So after re-designing Hes and Cerate, I thought it’d be cool to tweak some of my other OCs’ designs, too! Granted, these two aren’t complete design overhauls like the others, but still, I like these versions quite a bit more than the originals.
Either way, here’s Aychie and Brach Chu-Cho—two former Jedi, a master and their apprentice, just trying to make their way in the world after Order 66. I really like how they turned out, so yeah, let me know if you guys like ‘em too! :D
Just as with the others, their backstories are below the cut:
In the years preceding the Clone Wars, Aychie was known throughout the Order as one of their most promising younglings. Bright-eyed and ambitious, Aychie spent every moment they could studying and practicing with both their Force abilities and their lightpike, proving themselves to be a great warrior and a wise student. They quickly rose to the top of their class and became a padawan early, and by the time they were fifteen (adulthood for a Chadra-Fan) they’d already been granted the rank of Jedi Knight.
Around this time, Naboo was blockaded and invaded by the Trade Federation, and as the Separatists continued to gain power and influence across the galaxy, war seemed to loom ever closer. Aychie was ready for it, though, and in no time they were out on the battlefield, leaving a trail of destroyed battle droids wherever they went. Before long they were awarded the rank of Jedi Master, and from there everything seemed to be looking up for them.
And then came Brach Chu-Cho. A few years before the start of the clone war, only a few weeks after Aychie was made a master, they were assigned a padawan—a shy but intelligent Pantoran boy, who himself was only ten years Aychie’s junior. At first, the two butted heads; Brach thought Aychie to be brash and reckless, and Aychie regarded Brach as somewhat of a buzzkill. Yet as they spent more time with each other, they began to rub off on eachother: Brach became more outgoing and brave like his master, and Aychie learned to appreciate Brach’s intellect and skill as a strategist.
When the Clone Wars broke out, Aychie and Brach were given the ranks of General and Commander, respectively, as well as command over the 327th clone trooper legion. The two Jedi and the clones immediately bonded, and as a sign of respect the troopers painted their armor orange and blue, to match Aychie and Brach’s lightsabers. Together, Aychie, Brach, and the 327th fought in battles all around the middle rim, being known as one of the toughest divisions in their sector.
But then, Order 66 happened. At the time, Aychie and Brach were stationed in the Tarsunt system, aiding a local rebel group. When the clones received the order, they immediately turned and fired on the two Jedi, landing several shots on them before the Tarsunt rebels swooped in to cover their escape. Wounded and bloodied, Brach and Aychie fled, eventually making their way back to the rebels’ base. They came up with a plan to fake their deaths—Brach set one of their ships’ navi-computer to take off, after which he and Aychie hid farther off in a thicket of trees. They watched the ship climb into the sky, only to see it shot and vaporized mid-air by a Republic gunship. The two waited in the trees for another two days, doing their best to nurse their wounds from atop the canopy, before they were convinced the troopers thought they were dead. Weak from both hunger, lack of rest, and their still present wounds, they slowly made their way to the nearest spaceport, wondering how much longer they would survive this.
Of course, the two did survive. Over the next fifteen years, Aychie and Brach traveled across the galaxy, taking up careers as smugglers, bounty hunters, pirates—anything they could do to get money for the next day’s food. Over time, they found themselves messing with the Empire more and more, and they began to find their niche as rebels.
(That’s really all I have thought up for them at the moment, but yeah, let me know what you guys think! :D)
2. You meet a man who has killed someone and done time for it before. Does this factor into how you treat him? Will he ever truly escape that sin?
Cerate: “I guess? Growing up around rebels, killing never really bothered me too much. I mean, yeah, seeing Stormtroopers get shot and go limp always freaked me out a little, but Hes explained it like this: those guys chose their path when they joined the Empire, and unfortunately for them and us, their paths were in the way of ours. Really, the only way I’d be uncomfortable around someone who killed a guy is if they were weird about it—like, if they liked it a bit too much or they made a big deal of whatever happened.”
12. If someone else stole something and you stole it back is that a good deed, a bad deed or one of equal worth? Are you better than the original thief?
Brach: “I could certainly see the appeal to simply taking what is yours, however I believe it to be only a temporary solution. If the thief is not confronted about his misdeeds early on, then it becomes an endless cycle of stealing the same item or items—two thieves are created, and none are destroyed. In this way, I believe coming to a peaceful resolution face-to-face is always the best option.”
14. What of love? Say you discover your lifelong crush on another has finally been reciprocated… but they are currently dating a family member or a dear friend the crush feels responsible to honour. Do you force the break up? Date on the side? Bottle it up forever?
Aychie: Listen, I say the moment love gets that complicated, you should just wait until it sorts itself out, or pursue someone else if you really need love that bad. Love’s a matter ‘a circumstance, anyways—it’s a big galaxy, after all, and there’s no way there’s just one person for everyone. You just gotta find an open door and walk through; ain’t no sense in waiting for a brick wall to open up. Plus, in a case like that, there ain’t no sense in screwing over an old friend just for some other guy or lady—one is silver, the other’s gold.
