#lord zash

[0alix0]

having khem join you during kotfe/kotet could've been a fucking comedy gold

[moontheoretist]

You know what is funny? That Zash is very clearly modeled after the Emperor Palpatine. She is the "nice and supportive master" who lies in order to get what she wants and wears a disguise of youth to fool everybody around her. Thanks to than when I imagine Sith Inquisitor ever appearing randomly in movie era, I feel like they would have one look at Palpatine and be so done. This is the exact same trick they already saw in action. Valkorion trying to steal Outlander's body is also the same trick Zash already used against Sith Inquisitor (it's also why playing as Inquisitor is funnier because they have this experience).

You can very convincigly play a Sith that is tired with this BS xD

[gardeningthegalaxy]

Lightsaber

[swtorpadawan]

Darth Zash Needs a Care Day

Seriously, though - i’m very glad SWTOR gave us an example of a Sith suffering the consequences for taking short cuts to additional power.

[theshieldbladelegacy]

No Khem! Dont eat her!

[ovary-harvester]

GUYS GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE WOULD ABSOLUTELY KILL IT AS A LIVE-ACTION LORD ZASH

[fancyfade]

following up to this post i made over 6 years ago when i was special-interesting swtor in college...

my interpretation/analysis of thew ith empire in the above post is also like. very unsubtly present in game

Zash's dialogue, if it's hard to read:

Yes "there is only passion". but do not forget -- "through passion, I gain strength; through strength, power." Passion is the method, power is the end.

like the game is not subtle about the empire being a fascist kratocracy. it sucks to be a sith (link) because they are constantly backstabbing each other. 3/4 of the imp side plots involve some type of backstabbing (bounty hunter being immune), normally master trying to kill apprentice (after having their apprentice dispatch threats they themselves could not deal with i think @badsithnocookie had a neat post analyzing this). Sith are constantly vying against each other for power, and there are various situations in which it's totally permissible for a sith to kill other imperials (so I guess sucks to be in the empire works better :P)

and like the game is, at least in vanilla, very aware of this fact! in various instances, the characters acknowledge that each sith who currently is in charge of the player also has their own master, who will do whatever they please, including using the chains/shackles rhetoric from the sith code (first linked post).

and while the fandom rhetoric often portrays the jedi as emotionally repressed and the sith as very free, the text of swtor does not really support this. Sith are not forbidden attachments -- but attachments are a weakness, that can and will be used against you by other sith (link)

relevant bit from that post:

that some of the passion stuff seemed weak with the Sith - like they clearly only encourage certain passions, and at least familial love is not one of them, seeing how many many Sith family relationships work - Beeltzit and Lady Grathan okay with sending you to off Lord Grathan, who she only married because it was advantageous… Whatshisface in BH plotline sending you after his daughter…

and note: Beeltzit, Gratham's son, was a secret from all the other sith because Gratham knew the other sith would try to use his son against him (and that is what Baras tells the player to do). Eskella goes to kill Tremel if the player doesn't, because him surviving and fleeing is embarrassing, and then he kills her if she finds him. Raina kills her own father for trying to protect her from the Sith Academy when she thinks she has to to keep the secret that she's force sensitive. Andru's ghost tells the player to drown children at birth because he's salty he got poisoned by his daughter, though if his daughter was also his apprentice this is par for the course -- thanaton assures the player (though he's about to try to kill them anyway so he doesn't really care what hey think) that its natural to want to kill your master when it appears player has killed zash. There is so much parent/child, master/apprentice murder in sith world, and in most cases it isn't even the bug - its the system. children are either a threat to power directly or something that could be used to threaten you, parents are a threat to power or something you will not be able to surpass without murder. the sith empire is just constantly eating itself.

I’m trying to transfer my brain mood from SWTOR to English class, so I can work on my midterm, and that reminded me when I was reading 1984, our assigned book, O’Brien’s rhetoric about Oceania’s structure reminded me of how I have Lycaea and her dad interpret Sith society structure (which u know… is definitely a huge chunk of how I interpret it)

For Lycaea: link. relevant line “Peace is a lie, there is only –” “Power. Power is the only thing that matters. Passion… freedom… that’s all dressing. Until you understand that you will never be able to fight as a Sith”

For O’Brien: “Why should [the Party] want power?” “You are ruling us for our own good…” “I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this: The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness; only power, pure power. … We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end…. The object of power is power.”

anyway I can’t tell if comparing my shit to the “classics” is pretentious, but this *is* making the book more interesting for me and succeeding in getting me in the mood for my midterm so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[reconstructionlegacy]

[ID: A drawing of Harkun's office, flanked by Zash on the left and (Braigwen's version of) Vowrawn to the right. At the top is the Roman number for '1,' and below the desk is the chapter name in golden Aurebesh. End ID]

chapter art for chapter one of your last serving daughter ("an excellent devil, who comes highly recommended"), @sith-shenanigans's writeup of an AU we've spent a year tossing around!

[aeskanera]

Old Republic O/PCs:

Darth Nox, the Heir of Kallig, Force Walker, Master of the Dead, Great Dragon, Slayer of Zash, Successor to Tulak Hord, Lord of the Sith

[fereise]

Overhaul/Update version for one of my proudest works, a main cover art(?) for my little project call Robotnik AU.

Characters list:

Upper row/section (above Movie Eggman's hands), from left to right: - Sonic.exe (the utmost terrifying OC/FC from the creepy pasta thingy) - Queen Boom Boo, Merc version (OC/FC made by Dan-Habiki/@Dan_Daymaker) - King Boom Boo - Lah - Su & Uh - Shadow the Hedgehog (Team Dark) - Rouge the Bat (Team Dark) - E-123 Omega (Team Dark) - Dr. Eggman Nega - Doctor Albert W. Wily (Megaman, Archie comics) - Honey the Cat - Breezie the Hedgehog - Bocoe & Decoe + Bokkun - Dark Oak/Lucas - Dark Queen/Merlina - Erazor Dijinn - Coconuts - Scratch & Grounders - General Helmut Von Stryker - Anton Veruca (Shogakukan magazines) - Junior Robotnik - Captain Whiskers & Johnny - Opal the Jellyfish (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Dive the Lemming (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Blade the Shark (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Captain Shellbreaker (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Mr. Bristles the Yeti Crab (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Mephiles the Dark - Silver Sonic - Dark Enerjak (Knuckle) - Nazo (appeared in Sonic X's last teaser) - Eggette/Omelette Robotnik (famed OC/FC originally designed by Alpha Gamboa (blackbookalpha)) - Infinite the Jackal - Solaris - Black Doom - Eclipse the Darkling - Black Death - Dark Gaia (Perfect form) - Metal Sonic - Iron Queen aka Regina Ferrum - Time Eater - Mammoth Mogul - Iron King aka Jun Kun - Imperator Ix - Wendy Naugus - Bearenger the Grizzly (Witchcarters) - Carrotia the Rabbit (Witchcarters) - Falke Wulf (Witchcarters) - Walter Naugus - Fleetway's Super Sonic - Shade the Echidna - Boomer Walrus aka Anti Rotor - Patch D'Coolette aka Anti Antoine - Princess Alicia Acorn aka Anti Sally

Middle section (below Eggman's hands), from left to right: - Speedy (both Pre and Post-Super Genesis Wave versions) - Sage - T.W. Barker - Dave the Intern - Sleet & Dingo - A.D.A.M. - E.V.E. - Lyric the Last Ancient - Zor - Zash (OC/FC made by @saccharinerose) - Zeena - Zazz - Zomom - Zavok - Master Zik - Agent Stone (Sonic movies 2020/2022) - Orbot & Cubot - Wes Weasely - Snively Robotnik - Dr. Robotnik (Sonic movies 2020/2022) - Thunderbolt the Chinchilla - Predator Hawk (Destructix) - Anti-Miles - Scourge the Hedgehog - Storm the Albatross - Wave the Swallow - Jet the Hawk - Rosy the Rascal - Sleuth "Doggy" Dawg (Destructix) - Sergeant Simian (Destructix) - Fiona Fox (Destructix) - Duck "Bill" Platypus - Bark the Polar Bear - Bean the Dynamite - Drago Wolf (Destructix) - Nicolette 'Nic' the Weasel - Razorclaw - The Foreman (Grandmaster) - Hugo Brass - Diesel - Flying Frog (Destructix) - Geoffrey St. John - Hershey the Cat - Nack the Weasel/Fang the Sniper (Team Hooligan) - Fleetway's Chaos (Darkon fish form)

Lower section, from left to right: - Dr. Finitevus - Grimer Wormtongue - Dr. Fukurokov - Dimitri the Echidna - Maw the Thylacine - Mecha Sally - Mecha Sonic - Mecha knuckle - Jackal Squad, named by Nibroc-Rock as Uno, Deux, Trois, Quatre, Cinq & Sei (Shadowy figures) - Kayseri Valaedshkova (OC/FC made by dirtthefox/@Its_Dima_V) - Strike (OC/FC made by @speedofsoundsketches) - Surge the Tenrec - Kit the Fennec - Sofia the Gorgon (OC/FC made by Sofia-MMD/@GorgonSofia) - Clutch the Opossum - Kaibette the Genet (OC/FC made by @kaibette) - Rough & Tumble the Skunk - Battle Lord Kukku XV - ***Mecha Robotnik - Akhlut the Orca (both Pre and Post-Super Genesis Wave versions) - Tundra the Walrus - Mordred Hood (drawn with @adokle's style) - The Foreman/Tassel boy (Post-Super Genesis Wave) - Mimic (the Mimic Octopus) - Byte the Goat (OC/FC made by @bunniibones) - Lightning Lynx - Iblis - Phage - Conquering Storm (Post-Super Genesis Wave) - Bride of the Conquering Storm (Pre-Super Genesis Wave) - Dr. Starline - Biolizard - Sigma (Megaman, Archie comics) - Axel the Water Buffalo - Abyss the Squid - Cyani the Cobra (OC/FC made by @bunniibones) - Cipher the Owl (OC/FC made by @bunniibones) - Bleak (OC/FC made by HT-Doodles/@HtDoodles) - Clove the Pronghorn (my top fav among all the characters here) - Cassia the Pronghorn - Lien-da - Chaos - Tikal the Echidna - Pachacamac - Gae-Na - Kragok - Thrash the Devil - Warden Zobotnik & Znively (Zone Cop) - Belinda & Charlie - Nephthys the Vulture - ??? (Behind Nephthys) - Trevor Burrow the Mole (Desert Raiders) - Sonar the Fennec (Desert Raiders) - Spike the Porcupine (Desert Raiders) - Razor the Shark - Queen Angelica - Rusty Rose - Robo Tails (Brain-washed, based on Sonic Lost World's designs) - Beauregard Rabbot - Jack Rabbit - Matilda the Armadillo - Zefir (my main OC/FC) - Gamer Deer (aka 'Aleko' the Northamer Guard or the 'Gamerdeerdude' by @adokle) - Zonic (Zone Cop) - Chesah the Tarsier aka No.29 (my OC/FC) - Sandy the Caterkiller (OC/FC made by @the-hydroxian-artblog)

For the Alt version: FeReinsm on Instagram: “Overhaul/update versions for one of my proudest works, a main cover art(?) for my lil’ project - Robotnik AU. For the 2nd and 4th pics…”

[blackberry-command-cap]

Valkerie Beausoleil was born into the Beausoleil house/lineage: an old, prestigious house of Force-sensitives known for their charisma and extremely good genetics (they’re all extremely fair-skinned, blond-haired, and beautiful). Prioritizing looks over force-sensitivity when continuing the line has led to a reputation of being weak; much of their power comes from their connections, intrigue, and old money, not martial strength. Knowing this, leaders of the house have become more pedantic about keeping up appearances because they know the minute they put a toe out of line they could be challenged. Darth Angral and Lord Zash are Beausoleils as well as just about any other blond Sith.

She's the literal and figurative black sheep of the family. Literal because she's somehow got pitch black hair instead of the trademark blond hair. Figurative because she's outspoken, doesn't much care for polite intrigue and social delicacy, and very strong with the Force. All of which got her disowned, but that's okay. Even with basically half the Sith actively shunning her, she can claw her way to the top just fine by herself, and then when she outranks all of them they'll get their comeuppance.

[ospreyeamon]

the mastery duel

In the Sith Empire there are several legally designated varieties of formal duel. Killing your opponent in a formal duel is not murder, provided the duel was instigated in an appropriate way. To control the level of churn caused by junior Sith attempting to duel their superiors for their positions, a senior Sith must accept the junior Sith’s challenge for the duel to be valid. However, refusing a challenge may be taken as a sign of weakness.

One of the most famous duels is the Kaggath, which was soft-banned for centuries because its nature of being power-base vs power-base rather than individual vs individual means Kaggath tend to be extremely destructive and cause significant collateral damage.

Another is the Asinyattal* – the mastery duel. Asinyattals are fought between Master and Apprentice. Specifically, they are fought between an apprentice and their Linage-Master – the highest living member of their apprenticeship family tree.

Challenges are publicly issued prior to the commencement of the duel. While a Master will offer a challenge on the grounds of it being necessary to prove the Apprentice is ready to lead the Teaching-Lineage, Apprentices must lodge an argument that the Master is leading the Teaching-Lineage is the wrong direction and that they will take it on a better course. If there are other Apprentice Sith in the Teaching-Linage – which there usually are as having Apprentices is a symbol of strength and prestige – then they can publicly refute the challenger’s argument, siding with the current Master. Should the majority of the other Apprentices refute the challenge, the Apprentice making it may decide to withdraw and offer a formal apology to their Master for doubting their leadership, which the Master may or may not accept. Conversely, the Master can accept the validity of their Apprentice’s arguments and step aside without fighting.

Non-fatal resolutions to challenges were more common in the days before the reign of Emperor Vitiate. Consensually forfeiting the position as head of the Teaching-Linage is usually seen as an admittance of weakness in the Reconstituted Empire rather than a pragmatic restructure or opportunity to retire. Settling Asinyattals by debate was more common in the Old Empire.

Darth Zash’s plot to steal the body and life of her senior Apprentice hinged heavily on the culture of the mastery duel. If the fallout of the body-theft resulted in her being condemned for her own murder Zash’s scheme would amount to nothing. To avoid this Zash legally designated Lord Kallig her heir, privately confided in some select parties she was dying and considering how best to secure her legacy beyond her death, talked a lot about the great achievements she foresaw in Kallig’s future, left a timed message proclaiming the Asinyattal to be released when she lured them into her trap – and then had Khem Val ruin everything.

This aspect of Zash’s plot ended up playing out very much to her Apprentice’s advantage. Lord Kallig was protected from criticism for “killing” Zash because the publicly available evidence was that Zash had wanted to die lightsaber in hand. Zash’s other Apprentices, Corrin and Kaal, transferred their loyalty to Kallig as their new Master because Zash’s apparent final wish had been for them to respect the result of the duel and help Lord Kallig lead the Sith into a new age. Instead of stealing her Apprentice’s life, Zash accidentally signed over a significant portion of her own.

Arguably one of the most pivotal Asinyattals was fought between Kreia and the Jedi Exile on Malachor V. While neither of the combatants were Sith, the battle had the hallmarks of a classic Asinyattal; fought between a master and apprentice who were part of an extended teaching-linage with the other students weighing in with their support in the lead up to the duel proper, the result of philosophical differences and visions of direction the extended group should take rather being a simple power play, the defeated master acknowledged the validity of her apprentice’s victory over her. While attributed little to no importance by most histories in the Republic and the Empire, the consequences should Kreia have prevailed would have reshaped the galaxy. In addition to dealing what might have been a fatal blow to the Jedi, the all-consuming deafening scream would have been transmitted from lost Sith worlds like Korriban and Malachor V itself into the Sith Empire. In such a timeline the Great Galactic War would have happened very differently, if it happened at all.

*from the root asinyât (Old Kyattam); verb. ascend, usurp.

[lanabenikosdoormat]

have you progressed far enough in the sith warrior story to find out quinn’s ‘secret’? calling it that bc i dont want to spoil anything 😭😭 if so, how does verity react??? im very intrigued by her character

HIIIII verity is on the brain today so I saved this ask just for the occasion. And dw - I'm well into SOR with her, so I'm all too familiar with the incident. Still. I'll put this below the cut for others who haven't finished the sith warrior story :)

Babygirl has been betrayed several times by those closest to her, notably her elder brother, Kanen and her lord father. She's a sith but she does have an aura of naivety given her sheltered upbringing and natural talent with the force (lack of struggle leads to overconfidence). So, she didn't think it would be Quinn - too lovestruck and happy that she finally found someone she adored and who adored her in turn.

You have to strike down Quinn in the fight anyways, and that's as far as she goes with him. She doesn't punish him for it, but she also doesn't just get up and forgive him either, I found the choices you could pick not as developed as I would've liked. He has to sleep on the couch.

Though she knows there was a power imbalance, as with all sith lords and their underlings (Jadus, Baras, Zash, etc... etc..) so she doesn't fully blame him either. Because Baras is the worst, and if Quinn defied him, he could've been killed. So she understands, she just wishes it hadn't come to such dire circumstances. Quinn doesn't feel like Verity should even let him live, and she has to be like "bby you were grossly manipulated by a sith who could snap your neck with a flick of his wrist" She's forgiving, but still hurt.

[gardeningthegalaxy]

Tukata

[serenofroses]

been dabbling some thoughts on Mal Quinn after he became a 'stole a npc and turned them into oc' move. During his time on Balmorra, Quinn goes through abuse and harrassment by Darth Minax whom he has a child with, he took his child away to get out of Balmorra with Kritanta's help.

which got me to think about Kritanta as a father for a bit.

putting under readmore bc it's long and mentions of SA topic (based off my experience as a teen).

I think Kritanta could see a bit of himself in Mal. because they're both parents who are trying their damnest best to protect their own daughters.

though, in Kritanta's case, he felt like... he had failed in protecting the twins. Mainly because he wasn't there for them much like he has hoped but his Wrath duties took up most of his time when the girls grew older/are preteens. Then abduction happened while they were Sith acolytes.

Ania get abducted and lost her ability to use the Force physically which has fucked her up to the point she felt she lost a part of herself. Kritanta fought against restraints while trying to save Ania but was forced watch the Empress drain her Force. Ania has kept her distance and didn't dare to open up about her feelings to her parents. Kritanta wondered if she blamed him for not being strong enough to prevent that happened. She opened up to Jadis, and later Marr, about that traumatic ordeal. Ania remained with the Sith Empire and went on to join the Intelligence much to her parents' wariness.

then Thanaton got involved with his part in Jazz's abduction. He overwhelmed her with the power of the Force (severely damaged her abilities which she later regain it back with the Noetikons) then sold Jazz out to the rogue Sith Lord in a way to hurt at Vowrawn and possibly Zash. While raiding the flagship, Kritanta went into a rage and killed the Sith Lord for touching and forcing Jazz into sexual coercion. Jazz was relieved her dad came to rescue her in time before it got much worse then she substained a head injury while escaping the flagship which lead to her going to the Jedi Order with her aunt Elysia as her legal guardian.

So Kritanta helping Quinn rescue his child was him trying to make amends with his past when he failed to protect Ania and Jazz from harm way. He wasn't going to let Quinn go through that alone after he had helped him track down Baras' spy. A favour for a favour.

[theshieldbladelegacy]

Meeting Lord Zash.