I honestly wasn't surprised that Blaesus was the traitor, because 'the shy, stuttering man is the secret bad guy' is a pretty popular trope at this point. I did however think that he would just be Lord Kyrus' henchman, so I was a bit surprised that it was actually the other way around.
Nice to see that the king and queen are standing on business.
In my story, this is actually the last stage of the war, where the fighting really picks up. I already have some plans for the Sacking of Coruscant, but I still have to figure out how to work those into Narressia's and Kovar's stories.
We've arrived on Hoth and met the charming Lt. Iresso. I can tell why so many people like him, he seems very nice ^^
Off to fight the invincible pirate.
It's a mutiny! Or a very sad attempt, at least.
Mutiny pt. 2. Some people just don't learn.
I had to stop and look at this cutie. I will 100% be doing the tauntaun questline at some point, I just love these little guys!
I thought he went down a little too easy the first time. But now I know his secret. It did make for a fun boss fight.
We almost have the whole crew now :) I was a little bit surprised that the politicians are still my "guests", but I don't mind.
I really like how different the Consular's story is from the Knight's. I've been getting through it pretty swiftly, which is in part because I stick to the class story and don't run the flashpoints with Narressia, but also because I haven't encountered a single boring moment yet. Two chapters in, I'm really loving it.
Demographics
Name: Nulis Ziureti
Age: 22 (in 10 ATC), 45 (in 33 ATC)
Gender: Male
Species: Genetically-enhanced human
Origin story: Imperial Agent
Discipline: Operative, Mercenary
Weapon: Imperial-issue blaster rifle, vibroknives, various toxins, hold-out blaster
Occupation: Watcher Five
Alignment: DS
Allegiance: Sith Empire (programmed loyalty to Imperial Intelligence and the Empire)
Physical Appearance
Complexion: Pale
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Black
Height: 5’11”
Scars/Birthmarks: None
Other distinguishing features: None
Disabilities: None
History
Birth date: 12 BTC
Place of birth: Dromund Kaas
Family: Official records are heavily redacted
Love interest: Raina Temple (at least in-game, but haven’t decided how canon this is for him, as he realistically wouldn’t have had that many opportunities to interact with her, also he’s a creep and Raina deserves better)
Watcher Five works on Project Cicerone, a product of the Project’s eugenics program himself, assisting with the administration of Castellan restraints on Cipher agents and their initial training sessions with the restraints. He is also responsible for Cipher Sixteen, though after she becomes the favored pet of Darth Zhorrid and later the Hand of Jadus, he realistically has little operational control over what she does (something he is privately rather fine with, preferring his work on the Project over his supervisory duties).
(I have not yet decided, but Nulis may end up “retired” by a superior, or sent to Shadow Town, over so many catastrophic losses under his command, with Agent Chatelaine successfully defecting to the SIS and Cipher Sixteen killing Darth Zhorrid while still under his supervision and then just continuing to be who she is. Your advancements only count for so much if you’re also a PR nightmare.)
Demographics
Name: Azi’kesti Eitryr, also known as Zeke
Age: 22 (in 10 ATC), 45 (in 33 ATC)
Gender: Male
Species: Red Sith
Origin story: Republic Trooper
Discipline: Commando, Operative
Weapon: Republic-issue assault cannon, hold-out blaster, vibroknives for close combat situations
Occupation: Havoc Squad specialist
Alignment: LS
Allegiance: Galactic Republic
Physical Appearance
Complexion: Medium red
Eye color: Pale gold
Hair color: Dark purple
Height: 5’10”
Scars/Birthmarks: N/A
Other distinguishing features: Big honking Sith in the Republic military
Disabilities: None
History
Birth date: 12 BTC
Place of birth: Dromund Kaas
Family: Sith Lord mother (yet unnamed Red Sith) and Imperial Navy officer father (yet unnamed), Gezta Eitryr (sister, also a Force-null Red Sith)
Love interest: Available! (orientation: bisexual)
Zeke and his sister Gezta were born to a Red Sith mother with considerable strength in the Force, but only middling levels of influence. Having married a Force-blind human naval officer and muddied her bloodline, their mother felt ashamed to have produced multiple offspring without any connection to the Force, but used her husband’s connections to secure them jobs in the military and in Intelligence where they would be able to advance into positions of considerable power if they showed any skill. Gezta proved to be an embarrassment by seeming to be satisfied with her role in Intelligence as a Fixer. Zeke at first showed promise in the military, excelling in his training with his father always hearing positive reports back from the officers who encountered him. When the family heard that Zeke defected to the Republic, they disowned him.
Zeke is skilled with droids and computers, and is eventually recruited into Havoc Squad after serving on an outpost on Nar Shaddaa and working with the SIS and Havoc Squad (Forex is sent to the Republic rather than joining Havoc Squad, and Zeke joins in his place). There are those who strongly dislike the idea of Havoc Squad having two former Imperials in their ranks, but for the most part, it just isn’t common knowledge, as Zeke stays more to the background, knowing that just moving about as a Red Sith in the Republic puts more eyes on him than necessary to begin with.
Demographics
Name: Pessala Rist, also known as Sala
Age: 19 (in 10 ATC), 42 (in 33 ATC)
Gender: Female
Species: Human-Twi’lek hybrid
Origin story: Jedi Knight
Discipline: Shadow, Guardian
Weapon: Force-imbued double-bladed sword, single lightsaber with cross-guard and a teal crystal
Occupation: Assassin in House Rist
Alignment: Sala doesn’t really concern herself too much with her alignment, but her upbringing as an assassin and her ultimate allegiance to her House does color her decision making, so a lot of others would see her as fairly DS-aligned
Allegiance: House Rist
Physical Appearance
Complexion: White skin
Eye color: Pale blue
Hair color: N/A
Height: 5’3”
Scars/Birthmarks: N/A
Other distinguishing features: Some mottling on face and lekku with loss of pigment from vitiligo
Disabilities:
History
Birth date: 9 BTC
Place of birth: Alderaan
Family: Drinna Rist (mother, human assassin), Zham’reshal (father, Twi’lek Jedi Knight)
Love interest: Kira Carsen (brief fling while both are padawans of Enex Qadara)
Born to a Rist assassin and a Jedi Knight in the service of the Organas, Sala was raised with all the skills expected of a member of her House. When it became clear that young Sala had inherited her father’s talents in the Force, her mother agreed to allow the Jedi to train her daughter, with the condition that her history and family not be held against her. A young Knight with a clouded past himself, Enex Qadara agrees to take Sala on as his first padawan after he is granted Knighthood, as a test for both of them. Sala had passed many of her padawan trials already, and in their interactions on Tython, the two of them had become friendly, often meditating in the same spaces. Enex’s Master, Orgus Din, trusted the will of the Force to guide him to take on a padawan so quickly.
As Enex’s padawan, Sala is a quick study in Force techniques, but still relies more heavily on her blade and her skills with unarmed combat than anything else, often catching foes off-guard with how quickly she can disarm and debilitate them before they even know she’s in the room with them. Enex is somewhat frightened of Sala’s abilities to move through a room completely unnoticed, but the two eventually end up learning equally from each other.
Eventually, Sala feels that she has learned all that can from Enex, and returns to House Rist, leaving a brief note to the crew to explain that she has always felt a longing for her family. House Rist is more than happy to have someone skilled in their techniques and in the Force in their service.
