#the gravestone

[dread-master-styrak]

Some shots of the Gravestone for reference

[swtorpadawan]

Valkorion & The Gravestone

Valkorion has this wonderful piece of dialogue with you shortly after you find the Gravestone : 

So i had a theory that 90 percent of the stuff Valkorion tells you is technically true, but its just incredibly deceptive and manipulative.

But this... given what happens later... no.

Star Wars and SWTOR definitely makes liberal use of deus ex machina, but the most plausible explanation for finding a ancient starship that has been missing for a thousand years and having just enough equipment and supplies to get it flying is that someone knew it was there, knew its capabilities, and knew what was needed to get in orbit. 

Koth constantly talks about “destiny”. Sometimes destiny needs a little help.

And let’s not forget WHERE Valkorion confronts you - in the Dark Sanctuary.

You know what’s supposed to go into the Dark Sanctuary? This guy.

Zildrogg. The same jerk Valkorion / Viitate / Tenebrae used to annihilate Nathema millennia ago.

Yeah - Not buying it this time. Valkorion arranged all of this. In my head-canon anyway.

Thoughts?

[reliciron]

I’m not sure if this is what they had in mind when they made The Gravestone model, or if it just happens to fit, but its interesting to note the design choices.

When it’s preparing to fire the omni-canon it flares out the upper and lower prongs of the bow (i’m guessing what those things are called).

You know what else displays by flaring extremities like that before striking?

A cobra.

What is Zildrog always represented as?

A cobra.

[tethys-the-aquatic-sea-godness]

I was just replaying KOTFE and found this, which I find really interesting in hindsight.

[ilum-dreams]

Spaceboat Appreciation Post #3

-The Gravestone

[meatbag-status]

what is this???????  I NEED TO KNOW

*explodes*

[greyias]

You ever wonder what the inside of a quantum bomb looks like? Wonder no further! I somehow phased inside of one while re-running KOTET Chapter 3. It was quite dark and cramped, and then I died, not because the timer on the bombs ran out, but because they apparently can hurt you.

[besmirched]

Tk I just wanna say that you can delete this ask, but that the hedge in my opinion wasn't a good one. The story was great at first but... The ammount of pain people went through wasn't worth it. I don't think this event should be remember in a gloried light that it was a "disservice" to talk bad about it. The event on the nonink side was torture- mostly for muns. This was late in the game, most of the people that were brought in by friend of a friend as you said were gone. There was an inc(1/2?)

An incredable ammount of manipulation between people, to the point that hair triggers were the least of our problems. I wish to remain anonymous mostly because I want to distance myself from GS permanently. But I remember people threatening suicide to get what they wanted, as well as godmodding running amok among the stressed individuals. Many of us were already swamped with irl pain and having people harm and abuse us in this "fun" event is not something to be inspired by. It was painful. (2/2)

//I am but one person.//Who was on the wrong side of the discourse.//The issues I had heard whispers of during the event had never really come to light until about a year ago, when one mun (whom I will respect their right to privacy) came to me to discuss the differences between ‘me’ and Besmirch.

//As several of the members of the inks have stated, for them, the event was cast in a much more manageable light. We all agree that things went wrong, and whether they were moderator oversights or individual errors, I will not go indepth.

//Yet, as you stated, the event is cast in a much darker light for those who were a part of the Refugees. It is impossible to look at one without the other, and for those who experienced it, the event is anywhere from grey to eclipsed in black.

//What I meant by claiming a ‘disservice’ is to say that the event was built around manipulation and abuse. I would never claim ‘manipulate and abuse your players!’ as a basis for an event. The idea behind the campaign (because that was how I treated it), was that these various player characters, united in a cause (the fear of being turned into soldiers to kill their former friends and families to feed a giant monstrosity), must band together and defeat the evil with help from within (Lucida’s sabotaging attempts and the various puzzles and curses that were placed upon the players).

//In an open ‘system’ like what Tumblr RP allows, how do you balance this?//Allowing the players to balance it makes it impossible, for you have god-modders trying to trivialize encounters and wipe the entire thing under the rug.

//And yet, that’s what we tried to do. And it failed.//The story was created, but at what cost?//Apparently, the mental health of the entire Refugee side, at this point, two years later coming to light.

//My purpose in the event was to create an enemy who could serve as a tangible threat versus a group of people who, as has become so painfully obvious, unfairly had a number of god-modding and manipulative muns among their otherwise fine number of individuals.

//Did I go too far with Besmirch in an attempt to bring people into line and give them something to fear? In all honesty, probably.//But that’s why even I would never try to run a similar event again.//But, this all started with people who were looking to Gravestone as something they’d like to see again. I will continue to praise @two-littlesouls​‘ HELLBENT event, as I had the pleasure of interacting in it directly. The two little souls in question took what we tried with Gravestone, and did it better. //They culled who was able to join (something I was too kind to do, and you’ve all paid for it. For this, you have my sincerest apologies), and served as a DM using a custom d20 system to roll for every action taken. Every action had to be phrased as a possibility, not an absolute. There was time to discuss and interact between muses, and all-in-all, there was a clear, concise plot that was wrapped up.

//So, for everyone who wants to try running an event. Gravestone was the foundation, but it was flawed. Through it, one of my favorite OCs was created, conceptually and in action, but as is becoming more and more clear, the event came with its flaws.

//Learn from our mistakes, and do things right.//That’s all that someone trying something new can hope for, eh?