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|affiliation = Plume Coteries | |affiliation = Plume Coteries | ||
|origin = [[Planet (War Crimes)|Planet]] | |origin = [[Planet (War Crimes)|Planet]] | ||
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|appearances = {{appears}} | |appearances = {{appears}} | ||
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'''Coloth''' was a young [[Ulk-Ra]]. | '''Coloth''' was a young [[Ulk-Ra]] who was killed in the aftermath of the [[War Chief incident]], but subsequently resurrected by the [[Bookkeeper]]s, going on to take part in a variety of adventures. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== | === Original lifetime === | ||
Coloth grew up on [[Planet (War Crimes)|a planet]] home to his people, the [[Ulk-Ra]]. He had an older sister named [[Otchon]], who once let Coloth taste [[reed wine]]. | Coloth grew up on [[Planet (War Crimes)|a planet]] home to his people, the [[Ulk-Ra]]. Though "nameless" as far as the [[Time Lord]]s knew, ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|War Crimes (short story)}}) it was referred to as [[Ulk]] by [[the Bookwyrm]]. As per tradition, the [[soothsayer]] [[Ugrith-female|Ugrith]] practiced a prophetic rite on his [[egg]] and predicted that he would have a long and glorious future, which would indeed have been his original timeline if not for the alien interference in his life. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) He had an older sister named [[Otchon]], who once let Coloth taste [[reed wine]]. | ||
Tasked by the chief male of his clan, a young Coloth underwent a rite to become considered a [[warrior]]: he went out into the wild with the goal of killing a beast and bringing back its [[pelt]]. However, Coloth was captured by [[Ossu-male]], an Ulk-Ra augmented by the [[War Lord]]s for the [[War Game]]s and returned to Coloth's homeworld by the [[Time Lord]] [[High Council]]. Coloth was kept trapped in woven vegetation for a period until — on orders from the War Lord programming — Ossu brutally killed Coloth by slicing him open with his [[paw]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|War Crimes (short story)}}) | Tasked by the chief male of his clan, a young Coloth underwent a rite to become considered a [[warrior]]: he went out into the wild with the goal of killing a beast and bringing back its [[pelt]]. However, Coloth was captured by [[Ossu-male]], an Ulk-Ra augmented by the [[War Lord]]s for the [[War Game]]s and returned to Coloth's homeworld by the [[Time Lord]] [[High Council]]. Coloth was kept trapped in woven vegetation for a period until — on orders from the War Lord programming — Ossu brutally killed Coloth by slicing him open with his [[paw]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|War Crimes (short story)}}) Caused by the Archons' decisions to return Ossu to the planet instead of simply dematerialising him, Coloth's death was recorded as an alteration to history, facilitating the political rise of [[Goth|the one dissenter]] who had argued in vain against returning the modified soldiers to their home eras. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) | ||
=== | === Resurrection as the cactus-skinned boy === | ||
Coloth was later resurrected, remembering that "[his] family, friends, and homeplanet [were] perfectly fine, but [he had] died a horrible death". He claimed that this was a "long story". | Coloth was later resurrected, remembering that "[his] family, friends, and homeplanet [were] perfectly fine, but [he had] died a horrible death". He claimed that this was a "long story". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Sonnenblumen (short story)}}) This was part of a programme by the [[posthuman]] [[Bookkeeper]]s of the [[Plume Coteries' Library]] to [[Time-Ladle]] witnesses to historical events and then transfer their [[consciousness]]es into [[holo-cube]]s from which they could project hard-light avatars. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) In his new life, Coloth had the ability to appear however he wished, being known to adopt such forms as "a young man who looked exactly like [[Harry Styles]] from the band [[One Direction]]" or "a massive writing ball of tentacles". His most favoured appearance, however, resembled a [[cactus]]-[[skin]]ned [[humanoid]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cobweb and Ivory (short story)}}, {{cs|A Farewell to Arms (short story)}}) with yellowish-green "skin". He could manipulate the details of this appearance at will, for example growing flowers on his skin. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Sonnenblumen (short story)}}) [[Lady Aesculapius]] was aware that he was an [[Ulk-Ra]] but also a "shape-shiter". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Life After Death (short story)}}) | ||
=== As a fugitive === | |||
The [[Bookkeeper]]s' resurrected holographic witnesses were only meant to undergo a short interview process before the cubes were wiped. However, two [[Novice]]s, [[Callum]] and [[Maritsa]], took pity on him and stole his cube from the "restricted section" of the Library before his time was up, then fled with him into the deeper reaches of the Library. They were originally meant to quickly run into and befriend the [[Birdhemoth]] [[Rich (Sonnenblumen)|Rich]], on whose back they would then have escaped into the wider universe. However, after coming to [[Plume Coteries' Library|the Library]], [[Sixteenth Auteur|Auteur]] decided that this didn't make a good enough story for his liking, and temporarily retconned Rich out of existence, resulting in Coloth, Callum and Maritsa spending over three months as fugitives stuck within the unexplored areas of the Library, with various agents of the Bookkeepers pursuing them to destroy Coloth and bring Maritsa and Callum to justice. | |||
One of their adventures during this time saw them set a course for the mysterious [[Floor 899,167,435,042]], only for [[Master Librarian]] [[Naimon]] to catch up with them. After he took the children's camp by surprise, Coloth managed to evade him for a time, but failed to take full advantage of this second chance, and was soon captured as well. Searching the children, Naimon discovered [[Callum's map]], still pointing the way to the mysterious Floor, and he decided to attempt to explore it himself with the children as forced helpers, hoping to reap twice the glory. On the way, Naimon ended up falling to his death down an elevator shaft, despite Coloth reluctantly attempting to warn him of the "''[[Cho]]''". By expanding his holographic body into a huge vegetal shock-absorber, Coloth allowed the children to safely make their way down. They discovered that the contents of the Floor had been burnt down to ashes in an effort by [[Master Librarian]] [[Roland (The Cactus and the Corpse)|Roland]] to destroy Auteur before he could take over the Library. The dead Naimon's [[blood]] allowed Auteur to [[Auteur's sixteenth regeneration|effect a regeneration]], rebuilding a body out of nearly nothing, and the renewed Auteur — who had already met a version of Coloth in his personal future — was gleeful to meet him the right way around. Auteur then attempted to complete his original aim in coming to the Library, namely summoning [[the Bookwyrm]], only to be swallowed whole by the creature before he could subvert it for his own ends. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) | |||
=== As ambassador of the Plume Coteries === | |||
Later, no longer a wanted fugitive, Coloth represented the [[Plume Coteries]] on [[Terra Primagenia]] at the unveiling of [[Cernunnos]]. Fleeing from a [[painted warrior]] during a [[praxis]] trip, [[Avus]] shoved past Coloth, and was hurt by his cactus skin. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cobweb and Ivory (short story)}}) | |||
As part of his duties with the Coteries, he was present in the [[Plume Coteries' Library]] when it was visited by [[Graelyn Scythes]], [[Archimedes Von Ahnerabe]] and [[Lady Aesculapius]], of the [[10,000 Dawns]], who were looking for a copy of ''[[The Book of the Enemy]]'' alongside a person claiming to be an agent of [[Time Lord|the mammoths' opponent in the War]], "[[the Emissary]]", but who was really solo operator [[Auteur]]. Coloth got [[Marissa (White Canvas)|Marissa]] to give him a glowing library card which would lead the travellers to the ''Book''. After they found it and discovered that their next destination would need to be the mammoths' [[alter-time realm (Cobweb and Ivory)|stronghold]], Coloth, stating that "an Ulk-Ra lives on bravery", abruptly volunteered to go with them, since his library shift ended in five minutes anyway. | As part of his duties with the Coteries, he was present in the [[Plume Coteries' Library]] when it was visited by [[Graelyn Scythes]], [[Archimedes Von Ahnerabe]] and [[Lady Aesculapius]], of the [[10,000 Dawns]], who were looking for a copy of ''[[The Book of the Enemy]]'' alongside a person claiming to be an agent of [[Time Lord|the mammoths' opponent in the War]], "[[the Emissary]]", but who was really solo operator [[Auteur]]. Coloth got [[Marissa (White Canvas)|Marissa]] to give him a glowing library card which would lead the travellers to the ''Book''. After they found it and discovered that their next destination would need to be the mammoths' [[alter-time realm (Cobweb and Ivory)|stronghold]], Coloth, stating that "an Ulk-Ra lives on bravery", abruptly volunteered to go with them, since his library shift ended in five minutes anyway. | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* Prior to Coloth's cameo appearance in [[Nate Bumber]]'s {{cite source|Cobweb and Ivory (short story)}} almost 20 years after his debut in ''[[War Crimes (short story)|War Crimes]]'', Bumber contributed a story foreshadowing Coloth's reappearance, titled ''The Library At the End Of the Universe: A Comprehensive History'', to the 2017 fan anthology ''Shit Trips 2''. The story features the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and a boy named "Callum" in the [[Plume Coteries]]' [[library]] preparing for Coloth's arrival, with the Doctor at one point saying, "History has been broken. The most important person in all of time and space was killed before their time, and they'll be coming through here any day." | * Prior to Coloth's cameo appearance in [[Nate Bumber]]'s {{cite source|Cobweb and Ivory (short story)}} almost 20 years after his debut in ''[[War Crimes (short story)|War Crimes]]'', Bumber contributed a story foreshadowing Coloth's reappearance, titled ''The Library At the End Of the Universe: A Comprehensive History'', to the 2017 fan anthology ''Shit Trips 2''. The story features the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and a boy named "Callum" in the [[Plume Coteries]]' [[library]] preparing for Coloth's arrival, with the Doctor at one point saying, "History has been broken. The most important person in all of time and space was killed before their time, and they'll be coming through here any day." | ||
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