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Thread table for forum City of Lost Angels - Character Fiction
| Oren Itano | oren | 12/10/08 18:25 | View |
| Missy | 12/10/08 22:22 | View | |
| The backstory of Vulpes. | Vulpes | 12/11/08 01:46 | View |
| Erica Kessel | Erica Kessel | 12/11/08 07:52 | View |
| Missy's Story.. a Do-over and another Chapter | Missy | 12/11/08 22:38 | View |
| UsrBinPerl | 12/11/08 23:48 | View | |
| oren | 12/11/08 23:57 | View | |
| Kwekwe's Backstory | Kwekwe Karu | 12/12/08 01:02 | View |
| UsrBinPerl | 12/13/08 00:35 | View | |
| Eternal Sunset | Missy | 12/13/08 12:19 | View |
| Kit Ristow | 12/14/08 00:01 | View | |
| ShyMathys | 12/14/08 00:27 | View | |
| Masks | Alissa | 12/14/08 00:58 | View |
| Lorae | 12/14/08 01:24 | View | |
| UsrBinPerl | 12/14/08 22:07 | View | |
| Missy's Story Continued..Part 3 | Missy | 12/16/08 08:43 | View |
| Missy's Story Part 4: Innocence Shattered | Missy | 12/16/08 18:34 | View |
| Missy's Story Part 5: Innocence Annihilated | Missy | 12/18/08 17:16 | View |
| Small Dangers | Vox | 12/18/08 21:36 | View |
| Saint of The Abyss: Part 1 | Luciferiel | 12/19/08 05:21 | View |
| Zero....-1 | Justa Zero | 12/19/08 17:38 | View |
| Zero....1 | Justa Zero | 12/19/08 18:26 | View |
| Óðr’s Daughter. Chapter I: A Guiding Dream | Asil Karu | 12/20/08 02:39 | View |
| Omega To Alpha | erinnic | 12/23/08 16:49 | View |
| Her Bloody Tears [-Past Event-] | Methias | 12/23/08 18:09 | View |
| Lost Kitsune - A Shattered Mind | Kiera | 12/25/08 18:51 | View |
| Usr's story Part IV | UsrBinPerl | 12/27/08 20:34 | View |
| The Essex | Heir Maelstrom | 12/29/08 04:23 | View |
| Kwekwe's shame | Kwekwe Karu | 12/30/08 18:11 | View |
| Joint Round Robin Fic Anyone...? | erinnic | 12/30/08 19:07 | View |
| God Was On Her Lips As She Died | erinnic | 01/02/09 23:31 | View |
| Love and Betrayal - A New Beginning | kessjuliesse | 01/03/09 13:46 | View |
| The Diary of Cody Woodhen | codywoodhen | 01/05/09 21:35 | View |
| Missy's Story Part 6: Innocence Abducted | Missy | 01/07/09 06:23 | View |
| Cursed Blade | Yannis_Martynov | 01/08/09 21:27 | View |
| Story Thread: Community Round Robin Fic | erinnic | 01/09/09 23:25 | View |
| The demon within | Canly Fargis | 01/11/09 16:14 | View |
| Ziau- CoLA's Very Own Casanova | Ziau | 01/13/09 02:09 | View |
| Twisted Attentions | erinnic | 01/21/09 20:34 | View |
| Inspiration- music and roleplay | Ziau | 01/26/09 08:01 | View |
| Compilation! Where were you when it all happened? | Ziau | 01/28/09 09:12 | View |
| The Clock Struck Midnight | Malice Ashdene | 01/28/09 22:31 | View |
| With Precision- a poem by Kelly Welch A.k.A Ziau Jua. | Ziau | 01/29/09 04:36 | View |
| Alisa's dicovery of a new world (character sheet + story) | Alisa Draconia | 01/30/09 19:17 | View |
| The Shadow Stepper- Ziau the Enshadowed. | Ziau | 02/01/09 07:26 | View |
| Krista Lemon arrives to the streets of Lost Angels | Krista | 02/03/09 00:09 | View |
| Back Story Upto the Excile of Rune. | RuneCrimson | 02/03/09 21:59 | View |
| War with the Brood, war with the Coven, and the Pack. | Ziau | 02/07/09 04:11 | View |
| -- Halcyon's Backstory -- | Halcyon Nacht | 02/08/09 00:22 | View |
| Planer/Exonar family (aka, Erinyse, Khalan, Viridian, Cummere, Selena) | Cummere Mayo | 02/08/09 03:53 | View |
| Kit's Backstory | Kit Ristow | 02/10/09 18:40 | View |
| Eyes in the Dark | Keyla | 02/11/09 09:47 | View |
| Surfacing Part I | Llyr | 02/13/09 22:21 | View |
| Surfacing Part II | Llyr | 02/13/09 22:35 | View |
| Tama-Chan: A Cat's Story (Tamara's background) | Tamara | 02/17/09 07:35 | View |
| Project: A map of Post Apocalypse North America | Tamara | 02/17/09 19:21 | View |
| Dreamtime Revelations | Winter | 02/19/09 18:08 | View |
| Reaver-the echo of the Blackwind | AntiZero | 02/23/09 00:43 | View |
| On the Origin of Species | Tamara | 02/25/09 22:38 | View |
| Confession | Kit Ristow | 02/26/09 01:39 | View |
| Personnel File: Pointe, Zsuzsanna C. (Inactive, Deceased) | Su Pointe | 02/26/09 03:32 | View |
| Malice, in a Different Kind of Wonderland | Malice Ashdene | 02/27/09 18:07 | View |
| The Dark of Inspiration | Kit Ristow | 03/01/09 21:42 | View |
| Jheric: Crucified | Kayle Ashdene | 03/03/09 10:53 | View |
| It's my life | arsene_Braveheart | 03/05/09 18:18 | View |
| The Tradgedy of the Hybrid | Digital Enigma | 03/29/09 07:09 | View |
| The Sin of Wrath | molly switchblade | 04/02/09 21:28 | View |
| Golden Boy | Ephran Ehrler | 04/15/09 06:12 | View |
| Story About A Girl | Aesendria | 04/24/09 15:34 | View |
| Climaxe by Smith and Wesson | Sloan | 04/28/09 06:19 | View |
| My new project ATTENTION Russian Characters! | Ziau | 05/01/09 06:42 | View |
| **NSFW** A Typical Tuesday Night for Missy | Missy | 05/06/09 20:48 | View |
| Post your profile links! | Cortero Landar | 05/07/09 10:25 | View |
| Making Logan Suffer | Aesendria | 05/12/09 07:09 | View |
| Jeanne Varun | Jeanne Varun | 05/14/09 08:24 | View |
| The Vanguard's True Purpose | Logan | 05/16/09 01:03 | View |
| Cortero's Infernal Armor | Cortero Landar | 05/16/09 06:52 | View |
| Bookstore Surprise | Aesendria | 05/16/09 23:16 | View |
| Post your profile links if you have in-story info in them! | Cortero Landar | 05/18/09 10:33 | View |
| Promises | Aesendria | 05/24/09 02:44 | View |
| Cyber Evolution Bios, Anur Seda, Cyber Reaper, and Commander of CE | Theassassin | 06/08/09 11:28 | View |
| Was any of it real? | Youko_Giha | 06/12/09 15:28 | View |
| A shift in priorities | Logan | 06/17/09 04:21 | View |
| Going home | Ludvig | 06/17/09 19:10 | View |
| 'Ren in Japan | oren | 06/18/09 23:11 | View |
| Thelma across the board | ThelemaJuliesse | 06/26/09 15:09 | View |
| Pre-fiction: How Kayteear got here. | Kayteear | 07/15/09 16:43 | View |
| Story Time | Charissa | 07/17/09 19:03 | View |
| Pack Airship RP. | Tai | 07/27/09 02:49 | View |
| My Character | Lilith13 | 08/05/09 22:34 | View |
| Lilith | Lilith13 | 08/06/09 09:30 | View |
| The Haunter in the Dark | Shadow | 08/14/09 21:50 | View |
| The Flying Heads | Kwekwe Karu | 08/16/09 16:52 | View |
| Why selling coffins is impossible in CoLA | Ziau | 08/23/09 04:14 | View |
| Paint it red! | Ziau | 08/23/09 07:51 | View |
| Young Cowards. | Ziau | 08/23/09 08:28 | View |
| Great video for RPers and people passionate about writing. | Ziau | 09/05/09 08:55 | View |
| Dux - 264 BC | Dux | 09/10/09 18:41 | View |
| The Thing at South Gate Sanitarium | Shadow | 09/15/09 22:09 | View |
| ♪♫ Do you wanna RP my avatar ♪♫ | Kayteear | 09/17/09 14:45 | View |
| Jessica's Mother | Jessica Susser | 09/21/09 04:19 | View |
| Ziau Challenged me to. NSFW | ChasityDawes | 09/21/09 07:17 | View |
| The Divine Machine................. | Theassassin | 09/21/09 22:29 | View |
| I Bleed my Blood for Myself. | Ziau | 09/22/09 22:28 | View |
| Cronicle of a death | Kayteear | 09/24/09 01:34 | View |
| "Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself" | DavidJoshua Artful | 09/26/09 17:07 | View |
| Old Versus New | Digital Enigma | 09/27/09 20:28 | View |
| The Shadowed Order, The Eternal Order, Ordo Machina | Theassassin | 10/06/09 06:55 | View |
| Elamyrath's History | Elamyrath | 10/10/09 00:52 | View |
| The here, the now, the dead. The Minus. | TheMinus Ziskey | 10/10/09 12:41 | View |
| Before bed ritual. | Amy Guisse | 10/17/09 04:13 | View |
| Alone? | Ike | 10/18/09 15:34 | View |
| IS this High School again? | Theassassin | 10/24/09 12:49 | View |
| Sidhe vs Drow | Orlok Lectar | 10/29/09 04:08 | View |
| Daddy blues | arsene_Braveheart | 11/17/09 19:01 | View |
| Chronicles of SIE | agentlyseria | 11/22/09 12:27 | View |
| The Lady In Black(A Drokan Exile Twisted Love Story) | AntiZero | 11/29/09 06:36 | View |
| The growing Darkness. | Leirain Koray | 12/01/09 11:04 | View |
| The lycan | Kayteear | 12/01/09 16:00 | View |
| City of Lost Jackman: The Untold Hollywood Blockbuster | AntiZero | 12/02/09 07:11 | View |
| Coming home for christmas .. | Kes | 12/10/09 22:17 | View |
| Bunneh Vs. Lich, DBZ style | Karsha Yutani | 12/14/09 11:59 | View |
| A Farewell | Roland | 12/16/09 20:50 | View |
| Of Death and Rebirth | Digital Enigma | 12/21/09 20:14 | View |
| The Story of Reoco | Reoko Farspire | 02/06/10 20:47 | View |
| Homecoming......... The Story of Orpheus Darkfold | OrpheusDarkfold | 03/11/10 02:27 | View |
| The Story of Orpheus Part 2 | OrpheusDarkfold | 03/13/10 23:15 | View |
| Who owns who? | Kayteear | 03/22/10 22:03 | View |
| Missing the Ocean | ricercar | 03/23/10 22:27 | View |
| Letter to the editor: Manners in LA | Tink | 03/25/10 16:58 | View |
| Chasity Backstory | ChasityDawes | 06/14/10 19:43 | View |
| Something Black and Violent... | DavidJoshua Artful | 06/19/10 22:23 | View |
| Doctor Visit | erinnic | 07/12/10 04:26 | View |
| Gabby Perdide | vacantghost | 07/19/10 04:42 | View |
Topic On the Origin of Species
| Poster | Message | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Tamara | The 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 |
| Tamara | I'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 |
