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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. | 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)}}) | 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)}}) | ||
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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)}}) | 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. | ||
Subsequently, he was turned into [[fiction]] by Auteur using the [[gauntlet (White Canvas)|gauntlet]], and existed as such within [[Auteur's Town]] as a series of ''Coloth Adventures'' films for [[17 (number)|17]] [[year]]s. One of them, which came out when Graelyn (who'd been reverted into a baby) was ten, was ''[[Coloth Adventures 4: The Patron of Doom]]''. Eventually, Graelyn remembered her original life and freed all the fictionalised characters from the town's [[cinema]]. In the following battle between the defictionalised prisoners and the inhabitants of the Town, Coloth was seen fighting a group of [[Faction Paradox|cultists]] who were [[Time Lord|members of Auteur's people]], back-to-back with Lady Aesculapius. They were all very briefly fictionalised again when Auteur manipulated Graelyn into completing her original [[ritual]], but this didn't last as Graelyn outwitted Auteur and used the gauntlet to reverse all the fictionalisations and send everything Auteur had gathered back to its proper reality. The next day, Coloth attended the [[Christmas Needle Agreement]] negotiations on [[the Needle]], and, after the document was signed, played a card game with Lady Aesc, Arch, and a great number of aliens; at one point, he won a hand against an alien with a tentacled face, to Aesc's amusement. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|White Canvas (novel)}}) | Subsequently, he was turned into [[fiction]] by Auteur using the [[gauntlet (White Canvas)|gauntlet]], and existed as such within [[Auteur's Town]] as a series of ''Coloth Adventures'' films for [[17 (number)|17]] [[year]]s. One of them, which came out when Graelyn (who'd been reverted into a baby) was ten, was ''[[Coloth Adventures 4: The Patron of Doom]]''. Eventually, Graelyn remembered her original life and freed all the fictionalised characters from the town's [[cinema]]. In the following battle between the defictionalised prisoners and the inhabitants of the Town, Coloth was seen fighting a group of [[Faction Paradox|cultists]] who were [[Time Lord|members of Auteur's people]], back-to-back with Lady Aesculapius. They were all very briefly fictionalised again when Auteur manipulated Graelyn into completing her original [[ritual]], but this didn't last as Graelyn outwitted Auteur and used the gauntlet to reverse all the fictionalisations and send everything Auteur had gathered back to its proper reality. The next day, Coloth attended the [[Christmas Needle Agreement]] negotiations on [[the Needle]], and, after the document was signed, played a card game with Lady Aesc, Arch, and a great number of aliens; at one point, he won a hand against an alien with a tentacled face, to Aesc's amusement. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|White Canvas (novel)}}) | ||
