TheElvenJedi

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Oh yeah, it's gonna be goooood (ESPECIALLY after what Bracknell does to Ari. He's gonna go nuts.) The others are gonna see a whole other hidden side of him which I can't WAIT for, I normally play him out as a totally narcissistic jerk who's only interest in her mother was to "pass on his (great) genes" as it were, so it's nice to play around with a version of him that actually CARES about Ari, even if he doesn't show it outwardly all the time)

Aaaaalllrightyy then, here goes! XD:

-So, eventually everything will culminate in some kind of "final showdown" type thing (the when/where EXACTLY it would take place can be hashed out proper closer to the time ;) lol), where Ari, Bol and the others develop enough of a following to form some kind of army to fight back in retaliation, perhaps where it ends up being the two sides/armies in a pretty big battle but where there ends up being a split between the main Force users and the trooper-type dudes so they end up fighting almost in separate fields kinda thing
-I was thinking something like Ari, Bol (and Neta/Janika/Manso, if she sticks with them and/or Janika and Manso are still alive by then? XD), Roan and Vano (Takree's PROBABLY gonna die sometime before they get that far so that's why he's not factored in here lol) end up trying to track down and kill Soto and Bracknell, who could maybe be the only two "big guns" left of the other Force-users army after the other Masters eliminate the lower downs
-Obviously big fighting stuff happens; Bracknell leaves Soto to "deal with them" thinking she can manage it with the help of half (or all *shrug*) of his Ubese personal guard. They fight, Soto kills Vano, Roan or one of the others kill Soto. Bracknell returns to find out why Soto's dawdling only to find they've killed her, Roan orders Neta and Bol to take Ari and the others and get back to the other fighting while he "deals with Bracknell", sends his Tuk'ata with them as an escort to make sure they do as they're told
-They comply at first, but eventually the Tuk'ata get restless and Ari makes the decision to go back for Roan (Bol and/or Neta could come with her if they wanted to)
-Bracknell and Roan fight, Bracknell has either learnt new techniques from The Master to make him stronger or he cheats somehow (I like the first thought better in terms of flowing properly?), Bracknell kills Roan and there's maybe a tear-jerker scenario there where they get to Roan as he's dying so he and Ari have a final goodbye thing while Bracknell calls a retreat/regroup to his forces since at this point their side is winning and they basically have the war in the bag
-Ari loses it after Roan's gone, and vows to hunt Bracknell down and kill him in revenge (might be slightly cheesy, especially what she actually SAYS when she loses it (which I won't spoil just yet ;) other than some pretty nasty plots involving Bracknell choking to death on his own blood slowly and painfully xDD) but I mean...Roan was her dad and she's kind of a daddy's girl if that hasn't come across already xD), then there's two slightly different ways that the "end" part of that could possibly pan out that I've thought of so far, either:
A) they (Ari/Bol/Neta/anyone else with them) run Bracknell down and kill him then and there
or B) Bracknell escapes THEN, to go and do command-y/authority things on behalf of The Master to "wrap up" the conflict in their favour, and they have to actually hunt him down vigilante-style and THEN kill him, thus tipping the conflict to their favour and we can then work on Ari and Bol being contacted by The Master and moving into "Act II"

It's kinda a text wall so sorry about that but I had a brain fart when I woke up randomly at 4am this morning, as you can tell ;w; XD Of course any changes/additions etc. always welcome! :3

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

So, this is just another little organisational thing on my part...mostly to keep track of Force powers and/or Lightsaber forms (or else I'd forget which ones she knew/used XD) though I did include other stats like Strength, Linguistics and Dexterity etc. and other random (possibly useful) things like age, height and weight, just for the fun of it.

Essentially a brief stat sheet of sorts, I've only got one done for Ari right now but I can do them quite easily for Vano, Roan and the others if needed and edit this post to add them and keep em together in one place ;) XD If you wanna add some for Bol and Neta or anyone else of course feel free to! :P

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Stat Sheet: Aria

Aria "Ari" Saal

F

Age: 22

Height: 5 foot 1 in

Weight: 116 Ibs

Weapon of Choice: Two single bladed scorpion hilt sabers, red blades. Has VERY basic saberstaff/double bladed training (I.e. could use one without injuring herself if she needed to), but much prefers her two single bladed sabers.

Stats:
scored out of 10, 10 being completely expert/’so much powerrr’ and 0 being totally rubbish XD

Strength: 6/10

Speed: 7/10

Dexterity: 8/10

Intelligence: 8/10

Wisdom (was thinking more along the lines of “ability to think stuff through before acting and realise consequences of their actions” type with this one rather than the “effectiveness of Force powers” ability that the KOTOR games attributed to Wisdom): 3/10

Determination/Tenacity: 9/10

Stealth: 4/10

Loyalty: 8/10

Bladework/Saber prowess: 8/10

Force abilities: 7/10

Force Powers/Abilities:
Slightly more skilled with saber combat than Force powers, but overall with intensive training from The Master has become fairly well balanced when it comes to her Force and lightsaber techniques

Force push + pull 5/10
Force scream 8/10 <--developed
Force lightning 4/10
Choke 4/10
Force speed/Force jump 7/10 <--- developed
Force camoflague 9/10 <--- developed, currently sitting at a measly 2/10 XD

Learned later (either through Roan/the other Masters or The Master):
Force whirlwind 3/10 <---developed
Force Suppression (learned from The Master) 3/10 <--developed
Battlemind (learned from The Master (this one just screams 'Aria', I couldn't ignore it XD) 8/10 <--developed

Lightsaber Forms:
Ranked in order of proficiency/preference of use from most to least
Ataru (Form IV) 9/10 <---developed, currently 5/10
Makashi (Form II) 3/10
Shii Cho (Form I) 4/10
Jar’Kai (blend of Form II, IV and a liiitttle bit of V) 4/10
Shien (Form V) 2/10 <--- picked up from Roan before his death, essentially only uses it very slightly (and ocasionally does the reverse grip thing out of habit, bad Ari! XD)

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Stat Sheet: Roan

Lord Roan "Darth Noctis" Saal

M

Age: Approx 50, though physically appears to be in his mid to late 30s

Height: 6 foot 3 in

Weight: 155 Ibs

Weapon of Choice: Two single bladed, curved hilt lightsabers

Stats:
scored out of 10, 10 being completely expert/’so much powerrr’ and 0 being totally rubbish XD

Strength: 5/10

Speed: 4/10

Dexterity: 4/10

Intelligence: 8/10

Wisdom: 8/10

Determination/Tenacity: 8/10

Stealth: 7/10

Loyalty: 3/10 (again it's probably semi-subjective, he'd stick his neck out for certain people if he felt like they were worth his time XD)

Bladework/Saber prowess: 4/10

Force abilities: 9/10

Force Powers/Abilities:
Strongly favours Force powers over lightsaber combat, but has moderate saber skills (albeit very specific to the two forms he practises)
Force push + pull/Force whirlwind 7/10
Force scream 6/10
Force lightning/Force storm 9/10
Choke/Kill 6/10
Force speed/Force jump 3/10
Beast trick 8/10
Stun/Stasis Field 5/10
Force blind 4/10
Darkshear(I was looking for different dark sided powers and this one looked super bad ass XD) 6/10
Lightsaber Forms:
Ranked in order of proficiency/preference of use from most to least
Juyo (Form VII) 5/10
Shien/Djem So (Form V)--Tends to employ the Shien reverse grip, but often favours Djem So maneuvers/tactics 8/10
Jar'Kai (blend of Form V and Form VII) 6/10
(omitted the basic forms even though he'd have had to learn them in order to learn the other ones, because he basically never uses them anymore haha)

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Stat Sheet: Chwuq and Taral (Tuk'ata

(because I dislike the SWTOR renditions of the Tuk'ata, they don't look scary enough XD So I found this one which is pretty closely inspired by the original KOTOR Tuk'ata I think o: )

Chwuq (High Sith meaning "Ember")/ Taral (High Sith meaning "he who protects") Roan studied the High Sith language in some of his lore studies and gave the Tuk'ata individual names so he could call and command them more easily than just using "oi" or "you" XD) Ari mostly refers to them both as "Stinkface" XD

F / M

Age: Unknown, adult, presumably several centuries (may have even been around since the Sith race inhabited the planet). Chwuq is suspected to have been the matriarch of the former Tuk'ata colony on Korriban

Height: Approx. 4 foot 9 in at the shoulder, 4 foot long (including tail)

Weight: 196 Ibs

Weapon of Choice: Teeth and claws, the spines on their shoulders are also capable of injecting a
Stats:
scored out of 10, 10 being completely expert/’so much powerrr’ and 0 being totally rubbish XD

Strength: 8/10

Speed: 7/10

Dexterity: 2/10

Intelligence: 8/10

Wisdom: 6/10

Determination/Tenacity: 7/10

Stealth: 0/10 (you'd smell them coming waaaayy before they could creep up on you pahaha)

Loyalty: 4/10

Bladework/Saber prowess: 0/10 (technically non-applicable XD)

Force abilities: 4/10

Force Powers/Abilities:
They only have very basic Force abilities, mainly sensing other Force presences and the ability to communicate telepathically with very broken speech in Basic

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Sounds good as a plan so far! Some small additions maybe (?)

-I could see Roan joining back up with them yeah, Ari could twist his arm and get him to help them ;) XD Plus side being he hates Bracknell's guts, so something along the lines of "help us and you get to kill Bracknell" will PROBABLY be enough to bribe him hahahaha
-Would they (the Force sensitives/Masters + Ari and Bol) ALL pack up and haul themselves across to the Homeworld or would it make sense for Ari and Bol to go and take maybe...idk, two or three of the more co-operative/sensible Masters with them?
-If we do that, the rest can stay at their new 'base of operations' to welcome/introduce any new recruits pulled in by the SIS/II officers recruitment? Perhaps train them in Force resistant techniques (if that's possible with non-sensitives, I think Revan's little assassin sect when he was still Dark Lord, that Atton was a part of (I know Atton was anyway but I don't think all of them were?) to give them some protection against Bracknell/Soto's followers when/if they come up against them?
-If the group are gonna trek to the Sith Homeworld to look for stuff, Bracknell could be waiting for them there and ambush them and that might lead nicely into that 'mom talk build up' scenario I was talking about?

I also have a couple possibilities for later on near the end of "Act I" but I think that's a little TOO far ahead to be talking about just yet? XD

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Oh gosh, no worries! Totally had that happen to me before, kinda sucks when it happens... but at least you get another go at it to redo stuff you weren't happy with the first time ;) xD

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Tah dah, edit done! XD

Mwahahaha it's going to be unpleasant for our dear little Ari though (Bol may need to give her a VERY tight hug afterwards O: and POSSIBLY may include a little bit of Roan's soft side if it seems appropriate to add :3 xD

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Yeah, Udike I figured wouldn't make it but wasn't sure about the other two. One sec then lemme replace the one paragraph with the other one where Janika and Manso aren't dead xD

I knooooww ;w; I have a potentially really nasty scene in plan for Ari that will lead to them having 'the mom talk' later too mwahahaha just got to find the right moment to put it in :P

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

The trek back to the Academy from the tomb was long and arduous because the group had to accommodate for Takree’s reduced mobility; punctuated with more petty squabbling from Vano and Qanarr, as they still insisted they would be better off leaving the ‘deadweight’ behind. The Togruta could only walk so far before his wound became so painful that they had to stop and let him get a second wind. Each time, Aria insisted that ‘NOBODY was being left here to be eaten alive by tomb beasts or Hssis when the sun came up’ and forced them to wait until Takree was ready to keep moving. Twice they were ambushed by trooper commandos searching the dunes for survivors, during the second exchange Qanarr took a fatal shot to the gut and after they had dispatched the troopers Aria snapped the Cathar’s neck to spare her the long and painful death by bleeding out.

Their boots had just touched the steps at the entryway as Aria felt the sudden surge of powerful emotions emanating through her bond with Yerbol. She wasn't sure what had happened exactly, but Aria panicked as the frenzy died down and the Knight's voice, desperate and pleading, cried out to her:
Ari...get here...please
I’m coming!!
Without a word to the four companions behind her, Aria broke into a breakneck sprint towards the hangar bay, ignoring Vano's voice as the Mirialan screamed after her: “Ari, what's wro-?! Ari, wait! ARIA!” The older acolyte wanted to follow behind Roan’s daughter but without Qanarr there was no one else to stay with Neta and Takree to cover them so she had to remain with them and catch up at a slower pace.

Please, let him be okay. Don't let him be hurt...was all she could think as she rounded the corner into the hangar. Trooper bodies and damaged droid chassis littered the steel room, the three Padawans were down also and she couldn't tell if any of them were still alive. Yerbol was doubled over in the middle of the room, bloody hands braced against his knees as his breath came in shaky gasps. There was a LOT of blood as she raced over to join him but the Knight didn't seem to have any open wounds as Aria crouched down in front of him (so she assumed none of the blood was his).
“Yerbol...Bol, I'm here...it's over.” she whispered, “I'm sorry, I'm so sorry….” guilt welled up in her chest as she thought about the Padawans who might not make it because she'd put them in the most dangerous place without thinking about it properly…in the back of her mind a niggling worry started to form, that if all three of them were dead then it was HER fault and he might blame her for it, but she shoved it away. Not now.

“I should have sent you to the tombs, I thought the troopers would all be out on the dunes by now…I thought it was safe in here, I'm sorry...” the words stuck in her throat, her voice cracking as she fumbled to try and think of the words of the Jedi Code, to refocus his mind and give him something else to focus on. But Aria had only read the Jedi's mantra about twice in her entire lifetime, and she couldn't recall the words properly: something about peace and serenity and restricting passion or some bullocks like that...frustrated, she settled for the next best thing:
“Hey, Yerbol...look at me.”
Without thinking, she laid one hand on each of his cheeks, gently lifting his face so he had to look her in the eye as she took in a deep breath and exhaled it slowly, hoping he would be listening and follow her example. “Breathe. Slowly...in and out…”

Footsteps behind them signalled that the others had caught up to her but Aria shut the other sounds out, only concerned with getting her partner to calm down at this moment.

Vano paused at the doorway as her eyes settled on Aria who was murmuring soothingly to a young man dressed in Jedi robes, her forehead leaned gently against his as she cradled his face and coaxed him to calm his frantic breathing. A slight smile pulled at the corners of her mouth, there was clearly something going on there whether either of them were ready to admit it yet. She left Neta with Takree as she moved across to Janika, Manso and Udike (who she didn't recognise but could assume they were the Jedi boy’s companions) to check for signs of life.

Udike’s torso had been burnt through, there was no way he would make it. Janika and Manso though, seemed to have less serious wounds. Glancing back at Neta, the Mirialan called:
“Hey, they're still breathing!”
“Go help her,” Takree winced bravely, “I can manage to stand on my own.”

Eventually, Yerbol was calmer and Aria suddenly realised how close her face was to his, and that the others were looking at them, abruptly sitting back away from Yerbol and clearing her throat, hoping Neta hadn't been looking their way or the mercenary might have had something else to say given what she had said to Aria in the tomb. Straightening up again, she glanced back at the others then at Yerbol again. “Come on, I'll grab the transponder card and then we should get the frack out of here. We have to keep going, or they all died for nothing.” she urged the others, heading over to the nearest shuttle, she ducked into the cockpit for a moment and re-emerged with the card clasped in her hand.

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Regarding everyone's reactions to the Padawans, I wasn't 100% sure whether Janika and Manso had relatively treatable injuries or whether they'd all died so let me know if necessary and I can make a quick edit to the end of my post to accommodate that if I need to xD

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Oh gosh, wow, didn't expect him to lose it THAT much O.O Don't really blame him though, dang poor guy D: It's okay, Ari's on her way! Tomorrow, though, because I'm too sleepy to write another one today unfortunately xD But when I get home tomorrow it shall be up! :P

Haha, I find them fun to play around with (and Togruta and Mirialans are just really cool looking XD) and it makes it a little more interesting that way XD The other Jedi Master that I was going to play is probably going to be human though just to balance the species ratio in my lot out again :P

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Sounds good to me, I shall keep brainstorming in the meantime and post here if I come up with anything that sounds more fitting XD (I also scrolled through the OOC looking for the Master dude's name the other day and I think it was Renso, or something like that? :P)

Nah, I like it actually! makes it sound more official haha

I wanted to use Mirialan for the language but there isn't enough canon sources on their language so I had to use Twi'leki instead, forgive the slight inaccuracy >:L xD