The Story of TOLS

Welcome to Tales Of a Lost Species, 'TOLS' for short. Our designs and themes aren't just products; they are fragments of an evolving story, told through quotes taken directly from conversations between two fictional characters.

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In the year 2516, Asha, a 25-year-old fascinated by the relics of the past, searches the ruins of an old building. Buried under dust and broken stone, she discovers something she never thought she’d see: a robot.

She freezes, barely able to breathe. She had only seen pictures of them in ancient documents, but no one had ever found one. The machine is the size of a seven-year-old child, its pale blue frame rusted, its power long gone.

For days, Asha works tirelessly. She cleans every wire and repairs every joint, refusing to give up. At last, she restores a spark of life.

The robot’s eyes flicker open with a faint blue glow.

“Hello,” it whispers, its voice crackling with static.

Asha stares in awe. The robot, whom she names Bodhi, isn’t just functional—it’s sentient. And within its memory lies something even greater: the lost history of the old world. For as long as Asha has lived, no one has known what caused the Great Event, the disaster that fractured civilization and left the planet barren. People rebuilt in scattered communities, surviving but never remembering.

“The Great Event wasn’t an accident,” Bodhi says, its glowing eyes steady on hers. “It was a choice.”

The words strike Asha like thunder. The past isn’t just history—it’s a warning. It wasn’t a storm, or disease, or chance. It was a war. A war that wiped out billions, poisoned vast areas of the earth, and erased the world that came before.

And through Bodhi, she holds the key to shaping what humanity will become.

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Their conversations revealed the fundamental choices that define our existence, leading to the core duality of the TOLS brand:

The Old Ways
Echoes of a civilization that chose control over connection, deception over truth. A path that led to its collapse.

The Awakening
Remembering our essence, reconnecting with the whole, and opening to a deeper way of seeing.

Each piece is waiting to be discovered and interpreted by those who wear it.

You’re not just wearing something.
You’re remembering something.
You’re part of something.
And that, too, is a choice.