemption<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Their masked eyes are sparkling stars<br>
 
Their masked eyes are sparkling stars<br>
 
Born to sell used cars<br>
 
Born to sell used cars<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Rinneval|content=
 +
<br>Gremlins in Bazaar<br>
 +
Defective goods aplenty<br>
 +
Conning knights of crowns.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Riot-Creator|content=
 +
<br>Mysterious place,<br>
 +
Darkness lurks every corner,<br>
 +
No light exists here.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Ryuzhin|content=
 +
<br>The smell of oil<br>
 +
And deconstructed world parts,<br>
 +
But I'm in Haven?<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|S|content=
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Saadi|content=
 +
<br>Gremlins? Let's take them!<br>
 +
"Remember last time?" you say<br>
 +
Oh whoops I'm on fire<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Scissoleo|content=
 +
<br>Sounds of Tinkering<br>
 +
Bulky Metal Canines Rise<br>
 +
Endless Projectiles<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Shadownox|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Shadownox|content=
−
<br>Here's King Tinkinzar<br>
+
<br>Those gremlin merchants,<br>
−
With his army of gremlins<br>
+
Don't trust them! Probaly spies<br>
−
Ready to destroy...<br>
+
Spying in the night...<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Silfrith|content=
 +
<br>Mechanics is all<br>
 +
Gremlins enjoy to work hard<br>
 +
Hunting alien knights<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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The Sun's jealousy prior<br>
 
The Sun's jealousy prior<br>
 
White path green again<br>
 
White path green again<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Sipher-Mashai|content=
 +
<br>Gremlin Fire Flows<br>
 +
Valkyrie Knight Moaning<br>
 +
On Fire Again<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Soon: Ironclaw factory!<br>
 
Soon: Ironclaw factory!<br>
 
Now, bullets kill knights...<br>
 
Now, bullets kill knights...<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Snipeh|content=
 +
<br>Factory today<br>
 +
Rockets from the darkness fly<br>
 +
I hold X and pray<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Sparkyspro|content=
 +
<br>My firotech gun,<br>
 +
Is in need of a replace.<br>
 +
Flamethrower melt face!<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Stevel|content=
 +
<br>Once, as they huddle<br>
 +
Scorchers, Menders, and Demos<br>
 +
Slain by one blade<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|T|content=
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Tachiko|content=
 +
<br>I am Spiral Knight.<br>
 +
Thwack! Thwack! Coin! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Coin!<br>
 +
Gremlins sell good stuff!<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Sells poor equipment and lies<br>
 
Sells poor equipment and lies<br>
 
Then grins as we die.<br>
 
Then grins as we die.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Teferi|content=
 +
<br>Explosion echoes<br>
 +
Another wave of Rockets.<br>
 +
They had to make two...<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Tetrino|content=
 +
<br>Past countless missiles<br>
 +
Prepared to strike down the twins<br>
 +
Oh god lag I'm dead<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] the_magician59|content=
 +
<br>deceit in haven<br>
 +
war machines rumble forward<br>
 +
according to plan<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Therring|content=
 +
<br>Gremlins have arrived.<br>
 +
Enter the Haven Bazaar,<Br>
 +
They will be waiting.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] The-Unbeatable|content=
 +
<br>Where two gremlins twine:<br>
 +
A place sublime and divine,<br>
 +
What is to occur?<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] thezeronumber|content=
 +
<br>With shady conduct,<br>
 +
"View our wares, curious one"<br>
 +
The sly Gremlins snarl.<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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These gremlins bring goods for sale<br>
 
These gremlins bring goods for sale<br>
 
Lay down your crowns now<br>
 
Lay down your crowns now<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Thunderbunz|content=
 +
<br>Six star sword, you say?!<br>
 +
I'll buy it! Wait… just a fake.<br>
 +
Need more Scam Resist...<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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When the fire is "broken"<br>
 
When the fire is "broken"<br>
 
Gremlin barbecue<br>
 
Gremlin barbecue<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Tornspirit|content=
 +
<br>Ironclaw crisis<br>
 +
Blast surrounding munitions<br>
 +
Fireworks await<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Eligible if skilled at:<br>
 
Eligible if skilled at:<br>
 
Bombs; Heals; Thwacks; Scorching.<br>
 
Bombs; Heals; Thwacks; Scorching.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|V|content=
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Vestrum|content=
 +
<br>In the factory<br>
 +
Mischievous eyes before me,<br>
 +
But treasure, I seek<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|W|content=
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Watchey|content=
 +
<br>Gremlins more than one,<br>
 +
Spies or not which is to trust?<br>
 +
Guess its up to us!<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Wfawwer|content=
 +
<br>Useless Archeron.<br>
 +
Roarmulus Epilepsy<br>
 +
Burning Computer<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Whitelancer|content=
 +
<br>Brave knights be ready<br>
 +
For their love for knights are as<br>
 +
Cold as winter nights<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|X|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Xing-Loong|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Xing-Loong|content=
 
<br>To Arms fellow Knights!<br>
 
<br>To Arms fellow Knights!<br>
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<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|Z|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Zenstar|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Zenstar|content=
 
<br>IronClaw Gremlins come<br>
 
<br>IronClaw Gremlins come<br>
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<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
−
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Zhoulball|content=
+
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Zhouball|content=
 
<br>Charge! The Spiral Knights<br>
 
<br>Charge! The Spiral Knights<br>
 
Swing shiny swords at gremlin!<br>
 
Swing shiny swords at gremlin!<br>
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<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
−
<br>
 
−
=== Spiral Fun-ku Outakes ===
 
−
[[File:Funku.png|160px]]
 
−
<br>
 
−
The entire Spiral Community had fun tossing non-competition haiku, including staff and judges...
 
−
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Sample Haiku By Raspberry|content =
 
−
<br>Gremlin scorcher love<br>
 
−
Summer heat wave danger rooms<br>
 
−
Singed knight jumps in pond<br>
 
−
<br>
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
<br>
 
<br>
 +
 +
=== Spiral Fun-ku Outtakes ===
 +
[[File:Funku.png|right|160px]]
 +
The entire Spiral Community had fun tossing non-competition haiku, including staff and judges...
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Armorjack|content=
 
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Armorjack|content=
 
<br>Cicadas and ants,<br>
 
<br>Cicadas and ants,<br>
 
Butterflies and the silkwings,<br>
 
Butterflies and the silkwings,<br>
 
Crown loss and lockout!<br>
 
Crown loss and lockout!<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Dogrock (Slave Labor)|content=
 +
<br>Gremlins beneath feet<br>
 +
Sounds of industry echo<br>
 +
What do they prepare?<br>
 +
 +
Spy intel arrives<br>
 +
Radio transmits static<br>
 +
What beast makes that noise?<br>
 +
 +
A name, "Roarmulus"<br>
 +
The decipher team instructs<br>
 +
"Needs more test subjects"<br>
 +
 +
More chatter is heard<br>
 +
Are those shouts of volunteers?!<br>
 +
Knights shudder in wait<br>
 +
 +
<br>Copy-paste all day<br>
 +
The keys V and C wear down<br>
 +
All day erry day yeah!<br>
 +
 +
<br>Bumbity bump bump<br>
 +
A thread you should recognize<br>
 +
Maybe this will work<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
−
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Eurydice|content=
+
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Eurydice (Spiral Staff)|content=
 
<br>Haiku contest judge?<br>
 
<br>Haiku contest judge?<br>
 
Iceni, I'd be honored!<br>
 
Iceni, I'd be honored!<br>
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<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
−
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Hyperion|content=
+
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Griffinbane|content=
 +
<br>Dogrock missed entries.<br>
 +
Griffy harasses Dogrock.<br>
 +
Dogrock says brain fart.<br>
 +
 
 +
<br>Dogrock goofed again.<br>
 +
There are two G's on Wiki.<br>
 +
Griff is mindboggled.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Hyperion (Spiral Staff)|content=
 
<br>I am impressed by<br>
 
<br>I am impressed by<br>
 
Your splendid imagery and<br>
 
Your splendid imagery and<br>
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<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
−
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] A reply from Rasberry|content=
+
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Raspberry (reply to Inhanzt)|content=
 
<br>Yours resemble trolls<br>
 
<br>Yours resemble trolls<br>
 
Tad uglier than gremlins<br>
 
Tad uglier than gremlins<br>
 
Love the zen thinking<br>
 
Love the zen thinking<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Jesse Henning (facebook)|content=
 +
<br>Spiral Knights Haiku?<br>
 +
You can't make me make one up.<br>
 +
Wait, hang on. Dammit!<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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Everywhere in this thread;<br>
 
Everywhere in this thread;<br>
 
Poor gremlin merchants.<br>
 
Poor gremlin merchants.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Kral|content=
 +
<br>Lots of explosions?<br>
 +
Michael Bay must be down there<br>
 +
In the gremlin forge<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Kuritaro|content=
 +
<br>The bomb is now set<br>
 +
like the mirthful smile I wear<br>
 +
what a blast this is!<br>
 +
<br>
 +
Scheming, "Love" Puppy<br>
 +
finds reverse psychology,<br>
 +
the cruelest technique<br>
 +
<br>
 +
Though we covet coin,<br>
 +
you can keep your gold monsters.<br>
 +
No thank you, we say<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Matthew Ku (facebook)|content=
 +
<br>In the gloaming woods<br>
 +
Snarbolax awaits the knights,<br>
 +
Plotting their demise.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Morpholomew|content=
 +
<br>Sell me some ammo<br>
 +
Please new merchant, sell me some!<br>
 +
I need it so bad<br>
 +
<br>
 +
Wait, what’s what? Oh no!<br>
 +
Your face is no Stranger, no!<br>
 +
Gremlins all around!<br>
 +
<br>
 +
Why - how - are they here<br>
 +
Are we dead? Not yet, not yet<br>
 +
Tenderfoot friendly<br>
 +
<br>
 +
What is this surprise?<br>
 +
Gremlin good, Gremlin bad, or<br>
 +
Gremlin spy backstab?<br>
 +
<br>
 +
Ironclaw or Darkfang?<br>
 +
A Thwack-mend-scorcher gangbang?<br>
 +
Die with demo bang!<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Nearo|content=
 +
<br>I like how people<br>
 +
are abbreviating words<br>
 +
amusing it is<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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O no here we go again<br>
 
O no here we go again<br>
 
Fodder for gremlins<br>
 
Fodder for gremlins<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Radish|content=
 +
<br>All work and no play.<br>
 +
Building contructs through the night.<br>
 +
Built strong. Built to fight.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
Blood, oil, sweat, and tears.<br>
 +
Crafting, building, filled with fears.<br>
 +
Fighting for our lives.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
Menders, please spread out!<br>
 +
Bombers, run around and shout!<br>
 +
Go forth! Have no doubt!<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Raspberry (Judge)|content=
 +
<br>Gremlin scorcher love<br>
 +
Summer heat wave danger rooms<br>
 +
Singed knight jumps in pond<br>
 +
 +
<br>Flogging continues<br>
 +
Whip, whip, work, work all day long<br>
 +
The slaves need a break<br>
 +
 +
<br>Slave labor Dogrock<br>
 +
Mumbles copy paste haiku<br>
 +
Need more Mountain Dew<br>
 +
 +
<br>No knights will be harmed<br>
 +
In the production of this...<br>
 +
Film at eleven<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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And his nasty gremlin crew<br>
 
And his nasty gremlin crew<br>
 
What you gonna do?<br>
 
What you gonna do?<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Shadownox|content=
 +
<br>Here's King Tinkinzar<br>
 +
With his army of gremlins<br>
 +
Ready to destroy...<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Skrumm|content=
 +
<br>What are you sellin'?<br>
 +
I'll buy it at a high price!<br>
 +
Is that all, stranger?<br>
 +
 +
Got a selection<br>
 +
of good things on sale, stranger!<br>
 +
Come back any time.<br>
 +
 +
Just for fun, of course.<br>
 +
I love that merchant so much.<br>
 +
Greatest shop ever.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Spiral HQ (facebook)|content=
 +
<br>Mulling, pondering<br>
 +
intercepted transmission?
 +
Submit your haiku.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Teferi|content=
 +
<br>Clockworks hum behind<br>
 +
patter of feet, Gremlin laughs.<br>
 +
See you soon Haven.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
}}
 +
{{showhide|[[File:20px-Icon-Haiku.png|20px]] Therring|content=
 +
<br>For my in game name,<br>
 +
My knight is known as Therring.<br>
 +
(I couldn't help it...)<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
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<br>
 
<br>
 
}}
 
}}
−
<br>
 
  
−
=== Winners TBA ===
+
== Winners ==
 
'''Spiral Haiku Master:'''
 
'''Spiral Haiku Master:'''
−
*{{star|5}}'''TBA'''
+
*{{star|5|color=6cb0b9}}'''Ozymandius'''
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
'''Honorable Mention:'''
 
'''Honorable Mention:'''
−
*{{star|4}}'''TBA'''
+
*{{star|4|color=6cb0b9}}'''Katmint'''
−
*{{star|3}}'''TBA'''
+
*{{star|3|color=6cb0b9}}'''Tantarian'''
−
*{{star|2}}'''TBA'''
+
*{{star|2|color=6cb0b9}}'''Providence'''
−
*{{star|1}}'''TBA'''
+
*{{star|1|color=6cb0b9}}'''Brysonic'''
−
 
+
−
== Wallpaper Place Holder==
+
−
[[File:Construction.jpg|250px]]
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[[Category:Player-run events]]
 
[[Category:Player-run events]]

Latest revision as of 12:24, 3 September 2012

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The player-run Gremlin Haiku Hijinks is a forum event from the Summer of 2011.

Sponsored by the Obsidian Guild to herald the arrival of The Ironclaw Munitions Factory,
and the arrival of 2 new gremlin spies...derp...merchants Punch and Vise.

Details

Competition details are at the following link: http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/12071

Entries are only accepted through the official Spiral Knights forum link or Spiral Knights facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/SpiralKnights

Deadline

July 14, 2011 11:59PM Central (GMT-5) -CLOSED-

Judges

  • Raspberry
  • Thebadger
  • Eurydice

Prizes

The Spiral Haiku Master Receives:

  • 100,000 Crowns
  • 1000 CE
  • A Wallpaper Honoring the Winning Haiku

Honorable Mentions Receive:

  • 15,000 Crowns

Gremlin Haiku Library

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The haiku are sorted alphabetically by the IGN(or forum name, if IGN wasn't given) of the submitter.


Spiral Fun-ku Outtakes

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The entire Spiral Community had fun tossing non-competition haiku, including staff and judges...

Winners

Spiral Haiku Master:

  • ★★★★★Ozymandius


Honorable Mention:

  • ★★★★☆Katmint
  • ★★★☆☆Tantarian
  • ★★☆☆☆Providence
  • ★☆☆☆☆Brysonic

Wallpaper

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