[OOC] Primordial Extinction || A Dinosaur Apocalypse Roleplay

[Carlyle]

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Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.

Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park, 1993

The 21st century was the dawn of humanity's advancement. Technology had expanded at rapid pace, benefiting humanity's future, especially those who were living in developing third-world nations across the globe. Diseases thought to be incurable were able to be cured, and species were saved from the brink of extinction caused by human encroachment upon their natural habits. The 21st century seemed like a nice era to live in, and it only continued to be better century to live in as the years went on.

Seemed.

Whilst the 21st century was a century of technological marvel, it was also one of political turmoil. Countries found themselves at odds over nuclear technology and terrorism, rocking the political climate of the globe. With nations bickering over tariffs and economic issues, some conspiracy theorists considered the chance of another world war taking place, and in the end, the conspiracies they had established would prove to be partly true.

The United States, despite having the strongest military power on Earth, were sure that tensions with countries like Russia and China would break out into open warfare. They knew they had an edge over their political rivals, yet the United States wanted more. Project JX-04132, otherwise known as Project Nimbus, was a military project aimed at controlling teleportation for the American military. Would it had been successful, the United States would've been able to teleport entire armies and fleets to different fronts.

Despite their attempts at harnessing godly powers, the United States were unable to control what they created. Unbeknownst to the scientists working on Project Nimbus, a small error in their calculations opened a connection to an ancient timeline hosting an prehistoric Earth. Time rifts appeared throughout the planet, sending nations into panic as dinosaurs and other primordial creatures walked through the portals confused and hungry. Society as it was known began to collapse, and the world population begun to plummet until it was barely a blimp on the radar.

Now, after several decades, the 22nd century is rolling around the corner. Earth has been ravaged by dangerous beasts, and humanity still struggles on to regain its place at the top of the food chain with mini settlements scattered throughout the globe. However, you aren't some important settlement figure, such as the leader or a doctor. You are a youth trying to live how a kid should live, having fun with your childhood and getting into mischief despite knowing nothing of the world that came before.

The only issue is that with mischief comes trouble–five and half to eight metric tons of trouble.

Character Sheet

Character Name

Quote, character theme, or whatever tickles your fancy.

_Name

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Whatever you want to name your character.

_Age

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Middle teens to late teens.

_Gender

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Male or Female.

_Appearance

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Mandatory if you do not include a picture. No IRL pictures. Otherwise, you can use this section to describe any extra features that may not be included with the picture above or skip this section entirely.

_Personality

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Quirks, habits, usual mood, etc. Personalities can be quite difficult to write, so just write enough to give a general idea about your character and you should be okay.

_Background

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This RP takes place in Amberstone, a mostly self-sustaining settlement that exists nearby former San Diego. It isn't perfect by any means, with its own share of ups and downs, but the concept of running a settlement is left up to the adults, rather than the youths we'll be playing as. A paragraph to two paragraphs minimum. PM me or drop a note in the OOC with any questions you might have about the setting in regards to your character's background.

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Anything of note that does not belong in any of the other sections. Delete this section if it isn't needed.

[Lord of Evil]

Alright, cool. Will get a character up soonish, if I'm not distracted too much by new vegas.

[False Prophet]

I'll get a character up most likely some time tomorrow

[Jurassic Weeb]

Character Sheet

Eira Drake

"Those 'monsters,' as you call them, were following their instincts. You wandered into their turf, not knowing their rules. If some random stranger broke into your house and stomped around, wouldn't you try to kill and eat them, especially if they were a threat to your babies? Wait... scratch the 'eat' part."

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Eira Drake

_Age

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14

_Gender

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Female

_Appearance

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Eira stands at about 4'11" (or 149.86 cm). While she tends to wear white, when outside of the village she wears a very old and worn ghillie-style cloak, except in the very rare event that there's snow.

_Personality

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Eira is generally a quiet individual, and prefers the company of animals and books (in that order) to other human beings. She avoids crowds as much as she possibly can, but does enjoy festivities when they roll around. She's very much at home outside the safety of Amberstone, and is knowledgeable about many species of fauna, particularly the carnivorous ones.

_Background

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Eira's family originally came from a nomadic tribe to the north that specialized in a hunter-gatherer lifestyle, and followed a migratory route from north to south and back again along the Pacific coast. The tribe often traded with friendly settlements they came across, and Eira grew a love of books and stories, and would trade for books almost every chance she got. She learned about the saurians, as her tribe called them, and often felt a sort of kinship with them that she never did with other humans. Four years ago, her mother and father decided to leave the tribe and settle down in Amberstone, where their knowledge of the local animal life and medicinal herbs was very much appreciated. Despite this, the family was still regarded with suspicion and distrust. Then, two years ago during winter, both of Eira's parents were infected with a respiratory illness that eventually killed them. Since then Eira has more or less been taken in by the entire community, and on nights where she isn't camped out in the fields, she stays in the local library.

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- Eira has a tamed Caihong named Niji.
- Her most prized possessions are her father's dagger (pictured above), and an ocarina owned by her mother.
- While Eira is, for the most part, trusted by the community, her habit of taking the saurian's "side" in disputes (an example being a pair of teenage lovers going out in the woods and stumbling into the territory of a breeding pair of Australovenators) has earned her the ire of many individuals, namely those who have had family killed by saurians.
- While intelligent, the words out of her mouth don't always make sense to anyone but her, especially when she's upset.

[Lord of Evil]

Right, there we are. Tell me if something is wrong with it.

Sidney

Sidney Greenheart

"Tomorrow's problems are tomorrow me's problems. Can't do much about it now, so why don't we relax for a little while?"

Name

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Sidney Greenheart

Age

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18

Gender

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Male

Appearance

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A dark eyed brown haired boy of average looks and height, supporting a slim build with hints of muscle. His physicalities are very much that of a typical boy his age, perhaps a little slimmer than usual, but Sidney nevertheless has his own uniqueness. His eyes have a certain far-off quality to them, giving Sidney a certain vacant air. His face is pretty average but is almost always adorned with a smile. Sidney wears whatever he grabs first as he doesn't have much of a consistent look. Still, those that know him can easily recognise "the Sidney look".

Personality

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Sidney is a very laid-back person, seemingly very close to the point of being naive. He's a little quiet and a little distant, and he lets his mind wander perhaps a little too much, but he's pretty sociable if he needs to be. Sidney is more of a listener than a talker, and when he does talk it's rather simple. This makes him pretty quiet but he actually talks surprisingly often, and speaks his mind without thinking much. He's famous for missing social cues but he always keeps his head in tight situations and remains positive no matter the odds. In short, he's a stable sort of person even if he isn't always all there. He likes learning new things and seeing new places, and is generally never averse to a new experience.

Background

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Sidney doesn't remember a lot about his early life. He lived in a settlement whose people emphasized stealth, traps and scavenging over fighting. Their settlement area was ideal for life but it happened to be the hot zone where the territories of several different dinosaur clans intersected. As such, the settlement leaders eventually decided to leave the area for safer pastures. Some of the people stayed behind, be it because they wished to stay, or because they were physically unable to move. The rest moved on, but their numbers began being whittled down. Through a long, winding journey, the survivors eventually made it to Amberstone, but they'd lost more than half their number through a disastrous series of events. Nevertheless, they had made it. And for young Sidney at the time, fresh from losing members of his family, it was like the gold at the end of the rainbow. He settled down in Amberstone with his aunt and uncle. Their scouting abilities helped them get enough to live on and his days were peaceful. It was what his family had wanted, but what about Sidney himself? It had been a dark experience for one so young, and he knew he didn't want to repeat it anytime soon. But the journey had shown Sidney new things, things he never knew existed. In the end, despite the danger, despite everything he'd lost on the journey, Sidney had felt some measure of gratification through the journey. The reward had been worth it, but he couldn't help but wonder what else was out there, what new horizons he had not yet seen.

[Carlyle]

@Jurassic Weeb@Lord of Evil Approved.

[False Prophet]

In the middle of writing my character, I just need to finish his background.

[False Prophet]

Somehow I can write over two paragraphs on a personality but when it comes to background my mind goes blank. Brilliant.

[Carlyle]

I've gone ahead and set up a discord channel in my server for this roleplay. When you join, just send me a message in case I don't notice you joining in order to get the role for the channel.

[False Prophet]

Just joined, I have no clue what I'm doing since I've never really used Discord. If anyone wants to give me a hand that would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

[HokumPocus]

wow thank u... I will join the disk cord

EDIT: also my character

nice

Oliver Clive

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No matter what kind of disaster happens to the world... they´ll still be here.

_Name

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Oliver Clive

_Age

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15

_Gender

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Male

_Appearance

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Oliver is smaller than most, with messy brown hair suppressed by an old beanie that he sloppily throws on anytime a visit to the outside world is necessary. A pair of wiry glasses is set in front of his lime green eyes, both contrasting with the tan brown color of his skin. He wears what many would consider "mom jeans" a couple of sizes too big for his thin body. Oliver has a rotating wardrobe of turtlenecks and sweaters that he layers with a polo shirt underneath. He does the bare minimum when it comes to maintaining his appearance and it shows.

_Personality

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Oliver is a fidgety and nervous teenage boy with a great passion for insects. He tends to spend his days huddled up in his room tending to his various specimens. He is outspoken about his worries and has a bitter side to him that shows up frequently, often when others express disgust at insects or blow off his concerns. Oliver treats the world outside of his room as if it were an alien planet and is overly worried about safety.

He is adamant in his belief that insects hold the key to survival. To him they´re a food source packed with nutrition, a source of medicines and poisons, and what humanity needs to embrace if they want to further spread out. Most people don´t care too much about his rambling.

_Background

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Oliver wasn´t always an only child. After a tragic incident that happened while he was too young to remember, his older sister was fatally wounded by a dinosaur after venturing too far out into the wilderness. His parents had previously been lifelong residents of Amberstone and their once carefree and wild personalities drastically changed after the loss of their first child. Ever since then, they´ve been overly protective of him and are glad that he has chosen such a quiet path in life. Both of his parents eventually resumed working after several years and leave their house in Oliver´s care. They provide him with whatever supplies he wants for insect care, relieved at his passion taking place primarily indoors. Their house is small and unkempt, as Oliver likes to hoard things in his room and no one really has time to clean.

[False Prophet]

I feel like Hugo and Oliver would get along.

There are two ways the character could develop, either he's turning into a lunatic or into a precious bean. (I've been working on this boy for 2 days, I hope he's acceptable.)

Hugo

Hugo Finnegan

(art by me)

“Sometimes the dinosaurs aren’t the scariest thing out there.”

Name

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Hugo Finnegan

Age

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15 years

Gender

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Male

Appearance

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Hugo has emerald green eyes, ear-length dark brown hair that is usually messy or unkempt, and his complexion is pale or wan, making him appear sickly. He looks haggard and gaunt most of the time despite being physically healthy, most of it is due to stress. Hugo is slightly short standing at 5’3 and is light as a feather. It is not uncommon to see him with eye bags and dark circles under his eyes. Despite getting the short end of the stick appearance-wise, Hugo makes the most of it and doesn’t pay much mind to his looks.

As for Hugo’s fashion style, it's practically nonexistent since he heavily prefers simple clothing, he usually wears solid color clothing such as t-shirts, jeans, jackets, and sneakers.

Personality

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Hugo, in some ways, is what people would call a scaredy-cat. He fully embraces this since he’d much rather be scared and alive than confident and dead. Hugo also likes to think that he’s the voice of reason in most situations and sometimes keeps his peers from doing foolish or risky stunts. This has given him the title “Buzzkill” since he is infamous for being a wet blanket. Hugo doesn’t care though since he’s just doing his best to make sure none of his friends die or get injured. In reality, Hugo just cares for those he trusts and only those he trusts. When trying new things, Hugo is very reluctant and doubts the safety and if something goes wrong he will most likely never try it again.

Hugo also has a darker side, he’s bound by paranoia and does not easy to trust strangers. The exact origins of why he is like are up to debate, the most likely event is that he has a few screws loose upstairs or suffered through some sort of traumatic event. Whatever it is, he refuses to tell and prefers to put it all behind him. Hugo would prefer for people to judge who he is by his character and not his past and maladies. Being a paranoid and anxious individual has led Hugo to become reclusive at times, over the past few years Hugo has been working to improve his social skills and habits.

Background

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As far as most know, they don’t. Hugo and whatever family he has left don’t explain their origins much. One day a small group showed up at Amberstone and settled there. Hugo was about four or five at the time barely remembers much before Amberstone, or at least he says he doesn’t. When he and his parents moved there, Hugo was quickly noted as the “weird” one. As a small child he’d exhibit some eccentric behavior but nothing too extreme, despite this he was always well behaved and never too difficult to control.

As Hugo grew older, he grew more isolated, especially after the presumed death of his pet cat named Milo. It took Hugo a few months to start growing social again but he soon broke out of his shell. His parents often insisted him to make friends and eventually Hugo did comply. At first, Hugo was very aloof around his newer friends but as time progressed he would open up. Soon after, Hugo developed an interest in writing and journaling. He would spend much of his time jotting things down or journalling. Writing has helped Hugo cope since he has issues communicating his thoughts and feelings with others and lately his state has been improving.,


Miscellaneous

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Hugo actually likes to write, he has a couple notepads and journals that he uses. It’s fairly common to see him walking around with a notepad and pen in hand scribbling something down.

Hugo used to have a pet cat named Milo, but one night the cat disappeared without a trace. This upset him for a long time.

Hugo has serious trouble sleeping most of the time, his earlier years were plagued by nightmares and he now considers himself to be a professional insomniac.

Most of the time Hugo seems stressed or worried for absolutely no reason. This is normal for him.

[Carlyle]

@HokumPocus Approved.

@Crystal Amalgam If you could space out your paragraphs for me, then it is fine enough to be approved.

[False Prophet]

@Sola
Done, thank you.

[Riegal]

Beginning work on my character~

Hoping to get her done tonight, but depending on how I progress it might have to come tomorrow.

[Riegal]

Aaand for review.

Jory Callan

Jory Callan

"Yeah, 'course I can fix the oven! I fix the one at my place all the time!...
...Uh, because it's old, not because I'm bad at fixing it. I think."

_Name

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Jory Callan

_Age

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17

_Gender

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Female

_Appearance

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Jory most often wears one of her work overalls she scavanged years ago from an old factory. Otherwise, she can be seen wearing any combination of leggings, shorts, tank tops, t-shirts either long sleeved or not, with a liking for plaid patterns. Her full brown hair is nearly always tied up in a bun or ponytail. She has a slim build and stands at 5'5" (165cm), and is somewhat self-concious about her lack of curves (though evidently does herself no favours with her most common outfit).

_Personality

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Jory very much acts like an older sister, often even towards those a few years older than her. Terribly caring and selfless in nature, it would appear to most that she never spares a thought for herself. This isn't entirely true, of course, but she does find the vast majority of the happiness in her life through the happiness of others. In that way, she even views herself as selfish--after all, if she didn't get such happiness, she suspects she'd not want anything to do with other people. For now though, it works out. She's got kindness to spare and that's something plenty of people want some of. Being 'used' for her help or whatnot doesn't appear to particularly bother her. As long as she gets some kind of recognition for her deeds, she's happy--and in the cases where she doesn't, she simply sucks it up and continues to wear the ever-present, calming smile that can be seen on her lips.

If one looks hard enough, though, a measure of sadness can be found hidden behind that smile. Fear of being a burden, of not being able to help someone when they need it most, of being forgotten and left behind; it all drives her to act how she does. She's the reliable girl that anyone can go to if they need any sort of assistance. She's the hard worker who will do all you ask and then more. If she doesn't have at least that--if she were to become unable to help--what would she be, really? Nothing would be left, in her opinion. She isn't interesting. She isn't courageous, or strong, or particularly smart. She isn't beautiful, or funny, or even abrasive or confrontational. If you ask her, she's just... there. There's nothing notable about her, beyond her willingness to help. And that's part of the reason she's so obsessed with it. Jory is very quick to see the good in another, and that makes her want to do all she can to prop them up even further.

If only she could see good in herself, then.

_Background

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Jory is born and raised in Amberstone, at first living a life as normal as any child could hope for in this day and age. At the age of five, she found herself the older sister to a pair of fraternal twins, and took to the role with joy. Due to complications with the twins' birth, they were both rather frail and prone to illnesses, which made life difficult for the family. Jory did all she could, even diving into old medical textbooks to self-teach herself anything that might be able to help with the number of health issues the twins faced.

Just before Jory's sixteenth birthday, however, her younger sister and brother were both taken by a strong fever. Jory, who had also caught the same illness, did all she could despite her state--but there wasn't much to be done. Without access to proper medical facilities, the girl and her parents could only watch the young pair pass away over the course of a few days.

It had been something her parents had warned her about, and the three had done what they could to mentally prepare, knowing that the chances of the frail twins living a long life were slim. But of course, the shock when the worst finally came to pass was not something that could be prepared for. Jory herself changed in relatively subtle ways after the incident--once a fairly boisterous tomboy, she became significantly more self-concious and soft-spoken, thinking through her words before opening her mouth. In contrast to that change in attitude, though, she actually became more willing to take questionable dare-devil risks. Her constant blinding smile was replaced by the more subdued one she wears now. Finally, she threw herself further into her hobbies, and into helping her parents and others in the settlement, finding herself completely at unease whenever she didn't have something to occupy her--as though she was wasting time that she couldn't really be certain she had.

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Jory has a penchant for tinkering with machines. She's not particularly knowledgeable or traditionally skilled, but has found she has a talent for just 'figuring things out,' as it were.

Her other passion is medical studies. In this, she's far more knowledgeable, and thinks she wishes to be a doctor in the settlement.

She has, in the past year, begun taking a greater interest in the dinosaurs of the world, and wants to learn more about them and--more worryingly--see more of them in person and up close.

[GarlandChaos]

Sorry about a lack of CS so far; haven't been able to work up much motivation or inspiration lately.

[Carlyle]

@Riegal Approved.

@GarlandDaHero No worries, take all the time you need.

[Rabidporcupine]

Well, I love post apocalyptic settings, and I love dinosaurs, so you can bet I'm gonna start writing a character sheet right away! Question, I know you said no important figures, but how about a kid who's kind of getting groomed to take over as one in the future? Because I'm thinking of making a kid who's being taught as much about dinosaurs as possible with scavenged books and stuff, with the idea being that he'd be kind of like an advisor or scholar when he's old enough. Also, how tribal are we going here? Is farming still a thing, or is it too dangerous to try and breed animals anymore?

[Rabidporcupine]

Alright, so change of plans, came up with a new character I wanna do instead. I know the height might seem a little over the top, but I felt like it fit the character too well. I'll still change it if you want though.

Edgar Clarke

Edgar Clarke

"Oh, hello! My name is Edgar, it's nice to mee-... Oh, alright... Goodbye then..."

_Name

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Edgar Clarke

_Age

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17

_Gender

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Male

_Appearance

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Whether due to the perfect storm of unfortunate genetics or just an outcome of his lifestyle, Edgar is quite a bit taller, more muscular, and just all around scarier looking than your average seventeen year old boy. Standing at about 6'4 feet, he's a mountain of a young man. Unfortunately, this combines with tiny irises, a voice that makes every word sound like a growl or grunt, and a facial structure that makes ninety-nine out of a hundred smiles look like grimaces, sneers or occasionally, on good days, smirks, to make him look quite intimidating.

_Personality

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Edgar is quite a shy person, often finding it difficult to find the right words to say. When he does speak to people though, he tries to be as friendly as he can manage, although it often ends in failure due to his face and reputation.

He also gets lonely quite easily, but he gets along well enough with animals that they tend to help him avoid this. In fact, when he isn't tending to the dinosaurs at the ranch, he can often be found feeding and playing with smaller animals, whether they be dinosaur, bird, or even small surviving mammals. When he's not doing this, he is most likely making small, homemade good luck charms to try and help himself gain confidence.

_Background

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Originally, Edgar and his family were members of a small, nomadic clan living in the Rocky Mountains. Life was difficult, yes, but for the most part, many of the larger predatory dinosaur species had little presence up there. However, around the time he was thirteen, a herd of hadrosaurs passed through the mountains, and following behind them was a pack of Utahraptors.

Once they ran into Edgar's clan, the results were devastating, and the survivors of the encounter decided to leave the mountains in search of a new safe place to live. Unfortunately, the utahraptors apparently came to the conclusion that the human clan was a far easier target than the hadrosaurs, and followed them out of the mountains. To this day, Edgar doesn't know why or how he survived, but he was one of very few who did. Eventually, the five survivors ran across the settlement of Amberstone, where they proceeded to settle in fairly easily. The utahraptors even stopped chasing them when they reached it, seeing that they were now part of a far larger group!

However, even though three and a half years have passed since then, Edgar has been finding it quite difficult to properly integrate into the rest of the settlement, due in large part to his intimidating appearance. Along with this, just about everyone who could help clear up the misconception have died in ensuing years, leaving him almost entirely alone to face the rumours and fear.

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There is currently a rumour among some of the younger children that he'll feed them to his dinosaurs at the farm if he catches them out after dark.