#makor: npcs

[makorchronicles]

“Blood on My Name” by The Brothers Bright

when the fires, when the fires are consuming you and your sacred stars wont be guiding you i've got blood, i've got blood, blood on my name 

This song applies to the Makor storyline for reasons eventually to be revealed.

[swtorpadawan]

An Intriguing Assessment

Author’s Notes: The following comes a few weeks after the conclusion of the class stories.

To:          Jedi Master Corellan Halcyon

From:    Jedi Grandmaster Satele Shan, Jedi Council

CC:         Barsen’thor Ulannium Kaarz, Jedi Council

Re:         Jedi Policies Regarding the planet of Voss

Master Corellan,

The Council has reviewed your report regarding your second mission to Voss.

To begin with, your encounter with the Children of the Emperor is naturally of great concern to us. We are thus far unaware of any other sign to suggest that some part of the Emperor survived your confrontation with him on Dromund Kaas. We are hopeful that Master Ulannium’s pursuit of the remaining Children may bring clarity to this matter. In the meantime, please keep us appraised of any further observations you or your crew may have regarding the Emperor. As always, the Council appreciates your unique insights into this situation. I am convinced that you remain the galaxy’s best defense against his plans.

Second, I have read your detailed reports on both of your trips to Voss, as well as the report submitted to me by Master Ulannium.

Upon reflection and consultation with the Council, I must agree with your position – echoed by Ambassador Janik’s reports to the Republic – that the Order’s policies and attitudes regarding the Voss and their Mystics require reassessment.

To that end, I will address a number of specific issues you have raised in your report:

1)      The Council accepts the preliminary findings that a previously unrecorded conflict between the Jedi and the Sith took place on Voss millennia ago, and that the result of this conflict led, in part, to the current divide between the Voss and Gormak. This is an important lesson for the Order that although we may have a duty to oppose the actions of the Sith, we must never forget that we have a greater responsibility to protect the innocent.

2)      Jedi archeological teams will, with the consent of the Voss, explore and document the ancient ruins of the ancient Jedi, to learn what led to their mistakes so that we might learn from them. We will also attempt to learn more about the rise of this Sel-Makor entity you encountered. You have my assurance that these teams will have sufficient escort to defend themselves from the Gormak, as well as provocations from the Empire. Any future expeditions will be particularly wary of the so-called Nightmare Lands and will carefully observe the ritual you describe to ward against the effects of such a corrupted place.

3)      The Council acknowledges that further study of the Gormak is critical to the long-term goal of allowing peace to come to Voss. Determining if the Gormak’s aggressive nature is the result of exposure to the Dark Side or of their social situation with the Voss people will be made a priority. In the meantime, we will attempt to avoid direct conflict with the Gormak if possible. Further, if the Voss allow, Jedi healers will examine this Gormak King known Jokull. Given his reputation, and his association with this Sel-Makor entity you opposed, the Council must commend you for defeating him without ending his life. It is possible he may help heal the wounds of that world.

4)      In light of your concerns and our own observations, the ‘failed Mystics’ who came to the Jedi Order for training as Padawans have been reassigned from Master Delsa to Master Halykus, who we feel will provide a better environment for their education. Master Delsa is a highly dedicated Jedi who has provided many years of invaluable service to the Order and to the Republic, but it is clear to us that his talents are best used elsewhere.

5)      The Council accepts your explanation that returning the Mirr artifact to the Voss Mystics was the appropriate choice. Jedi Knight Sallus Wen’s position that the artifact should have been destroyed is understandable considering its dark-side nature, but deliberately deceiving an ally acting in good faith was not the appropriate response. Knight Wen has been reassigned from his position on Voss.

6)      In light of your report regarding Padawan Kosh, he has been commended for his actions and will soon begin the trials for Knighthood here on Tython once we are satisfied that he has recovered from his ordeal on Voss. We thank both of you and your team for the recovery of these ancient Jedi artifacts which are even now being studied by our scholars in the Archives here on Tython. The death of Master Bacara is, of course, a great loss to the Order. We accept your recommendation that Kosh not be deployed on missions back to Voss again until he has fully processed the loss of his master.

On a personal note, I was touched by your accounting of Tala-Reh’s sacrifice to destroy Sel-Makor and to protect her people. The dedication of the Voss is impressive, indeed.

I commend you for your deft handling of matters on Voss, and for your report. Your commitment to the truth and for upholding the principles of the Jedi Order are commendable. I promise you that going forward, the Council will proceed with knowledge, not ignorance, with respect to that world. The Jedi code requires no less of us.  

Finally, the Council grants your request for you and your crew to travel to Alderaan to observe diplomatic matters developing on Alderaan, given your amicable interactions with Duke Horis Thul during your previous stay there. But on that note, I would be remiss not to acknowledge that your recent operations these last several months – including your brief stay with us on Tython – have proceeded at a pace that would tax any Jedi far beyond what we would normally allow.

Please take some time to rest and recover, Corellan. You’ve more than earned it.

May the Force be with you.

-          Master Satele    

Author’s Notes: When Satele told Corellan to relax on Alderaan, she probably didn’t mean that he and Kira should go learn to ski. Or that they should – you know – get engaged or something. *shrugs*

For that story, check this out.

I like the character of Satele Shan. I like to think that when people actually tell her “Hey – half the Jedi on this planet are acting like idiots” that she would actually get on that. I accept the fact that when you’re the leader of a massive organization of individuals, sometimes the proper information doesn’t trickle up to you. That’s life. The question is, do you correct the problem when it is shown to you? I like to think she would.

Poor Satele asked Corellan for a detailed report of his time on Voss. Corellan is dedicated and has an eidetic memory, so I think she had some late-night reading ahead of her.

You encounter most of the characters I mentioned as NPCs on Voss, albeit several only appear in the Bonus Missions. Delsa, in particular, is an ass-hat who bitches about having to teach Voss to be Jedi. Fuck him. (Tagging @swtor-writers-guild​ )

[aliena-legacy]

[achantersayswhat]

30 Day SWTOR OC Challenge (Ruqi and Tig Edition) Day 15: Canon Choices

(A day late because whoops I did nothing but play videogames yesterday, should hopefully get Day 16 up today as well.)

What choices do they make in the main/class quests of their game? Why? What is the hardest decision they make?

Ruqi

My default way of describing Ruqi’s game choices is “mostly LS but with a sprinkling of DS to keep things interesting”. She definitely went the “I’m going to track down and confront this Jedi Palawan in the nicest way possible” route with Jaesa, she tried not to hurt anyone who didn’t deserve it, she forgave Quinn. A lot of her DS choices came from finishing off opponents, as described earlier under the fighting topics–Tremel, Ekkage, Draahg, and Baras all got finishing blows without hesitation or remorse.

Dealing with Quinn was the hardest choice she faced for the reasons discussed last time, and some of the choices during the hunt for Jaesa also gave her a hard time, since she was trying to figure out and do the right thing without ever tipping her hand to Baras.

Tig

Tig’s game choices basically tend to go like this:

Tig: So, yeah, I was thinking I’d take the moral high ground at every opportunity, save as many lives as possible, and show no hesitation about making the task before me more complex/dangerous to me personally as long as it allows me to do those first two things, trusting in my own badassery and the Force to get me through no matter what the odds.

General Var Suthra/Scourge/whatever poor bastard of an NPC is around to be the voice of ‘maybe do this other thing’: You can’t do that, it’s naive and unrealistic and you will die.

Tig: I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.

NPCs: Tig no.

Tig: Tig YES.

One of the harder choices for her was on Voss, when she let Tala-Reh go off to sacrifice herself to stop Sel-Makor–Tig ultimately felt like it wasn’t her place to interfere there, but it still went against her SAVE EVERYONE!! instincts.