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sith-shenanigans · 2 years ago

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usually I think yes but like. they know about 1-3 of the Councilors. and maybe a Sith who’s at the top of their personal command chain. basically average “who is in the government?” levels of knowledge, including there being people who are absolute weird nerds about Sith politics who can name all the Councilors and their second-in-commands and follow tabloids about them and everyone else is just. no. why. yes half the department has a crush on Darth Marr despite having no kriffing idea what’s under the mask but we’re not like THAT about it,

Does the average citizen know who the members of the Dark Council are? Like could a random person name a single Dark Lord?

#i think councilors are generally public figures. whether they're public figures anyone *cares* about varies #the exceptions are some intelligence councilors and most mysteries councilors #i feel like intelligence councilors are slightly more prone to having a terrifying masked sith identity and like #being some random anonymous lord when they take off the clothes #than to no one knowing who the intelligence councilor is at all #and mysteries councilors don't deal with any of the normal people parts of the empire at all #so they *are* prone to just. Not Existing in any way that can be tracked. the rest of the council knows and that's enough #marr is a war-hero-flavor celebrity. *everyone* knows who he is #most people know who vowrawn is because he is full of flashy public persona but most logistics councilors are probably ??? to the public #after that. you probably know who the councilor whose sphere controls your ministry is #scientific and academic councilors largely get forgotten about unless they do interesting public things #the kaggath made a lot of people suddenly way more interested in what knowledge was doing. usually what knowledge is doing is weird research #then suddenly it was 'this guy took over knowledge and immediately challenged a random lord to an incredibly public duel in a war zone.'#*that* was interesting #there was betting #whether the imperial public cares all that much about the inquisitor afterwards would depend on What They Are Like i would think #assuming all expansions are done however they're definitely more active and involved outside their sphere than average for knowledge #a lot of them have. loud. personalities too #so i think the average inquisitor tips more towards 'interesting politician we hear about a lot'#than 'governmental head of something the average citizen doesn't care about'#ahene… has a less *loud* personality than the average inquisitor but she has a lot of stage presence and a sense of public responsibility #she has a decent amount of name recognition as a councilor. doesn't get recognized on the street without khem and her Important Sith Clothes #she is a very average-looking person and doesn't have an Aura Of Scary #and she code-switches very well #so she can effectively go incognito even without doing 'don't notice me' stealth things #she doesn't do it *often* because it's largely a bad idea but sometimes it's the only way she can. not crack #because she is too visible and too invisible at the same time #and her secret vice is that she still wants to feel free.#io's replies #swtor worldbuilding

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