Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Why a name like "The Black Spiral"?

I guess the first order of business is to answer a simple question: Why a name like "The Black Spiral"?
I know you're thinking "Gee, that doesn't sound very positive!"

You would be right. It's not. Not really at least.

See, I'm a tabletop nerd. One of my first loves was not D&D, but Vampire: The Masquerade. Before long, I had a few copies of the other White Wolf game, Werewolf: The Apocalypse. I loved those books. When I didn't get a chance to play, I read the books and made characters.

However, there was something that always resonated with me: The Black Spiral Dancers. Now, I didn't like them (they were the twisted werewolves who wanted to destroy everything pure) and I didn't like what they stood for...but something about that title "Black Spiral Dancer" just stayed with me.

These creatures added to their ranks by kidnapping other werewolves and forcing them to walk the Black Spiral Labyrinth. By walking the labyrinth, they changed, became twisted creatures...Black Spiral Dancers.

Now, why did I take it? Well, remove all of the negativity from it and this is what I get: The labyrinth is something that we all walk. Life is nothing but a huge labyrinth. Some people go around in circles and never learn a thing at all. However, if you're like me, you walk the Black Spiral. It's not like the other one. This one twists you about. It changes you. It distorts your view to the point where the world doesn't look the same way again. You've been driven to the point of madness and back and you're still a bit confused.
The Black Spiral, to me, is something that no one wants to be in. It's something that you just find yourself in and good luck getting out. After a while, it starts to become quite cozy...

So, what path do I walk spiritually? I walk the path of the Black Spiral. (Let's just call it that because it sounds spooky, m'kay?) I don't have a set path. I wander. Sometimes in circles, just like what I said in all of that rambling above.

If you gleaned something out of my gibberish--AWESOME! If not? Just wait! It gets worse!


2 comments:

  1. lol I never got to play, but I loved Vampire the Masquerade, especially Malkavians =)
    I really dig the title of your blog and why.

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    1. I love playing a Malkavian! My favorite character that I made was "Tyler". He was a really nice and sweet Malkie...who not only drank blood, but ate people thanks to his dementation. lol

      Next to them, I loved playing a Tzimisce.

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