#the smuggler story/NPCs has definitely been the hardest of the lot to try and fit into subterfugeverse canon i'll admit

[chaoticspacefam]

What happens with Beryl Thorne!

(I do not have any screenshots for this one so sorry it's just a text wall) skjahskjgs

From the [SWTOR NPC Headcanon Asks List]

Thank you for the ask, as always! <3

I still haven't 100% figured out where to slot in Risha so this stuff may be subject to adapt/change as and when I figure that out. (actually...a LOT of the smuggler crew/NPCs are kind of just stuck in the Limbo Void rn because I'm really not sure how Mer and Ziri would've met them or anything XD) BUT I have always liked Beryl Thorne and I can definitely say with confidence that Merak would have a thing for her :'3 Nothing serious because Mer isn't a man to be tied down by any sense (except for one (1) woman in the Zephyrverse AU) so its a very casual "I like you, you're fun" sort of arrangement.

I'd like to think a lot of Merak and Ziri's smuggling contracts were outsourced or provided by Beryl, and she probably ends up coming with Mer to the Alliance when its formed and working alongside them as part of Hylo's privateering team and so on.

Mer and Ziri's "ship droid" is actually an EXTREMELY OLD KM1 mining droid (I love KM1s with all my heart I had to give my smugglers one, sorrynotsorry) named Clank. And even though they're tech whizzes in their own right I'm sure there's been times where old Clank has gotten so borked Mer's had to run to Beryl for help because even Ziri couldn't fit it - plus without Aria around, he needed someone to help him source the "older" parts that would be compatible with Clank's circuits. Thanks Beryl!

Sorry hers is a bit short, she's one of the few I haven't gotten to thinking on in any sort of detail! 😅