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[tehlaen]

Day 27 of the 30 Day Star Wars OC Challenge. The topic: Strongholds! This is part two, showing the exterior with the Krayt’s Den’s gardens and plaza. 

[storyknitter]

SWTOR 30 Day OC Challenge Day 22: Home

Day 22: Home

What does ‘home’ mean to your OC? Where have they lived in their life, and who with? Do they want to go back?

Vassanna’s definition of “home” has changed over the years. At first, when she joined the Jedi Order, she had a hard time adjusting to the idea that she had no set “home” -- she lived everywhere and nowhere all at once. She went wherever her Master was needed -- sometimes that was Coruscant, sometimes it was the Mid-Rim, sometimes just on a ship for months. Eventually, she grew accustomed to the “everywhere yet nowhere” feeling and actually enjoyed it.

When Sanna was a teenager, she spent some time on Tython with other Padawans (before going out again with her second Master) and that became home-like, but she was getting close to the beginning of the Jedi Knight story in-game and well... things got a little busy then. The Defender became home, since she spent so much time there, with friends and crew. (She thought the name was fairly fitting, so she never gave it a custom one.) After her time in carbonite, the Defender became unbearably empty and silent -- she avoided as much as she could and never used it unless she needed something larger than a shuttle for whatever mission she was going on. Odessen became home.

Sometimes Vassanna wants to go back to the time before she joined Darth Marr in Wild Space, when things seemed simpler. She misses Kira something fierce and is concerned about Doc and even Lord Scourge’s absences.

[skullinacowboyhat]

30 Day SWTOR OC Challenge

A little catch-up cause I didn’t do it yesterday.

Day 14: Limits

Do they dedicate themselves to a cause or ideal? Why do they dedicate themselves? Is it they would sacrifice everything for?  Almost everything? What wouldn’t they sacrifice? What lines will they never cross?

Kalanti doesn’t have a definitive goal in her life, but she does enjoy helping people. She isn’t sure if she would sacrifice everything for a stranger or someone in need, because she’s never been faced with that decision. 

She wouldn’t kill anyone to save someone else; that is just going too far for her. It isn’t that she doesn’t care about that person, but she knows that if she killed someone to save them, it wouldn’t be right, unless that person was super evil or something. 

The truth is, in terms of choices, limits, etc, Kalanti doesn’t have set rules. She likes to take it day by day, tackling every obstacle how she deems it needs to be tackled. 

Natila doesn’t have a real cause or ideal, but she is extremely dedicated to her friends. She doesn’t know who her real family is and the truth is, she doesn’t care. In her mind, she already has one. 

She would sacrifice anything for her friends, even kill for them if need be. 

Day 15: (Canon) Choices

What choices do they make in the main/class quests of their game? Why? What is the hardest decision they make?

I’m not really familiar with the Smuggler storyline, so I can’t think of any choices she would have to make. Not only that, Kalanti doesn’t completely follow the Smuggler storyline, because she isn’t actually a smuggler; she’s an explorer. 

However, the hardest decision she ever had to make was to kill Skavak. I’m not sure why exactly she would have to do it (I’m thinking Corso was in danger or something), but she did and it has haunted her for ages. 

Natila doesn’t follow any of the class storylines, so I can’t think of any choices she had to make inside the game story.

[thefoodwiththedood]

30 Day Star Wars OC Challenge

Day 7: Fighting 1 – Methods

Does your OC fight? Is your OC good at fighting? Are they self-taught or did they have teachers? Do they have a lot of combat experience? What is their fighting style? Do they prefer ranged combat or close combat? Favourite weapon/ability/move? Favorite way to kill?

To Hes, fighting is second nature—she’s done it all her life, to the point where it comes almost as naturally as breathing. She’s not bad at it either, being able to contend with foes who most people would get their asses kicked by. She’s trained with Sith lords, Jedi masters, clone troopers, freedom fighters, rebels, scum and villainy—if someone can fight, Hes has probably fought alongside them. In this way, she’s sort of like Samurai Jack; she’s learned from a ton of people, and she’s skilled with everything from blasters to lightsabers. Hes’s preferred weapon, however, are her lightsaber tonfas. In many respects, they’re what make her such a dangerous foe—they’re not a common choice, for one, and many lightsaber wielders have trouble adapting to the strange design. Not only that, but the weapons are designed especially for defensive maneuvers, with only quick jabs and cuts as offense. This, combined with Hes’s quick counters and constantly shifting stance, make it almost impossible to penetrate her defenses, and she often wins just by outlasting her opponent and catching them off guard (For a clearer picture, this is kinda how Hes would fight). As for fighting with the Force, Hes rarely ever does it anymore—she’s tried her best to disconnect herself from the Force as a whole, so using it seems hypocritical. When she does, it’s usually A) in a dire situation where it’s absolutely necessary, or B) in a fit of rage. When it’s the latter, Hes is at her strongest—tapping into the Dark side, she’s been known to employ Force chokes and even Force screams before lashing out with her sabers, slaughtering anyone in her path. This was first own early on in her career as a rebel when, after a comrade of hers was shot by an Imperial officer, Hes went berserk and force-choked every other Imperial in the room except the shooter, whom she elected to decapitate instead. Of course, this is hardly Hes’s preferred way of fighting. Rather, she prefers to defeat her enemies honorably and with a clear head—and, ideally, without having to fall back on the Force.

[araneoluslegacy]

30-Day SWTOR OC Challenge -- Day 19

Day 19: Courtship & Friendship

Does your OC get involved romantically or sexually with anybody? When do they first fall for them or get involved? If they fall in love, when does it happen? Does the relationship last?

Friendships (for the aromantic and otherwise): Do they have a serious platonic relationship with anyone? How does it begin? Does it last?

Yuned'rar had met @calleo‘s Yxaxajj when he was 17 or so and they slowly became friends. Yuned'rar very much liked and appreciated that Yxaxajj gave him space, didn't push him to do anything, and respected him -- all things that he didn't have at the time and when he was especially distrustful of people. They were very good and close friends for a couple of years like that.

Somewhere when he was 19, Yuned'rar realised he had developed Other Feelings for Yxaxajj, who was dating someone at the time. When he figured out it was an open relationship, he confessed his love to absolutely no-one's surprise at all because he was the most obvious baby (no really):

For a short time it was a relationship between Yuned'rar, Yxaxajj, and two others. It became a bit strained and two left, but Yun and Xajj stuck it out.

Once things calmed down and they began spending more time on Tatooine and eventually moving there, Yxaxajj's long-time friend @rashkah‘s Rasejj came into the picture, reuniting first with Yxaxajj and then growing closer with Yuned'rar, too.

So, now they're a sweet, loving trio.

[wishyounew]

Day 13: Values

How does your OC define “good” and “evil”? “Right” and “wrong”? Do they bother to consider such things at all? What are your OC’s priorities? What’s the first thing they consider when making a decision? Are they Dark side or Light side? Somewhere in between?

Takashi has, for most of his life considered that everything he does is right and everyone who stands against him is wrong, because they’re dead and he’s not. if he were wrong he’d be dead by now, but he’s not, so he’s clearly right. 

that was up until he met and immediately fell for Theron Shan and it became, everything Theron thinks is a good idea is right when he’s in the room or if he suggested this mission or if information about what happens here will get back to him and make him sad. 

Takashi is solidly on the Dark Side of the force, he’s got the red eyes to prove it, but he thinks dark and light are human traits forced upon an inhuman thing and doesn't really believe in that nonsense 

[fluffynexu]

30 Day SWTOR OC Challenge

I did it! x)

I’m kinda surprised and happy? Mostly because I managed to remember to do it everyday. That’s like... a Big Deal for me y’all.

Anyway, thought I would just make a big ol’ master post of all of it to celebrate. :D

Day 1: Introduction Day 2: Physical Status Day 3: Species & Demonym Day 4: Mind Matters Day 5: Sexuality & Gender Day 6: Pockets, Gear & Weapons Day 7: Fighting 1 – Methods Day 8: Fighting 2 – Morality Day 9: Social Status Day 10: Politics Day 11: The Force Day 12: Religion/Force Orders Day 13: Values Day 14: Limits Day 15:  (Canon) Choices Day 16: Consequences Day 17: Contrition Day 18: Companions Day 19: Courtship & Friendship Day 20: Conclusion Day 21: Coda Day 22: Home Day 23: Childhood Day 24: Food Day 25: Downtime & Hobbies Day 26: Skills & Talents Day 27: Strongholds/Apartments Day 28: Ship Day 29: Resources, Contacts & Friends Day 30: Pets & Prized Possessions Bonus Day: Free Day!

And that’s a wrap! c:

If any of you wanna do it, you can find it here!

[tehlaen]

Day 19: Friends As Family

Day 19 of the 30 Day Star Wars OC Challenge from @smuggler-captain that I’m doing with @lessdenied! Previous posts are tagged with #30dayswchallenge. Yay, I am back to my regular writing schedule!

This is another deviation from the questions-as-written, since Teh’s personal history doesn’t follow the canonical in-game storyline. So instead! A little bit about Teh’s feels on family, on friendship, and on feels themselves.

“What the hell does genetics have to do with family?!”

Teh’laen’s perspective on “family,” and what that word even means, is non-traditional at best. After all, the people who raised her didn’t contribute any genetic material to who she is and who she’d become. As a result of that disconnect between biology and bonding, she’s never really bothered to distinguish between equally-meaningful relationships depending on genetics. She was adopted into the Va’shuvrk family, fully and completely, and the bonds between her and her deceased parents and siblings remain a pillar of her sense of self.

As such, the idea of “adopting” people with whom she’s forged a deep, lasting connection into the web of relationships that she calls her family is and always has been a core feature of how she relates to others… Even if she doesn’t necessarily couch it in those terms.

Essix is Teh’s best friend and has been for nearly twenty years. She has, on multiple occasions, risked her life to protect him—and has instigated more fistfights than she can count in response to someone dismissing his importance to her as, “It’s only a droid.” Essix is family in Teh’laen’s mind; anyone who says differently is gonna catch these hands and possibly a stunbaton to the back of the knee. But she’d be hard-pressed to slap a label on the bond between them. “Brother” doesn’t really fit and “son” is too, well, parental. (That said, she does adore spoiling him with new upgrades given the slightest provocation.) Essix is family; why does it need to get any more specific than that?

The process of adopting someone into what she considers her family is gradual, but once Teh forms that kind of attachment to someone, she’s not shy about it. Lover, friend, protege… Whatever the nature of their relationship, Teh is open and enthusiastic about it. It may take a while for such a relationship to reach that point of trust and intimacy—after all, the sorts of people with whom Teh’s associated on a daily basis for most of her life aren’t the most trustworthy in the Galaxy—but once it does, Teh accepts it wholeheartedly.

Teh’laen’s formed more of these sorts of relationships in the very recent past—and formed them more quickly—than she used to over the span of years. Her relationship with Cassbria (”Cass”) Temar is by far the most notable attachment; Teh’s had lots of lovers and plenty of serious relationships, but the depth of her feelings for Cass is practically unprecedented, and the fact that Cass makes Teh want to look beyond the immediate future is entirely unprecedented.

There’s a notable exception to Teh’laen’s policy of not worrying over labels and distinctions: her friendship with Naga’se, a fellow Twi’lek whom Teh met almost by chance. Teh’laen’s bond with Naga’se—Naga for short—has very swiftly evolved to the point of blurring Teh’s concepts of friendship and family. The two have become sisters, in every sense that matters to either of them. Both Teh and Naga lost their sisters to tragedy at a young age, and the similarities between Teh’laen and Naga’s sister, and between Naga and Rai’laen, led to the Rutian and the Lethan becoming surrogates for the person the other had lost. Does the distinction between friend and sister matter at all to Teh’laen? Not in the slightest, at least semantically. But Teh’laen’s attachment to Naga fills the void in her life left by Rai’laen’s loss.

"Oooh, yeah, genetics, right. You know that I'm  only marginally more closely related to you than I am to a grophet, right? If we're talking about genomes and shit?" -Teh’laen to Hirani, her biological fraternal twin.

Teh’s relationship with Naga as surrogate sisters is a stark contrast to Teh’s ambivalence (occasionally veering into antipathy) regarding her recently rediscovered biological family: Gnoxis, her Sith Lord mother, and Hirani, her fraternal twin sister. Hirani—having been raised from infancy by the Jedi—is eager to make up for the family she never had, as is Gnoxis, who was deprived of the family she wanted to have. Teh’laen had a family that she lost, and presently has the family that she found, and is deeply resentful of her blood relations’ implication that an accident of birth should make them more important to Teh than the bonds she’s forged of her desire and volition.