#swtor:damaskh

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It's true, he doesn't like answering questions

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In a galaxy far, far away....

Look at them, my SWTOR legacy, they are so important to me and I love making their stories intertwine.

I really just wanted to do a fun screenshot series with all my main blorbos set in environments that suit/are meaningful to them.

Caspian Serapis, Jedi Knight Khel Sutek, Sith Warrior Darius Serapis, Republic Trooper Damaskh, Imperial Agent Vanirr Kel-Su, Jedi Consular Shod'al Kur, Sith Inquisitor Maahes, Jedi Master Ibis, Smuggler Emryn Solari, Republic Medic

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Happy Pride month from all my SWTOR OCs except one (Darius is my single cishet rep in a galaxy of queer characters xD)

Caspian Serapis: Gaaaaay Khel Sutek: Gay transmasc Emryn Solari: Ace transmasc Maahes: Demisexual Vanirr Kel-Su: Demiromantic pansexual Damaskh: Genderfluid aro pansexual Shod'al Kur: Pansexual Rhyx: He hasn't told me yet but he's definitely queer Ibis: Nonbinary pansexual Deska: Bi on all fronts Aati: Agender aro ace

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Can you tell me about your other Swtor Ocs?

By 'other' I'm gonna assume 'ones who are not my main lads Cas and Khel' haha. So let's see....

Damaskh, aka Cipher Twelve: My Imperial Agent, who actually doesn't follow the game's IA storyline. Genderfluid half Zeltron, half Sith pureblood. His specialties are disguise and infiltration, primarily for longterm undercover missions. He's a background character - I really don't have a lot of actual story or plot for him, except when he pops up occasionally in Khel's world, but I do find his 'casual but deadly' manner to be immensely entertaining.

Darius Serapis: My canon Republic Trooper, and Caspian's older brother. He's a die-hard Republic loyalist with a no-nonsense attitude, sometimes harsh and unyielding, but he's got an excellent reputation among the lower ranks as a commander who never leads from the back or leaves a soldier behind. He and Cas do share a fierce family loyalty to one another, even if they disagree on a lot of things.

Emryn Solari: A Republic medic who's highly Force sensitive but actually declined to join the Jedi, preferring to serve as a field medic in the military. He often comes off as naive and mild-mannered, but he's surprisingly level-headed when working under fire. He was Caspian's best friend when they were growing up on Corellia, and he joins Cas' crew as their medic during Chapter 3 of the JK story (basically replacing Doc, who doesn't join up in my canon).

Maahes: A Sith battle prodigy who defected to the Jedi at the tail end of the Great War, and who is now a respected if somewhat maverick Jedi Master. Stern but kind, he has an understated sense of humour which I adore, and is often tasked with chaperoning groups of Jedi-in-training on field trips. He's also Caspian's former mentor, and something of an unspoken father figure for Cas.

Shod'al Kur, aka Darth Syphon: Similar vibes to the Sith Inquisitor story, only a few generations earlier, aka former slave who clawed his way to power and now sits on the Dark Council. He's far more about cunning than brute force, and always has a feel out for the pulse of how things are going in the Sith Order. He's a newer OC, so I don't know a lot more about him yet - but I do know that he went through Sith training with Maahes, and the two became friends, then lovers, and while Maahes defected, Shod'al refused to give up his place of power and remained in the Empire.

Vanirr Kel-Su - My canon-ish Jedi Consular. He embodies everything the Jedi are supposed to be, in the layman's eye - good and bad. He's calm and scholarly, an exceptional diplomat and excellent at sneaking around to find the path of least violence, both literally and figuratively. Unfortunately, he knows he's all of this, and so he's also quite preachy and thinks he can handle anything, especially all those dangerous artefacts out there. He and Caspian went through Jedi training together - they didn't get along then, and they don't get along now.

Ibis: A non-canon-story smuggler who's really out there just to cause some chaos and then sit back with popcorn. They live for danger and entertainment - credits are just a bonus. Like Damaskh, more of a background character till they deign to tell me more about themself.

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I saw a post going round the other day about how it’s ‘acceptable’ to have romantic ace characters, or aro ace ones, but so rarely are there aromantic yet still sexual characters, and I paused and went ‘huh, you know, you’re right’

And then the Damaskh in my brain cleared his throat and tapped the back of my shoulder and went ‘hi that’s me’ and I squinted at him for a moment and - yeah. He’s right. That’s him.

I’m such an ace person with a love of ace OCs that I’d honestly just been presuming him to be ace but apparently he is not! And suddenly he makes so much more sense to me!

Anyway thank you tumblr for granting me this revelation about my own character!

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One of Damaskh's specialties is deep undercover missions and identity swapping, so on my replay I'm playing around with that a bit more. While he's genetically a Sith pureblood/Zeltron mix, he's gotten very good at disguising himself as a Twi'lek.