#lineages

[oopsie0503]

I started a Lineage on FR and I worked really hard on it and was super excited to release it alongside their first hatchlings and the first raffle! Hoping to see this lovely guy go to a good home.

The lineage is all about my little Alien starfall Aethers!! Take a look at our founders and the little guys parents.

[wyrmwright]

The #DayLITE Hothgrug lineage expansion is here! 🔗⬇️

[starrystories2]

For research purposes, I know that the Dooku, Qui-gon, Obi-wan, Anakin, Ahsoka line is called the Disaster lineage. And that the Mace, Depa, Caleb/Kanan, Ezra line is called the Shatterpoint lineage. Are there other lineage names like this or are these the only ones? Also I know some people start the disaster lineage with Yoda, and I agree, but he also has had so many padawans duing his 900 years of being alive (possibly including Mace) which means the disaster lineage would be huge!!! So do you think each of Yoda’s padawans kinda branched off and became their own “Lineage” even though it’s origins were from the disaster lineage? 

I just need answers for this, because I love this idea so much.

[shibe-myths]

Do certain species hate each other?

Oh of course! Humans generally don't like anyone. And are very much pro-human. Unless those humans are mages. Then FUCK those guys too. But also, they don't like it when a human comes from another kingdom either. So, fuck THOSE GUYS TOO. And then there are those humans who have children outside of their species. So what if they found love and happiness? FUCK EM.

It's really just a list of middle fingers all around.

Sirens tend to dislike those above land because of what they did to their Foremothers, The Benvarrey. Some do go to the surface to make a life for themself, but the process can be fatal. Those land dwellers are considered to be traitors and their children, the Merrow, to be demon spawn.

Drakes are the children of dragons. The original thieves. Many of the other races view them to be monsters just like their fathers. However, there are Cities and Villages near the border that tolerate them at the most. Drakes tend to view others of their kind favorably. Something you'll see more of in chapter four.

Aveles are one of the few races not treated with immediate distrust or hatred- outside of the Naga. They are excellent hunters and warriors whose main mission is believed to be rather honorable: defeat the rot of the eternal night and bring back their god, Uldor, back to life.

Naga are a wild card. Their race is so few that it's hard to have a real answer. However, they are the most inhuman looking of the other races. So many fear them. Their children, the nag'i are treated like Drakes. Just because they sorta look alike to the average human. Naga don't truly care enough about the other races to form an opinion.

Mages can be born of any of the races (save the Naga/Nag'i). They are generally seen as monsters with powers not meant for their bodies. Since magic is so volatile it is usually forbidden to be used. However, since the rise of the Witch Queen in the Bridge Isles, more and more mages have taken the chance to make a name for themselves.

Gavanthi, Lilibuel, titans, Gods, and Godlings are feared by the other races. To each other, all they see is another meal in their bid for power.

The only race liked by all the races is the Dwarva, masters of the rock and sea. They just do their own thing. The Dwarva view the other races as childish and too weak for their own good.

[smhalltheurlsaretaken]

for @jedijune​​ - I thought I’d contribute some more to all the Jedi love. Press “j” to skip, it’s horrendously long.

A quick (lmao) tour of the Jedi Order’s views on blood ties and nuclear/traditional families in LucasFilms canon.

Basically, instances of Jedi calling each other brother, sister, father, etc. and their peers’ reactions to this. It’s a common misconception that despite the Jedi having their own unorthodox family structures and own ways of demonstrating love, “regular” familial bonds are taboo. Let’s see what canon has to say about that.

(This is already a very long post, so I’m ignoring Luke and Vader’s relationship, as well as Anakin and Shmi’s. Those cases are unusual and very complex, and my goal is to showcase the Jedi’s general take on family, not their opinions on two exceptions.)

1) Likening your Master to a family member = fairly common

AotC Obi-Wan and Anakin

AotC Anakin to Padmé, about Obi-Wan

Jedi Crash, TCW s1e13 Aayla Secura to Ahsoka, about Quinlan Vos and Anakin

Gone Without a Trace, TCW s7e5 Ahsoka to Trace Martez, about Anakin

Ahsoka and Anakin may be unusual Jedi, but Aayla isn’t. In RotS and TCW s7, we see her in a Council meeting despite her being a Knight. It means she is respected and trusted despite her youth and low rank. Aayla isn’t characterized as a maverick in any way despite her chaotic Master, and we have thus no reason to believe her openness about her relationship with Quinlan is an exception. What’s more, in the episode she’s specifically using that relationship to explain to Ahsoka how love for one’s Master and the importance of letting go aren’t contradictory. 

Obi-Wan doesn’t appear in the least uncomfortable after Anakin’s admission. He actually takes it so casually it seems to imply this is not the first time he’s heard this. Far from dismissing Anakin’s feelings or rebuking him for calling him a father figure, Obi-Wan uses the analogy to ask Anakin why he isn’t better behaved - he’s literally asking “well if I’m your dad, why can’t you be a good kid?” 

In all four cases, the Jedi comparing their Master to a family member is either talking to a non-Jedi or within earshot of one. Clearly they are not worried about giving a wrong image of the Order, so it’s safe to assume they’re not alone in their views. So yeah, calling your Master a father/brother - and probably a mother/sister? Not taboo.

2) Having blood ties within the Order = perfectly okay

The Unknown, TCW s6e1 Tiplar and Tiplee

Wookieepedia Stass Allie and Adi Gallia

These four women are Masters, not Knights. It means they have proven themselves to their peers - they’re not under scrutiny for potentially being “attached.” Adi and Stass both served on the Council, indicating the rest of the Council is fine with people having blood connections with other Jedi. If you look up the origin of Stass’ character, you’ll find it was Lucas himself who made her Adi’s cousin. 

Tiplar and Tiplee call each other “sister” in public, they are co-generals and they wear matching outfits (same cut, but the colors are inverted). Tiplee openly displays grief and affection for her sister, in front of Jedi (Anakin) and non-Jedi alike (the troops). Again, no taboo here. 

(Edit: Depa Billaba, Mace Windu’s padawan and Caleb/Kanan’s Master also had a sister in the Order, Sar Labooda. She died on Geonosis and her parentage to Depa is such an obscure piece of trivia that no material in the Legends EU or the Disney EU ever made use of it, but still. Depa served on the Council several times and both Depa and Sar were Masters, so the point stands.) 

3) Acknowledging blood ties to non-Jedi = perfectly okay

Kidnapped, TCW s4e11 Ahsoka to the Jedi Council, about the people of Kiros

RotJ Obi-Wan to Luke, about Leia

Ahsoka claims a connection to the people of Kiros in front of the whole Council, (she’s from Shili btw - she’s thus claiming blood ties as a Togruta, not geographical ties) and nobody reacts in any way to her outburst - no censure, no disapproving looks, nothing. Identifying with your biological people is fine. 

Obi-Wan goes a step further with this and praises Luke for caring about his sister. He is very clear about why Luke shouldn’t acknowledge the connection: their sibling bond is a good thing, but it’ll be used against them. You can’t see it in the screenshots, but Luke actually nods twice in this scene: once when Obi-Wan tells him to bury his feelings, and once when Obi-Wan explains why. Luke agrees that he shouldn’t show his feelings for Leia - so this isn’t a case of a Master forcefully repressing his student’s emotional life.

4) A broader view

a) Obi-Wan and Anakin RotS Obi-Wan to Yoda, about Anakin

RotS Obi-Wan and Anakin

Essays have been written on these two, so I’ll stick to this: when Obi-Wan tells Yoda he cannot kill Anakin because of the bond between them, Yoda does not condemn him. He does not say something along the lines of “suck it up, attachment is forbidden and you should have known better.” 

He says instead “he isn’t your brother anymore. The man you love as part of your family is gone. It’s not your brother you’ll be killing.” That’s very, very, very different. Yoda acknowledges and accepts the connection between Obi-Wan and Anakin, but he cannot let it stop them from doing their duty to the Galaxy. (As Aayla said in Jedi Crash, you can’t lose thousands of lives for the sake of one.)

b) According to the Order itself The Gathering, TCW s5e6 Narrator to the audience, about the Order

Narration guy is rarely entirely objective, so you can take it with a grain of salt. Still, Ahsoka and Plo’s relationship is generally accepted as the more overtly familial one of the show, and that’s what’s illustrating narration guy’s claim here. Seems legit.

c) Outsider POV The Citadel, TCW s3e18 Osi Sobeck to his droids, about the Order

Osi Sobeck is a complete psycho and an enemy of the Jedi, so make of that what you will.

5) BONUS CONTENT (not LucasFilms)

Darth Vader (2017) Kirak Infil’a to Darth Vader, about the Order

Darth Vader (2017)  Jocasta Nu to the Grand Inquisitor, about the Order

RotS novelization, Matthew Stover Dooku to Palpatine, about Obi-Wan

(Please note that I added those last bits because they fit in well, not because I see the old EU or the Disney EU as basis for characterization. For example, I’m not touching Dooku’s convoluted Disney backstory with a twenty-parsec pole.)

tldr: The Jedi Order is portrayed in canon material as pretty chill with traditional family structures among its own members. The Jedi have nothing against brotherly/sisterly bonds and they acknowledge that Masters are very much like parents. Using the complicated issue that is Anakin’s relationship with his own mother as the measure for our understanding of Jedi views on family is unfair and ignores tons of what Lucas (and later Filoni) showed on screen. 

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[rpgsandbox]

Unearthed Arcana: Gothic Lineages

The new Unearthed Arcana is out, giving you 3 new “gothic” lineages to test out - Dhampir, Hexblood and the Reborn. 

A brief sidebar mentions the implications of the new racial traits material introduced in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything.

You can download the pdf from the Wizards of the Coast site here.

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