#the rhi'khi legacy

[swtorpadawan]

Introducing Darth Betton

Technically, she's an NPC from the game story, not an OC of my own creation. But she's mentioned only once off-handedly, by Moff Tyrak on Balmorra in the Smuggler story.

I decided to use her for Erez Noori's backstory, my Jedi Padawan turned slave turned Sith Inquisitor in the Rhi'khi Legacy.

I finally decided to make her in the game. This is partially for the benefit of @plotbunny-bundle​ and @jjjwhovian​ since they expressed interest in Erez's backstory when i introduced him an age ago.

Those of you who’ve read my backstory for Erez probably know that Betton has done some truly terrible things. Likely i’ll only be writing fic about her if i do some kind of “Whump��� challenge.

I'm still addicted to SWTOR character creation.

[swtorpadawan]

So we know about the Alliance in the Halcyon Legcay but what about the others; Sarnova, Beltane, Barith etc? Who leads and joins them?

Oof, @jjjwhovian - oof.

So - Deviah leads the Alliance in the Sarnova Legacy. Nas'ash'dia leads the Alliance in the Nas Legacy (with help from her brother, Ozibuamnu). Quoraah leads the Alliance in the Beltane Legacy. Rhi'khi leads the Alliance in my Rhi'khi Legacy. And Kayeh leads the Alliance in the Green Legacy.

Moyraah Gargun is an Alliance Commander as well, but i'm still not sure I want to build a legacy around her.

The Barith and Adas Legacies do not (currently) go into KOTFE / KOTET, though i reserve the right to change that.

Details on membership....

I'm going to level with you. Some of my Legacies are in the process of being... "adjusted".

So.... I gotta check those lineups.

I don't know how deep my worldbuilding will get for those. For Halcyon, I do it automatically. For the others... meh. I'll do it if i need to.

Thanks for the asks!

[swtorpadawan]

SWTORpadawan OC Masterlist

Characters are listed Left To Right. Most recent clean-up: 2/25/22

Halcyon Legacy (Left to Right) • Zu'fanda Pampya / Sith Inquisitor / Twi'lek • Illaynah Antilles / Trooper / Human • Xadya / Bounty Hunter / Human • Bas'riish / Smuggler / Twi'lek • Corellan Halcyon * / Jedi Knight / Human • Ulannium Kaarz / Jedi Consular / Mirialan • Gahraath Vaiken / Imperial Agent / Human • Kael Nosrol Krannus / Sith Warrior / Pureblood

Sarnova Legacy (Left to Right) • Leida Orpharya / Sith Inquisitor / Human • Laht'al'ikran (Tali) / Imperial Agent / Chiss • Zerahte Nu / Jedi Consular / Miraluka • Deviah Sarnova * / Sith Warrior / Cyborg • Zed Mompi / Smuggler / Nautolan • Redak / Jedi Knight / Chiss • Rumatt / Bounty Hunter / Rattataki • Brev'paror / Trooper / Twi'lek

Nas Legacy (Left to Right) • Iruvih Onadia / Trooper / Mirialan • Woxia Dakhan / Sith Warrior / Pureblood • Ahla Jadeonar / Jedi Consular / Togruta • Nas'ash'dia * / Imperial Agent / Chiss • Ozibaumnu / Sith Inquisitor / Chiss • Vinjike / Smuggler / Twi'lek • Akhinom / Jedi Knight / Cathar • Hochix / Bouty Hunter / Rattataki

Beltane Legacy (Left to Right) • Mehio Nareves / Jedi Knight / Mirialan • Neemah Rath / Sith Warrior / Pureblood • Nowan Ko Detizu / Jedi Consular / Cathar • Quoraah Beltane * / Sith Inquisitor / Human • Yolo Covray / Smuggler / Human • Dalken Piett / Imperial Agent / Human • Valkon Tuum / Bounty Hunter / Cathar • Toviq Nareves / Trooper / Mirialan

Barith Legacy (Left to Right) • Sonora Phit / Bounty Hunter / Cathar • Husalla Nasan / Smuggler / Mirialan • Zu'fanda Pampya / Sith Inquisitor / Twi'lek • Shattaah Tey / Trooper / Togruta • Pol'fenn / Jedi Knight / Twi'lek • Fen Huang / Sith Warrior / Human • Czuci Anjek / Imperial Agent / Rattataki • Vaykyar Tey / Jedi Consular / Togruta

Adas Legacy (Left to Right) • Neemah Rath / Sith Warrior / Pureblood • Urshenia / Sith Inquisitor / Togruta • Vusah Djek / Bounty Hunter / Rattataki • Laht'al'ikran (Tali) / Imperial Agent / Chiss • Teeanah Malvern / (Protagonist) / Human • Sulyn Padok / Trooper / Cathar • Husalla Nasan / Smuggler / Mirialan • Wavanih / Jedi Consular / Zabrak • Shiri'ah / Jedi Knight / Twi'lek

Rhi'khi Legacy (Left to Right) • Belea Kaur / Jedi Knight / Pureblood • Jeeree Myhesh / Bounty Hunter / Nautolan • Laht'al'ikran (Tali) / Imperial Agent / Chiss • Rhi'khi * / Jedi Consular / Twi'lek • Errul Marsh / Smuggler / Zabrak • Ansonus Ixorr / Sith Warrior / Cathar • Erez Noori / Sith Inquisitor / Mirialan • Rebib / Trooper / Togruta

Green Legacy (Left to Right) • Chria Malcar / Bounty Hunter / Cyborg • Neemah Rath / Sith Warrior / Pureblood • Grott'hu / Sith Inquisitor / Rattataki • Kayeh Antilles / Jedi Knight / Human • Cennesh Myr / Smuggler / Mirialan • Korno'lone'deamizu / Imperial Agent / Chiss • Vaykyar Tey / Jedi Consular / Togruta • Rebib / Trooper / Togruta

Currently Unaffiliated OCs (Left to Right) • Kayeh Antilles / Jedi Knight / Human She now has her own legacy! • Moyraah Gargun / Imperial Agent / Human • Jor Pysholn / Trooper / Cyborg • Platt Okeef / Smuggler / Human

[swtorpadawan]

World Building Wednesday: Rhi’khi

B A S I C S • Full name: Rhi'khi • Gender: Female • Sexuality: Bisexual • Pronouns: She / Her

O T H E R S • Family: Vague memories of a woman, presumably her mother, singing her songs as a child. • Birthplace: Kuras Three. She barely remembers it; it was all dark tunnels and mines. • Job: Alliance Commander; former Bar'senthor, former Jedi Master, former Jedi Knight, former padawan, former dancing slave • Phobias: claustrophobia from being a child on Kuras III • Guilty pleasures:

M O R A L S • Morality alignment?: Neutral Good • Sins: lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath • Virtues: chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T • Introverted/extrovert. Rhk'khi was a slave on Nar Shaddaa after she was taken from her mother. Trusting others is hard. • Organized/disorganized. She never possessed anything before her rescue; she cares for what she has. • Close-minded/open-minded.  • Calm/anxious. Years of meditation helped her cope with her past. • Disagreeable/agreeable. Its a wash. • Cautious/reckless. Rhi'khi definitely has been known to rush into trouble. • Patient/impatient. Patient. Under normal circumstances... • Outspoken/reserved.  • Leader/follower. Honestly, Lana and company MADE her become the Alliance Commander. • Empathetic/unempathetic. She very much understands the suffering of others. • Optimistic/pessimistic. For everything she's suffered, she's sure she can make things better if she sacrifices enough. • Traditional/modern. • Hard-working/lazy.

R E L A T I O N S H I P S • otp: Vaylin [It’s complicated] • ot3: [REDACTED - not going there] • brotp: Nadia Grell, Errul Marsh, Qyzen Fess • notp: Despite what happened when they met, she's incredibly grateful that Errul turned her down that one time.

[swtorpadawan]

... I didn’t have a Male Togrutan Trooper 🥴

His name is Rebib.

I have no other explanation.

[swtorpadawan]

17, 99, and 225

‘Bad Ideas’ - My Writing Journal - Is Dead Thanks for the ask, @lordviridis !

Page 17… eventually became "No Little Girl", which was posted. I'd post the page, but the original version was substantially darker. Eventually, I decided that particular flavor wasn't for me.

Page 99… is a world-building bio page of Ulannium Kaarz and Illaynah Antilles of my Halcyon Legacy. I have a lot of random notes about them. I can't show you the whole thing, but here are some juicy bits.

Page 225… is yet another "Legacies" breakdown. It is already out of date! 😭

Thanks for the asks!

[swtorpadawan]

I’d like to hear a little more about Erez Noori. Is he an SI? How close to you plan to stick to the canon story with him? Is Betton other one of your characters?

Thank you so much for this ask, @plotbunny-bundle !

He is, in fact, a Sith Inquisitor. A Sith Assassin, in fact. (He was once training to be a Jedi Shadow, in a "previous life".)

His story - beginning with his arrival on Korriban - will stick relatively close to the class story, at least up until his ascension to the Dark Council. Then maybe I'll be looking at other things.

Darth Betton is technically a canon character from the game, albeit a very, very minor one. She is mentioned in passing by Moff Tyrak on Balmorra. (Better known as the clumsy, inept, corrupt idiot Akaavi wants to kill when you meet her.) All we know about her is that she's a Sith Lord, and Tyrek claims she's "gorgeous".

Read her Wookiepedia entry here.

So - with no other development than that, I ran with it.

The story is that Erez was a 19-year old padawan, perfectly eager and enthusiastic. He and his master were sent to Alderaan to support House Organa against the Sith-backed House Thul.

The two Jedi were cutoff from support in a distant village, facing a small army or House Thul troops while they attempted to organize the local civilians into a resistance force. That's when Darth Betton arrived with a battalion of Imperial commandos. The Sith Lord slew Erez's master, then told him that if he didn't surrender, she would annihilate the entire village.

Being a "good Jedi", he surrendered.

Then Betton wiped out the village anyway.

She took him back in chains to Dromund Kaas with her. She told him that he would either live out the rest of his life as her slave, or he would break, fall to the dark side and become her apprentice. She didn't particularly care which.

Erez held up under horrific mistreatment for six months. (I don't think I'll get into too many details about that.)

Then he finally broke. The Jedi had lied to him about the light. He hated Darth Betton for everything she had done to him, but she at least would show him how to unleash his anger.

When he was ready, she sent him to Korriban.

You know the rest.

Thanks again!

[swtorpadawan]

The Rhi'khi Legacy

Once upon a time, a little girl was sold into slavery on Nar Shaddaa.

She will grow up to change the Galaxy forever.

Rhi'khi Legacy (Left to Right)

• Belea Kaur / Jedi Knight / Sith Pureblood

• Jeeree Myhesh / Bounty Hunter / Nautolan

• Laht'al'ikran (Tali) / Imperial Agent / Chiss

• Rhi'khi * / Jedi Consular / Twi'lek

• Errul Marsh / Smuggler / Zabrak

• Ansonus Ixorr / Sith Warrior / Cathar

• Erez Noori / Sith Inquisitor / Mirialan

• Rebib / Trooper / Togruta

[swtorpadawan]

SWTORpadawan Writes - 2021: A Year In Review

2021 - for all its ups and downs for me - was a good year for my creative output. If I'm trusting my statistics, I turned out more posted works than any previous year.

Now part of this was no doubt due to the fact that I was *ahem* under-employed for much of the year. But regardless, I do feel a sense of accomplishment.

Here's a list:

Fun (Chapter Two of Monsters and Masks, featuring Ozibaumnu from the Nas Legacy. This was difficult to write, but I was pleased with the result with the perspective of Ashara Zavros.)

Silent Fury (A stand-alone fic featuring Deviah Sarnova from the Sarnova Legacy)

Beautiful (A stand-alone fic featuring Kayeh Antilles from the Green Legacy)

Alone Finally (Chapter Nine of Awakenings, featuring Kira Carsen's reunion with Corellan Halcyon of my Halcyon Legacy. A flash-forward fic featuring Kira and Corellan enjoying some 'alone' time.)

An Intriguing Assessment (Chapter Seven of The Heroes of Tython, featuring a letter from Satele Shan to Corellan and his crew) 

Backup (Chapter Ten of Kira Carsen and the Hero of Tython, a completely out-of-order covering Corellan's relationship with Kira prior to the the Five Year Gap. This chapter stars Jonas Balkar and Theron Shan.)

Acclimation (Chapter Ten of Awakenings. Kira works hard to earn a place for herself in the Alliance.)

No Little Girl (A stand-alone fic featuring Rhi'khi from the Legacy of the same name as she confronts Vaylin on Nathema)

Secret Messages

(Chapter Five of Tales of the Eternal Alliance, featuring Vette learning their might be more to the Alliance Commander than he lets on.)

Limits (Chapter Twelve of Kira Carsen and the Hero of Tython. This chapter shows how Kira and Corellan they deal with conflict.)

Ashes (Chapter Six of Tales of the Eternal Alliance, featuring Bas'riish from the Halcyon Legacy as she reunites with Risha Drayen) We Have Time (Chapter Thirteen of Kira Carsen and the Hero of Tython. Our duo makes their own 'private time'.)

The Only Ones Who Can (Chapter Eight of The Heroes of Tython, where Corellan meets with @chaosandwonder​ 's lovely Hiraya Manawari!)

Apologies (Chapter Eleven of Awakenings, where Lana Beniko talks to Corellan after Kira joins the Alliance. I was proud of this one because of how long it was in my WIP Journal.)

I Know You're Alive (Chapter Twelve of Awakenings. AU where Kira is the Outlander and Corellan is trying to find her.)

Ten More Minutes (Chapter Thirteen of Awakenings. Kira keeps Corellan from getting to work one morning.)

Pieces (A stand-alone fic featuring Nas'ash'dia from the Nas Legacy as she looks back on her life thus far)

Opportunity (Chapter One of Legends of the Force, featuring OCs in my Halcyon Legacy. This story covers a little talk between Kael Nosrol Krannus and his apprentice, Jaesa Willsaam) Training Day (Chapter One of In the Shadow of the Hero, featuring Padawan Tyzen Pyne from my Halcyon Legacy)

The Fall (Chapter One of Shadow Games, a story in the Halcyon Legacy featuring an unnamed OC. This chapter was fun as the POV was Malgus) Mysterious Ways (Chapter Seven of Tales of the Eternal Alliance, featuring Bas'riish from the Halcyon Legacy as she and Guss fight on Odessen)

Touched (Chapter Three of Monsters and Masks, featuring Ozibaumnu from the Nas Legacy)

A Hero's Reward (An AU Fic where Bas'riish of the Halcyon Legacy invades @taraum​ 's world... and targets Daesha for her wiles)

You Don’t Want To Know (Chapter Two of Legends of the Force. This story covers Ashara Zavros as she learns some new things about her mentor, Zu'fanda Pampya)

Old Partners drops on Monday. It will be Chapter Eight of Tales of the Eternal Alliance, and will star an NPC who barely appears in the game, but who struck my fancy. I hope you all give it a look!

I also wrote two more pieces --- It's Good To Be The Empress and Immersion --- that I showed only a handful of people. I won't ever post them to Tumblr. But if I ever do a Patreon....

Still - overall, a solid year.

Hope 2022 goes okay!

Thanks for reading!

- SWTORpadawan

[swtorpadawan]

📢 - Does your muse have a loud personality or a quiet one? Do they enjoy being the center of attention, or would they rather watch and listen? 👶 - If they have any, what is your muse’s relationship like with their children? Do they feel like they’re a good parent? 🐜 - How does your muse feel about animal lives? Do they treat them the same way they’d treat a person, or do they feel they’re inferior? For whoever you feel has the most interesting answers.

Thought-Provoking Headcanon Meme Thanks for the asks, @lordviridis !

📢 - Does your muse have a loud personality or a quiet one? Do they enjoy being the center of attention, or would they rather watch and listen? Teeanah Malvern isn't necessarily loud, but she is incredibly charming and charismatic, and has a way about her where everyone who speaks to her feels more important for having her attention. There's is no question who the… "Center" of the circle is.

👶 - If they have any, what is your muse’s relationship like with their children? Do they feel like they’re a good parent? Corellan is my only OC i've properly documented having children. He adamantly let both Bela and Orgus choose their own paths. Bela eventually chose the path of her father, and would later succeed him as co-leader of the Alliance. Orgus… well, he became a smuggler. Which was fine. It was his choice. He does worry if he really gave each of them what they needed, but neither would complain about him.

🐜 - How does your muse feel about animal lives? Do they treat them the same way they’d treat a person, or do they feel they’re inferior? Ansonus Ixorr (Rhi'khi Legacy - i know i haven't talked about him much) has a pet Nuna named Nyvox. (Nunas were those reptillian turkey things people rode around on in The Phantom Menace on Naboo.)

Thanks for the asks, @lordviridis !

[swtorpadawan]

Tell us about Tali

Send me the name of one of my Muses you want to learn more about, and I’ll ramble about them.

Thank you for the ask!

Tali is my main OC agent in the Sarnova, Rhi'khi and Adas Legacies, with some divergences for each.

So - first thing - Laht'al'ikran - aka Tali - aka Cipher Nine - is serving the Empire as part of the Chiss Ascendancy's support. She was talented enough to make a good operative while at the same time being young enough to adjust to life in the Sith Empire.

Her first loyalty is to her people. She was particularly close to her adopted sister, Huziq. (More on her another time.)

Second - although she keeps her mouth shut, she notes every act of bigotry by Imperials towards non-humans. She has no illusions about what kind of place the Empire is.

Third - she has a partner - Cipher Ten. Brehn Urmond.

The two of them are paired together on Hutta, then progress together throughout the conflict with the Eagle's network and ultimately confronting Darth Jadus.

Along that path, they learn grudging respect for each other, and later legitimate friendship.

They feigned a relationship together to justify their 'defection' to Ardun Kothe. (Imperial Intelligence would not approve of them being in a relationship.) Honestly, they didn't have to feign too hard.

When the Castellan Restraints come into play, it pushes them closer together. Ultimately they find solace in each other's arms.

Unfortunately, Hunter is more than willing to use their relationship against them.

The abuses the two agents suffer at Hunter's hands for his/her own amusement were horrific.

In the Sarnova and Rhi'khi legacies, Tali's story follows the class story resonably closely. (More on that another time.)

But in the Adas Legacy...

Someone learns about Tali's conditioning. Someone offers her - and Brehn - a way out.

After everything she's been through, she isn't exactly eager to trust a Jedi, or even an ex-Jedi.

But Teeanah Malvern has a way with people.

Deep down, Tali knows she's traded one leash for another. Taeree's powers of persuasion are subtle and insidious. She can make people want to serve her.

But - unlike everyone else - she promises Tali a world where she and Brehn can be together.

(Plus she gets revenge on Hunter.)

Thanks for the ask!

[swtorpadawan]

Writing Ranking 2020

I was tagged by @dragonheart-swtor​ and @blueburds​ for the 5 Works Meme  which was very flattering and then I saw @sunsetofdoom​ put out a Writing Ranking 2020 that I thought was very cool. So I'm basically combining these two ideas in a single post.

Getting personal for a moment, 2020... like for many of you... was not a great year for me.

It began with the death of my father. This was not an unexpected event in the least, as he had several long-term medical issues that had been impacting him for years. Nevertheless, the experience was still painful, and i still feel like i left too much unresolved with him.

Health-wise, i was expecting to make progress on a number of fronts. That did not materialize, and while that was certainly impacted by the pandemic, I must own that most of the responsibility is mine.  

Professionally, I was impacted by the pandemic like so many others, eventually leading to my being furloughed. So - not a great situation.

Personally, a couple of people on Tumblr who i had once admired and even considered "internet friends" decided that I was the worst human being ever because of how i perceive a fictional character in a fictional universe. (Yeah, people are jerks.)

So yeah - not swell.

Frustratingly, my writing, which i like to think of as an outlet for my frustrations, did not seem to improve either in quantity of output or quality. I theoretically had the free time to do much better than this.

But it's always good to re-assess and learn. So here are the nine actual pieces I posted this past year, in reverse order of how satisfied I am with them :

9) Promises

It's not terrible, but Promises was more of a case study on the Jedi Knight companions than it is an actual story. This isn't even necessarily specific to my main OC, Corellan Halcyon. I think I have some good stuff in there, and I love exploring under-developed characters like Rusk. 8) Perspectives

Again, closer to a case study than a proper story. I had tons of notes and I realized I was likely never going to incorporate many of them into "proper" stories. I do like exploring how different members of the Eternal Alliance feel about Corellan, even if that is a little bit of a "wish fulfillment" type of thing. The game doesn't give us much for most of these characters, so I liked exploring this as an academic exercise.

7) Weaknesses

This one was really short. At some point, I'll give Kira and Vette a proper one-on-one scene, but for now, it was enough for me to establish this connection. Xalek seemed an excellent choice of character to say something totally tactless that everyone was wondering. I'd rank it higher, but length was the issue - it is easier to write a shorter piece. 

6) It Could Always Be Worse

I have this... fixation, I guess? - with taking minor, 30 second NPCs from the actual game stories and expanding on them with a story. I wanted to approach the KOTFE galaxy - and the Alliance - from the perspective of an outsider. A recurring theme throughout the game is people doing things or not doing what they should be doing out of fear. It seemed timely to try to tackle that. Even so, it was a bear to write. 5) Breaking Even

I've barely ever done anything with either Errul Marsh or Rhi'khi, as they aren't part of my more prominent legacies. But this was kind of fun conceptually, and i had some fun banter from Errul. (I was shooting for a Han Solo in The Force Awakens vibe.) And i got to express some of my own thoughts on the unpleasantness of aging. (Spoilers: It sucks. Like, a lot.) 

4) Surprised! Not Dead

A very short piece, indeed. BUT - it got me to get back into my Awakenings series. Also - I loved exploring the Kira Carsen / Bela Kiwiiks relationship post-KOTET. It was very touching in the game story, and deserved to be addressed. So I’m glad I did this. 3) Small Favors

Okay - so - I had TONS of notes on a hypothetical conversation between Kira and Theron post-KOTET. I assumed turning these into a short piece would be easy. Weeks and more than 8000 words later, I produced this... thing. It's a bit flawed, since it's just a one-on-one and most their conversation is about Corellan. I put it third because I'm so relieved i actually got it done. The lesson I SHOULD learn from this is to try to start with an outline if I'm going to have more than 2K words, because otherwise it will get away from me. 2) A Dead World

This was for my 'A Simple Choice' series. There were all these dangling threads from KOTET and the Jedi Knight story, and I wanted to tie them up. All the Outlanders wind up going to Nathema, but one of them has known about it for years. Plus, I liked looking at Corellan and the Alliance from Arcann's perspective.

1) Clothes Make The Jedi

This was just self-indulgent, fluffy fun, from very early in Corellan and Kira's association. I wanted to explore how they saw each other at this point. (I also felt the need to explain my wardrobe choices for Kira.) It will never be my best work, but it's one of the most enjoyable.

So yeah.

Thank you all for listening to me re-hash my writing experiences for 2020. Hopefully, it will turn out that I’ve learned something. (Then again, I've always learned things the hard way.)

In closing - I know a lot of you are going through things right now, and I'm perfectly well aware that many of you have it harder than I do. I'm okay for the moment, and I’m thankful for that. 

Give yourselves a break. Take care of yourselves. And remember that half of growing up is about realizing that there are things in our lives that might bring us momentary pleasure, but aren't healthy for us in the long run. No one else can tell you what those things are. You have to figure it out for yourself.    

Thanks for reading. And good luck in 2021.

[swtorpadawan]

6 & 10 for whoever you made first

"Cute OC ask game! Send an OC and a number!"

Sorry this one took me so long!

Who I made first is actually a complicated question... but my oldest active OC is Errul Marsh, my Zabrak smuggler in the Rhi'khi Legacy, who I made all the way back on F2P.

6) What is the OC’s favorite way to dress? What kinds of clothes? Jewelry or piercings?

Errul favors long coats with plenty of pockets for his hidden backup weapns and 'toys'. He's careful to choose clothing that doesn't impair his movements, since people are always trying to kill him. He's pierced himself a number of times over the years as parts of disguises, but he doesn't usually stick with it.

10) Does the OC like lichen or moss better? On wood or on rocks?

Errul was actually stranded for a few weeks, and was forced to live off lichen. He did not relish the experience. He keeps his ship well-stocked with emergency supplies ever since.

Thanks for the asks!

[swtorpadawan]

3,5,8,14 for whoever is on your mind

swtor-based character questions

Thanks for the asks! Mixing it up!

3. if your character could romance anyone, regardless of class or npc status, who would they have romanced?

I ship Errul Marsh of my Rhi'khi Legacy with Senya Tirall. They are of similar age groups, and although their backgrounds are very different, I think they'd find a lot of common ground. He'd admire the choices she'd made and Senya... well, she'd laugh at his jokes.

5. are there any choices they wish they could’ve made? (redeeming vaylin, keeping scorpio, etc.)

Corellan really wishes he would have listened to Kira at the end of chapter two, when she warned him that the whole thing was a trap.

8. if they were a companion, what class would they be for and how would their missions go?

Ulannium Kaarz would be a healer / ranged DPS Jedi Consular. He would ask the OC to help him on a side-mission to recover some forgotten Jedi lore from... probably someplace exciting.

14. does their past/background effect how they react to things?

Deviah Sarnova (remember her?) recognizes that she grew up with a naive, idealized idea of how the Empire and the galaxy worked. She knows a lot of it was a lie.

That doesn't mean she doesn't believe the galaxy isn't worth fighting for. Those are the beliefs she formed.

Thanks for the asks!