#swtor stories

[doli-nemae]

oh no imperial agent and smuggler are secretly flirting and have been in crush with each for the last *checks her notes* 30 years oh no-

#swtor #star wars #swtor imperial agent #imperial agent #swtor smuggler #smuggler #star wars the old republic #the old republic #chiss oc #artists on tumblr #dolinemae #ukrart #char: Caroline Jester #char: Sevi'ra'mvis #they're unmarried wives your honour #Ira used to be loyal to Empire but after *shit that hapenned in IA story* she started to secretly work for Republic #and Carry- let's say her relationship with Republic is COMPLICATED #but after KOTET they both work for the Republic - though not openly (for various reasons) #i'm gonna tell one day their story I swear

[liaprime]

I finally made a Marr clone (¬‿¬ )

#swtor #darth marr #couldn't decide on a name for a long time #but i like this one hehe #why yes i do think i'm funny #can't wait till he finishes his story ;D #but i HATE how this armour dyes ugh #tried my best with different dyes on the individual parts #but ugh some parts just don't dye at all

[doriansbutt]

tfw u eat too many ghosts in chapter i and spend the rest of ur storyline trying to get rid of them before they kill u

#oc: vyxander #vyxander chandac #my oc #creations #swtor #sith inquisitor #I honestly don’t remember the beginning of this storyline lmao it’s been 10 years #but I’m finally on corellia and level 51 I’m almost done #then just 3 pub stories and I’m done w all 8! finally! #this is alecks’s brother! one of them! #he has a twin #they were kidnapped when very young and separated #one to the sith and one to the Jedi

[i-looove-dillydallying]

Khem Val, underrated king

#star wars the old republic #swtor #star wars #videogame #mmorpg #companion #sith #sith empire #dark side #sith inquisitor #origin story #class mission #sabacc #khem val #andronikos revel #ashara zavros #xalek #talos drellik #meme #screenshot #swtor meme

[pseudogirlie]

new bounty acquired-- your brainwashed jedi knight younger sister 😳

#senna #senna reyhe #swtor #jedi knight #jedi #i just like when class characters are related and their stories intersect :))) #pisha #pisha reyhe

[skullinacowboyhat]

mock poster for the little sw series in my head. click to view my children in better quality.

#swtor #oc: nuri #oc: rin #oc: leiko #my art #skullie's sketches #the story is all about the ties that bind and betrayal and queerness #and love and grief and it's basically my diary from the past 5 years #anyways look at my babies i love them #star wars #togruta #twi'lek #sith pureblood #jedi oc

[lanabenikosdoormat]

baby.. baby jed the beloved

#swtor #oc: jed solaris #jed solaris #he’s like 19 here mb?? #he’s just a little guy when the agent class story starts #either 19 or 20 it’s kind of ambiguous #also my art style is all over the place ignore that #imperial agent #my art

[ospreyeamon]

playing politics

It’s been said before, but there is a clear disparity in the way the Jedi Consular and Jedi Knight are treated when it comes to their promotion prospects. While both are knighted at the end of their prologues, the Consular is given the rank of Master at the start of Act 2 while the Knight is only maybe promoted again at the close of Act 3.

The Consular’s promotion to Master is political. They are being given the rank because the Jedi Council thinks it will be necessary for the Rift Alliance to take them seriously, not because of anything the Consular has achieved up to this point Hence why they are given the rank upon being given a mission rather than completing one. Which makes sense as the Consular’s achievements during Act 1 are pretty variable.

A Consular who has LS-choiced their way through Act 1’s achievements are very impressive, even if the stint on Alderaan is their only prior diplomatic experience that we know of. A Consular who – despite being asked to shield the afflicted Jedi – chooses to kill them at varying points before accidentally (or “accidentally”) causing the deaths of hundreds more Jedi offscreen by killing Lord Vivicar, I think, probably wouldn’t have been trusted with a sensitive diplomatic post if the Council thought they had a better option. Unfortunately, in this scenario, the better options were probably numbered among the now dead Jedi Masters.

Conversely, the Jedi Knight definitely succeeded in their overall mission in Act 1. They might have been a jerk, they might have passed up opportunities to save or spare people, they might have delayed rescuing Nasan Godera for a loot acquisition detour, but they still did (eventually) retrieve Dr Godera, stop the power-guard project, save Master Kiwiiks and Tatooine, help destroy the death-mark laser, and prevent Darth Angral from torching Tython. The Knight also helps (or “helps”) guide Kira Carsen to Knighthood; successfully training a Padawan is traditionally one of the main gauges the Council uses to determine who is ready to become a Master.

A DS!Knight proves considerably more effective in Act 1 than a DS!Consular, but the Consular is still the one promoted. The promotion isn’t given in recognition of their skills or as reward for their achievements. It isn’t withheld because of any action or shift in alignment. The Consular is promoted at the start of Act 2 because their new mission is to make nice with the politicians; the Knight isn’t because they are assisting other Jedi. If the Consular’s promotion truly was a matter of merit the Knight would have been promoted too.

The end of Act 3 has incredibly stark differences in how a Dark-aligned Consular and Knight are treated by the Jedi Council. Neither of them receives the promotion they would have if they had been Light-aligned, but of the behaviour of the Council towards them is markedly different. The Consular is publicly rewarded. The Knight is publicly snubbed.

“Your relentless pursuit of the First Son merits a unique position. We would like to make you our special military advisor. You will rank alongside us, but work with the Republic, to capture the remaining Children and prepare for any future threat from the Sith.” Jaric Kaedan “Rank alongside? So I would not be a member of the Jedi Council.” Jedi Consular, Option 3 “We would prefer you to focus on assisting the Republic, rather than on Council duties. But this is only a small reward beside the great service you have done, for all of us.” Jaric Kaedan

The post of the Jedi Council’s special military advisor is a promotion, even if it might not be the promotion the Consular wanted. Jaric Kaedan doesn’t say anything to suggest that a Council Seat could have been on the table under other circumstances; the idea is only brought up if the Consular brings it up.

The Consular has experienced a meteoric rise through the ranks; their class story takes place over about three years and they go from Padawan to Knight to Master to senior Master advising the Jedi Council. Going from Padawan to Master in the span of two years is (I think) the fastest turn around we are shown for any Jedi, and most members of the Order never sit on the High Council. Being promoted to Master without having trained a Padawan in any capacity is also highly unusual. The Consular has nothing to complain about.

Even if they do complain, Jaric’s justification is that they don’t want the Consular’s attention split between their work with the Republic and the duties of a Council Member. He is quick to praise the Consular again. No mention of their turn to the Dark Side is made.

“And then there is you. How do we even begin to account for the turns your life has taken since you first arrived on Tython? The dark side has cast its shadow over you. I sense your anger and ambition growing. I can no longer ignore it. I wanted so much for you to become a Jedi Master, but you are not ready.” Satele Shan “What have I done to deserve being passed over? I've saved trillions of people.” Jedi Knight, Option 1 “Your battles on Corellia cost us Master Kiwiiks and dozens of brave Jedi. Your leadership there was questionable, at best. You struck a great blow against the Sith, but the war goes on. There will be other opportunities for you to prove yourself worthy.” or “How much have you sacrificed on your path to victory? What emotions drove these decisions? These are the questions we must answer. You struck a great blow against the Sith, but the war goes on. There will be other opportunities for you to prove yourself worthy.” Satele Shan “Master Satele, this Jedi is one of the greatest war heroes I’ve ever met. He/she deserves recognition for his/her victories. By the authority of the Supreme Chancellor, I hereby grant you the honorary rank of Republic general.” Admiral Dabrin

In contrast, in a Dark-aligned Knight’s class story ending Satele Shan tells them that they are wrathful, power-hungry, under the influence of the Dark-Side of the Force, and not being promoted to Jedi Master. It’s a public humiliation at a ceremony intended to honour the Knight’s achievements. Small wonder Admiral Dabrin tries to patch things over by naming the Knight an honorary general.

Satele Shan did not have to manage the situation with the Knight this way. She could have quietly led the Knight off into a side room before the ceremony and asked them if they knew they were clouded by the Dark Side. She could have had the kind of talk with them that Orgus Din does on Rishi. Making a public spectacle was taking the nuclear option.

Satele can claim that the Knight isn’t being promoted because of their poor leadership on Corellia, but Satele was the one to put the Knight in charge of the Jedi forces on Corellia, possibly over the Knight’s objections. Besides, we the audience know it isn’t the truth. The Jedi Council’s refusal to grant them the rank of Master isn’t tied to any decision they could have taken on Corellia – it is solely determined by their alignment.

The denunciation being so public makes me feel that its motivation was either highly political or deeply personal. Did Satele feel betrayed by the Knight? Did the rest of the Jedi Council even know she was planning on going off script in front of the Republic brass? Was she convinced the Knight’s Dark-alignment was evidence they had done terrible things she would never be able to find proof of?

Was the decision to try to crack down hard on the Knight made because the Consular had also turned but couldn’t be reprimanded without insulting the Rift Alliance? Were Council concerned that members of the Order like Unaw Aharo were admiring a Dark Jedi? Was Satele under pressure to make a statement against Jedi drawing on the Dark-Side while fighting in the war?

But if a DS-choicing Knight got Jedi unnecessarily killed, then a DS-choicing Consular got more Jedi killed; hundreds compared to dozens. If it’s dangerous to have impressionable Jedi looking up to a Dark-aligned Hero of Tython, then it’s no less dangerous to have them admiring a Dark-aligned Barsen’thor. If a Dark Jedi shouldn’t be permitted to become a Master, then a Dark Consular should be demoted rather than set to advise the Council.

There is an incredible double-standard in how the Consular is treated in comparison to the Knight – and a double-standard in how the Consular is treated compared to the norms of the Order. This is surely something people in-universe have opinions about.

#Meanwhile in a Galaxy Far Far Away #swtor meta #jedi consular class story #jedi knight class story #Jedi Consular #Jedi Knight #star wars the old republic

[miraluking-respectfully]

#predicting agentsweep #it fits the story so well! #swtor #space barbies #sith warrior #sith inquisitor #swtor bounty hunter #imperial agent #jedi knight #jedi consular #swtor trooper #swtor smuggler #polls

[eorzeashan]

Long time no swtor thinkpiece, but.

Thinking about Eight in the IA class story and then who he is post-Alliance; going from a bold, daring and casually ambitious wildcard to someone who feels as if he's lost most of his zeal to become rather...listless. Empty. Not to say that he isn't fulfilled by his work in the Alliance (who all make exceptions to have him do anything but murder all day) but he starts picking up more mundane activities like, peeling potatoes for the Alliance cantina, or doing minor tasks that don't involve much thought on his own volition-- a stark change from a man who only cared about his blade and who it fell on. It's like he's been soundly defeated by the circumstances surrounding him.

Then there's the issue of his companions, who only knew him as their cunning leader who stopped at nothing to achieve his goals, even using some of them in the process, who now appears to be an entirely different person. One who quietly fades into the background, instead of being in the thick of it. He's changed.

His skills haven't waned, but his voice is flat, his eyes without gleam, his all consuming desire that drove him to accomplish the impossible by the day naught but simmering ashes by the time they reunite with him in KOTXX. He even apologizes to some, without explanation. This distresses Vector, in particular, who witnessed the worst of his sides way back in the day. "It's not me you should apologize to, Agent." Vector can only quietly say, "I have never held you in ill regard for the choices you've made, anathema as they were to my principles." It's a conversation that peters off, but one that Eight never had, never had soon enough --his firm refusal to rectify or acknowledge that Vector could choose him over his own ideals is one that gnaws at him on the inside for years, on his own belief that people cannot change what they truly believe in, and so there is no point in trying to make amends for what bridges he burns in the pursuit of his own wishes. This, and many other denials, compound over the years into a rather hurtful self-made solitude that follows him long into the Alliance. (A mother will never give up her son. There is no other way. I cannot change my nature as a weapon. Their rejection of me is something I must accept.) A punishment, but for who?

Perhaps he still feels he's failed the last mission Keeper entrusted to him. The one that asked him to become a real, living person, and not just a sword dressed in imperial colors.

Eight spirals during the events of the Eternal Empire. He watches his downfall happen in real time. There's little he does about it. His home is gone, as are the people he fought for--Keeper, Watcher 2, Intelligence--and this new age is only filled with allies he cuts down faster than he can imprint their names into his memory. He's alone in this fight at the behest of others who do choose their ideals over him, who, in the end, turn away in fear and disgust when he bloodies his blade in their name. He makes no effort afterwards to right his image in their minds. He plays the villain, if others will not. For the first time, he tires of killing.

This leaves him alone, an outcast even among friends. Eventually, amongst the ruin their failed Alliance leaves in its wake, someone asks why things turned out this way; his lack of a will in the greater fight comes to light and sets several alarm bells off. Lana reduces his duties on the battlefield. Others, out of shared guilt and a fear of the bloodshed he wreaked on their orders, give him a wide berth to live normally for a while. It's not much and does little to his disillusionment and estrangement with his allies, but...it's a start.

Eight the Assassin turns into just Eight. And Eight the former agent, ex-Cipher, killer extraordinaire who never once dreamed of the stars, turns into someone who quietly watches the sun set on a world he barely recognizes,l but still stays up to see it, potato peeler in hand.

#swtor #oc: orradiz #ooc #kotxx #this is just. rambling thoughts. #eight gets so damn lifeless after but he's...healing. living. what else is living but moving past your will to die #eight's weird complex about the ideals of others and people being unable to treat him as anything but a stepping stone for that #and he used to treat others like that as well #and wuh OH keeper still haunting him like a decade later #he's just. he had so much energy back in the class story and it all faded away #he's a lot wiser now but also has so much shit to work through and he has no friends. i said it #the retired and mysterious life of ex agents #HELLO? IS ANYONE OUT THERE DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND THISSSS

[kissingwookiees]

i've always been collected, calm, and chill. and you know, i never look for conflict for the thrill.

#swtor #swtor ocs #oc: cavalry turan #*mine: gifs #swtor story updates are about new cutscenes so i can see my characters again and thats it really #posting this exactly when i finish it bc its 4 am and i dont care lol

[squirrel-art]

never sat right with me that poor phi-ton got to enjoy a single night with his wife and then never saw her again. never even got a credit of alimony.

so anyway here’s him & cipher nine enjoying their amicable no-fault divorce

#they're getting...diVOSSED HAHA #phi-ton #phi ton #cipher nine #imperial agent #miraluka #swtor #lyde aniteon #occurs to me he never even knew her real name omg #she was ''eirene'' on voss #just squirrelly things #swtor spoilers #<-putting that there for andrew who cant look at this until he finishes the agent story

[i-looove-dillydallying]

Jedi consular and Qyzen Fess are besties, sorry I don’t make the rules

#swtor #star wars the old republic #mmorpg #videogame #star wars #light side #galactic republic #jedi #jedi consular #oc #toon #origin story #class mission #base game #companion #besties #brotp #qyzen fess #nadia grell #felix iresso #zenith #tharan cedrax #facts #hot take #opinion

[sheyshen]

don’t get me wrong i’m excited about dreadwolf, but... yeah.

#dragon age #mass effect #swtor #where would anthem be for this? like what's deader then dead since they just went and threw out the whole franchise #each new bw related news is like new show for DA new comic for DA new game for DA #i know it's seprate teams but seeing them pulling the ME team to help finish DAD and having a content drought on swtor feels bad man #and i mean story content drought. i know they added a new stronghold and a terrible credit sink for a basic utility #just been feeling really sporadic and small story updates since onslaught

[liaprime]

How time flies haha

Today is my 10-year anniversary with this game ٩(｡•́‿•̀｡)۶

I'm pretty sure I'd started with a Jedi Knight back then that made it through Coruscant, followed by a Consular that I abandoned on Taris^^"

Then I didn't touch the game for like a month or two and finally created my Sith Warrior Scarleticia - the one that ignited my passion for this game :D

My time with this game had its ups and downs, but I am very happy to have fallen fully into this hell hole (affectionate) again!

#swtor #brb buying myself some cartel coins to celebrate hehe #i was sith scum from the beginning and didn't know it back then ha! #scar is still very dear to me #next one was my agent lexie #oh the joys of playing the class stories for the first time

[zhakyria]

I totally didn't buy the Manaan stronghold to make a photobooth. I don't know WHAT you are talking about. Anyway, I now have a photobooth for my characters. :D To celebrate I took some shots of a couple of Zahkiel's new outfits and redid the base images for their tattoos and scars.

I also re-designed Zhakiel's tattoos. I like these better, they feel more cohesive and connected to me.

#swtor #star wars: the old republic #zahkiel #sith inquisitor #chiss #my oc #character outfits #tattoo design #really need to figure out what title zahkiel has #cause they don't follow the inquisitor nor outlander story #ex spy