Also sorry to just cold tag but @shynmighty I haven't seen you on the dash for a bit (I sent a couple anon asks because I was a chicken back then 🥴) and the Vhespasian photo you posted gave me an urge to doodle, so I did one of your boy too.
Could not nail the armor rendering so he's not in all his shiny glory I'm sorry 😭
Should I read anything into your Imperial Agent being named for a Roman Emperor?
Ahhhhhhhh!!! After all this time!!!! I am SO thrilled that this detail is finally getting noticed!!!!
And in answer to your amazing question of whether to read anything into it...
Just that I'm a turbo nerd for Roman history. 😁
So... The funny thing about Vhespasian...
☝️This guy.
...is that I literally made him as a throwaway character to complete some Galactic Seasons objective... and he immediately became a forever favorite baby. Because look at him. 🥰
When I named him, I literally just spun the wheel on my list of brain-names, Vespasian popped up and I was like...
No pressure tags for... I have been seen this going around, so if you're seeing this and haven't been tagged... consider this your tag!!
In this interview, one of the devs (Caitlin), says that 7.6 is set to be at the end of 27 ATC/3626 BBY. So simple tiny tag game:
How old are your OCs in the current timeline?
Oh boy, strap in for some rambling!
So... I always timelined Aeony (my main) to be roughly the same age as me, so like a true crazy fan, in my head I stretched and crunched the math/story to suit my whims. The short answer is... she's roughly 40.
Oh? What's that? You want more details? Yay! Happy to oblige... under the cut!
I actually typed out a whole thing breaking down Aeony's age in each section of the game, based on nothing but my own silliness. This was for a long fanfic I had planned (and if anyone is interested in that...I might dive back in? There's just been a lot going on IRL and I'm still waiting for the dust to settle. But yeah. There's a big Aeony fic I started, it's a thing, I promise!) so what I have typed up was really just supposed to be for my own personal edification... but since it's applicable here, I figure I might as well plop it in this post!
Here!!!
Timeline:
Age 8: Aeony’s home is attacked by the Sith, Aeony loses her mother and sisters, joins the Jedi
Age 19: Class Story Act 1, Aeony arrives on Tython and becomes Orgus’s Padawan
Age 20: Class Story Act 2, Aeony joins the Jedi Strike force and is captured by the Emperor
Age 21: Class Story Act 3, Aeony defeats the Emperor
Aeony defeats Malgus on Ilum
Age 22: Aeony resolves the crisis on Makeb
Age 23: Korriban Incursion and the Assault on Tython, Aeony meets Theron and Lana
Age 24: Aeony defeats the Revanites with the help of Falx, Theron, and Lana
Ziost is consumed by Vitiate
Age 25: Aeony is captured by Arcann
Age 30: Aeony is released from carbonite
Aeony forms the Alliance, recruits Chrysander, Falx, Aeseca, Aeiryss, Aecenith and Vhespasian
Age 31: Aeony defeats Vaylin
Age 32: Traitor Arc – Aeony becomes romantically involved with Arcann
Age 33: Ossus, etc.
Ages 34-35: Onslaught – Onderon, Mek-Sha and the Meridian Complex
Age 36: Echoes of Oblivion, Aeony, Kira, and Scourge defeat Tenebrae
Age 37: Aeony sends Aeseca to assist with the Spirit of Vengeance
Aeony assists on Manaan (Aeiryss and Aeseca support)
Age 38: Aeony goes to Ruhnuk to aid the Mandalorians, Aeseca supports
Girl averages about 1-2 major life events per year. Just like real life.
...you might have noticed there is no dates/math here. This is because I don't math. It also cuts off at Ruhnuk. That's because I typed this up around that point. So the info is a liiiiittle dated. Just a bit crusty around the edges. It smells funky. But it exists!
And we can pretend I did math and this all leads neatly up to 27 ATC/3626 BBY!
"But Shy?" you ask. "What about the others you're always babbling about?"
I pat you gently but not condescendingly on the head. Don't worry. They all have ages, too. Roughly.
As of the current year...
Aeony is 40
Falx is 38
Aeseca is 36
Aecenith & Aeiryss are 37
Vhespasian is 35
Chrysander is 47
Taijax is 36
The others need more work still
(This is based on nothing but those whims I told you about. So...subject to tweaking, but to give you a general idea.)
Anyway, hope you enjoyed all that! This really made me miss SWTOR. I should really be working... but the desire to fire up the game is STRONG now.
A couple of people informed us this week that it is customary in the Netherlands to introduce yourself to your neighbors when you move in and give them a small gift. Which sounded incredibly awkward to us.
But we are here, and eager to assimilate!
We went out and got a couple bottles of nice but not over-the-top wine, one for the apartment above us, and one for the apartment below. And we successfully pushed down that feeling of being extremely awkward and American, and knocked on the first floor apartment.
A man answers the door. We introduce ourselves and inform him that we're his new neighbors, and we got him a bottle of wine!
He looks at us like we're insane. Turns out, he's American, too. But he thanks us politely and the interaction is, mercifully, over.
Our upstairs neighbor is Dutch. We meet her near the front door and introduce ourselves and explain that we're doing the customary thing of saying hi and bringing her a gift.
She, too, looks at us like we're insane.
"I've had many neighbors," she says. "And no one has ever done this."
My husband and I look at each other with barely restrained panic.
"Oh," we say, laughing awkwardly. "Do you want the wine, though?"
Hi dear, as the end of May is closing in Ibwas wondering if you and your family are in the middle of moving or even already in the Netherlands? I hope everything goes smoothly for you 🤞🏻
Brona!!! So great to hear from you!! Thank you for checking up on me!!! 🥰
I really can't believe it's the end of May, either... where has the time gone??
The move has kicked into high gear! Moving day is set for mid-June! We have our visas, we have our apartment, and now we just have to sort through our stuff and pack up!
Some things have gone smoother than others, but for the most part...
Just sharing for no particular reason that my husband laughed himself awake this morning because he told a funny poop joke in his dream. I love this man.
Been a little while, but Kiddo and I are dipping our toes back into SWTOR. Tonight she wanted to make a brand new Jedi Knight (I will post pics and info on her new character if we wind up playing a bit more!)
But Kiddo had some concerns.
Me: Let me guess. You're excited for the flirts.
Kiddo: I AM. I WANNA FLIRT WITH THE PIRATE!!!
Me: What pirate?
Kiddo: THE ONE FHALX FLIRTS WITH!!!
Me: You only get him as a Sith Inquisitor. You're playing a Jedi Knight.
Kiddo: BUT I WANT TO FLIRT WITH HIM! HE'S THE ONLY HANDSOME GUY IN THE GAME!!!
Me: Okay, you're not WRONG, he's very good looking...but if you want to flirt with Andronikos, you have to play your Sith Inquisitor.
Kiddo: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Keep forgetting to do this, so *insert 'shows up late with Starbucks' meme* but my fave of your OCs is probably either Taijax (surprising no one, I have a soft spot for Chiss Consulars lol) or Vhespasian.
Endrali 🤝 Taijax!! (if only there was a way to make the emoji blue!)
But seriously....
THIS. MAKES. ME. SO. HAPPY. 🥰
I really mean it, thank you. I haven't posted my OCs in a while, I know, and I'm hoping to get back into it once real life chaos dies down a bit. It's just really nice to know that you remember them and still like them!!
Just got back from checking the vibes in the Netherlands! We went to a few different potential spots where we might be living, saw the tulips, did our biometrics, and now we're just waiting to get approved (fingers crossed!)
Here's a few things I learned...
If I die, a bike might be involved.
My daughter is addicted to stroopwafels.
The best caramel hazelnut macchiato in the world is served at a small café in Leiden.
My Dutch stinks.
Contrary to what Duolingo suggests, people on the whole discuss rhinos (specifically the fact that they have horns and tails) much less than I was led to believe. Not a single Dutch rhino could be reached for comment.
There ARE flat-nosed dogs, but the fact remains that my 11 y/o English bulldog would probably not survive the flight/quarantine, so we still have to say good-bye.
My husband got a cold our last day in town and we spent about 8 euros on a bunch of medicine.
