Ancient Vulcan - Fanlore

To set a story on Ancient Vulcan is a popular story trope in Star Trek fanfic. These stories feature a Vulcan society without their emotional control, and often quite savage, though not necessarily primitive (it can be technologically advanced or with tribal barbarians). This can be either real Vulcan in the past at any point before Surak and Vulcan's Reform towards peace, some kind of alternate universe (mirror universes, parallel universes etc.) or a society of Vulcanoid people who are living on another planet (e.g. were seeded by the Preservers or a faction of Vulcans who colonized the planet in the past, though the Romulans are usually not counted for the trope).

Some fanfic just explores Vulcan's past (some profic too), but often some "modern" characters end up encountering Ancient Vulcan and have to deal with it. This is often utilized as vehicle for h/c or slavefic. In slash and het this can also be used to get a Vulcan character, such as Spock or Tuvok to act more emotional to get the pairing of choice together. It can be easily combined with pon farr fic too.

Examples

• Echoes from the Past by Phaedra Morgan, a novel published in Matter/Antimatter #9 (1990)
• The Great Awakening by chinae (posted June 2010 for the Star Trek Reverse Bang)
• Hazan by Fiona James, first in Duet #6 (1982)
• The Lorath by Ray Newton, in Naked Times #3 (1979)
• Oasis by kyliselle (posted Jul/Aug 2010)
• The Prize by Ray Newton (1981)
• Slaveworld by Gloria Fry
• The Soul Inside by Elise Madrid first in Starry Knights #1 (July 2003)
• The Time of Surak (1979), anthology zine
• Timelines by A.T. Bush, in T'hy'la #8 (1989)

Gallery

illustration for "The Lorath" by Michael Verina from Naked Times 3	cover of T'hy'la 8 by Gayle F	backcover of T'hy'la 8 by DEEB	Charisma cover by Marilyn Cole
Interior art by Gayle F for The Prize

Links

• Star Trek thematic list: Ancient/Non-Reform Vulcan