#djael

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intergalacticpancake replied to your post: SO FREAKING EXCITED ABOUT THE REPUBLIC RATTATAKI I...

yeS watch me roll a new bb pub just so i can see him ahhhh ;n; HE BETTER HAVE LINES

I really really really hope he does omg (and if not I'm going to write TEN THOUSAND DRABBLES)

(AGGRESSIVELY PREPARES TO STAN CHARACTER TO HELL AND BACK START YOUR ENGINES)

Also I'm having a stupid amount of feelings over potential interactions if I get him on Ayarie's crew because a) rattataki with enslaved family responding with FUCK YOU I'LL BE AS FREE AS POSSIBLE with b) rattataki tricked into thinking he had a family only to have it turn out to be a big joke and then FUCK YOU I'LL SHOW YOU WHO'S A BIG JOKE

OR

OH NO

Djael with Ashy

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sorry dude you're adopted by momma rancor Jedi whether you like it or not, now sit down and eat your milk and cookies

(the fact that he's going by a derogatory name his adopted "family" gave him is giving me a ton of Selk feelings too ughhhhh)

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Today for SWTOR Toon Appreciation Week, I painted Djael, beranyth' character. I thought she was very beautiful and seemed like a very interesting character. =) I hope I did her justice.

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NOW I'M REALLY CURIOUS How did Matt’hew end up with a kid in the Republic? Also how did Djael end up with the Jedi?

indulgently answering questions out of order shhh >_>

Dathen was unintentional; Matt’hew seduced his mother during one of his missions, and moved on without a second thought or a clue that he’d fathered a son.  After Dathen was born, he was abandoned in an alley out of desperation—only to be found shortly after by Havren, who was waiting for a late supplier for some shady deal or another.  At first she’d planned to keep the sickly human baby just long enough for it to be healthy enough to bring to an orphanage, and then they were too far out of her way to make a special trip for, and then the ones she found were too crowded or too close to warzones or didn’t have a high enough adoption rate.  Finally she admitted to herself that she was making excuses and kept him, and basically spent every penny she’d saved getting all the cybernetics and medicine it took to keep him healthy.  COMPLETELY UNASKED-FOR BACKSTORY sorry

So yeah Matt’hew has a kid biologically but he gets no gold stars for it

and now he couldn’t have one if he wanted to  

this is what happens when you microwave yourself on Belsavis Matt’hew what were you thinking

Havren’s not really part of the Republic; she’s an ex-military deserter, but will still deal with them at an arm’s length.  At the time, though, she had been hired by the Republic soldier Cyrus (dangerkittyn’s), who encouraged her to keep him and stayed involved in Dathen’s life after that.  Because of his influence Dathen is much more Republic-loyal than his more neutral mother, and even more so after he starts traveling with the Green Jedi Flyn (mostlyharmlesstor’s).

As for Djael, I haven’t ironed out many of the details for it yet, but a visiting Jedi master met her during a diplomacy mission.  After sensing that she was Force-sensitive, the Jedi negotiated a price for her freedom and offered to take her back to the Jedi order.  As grateful as Djael was about the turn of events, it colored her views on the effectiveness of diplomacy and nonviolence; one slave was freed without a fight, but it didn’t help any of the others she left behind.

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Does Djael know that her son is Sith, and does Selk know that his mom is a Jedi? What would happen if the two of them met?

At this point in time, neither of them know.  Selk doesn’t even remember his own name, let alone what his family was like, and the last time Djael saw Selk he was just a little kidlet with no face markings.  Neither would recognize the other

…………..but

I might be skating into Mary Sue territory here but I do think that one or other—especially Djael—might be able to sense something if they were around each other.  They’re a strongly Force-sensitive family; Selk was able to use a sort of mind trick/stealth ability on instinct without being trained, because all of his emotions and willpower centered on that one thing: trying to hide, trying to stay safe.  Meanwhile, Djael’s emotions have been bent on her family for years now, and being accepted by the Jedi Order didn’t change that.  If she doesn’t already have a vague feeling that some of her family is still alive out there, she might sense it if they had the chance to actually meet.

plus I already filled my quota of Imperial/Republic parent/child splits where neither has any clue about the other with Matt’hew/Dathen

I don’t think I’ll be able to resist setting up them meeting somehow. It’s statistically improbable but THIS IS STAR WARS and it was made for indulgences u_u  

What would happen if they met would be highly dependent on the exact situation and who else is involved, but honestly I don’t think it would be a violent confrontation even if both remained ignorant of who the other was.  Even when he was the most dutiful apprentice ever, Selk never killed unless it was something he was ordered to do, and he’s even less likely to start a confrontation when he’s out drifting on his own.

A likely scenario, I think, would be a meeting where she realizes who he is but not the other way around, and while he’s all “we don’t need to fight, let’s just go our separate ways” she stops him because don’t you know who I am?  There would be a lot of crazy intense conflicted emotions on her part because not only would it be finding a member of her scattered family, but her baby, that she knew was bought for the purpose of being fed to wild animals and the one the last one she’d expect to survive.  But he’s still a Sith, which puts a pause on that instinct to run up and hug the life out of him.  I think there would be some halfhearted attempt to get him to join the Jedi, not so he can “join the Light,” but so she can have him back.

I have a hard time wrapping my mind around Selk’s reaction because I think the idea of even having a mother in the first place would blow his mind more than the bit about her being a Jedi.

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What are the best and worst moments of Djael's life?

….It is a sign of what kind of character mommy I am that I have the worst moment planned out in great detail but hadn’t put much thougth into good moments >_>

The worst is when she and her family were sold into slavery.  The leader of her village had run afoul of Ivory’s gang, and the retaliation was quick and brutal.  Though there weren’t many killed in the attack, it was because the gangsters wanted the highest profits off the raid possible.  The survivors, including Djael and her children, were sold to slavers.

To pinpoint the precise moment, it was when the family was separated for different markets; while Djael was bound for manual labor, two of her children were sold to Hutts for gladitorial games.  The youngest, Aidjel (whom we know as Selk), was only five years old.

The best was when her oldest daughter got hired by a spacer who needed an affordable on-ship mechanic.  She’d always wanted to be a spacer, herself, and was convinced that getting the job meant it wouldn’t be long before she had the shiniest craft the galaxy could offer.  Not only was her excitement infectious, but it was a big step up from what the family had been able to get for work before—plus it meant that there might be a way to get the family off Rattatak and away from the gangster conflicts and generally terrible living conditions.