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Oren Itanooren12/10/08 18:25View
Missy12/10/08 22:22View
The backstory of Vulpes.Vulpes12/11/08 01:46View
Erica KesselErica Kessel12/11/08 07:52View
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
UsrBinPerl12/13/08 00:35View
Eternal SunsetMissy12/13/08 12:19View
Kit Ristow12/14/08 00:01View
ShyMathys12/14/08 00:27View
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
Jeanne VarunJeanne Varun05/14/09 08:24View
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
Dux - 264 BCDux09/10/09 18:41View
The Thing at South Gate SanitariumShadow09/15/09 22:09View
♪♫ Do you wanna RP my avatar ♪♫Kayteear09/17/09 14:45View
Jessica's MotherJessica Susser09/21/09 04:19View
Ziau Challenged me to. NSFWChasityDawes09/21/09 07:17View
The Divine Machine.................Theassassin09/21/09 22:29View
I Bleed my Blood for Myself.Ziau09/22/09 22:28View
Cronicle of a deathKayteear09/24/09 01:34View
"Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself"DavidJoshua Artful09/26/09 17:07View
Old Versus NewDigital Enigma09/27/09 20:28View
The Shadowed Order, The Eternal Order, Ordo MachinaTheassassin10/06/09 06:55View
Elamyrath's HistoryElamyrath10/10/09 00:52View
The here, the now, the dead. The Minus.TheMinus Ziskey10/10/09 12:41View
Before bed ritual.Amy Guisse10/17/09 04:13View
Alone?Ike10/18/09 15:34View
IS this High School again?Theassassin10/24/09 12:49View
Sidhe vs DrowOrlok Lectar10/29/09 04:08View
Daddy bluesarsene_Braveheart11/17/09 19:01View
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
The lycanKayteear12/01/09 16:00View
City of Lost Jackman: The Untold Hollywood BlockbusterAntiZero12/02/09 07:11View
Coming home for christmas ..Kes12/10/09 22:17View
Bunneh Vs. Lich, DBZ styleKarsha Yutani12/14/09 11:59View
A FarewellRoland12/16/09 20:50View
Of Death and RebirthDigital Enigma12/21/09 20:14View
The Story of ReocoReoko Farspire02/06/10 20:47View
Homecoming......... The Story of Orpheus DarkfoldOrpheusDarkfold03/11/10 02:27View
The Story of Orpheus Part 2OrpheusDarkfold03/13/10 23:15View
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Missing the Oceanricercar03/23/10 22:27View
Letter to the editor: Manners in LATink03/25/10 16:58View
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Something Black and Violent...DavidJoshua Artful06/19/10 22:23View
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postTopic Sidhe vs Drow

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Orlok LectarWhat's the attitude and characteristics differences between an elf and dark elf (by whatever name they want) in CoLA's storyline? Do Sidhe and Dark Sidhe (or whatever they are called in CoLA) hate each other in general or are their relations strictly limited to individual opinions? The thing is in most fantasies Elves and Dark Elves don't get along so I feel this is a good question since the two seem to be fairly lumped together in CoLA.

Also, I was wondering what the general extent of technology-understanding is among the Sidhe. If you look at the story written for them in the map thread here in the Character Fiction forum they are opposed to the nature-destroying industrial growth Humans unleahsed upon the world, claiming this to be the reason the Sidhe were knocked off Earth to begin with. So it would only make sense that most Sidhe are generally opposed to technology, right? Or at least when it comes to technology they SHOULD be very clueless, right?

I realize people will probably not think nor want to RP their Sidhe characters to comply to anything mentioned here but I'm still curious about it.		10/29/09 04:08
Alissathere is no official fiction on drow or even sidhe (Sidhe includes drow btw) in cola, just like lycans nekos vampires demons or angels.

Cola Canon consists of, battle of the races blah blah blah worm wood blocked out the sun blah blah now things happen.		10/29/09 04:11
Kit RistowSidha are as open as anything else in CoLA. There were several people who even RP'd sidhe (using that word) before they became a CCS race (Isadora Vanalten was, AFAIK, the first; I was maybe the second or third). Llyr--who I miss horribly--did a good amount of fiction on the sidhe, though most of those posts were lost when the boards switched over to the new system. Winter Illios and I both did some, too; and I know SeanM Writer did a bit. There might've been others, too. These were all in a consistent vein with compatible backstory.

And, really, it has eff-all to do with what's in that area. But, thing is, that's the beauty of free-form RP; people can do whatever they want. Kit's about as far from elf/drow as you can get, but she's most assuredly sidhe.

How do I play her relationship to technology? She grew up here, and she's well familiar with it. She's not a whiz--she just uses it as necessary. It's not a big deal. I play her as being exceptionally sensitive to iron--she has a permanent problem with her shoulder because it was wounded with iron (a few times, but that's besides the point). But as for nature. . .well, she [i]likes[/i] it, but it's not the end-all and be-all for her.

But. . .again. Not the only story. There are a lot of people who play it as you posted in CoLA. If differences come up in RP, I personally just turn a blind eye. Everyone's got the right to do their own thing.		10/29/09 06:05
Orlok LectarWell, there's a background given to them in the North America Post-Apocalypse Map thread above this one somewhere. (I think it's mentioned on the first page with the [b]Col Din[/b] territory in east Canada) Still, I KNOW everyone's free NOT to follow it, but the question still came to mind. Honestly, I figured what the answer would be but I guess I was hoping for something different just for the sake of a different answer. My loss.

[color=white]In everyone's efforts to be special they all end up the same. Ironic.[/color]		10/29/09 17:35
KoboldI think Drow is a Dungeons and Dragon term, the word being derived from a mythic troll.

The lack of a hard corp drow mythology in CoLa probably has something to do with the fact that CoLa is not D&D based. Suz seems to have left Sidhe open to the full interpretation of the word through all the various fairy myths and not just the more recent RP understanding as fed to us by D&D.		10/29/09 17:43
Orlok LectarThere's also not a whole lot of Sidhe walking around in general, though there's obviously just enough to give them their own racial selection.

As mentioned, I used the term "drow" because I couldn't think of another way to describe them. Dark/Black Sidhe might work just well but I'm not even sure if that would have been understood or not.		10/29/09 17:47
Kobold[quote=Orlok Lectar]There's also not a whole lot of Sidhe walking around in general, though there's obviously just enough to give them their own racial selection.

As mentioned, I used the term "drow" because I couldn't think of another way to describe them. Dark/Black Sidhe might work just well but I'm not even sure if that would have been understood or not.[/quote]
Right, but Sidhe isn't limited to elves but rather the full range of fae creatures, at least as described in the character creation screen, as such dark elves would be a part of it I suppose but most "drow" or "dark elves" have a certain mythology that is created by modern authors to justify their existence. So in Cola without a direct "fall form grace" back story dark sidhe would just be sidhe who are out of lines with the racial norms.
Perhaps if you are looking for more mythological examples the Unseelie Court is a good starting point

[quote]The Unseelie (Unholy or Unblessed) Court consists of the malicious and evilly-inclined fairies. Unlike the Seelie Court, no offense is necessary to bring down their assaults.[4] As a group (or "host"), they appear at night and assault travelers, often carrying them through the air, beating them, and forcing them to commit such acts as shooting elfshot at cattle.[5] .[6] Like the fairies of the Seelie Court, neither are the faries of the Unseelie court always evil. However, when forced to choose, they will always prefer to harm—rather than help—humans. Some of the most common characters in the Unseelie Court are Bogies, Bogles, Boggars, Abbylubbers and Buttery spirits.[/quote]
In most european lore there wasn't just "elves" but a collection of fae creatures that included everything from the Sidhe, an elf like race that I believe white wolf put as the "rulers" of the Seelie court in its product line to Banshees (bean sídhe) and Cat faieries, goblins ...kobolds.troll like creatures..pixies were all thrown into the Seelie court mythology from time to time. Another word for Sidhe is Sith...which is also a race of dark force users who try to take over a galaxy far far away a long time ago but are defeated by Luke Skywalker.

Again I think the character creation screen more correctly describes the fae in its entirety.		10/29/09 18:03
Alissayeah, LA seems way more WoD then DnD (Although it got rid of the whole secret sociaties part, but secret sociaty freeform rp would never work, too many stupid people/ metagaming around for it to work.)

and yes Sidhe mostly covers fae and such with a broad stroke, just as with risen cyborg demons and angels.		10/29/09 18:15
Winter[center]With regard to Llyr's stories, I think I have a link for them, but as i'm at work, i cant access it. i'll have to try and see if i can locate it at home. Those stories form the basis for much of the 'sidhe lore' that some of us older players who have rp'd being sidhe before the race came into existence CCS-wise, have used.

On another front, lets look beyond WW/Changeling and into the actual mythos. "sidhe" are the people of ancient Ireland. I would highly recommend reading Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory as a good example. [url]http://www.luminarium.org/mythology/ireland/[/url] In the mythos, there were several invasions of the island the sidhe were one, they were known as the Tuatha de Danu or Children of Dana and were followed by the Milesians. It was only later that 'man' gave them the categories of Seelie and Unseelie depending on how they behaved towards mortals.

Elves, in the modern concept I attribute to the Tolkein cycles and Drow from as it has been said, DnD and modern authors though if i remember correctly, if you dig into Norse myth you can find references to Svart Aelfheim which refers to the land of the Dark Elves, but in this case i believe its more of a matter of them being elves or some sort of fae that were metalworkers, miners and the like.

CCS Wise, as we've been told, the race, Sidhe, encompasses all of this and more and that is the beauty of free form rp and Cola specifically as with Wormwood happening, it ripped the verses apart so that we can exist side by side. Personally, Winter is the daughter of Lugh Lamfada who was a king of the Sidhe. I based Winter's background heavily on Llyr's writings, with his permission. Of course, winter is prideful and arrogant, she is royal sidhe and she is better than lower fae such as trolls, fairies, pixies, nymphs, ogres etc. does that stop her from interacting with other 'sidhe'? No of course not, though she may look down her nose at them at time.

In any case, time to go home, so end of my post. Pleasant night everyone![/center]		10/29/09 23:34
Erica Kessel[quote=Alissa](Although it got rid of the whole secret sociaties part[/quote]
OR DID IT!?!?!?!?! Maybe they're just that good. :P		10/30/09 00:10
Alissa[quote=Erica Kessel][quote=Alissa](Although it got rid of the whole secret sociaties part[/quote]
OR DID IT!?!?!?!?! Maybe they're just that good. :P[/quote]
So what you are saying the vampires werewolves and mages are actually a clever ruse to draw our attention away from the vampires werewolves and mages?! GENIUS!		10/30/09 01:05
Erica Kessel[quote=Alissa][quote=Erica Kessel][quote=Alissa](Although it got rid of the whole secret sociaties part[/quote]
OR DID IT!?!?!?!?! Maybe they're just that good. :P[/quote]
So what you are saying the vampires werewolves and mages are actually a clever ruse to draw our attention away from the vampires werewolves and mages?! GENIUS![/quote]
No, they draw attention away from the mermaids, leprechauns and unicorns.		10/30/09 02:20
Orlok Lectar[quote=Erica Kessel][quote=Alissa][quote=Erica Kessel]
OR DID IT!?!?!?!?! Maybe they're just that good. :P[/quote]
So what you are saying the vampires werewolves and mages are actually a clever ruse to draw our attention away from the vampires werewolves and mages?! GENIUS![/quote]
No, they draw attention away from the mermaids, leprechauns and unicorns.[/quote]
I'm not going to lie about this: I typed in at least five different jokes here about how gay mermaids, leprechauns and unicorns are but none of them really worked, so I give in. They insult themselves at any rate.		10/30/09 02:34
Erica KesselWhat are you talking about? Unicorns are like the [url=http://mingle2.com/dating/unicorn]perfect girl/boyfriend![/url]10/30/09 02:37
Orlok LectarUnicorn burger... I wonder how that would taste.10/30/09 03:23
Erica Kessel[quote=Orlok Lectar]Unicorn burger... I wonder how that would taste.[/quote]
Probably like Skittles.		10/30/09 03:29
AntiZeroThe Drow, or trow as the Scots called them during the Dark Ages, were traditionally metal crafting people who lived in caves. Hence, they shared similiarites of The People Under the Hills, or the Sidhe(broad term). Most drow "mythology" was iconicized by DND in the 70s with spider worship, cheesecake females, and male slaves living in the Underdark. For better or for worse, that's probally the only angle most people have info of the drow. It's up the the player really. I use the Sidhe-specifically the Umbra Sidhe(Dark Elves)- in a traditional format with my stories, but you could incorporate it either way.10/30/09 03:43
RuneCrimsonAlright I don't have to much to say but my faction The Daoine is based off the old style Irish Sidhe....yes we have a mix of RP going inside the group the typical Sidhe...the fae's...and yes some Drow....So in my opinion I believe that CCS is open for anything these days...look at the mix of Vampire and Neko...Lycan and Vampire ect. What is to say we cannot have such stories in our groups....but if you want true Sidhe History read the Book of Invasions.

http://www.timelessmyths.com/celtic/invasions.html		10/30/09 06:34
Alissa[quote=Erica Kessel][quote=Alissa][quote=Erica Kessel]
OR DID IT!?!?!?!?! Maybe they're just that good. :P[/quote]
So what you are saying the vampires werewolves and mages are actually a clever ruse to draw our attention away from the vampires werewolves and mages?! GENIUS![/quote]
No, they draw attention away from the mermaids, leprechauns and unicorns.[/quote]
btw Unicorn tattoo!

[img]http://ugliesttattoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/unicornPFFT_jessica-P.jpg[/img]		11/08/09 16:31
Orlok LectarChrist, a Unicorn farting out a rainbow. And now for a non-sensible rebuttal:

[img]http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs13/f/2007/057/8/e/Gay_Star_Trek_Pirate_unicorn_by_kina.jpg[/img]		11/10/09 17:56
Lucifrage[quote=Orlok Lectar]Unicorn burger... I wonder how that would taste.[/quote]
[img]Http://www.wizards.com.Feast_of_the_Unicorn.jpg[/img]
been done...
Tasty

ask for "le horny chveron burger" somewhere posh and see what they serve you		12/28/09 02:28
Lucifrage[quote=Orlok Lectar]Christ, a Unicorn farting out a rainbow. And now for a non-sensible rebuttal:

[url]http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs13/f/2007/057/8/e/Gay_Star_Trek_Pirate_unicorn_by_kina.jpg[/url][/quote]
OMG
if that guy was throwng ninja stars he'd trump everything
including chuck's roundhouse!!		12/28/09 02:39
DavidJoshua Artful[quote=Erica Kessel][quote=Orlok Lectar]Unicorn burger... I wonder how that would taste.[/quote]
Probably like Skittles.[/quote]
Taste the muthafukkin' rainbow.		12/28/09 03:07
KhorySidhe = general term for fairy folk
Drow = alternate term for dark elf		12/28/09 04:47
ludenNot trying to derail this topic, but I thought this would be as good a place as any other to throw this in. Khory. Your new lipstick and granny shades is turning me on. Throw in some dentures or hell, lose the other teeth and I think we could hit it off;) (I'm in a whacky mood..)12/28/09 06:01
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