#swtor reference

[reconstructionlegacy]

[ID: A graphic showcasing a design for a hoverchair for use in SWTOR. There are an 'Empire' and 'Republic' model sketched out in basic lines, with their differences labelled. There's a note that reads

"BASIC" cheap/entry-level hoverchairs (same company, selling to both Empire and Republic with minor adjustments).

Both designs are a simple chair seat and back with an attached footplate, and there are drawn arrows leading to notes about the designs. The Imperial hoverchair design has sharp angles and no seatbelt or arms. Notes say "less focus on comfort and safety than in the Republic" and designed to mimic the shape of a throne, suggesting power". The Republic hoverchair design has rounded shapes, a seatbelt, and low arms. Notes say "designed to look like (and be) a comfy chair," "more safety measures than in Empire," and "thicker footplate attachment".

There is a last note, with arrows pointing to beneath the seat of both designs, that says "repulsorlift motors".]

"Where are the controls?" Great question! They're sold as separate detached consoles, which is universally acknowledged to be a terrible idea. Hoverchair users almost always attach them to their chairs somehow.

[blueburds-but-swtor]

not a thought behind those eyes

[psychomusic]

oc time again! + her town & culture (heavily inspired by pre-roman italic populations)

she is suri sauthon. her story is linked to my swtor imperial agent, tar'x, but most of her life except for the one year away where she meets him, is spent in a town in the mountains of mirial.

despite mirial being cold and desert, and many cities developing underground, her town flourishes thanks to a force nexus, venerated in the form of an ancient, sacred, alive crystal. the ecosystem of that mountain depended on what "the horned crystal" was capable of giving them, but mirialans couldn't live off of that alone, so they developed trade and some rudimental technology, even if oftentimes it was bought thanks to the highly profitable trade of a plant used to make medicines that slowed down aging and had overall healing properties.

note: everything that's generated by this nexus has these healing properties BUT they have to be processed, except for those who bathed in the waters of the cavity under the crystal - the "real" nexus, but not the worshipped one. the waters were sacred but they were not thought to be miraculous, unlike the crystal, who instead was thought of as the keystone of the ecosystem: without it, everything would fall apart (and that is partially true: the cavity was the "real" nexus but thanks to the crystal, also strong in the force, the properties were spread all over the mountains). those who bathed in the cavity's waters - so, all of the town, who had a sort of baptism there - could eat the plant, make whatever food with it, and not only that plant, but everything generated by the nexus, that, again, had similar properties. this allowed people to live up to normal life-spans without advanced medicines or, much, really. to those who didn't live there, though, after the processing, had incredible effects, slowing down aging - for those who took it regularly - and making people able to live up to half a century more than the average]

originally, there were four tribes of nomads that lived thanks to horned farm animals that decided to settle down into one bigger town and other smaller settlements, to live off of transhumance. this division of the tribes stayed into the political and social organization: every person belonged to one tribe specifically, and had slightly different rituals and culture. for examples, each tribe had their own priests and healers, with different techniques and traditions. the town, tho, was guided by a group of people in the high priesthood, a position you could reach only by having earned the trust of all tribes. those high priests had many roles: they guided the people into sacred processions common to all the tribes, they managed the trading with outsiders, they did the maintenance of the temple of the summit (the one that functioned as casket to the crystal) and created a special liquid to offer the crystal that helps it grow.

this particular temple was important because 1. it was very visible, from every angle of the town, and it became an important identity symbol; 2. it stored the venerated horned crystal; 3. it had the altar where sacrifices were made for the crystals. that altar had a hole connected to the cavity, that allowed the liquids to reach the underground; 4. it had various symbols: statues representing each tribe + the high priesthood, and typical mirialan tattoos carved into the wood of the trees that served as columns for the temple, symbolizing 8 values that who dared to enter HAD to have; 5. it was on the way to an important lake (called "mother lake" because the lake the town was built around to depended on the waters of that other lake) where they traveled to in important processions; 6. it was said that a the wizard who unified the tribes made it with its magic, making the plant grow to hold the temple's roof. this wizard was, actually, a force user, obv.

BACK TO HER THOUGH: she's daughter of one of the high priests, who was in charge of managing the trades with outsiders, and lives in a house on the mountains with her mother and him. her parents are from different tribes (that's one of the things that earned him trust from the 4 tribes): when a child is born from two different tribes, they don't pick one to allign to, but they're usually linked automatically to the one with more relatives in it (in her case, the father's tribe: she had many uncles and aunts on his side while her mom only had one sister).

later, though, she got quite tied to her mother's tribe due to a mysterious illness that only her mother's tribe healer was able to cure. she spent 4 years (from 10 to 14 years old) living with the healer and learned her secrets. to better study, she wrote them down. when she returned home, she studied to become a priestess with her father. at 22 (the average age: you can't become priest before your 20s), she was supposed to take a test and become a priestess, but the healer of her mother's tribe died and the tribe asked her to take her place. she couldn't technically do that, but both tribes estimated both her and her parents and she was allowed to become both. she then decided to try to become a high priestess, and became one at 25 (a quite young age). being part of the council, she tried to convince the various tribe healers to unite their knowledges and write them down, and eventually made it. healers still remained tribe based but they now had an "upper, inter-tribe level" similar to high priesthood.

years later, the sacred horned crystal is stolen from the temple by some Hutt mercenaries looking for a profit. given the trust she has earned from all the tribes and the fact that her father is the high priest that deals with outsiders (and she's been hearing stories and advice about it since she was little), she is the one tasked with getting it back. without the growing crystal, the keystone to their ecosystem, the village would have lasted only a few years. in hrr quest, she meets imperial intelligence agent tar'x laran and, as they "solve the mystery" and fight to have it back, they get closer. they'll get married and have a daughter, Vegoia (who's the only one who actually will get to the plot of my story. this was all background)

[moonlitalien]

After over two months of chipping away at this in between commishes, i finally finished Shakkar/Darth Envisaar's ref sheet!

She's my oldest Star Wars OC and one of my most complex one both in terms of lore and personality, so I felt like she was long overdue for a proper ref sheet!

[the-wandering-wayseeker]

Lunara Kell, Jedi Knight and Wayseeker, in a quiet moment of prayer to the Force. Art by @creepingm0nster

[spitzobsessed]

"I lived, bitches!"

Most in-character Rutha during Kotfe-Kotet in my new favourite outfit for her. I started this after watching Nimona couple months ago, mostly for the grin.

[jbeansdraws]

Painted my little blue guy again ft. Hunter's hands.

Reference under the cut

[serenxanthe]

Get in loser, we're going smuggling

Featuring my smuggler Tindra, Risha, and Ginxy

[nusaran]

Finally writing out the plot line for the the Sith!Heinrix AU, with Star Wars and Warhammer 40k stuff smashed together into a hot podge of a setting. Just saying all von Valancius' are Sith and it is already a delightful dynamic to explore.

it is already at 2,8k words. 💪💕

[noodleingalaxy]

Trying to come up with the style Vex uses.

I don't know. I know -97893 things about swords and fighting styles.

[knight-of-aether]

SWEU Fanon Codex: Red Zabrak in the Sith Empire

Thousands of years before the first Zabrak colonists crash landed on Dathomir, when the Nightbrothers and their kin had yet to exist, Force-sensitive Zabrak with bright red or orange skin could be found throughout the galaxy. These Zabrak owed their similar traits to their relationship with the Tsis, or ancestral Sith species, and their destinies were linked with the Sith Empire's long and bloody history.

I. Origins

During the early days of the Sith Empire, as it expanded within the isolated Stygian Caldera region, the Sith attempted to conquer and enslave worlds that had previously been settled by Iridonian Zabrak explorers, but they didn’t expect the local resistance - which was largely Force-blind - to put up as much of a fight as it did. In this clash between two warrior cultures, the Zabraks’ tenacity eventually earned the grudging respect of the larger Imperial army.

The Sith lords eventually decided that they were wasting resources on the war, and would be better off taking the locals as their servants and their lands as fiefdom than bombarding them into oblivion. Thus the first treaties were drawn up, with their terms leaning greatly in the Empire's favor. Most Zabrak clans, unwilling to admit defeat but exhausted by the war, agreed to join the Empire after several revisions to their terms. Those who refused were enslaved or executed, their lands confiscated and divided among the Sith and their new vassals.

Many Zabrak followed their new lords to the Sith homeworlds, including Korriban, Ziost, and the Dromund system. During the ages of the Great Hyperspace War and the Empire's fall and reconstitution, its Zabrak diaspora continued to grow. By the time of the Cold War, they had thoroughly intermingled with the last remaining Tsis and their Human-hybrid Red Sith successors, becoming their own hybrid people, the Red Zabrak.

II. Biology

While they share many traits with their Iridonian cousins, the Red Zabrak population has inherited notable Tsis features that are expressed to varying degrees in each individual.

Iridonian-inherited traits:

near-human height and generally fit build

vestigial horns that appear in the first few years of life, and grow in symmetrical patterns on the crown of the head

less hair than most mammalian species; no eyebrows or facial hair, often naturally bald

two hearts and resilient cardiovascular and nervous systems, resulting in greater stamina and a slightly higher pain threshold than many other near-human species

pronounced canine teeth and a metabolism optimized for a carnivorous diet

darkened camouflage striping or inkblot patterns that fade during adolescence, upon which tattoos are traditionally based

Tsis-inherited traits:

skin colors varying from burgundy through red, orange, and peach, similar to Red Sith in complexion and always more ruddy than Iridonian Zabrak

“bleeding” effect of a bright red ring around the iris, a partial expression of the Tsis species’ characteristic glowing eyes

heightened midichlorian levels and increased chance of Force sensitivity

Occasionally, Red Zabrak will display subtle, angular ridges across their skin. Though generally less noticeable than in Red Sith, these ridges have influenced their iconic face and body tattoos, which are a fusion of traditional Iridonian and Sith ritual tattoos that incorporate various symbols to convey clan affiliation and personal stories, and are often designed to outline and enhance any observable Tsis traits.

Bone spurs and cartilaginous tendrils, however, are recessive traits that were lost in most of the Red Zabrak population after first-generation hybrids. These traits, like the aforementioned ridges, appear with more frequency in Human-hybrid Red Sith due to both the selectiveness of the Sith elite, and the quirks of Tsis genetics.

III. Society

While Red Zabrak citizens are nominally equal with all free beings in the Empire, in practice they are second-class citizens compared to Red Sith and Humans, though with societal privilege above other nonhuman species, including Iridonian Zabrak. Scholarly opinion on the merit of their Sith blood weighed against their nonhuman heritage is mixed. Their treatment is comparable to that of the Chiss, but as ancient dependencies of the Empire rather than newfound foreign allies. Meanwhile, in Republic space, they are often viewed with distrust, if not outright detested by Iridonians as traitors to their species. Due to vows of fealty that were sworn when their clans first joined the Empire, many are bound to the ancient Red Sith aristocracy as vassals, with all that entails.

Family ties are vital in both Zabrak and Sith cultures, and the two have become inextricably entangled over their centuries together. The Zabrak openly regard their accomplishments in the Sith Empire as a point of pride and their allegiance as a concession that made both peoples stronger; according to their officially sanctioned history, the Sith definitively proved their superiority in the arena of war, and have remained worthy of following in their exploits to the present day.

Despite the Empire's tendencies towards forced assimilation, the clans have held onto some of their autonomy as agreed upon in their treaties - particularly to organize for cultural events, such as the yearly coming-of-age ceremony in which teenagers traditionally receive their first tattoos, after several days of combat sports, storytelling, and feasting. Large clan gatherings are required to be open to the public, and are routinely monitored by Imperial security forces, but are among the freest cultural expressions in the Empire outside Mandalorians.

Most young Red Zabrak end up in careers that will further the agendas of their affiliated Sith Houses - often the same ones their ancestors swore fealty to when the first treaties divided them among the Sith. Choosing a marriage or career that one’s clan or House disapproves of, or siding with a rival, is to become a social outcast at best. Since the Sith hold the strings of the Empire, they can and will obstruct and manipulate the paths of their servants, and sweep impromptu executions under the rug, in the name of preserving their power bases. Systemic xenophobia in the Empire at large makes social mobility for Red Zabrak even more challenging without Sith aid.

Stereotyped as violent, stubborn, and simple-minded but ultimately honorable aliens, Red Zabrak often end up in military positions within the Empire, and frequently serve as enforcers and assassins to their affiliated Sith houses. Despite the setbacks they face, this tenacious people can be found throughout the Empire in higher positions and greater numbers than any other non-Human or Sith species.

[yarpell]

Commissions

I'm opening a few commissions slots for the upcoming months; please DM/email me with the type of art you'd like to commission (bust/half-body/etc) and we can discuss when we will work on it. Basic price list:

Bust - 100USD

Half-body - 140USD

Full-body - 180USD

For additional information about the commission process as well as ToS please head to my carrd.

Contact me by DM or by email yarpellart@gmail.com.

[pirunika]

*logs into swtor w,my old ass pc after 6 years

*changes Nino's hair

*leaves

[moonlitalien]

Next in the 'I'm finally making ref sheets for my Star Wars OCs' series, my big boy Keejh! A gentle giant, and the son of Darth Envisaar!

[mearchy]

Hyperfixation so bad I've considered starting another sideblog just for SWTOR which I never really think about, this blog has always been a total mess of everything I'm into at a particular moment. There's just so much stuff I want to share that only a very specific subset of my SW followers (like, three people) would care about. For example. Would anyone care for 100+ screenshots of in-game advertisements and signs . Because I have a collection I've been building for more than a year aha

[aeskanera]

Originally for my own reference, but posting in case it helps anyone with character building for ocs, I went through all the original story companion bios and made a list of all of the likes/dislikes organised into categories

Peace/Kindness/“Light Side”

protecting the weak

punishing bad guys

being nice to ladies

kindness

charity

selflessness

standing up for the weak

mercy

protecting those close to you

sincerity

fighting bullies

morally correct actions

helping the weak

humility

honesty

helping those in need

acts of mercy

friendship

compromise

peace

helping people

encouraging others to defend themselves

sparing enemies

Violence/“Dark Side”

hurting for profit

hurting women

cruelty

bullying

slavery

killing innocents

casual violence

pain

prejudice

unnecessary violence

corruption

murder

refusing to help

chaos

anti alien sentiment

extreme violence

scary things

violence as a solution

mean people

revenge

random cruelty

rudeness

spite

using power against the weak

betrayal

hurting innocents

ruthlessness

violence

anger

causing suffering

destruction

killing powerful enemies

killing the weak

betrayal of allies

Specific Groups/Organisations

the republic

the empire

the sith

dark jedi

the jedi

bounty hunters

republic military

mandalorians

Stuff Related to the Above Groups

working with sith or imperials

republic authorities

mocking force users

imperial memorabilia

killing force users

mystical jedi nonsense

cooperating with sith

serving the empire

force persuade

destroying the republic’s enemies

mercenary work

mocking the empire

following the sith code

hurting the republic

protecting the republic

acting like a mercenary

defeating the empire

republic memorabilia

patriotism to the empire

pro republic messages

testing force powers

pro empire sentiment

killing imperials

hurting imperials

secrets of the force

mercenary behavior

fighting jedi

mercy to the empire

Authority

disrespecting authority figures

respecting authority blindly

insulting authority

mocking authority

laughing at authority

pointless infighting

authority

anarchy

kissing up

patriotism

breaking the law

anti authority behavior

leadership

duty

political backstabbing

taking orders

professionalism

propriety

mocking people

obedience

unprofessional or emotional behavior

freedom

rules

diplomacy

rewarding hard work

ideology

self sacrifice for the greater good

respect

Fights

fair fights

a good fight against worthy foes

personal honor

callous sacrifices

combat challenges

dishonorable acts

aggressive pursuit of victory

challenges

power

backing down from a fight

testing yourself

keeping secrets from allies

second chances

displays of strength

honor

keeping promises

excuses

action

blowing things up

adventure

avoiding fights

exploring unknown territory

courage

efficiently eliminating enemies

fighting overwhelming odds

selling out

inaction

legendary conquests

cowardice

heroism that involves danger

danger

looking like a hero

weakness

Ego and Greed

self interest

profit

making money

greed

selfish actions without clear aim

scams

selfishness

wastefulness

indulgence

getting something for nothing

getting paid

attention

looking bad

praise

getting involved

bragging

personal gain

Material Interests

treasure

secrets

luxury

new tech

technology

respect for unusual people or beliefs

exploring alien cultures

clever word play

snobs

discovery

underworld goods

romance

droid maintenance

flirtation

secrecy

trophies

military gear

history

weapons

mysteries

gadgets

courting

aiding scientists

destroying science

cultural items

delicacies

beautiful women

artifacts

learning

Intelligence

the stupid or uneducated

risking your neck for nothing

being taken advantage of

clever solutions

failure

long term thinking

failure to take initiative

recklessness

efficiency

pragmatism

thinking through a problem

irrational behavior

cleverness

logical thinking

brevity

self restraint

seeking peaceful solutions

being funny

patience

stubbornness

resolve

complications

talking

rational choices

talking things out