Originally when I started Second Life, I was just an explorer and not really active in the roleplay community. When I wanted a horse to ride on, I created an alt that was just a horse (I loved how the horse avatars moved with the riding systems), and got into the Equestrian RP community. My alt horse avatar has a backstory, and now my main (this one) has a backstory for the Equestrian RP community. That backstory, however stays within the Equestrian Roleplays that I partake in if that makes sense. You can say that Ash is somewhat an extension of me, in that I tried to make her look similar to my RL self and she loves horses (although she owns my alt and I partake in riding lessons.)