Post by sloth✖ on Jun 5, 2013 20:05:55 GMT -5
The History of Glennlane
the human side of the story and my thought process for the forum.
the human side of the story and my thought process for the forum.
To Endure Time takes place in a town called Glennlane in the year 2032. And while the site is mostly about cats, I think the best way to get a grasp for their predicament is to go back 15 years to 2017 when Glennlane was an actual city full of humans and their respective animal companions. Glennlane, like many cities, was falling on hard time and slowly dying into a Ghost Town. Too many houses were being built and none were being purchased. Families were leaving. Businesses were closing because the money just wasn't there anymore. So the Government took action.
Both curious as to how Modern Buildings are affected by time and wanting to help the people who lived there, the Government bought out all of Glennlane. They took their time relocating people, giving them new jobs and lives in a more prosperous area 60 miles (97km) away. Thus leaving Glennlane vacant to time. They kept as many people out as possible but encouraged animals from all over to come and populate the new area. And five years later, that is where our Clans come in and settle part of the city for their own.
Now Glennlane is a fictional town in an ambiguous place. I base most of my knowledge on its landscape after places I know. Which are mainly in Virginia, USA. This makes the Clan's past being from the original Four a little strange, since the original Four were in the UK. That would be quite a swim. So really, I just pretend its an undefined location in its own little reality bubble. Which makes sense, since the cats view where they live in a very similar manner.
Only a very small number of the cats remember anything of the previous Clan. They have to be over 10 years old to actually have seen the previous Clans and since most of these cats are long dead, they only know of them in vague stories handed down. However ceremonies and traditions are kept and passed on. Some things have changed though. Not every Clan is traditional because not every location is like the traditional territories. However each Clan does follow the same general rules set down by generations they have never met.
While the best way to describe to Endure Time is as a Post-Apocalypse scenario, it should be noted that only the cats believe twolegs have died out. The truth is, they are still living and prospering. Just too far away for them to see. Occasionally they might get gossip about twolegs but they believe them to be myth or rare beasts and have never come face to face with any. YET. Eventually the same people who bought Glennlane will want to come back and see how time has changed the city. And that isn't the only thing the cats should be worried about.
As time passes buildings become weaker and more likely to crumble or catch fire. Disasters will be around every corner for these cats who have finally adapted their way of living to semi-perilous conditions. Change is coming and while the Clans are at odds almost every day, they may need to help each other and come together sooner or later to survive.