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Oren Itanooren12/10/08 18:25View
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The backstory of Vulpes.Vulpes12/11/08 01:46View
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Missy's Story.. a Do-over and another ChapterMissy12/11/08 22:38View
UsrBinPerl12/11/08 23:48View
oren12/11/08 23:57View
Kwekwe's BackstoryKwekwe Karu12/12/08 01:02View
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Eternal SunsetMissy12/13/08 12:19View
Kit Ristow12/14/08 00:01View
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MasksAlissa12/14/08 00:58View
Lorae12/14/08 01:24View
UsrBinPerl12/14/08 22:07View
Missy's Story Continued..Part 3Missy12/16/08 08:43View
Missy's Story Part 4: Innocence ShatteredMissy12/16/08 18:34View
Missy's Story Part 5: Innocence AnnihilatedMissy12/18/08 17:16View
Small DangersVox12/18/08 21:36View
Saint of The Abyss: Part 1Luciferiel12/19/08 05:21View
Zero....-1Justa Zero12/19/08 17:38View
Zero....1Justa Zero12/19/08 18:26View
Óðr’s Daughter. Chapter I: A Guiding DreamAsil Karu12/20/08 02:39View
Omega To Alphaerinnic12/23/08 16:49View
Her Bloody Tears [-Past Event-]Methias12/23/08 18:09View
Lost Kitsune - A Shattered MindKiera12/25/08 18:51View
Usr's story Part IVUsrBinPerl12/27/08 20:34View
The EssexHeir Maelstrom12/29/08 04:23View
Kwekwe's shameKwekwe Karu12/30/08 18:11View
Joint Round Robin Fic Anyone...?erinnic12/30/08 19:07View
God Was On Her Lips As She Diederinnic01/02/09 23:31View
Love and Betrayal - A New Beginningkessjuliesse01/03/09 13:46View
The Diary of Cody Woodhencodywoodhen01/05/09 21:35View
Missy's Story Part 6: Innocence AbductedMissy01/07/09 06:23View
Cursed BladeYannis_Martynov01/08/09 21:27View
Story Thread: Community Round Robin Ficerinnic01/09/09 23:25View
The demon withinCanly Fargis01/11/09 16:14View
Ziau- CoLA's Very Own CasanovaZiau01/13/09 02:09View
Twisted Attentionserinnic01/21/09 20:34View
Inspiration- music and roleplayZiau01/26/09 08:01View
Compilation! Where were you when it all happened?Ziau01/28/09 09:12View
The Clock Struck MidnightMalice Ashdene01/28/09 22:31View
With Precision- a poem by Kelly Welch A.k.A Ziau Jua.Ziau01/29/09 04:36View
Alisa's dicovery of a new world (character sheet + story)Alisa Draconia01/30/09 19:17View
The Shadow Stepper- Ziau the Enshadowed.Ziau02/01/09 07:26View
Krista Lemon arrives to the streets of Lost AngelsKrista02/03/09 00:09View
Back Story Upto the Excile of Rune.RuneCrimson02/03/09 21:59View
War with the Brood, war with the Coven, and the Pack.Ziau02/07/09 04:11View
-- Halcyon's Backstory --Halcyon Nacht02/08/09 00:22View
Planer/Exonar family (aka, Erinyse, Khalan, Viridian, Cummere, Selena)Cummere Mayo02/08/09 03:53View
Kit's BackstoryKit Ristow02/10/09 18:40View
Eyes in the DarkKeyla02/11/09 09:47View
Surfacing Part ILlyr02/13/09 22:21View
Surfacing Part IILlyr02/13/09 22:35View
Tama-Chan: A Cat's Story (Tamara's background)Tamara02/17/09 07:35View
Project: A map of Post Apocalypse North AmericaTamara02/17/09 19:21View
Dreamtime RevelationsWinter02/19/09 18:08View
Reaver-the echo of the BlackwindAntiZero02/23/09 00:43View
On the Origin of SpeciesTamara02/25/09 22:38View
ConfessionKit Ristow02/26/09 01:39View
Personnel File: Pointe, Zsuzsanna C. (Inactive, Deceased)Su Pointe02/26/09 03:32View
Malice, in a Different Kind of WonderlandMalice Ashdene02/27/09 18:07View
The Dark of InspirationKit Ristow03/01/09 21:42View
Jheric: CrucifiedKayle Ashdene03/03/09 10:53View
It's my lifearsene_Braveheart03/05/09 18:18View
The Tradgedy of the HybridDigital Enigma03/29/09 07:09View
The Sin of Wrathmolly switchblade04/02/09 21:28View
Golden BoyEphran Ehrler04/15/09 06:12View
Story About A GirlAesendria04/24/09 15:34View
Climaxe by Smith and WessonSloan04/28/09 06:19View
My new project ATTENTION Russian Characters!Ziau05/01/09 06:42View
**NSFW** A Typical Tuesday Night for MissyMissy05/06/09 20:48View
Post your profile links!Cortero Landar05/07/09 10:25View
Making Logan SufferAesendria05/12/09 07:09View
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The Vanguard's True PurposeLogan05/16/09 01:03View
Cortero's Infernal ArmorCortero Landar05/16/09 06:52View
Bookstore SurpriseAesendria05/16/09 23:16View
Post your profile links if you have in-story info in them!Cortero Landar05/18/09 10:33View
PromisesAesendria05/24/09 02:44View
Cyber Evolution Bios, Anur Seda, Cyber Reaper, and Commander of CETheassassin06/08/09 11:28View
Was any of it real?Youko_Giha06/12/09 15:28View
A shift in prioritiesLogan06/17/09 04:21View
Going homeLudvig06/17/09 19:10View
'Ren in Japanoren06/18/09 23:11View
Thelma across the boardThelemaJuliesse06/26/09 15:09View
Pre-fiction: How Kayteear got here.Kayteear07/15/09 16:43View
Story TimeCharissa07/17/09 19:03View
Pack Airship RP.Tai07/27/09 02:49View
My CharacterLilith1308/05/09 22:34View
LilithLilith1308/06/09 09:30View
The Haunter in the DarkShadow08/14/09 21:50View
The Flying HeadsKwekwe Karu08/16/09 16:52View
Why selling coffins is impossible in CoLAZiau08/23/09 04:14View
Paint it red!Ziau08/23/09 07:51View
Young Cowards.Ziau08/23/09 08:28View
Great video for RPers and people passionate about writing.Ziau09/05/09 08:55View
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The Thing at South Gate SanitariumShadow09/15/09 22:09View
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Jessica's MotherJessica Susser09/21/09 04:19View
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I Bleed my Blood for Myself.Ziau09/22/09 22:28View
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The Shadowed Order, The Eternal Order, Ordo MachinaTheassassin10/06/09 06:55View
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The here, the now, the dead. The Minus.TheMinus Ziskey10/10/09 12:41View
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Chronicles of SIEagentlyseria11/22/09 12:27View
The Lady In Black(A Drokan Exile Twisted Love Story)AntiZero11/29/09 06:36View
The growing Darkness.Leirain Koray12/01/09 11:04View
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A FarewellRoland12/16/09 20:50View
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TamaraThe map project has been a pretty big success, I'd say. Its slowed down a bit so I thought I would risk double jeopardy and try another project. This is a dark roleplay setting filled with magic, danger and monstrous beings of all kinds from the cute neko to the deadly demons. The question of course is... where did they come from? What are the origins of vampires? World of Darkness suggested that Vampires were spawn of Cain and bore Cain's curse, It also suggested that Werewolves were Native American spirits of ass kickery or something odd like that. I would love to explore people's origin stories for their character's race. Not so much an origin of your particular character, but where your character's race/species/breed/whatever came from and how it fits in the COLAverse.

Like the other thread, I'd like to emphasize this is not canon. We're all just players here and nothing is official til Suz says it is. These are just stories, what our characters may believe are their origins. Its perfectly acceptable I think to have multiple origin stories that frankly the races themselves are not too sure on.

I think its also possible to have multiple types of 'races' that all share the same game stats. For example Demons. Are demons fallen angels? Are they extra dimensional beings that were never part of the holy choir? Are they corrupted mortals who have fallen into darkness? I've run into all three. Further how do other culture's demonic beings fit into this? How do Japanese Oni, Youkai and Shinigami and Hindu Asura and Rakshasas interact with the Satanic Demons? Game Stat wise it doesn't make any difference but these all make for very different types of characters.

Finally what's the point of all this? Really the point is to get everyone talking as storytellers, to get us thinking about how our characters work, possibly to get people collaborating on shared backgrounds and storylines and hopefully inspire some more interesting roleplay out there in the city.

So please, if you could, share your origin stories!
02/25/09 22:38
TamaraI'll start. Tamara is not my first COLA character. My first was a little too heavy on the villainous side for my taste and didn't really quite fit into the cola atmosphere. In Tamara I was looking for something that could hang out with people and be a bit silly but also be villainous in her own way. I also wanted to be a neko but I wanted to be one that was a bit out of the ordinary.

I started researching mythological cat beings and found a lot more than I thought I would. African Jaguar gods, shapeshifters, all sorts of weird stuff. But it was in old reliable Japan that I found one that caught my eye. There was a myth of the Nekomata. Nekomata are supposed to be two tailed cats that gain magic powers. There were a lot of myths of Nekomata animating corpses and making them dance! That was such a strong image in my mind and fit a more playful and capricious almost fey like attitude that I found very appealing.

So Tamara was born. She can be quite cute and silly and some make the mistake of thinking her harmless. But then she can do horrific things to you like suck your soul out, turn you into a zombie, etc etc, while giggling her head off like its the funniest thing in the world. Anyway here is my quick Nekomata origin rundown.

NEKOMATA

Nekomata are shapeshifting asian feline spirits quasi related to demons and angels of western tradition but bearing a stronger similarity in behavior to mischievous faeries and nature spirits.  They share an affinity with their cousins the Kitsune (fox spirits) and Tanuki (Racoon Dog spirits). The name Nekomata means "Forked Cat" and refers to the distinctive double tail Nekomata have.

ORIGIN - MYTHOLOGY
The true origin of the Nekomata are lost in the sands of time. According to folklore, they developed from housecats in a variety of potential ways. The Japanese believed any cat that was allowed to reach ten years of age, grow to a certain size or allowed to keep a long tail would naturally evolve into a Nekomata.  At some point its tail would split in two and it would begin developing a capricious intelligence and magical powers.

ORIGIN- LOST ANGELS

It is believed that all Neko's, including Nekomata, trace their lineage back to the land of Khem (Egypt). At some point before recorded history it is believed that proto Neko's worshipping Bast the Devourer in Her aspect of a house cat traveled from Egypt into southeast Asia.  From there, these Bastet Neko split into several distinct breeds including the altruistic Manekineko, the Bakeneko, the Kasha and of course the Nekomata.  From what scholars can glean of the scattered early histories, Bastet Neko became involved with Japanese Oni and Youkai (demons) as slaves, pets and lovers. In the process they gained a distinct set of inborn magical talents.  They remain much closer to the human world than most demons. Where demons seek to corrupt and destroy humanity, Nekomata are more playfully capricious and given to tricks and taunts.
02/25/09 22:55
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