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Nadan

2007-07-11T05:54:09Z

Nadan: Update.

'''Nadan''', also known as '''AnthonyTiger''' (or A.T.), is a [[author]] and [[artist]]. When asked, he will say that he wrote his first furry stories in sixth grade (at 11 years old). The oldest stories that he has kept date back to 1998. In addition to a small selection of individual short stories, Nadan is most well known for his [[Dual Blade Universe]] and his story series ''A Glass Half Full''. He maintains websites at [[FurNation]] and [http://www.watchingstone.com WatchingStone.com]

By 2005, Nadan had almost stopped producing new art. His energies have been focused on his revamping of the Dual Blade universe and the founding of the now discontinued [[WatchingStone AnthroStory Contest]]. These days he spends very little time online, mostly coming online to check emails, update his website, and read anthropomorphic stories.
{{Contributor|Nadan}}

==Written works==

The most recently published of Nadan's stories was published in the online zine [[ANTHRO]] issue #10. The story was entitled "Taxed" is about an adolescent ''goma'', or rabbit-morph, and his escape from death. The story takes place in the [[Dual Blade Universe]].

The oldest of Nadan's written works that are still available for public reading involve a series that begins with the story "A Glass Half Full". That series now stretches out to three completed stories ("A Glass Half Full", "Between the Lines", and "Sweet Apple Memories") and one unpublished story. As of the writing of this article, Nadan had been working on modifying "A Glass Half Full" into a full fledged novel entitled "Cry, Wolf".

Nadan's works involving his world the Dual Blade Universe mostly revolve around a single set of characters within a story series entitled "Chronicles". In it, the main characters -- Skye, Jaide, and Oliver -- are engaged in reconnaissance and other military intelligence operations for the Brotherhood against the Lupine Alliance. However, Nadan has also published other works within the Dual Blade Universe including "Chupa", "Love on the Wind", "Remember", and a piece about how Oliver met Jaide entitled "Far From Home".

Aside from these stories -- and reference works for the Dual Blade Universe -- the only other work of fiction available on Nadan's website is a story entitled "Grandmas Do It in the Kitchen", a story written about what happens when kids forget their parents, grandparents, and other older relatives. It is a touching tale about how we all need to be needed and the story of his which has received the most positive feedback.

== Other stories ==

In the past Nadan has produced several works of which are no longer available online. In these he has tried to convey thoughts such as the value of kindness and love ("Hug"), the plight of people in this world who think of themselves as animals but have no outlet ("Dream the Tiger"), the causes of terrorism and the value of life ("The Price of Purpose"), and more.

== WatchingStone AnthroStory contest ==

Between the springs of 2005 and 2006, Nadan hosted a writing contest called the WatchingStone AnthroStory writing contest. This contest accepted short stories based on a theme which could be considered 'furry' or 'anthro' fiction. The themes used included butterflies, oceans/beaches, apples, and foreigners. During the course of the contest, fourteen different authors entered a total of 28 different stories. Several authors entered the contest for two or three seasons. In the end, Nadan was unable to continue to commit the time needed to maintain the contest due to family obligations. At the close of this contest, another was formed by one of the regular contributors to the WatchingStone AnthroStory contest, the [[Anthrofiction Network's Short Story Contest]] created and hosted by [[ScottyDM]].

==References and Links==

*'''Web site''': http://www.watchingstone.com/
*'''Creator''': [[Nadan]]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Writers]]

Nadan

2006-08-04T01:36:56Z

Nadan:

Nadan

2006-08-04T01:36:42Z

Nadan:

{{Cleanup}}

'''Nadan''', also known as '''AnthonyTiger''' (or A.T.), is a [[furry author]] and [[artist]]. When asked, he will say that he wrote his first furry stories in sixth grade (at 11 years old). The oldest stories that he has kept date back to 1998. In addition to a small selection of individual short stories, Nadan is most well known for his [[Dual Blade Universe]] and his story series ''A Glass Half Full''. He maintains websites at [[Furnation]] and [http://www.watchingstone.com WatchingStone.com]

By 2005, Nadan had almost stopped producing new art. His energies have been focused on his revamping of the Dual Blade universe and the founding of the now discontinued [[WatchingStone AnthroStory Contest]].
{{Contributor|Nadan}}
==Written works==

The oldest of Nadan's written works that are still available for public reading involve a series that begins with the story "A Glass Half Full". That series now stretches out to three completed stories ("A Glass Half Full", "Between the Lines", and "Sweet Apple Memories") and one unpublished story. As of the writing of this article, Nadan had been working on modifying "A Glass Half Full" into a full fledged novel entitled "Cry, Wolf".

Nadan's works involving his world the Dual Blade Universe mostly revolve around a single set of characters within a story series entitled "Chronicles". In it, the main characters -- Skye, Jaide, and Oliver -- are engaged in reconnaissance and other military intelligence operations for the Brotherhood against the Lupine Alliance. However, Nadan has also published other works within the Dual Blade Universe including "Chupa", "Love on the Wind", "Remember", and a piece about how Oliver met Jaide entitled "Far From Home".

Aside from these stories -- and reference works for the Dual Blade Universe -- the only other work of fiction available on Nadan's website is a story entitled "Grandmas Do It in the Kitchen", a story written about what happens when kids forget their parents, grandparents, and other older relatives. It is a touching tale about how we all need to be needed and the story of his which has received the most positive feedback.

== Other stories ==

In the past Nadan has produced several works of which are no longer available online. In these he has tried to convey thoughts such as the value of kindness and love ("Hug"), the plight of people in this world who think of themselves as animals but have no outlet ("Dream the Tiger"), the causes of terrorism and the value of life ("The Price of Purpose"), and more.

== WatchingStone AnthroStory contest ==

Between the springs of 2005 and 2006, Nadan hosted a writing contest called the WatchingStone AnthroStory writing contest. This contest accepted short stories based on a theme which could be considered 'furry' or 'anthro' fiction. The themes used included butterflies, oceans/beaches, apples, and foreigners. During the course of the contest, fourteen different authors entered a total of 28 different stories. Several authors entered the contest for two or three seasons. In the end, Nadan was unable to continue to commit the time needed to maintain the contest due to family obligations. At the close of this contest, another was formed by one of the regular contributors to the WatchingStone AnthroStory contest, the [Anthrofiction Network's Short Story Contest] created and hosted by [ScottyDM].

== History ==

Nadan first appeared on the internet scene as a furry character on Star Trek simulations (sims). Eventually, he found [[FurryMUCK]] and [[TigerMUCK|TigerDen]]. Unsatisfied with FurryMUCK, Nadan settled on TigerDen under the name of his story character Alex Larkin. He also attended his first (and only) furry convention, [[ConFurence 10]], under the same name. For several years Nadan could be found on TigerDen, [[The Lion King|Lion King]] related [[MU*]]'s, and [[Pokémorph MUSH]]. After a while Nadan broke away from MU*'s entirely.

These days he spends very little time online, mostly coming online to check emails, update his website, and read furry stories.

==References and Links==

*'''Web site''': http://www.watchingstone.com/
*'''Creator''': [[Nadan]]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Writers]]

Dual Blade Universe

2006-08-04T01:10:58Z

Nadan:

[[Category:Story worlds]]
<div style="float:right">__TOC__</div>
The '''Dual Blade universe''' is a story universe created by the furry author [[Nadan]]. The first version of the Dual Blade (DB) universe appeared in early 2000. In 2005 Nadan undertook a project to further define the DB universe. The home of the DB universe is found at Nadan's website, [[WatchingStone]].

The stories of the DB universe take place in a dimension parallel to ours, on a planet physically identical to ours, by the name of Terra. Although there are more than a dozen sentient [[anthropomorphic]] species on Terra, there were originally no humans on that world. As described in the DB story entitled "On the Flip Side", an accident lead a relatively small population of humans to appear on Terra, transferred from Earth. Several major political and military powers across Terra, who vie for power. Each of the sentient species on Terra (of which there are at least 20) has its own well defined physiology, history, culture, and -- in many cases -- language and religion.

==Planet of Terra==

:Terra is a version of Earth which exists in a dimension parallel to Earth. Because of that, the physical locations and geography of our world is mirrored in Terra. Unlike Earth, there are not many populous cities on Terra. Most of its residents do not prefer large cities. The larger cities are populated by Humans, Nonili (lion-morphs), the Covey (see below), and the Lupine Alliance (see below).

==Races of Terra==

:The native races of Terra are diverse in biology and psychology. For a detailed look at each individual race, please visit the Dual Blade Compendium. (http://www.watchingstone.com/writings/db-info.html)

:The anthro- races that populate the Dual Blade Universe are not simply "humans in fur coats." Considerable thought was given to the biology of the base animal as well as how, and which ones of, those traits would appear in an anthro- version. The world features morphs of the following species: raccoon, skunks, wolves, crows/ravens, jays, rabbits, lions, tigers, domestic cats, bears, hogs, cervids, antelope, and more. Each race has its own history of interaction with the other species in their area. Some get along quite well, while others have been entrenched in generations long wars. Some live with nature while others live with technology. There are also many languages on Terra. The most common language is known as Errna (pronounced urn-uh). Errna is the native language of the nacron (raccoon-morphs). Because of their close ties to the dominant world power (the Covey), and because the language of the Covey is hard to speak without a beak for a mouth, Errna has sprouted far and wide, even erasing some languages completely (much as Spanish and English have on Earth.)

==Politics of Terra==

:The DB universe also offers political intrigue. Powers and alliances have shifted throughout time, causing both bad blood between peoples and major shifts in spheres of influence. Some of these historical changes, and the current realities of life on Terra, are explored here.

===The Susal===
::The susal (susa, singular) are a race of hog-morphs originating from sub-Saharan Africa. These people are one of the physically largest and strongest races on Terra. Their spartan lifestyle and military tactics lead them to military domination of the African continent in years past. At the apex of their civilization, the warring and fractured susian tribes bound together and crushed the resistance of the nonili (lion-morphs) and other feline species making up the Brotherhood. Eventually the susal tried to conquer southern Europe and fight a dual front against the Lupine Alliance and the Covey. With the leadership of the Covey, the Lupine Alliance and Brotherhood came together to wage war on the susal. Between these three powers, the Susian Empire was completely devastated; every major stronghold was completely destroyed. The remaining tribes were fractured and disjointed. They have never again been a world power.

===The Lupine Alliance===

::The Lupine Alliance is a strong alliance between the world's two wolf-like races, the gra'nak and the wre'nek. About three-quarters of all wre'nek and a half of all gra'nak belong to the Alliance. The Alliance controls large portions of eastern and western Europe, and huge swaths of North America. The Alliance has a long history of war against the Brotherhood. No one is quite sure who started the conflict; each side blames the other.

===The Brotherhood===

::The Brotherhood is a loose association of feline species who have formed to confront and defend against advances of the Lupine Alliance. The Brotherhood depends on guerilla tactics in its war against the Alliance. Not all felines belong to the Brotherhood, and with each Alliance attack against felines who are not a part of the Brotherhood, more flock to the group to lend it their support and receive its protection. The main exception to this kind of clandestine operation is the nonili, a lion-morph species who live in large towns and cities and maintain territory. This not only makes them a target for the Alliance in North America, but makes them somewhat suspect to other Brotherhood members. For some purist Brotherhood members, the nonili are too wolf-like in their lifestyle.

===The Covey===

::Terra's most powerful, most feared, and most respected political and military entity is the Covey. The Covey is made up of raven-like krekas and jay-like korkos. The krekas are the only morphs on the planet to have flight (the korkos cannot fly) and no artificial flying machine has been invented. With their use of napalm, military intelligence, and reputation of fairness and secrecy, the Covey has long been feared and respected -- but when they orchestrated a temporary alliance between the Brotherhood and the Lupine Alliance, lead the charge to devastate the Susian Empire, and then pulled back right before the extinction of the Susal (letting the race continue on), they found even more power. Covey towns and cities tend to be very multi-racial, although the kreka are elitist and look down on 'furred' races. The korko, who are few in number but creative geniuses, are hidden away in walled off sections of Covey cities from which they organize, invent, and rule.

==References and Links==

*'''Addresses''':
**'''Dual Blade Compendium''': http://www.watchingstone.com/writings/db-info.html
**'''Dual Blade Glossary''': http://www.watchingstone.com/writings/db-glossary.html
**'''Web site''': http://www.watchingstone.com/
*'''Creator''': [[Nadan]]

Dual Blade Universe

2006-08-03T05:39:07Z

Nadan:

{{Cleanup}}

[[Category:Story worlds]]
<div style="float:right">__TOC__</div>
The '''Dual Blade universe''' is a story universe created by the furry author [[Nadan]]. The first version of the Dual Blade (DB) universe appeared in early 2000. In 2005 Nadan undertook a project to further define the DB universe. The home of the DB universe is found at Nadan's website, [[WatchingStone]] (http://www.watchingstone.com).

The stories of the DB universe take place in a dimension parallel to ours, on a planet physically identical to ours, by the name of Terra. Although there are more than a dozen sentient [[anthropomorphic]] species on Terra, there were originally no humans on that world. As described in the DB story entitled "On the Flip Side", an accident lead a relatively small population of humans to appear on Terra, transferred from Earth. Several major political and military powers across Terra, who vie for power. Each of the sentient species on Terra (of which there are at least 20) has its own well defined physiology, history, culture, and -- in many cases -- language and religion.

==Planet of Terra==

:Terra is a version of Earth which exists in a dimension parallel to Earth. Because of that, the physical locations and geography of our world is mirrored in Terra. Unlike Earth, there are not many populous cities on Terra. Most of its residents do not prefer large cities. The larger cities are populated by Humans, Nonili (lion-morphs), the Covey (see below), and the Lupine Alliance (see below).

==Races of Terra==

:The native races of Terra are diverse in biology and psychology. For a detailed look at each individual race, please visit the Dual Blade Compendium, linked below. (To be expanded...)

==Politics of Terra==

:The DB universe also offers political intrigue. Powers and alliances have shifted throughout time, causing both bad blood between peoples and major shifts in spheres of influence. Some of these historical changes, and the current realities of life on Terra, are explored here.

===Major players in the past===
====The Susal====
::The susal (susa, singular) are a race of hog-morphs originating from sub-Saharan Africa. These people are one of the physically largest and strongest races on Terra. Their spartan lifestyle and military tactics lead them to military domination of the African continent in years past. At the apex of their civilization, the warring and fractured susian tribes bound together and crushed the resistance of the nonili (lion-morphs) and other feline species making up the Brotherhood. Eventually the susal tried to conquer southern Europe and fight a dual front against the Lupine Alliance and the Covey. With the leadership of the Covey, the Lupine Alliance and Brotherhood came together to wage war on the susal. Between these three powers, the Susian Empire was completely devastated; every major stronghold was completely destroyed. The remaining tribes were fractured and disjointed. They have never again been a world power.

===The Lupine Alliance===

::The Lupine Alliance is a strong alliance between the world's two wolf-like races, the gra'nak and the wre'nek. About three-quarters of all wre'nek and a half of all gra'nak belong to the Alliance. The Alliance controls large portions of eastern and western Europe, and huge swaths of North America. The Alliance has a long history of war against the Brotherhood. No one is quite sure who started the conflict; each side blames the other.

===The Brotherhood===

::The Brotherhood is a loose association of feline species who have formed to confront and defend against advances of the Lupine Alliance. The Brotherhood depends on guerilla tactics in its war against the Alliance. Not all felines belong to the Brotherhood, and with each Alliance attack against felines who are not a part of the Brotherhood, more flock to the group to lend it their support and receive its protection. The main exception to this kind of clandestine operation is the nonili, a lion-morph species who live in large towns and cities and maintain territory. This not only makes them a target for the Alliance in North America, but makes them somewhat suspect to other Brotherhood members. For some purist Brotherhood members, the nonili are too wolf-like in their lifestyle.

===The Covey===

::Terra's most powerful, most feared, and most respected political and military entity is the Covey. The Covey is made up of raven-like krekas and jay-like korkos. The krekas are the only morphs on the planet to have flight (the korkos cannot fly) and no artificial flying machine has been invented. With their use of napalm, military intelligence, and reputation of fairness and secrecy, the Covey has long been feared and respected -- but when they orchestrated a temporary alliance between the Brotherhood and the Lupine Alliance, lead the charge to devastate the Susian Empire, and then pulled back right before the extinction of the Susal (letting the race continue on), they found even more power. Covey towns and cities tend to be very multi-racial, although the kreka are elitist and look down on 'furred' races. The korko, who are few in number but creative geniuses, are hidden away in walled off sections of Covey cities from which they organize, invent, and rule.

==References and Links==

*'''Addresses''':
**'''Dual Blade Compendium''': http://www.watchingstone.com/writings/db-info.html
**'''Dual Blade Glossary''': http://www.watchingstone.com/writings/db-glossary.html
**'''Web site''': http://www.watchingstone.com/
*'''Creator''': [[Nadan]]

Nadan

2006-04-09T04:21:11Z

Nadan: /* Other Stories */

'''Nadan''', also known as '''AnthonyTiger''' (or A.T.), is a [[furry author]] and [[artist]]. When asked, he will say that he wrote his first furry stories in sixth grade (at 11 years old). The oldest stories that he has kept date back to 1998. In addition to a small selection of individual short stories, Nadan is most well known for his [[Dual Blade Universe]] and his story series ''A Glass Half Full''. He maintains mirrors at [[Furnation]] and [http://www.watchingstone.com WatchingStone.com]

By 2005, Nadan had almost stopped producing new art. His energies have been focused on his revamping of the Dual Blade universe and the founding of the [[WatchingStone AnthroStory Contest]].
{{Contributor|Nadan}}
== Cry, Wolf -- A Glass Half Full==

"A Glass Half Full" was a furry story written by Nadan. The first version became available in 1998 on his website, then on America Online (AOL). The setting of the story is in San Diego, CA, USA. In the world in which it is written, 'furries' are second class citizens. They find themselves very much in the position that minorities were in only decades ago. The laws state that all are equal, but this is not the general practice. The main character, a [[zoomorphic]] wolf-man named Alex Larkin, is a graduate of San Diego State University with aspirations toward becoming an architect, but is unable to find anyone willing to hire him in the field. His family finds it easier to place the blame on Alex rather than society and has ties with him. Alex also finds himself packless, his only friend being his college dorm-mate and now room-mate, an otter-morph by the name of Peter Larson (Pete.) Although the story is littered with themes of disenfranchisement and disillusionment, it ends on a positive note.

The next year Nadan went about writing the sequel, however it was put on hold in order to write another story that would bridge the two. "A Glass Half Full" and its sequels -- "Between the Lines" and "Sweet Apple Memories" -- are all available on [http://www.watchingstone.com/writings/stories.html Nadan's story page].

In the past year Nadan has taken to expanding this story series into a single book. Several chapters have been written to fill in gaps between the stories that were written before. Although this work is not finished, it has come to be a more complete story. The wolf-morph people were renamed as the loban and their history, as natives to North America, was fleshed out. The otter-morphs, or ho'skin, were also fleshed out. This leaves only the african cat-like ser'vhal to complete. Cultural aspects of pack life and the human reaction to pack violence are also addressed in this newly expanded series. It will be made available as chapters make it past the final edit. These new stories pass under the new name, "Cry, Wolf".

Several of the characters within this series were originally based on persons Nadan knew in high school. By the time the first story was finalized, however, these had been changed so much that they no longer resembled the persons they were modeled after. Interestingly, the characters Alex Larkin and Peter Larson are both derived from parts of Nadan and his half-brother. Parts of both these two men ended up in both of the characters -- with Alex being more like Nadan and Pete being more like his half-brother.

== Chronicles ==

Originally the story series that is now entitled "Chronicles" was named after the first story, "Home - Where the Heart is". This was Nadan's first true story in the [[Dual Blade Universe]] (previous works were meant as reference works.) The main characters in "Chronicles" are the tigreans (tiger-morphs) Jaide and Skye, the lutrid (otter-morph) Oliver, the human woman Sandra, and her son Terry. The story begins with a supply raid on a wre'nek (wolf-morph) town carried out by Jaide and Oliver, as planned by Skye. In addition to finding their supplies, they found Sandra and Terry, who request to be returned to their uprooted colony. The subsequent parts of "Chronicles" deal with the return of Sandra and Terry to their people and the subsequent travels of the furry parties.

This series deals primarily with the tension and almost war-like state between the Lupine Alliance (a political and military power consisting of the wre'nek and gra'nak, two wolf-morph species) and the Brotherhood (a loose association of feline-morphs and otter-morphs (lutrids) who carry out guerilla war against the Alliance.) Chronicles does not get too deep into the underlying reasons for the war, mostly because those reasons have been clouded by the frequent fighting that has lasted for generations. No on remembers what it was about anymore.

== Other Stories ==

In the past Nadan has produced several works of fiction independent from his "A Glass Half Full" series and "Chronicles". In these he has tried to convey thoughts such as the value of kindness and love ("Hug"), the plight of people in this world who think of themselves as animals but have no outlet ("Dream the Tiger"), the causes of terrorism and the value of life ("The Price of Purpose"), and more. These days, most of Nadan's creative works center around the Dual Blade universe and the [[WatchingStone AnthroStory Contest]], which he hosted for one year between 2004-2005. These stories have ranged from creation myths and religious beliefs to love within the context of different cultures.

== History ==

Nadan first appeared on the internet scene as a furry character on Star Trek simulations (sims). Eventually, he found [[FurryMUCK]] and [[TigerMUCK|TigerDen]]. Unsatisfied with FurryMUCK, Nadan settled on TigerDen under the name of his story character Alex Larkin. He also attended his first (and only) furry convention, [[ConFurence 10]], under the same name. For several years Nadan could be found on TigerDen, [[The Lion King|Lion King]] related [[MU*]]'s, and [[Pokémorph MUSH]]. After a while Nadan broke away from MU*'s entirely.

These days he spends very little time online, mostly coming online to check emails, update his website, and read furry stories.
[[Category:People]][[Category:Writers]]

Nadan

2006-01-26T20:01:18Z

Nadan:

Nadan, also known as AnthonyTiger (or A.T.), is a furry author and artist. When asked, he will say that he wrote his first furry stories in sixth grade (at 11 years old). The oldest stories that he has kept date back to 1998. In addition to a small selection of individual short stories, Nadan is most well known for his [[Dual Blade Universe]] and his story series A Glass Half Full. He maintains mirrors at [[Furnation]] and [http://www.watchingstone.com WatchingStone.com]

By 2005, Nadan had almost stopped producing new art. His energies have been focused on his revamping of the Dual Blade universe and the founding of the [[WatchingStone AnthroStory Contest]].

== Cry, Wolf -- A Glass Half Full==

"A Glass Half Full" was a furry story written by Nadan. The first version became available in 1998 on his website, then on America Online (AOL). The setting of the story is in San Diego, CA, USA. In the world in which it is written, 'furries' are second class citizens. They find themselves very much in the position that minorities were in only decades ago. The laws state that all are equal, but this is not the general practice. The main character, a [[zoomorphic]] wolf-man named Alex Larkin, is a graduate of San Diego State University with aspirations toward becoming an architect, but is unable to find anyone willing to hire him in the field. His family finds it easier to place the blame on Alex rather than society and has ties with him. Alex also finds himself packless, his only friend being his college dorm-mate and now room-mate, an otter-morph by the name of Peter Larson (Pete.) Although the story is littered with themes of disenfranchisement and disillusionment, it ends on a positive note.

The next year Nadan went about writing the sequel, however it was put on hold in order to write another story that would bridge the two. "A Glass Half Full" and its sequels -- "Between the Lines" and "Sweet Apple Memories" -- are all available on [http://www.watchingstone.com/writings/stories.html Nadan's story page].

In the past year Nadan has taken to expanding this story series into a single book. Several chapters have been written to fill in gaps between the stories that were written before. Although this work is not finished, it has come to be a more complete story. The wolf-morph people were renamed as the loban and their history, as natives to North America, was fleshed out. The otter-morphs, or ho'skin, were also fleshed out. This leaves only the african cat-like ser'vhal to complete. Cultural aspects of pack life and the human reaction to pack violence are also addressed in this newly expanded series. It will be made available as chapters make it past the final edit. These new stories pass under the new name, "Cry, Wolf".

Several of the characters within this series were originally based on persons Nadan knew in high school. By the time the first story was finalized, however, these had been changed so much that they no longer resembled the persons they were modeled after. Interestingly, the characters Alex Larkin and Peter Larson are both derived from parts of Nadan and his half-brother. Parts of both these two men ended up in both of the characters -- with Alex being more like Nadan and Pete being more like his half-brother.

== Chronicles ==

Originally the story series that is now entitled "Chronicles" was named after the first story, "Home - Where the Heart is". This was Nadan's first true story in the [[Dual Blade Universe]] (previous works were meant as reference works.) The main characters in "Chronicles" are the tigreans (tiger-morphs) Jaide and Skye, the lutrid (otter-morph) Oliver, the human woman Sandra, and her son Terry. The story begins with a supply raid on a wre'nek (wolf-morph) town carried out by Jaide and Oliver, as planned by Skye. In addition to finding their supplies, they found Sandra and Terry, who request to be returned to their uprooted colony. The subsequent parts of "Chronicles" deal with the return of Sandra and Terry to their people and the subsequent travels of the furry parties.

This series deals primarily with the tension and almost war-like state between the Lupine Alliance (a political and military power consisting of the wre'nek and gra'nak, two wolf-morph species) and the Brotherhood (a loose association of feline-morphs and otter-morphs (lutrids) who carry out guerilla war against the Alliance.) Chronicles does not get too deep into the underlying reasons for the war, mostly because those reasons have been clouded by the frequent fighting that has lasted for generations. No on remembers what it was about anymore.

== Other Stories ==

In the past Nadan has produced several works of fiction independent from his "A Glass Half Full" series and "Chronicles". In these he has tried to convey thoughts such as the value of kindness and love ("Hug"), the plight of people in this world who think of themselves as animals but have no outlet ("Dream the Tiger"), the causes of terrorism and the value of life ("The Price of Purpose"), and more. These days, most of Nadan's creative works center around the Dual Blade universe and the [[WatchingStone AnthroStory Contest]]. These stories have ranged from creation myths and religious beliefs to love within the context of different cultures.

== History ==

Nadan first appeared on the internet scene as a furry character on Star Trek simulations (sims). Eventually, he found [[FurryMuck]] and [[TigerDen]]. Unsatisfied with FurryMuck, Nadan settled on TigerDen under the name of his story character Alex Larkin. He also attended his first (and only) furry convention, [[ConFurence]] 10, under the same name. For several years Nadan could be found on TigerDen, Lion King related MU*'s, and Pokemorph Mush. After a while Nadan broke away from MU*'s entirely.

These days he spends very little time online, mostly coming online to check emails, update his website, and read furry stories.
[[Category:people]]

Get Fuzzy

2006-01-26T19:48:42Z

Nadan:

'''Get Fuzzy''' is an online and print comic by Darby Conley that depicts the antics of Bucky Katt, Satchel Pooch, and their owner, Rob Wilco. Bucky is a realist misanthrope with a biting sense of humor. The somewhat dim-witted Satchel often bears the brunt of Bucky's jokes and is the victim of his schemes. However, their relationship is balanced out somewhat by Satchel's comicly stinging one-liners. Oddly, Satchel rarely seems to understand just how funny these are, even as he says them. Bucky and Satchel's human keeper, Rob, plays the straight man in this comic trio. He is a rugby loving sports fan with a bad back who must always keep an eye out to make sure that Bucky's schemes don't go too far, and that poor Satchel isn't sucked too far into them. The characters and plotlines mimic the comic [[Garfield]], but the humor is much less kid friendly.

==External Links==

*[http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/ Get Fuzzy Website]
[[Category: Comics]]

FurNation

2005-09-15T22:43:33Z

Nadan:

[[Image:Furnation.gif|right|FurNation]]
'''FurNation''' (soon to be '''AnthroNation''') is a website that specializes in web hostings for webpages with [[furry]] content. FurNation also operates a small adult-oriented comic publishing unit, producing titles such as [[Furnation Magazine]], [[The Wanderer]] and [[Carpe Diem]].

* '''Address''': http://www.furnation.com/
* '''Primary webmaster''': [[Nexxus]]
* '''Secondary webmaster''': [[Rackett]]
* '''Ran from/to''': 1996 - current

In addition, Nexxus also administers and operates the [[FurNation Worlds]] on [[Second Life]], a 3D virtual chat communit bearing FurNation's flagship name. Currently there are two sims, FurNation Prime and FurNation Alpha, with a third and fourth on the way.

FurNation has long been a major establishment in the online furry community, providing a centralized location in which to find a variety of furry related content. In that time it has gained not only a name for being a major player in furry information, art, and stories. It has also gained a reputation for it's peroidic downtime. Some of these have been relatively short, while others have been quite a bit longer. Because of this, many who maintain web space on FurNation also maintain a website at another web address.

== History ==

* '''9 November 2001''': Nexxus temporarily [http://www.flayrah.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=490 suspended FurNation] due to [[Sibe]]'s actions.
* '''28 December 2004''': Nexxus announces his intent to convert FurNation to AnthroNation, with the addition of Fantasy and Sci-fi websites. He also announces the FurNation toolbar.
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Nadan

2005-08-31T18:07:34Z

Nadan: Who is Nadan? What has he done for the furry fandom?

Nadan, also known as AnthonyTiger (or A.T.), is a furry author and artist. When asked, he will say that he wrote his first furry stories in sixth grade (at 11 years old). The oldest stories that he has kept date back to 1998. In addition to a small selection of individual short stories, Nadan is most well known for his [[Dual Blade Universe]] and his story series A Glass Half Full. He maintains mirrors at [[Furnation]] and [http://www.watchingstone.com WatchingStone.com]

By 2005, Nadan had almost stopped producing new art. His energies have been focused on his revamping of the Dual Blade universe and the founding of the [[WatchingStone AnthroStory Contest]].

== A Glass Half Full==

"A Glass Half Full" is a furry story written by Nadan. The first version became available in 1998 on his website, then on America Online (AOL). The setting of the story is in San Diego, CA, USA. In the world in which it is written, 'furries' are second class citizens. They find themselves very much in the position that minorities were in only decades ago. The laws state that all are equal, but this is not the general practice. The main character, a [[zoomorphic]] wolf-man named Alex Larkin, is a graduate of San Diego State University with aspirations toward becoming an architect, but is unable to find anyone willing to hire him in the field. His family finds it easier to place the blame on Alex rather than society and has ties with him. Alex also finds himself packless, his only friend being his college dorm-mate and now room-mate, an otter-morph by the name of Peter Larson (Pete.) Although the story is littered with themes of disenfranchisement and disillusionment, it ends on a positive note.

The next year Nadan went about writing the sequel, however it was put on hold in order to write another story that would bridge the two. "A Glass Half Full" and its sequels -- "Between the Lines" and "Sweet Apple Memories" -- are all available on [http://www.watchingstone.com/writings/stories.html Nadan's story page].

Several of the characters within this series were originally based on persons Nadan knew in high school. By the time the first story was finalized, however, these had been changed so much that they no longer resembled the persons they were modeled after. Interestingly, the characters Alex Larkin and Peter Larson are both derived from parts of Nadan and his half-brother. Parts of both these two men ended up in both of the characters -- with Alex being more like Nadan and Pete being more like his half-brother.

== Chronicles ==

Originally the story series that is now entitled "Chronicles" was named after the first story, "Home - Where the Heart is". This was Nadan's first true story in the [[Dual Blade Universe]] (previous works were meant as reference works.) The main characters in "Chronicles" are the tigreans (tiger-morphs) Jaide and Skye, the lutrid (otter-morph) Oliver, the human woman Sandra, and her son Terry. The story begins with a supply raid on a wre'nek (wolf-morph) town carried out by Jaide and Oliver, as planned by Skye. In addition to finding their supplies, they found Sandra and Terry, who request to be returned to their uprooted colony. The subsequent parts of "Chronicles" deal with the return of Sandra and Terry to their people and the subsequent travels of the furry parties.

This series deals primarily with the tension and almost war-like state between the Lupine Alliance (a political and military power consisting of the wre'nek and gra'nak, two wolf-morph species) and the Brotherhood (a loose association of feline-morphs and otter-morphs (lutrids) who carry out guerilla war against the Alliance.) Chronicles does not get too deep into the underlying reasons for the war, mostly because those reasons have been clouded by the frequent fighting that has lasted for generations. No on remembers what it was about anymore.

== Other Stories ==

In the past Nadan has produced several works of fiction independent from his "A Glass Half Full" series and "Chronicles". In these he has tried to convey thoughts such as the value of kindness and love ("Hug"), the plight of people in this world who think of themselves as animals but have no outlet ("Dream the Tiger"), the causes of terrorism and the value of life ("The Price of Purpose"), and more. These days, most of Nadan's creative works center around the Dual Blade universe and the [[WatchingStone AnthroStory Contest]]. These stories have ranged from creation myths and religious beliefs to love within the context of different cultures.

== History ==

Nadan first appeared on the internet scene as a furry character on Star Trek simulations (sims). Eventually, he found [[FurryMuck]] and [[TigerMuck]]. Unsatisfied with FurryMuck, Nadan settled on TigerDen under the name of his story character Alex Larkin. He also attended his first (and only) furry convention, [[ConFurence]] 10, under the same name. For several years Nadan could be found on TigerDen, Lion King related MU*'s, and Pokemorph Mush. After a while Nadan broke away from MU*'s.

These days he spends very little time online, mostly coming online to check emails, update his website, and read furry stories.
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Nadan

2005-08-31T00:43:06Z

Nadan:

User:Nidonocu

2005-08-31T00:41:56Z

Nadan:

[[Image:Trans 168.png|right|Nidonocu]]
'''Nidonocu''' is a Poison-Bunny who lives in Sheffield, England; and is a self proclaimed wiki addict. He joined ''[[WikiFur]]'' after seeing the extensive clean up needed on the [[ArtPlz]] article and couldn't resist the twitch to click edit and fix it. So he proceeded to perform a complete rewrite of that article and made it worth reading.

== Wikifur Activities ==
Nidonocu considers himself to be an ''[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Inclusionism Inclusionist]'' with a slight lean to ''[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mergism Mergism]'', regarding his wiki philosophy. He is also somewhat ''[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Eventualism Eventualist]''.

His major work is in wiki development and he spent much time importing [[Wikifur:Boiler Plate Text|templates]] and setting up wiki standard deletion schemes.

His first major edit on Wikifur was [[ArtPlz]] where he did a large rewrite of the main article. His first written article (one that he started) was [[Northern Furs (UK)]], a group he is a member of.

After his contributions during the early stages of WikiFur's development, Nidonocu was made an [[Wikifur:Administrators|Administrator]]. He now plans to perform extensive backend work on making pages for the Wikifur: and Help: name space as well as provide support for new users and monitor [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]].

===Score Board===
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|- align="center" style="color:#00CCFF;"
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||'''Assists'''
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== Furry ==
Nidonocu has been a [[furry]] since around 2002 after meeting other furs online and learning about the fandom. Though he has suspicions that some that he is a fur, could explain at least half of his childhood behaviour.

He started off taking on the form of a Nidoking - Morph, an [[anthropomorphic]] [[Wikipedia:Nidoking|Nidoking]]. This is also where his name comes from; nido as in what was his species. Nocu short for nocuous, meaning noxious. So his actual full name is ''Nidonocuous''. He is often referred to though as either just the first four, or last four letters of his name for short.

His form however, was taken from what was in actually fact a character created for a [[Wikipedia:MUSH|MUSH]] and he felt it didn't quite suite him, so went ahead and created himself a more accurate creature and [[fursona]] that fitted his personality.

Thusly, his species is Poison Bunny (''Animalia Chordata Mammalia Lagomorpha Noxialis-creatura Contraho Lepus''). This is a self created species that is [[Wikipedia:elemental|elemental]] in nature and takes elements from both real [[Wikipedia:rabbit|rabbit]]s and the [[Wikipedia:Pokémon|Pokémon]] species, Nidoking.

The overall look is an anthropomorphic rabbit like creature with purple fur and pale purple underbelly. He retains also the green and teal colouring of his ears, though they are more rabbit shaped than those on any member of the nido-family of pokémon. He also has a small forehead horn, back-spikes, shoulder pads, and tail like that of a nidoking, but lacks the thicker body plating and flesh. He has bright gold-brown coloured eyes and dark brown, normally messy styled, hair.

Several pictures have been drawn to date of Nidonocu, but not all match his current description, since he underwent a recent re-colouration of his fur. These can be found here:
*[http://www.simbaspaws.org/nidonocu/ad_hoc/Nidonocu_fur.png Old Colour Scheme by Bakabaka]
*[http://www.simbaspaws.org/nidonocu/ad_hoc/nido_side_500.png Pencil Sketch by Nidonocu]
*[http://www.simbaspaws.org/nidonocu/ad_hoc/new_nido/nidonocu_new_preview.png Work in Progress picture of most current description by Nidonocu]
*[http://www.simbaspaws.org/nidonocu/ad_hoc/commish_halo.jpg Full Version of Icon above by Ayame]

==Internet Activites==
As well as ''WikiFur'', he also regularly contributes to the following wiki's:

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki Wikipedia]
*[http://en.wikinews.org/wiki WikiNews]
*[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Main_Page The Homestar Runner Wiki]
*[http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page The OSx86 Wiki]
*[http://nidonocu.technoweyr.co.uk/ewiki/index.php/Main_Page EpicWiki] - Recently launched Fictional story writing wiki of which he is Site Administrator

He also is learning how to build [[Wikipedia:Widget_%28computing%29|widgets]] for [[Wikipedia:Konfabulator|Konfabulator]].

He also regularly role-plays at [http://www.pokemorph.com The Pokémorph MUSH] and takes place in technical discussions on the forums of [http://www.neowin.net Neowin.net].

==Personal Links==
*[http://www.nidonocu.co.uk Nidonocu.co.uk] - There might be some content here one day
*[http://nidonocu.livejournal.com Nidonocu's LiveJournal]
*[http://nidonocu.deviantart.com/ Nidonocu's deviantArt page]

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Nadan

2005-08-31T00:38:29Z

Nadan: Who is Nadan?

Category:Story worlds

2005-08-28T01:06:07Z

Nadan: /* Story worlds to add */

There are a number of '''story worlds''' (sometimes called '''shared universes''') where virtually anyone who wishes to do so is welcome to contribute stories of their own using the setting and the central characters.

==Story worlds to add==
If you can think of a story world that deserves an entry, add it in here, and maybe someone will. Don't let that stop '''you''' writing about a story world, including one you helped create!

* [[Metamor Keep]]
* [[Water Wings]]
* [[The Winds of Change]]

[[Category:Stories]]

Dual Blade Universe

2005-08-28T01:05:31Z

Nadan:

[[Category:Story worlds]]
The Dual Blade universe is a story universe created by the furry author [[Nadan]]. The first version of the Dual Blade (DB) universe appeared in early 2000. In 2005 Nadan undertook a project to further define the DB universe. The home of the DB universe is found at Nadan's website, [[WatchingStone]] (http://www.watchingstone.com).

The stories of the DB universe take place in a dimension parallel to ours, on a planet physically identical to ours, by the name of Terra. Although there are more than a dozen sentient anthropomorphic species on Terra, there were no humans. As described in one of the early stories of the DB universe, entitled "On the Flip Side", an accident lead a relatively small population of humans to appear on Terra, transferred from Earth.

----

With the newest revisions, the DB universe presents readers with a dozen well thought out and fleshed out species of 'morphs' ranging from the pedestrian to the exotic. Many of these races possess their own distinct language and religion, and all have their own culture and history. These are outlined in the Dual Blade Compendium and Dual Blade Glossary, which are currently down for revision.

The DB universe also offers political intrigue. The major political powers of Terra maintain power by means of city-states and alliances. The foremost world power is the Covey, due to their technological superiority and psychological dominance. The Lupine Alliance is also a major world power, being perhaps the most structured of powers. The Brotherhood, a loose governmental association of felines and their allies, has been in a guerilla war with the Lupine Alliance as long as anyone can remember. New on the scene is the Human Confederation. Although the Humans have little to no power outside of their technological re-discoveries, they have an influence on the world because of the unity they display in the face of the fearful diversity of the morphs.

Dual Blade Universe

2005-08-28T01:03:09Z

Nadan:

The Dual Blade universe is a story universe created by the furry author [[Nadan]]. The first version of the Dual Blade (DB) universe appeared in early 2000. In 2005 Nadan undertook a project to further define the DB universe. The home of the DB universe is found at Nadan's website, [[WatchingStone]] (http://www.watchingstone.com).

The stories of the DB universe take place in a dimension parallel to ours, on a planet physically identical to ours, by the name of Terra. Although there are more than a dozen sentient anthropomorphic species on Terra, there were no humans. As described in one of the early stories of the DB universe, entitled "On the Flip Side", an accident lead a relatively small population of humans to appear on Terra, transferred from Earth.

----

With the newest revisions, the DB universe presents readers with a dozen well thought out and fleshed out species of 'morphs' ranging from the pedestrian to the exotic. Many of these races possess their own distinct language and religion, and all have their own culture and history. These are outlined in the Dual Blade Compendium and Dual Blade Glossary, which are currently down for revision.

The DB universe also offers political intrigue. The major political powers of Terra maintain power by means of city-states and alliances. The foremost world power is the Covey, due to their technological superiority and psychological dominance. The Lupine Alliance is also a major world power, being perhaps the most structured of powers. The Brotherhood, a loose governmental association of felines and their allies, has been in a guerilla war with the Lupine Alliance as long as anyone can remember. New on the scene is the Human Confederation. Although the Humans have little to no power outside of their technological re-discoveries, they have an influence on the world because of the unity they display in the face of the fearful diversity of the morphs.

Category:Story worlds

2005-08-28T00:39:08Z

Nadan: /* Story worlds to add */