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The character
of "Jitar" originated in the online game "EverQuest." He was the second
character
I
created, and
ended up being my primary character. I
have always had an affinity for Cats, and the release of the Luclin
Expansion for EQ came at the right time. I was tired of the problems
with the Ultima Online Game and the Idea that I could create a
character in a cat based race was very appealing.
The name actually came about from EverQuest's random name generator. As
I was creating the character, the server gave me several names which I
didn't like. It did eventually give me one that sounded Okay but when I
tried it, it had already been taken by someone else.. After
re-arranging the letters a little I was rewarded with the name "Jitar"
which the server accepted.
Since his creation in early 2002, the Jitar character has logged over
1,850 hours of play. (as of Dec 2008.) During that time the character
developed not only in terms of game play statistics, but in personality.
Jitar was transfered to the Drinal Server when Tarew Marr server was
merged to Drinal. He is Level 66, but has mostly retired since
becoming a Vah-Shir Elder.
![[Seperator Bar]](images/CBAR-BBB.GIF)
Very shortly
after entering the Second Life Virtual World, I found FurNation. It is
a place within SL populated by people wh o have
anthropomorphic avatars. (Those like Jitar, which are an animal of some
sort which can walk and talk in human form.)
Although he originally retained most of his EQ personality, Jitar went
through a
bit of modernization in the translation to Second Life. He now wears
glasses, and smokes a cigar (which he is rarely seen without.)
Jitar has always dressed well. After all ... Cats, and especially
Siamese Cats are very particular about grooming. In this incarnation he
normally wears a suit. He doesn't over-do the jewelery but does wear
some, and since becoming a radio DJ has on occasion dressed the part.
(But always tastefully.)
In Late 2019/Early 2020 Jitar was updated in Second Life.
With the introduction of modeled meshes several years ago, Luskwood updated
their cat avatar model.
The Avatar now has several scripts which control twitching of the ears and
whiskers, and blinking of the eyes. His tail is now hangs more naturally
and also randomly twitches. When I am "speaking" (either in voice chat or
typing in-world) his jaw opens and closes.
I also updated his wardrobe to the newer mesh based clothing.
Wearing either a suit, or Tux, He is still one of the best
dressed avatars in Second Life.
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