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[swtorpadawan]

Notes for Mila Eacalus?

Thanks for the ask, @khrushchevs-corn-farm !

It didn't go great for poor Mila, running into Zu'fanda Pampya. Had she encountered one of my other Sith Inquisitors, like Ozibaumnu, Quoraah or Tufiiy, it would have been reasonably painless.

Zu'fanda was pissed Mila didn't have her lightsaber. If Andronikos hadn't been there, she might have killed her on the spot.

(Andronikos is pretty DS, but he draws the line at torturing and murdering innocent women.)

After retrieving the lightsaber, Zu'fanda told Mila she had to make it up to her for her father's mistakes: She ordered her to join Rylee and Destris and help them run the Cult of the Screaming Blade.

Despite the loss of autonomy, Mila was relatively okay with working for the cult. She was able to pay off her family's debts.

But when things went sideways after Zu'fanda's death, things got hairy. The trio kept things going for as long as they could, but eventually, a riot got out of control.

In all the confusion, Mila and Destris were tragically killed while Rylee mysteriously disappeared.

(Dun-dun-duuuun!)

[jjjwhovian]

More Q's about your Inquisitor! How did Rylee Dray die? How did Zinkea get along with Ashara?

First question:

Zinkaea’s cult on Nar Shadda was in a little “despite” against a gang that’s been targeting their weapon shipments, one day a small group raided the cults base, they were able to fight the group off but quite a few members died in the process.

Rylee was one of those people.

Zin was just starting to get serious about getting into a relationship with her as well, so when he heard about what happened…

Let’s just say the gang was never heard from again.

Second question:

At the start Zinkaea intended to corrupt Ashara and bring her over fully to the Dark Side but she was more persistent than he thought, he almost respected that.

I wouldn’t say they hated each other but they didn’t really get along, sure they both wanted the Empire to be better than it was but they’d clash when it came to the atrocities the Sith commits, the Apprentice getting angrier when Zin always took the Sith’s side.

And when Ashara brought making peace with Jedi into things Zinkaea would just sneer and belittle her for being stupid. Hell, when she suggested teaching his future children about the Jedi he pretty much laughed her out of the room.

Six/Seven years later when they reunite and Zin is now part of the Alliance…he regrets the things he said to her and treats her much better than before.

He never believed in her dream of Jedi and Sith working together. But he does now.

[sith-shenanigans]

Paladius Had Daegin Strell Killed

This is a theory I’ve had for a bit and that I’m planning to write into Liminality. It just… makes the most sense. It’s never stated that Strell died of unnatural causes, but it’s never stated he died of natural ones, either—and Paladius was the one who stood to gain.

Here’s what Zash and Rylee have to say about the timetables involved:

Darth Zash: “The artifact—a pendant called the Eye of Tulak—belongs to the Sith Lord Paladius. He's lived here many years, converting Nar Shaddaa's poor and suffering into zealous followers. His own cult.”

Rylee Dray: “The place is called the Strell House, for a charity worker named Daegin Strell. The people looked to him as a leader. He's been dead nearly a decade, but his name still means something—and I thought it couldn't hurt to have his name associated with yours.”

“Many years” doesn’t necessarily equal “nearly a decade,” but it certainly doesn’t contradict it, especially since “right after the Treaty of Coruscant” is when it makes the most sense for a random Sith to go do something militarily useless. And when you crash Paladius’s address…

Screaming Blade Pilgrim: “The Strell House—a good place, that. Daegin Strell was a good man.”

…it certainly sounds like some of his disciples used to be Strell’s.

Screaming Blade Supporter: “You're crazy! What will forgiveness get us? Ten more years in the gutter, that's what.”

Screaming Blade Pilgrim: “It's not as if we got any higher up under Paladius. The gutter's the gutter.”

And this exchange, taken together, could imply that Paladius has been active on Nar Shaddaa for a little under ten years.

Strell was well-known, was a leader of the people, was—as Destris references at one point—drawing crowds. Then he dies, and Paladius moves in, seemingly quite quickly. Paladius crushes the “meanest gang around” (and they would make good people to pin Strell’s death on, really, if it wasn’t something more subtle). Paladius takes in the people who now have no one else to turn to.

Paladius, in it for his own self-aggrandizement, likely wouldn’t have gotten anywhere if Strell had been alive. And it says something that the Strell House has been empty for ten years.

Maybe something about respect—or maybe that people remember how Strell died, and what happened to anyone who tried to continue his work.

[kalligfamilysoapopera]

CHARACTER PROFILE: Kirsi Solaan-Rayo

FULL NAME: Kirsi Mireya Solaan-Rayo AGE (As of 10 ATC): 18 GENDER: Nonbinary (They/Them) SPECIES: Human/Cyborg

CLASS: Sith Inquisitor COMBAT STYLE: Lightning Sorcerer (Through KOT** expansions), Seer Sage (Onslaught and onward)

LEGACY: Solaan-Jyoti SERVER: Star Forge

Full bio below the cut. cw for child abuse, human experimentation, slavery/human trafficking, parent death, cults, and brainwashing.

Early Life

Kirsi was born on Nar Shaddaa to Mico Solaan, an Engineering Chief at Deucalon Spaceport, and Alita Rayo Satara, a researcher working on a cure for the Rot. They spent their early childhood with their parents in a nice, upper-middle-class apartment, up until they were nearly seven years old. 

Unbeknownst to the Solaan-Rayo family, Mico’s estranged brother, Tera Solaan, had accrued a massive gambling debt that he couldn’t pay off. Tera reached out to Mico, stating that he wished to reconcile, and Mico agreed to meet him, but did not return home from the meeting. The following day, armed thugs arrived at the Solaan-Rayo apartment, seizing Alita and Kirsi. Tera, unable to pay his debt, had sold his three remaining family members to get the credits he needed. 

The three of them were brought to the Erolux Sentient Research Center, where they were placed in a small apartment. Various forms of psychological conditioning and drugs were used on Kirsi’s parents to manipulate their perception of the world around them, and their interactions with one another, as well as their child, were monitored as part of a twisted experiment. 

Kirsi, who was still too young to fully understand what was going on, was thrown into a life of instability. One day, everything would be fine. The next, their parents would be yelling, fighting, or hurting one another or Kirsi. Then they would disappear, then be brought back, remembering nothing of what had happened before.

Kirsi spent three years in this unstable ‘household’, quickly growing to distrust their parents, unaware of what was making them behave that way. For all they knew, they had just moved to a smaller apartment, Then, one day, there was a miscalculation by the brainwashers-- Mico was made a little too aggressive, and struck Alita a little too hard. Kirsi watched their father kill their mother at the dinner table one night, turn on them, and then watched him be promptly struck down by a blaster bolt to the neck. 

The ten-year-old was extracted from the apartment and, with the experiment effectively ended prematurely, and with the trauma of their parents’ deaths seared into their mind, Kirsi was deemed unsuitable as a specimen for further research. 

Erolux sold Kirsi with a group of other “failed experiments,” where they were purchased by a small Imperial Laboratory that was working on a Super-Soldier Project. There, Kirsi was brutally trained in combat to use an arsenal of weapons, and underwent painful cybernetic augmentations, including the replacement of all four of their limbs. They spent eight years ‘in development’ at the laboratory. Where, with Erolux, Kirsi had had the illusion of living a normal life, here, they were treated like an object, a project-- less sentient than a droid. 

Then, their Force Sensitivity was discovered when a Sith Lord overseeing the project came to inspect the subjects. The Sith, Lord Veratan, realised that Kirsi was surpassing the other subjects not only because of their augmentations, but also by using the Force. Veratan was, however, less than pleased with this-- Kirsi’s Force Sensitivity would skew the data-- and ordered that Kirsi be sent to Korriban, either to become Sith, or to die.

Sith Acolyte

GEAR Head: -- Chest:  Neophyte Robe Wrists: -- Hands: Series 614 Cybernetic Hands Waist: -- Legs: Neophyte’s Lower Robe Feet: Neophyte Anklewraps - Dye: -- Weapon: Sith Practice Blade - Crystal: -- It was difficult for Kirsi to transition between research specimen and Sith acolyte. They spent the voyage aboard a small cruiser with a handful of others in a similar situation-- former slaves of the Empire sent to Korriban to become Sith with no say in the matter. Kirsi became rather close to one in particular, Kory, the first being to speak to them like a person in about as long as they could remember. By the time they reached Korriban, Kirsi had opened up a bit and gotten used to speaking and holding conversations again.

When Kirsi arrived on Korriban, they were assigned to Overseer Harkun, who took an instant dislike to them, and tried to get them killed at every possible opportunity. Though initially unenthusiastic about being forced to become Sith, Kirsi gained much more ambition simply because of the pushback from Harkun. They quickly developed a sharp tongue and haughty attitude in response. This infuriated Harkun more, which only stoked Kirsi’s own resolve. With Kory’s death and a budding rivalry with another acolyte, Ffon Althe, Kirsi was pushed to success, rather than beaten down. 

Though Harkun hated them, Kirsi became the favorite of Lord Zash, their potential future master. Though distrustful of Zash, as they were of everyone, Kirsi enjoyed the respect that the Sith Lord offered them-- something nearly unheard of before now. 

As a part of their final trial, Kirsi freed the Dashade, Khem Val, who begrudgingly vowed to serve them. Knowing how it feels to be seen as a tool, Kirsi felt a kinship with the Dashade, and vowed to treat Khem as a person-- hoping that eventually, Khem would warm up to them.

As the only successful Acolyte of the group, much to Harkun’s despair, Kirsi became the Apprentice of Lord Zash and left Korriban for Dromund Kaas.

Sith Apprentice

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Important Story Notes

Dromund Kaas

Completes the Revanite questline along with the class story, becomes a Revanite and does not betray them. As someone not particularly fond of the Sith Empire, they don’t mind undermining it.

As someone on a similar level to Darth Skotia in terms of cybernetics, they find the whole affair rather uncomfortable, and don’t particularly like knowing that Zash has the ability to cripple cyborgs to that degree. 

Doesn’t much care about Lord Kallig’s claims of ancestry. Kirsi has long since given up caring about family. 

Defends Zash from Kallig, and wants to be able to trust her, though in truth they remain wary and heed the warnings. 

Balmorra

Completes the Planetary Series and Planetary Bonus Series with mostly Light Side choices. Kirsi is not particularly fond of Darth Lachris.

Frees Hiran Bessiker, not without trading a few insults though. Kirsi is not fond of Hiran, and doesn’t free him to be a good person-- they free him because they have grown a bit attached to Major Bessiker. 

No stranger to being injected with strange substances, being given the Colicoid DNA Serum is uncomfortable, but not unordinary for them.

Kirsi leaves Balmorra quite fond of both Major Bessiker and Iannos Tyrek, and lets both of them live and allows Tyrek to leave the Empire.

Nar Shaddaa

Kirsi chooses to cure the Rot to gain support. During the process, they find out that the cure is the same one that their mother, Alita, had begun work on. It’s both bittersweet and traumatic, being so close to something from their early life.

They complete the second portion of the Nar Shaddaa Planetary, working with the Imperial Reclamation Service to enter Revan’s Vault. They spare the Ongree and take a piece of the Infinite Engine back to the Reclamation Service. 

Kirsi kills Lord Paladius and gives the cult to Destris Veran and Rylee Dray before leaving Nar Shaddaa. They don’t have too much interest in it after their mission is complete. 

They were incredibly uncomfortable with the way that Paladius managed to sever them from the Force, which is part of the reason they killed him. Otherwise, they just found his behaviour distasteful.

Kirsi then goes to Korriban at Kallig’s behest and duels Lord Khreusis for Kallig’s Countenance. They still don’t want to believe that Zash will betray them, but they are a bit concerned by Kallig’s news, so they want every advantage they can get. Khreusis is incredibly irritating, and they have no qualms killing him.

Tatooine

At first, Kirsi doesn’t get along very well with Andronikos Revel, but bonds with him while hunting the artefact and his crew. In the end, they’re very happy to have him.

Completes the Tatooine Planetary Arc. Is fond of Darth Silthar, and a little upset when he dies. 

Is deeply upset by the Imprisoned One’s cybernecrotic soldiers and chooses to destroy the Mind Prison. 

Goes to find Veshikk Ur with Khem Val.

Completes the Tatooine Bonus Series.

By the time they’re finally able to leave Tatooine, they are very tired of it and never want to go back. Each additional questline is yet another failed attempt to leave the planet.

The First Meeting

While working with the Imperial Reclamation Service, Kirsi’s search leads them to a vault in the Dune Sea. There, while attempting to infiltrate the abandoned vault, they run into Jedi Shadow Nairah Jyoti. The pair debate on fighting one another, neither really wanting to do so, but decide to team up on a spur of the moment when they are attacked by the Imprisoned One’s cybernecrotic minions. After the battle, Nairah and Kirsi both agree that the mind prison holding the Imprisoned One must be destroyed. A bit battered and tired from the fight and from wandering the desert, the pair accompany one another back through the Dune Sea. As they near civilisation, Sith and Jedi part ways peacefully-- deciding that, if they do have to fight, they will do it another day. 

Alderaan

Kirsi is not fond of dealing with the political climate of Alderaan. They find themself rather ill-equipped for it.

Kirsi attempts to reconcile Nomar Organa and Rehanna Rist-- they don’t see a reason to kill Organa, as they have nothing in particular against the Jedi, and they find it a bit entertaining to subvert their expectations of a Sith.

They really thought that Organa was being genuine, but they didn’t mind killing him after he broke Rehanna’s heart again. 

When Elana Thul asks for help stopping House Organa’s attack on House Thul, Kirsi agrees and fights them back.

When Kirsi goes to retrieve Kallig’s lightsaber, they spare Mia Escalus without any torture, allow Gyl Rosen’s mercenaries to flee, but kill Rosen himself.

Zash’s betrayal is not unexpected, but still deeply upsetting to Kirsi. Despite their wariness, they had wanted everything to turn out alright. Instead of a normal battle, Zash used the device that Kirsi used against Skotia to weaken them during the fight, an event that traumatised Kirsi even further. When Zash’s consciousness ends up inside of Khem Val, they vow to find a way to get her out.

Sith Lord

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Important Story Notes

After Zash’s betrayal Kirsi changes quite a bit, becoming more interested in gaining power for themself, so that they cannot be bested as they nearly were by Zash. They inherit Zash’s power base, including her apprentices Corrin and Kaal, and take on the mantle of Lord Kallig.

Unlike with Zash, Kirsi distrusts Darth Thanaton from the beginning, but sees no choice other than to follow his orders. Their true station within the Empire, despite being a Lord, becomes apparent. Kirsi is not surprised at Thanaton’s attempt to get them killed, just bitterly proven right.

After learning the Force Walking ritual and binding Darth Ergast, Kirsi creates a pact with Darth Andru, rather than binding him forcibly.

Taris

Though embittered now, Kirsi is not cruel or manipulative toward Ashara Zavros, and doesn’t seek out confrontation with her or her masters. Their bitterness is personal and not applied to everyone. There is still a degree of discomfort to their relationship, and Kirsi thinks that they are genuinely helping Ashara by teaching her to use the Dark Side. 

Binds Kalatosh Zavros forcibly due to the way he spoke to Ashara.

Between Taris and Quesh, Kirsi becomes involved in an operation dealing with the escape of Revan from the Maelstrom Prison, working with three others in an Imperial Strike Team. They defeat Revan at the Foundry.

Quesh

Kirsi was extremely upset by the deaths of Corrin and Kaal. This became a tipping point-- they fly into a rage and kill Lord Cineratus, the first time they completely lose control in battle. 

A Friendship Forms

In the aftermath of losing their apprentices to Thanaton’s machinations, Kirsi runs into an old acquaintance. Nairah Jyoti, now a Jedi Master at (by her own admission) far too soon, has been having some struggles of her own. Both struggling with recent events the two of them spend the night camping together, speaking freely this time about their struggles and offering one another some small comfort. Unknowingly, Kirsi in their despair encourages some of Nairah’s doubts about her place with the Jedi, while her seemingly steadfast commitment to the light doesn’t do much to soothe Kirsi’s rattled emotions. Still, they find that they enjoy one another’s company and, rather than putting off their fight further, decide to become friends. They generate a private frequency, and promise that, when talking or spending time with one another, they will not think about their allegiances.

Hoth

Initially, Kirsi is a little irritated and impatient with Talos Drellik, but Talos' prescence proved balancing to an increasingly-agitated Kirsi, and they quickly became fond of the lieutenant. So much so that they allowed Talos to take the time to make a record of the tomb they needed to desecrate.

Binds Horak-Mul forcibly because his requests caused Talos distress, and Kirsi isn't fond of people who make demands of them.

When the ghosts overtook Kirsi’s body, and they began deteriorating, they became extremely depressed, and considered giving up entirely. It took the encouragement of their crew, as well as Nairah, to keep going and find a way to control it and recover.

Belsavis

Kirsi chose to free the Mother Machine, Ashaa, and allowed her to eradicate the Rakata. They don’t have much sympathy for the species that wishes to enslave the galaxy. In addition to restructuring Kirsi’s body to be able to withstand Force-Walking, they also requested that their natural limbs be restored, a request that Ashaa granted. Though Kirsi kept their neural implants and monitoring systems, their body was no longer made up of a majority of outdated mechanical parts and, thus, would no longer be able to be targeted by attacks specifically meant to damage droids or cyborgs. 

As a result of their rebuilding, Kirsi’s ability to channel Force Lightning was both reduced and enhanced-- as they had had a habit of using their cybernetic limbs to increase the strength of their lightning, but doing so also caused quite a bit of pain and damage to themself. Now, because they were able to use their abilities without simultaneously harming themself, though a bit weaker in the moment, they are able to sustain a fight for far longer. 

While on Belsavis, Kirsi also completes the Planetary Series and frees the Dread Masters. 

When attempting to contact Nairah after their mission is successful, Kirsi finds that they are unable to get through to the Jedi. They are rather concerned, but do not have the time to attempt again, as they are contacted by Moff Pyron. 

They are initially very distrustful of Pyron, and keep their guard up, but eventually realise that they will need Pyron’s support to take down Thanaton and secure their position in the Empire. They obtain the CN 12 chip on Nar Shaddaa, while Force Persuading the members of the Veil to join them, rather than turning over control of the cult on Nar Shaddaa.

Voss

Kirsi binds the spirit of Mar-Da.

When leaving Voss with Hadrik, Kirsi Force-persuades Sor-Nak into believing that Hadrik is not there, wishing to fulfill their promise to the Gormak.

Kirsi leaves Voss with a very negative opinion on the Voss overall, based on the way they treated them, as well as the way they treated the Gormak.

While a little concerned about Xalek’s “unconventional methods”, Kirsi was quick to take the Kaleesh’s side over Harkun’s, and gladly took Xalek as an apprentice and killed Harkun.

When testing the Silencer weapon, Kirsi has Darth Achelon’s flagship destroyed along with the Republic Fleet. They eagerly accept Thanaton’s challenge to a Kaggath on Corellia.

Corellia

Not only does Kirsi complete the main story, but they also complete the Corellia Planetary Series and win Corellia for the Empire-- a suggestion made by their crew so that the public opinion of them in the Empire is improved, and thus turned in their favour.

Kirsi defeats Darth Thanaton for good on Korriban and gains the title of Darth Nox and a Dark Council seat as the head of the Sphere of Ancient Knowledge. Though they have achieved all they fought for, they refuse to free the ghosts they have bound-- a decision they will come to regret as time goes on.

Darth Nox

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The first thing that Kirsi does as a Dark Lord of the Sith is to get rid of Zash for once and for all, trapping her inside of a mind prison and freeing Khem Val from her influence. 

The Beginnings of a Change

No more than a few days later does Kirsi receive a message from Nairah-- after months of silence. Nairah is on Corellia, fighting a friend that is under the control of the Sith Emperor. She hadn’t contacted Kirsi for all this time due to their allegiances, but after hearing that Kirsi had succeeded in gaining control of the ghosts in their mind, Nairah turns to them, hoping that they might be able to help. 

Kirsi travels to Corellia in secret to meet Nairah, who has changed greatly since they last met as she drifted closer to the Dark Side. Their discussion leads to a disagreement, which leads to a fight between them-- a fight that ends in a stalemate, in which Kirsi realises that for their friendship to remain, and for Nairah’s own sake, she must hold on to the light and save her friend. They end their battle, Nairah finds peace and a new resolve, and Kirsi tells her that they are her friend first, Sith second. Before they leave Nairah to complete her mission, she asks them, “what about you?”

Kirsi refuses to renounce the Dark Side for themself, claiming that it is the only way for them-- but insisting that, at least for Nairah, she can still hold onto her hope for the good in others. 

The False Emperor

Kirsi and Nairah meet once again on Ilum, after Darth Malgus declares himself Emperor. Much to the surprise of everyone, Kirsi suggests a temporary alliance-- a strike team made up of both Imperial and Republic fighters-- and enlists Nairah’s help to create it and accomplish the mutual goal of defeating Malgus. Their statuses as members of their respective high councils aid them in gathering enough support for this, and Malgus is defeated. 

Though the Dark Council is not entirely pleased, Kirsi defends their choices-- claiming that, if they are able to use the Republic’s resources to accomplish their goals, why not? They can always go back to spilling one another’s blood the very next day.

The Dread Masters

Not long after, the alliance continued as the Dread Masters went rogue and began terrorising the galaxy. Feeling somewhat responsible, Kirsi led the hunt for them. When Nairah was assigned to the campaign on the Republic’s side, the pair shared information, until they actually met up together on Oricon, working in tandem to stop the Dread War. 

The Revanites & The Sith Emperor

With their reputation for forming unconventional alliances now more well-known, it isn’t surprising that another pair of unconventional allies would seek their aid. Sith Lord Lana Beniko and SIS Agent Theron Shan worked with Kirsi and Nairah to uncover and defeat the new Revanites-- a group that Kirsi was once a part of. The pair went undercover on Rishi and helped to spearhead the joint coalition on Yavin 4. 

The coalition defeated the reborn Revan and stopped the Revanites’ plans, but not before the Emperor’s spirit escaped to Ziost. Despite their best efforts, Kirsi and Nairah were unable to stop the Emperor from destroying all life on the planet. 

The Rise of Zakuul

After Ziost, the Emperor fled, and the Coalition’s forces went in search of them. While Nairah was on the flagship with Darth Marr, Kirsi was on another warship, commanding a portion of the Coalition’s forces. As the Eternal Fleet destroyed the Coalition’s fleet, Kirsi and their crew narrowly escaped death or capture by this strange new force. Nairah was lost-- presumed dead, but due to their Force Bond, Kirsi claimed otherwise. Still, they could not find her. As Zakuul’s forces descended upon the galaxy, conquering both Empire and Republic, Kirsi’s stubborn insistence that they search for Nairah set them at odds with the Dark Council, though this conflict was cut short as most of the Councillors were killed by Zakuul. Kirsi, for their part, abandoned the Empire entirely. In the chaos, they found themself alone, heading into Wild Space in search of anything that could lead them to Nairah.

The Outlander

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While on Zakuul, Kirsi finds themself captured by the Eternal Empire. They spend several months in prison. Eventually, they were sprung from prison by Lana Beniko, and spent the next few years by her side, along with Koth Vortena, searching for information about Nairah and opposing Emperor Arcann and the Eternal Empire. 

Once, during their time on Zakuul, Kirsi came into conflict with Vaylin. Though their battle was cut short before a victor could be decided, Vaylin divulged some information to Kirsi that would prove useful, referencing a “special prisoner” that Arcann kept frozen in carbonite in a vault. Kirsi took that information back to Lana, and their group looked into it. 

Five years after the Eternal Empire’s first attack, Kirsi, Lana, and a Republic Droid that had joined their efforts, T7-01, mounted a rescue mission and extracted Nairah from her carbonite prison, escaping into the wilds of Zakuul. There, they found an ancient ship, the Gravestone, capable of taking on the Eternal Fleet. 

Reunited with their long-time partner at last, Kirsi was overjoyed, but less so to learn that Nairah’s body was playing host to the consciousness of the former emperor Valkorion. They vowed, as someone with a lot of experience in the matter, to help Nairah to either control or expel him as needed. 

The pair soon became very close-- even closer than they had been during their coalition days, and their force bond became even stronger, much to the mockery and concern of the spirits residing within both of their minds. As they fled from and fought the Eternal Empire side-by-side, they became highly attuned to one another, stronger together than alone. 

The Alliance Commander

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As joint Commander of the Eternal Alliance, alongside Nairah, Kirsi’s outlook began to shift. Working to oppose the Eternal Empire, with old and new friends and allies by their side, as well as forming a new community on Odessen, caused them to finally begin to truly heal. Being able to be with Nairah openly, too, was refreshing. 

With the Alliance, Kirsi began to turn away from the Dark Side, and with Nairah’s guidance and help, turned their focus fully away from a grab for power and to the betterment of the galaxy. 

The pair spent some time in the wilderness of Odessen, where they were taught to find balance by Darth Marr and Satele Shan. They forged new lightsabers together. 

When Arcann attacked Odessen, Kirsi and Nairah confronted him aboard his flagship and brought him down, but didn’t kill him. As they left, they learned that Senya Tirall had taken her son and fled. Kirsi, angered at Senya’s betrayal, wants to strike out at her, but Nairah convinces them that they don’t need to-- that even Arcann deserves a chance to heal. 

Having been through a healing process themself, Kirsi relents, and allows them to escape. 

Vaylin takes the Eternal Throne, and the Alliance continues their fight. While on Voss, they meet with Senya and Arcann once again-- where Senya uses her own life force to heal her son from the Darkness within him. 

Kirsi is surprised by the arrival of the Empire to aid them, and somewhat mistrustful of Acina’s motivations, having known her while a part of the Empire themself. However, they agree to meet with Acina on Dromund Kaas to discuss an alliance. Nairah, meanwhile, has received a similar offer from her old allies in the Republic. The two split off to their former factions. Kirsi and Acina are betrayed, targeted by Republic Chancellor Saresh. After they survive the assassination attempt, Kirsi returns to Odessen to find that Saresh has been preparing to take control of the alliance. They kill Saresh, falling back into their former Dark Side ways before Nairah returns from what was a diversion meant to split the two commanders up, and hopefully to convince her to betray Kirsi. Nairah is displeased by Kirsi’s actions, but forgives them, though their relationship is a bit strained. 

Later, the two travel to Nathema, where they learn of the horrifying conditioning that young Vaylin underwent and feel the desolation of the force-void planet. Though more so for Nairah than Kirsi, this journey fosters some sympathy for the Empress within them.

When Vaylin attacks Odessen, Kirsi and Nairah defend their Alliance from her, splitting up to save both of their allies that she’s pinned down. While aiding Torian Cadera, Vaylin arrives, and she and Kirsi begin to duel. Vaylin beats Kirsi back to the Alliance’s base, with Kirsi forced on defence but holding their own. At the base, they are joined by Nairah, Senya, and Arcann. With their partner by their side, Kirsi quickly defeats Vaylin and prepares to deal the killing blow as Vaylin’s power storms out of control, but Nairah stops them, and-- with great effort-- performs a modified version of her shielding ritual on Vaylin to contain-- but not bind-- her power. 

With Vaylin shielded, her control over the Eternal Fleet lapsed, and the fleet began firing on planets across the galaxy. Nairah falls unconscious as a result of the ritual leaving a distraught Kirsi to travel to Zakuul to claim the Eternal Throne. After seating themself on the throne, Valkorion, who had jumped from Nairah’s mind to Kirsi’s through their force bond, attempts to seize control. Kirsi, shocked by the sudden development, has some difficulty fighting him off, but with the aid of Valkorion’s family, as well as Nairah’s consciousness having followed Valkorion into Kirsi’s mindscape, Valkorion is ultimately defeated. 

The Eternal Fleet and the planets of Eternal Empire space became absorbed into the Alliance as a new galactic superpower alongside the Republic and the Sith Empire. While both sides prepare for war, the Alliance remains neutral, focusing on helping the galaxy to rebuild and creating a new government consisting of Odessen, Zakuul, and other Eternal Empire worlds in what was formerly Wild Space. 

On Iokath, the Alliance comes into conflict with the Empire and the Republic, and Kirsi and Nairah deal with their former factions in order to prevent them from seizing a superweapon on the planet. They manage to prevent Jace Malcolm and Empress Acina from accessing the weapon, but in doing so revealed that they had been playing double-agent in trying to prevent both factions from gaining the superweapon. Nairah claimed that “such a thing doesn’t need to be unleashed upon the galaxy.” While none are too happy about it, Acina is particularly upset, and claims the Iokathi throne, awakening the Old Gods and being seriously wounded. 

Kirsi, remembering that Acina had aided them against Zakuul, attempts to heal her-- and, surprising everyone, manages to save her life. Nairah convinces Malcolm that a temporary truce is advisable, and all three factions join forces to stop the Old Gods from decimating the galaxy. 

The crisis averted and the temporary truce dissolved, the Alliance returns to its uneasy state in the galaxy-- a bit at odds with both other factions, but because of the Eternal Fleet, neither of them desire to attack. 

This changes when the Order of Zildrog rises. Theron’s “betrayal” hits Kirsi hard. After things seemed to be getting better, another betrayal threatens to send them spiralling back, but Nairah tempers them with the thought that there might be more to it-- and when Theron proves to have only betrayed them in name, Kirsi is relieved, though a little wary of him for some time. 

A far more pressing concern is the destruction of the Eternal Fleet, the Eternal Throne, and the Gravestone-- leaving the Eternal Alliance without its greatest power sources, and vulnerable. 

Defector from the Empire

GEAR Head: -- Chest: Remnant Resurrected Consular’s chestpiece Wrists: Covert Wrist Energy Armor Hands: Covert Hand Energy Armor Waist: Scion’s Belt Legs: Scion’s Lower Robe Feet: Nathema Zealot’s Boots - Dye: -- Weapon: Odessen Lightsaber - Crystal: Frost White

No longer a Galactic Superpower, the leaders of the Eternal Alliance meet to discuss which faction to support-- as they can no longer remain neutral and trust that they will not be targeted. 

Having seen both factions’ good and bad, Kirsi and Nairah decide to join the Republic. The decision is a bit difficult for Kirsi, but not too difficult-- and far better than joining the Empire that had tormented and enslaved them. While the Republic and the Jedi are initially wary of Kirsi’s path as a Dark Councillor, Nairah assures them that they have no need to worry. 

Kirsi begins developing their Force Healing skills, something they are surprisingly good at. Though they work with Nairah and other Jedi to unlearn their reliance on the Dark Side, they elect not to become a Jedi yet. 

When Vitiate/Valkorion/Tenebrae makes an appearance yet again, Kirsi and Nairah must confront him yet again, this time along with Kira Carsen, a Jedi and former Child of the Emperor (a fact that Nairah has some concern with) and Lord Scourge, the former Emperor’s Wrath. Joined by Arcann, Senya, and Vaylin, who has recovered substantially and begun to heal from her trauma and injuries. Initially skeptical of allowing Vaylin to come along, Kirsi vouches for her, as the two had been working together for some time to heal from their pasts. 

Together they get rid of Tenebrae forever, and once he’s gone, the Alliance-- and their Republic allies-- turn their attention to dealing with the new threat that a rogue Darth Malgus poses to the galaxy.

[paniccord-ff]

53.

Rylee fell asleep so I came home to get a few things for the baby and Rylee, I also need to drop Royalty off at Mijo’. Rylee did really pee herself, I mean, is it even pee, I have no idea. I cleaned up the water where I could, threw the pizza away, picked up the wet clothing and threw them away. I just cleaned up a little so when we do come home there is no memories of what actually happened. Looking down at my Rolex, Rylee said to not call her parents but I am going to ring Harvey, might as well tell them so they can come to LA. Placing the phone on speaker while I made my way to the baby’ room, I totally forgot what Rylee told me to get now. I think she said get diapers, that is one of the things. I guess I can choose what my son wears for the first time now, picking the note up that was on top of a box. She didn’t tell me ChildsPlay clothing sent this, the phone call went straight to voicemail so I will leave them one “hey Harvey it’s me Chris, they are inducing Rylee tomorrow so they baby should be here sooner than we thought. Call me when you can” disconnecting the call, let me pick some clothes and the baby car seat so I can get out of here.

I don’t think Rylee will be impressed, I bought so many outfits for no reason because I couldn’t decide at all. Let me now drop Royalty off with her bag of things, there is nobody else I could trust with Royalty. I can’t say my sister because she won’t be able to keep my mom away from her so I can only trust Mijo. This girl is so knocked out asleep, she ain’t once woke up, grabbing the bag from the floor of the car and closing the door. Making my up Mijo’ drive “you lucky I don’t sleep at night, I heard you pull up” Mijo said “I appreciate you so much, thank you for looking after her for me. I had nobody else to turn too” imagine if I didn’t Mijo “anything for you bro, is he here or not though” stepping into the home “nah, he’s not. He’s early anyway, decided to you know, break the waters while I was away” Mijo snorted laughing behind me “break the waters, just put her on the couch. I will put her into the bed” that saves me a trip, placing the bag on the ground.

Mijo keeps laughing at me “I was wondering who was here” Mijo’ baby mother came down “yeah, it’s just me. He keeps laughing at me” Mijo hit my arm “is the baby here yet?” she asked, shaking my head “not yet, they are inducing her tomorrow so I needed someone to take care of Roro for me” Mijo placed his hand on my shoulder “he’s got it all to come, the screaming and crying. I know Rylee done told me she ain’t want a baby so she about to wild out” I am not about to laugh at that just because it’s the truth “she peed in my car, not any old car but my Bentley” I spat “it’s not pee you ass, please don’t tell me you told her that?” she said to me, I shrugged smiling “oh don’t, if you want to live then don’t. Just be supportive Chris and good luck, I can’t wait to see him” I need all the luck in the world because they ain’t lying, Rylee is about to beat my ass “you not speaking to Joyce at all?” Mijo asked, shaking my head “she disrespected my wife and me, I can’t forgive that Mijo. This is on her” I shrugged “I saw her, she misses you and wanted me to tell you how much she loves you and you will always be her baby” shaking my head, she can leave me alone with that.

Sat in the car in the car park, my manager be trying to come at me sideways just because I left the shit early, this has really pissed me off. I am about to air this shit out, I don’t care. Tapping on Instagram, and tapping the camera. Pressing record “I left Drai’s, I apologise to Drai’s but I am not apologising for shit to do with my manager, nigga you come at me sideways for what? My wife is going through labour and you think I am going to stay there? Don’t be threatening me in text because I got you nigga, I will come for you. My family come first, fuck the money. And Drai’s I am sorry” pressing stop in annoyance, I am so angry. Talking about money come first and shit. Putting a caption on the video ‘On Another note, I can’t wait to see my son!!!’ pressing send.

Walking the lobby “look at you with all the baby things, you all ready and shit” smiling at Joe “thank you for waiting behind, did she wake up or ask anything?” Joe shook his head “nothing at all, she must be tired” she needs the rest “alright, cool. You can go home now, I will text when he is here. Y’all can rest up” placing the car seat down and bag “you sure?” getting my hand out, Joe dapped me and then gave me a hug “you better let me know Chris, you better look after Rylee” pushing Joe away smiling “you know I got her, I may be stupid at times but I love annoying her but I got my baby and I will let you know” I don’t think I will sleep tonight, I feel so excited “my mom said to Mijo that she misses me and shit, that is a lie” it’s annoyed me that she is even talking about me “this is not about your mom Chris, this is about Rylee. This is a big deal that is going to happen, the baby is early so she needs you to be hundred percent there ok?” nodding my head “you got this” he is right, I got to be one hundred percent on Rylee.

I know it’s late but it’s whatever, I want to speak to my dad. I know he will pick up, when I was up to no good I would call my dad at stupid times “son” my dad picked up “dad, the baby finna come early. They inducing Rylee, I been saying this word like I know what it means. But he is coming” I am so excited “aww really? But isn’t it early? Is everything ok, I am so happy but is she ok?” my dad asked “uh yeah, well the baby is ok. Her waters broke early, but I think everything is ok, he is here early” everyone keep on saying this, the doctor said he is ok “ok son, it’s a big thing having a baby early. Just be there for Rylee ok? Don’t be annoying her either, bring the next brown into the world. I want to know my grandson is ok, call me. I will gather my things and make my way to LA ok?” even my dad is going to be here, I can’t wait.

“Christopher” feeling the blanket being pulled “Chris, wake up” touching the side of my face groaning out “baby” Rylee said, opening my eyes “you look way too comfortable without me in the bed” I smiled at her “look at that smile, wake up. I miss you” Rylee sat down on the edge of the bed “I miss you in the bed Rylee, I miss the odd kicking from you. How are you feeling?” Rylee touched my cheek “I’m ok, I feel better. I had a nice sleep, he didn’t kick me as he does” I am glad she had a good sleep “when I came back, you were hugging the blanket so close to you. You missed me didn’t you?” Rylee nodded her head “I saw the things you bought, you did well but why so many outfits?” I knew she would question that, I chuckled “I was spoilt for choice, I just can’t wait to meet him. I don’t know, people are telling me to be concerned, is everything ok though?” maybe I should do more research “I am ok Chris, the baby is early but everything should be fine. No need to worry” turning onto my back “what if something goes wrong, I saw it. I love Peanut but I would want you more than him” Rylee smiled at me “stop it, you’re thinking too much now. If that ever happened then I would expect you to look after our baby, things can happen but I am not in that predicament. I didn’t carry this baby just to let it die” furrowing my eyebrows “so you would give your life to him?” I would not let that happen “giving birth is scary Chris, anything can happen joking aside. I am scared but it’s fine, stop thinking that please” I can’t help it now, people getting me worried.

Fixing my top “morning Rylee” hearing the doctor say, I should have left Rylee in the hospital because that was at least a woman doctor “how are we feeling today?” let me get in the room and support my wife, opening the door “Christopher” the doctor shook my hand “doc” smiling at him “I guess the baby wants out already, we got all the information from the hospital. I can see the baby doesn’t want to start coming out yet but the waters have broke, now we have no choice. We will look to induce you in three hours, how are you feeling?” he asked Rylee “I am ok, he is giving me less problems now the waters have broken. Moving less but that worries me, is he ok?” I wish I could feel what she felt, it’s awkward not knowing “from the tests he is perfectly fine, he probably feels nervous like you. Coming to the world, we will give you a drug which will mimic labour and signals your uterus to start the process, it is like tricking it to start. For now we will be concentrating on his breathing when he is born, we will need to make sure he is ok on that end. I believe it should be straight forward, being induced the pain will come quick but of course you will have gas and air, epidural if you want that?” looking at Rylee “I want anything that stops me feeling so much pain” Rylee looks so sad now, she really didn’t want to be pregnant.

Rylee wants to go for a walk, it’s random but I don’t mind it “I don’t look terrible, do I?” she is wearing my hoodie “you look beautiful without makeup and you know that, you have looked beautiful throughout this pregnancy. Why you think I was still getting hard for you” Rylee rolled her eyes “don’t remind me, still don’t forgive you for my bag” she wrapped her arm around my arm “neither will I for my seat, shall we go now?” looking down at her “be quiet, it’s not pee asshole and yes let’s go for a walk” opening the door “am I doing ok? I want to support you but I feel useless” I really do “you’re doing just fine, don’t worry about it. I don’t want you to be thinking anything bad ok? Don’t let people make you think otherwise Chris, you won’t lose me or the baby. I guess it is just sinking in for you now, it’s going to be a little crazy so I just wanted to walk with you before that happens” Rylee placed her head on my shoulder, I pray it goes well.

[thievinghippo]

I am not interested in Andronikas Revel and I am not interested in Ashara Zavros either quite the opposite I am interested in Lana Beniko romance and Theron Shan romance and Kory romance and Corin romance and Rylee Dray romance even these characters are for my Sith Inquisitor to romance not Andronikas Revel not Ashara Zavros

Well, we will have to agree to disagree, my dear anon. I am counting the seconds until Andronikos comes back. He is my third favorite BioWare romance ever. And my Denravi is missing him something fierce.

You all saw how nuts I was when it came to Jorgan coming back. Be prepared for just as much when my Sith’s pirate is back in the picture. I’m especially digging how unhappy Andronikos is going to be about Theron’s betrayal. Remember that Andronikos also was betrayed once by a member of the SIS... And we know Andronikos is not the forgiving type.

Now Ashara... I’m with you there. Though I’ve warmed to that romance a bit, especially because I really love my male Sith Inquisitor, Jakobus. 

I’m absolutely with you on the Theron and Lana romances. I’m so curious what will happen next! I have a feeling it’s going to break my heart and I am here for this.

(And I always assumed the Kory and Corin were together. Not sure why. And Rylee... Hmm. I don’t know how I feel about that one.)

BIOWARE WHERE IS MY PIRATE HUSBAND?

[thoughtfullyoriginalblizzar-blog]

Essay philosophical method rg collingwood Robin George Collingwood (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Collingwood advances one main argument against epistemological realism. Robin George Collingwood. R. G. Collingwood (1889–1943) was a British philosopher and practising archaeologist best known for his work in aesthetics and the philosophy of history. During the 1950s and 1960s his philosophy of history in particular occupied centre stage in the debate concerning the nature of explanation in the social sciences and whether or not they are ultimately reducible to explanations in the natural sciences. Primarily through the interpretative efforts of W. H. Dray, Collingwood's work in the philosophy of history came to be seen as providing a powerful antidote against Carl Hempel's claim for methodological unity. Collingwood is the author of one of the most important treatises in meta-philosophy written in the first half of the twentieth century, An Essay on Philosophical Method (1933), which is a sustained attempt to explain why philosophy is an autonomous discipline with a distinctive method and subject matter that differ from those of the natural and the exact sciences. He is often described as one of the British Idealists, although the label fails to capture his distinctive kind of idealism, which is conceptual rather than metaphysical. In his correspondence with Gilbert Ryle, Collingwood himself explicitly rejected the label “idealist” because he did not endorse the arch-rationalist assumptions that shaped much British idealism at the end of the 19th and the early part of the 20th century and consequently did not wish to be identified with it. From the mid-thirties onwards Collingwood's work increasingly engaged in a dialogue with the newly emerging school of analytic philosophy. In An Essay on Metaphysics (1940) he attacked the neo-empiricist assumptions prevalent in early analytic philosophy and advocated a logical/epistemological transformation of metaphysics from a study of being or ontology to a study of the absolute presuppositions or heuristic principles which govern different forms of enquiry. Collingwood thus occupies a distinctive position in the history of British philosophy in the first half of the 20th century. He rejects equally the neo-empiricist assumptions that prevailed in early analytic philosophy and the kind of metaphysics that the analytical school sought to overthrow. His epistemological reform of metaphysics also ensures a distinctive role and subject matter for philosophical enquiry and is thus far from advocating a merely therapeutic conception of philosophy or the dissolution of philosophical into linguistic analysis in the manner of ordinary language philosophy. See the separate entry for a discussion of Collingwood's aesthetics. Biographical Sketch. R.G. Collingwood was born in Cartmel Fell, Lancashire, at the southern tip of Windermere in 1889. His father, W.G. Collingwood, was an archaeologist, artist, and acted as John Ruskin's private secretary in the final years of Ruskin's life; his mother was also an artist and a talented pianist.... View more ...

[swtorpadawan]

For NPC Asks how about Rylee Dray and the Lady of Pain?

Ask Me About SWTOR NPCs Thank you, @jjjwhovian !

And… hoo, boy! Did you just hit the jackpot! LOTS of notes on these two!

So first for Rylee Dray - You may already be familiar with some headcanons I have for her in my Halcyon Legacy: The Slice Girls Its possible that not long after Zu'fanda Pampya (my Sith Inquisitor) was killed, the Cult of the Screaming Blade collapsed. Destris Veran, Rylee's partner, was killed during the fallout, and Rylee was soon left on her own, without protection. Its possible that SOMEONE snapped her up, effectively enslaving her for her slicer skills. Maybe its also possible that someone else (like Kira, Mako, and company) will hopefully come rescue her someday. (We can hope.)

The Lady of Pain - the leader of the Exchange of Tatooine - does not take the Eternal Empire's subjugation of Tatooine well. She conducts a vicious guerilla-style resistance campaign against the Zakuulans. But after about a year, it goes south, and she's captured by Tarso Gren, the Exarch of Tatooine. Imprisoned aboard the Star Fortress, she's subjected to…. well. It's bad. I'm not getting into it. A few years later, Tarso is visiting a colleague: Forta Gair, the Exarch of Belsavis. On a lark - visiting a prison-world with a dreaded criminal of his own - he brought the Lady of Pain with him. The two Exarchs were both a bit sadistic by this point, and it eventually occurred to them to have an impromptu gladiator fight between the Lady sand someone Forta was keeping prisoner. (You'll recall Zakuulans have a history of being into gladiator fighting, including with enslaved fighters.) The fight was vicious. It started unarmed, but both were allowed to use random objects as makeshift weapons. Both women were just fighting for survival, knowing what would happen to them if they didn't fight. Ultimately, the Lady of Pain lost. She died because two Exarchs had a bet going, and were looking for cheap entertainment. Oh - and her opponent? Who was forced to kill her? That was an imprisoned twi'lek smuggler named Bas'riish.

Thank you!

Tagging @voidendron - Because.

[jjjwhovian]

What happens to Rylee in your legacy?

You already asked me this, but to be fair it was ages ago.

You can get my answer here

[beranyth-inactive]

“Oh--”  Rylee stared, wide-eyed, at the small piece of jewelry peeking out from the wrappings before her glance flicked back to the Sith sitting cross-legged on the couch nearby.  “This--  My lord, this is beautiful.”

Selk beamed.  “You like it, then?”  He could correct the title later.

“Yes, but...”  She leaned over to kiss him on the cheek.  “It must have been so expensive.”  

The Sith grinned even wider.  “It’s okay, I could afford it.  I just wanted to get something nice for--”

“No, you couldn’t, little Sith,” a voice growled from behind him.  "You had to wait a week before you could refuel--”

Selk shot a look over his shoulder.  Next time, Khem was staying on the ship.

[swtorpadawan]

Rylee Dray is adorable, but this scene is problematic

Let me preface this by saying that I ESC-ped out of the scene before it went final, so none of it wound up happening to my man, Ozi. (He has a backstory explaining why he doesn’t go for casual dalliances. It wouldn’t make sense for him.) So please don’t beat me up if you agree with my conclusion.  Rylee has this little private dialogue with you back at your cult headquarters on Nar Shaddaa. 

Honestly, that line is NOT a Flirt option. It was simply the friendliest choice available.

She’s cute. I don’t think she’s been shown enough love in her life. (And by ‘love’ i don’t mean that other thing.)

Again, NOT a [Flirt] option. The other two choices are frankly rude.

And these are the options. The first one is EXTREMELY rude, and the other two are both Dark Side choices that both lead to the exact same ending. (Awkward.) So i tried the more neutral choice.

REALLY, Ozi? You’re smoother than that.  🙄

That’s... these last lines do not fit together. But i swear this is how it goes.

You maybe can’t tell, but Rylee is doing that thing where SWTOR female characters stretch after an “intimate” cut-scene. (Is that a plausible thing IRL?) I’m going to put aside for a moment the fact that your OC is nominally in a position of authority over Rylee at this point, as she’s basically running your cult for you. (Destris is kind of an idiot.)  I don’t like that your only options are to be a jerk to Rylee, or to sleep with her. Like, that’s limiting on many levels. Is it just me?

[jjjwhovian]

World Building Wednesday: Zinkaea Kallig

(Note: Just like with previous one, photo is subject to change.)

General:

Name: Zinkaea Kallig

Class: Sith Inquisitor > Sith Sorcerer > Madness Discipline

Gender: Male (He/Him)

Species: Human

Sexuality: Pansexual

Family: He was born into slavery, his parents were both overworked to death by their owners

Birthplace: Begeren

Occupation: Alliance Commander of Ancient Research, formally Dark Council member

Fears: Losing everything he’s worked for

Guilty Pleasures: Aside from the usual Sith stuff of torture and Sith Archeology there’s reading and enjoying a nice cup of tea

Morals:

Alignment: Mostly Dark Side/Neutral EvilChaotic Good

Virtues: chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

Sins: lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

This or That:

Introverted/Extroverted: Zinkaea is super out there and definitely the sort to draw attention to himself.

Organised/Disorganised: Everything has to be perfect in his eyes, doesn’t matter what he’s doing

Close-minded/Open-minded: Zinkaea used to be pretty close-minded on some things, such as Jedi and Sith working together, but ever since joining the Alliance he’s eased off a little.

Calm/Anxious: Zinkaea is a very volatile person, capable of snapping one moment and being calm and collected the next

Agreeable/Disagreeable: He usually tries to get his way by anyways necessary but later on in life he’ll learn to bite his cheek and do things another way

Cautious/Reckless: This motherfucker ate up four Force Ghosts to make himself stronger before they started messing with his mind and ate up a fifth DURING the process of trying to heal himself cause “why the hell not��. He’s insane.

Patient/Impatient: Despite the previous entry he’s very capable of being the schemer and biding his time.

Outspoken/Reserved: Zinkaea is not afraid of being up front with what he’s thinking and is willing to be hostile with people, even the Commander.

Leader/Follower: Zinkaea feels he needs to be in control and likes being the leader of his own little groups, which is why he challenge Adyllus to a duel to decide who the Commander of the Alliance should be. Have a guess who won.

Empathetic/Unempathetic: Zinkaea is aware of other peoples feelings and is willing to act out on that like with Vette but usually there’ll be zero fucks given.

Optimistic/Pessimistic: At the start Zinkaea is very confident of rising to the top of the Sith food chain and gaining more power before his optimism changed in a better way post-KOTET.

Traditional/Modern: Zinkaea was a former slave so naturally “traditions” can die in a hole. That’ probably why he was so against Thanaton.

Hardworking/Lazy: He’ll do anything in his power to achieve his goals. ANYTHING that the Alliance will allow him to do.

Relationships:

OTP: Lana Beniko; the love of his life, definitely felt a connection with her the instant he met her during all the Revanite stuff was about to kick off and he only felt their bond grow stronger ever since KOTFE.

OT3: Lana Beniko/Rylee Dray; impossible since the latter is dead before the former even met him but he would be lying if he said he didn’t fantasise about it.

BrOTP: Talos Drellik; they are literally best buddies, Zinkaea could be torturing someone one moment and then the next having a delightful discussion about an artefact either of them found.

NOTP: Vanzeth; these two despise each other, ever since meeting as Acolytes as Korriban and their intense rivalry only grew every time they meet. Also with Vette, a slave he mistreats, in his crew Zinkaea’s hate for the Pureblood grew.

[jjjwhovian]

Interesting answer, especially in comparison to my own Inquisitor whom I had in mind when I made this ask.

Zinkaea does sometimes wonder what else he could’ve been instead of a Sith for brief moments before throwing those thoughts down the drain. What he could have been doesn’t matter to him, but what he was does and he was originally a weak and frightened slave who would have remained so for the rest of his life before eventually being worked to death like his parents if he hadn’t discovered he was force sensitive.

Anything else was preferable to that, even being a monster.

And he is not ashamed one bit of the person he’s become.

Again, Zinkaea was a pathetic slave that lost everything he cared about and his experiences before and during the class story heavily affected his outlook in life. To him there is no such thing as “good and evil”, all that matters are “weak and strong” and he vowed to himself that he would never become weak again.

And whenever he did find something or someone that made him feel genuinely happy, ie. Rylee Dray, it was taken away from him almost immediately which further fuelled his dark nature and gave him little reason to be kind or empathetic.

The galaxy has never been kind to Zinkaea right his whole life, so why should he be kind in return?

That was his mindset…until the events of KOTFE where a blue Twi’lek, a Jedi leader and a blonde Sith lady helped him through his pain and anger.

He is still Sith, and he always will be, but that doesn’t mean he is no longer capable of seeing beauty in the galaxy again.

(Whew, that was a lot of my thoughts there. Now if only I could actually put them into an actual piece 😒)

A really specific question, or rather one and a half, towards whichever of your Dark Side or non Light Side characters you wanna answer for, “do they hate/are ashamed of the person they became and do they wish they could’ve been something else?”

Thank you so much for this, @jjjwhovian !

Quoraah Beltane had been a child-prodigy. She had her equivalent of a college degree by the age of 17, and had earned a place in medical school at the University of Sobrik. She was going to become a doctor, researching vaccines and curing diseases.

Then her life was flip-turned upside down. She was arrested, enslaved, and shipped off to the Empire. It was discovered that she was Force sensitive. The rest is history.

She's essentially a light-side Sith. She doesn't restrain her passions, but she still wants to make things better.

She's not… ashamed of the person she has become, but she is definitely ashamed that a lot of people were hurt or killed during her journey. Sure, most of them were trying to kill her, but others didn't have it coming.

Take Ashara. Regardless of what you think of her masters on Taris (more on that later) she cared about them and was happy there.

Quoraah didn't want to fight them. She didn't want to kill them. Academically, she understands their distrust. But it hurts her so much that she because did to Ashara what the Empire did to Quoraah.

That's a lot of guilt to deal with.

She hopes to make it up to her someday.

[erichan-legacy]

Hidden conversations --and affair-- with Rylee Dray

Unfortunately, there’s no hidden conversations with Destris Veran as a female

[jjjwhovian]

Thank u for enlightening me, hopefully Rylee has a better fate than she does in my Legacy.

This also reminds me that I really wanna make my own headcanons for the Exarchs and the Dread Masters as well, just because.

That’ll mean I actually have to write something but I’ll get there…one day…..maybe.

For NPC Asks how about Rylee Dray and the Lady of Pain?

Ask Me About SWTOR NPCs Thank you, @jjjwhovian !

And… hoo, boy! Did you just hit the jackpot! LOTS of notes on these two!

So first for Rylee Dray - You may already be familiar with some headcanons I have for her in my Halcyon Legacy: The Slice Girls Its possible that not long after Zu'fanda Pampya (my Sith Inquisitor) was killed, the Cult of the Screaming Blade collapsed. Destris Veran, Rylee's partner, was killed during the fallout, and Rylee was soon left on her own, without protection. Its possible that SOMEONE snapped her up, effectively enslaving her for her slicer skills. Maybe its also possible that someone else (like Kira, Mako, and company) will hopefully come rescue her someday. (We can hope.)

The Lady of Pain - the leader of the Exchange of Tatooine - does not take the Eternal Empire's subjugation of Tatooine well. She conducts a vicious guerilla-style resistance campaign against the Zakuulans. But after about a year, it goes south, and she's captured by Tarso Gren, the Exarch of Tatooine. Imprisoned aboard the Star Fortress, she's subjected to…. well. It's bad. I'm not getting into it. A few years later, Tarso is visiting a colleague: Forta Gair, the Exarch of Belsavis. On a lark - visiting a prison-world with a dreaded criminal of his own - he brought the Lady of Pain with him. The two Exarchs were both a bit sadistic by this point, and it eventually occurred to them to have an impromptu gladiator fight between the Lady sand someone Forta was keeping prisoner. (You'll recall Zakuulans have a history of being into gladiator fighting, including with enslaved fighters.) The fight was vicious. It started unarmed, but both were allowed to use random objects as makeshift weapons. Both women were just fighting for survival, knowing what would happen to them if they didn't fight. Ultimately, the Lady of Pain lost. She died because two Exarchs had a bet going, and were looking for cheap entertainment. Oh - and her opponent? Who was forced to kill her? That was an imprisoned twi'lek smuggler named Bas'riish.

Thank you!

Tagging @voidendron - Because.