#OC: Ikina Marks

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My SWTOR OCS

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Viridana Revarre Dragoi

Darth Viridana; Viri. Canon Sith Warrior; Commander of the Eternal Alliance; Empire's Wrath (former)

Age: 40 as of 3629 BBY Height: 6'2" Sexuality: Heavily favors women; demisexual Partner: Lana Beniko (Force bonded; wife) Western Zodiac would be: Aries

Viri has her own page because it’s all about her here. Major supporting team: 

Suvia Kallig

Canon Sith Inquisitor. Darth Nox. Sith Assassin; Dark Council member; Force Lore and Archives Director, Eternal Alliance

Age: 34 as of 3629 BBY Height: 5'1" Sexuality: Lesbian Partner: Jaesa Willsaam Western Zodiac would be: Leo

During the Eternal Empire’s assault on Darth Marr’s coalition, Darth Nox was captured and thrown into carbonite. She was found and thawed seven years later by Viri and her Alliance. She now works for the Eternal Alliance as the Director of Force Lore and Artifacts.

Taran Walrez

Canon bounty hunter. Great Hunter (unaffiliated; refused to join Mandalorians)

Age: 44 as of 3629 BBY Height: 5'11" Sexuality: Lesbian Partner: Lucinda Walrez (wife) Western Zodiac would be: Aries

After her work with Darth Tormen, Taran continued working as a bounty hunter, renowned for her talent and skill. While mentoring a contestant in the Great Hunt, she and her wife, Lucinda, rescued Lana Beniko and HK-55 from an untimely demise on Altair 3. After repairing Lana’s hand, they directed her to the shadow port of Asylum. Taran has continued to be a valued ally of the Eternal Alliance. She recently retired from hunting and now lives on Odessen with her wife, who is a surgeon in the Alliance hospital. Supporting: 

Jenari Ashaa

Canon Jedi Consular. Former Barsen'thor; ex-Jedi; member of the Eternal Alliance; First Assistant, Department of Force Lore and Artifacts

Age: 37 as of 3629 BBY Height: 5'10" Sexuality: Lesbian Partner: Nadia Grell (after Ossus) Western Zodiac would be: Aquarius

Jenari’s parents gave her a name that meant “Sith Victory” in Sith because they were very upset about having to turn her over to the Jedi. Jenari left the Jedi Order after the class story. She eventually ended up in Somminick Timmns’ sanctuary for Force users on  Nar Shaddaa and then in the Eternal Alliance, where she works with Force artifacts and lore, expanding her knowledge and working tirelessly for peace and common ground.

Ikina Marks-Zavros

Expert slicer Height: 5'9" Age: 35 as of 3629 BBY Sexuality: Bisexual Partner: Ashara Zavros Daughter: Tomi Western Zodiac would be: Virgo

Ikina is not in the class stories. She left her home planet when the Eternal Empire attacked, eventually finding sanctuary on Nar Shaddaa. Her talents as a slicer and information broker brought her to the attention of Ashara Zavros, who hired her to help search for the missing Darth Nox. Though their search was unsuccessful, Ikina and Ashara fell in love and married. They settled on Voss, where they run a tea house in the alien enclave of Voss-Ka.

Keilla Gray

Canon Trooper. Former CO of Havoc Squad; Director, Tion Security Force

Height: 6'0" Age: 45 as of 3629 BBY Sexuality: Lesbian Partner: None Western Zodiac would be: Aries

After coordinating the evacuation of Makeb and encountering Eclipse Squad, Keilla left Havoc Squad and defected to the Tion Hegemony. She never returns to fight for the Republic, Empire or Alliance. Keilla is dedicated to keeping people safe in her new role in the Tion Security Force, but she is determined never to return to combat. Her main focus on Tion is coordinating T.H.O.R.N. and Alliance volunteers to counter the outbreaks of rakghoul plague still occurring throughout the Hegemony. 

Lucinda Walrez

Chief Surgeon, Alliance Medcenter

Age: 46 as of 3629 BBY

Height: 5'6" Sexuality: Lesbian Partner: Taran Walrez (wife) Western Zodiac would be: Taurus

Lucinda is a gifted microsurgeon trained on Corellia. Her sister, Judah, works as an accountant in the Hutt Nem’ro’s palace on Hutta. Lucinda, however, avoided any contact with the underworld until Judah introduced her to a champion bounty hunter, Taran. Lucinda and Taran hit it off, and Lucinda eventually began traveling with Taran as part of her bounty  hunting crew, tending to her team’s injuries. Taran and Lucinda later married. During the Eternal Empire’s reign over the galaxy, Lucinda was responsible for treating a badly injured Lana Beniko and saving her hand in microsurgery. She and Taran continued to work with the Alliance from a distance for years, until Taran was hired for a bounty hunting contract by the Alliance Commander. Lucinda and Taran decided to join the Alliance full-time when Taran retired from bounty hunting. They now live on Odessen, where Lucinda is the chief surgeon in the Alliance’s Medcenter. 

Rorjhana (Ror)

Canon Jedi Knight. Hero of Tython; ex-Jedi Knight; member of the Eternal Alliance Age: 38 as of 3629 BBY Height: 5'8" Sexuality: Lesbian Partner: @vespertine-legacy​ ’s Zuvi Western Zodiac would be: Leo

Disillusioned, angry and disgusted with the Republic and Jedi Order, Ror unsteadily tried to fulfill her role as the "Hero of Tython" while steadily slipping away from the Order. It was only through the efforts of Satele Shan and the Barsen'thor that Ror was kept out of a prison cell on Belsavis for her proclivity for the Dark Side. Ror disappeared into Wild Space after her victory against Vitiate, and only surfaced years later, when Somminick Timmns recruited her into his Force enclave. She joined the Eternal Alliance along with Timmns and his other students, and finally feels at home. She has no plans to leave.

Jiani Jiaasjen (Jia)

Darth Imperius. Sith Assassin; Security team, Eternal Alliance

Age: 38 as of 3629 BBY Height: 5'10" Sexuality: Bisexual Partner: Darth Hexid Western Zodiac would be: Scorpio

Jia was working as a lightsaber trainer on Korriban when the Eternal Empire attacked. She and Darth Hexid helped each other survive the assault. She went on to join the Eternal Alliance, where she and Hexid work as saber and combat instructors. Jia’s entire large family was wiped out by the Eternal Empire, which has led to her having a deep hatred for Zakuul. She is an excellent teacher and also is very persuasive when negotiating.

Shatsokun Ashaa (Shasi)

Sith Inquisitor, Darth Occlus, member, Eternal Alliance Age: 33 as of 3629 BBY Height: 5'10″ Sexuality: Lesbian Partner: None Western Zodiac would be: Virgo

Shasi is the younger sister of Jenari Ashaa. After Jenari’s parents were forced to give her to the Jedi, they were upset enough to leave Republic space. They settled on Nar Shaddaa, and when Shasi was born, they gave her a Sith name that meant “Passion Victory” (they didn’t speak Sith!). When she was found to be Force sensitive they ensured she went to Sith training and not the Jedi. Shasi did not meet her sister until she joined the Eternal Alliance after Nathema. Other Fun Characters Out in the Galaxy

Amedria Bjornus

Smuggler; Republic privateer (coerced); pirate; smuggler network, Eternal Alliance

Age: 42 as of 3629 BBY Height: 5'9" Sexuality: Asexual; Aromantic Partner: None Western Zodiac would be: Sagittarius

Amedria is a valued ally of the Eternal Alliance’s underworld network.

Marlena

Canon smuggler. Republic privateer (coerced); pirate; smuggler network, Eternal Alliance Age: 41 as of 3629 BBY Height: 5'6" Sexuality: Pansexual Partner: Risha Drayen Western Zodiac would be: Scorpio

Marlena is a valued ally in the Eternal Alliance’s underworld network.

Auyrini  Mercenary and smuggler Age: 42 as of 3629 BBY Height: 6′1″  Sexuality: Lesbian Partner: None Western Zodiac would be: Aquarius Auyrini is a smuggler and mercenary working in Wild Space. She is a valued ally in the Eternal Alliance’s network. 

Brynn (alias)

Canon Imperial Agent; Cipher Nine

Little is known about the agent known as Cipher Nine. Her existence is an urban legend; there are no records about her in either Sith Intelligence or the SIS’s files. If her name is typed into any computer database, it instantly disappears. Those who worked at Imperial Intelligence insist that Cipher Nine was a real person who vanished without a trace after defeating the Star Cabal, but there is no way to know for certain.

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Sith!Ikina is my fifth toon going through the Inquisitor story. She's the first toon where I've noticed that one of the standard, lower-level Inquisitor gear sets that drops in the story progression is actually the one the Revanites on Dromund Kaas wear. It's also pretty much the Voss attire, albeit with different colors. Why no, you won't stand out at all if you wear this, Inquisitor. Nobody will know you've been inducted as a Revanite. Promise. I do really like the way the hood drapes on this a lot better than some of the others,

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Saturday Fashion Show

Ikina-as-Inquisitor was created strictly so that I could get Ikina and her wife (Ashara) running around together - it's definitely not her story. I'm thinking now that Ikina actually is Force sensitive, but only marginally - maybe enough to play sabacc well or check on her daughter or wife if they are close by, but not enough even to be picked up by people who meet her. Certainly not enough to train as any sort of Force user. Just enough to give her an intuitive edge with her slicing and information brokering. I'm trying to find "I'm just an everyday expert slicer" clothes for Ikina so she's certainly not kitted out like an Inquisitor, overall.

This was a random drop and is really pretty on her.

These pieces are among the earliest drops in the game for Sith Inquisitors, and i really like them, especially dyed.

Taran: The Mythran Hunter set you can earn by doing Galactic Seasons as a subscriber looks nice on her when dyed red.

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Life Day OC Meme!

Thank you to @cyrraluu, @actualanxiousswampwitch @cinlat​ and @a-muirehen​ who tagged me in this. <3  Tagging @the-sith-in-the-sky-with-diamond, @itstheelvenjedi, @tishinada and @vespertine-legacy​ as well as anyone else who would like to do this one! The blank template is under the cut at the end of this post. 

Buys Deep and Thoughtful Presents Viri - She will watch people very carefully to figure out what will be meaningful to them and make them smile and feel loved. 

Ikina - Ikina is the sort of person who will go through twenty different stores/websites and reject everything she finds there until she finds EXACTLY what she wants to give you.

Jenari - The cinnamon roll of my legacy, Jenari wants everyone to feel loved. She usually makes the presents she gives to people and she spends a lot of time designing and crafting her gifts. 

Jia - For Jia it's about quality over quantity. Her family was well off, and she could afford to buy a lot for people when she was younger, but she really tried to make sure she got things people wanted, as well as things they needed.

Buys Presents the Night Before Ror stops at the only galactic equivalent of Target that is still open on Life Day morning and tears through the store trying to find something. It isn't because she doesn't care; it's because she's Ror. 

Marlena usually forgets Life Day is even happening and then has an 'oh shit' moment. You'll probably see her in the same Target as Ror.

Goes Overboard on Decorations: Viri is one of those people who would have a house totally decorated in lights for the December holidays, would have a yard haunt for Halloween, and would find excuses to have "summer lights," "spring lights" and "autumn lights" too. In her world, Lana has tactfully asked if there could be a finite limit on the number of holo-trees Viri puts around the base. 

Keilla is not someone that people would expect to go overboard, but she totally would, with military precision.

Is Banned from Helping with Food Viri - for all her talents, you do not want her in the kitchen if you want something edible, and you'd prefer that the kitchen didn't explode. 

Ror - Banned even harder than Viri is. Has been known to leave things like milk on the counter for days and then wonder why it's spoiled. 

Shasi - Complete dumbass. Actually thinks she can cook. Has poisoned people, and not intentionally. Don't even let her hand out candy canes.

Wears a novelty jumper Keilla has a really quirky sense of humor. She wasn't really able to express it in Havoc Squad. She would find the ugliest of ugly sweaters, the ones that are simultaneously bedazzled with sequins and LED lights and completely clashing colors. And she would wear it unironically, even when it's not the holidays, and smirk about people's reactions.

Gets overly competitive playing dejarik Ror will throw the table over and set the cards or game pieces on fire, unless she's playing someone like her girlfriend or Scourge who will roll their eyes and tell her to stop the drama. She likes to win and is a horrible sport if she does not win. 

Shasi is not quite as bad as Ror about this, but she also loves to win, and fancies herself a good player. She's frequently sore if someone's a better player. 

Marlena actually IS a good player; an excellent player in fact. She's won professional sabacc and dejarik championship tournaments around the galaxy. She does not water it down when she plays non-professionals, so if you sit down at the gaming table with her, you should know that she will be going for the jugular. 

Taran is also a very good player, not quite as successful as Marlena, but also has done well in professional sabacc. She takes winning very seriously and if she loses she will replay the games endlessly in her head trying to figure out what went wrong.

Refuses to leave their quarters until it is all over

Auyrini has some issues surrounding holidays in general. She hates Life Day because she finds it very overwhelming and would rather not participate. 

Suvia grew up without her family, and even though she's found family and friends as an adult, Life Day is still very painful for her. She just doesn't want to be around it because it brings up a lot of emotions for her. Her friends on the Alliance base know this and are very gentle with her when it comes to this and any other holiday involving family, such as the galactic versions of Mother's Day and Father's Day. Viri, Lana, Jaesa, Vette and Talos won't bring her anything that is associated with Life Day, but they will always leave her some of her favorite soothing foods by her door - soup, bantha steak, and other things to let her know they care and also respect her distance.

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I recreated Ikina as a Sith Inquisitor (for game purposes only!) so she could run around with Ashara. I finally finished Taris and here they are together, as happy as can be.

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I finally took Ikina through Onslaught, so now all of my Imperial classes have gone through - and all of my classes in general, except for Jedi Consular. Oddly enough JC is also the only class where my PC has not married Lana.  This scene, though...OMG.  *** Onslaught/SWTOR 6. SPOILERS*** Empress Acina: Come be the new Keeper! It’ll be fun! Ikina, remembering all she went through as Cipher Nine, remembering how Keeper was treated by various Sith and recalling all the additional horror stories Lana told her about Sith Intelligence and the Intelligence practices she found in their files: 

Her face kind of says it all. 

Caption:  First GIF: Blonde white woman shaking her head and saying “Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope”  Second GIF: White man in a suit backing gingerly out of someone’s office, subtitle reads “I would prefer not to”  Image: Ikina (Mirialan Imperial Agent with dark hair in a bun, blue eyes, tattoos and scars on her face) standing in front of a Sith Empire emblem, looking disgusted as Empress Acina says: “Covert operations would be split out of Darth Xarion’s Intelligence organization and placed under your direct supervision - as Keeper.” 

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I really like some of the new outfits that have been released since 6.0. They seem to be making more jackets with long sleeves, and that is appreciated. And some of them look nice as-is, without any dyes. - The Onderon set you earn as you complete Onslaught, without dye, looks like what I imagine Ikina actually would wear in my actual headcanon for her, where she is a slicer who has nothing to do with Imperial Intelligence and never is in any of the class stories. 

- The Space Guardian set you can buy on the fleet from one of the new 6.0 Spoils of War vendors is similar but a bit more tricked out, and seems to really work for Keilla. Again, I imagine her wearing something like this in my own headcanon for her, where she’s in the Tion Hegemony working for Tionese security.  - The War Forged Mender jacket, which is craftable, looks so good on Marlena and Ikina. This one is dyed, and the gold accent isn’t supposed to be there. It’s the belt clipping through, but it actually ends up creating a neat effect on the jacket.  - The Blatant Beks jacket and t-shirt I’ve mentioned before but it looks so badass on my bounty hunter Taran. It doesn’t even need dye. They basically gave her a black leather jacket to wear. 

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I love the way the Imperial Agent’s immediate response is to be completely suspicious of anyone offering assistance or allegiance. She’s not wrong. And Zavrasha doesn’t mince words here, LOL. Even funnier, this chronologically is only the second or third planet in the Agent’s story, depending if you play Nar Shaddaa or Balmorra first. The bad shit hasn’t even gone down for the agent yet but she’s no fool.  Ikina: I was previously assigned to Hutta, my lord. Free assistance from the Hutts should be considered highly suspect.  Lord Zavrasha: Those bloated sacks of filth know who they should side with. Better to be the Empire’s friend than its enemy. 

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So I love the little flirron pet you can earn for your entire legacy by doing the Flirron Friend achievement on Onderon. If you have not done this quest I wrote about it here: https://rainplaysswtor.tumblr.com/post/190237387205/rain-plays-swtor-flirron-friend I do not love how the little critter enjoyed hovering directly in front of my PC when she was fighting. It may be a little hard to see in this photo, but the flirron is literally right in front of Ikina and the enemy NPC is right behind it.  I finally had to put the flirron away and summon another pet, because yikes. 

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All of my characters start the game with at least one walker (from a Twitch promotion; it’s granted to all characters at creation), and I buy this one from Yavin 4 for some toons. Ikina in particular seems to love stomping around in it.  It’s really interesting  - and ironic - that walkers as vehicles are so much fun to stomp around the game in, are mildly annoying when you’re fighting them on foot, and are hellish exercises in futility when you have to play in one. 

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Ikina (slicer, not Sith) is running the Mek-Sha tradehouse missions. Of course she takes Smiley along (in headcanon, Ikina and her family have a nexu, and her daughter Tomi decided his name was Smiley). I love doing macrobinoculars missions with Smiley along. He's always right there looking ever so cheerful. :D

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WIP Whenever

Thank you so much for the tag @tishinada! Tagging, um, @actualanxiousswampwitch @sleepswithvillains No pressure! The post about Tomi and Ikina came up because that's what I'm writing right now; Lana and Viri's return to Voss for The Galaxy's Wrath. Of course, that involves Ikina, Ashara and their daughter, since they're right there. *** “I can get that for you,” Tomi says cheerfully. A teapot floats over to the table, followed by several teacups and the sugar bowl. Tomi beams as the items come to rest on the table, jumping up and down with glee. ”Well done,” Viri smiles encouragingly. “You brought everything over.” ”I can’t pour yet,” Tomi says apologetically. “I keep spilling.” ”Imagine you’re actually holding the handle. Think of an imaginary hand,” Viri suggests. ‘Want to give it a try?” Tomi looks to her mother, and Ikina shrugs. “You do need to practice, lark.”

Tomi narrows her eyes and picks up the teapot with her mind, guiding it to one of the cups. Liquid sloshes onto the table as the teapot tilts, but Tomi quickly corrects the error and fills the cup before putting the teapot down again.

“Look at that! Great job. High five,” Viri says, extending her hand.

“I love the Force,” Tomi sings, high-fiving her enthusiastically. ”All right, little showoff,” Ikina smiles indulgently. “As long as we’re talking about the Force - would you mind getting your mama? She’s in the sparring room.” ”I’ve got that,” Tomi says, tearing off through the teahouse. Ikina watches her until she vanishes through the door, and then turns to Lana and Viri. ”I hope I can trust you to keep…Tomi’s talents…to yourselves,” Ikina says, taking a shaky sip of tea. “Ashara says we can trust you. But that’s my baby. I need to confirm it for myself.” ”We won’t say a word,” Lana says seriously. ”You have my promise,” Viri agrees, sipping her tea. “I would never endanger your child.” ”She’s learning from Ashara,” Ikina says, visible relief etched across her face. “We have no desire for her to join any of the orders.” ”I can understand why,” Lana says quietly. “On Voss, nobody will pressure you to do that.” ”No, they won’t,” Ikina says with a smile. “I'm not deluding myself. The way she makes things fly around the room, I’m sure some will notice. But on Voss, trying to interfere with her or conscript her would bring down the wrath of the Three, and nobody would risk it. Not now. Especially since we’re under protection of the Mystics. The Mystics have some lessons for Force sensitive children. We are taking her to those. But she will not be joining the Mystics, either. We want her to just…be herself, without any expectations, until she’s old enough to figure it out on her own.” ”I would likely feel similar, if I were caring for a child,” Lana nods.   ”Why don’t you have any?” Ikina says, curious. “Not to overstep, I’m sorry, it’s none of my business.” ”It’s fine,” Viri shrugs. “Parenthood is just not for me. I’ve always know that..” ”I feel that way too,” Lana nods. “I’ve nothing against it. It’s just not my path.”

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So Ikina and Ashara's daughter, Tomi, is Force sensitive. She's being raised on Voss and both of her mothers have said a hearty "Oh HELL no" to having her sent away somewhere to train or join one of the Force orders. So Ashara's teaching her, with the more eclectic style she's learned for herself. Since they're on Voss, she might eventually learn from the Mystics but again, her mothers will HELL NO any potentially fatal trials. Are they overprotective? This is their baby, and considering with what Ikina and Ashara have both endured, they don't mind being called overprotective. I wanted to see if I could get a good idea of Tomi's appearance by taking Ikina and switching around her features and BT in the appearance modifier (I did NOT actually do this to her!). I think this is a pretty good rendering of what a 8-10 year old Tomi might look like.

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In the name of complete boredom I decided to see how some of my characters would look with dark side corruption enabled. Most of them are Dark V. That is overall NOT because of the decisions they make but because you have to choose one side of the toggle or the other, and if you're doing content outside the story it slides to the extreme eventually. When I had to keep Shasi in neutral territory for the Darth Occlus title it took conscious effort on my part. I do have some that are Light V, but for the most part I choose the DS toggle with them. The clothes you can buy from the LS/DS vendor are better, like the Dark Disciple robe. Anyway the DS corruption in the game is creepy as fuck and I don't understand what they were doing with the mouth. I suppose for Halloween you could have them run around like this and pretend they are all coplaying vampires and zombies, but otherwise yeeeaaaaah not so much.

Viri. Yeah, no. SO no.

Lucinda. She looks...kind of like I caught her in the middle of a vampire cosplay. Maybe that's her thing. I don't know. Definitely not what I think of for Dr. Lucinda, though.

Ror. Not the best look for her.

Jenari. Sure, she's the Barsen'thor, why?

Auyrini actually looks mostly all right. I think the tattoos cover most of it.

Ikina.

Keilla. Holy shit what. I don't know how this possibly looks so much worse on her than any of the others, but...

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I made an Ikina clone who is a Sith Inquisitor Sorc. Ikina in headcanon is not even Force sensitive and has no part whatsoever in ANY of the eight class stories, so this is way off for her - but this way she can eventually run around with her wife, Ashara. And the basic robes you get on Korriban look damn good on her and dye really well.

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I feel like I named Ikina’s nexu years ago but if I can’t remember it it obviously didn’t stick.  So new headcanon is that Ikina and Ashara’s young daughter, Tomi, named the Nexu. And because they’d promised her that they would use her name, the scary big cat with razor sharp teeth and fangs is now called Smiley.