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voidendron · 11 months

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here's my boy! <333 I had a lot of fun working on this even if I redid his Darth outfit like three times before I was happy with it

Bio

AU Refs

weapon info below!

lightsaber: Lord Kallig's. it's incredibly unstable due to age and looks moments away from exploding. the mechanisms no longer work properly and it can only be activated through the Force; takes a lot of self-discipline to keep it activated and from tearing itself apart when it is on

vibroblade: even older than his lightsaber, he's almost positive it predates lightsabers as a whole. he discovered it in a tomb in still incredible condition, but.... well. those strong in the Force tend to get uneasy around it, as the spirit of its first owner doesn't seem to want to let it go because Of Course he would use a haunted weapon he Refuses normal ones apparently

though it predates lightsabers, whatever alloys it's made of are extremely durable and can take direct contact with actual lightsabers without damage. seems similar to Beskar, though isn't

though he prefers to fight from range with lightning, he's actually very skilled in melee combat with his weapons. tends to use his lightsaber more for intimidation tactics, and vibroblade for actual combat if using only one of his blades--though can easily shift into using both of them.

#swtor #sith inquisitor #twi'lek #voids ocs #void attempts art #oc: qizulth verryn

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thevehszlegacy · 2 years

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V'ehsz Legacy: Alliance Era, Main Eight

Bounty Hunter: Ar'eonis'terrinxx ("Terrin")

Bio - Toyhou.se - Playlist

Grand Champion, Outlander, Commander

Chiss - she/her - bi

Powertech - Pyrotech, Shield Tech / Commando - Assault Specialist

SO: Torien Cadera (married)

Children: Atten, Araa, & Anaehr Cadera

Alignment: Gray (formerly dark)

Jedi Consular: Synnda V'ehsz

Bio - Toyhou.se - Playlist

Lead Diplomat, Grand Paladin, Member of the Circle Synnda is, essentially, Terrin's second in command in everything but title

Zabrak - he/him - gay, ace, poly

Shadow - Serenity / Sage - Seer

SO: Koth Vortena, Chakem Vira (dating, polycule)

Children: Niveh'era (adopted)

Students: Nadia Grell & Lina Tophrik (former); Parrakh Djal, Niveh'era, Attros Finn

Alignment: Light

Imperial Agent: Rediaex'aere'zortiea ("Xaerez")

Bio - Toyhou.se - Playlist / Ship Playlist

Alliance Intelligence Agent, AKA "Nav'erda'tten"

Chiss - he/him, they/them - nonbinary, gay

Sniper - Virulence, Engineering / Operative - Concealment

SO: Theron Shan (married)

Alignment: Gray

Sith Inquisitor: Qizulth Verryn (Ki'zulthevrynn)

Bio - Toyhou.se - Playlist

Darth Nox, Lead Archeologist & Ancient Researcher

Twi'lek - he/him - trans man, aro, ace

Sorcerer - Madness, Lightning / Marauder - Fury

SO: Single, not interested

Children: Niveh'era (adopted)

Apprentices: Ashara Zavros, Xalek (former)

Alignment: Dark

Sith Warrior: Aaz'n Tarnak

Bio - Toyhou.se - Playlist / Ship Playlist

Lord Wrath, Head of Security, Grand Paladin

Sith Pureblood - she/her - lesbian

Juggernaut - Immortal / Assassin - Darkness

SO: Max Tro (engaged)

Students: Jaesa Wilsaam (former); Deca Iresso

Alignment: Light (leans gray)

Jedi Knight: Liolana "Leo" Vetiko

Bio - Toyhou.se - Playlist / Ship Playlist

Battlemaster, Grand Paladin, Member of the Circle

Cathar - she/her, they/them - demigirl, bi

Guardian - Defense / Shadow - Kinetic Combat

SO: Ytila'vena (dating)

Students: Kira Carsen (former)

Alignment: Gray (formerly light)

Trooper: Varrich Tophrik

Bio - Toyhou.se - Playlist

Head of Agriculture

Mirialan - he/him - aro, ace

Vanguard - Shield Specialist / Operative - Concealment

SO: Single, not interested

Alignment: Gray (leans dark)

Smuggler: Jendrush "Jen" Sept

Bio - Toyhou.se - Playlist / Ship Playlist

Voidhound, Privateer

Cathar - he/him - pan

Gunslinger - Dirty Fighting / Mercenary - Arsenal

SO: K'hedif (married)

Children: Jessi & Jeva Toklar-Sept (adopted), Liakige Harren (adopted), Luci & Riza Sept

Alignment: Light

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voidendron · 6 months

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Yknow

It just occurred to me

That only three of my Canon Eight™️ actually survive to see Odessa when the Alliance abandons Odessen

-Terrin was killed, alongside her husband, a few months before the invasion. Thanks to a betrayal from their youngest child.

-Xaerez passes many years before due to health complications brought on by all the crap his body's been through.

-Synnda, to heart complications. He was always quiet about his health, and no one even realized his artificial heart was having issues until it was too late.

-Azan and Leo both meet their ends while defending Odessen from the Sith Empire's invasion.

-Jen survives, and retires on the new world, passing the Star Hopper to Jeva and Riza.

-Varrich's cybernetics keep him alive FAR longer than he should live, keeping him running even as his mind starts shutting down from age long after the Alliance disappears to Odessa.

-and then....there's Qizulth. Sith rituals, Ashaa rebuilding his body, keeping stubborn hold of a number of spirits.... He won't die. Some speculate he can't die, not from natural means. Three thousand years later, the hermit oracle in Odessa's wilderness scoffs at the stories of the undying Sith (but some with a keen eye notice that the oracle still glances up when Darth Nox is mentioned, or that he smiles just a little at stories of the ancient third Barsen'thor)

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voidendron · 11 months

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and here's Qizulth's various AU depictions! <3

Main Ref

info under the cut

Role Reversal

A universe where the members of my legacy are different roles from their canon selves; Qizulth, my main Inquisitor, is this universe's Barsen'thor. Tends to work himself to the point of exhaustion in an attempt to prove that he's fit for such heavy responsibilities.

Modern

A "coffee-shop AU"-esque universe. It's meant for slice-of-life, without warring factions, Jedi, Sith--they're just people, dealing with much more human issues. Kai is an archeologist, and while he's often out of town, when he is around he can often be found hanging around Sylas (Synnda) or Terra (Terrin).

Apocalypse

A zombie apocalypse universe, Kai abandons his old life of a history professor to survive. He's one of the group's primary scavengers, often accompanying small groups to raid abandoned buildings for supplies or to find new points of interest that the group can use to their advantage.

Fantasy

Magic is banned in the kingdom, but there's one man in particular who fights to overthrow the king to return it to the land--that man is Kizulth, a tiefling necromancer who hides in the mountains far beyond the kingdom's reach. It would seem that he has a contact within the palace's very own halls....

Mermaid

One half of a pair, the merfolk known simply as "Death" by humans slowly circles the bottom of a trench in tandem with "Life." They were once a curious pair, friendly, but as one found himself captured, and the other maimed, they grew hostile of humans--and now only destruction follows their wake when sailors are foolish enough to approach their domain.

I asked myself what fantasy!Key would do to flatten his chest

...as soon as "he'd wear a corset wrong DUH" popped into my head I knew that was 100% what he'd do

#swtor #jedi consular #twi'lek #tiefling #mermaid #role reversal au #modern au #apocalypse au #fantasy au #mermaid au #voids ocs #void attempts art #consular!qizulth #oc: qizulth verryn #oc: ki'zulthevrynn #oc: kai verona

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voidendron · 6 months

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I know it is the end of the spooky season but would any of your OCs enjoy dressing up for Halloween and what in your mind would their costumes be?

oooh, thank you, Raven / @raven-of-domain-kwaad! this is interesting indeed 👀

so before I get into it, fun fact: my Alliance develops a (yet unnamed) week-long celebration, and the final day of it is. Halloween-like, I guess? or maybe Day of the Dead is a more accurate comparison. It's a celebration of remembrance for their fallen, and over the generations it changes to be more about the games and fun, stories and hanging around friends and family, since the Alliance disappears from the rest of the galaxy so doesn't. really. have any more battles

anyway, the final day started as people dressing in a way to call back on friends or family they'd lost, usually in battle. but as time went on, they got more extravagant and creative about it. depictions of life and death, and/or soldiers, are still the most common types of costumes, but it's also become common for especially young kids to just have fun with theirs

ANYWAY I'm sorry for the ramble I just thought it would be fun to bring it up ajkdsa;jskldds

The ones who would enjoy dressing up:

Qizulth: I can see him going for something depicting death, maybe a Grim Reaper! (or whatever's similar enough for Star Wars) I think he'd have fun with coming up with a nice robe design and think the scythe was neat, if a bit clunkier than he's used to (and let's face it, he'd get a kick out of scaring kids before throwing candy at them)

Max: She already paints her face as a skull, so hey. why not go all out and go for a skeleton?? she might even manage to drag Azan into it and get her to at least wear a pair of cat ears or something

Veira: They would have SO MUCH FUN with Halloween okay. I can see them dressing as Rosalina from Mario if they knew what it was - I don't know why, it just seems so fitting. But for things they DO know, they'd probably just go with like. a general princess sort of vibe. they'd especially enjoy doing their own makeup, and they'd Totally do something like this:

Terrin: she'd be one of those moms who has a costume to match her kids' ones. when they were little, Atten and Araa probably would have wanted to dress as animals (maybe even an akk dog and massiff respectively, since that's the types of dogs they have), so Terrin would probably go with a beastmaster type vibe

#swtor #voids ocs #oc: qizulth verryn #oc: max tro #oc: veira #oc: ar'eonis'terrinxx #answered ask #the-raven-of-highever

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voidendron · 2 years

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Pride edits for my legacy's Main Eight™ 💞💞💞

Xaerez, he/they (Agent): nonbinary, gay Qizulth, he/him (Inquisitor): trans man, aro/ace Leo, she/they (Knight): demigirl, bi Synnda, he/him (Consular): gay, ace, poly Aaz'n, she/her (Warrior): lesbian Terrin, she/her (Bounty Hunter): bi Jen, he/him (Smuggler): pan Varrich, he/him (Trooper): aro/ace

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voidendron · 8 months

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lil wip of a scene I've been wanting to draw for A While

what could the gentle Barsen'thor do to horrify even Darth Nox? ;)

The sound of crushing metal and crunching bone and labored breaths wet with her own blood would haunt his dreams for weeks to come.

Master V'ehsz had stepped in front of Nox without a word, hands already held out in front of him; all it had taken was a flick of the wrist, and the advancing Exarch was stopped dead in her tracks.

The very platform she stood on crumpled around her, crushing her under layer upon layer of jutting metal and too-sharp glass.

And then she was gone, the entire platform plummeting into the unstable sun reactor below as her heart still beat in her chest.

He knew the Jedi was powerful in the Force, but... Nox swallowed, suddenly grateful that their rivalry had been fleeting.

Master V'ehsz wouldn't meet his eyes.

#swtor #jedi consular #sith inquisitor #zabrak #twi'lek #voids ocs #art wip #void attempts art #tales from the void #oc: synnda v'ehsz #oc: qizulth verryn #exarch: zar draya #implied character death

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voidendron · 1 year

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6B for outfit meme, with OC of your choice!

thank you! 💚💜 funny enough I've drawn this outfit on Jen before, so here's a twofer for your rq alsd;jksd. decided to go with Qizulth this time; I don't draw him much and I miss him.

[Outfit Meme Requests Open]

Qizulth Verryn, the cocky Darth Nox with an insatiable hunger for knowledge and adventure...

or;

Kai Verona, an eccentric archaeologist with an odd vendetta against the city's museum.

#swtor #sith inquisitor #twi'lek #voids ocs #oc: qizulth verryn #oc: kai verona #void attempts art #modern au #outfit meme #answered ask #thelealinhypehouse #he's got vine/flower tattoos over his top surgery scars for human version #that's what the little leaves poking under the crop top are

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voidendron · 1 year

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#swtor #sith inquisitor #voids ocs #oc: qizulth verryn #oc: ehna'disen #oc: ataiqo #oc: darjaad #oc: parrakh djal #twi'lek #rattataki #keshian #sexiest oc competition

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voidendron · 1 year

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Alternatively, would you want to tell us about some of the eery mermaid backgrounds, or is it more concepts/vibes than actual stories? (~Dina) ❤️

I'll have you know I'm rubbing my little hands together and grinning like the gd Cheshire Cat right now ajskdl;asjkd Thank you, Dina! 💚💜

It's a little of both, to be honest! Xaerez and Jen are the most fleshed out with actual tales for them, the rest are more-so concepts/vibes.

For Xae and Jen, I made little snippets for both of them a long time ago, so I'll post those and explain a bit more about them!

Xaerez:

The tall tales of old fishermen? Or an ocean predator lurking just beneath the surface..?

They say his hair is made of venomous barbs, his teeth like needles, and claws of steel. They say he’s only ever seen during nasty storms that make the waves rage and tear at the hulls of ships caught in the middle of it all.

They say he waits, watches, for the storm to tear a ship apart to provide a bountiful feast...

He's never been seen by humans save for his shadow beneath the surface, but the stories are enough. He's dangerous, and is said to follow ships for days or even weeks waiting on that perfect storm. Some believe he even helps the storm tear a ship apart.

Jen:

Fishermen say they often hear beautiful songs, far out in the fog. Songs, that promise their greatest desires. Wealth, or love, or fame - anything between, and beyond.

They warn to never follow the song, for a siren’s razor-sharp claws await…

As the tale says, he's a siren. Where Xaerez waits for storms to do the job to give him a meal, Jen lures sailors in himself.

And for concepts I have for some others, but haven't yet figured out how to write their tales:

Terrin: A protective mother with the teeth of a shark

Synnda and Qizulth: Often seen as a pair, curious, cause unintentional damages in their attempts to learn

Varrich: A recluse, doesn't take kindly to his territory being encroached on - especially by humans. Severe injuries, likely from failed attempts to capture or kill him. Just wants to be left alone

Leo: The guide. Points lost sailors in the direction of the nearest land, or leads them through deadly waters - but can also be incredibly dangerous to those foolish enough to attempt to harm or capture her.

#voids ocs #oc: rediaex'aere'zortiea #oc: jen sept #oc: ar'eonis'terrinxx #oc: synnda v'ehsz #oc: qizulth verryn #oc: varrich tophrik #oc: leo vetiko #mermaid au #answered ask #justanothermainblog

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voidendron · 1 year

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2022 Art Summary

I haven't been drawing as much this year as I'd have liked - I'm hoping to do more drawing in the coming year, including more finished pieces with at least shading, but backgrounds would be nice, too. But! In the meantime, here's some of my best/personal favorite works of the year

#2022 art summary #void attempts art #voids ocs #oc: din #oc: riza sept #oc: jessi toklar-sept #oc: jeva toklar-sept #oc: liakige harren #oc: luci sept #oc: synnda v'ehsz #oc: chakem vira #oc: qizulth verryn #oc: baesk tre'fon #oc: lina tophrik #oc: aaz'n tarnak

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voidendron · 2 years

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It's Been a Long Day

Whumptober 2022 Day 20: It's Been a Long Day Going Into Shock | Fetal Position | Prisoner Trade

Star Wars: The Old Republic Post-Chapter 8: End Times Characters: Qizulth Verryn (Darth Nox - Twi'lek), Synnda V'ehsz (Barsen'thor - Zabrak) Warnings: Major Character Injury, Blood, Shock

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So many lives had been lost, but it was over, now. The Commander had gone to claim the throne in order to forcefully stop the Eternal Fleet’s unchecked rampage, Vaylin was dead, her army in shambles.

Now, came the cleanup.

Qizulth grimaced as he wrapped his own hand—he couldn’t tell tattoos from burns and it ached—but he’d had worse. His gold eyes flicked about, watching, waiting for familiar faces to surface.

He took note of the Wrath cupping Vette’s face in her hands, demanding to know of any injuries before dragging her into a hug. She locked eyes with Qizulth over the smaller woman’s shoulder, and offered him a grateful nod; when she hadn’t been close enough, he’d been the one to leap in to rescue Vette and Xandosc when the Commander was busy saving her husband.

He only offered a nod in return. He’d grown fond of Vette; he would have been furious with himself if he hadn’t at least tried.

Medics and Force healers were running between tents that were hastily erected to provide a place to tend to the injured before moving them to base.

Jorgan and two other snipers were poised up high to protect the temporary camp, Koth was supporting one of his crew under the arm to help them to a tent; Chakem was hovering at his side. Qizulth caught himself making mental notes of every face he recognized. Chakem and Koth were there, but where was their third..?

With narrowed eyes, he brought a hand up to his ear and activated his comm.

“…Has anyone seen Barsen’thor V’ehsz?” There was other chatter over the Alliance’s general channel, but he received a few negatives from those who caught his question.

Qizulth pursed his lips and reached out through the Force. Farther, farther, trying to feel for the familiar life sign—the blinding light, with its touch of darkness held tight to its core most never even noticed was there.

His head snapped up, and he was running before he even realized his feet were moving. His robes caught on the branches of felled trees, on the twisted armor of destroyed Skytroopers, he skidded down a path that branched from the main route Vaylin’s forces had taken to reach the base.

“Synnda?” His voice was swallowed by the trees. “Synnda V’ehsz!” he barked, more forcefully than the first time. Unease was clawing up his spine the longer he went without answer, even as he drew closer to the familiar life.

He was so focused on following who he felt through the Force that he nearly tripped on a body at his feet.

He swallowed and nudged at the Knight laying prone on the ground; they didn’t respond.

When his gaze shifted up, he found a clearing before him.

It was… littered with bodies. Mostly Skytroopers, some Knights—but the half dozen Horizon Guard were what worried him. There was blood, scattered limbs, even a stray helmet that Qizulth was sure would still have the head inside if he checked.

And in the middle of it all…

“Synnda!”

The Jedi didn’t respond. He was curled in on himself—and his white robes were torn, stained with dirt and grass and blood and Qizulth had no idea if it was his own or not.

Touching his unbandaged hand to the other man’s neck, Qizulth felt dread grip his heart.

Synnda’s breathing matched his pulse, and both were far too fast. His skin was cold, slick with sweat.

It was definitely his own blood that stained his robes.

Qizulth knelt in the ruined dirt without care of mussing his own robes with mud or blood. He knelt, used a sleeve to wipe at the sweat on his dear friend’s brow, while his free hand fumbled with his comm.

“This is Darth Nox. Master V’ehsz needs immediate medical care at my location—he’s…” his eyes raked over the Zabrak who hadn’t moved a muscle and was still breathing rapidly, “I think he’s in shock. I… I don’t know what to do.”

He felt helpless. He felt helpless.

Even as he got a reply almost immediately—Chakem and Koth were en route—dread squeezed at his chest.

He’d never seen Synnda so helpless.

The Sith drew his lightsaber and vibroblade to the near distant snarling of shade stalkers. It felt…odd, to stand defensively over Synnda’s still form. But it was all he could think to do until Chakem arrived to tend to him.

Qizulth was used to seeing a powerful Jedi, wielding a dualsaber with practiced ease and effortlessly using the Force to crush an Exarch where she stood. Synnda, who’d broken out of prison cells while wearing a Zakuul-grade collar—twice—and who Qizulth had been on the receiving end of his power more than once when they were still enemies, once upon a time.

But now… Now he just looked so…small.

#swtor #sith inquisitor #jedi consular #twi'lek #zabrak #tales from the void #voids ocs #oc: qizulth verryn #oc: synnda v'ehsz #whumptober2022 #no.20 #major character injury /#blood #blood loss #hypervolemic shock

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voidendron · 1 year

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Ok! Hope you had fun😉 Which of your OCs are heavy drinkers and who gets drunk after one glass? Are there any that do not like alcohol at all or have never tried? (~Dina)

Thanks, Dina, haha!

Jen (probably unsurprisingly) can be a pretty heavy drinker when he does drink. He's got a pretty high tolerance - though when he does get finally get drunk, it hits him hard. Terrin can drink pretty heavily, too, though she really cuts back as Commander.

Azan doesn't drink much and is a total lightweight. She's also one to get an awful hangover the next morning and want to sleep until noon. Max has ended up her girlfriend's designated sober pilot on more than one occasion.

Synnda and Qizulth don't really care for alcohol. They might have a tiny glass for certain social events, but neither of them are particularly fond of being drunk or getting hangovers; they'd rather go read in the corner.

Alcohol never interested Jessi, so she's never tried it! Though if she's anything like Java, she'd probably have a decently high tolerance - that, or a lightweight like Azan. There'd be no in-between for her haha.

#answered ask #justanothermainblog #voids ocs #oc: jen sept #oc: aaz'n tarnak #oc: synnda v'ehsz #oc: qizulth verryn #oc: jessi toklar-sept #oc: ar'eonis'terrinxx #alcohol #drinking

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voidendron · 1 year

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The V'ehsz Legacy vs. Oricon

I've been thinking of the Oricon/Dread Master arc lately

and it got me thinking about how my legacy faces it

I knew from the get-go that my Republic toons are the ones who actually face the Dread Masters, themselves, but it also got me wondering about how each individual member of my Main Eight dealt with that arc

Leo, my Knight, is actually the one to take the reigns for it, with Synnda (Consular) and Varrich (Trooper) close at her side.

She takes the lead, charging into battle but also knowing when to hold her blows. She helps Republic and Empire alike, trying to keep as few people from becoming corrupted by the Masters' influence as possible. It hits too close to home for her, remembering her own time under Vitiate's control, and she fights more fiercely than ever to bring down the Dread Masters. She strikes down both Brontes and Bestia.

Synnda is the driving force for her strike team avoiding corruption, holding it back and taking the brunt of it himself. It probably contributes to the dark side corruption marring his face. He's the voice of reason among the trio, coaxing them to stay their hand when he knows words will have a better affect. But, he's also the one both Tyrans, and Raptus, fall at the blade of - showing them, far too late, the power behind his soft voice.

Varrich is the aggressive one, rushing in with blaster readied as his squad watches the team's rear in its assault on the palace. He nearly kills Calphayus when the man comes to the Republic, defeated, but the other two manage to make him stay his hand. It's him and Havoc Squad that keeps Bestia's beasts, and other Dread forces, from tearing the rest of the team apart.

Jen (Smuggler) is nowhere in sight for the arc, not wanting to endanger his crew and leaving it to the soldiers and Jedi he knows will handle it better than him.

Azan (Warrior) and Qizulth (Inquisitor) work closely on Oricon for a bit. Azan, along with her girlfriend Max, protecting Imperial forces through brute strength, and Qizulth tapping into his powerful Force abilities to help hold off the corruption. Qizulth stays close to the Imperial base camp, while Azan ends up tailing Leo's strike team until losing it to the chaos within the fortess that forces her to fall back where the Empire has more numbers.

Terrin (Hunter) shows up on the planet later than everyone else after hearing about something going on, and wanting a piece of the action. She ends up teaming with Azan and Max, and the they storm the fortress, only to find Brontes' (relatively fresh) body. By the time they're only about halfway to the palace's throne room, the Dread forces are falling back, Leo's team victorious.

And, then there's Agent Xaerez, former Cipher Nine. He has eidetic memory.

...and yet Oricon is a blank time period in his mind. He doesn't remember what happened, and his companions claim he disappeared during that time.

There are no records of his involvement.

#swtor #oricon #dread masters #tales from the void #voids ocs #oc: leo vetiko #oc: synnda v'ehsz #oc: varrich tophrik #oc: aaz'n tarnak #oc: qizulth verryn #oc: ar'eonis'terrinxx #oc: rediaex'aere'zortiea #spoiler alert: xaerez was mind controlled during that time #there are no records because he wore a mask and attire befitting the dread forces so no one even knew it was him #he killed 7 officers. republic and imperial alike. and nearly destroyed both factions' attempts to defeat the masters bc of it #it bothers him for a long time that he can't recall any of what happened on oricon #but he has his suspicions. and Desperately hopes that they're wrong

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voidendron · 10 months

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Mermaid AU rambling while I take a break from coloring yeet

My Main Eight + some others are all merfolk, but some of my other OCs are actually human. A few of them are marine biologists and part of a research team studying mermaids because A Lot of humans think they're just nuisances and should be dealt with as such, but the team is pretty sure they're highly intelligent and have cultures and stuff of their own and it's just a language (and location) barrier making communicating with them difficult

Charlie (Chakem) is actually the researcher who discovered that mermaids evolved to fit certain niches in their ecosystems and ones in different areas seem to have different traditions. Some even went through convergent evolution, with sharklike merfolk often hunting with sharks and orcas like members of a pod. He thinks that the only reason they're aggressive with humans was because humans started it, and over the generations merfolk began to instinctively target them to protect themselves.

He's most closely been studying the pair sailors have named "Life" and "Death" - and has found that despite Life missing an arm to make it difficult to pry open the shells of his primary food source of mollusks, Death has learned how to do so for him despite having a vastly different diet.

Charlie's one of the only humans (along with his team) who the pair will let get anywhere close to them, and over his two years of studying them they've even begun bringing him gifts and speaking to him in their form of chirps, clicks, and chitters. Charlie's actually started being able to tell what certain sounds mean due to his time spent around them. The rest of his team consists of father-daughter pair "Kitty" and Jessi, as well as Cody (Kidak).

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The type Xaerez is evolved for rough waters and was hunted to near-extinction, so they adapted a potent venom and good camouflage for staying just beneath the surface, making it much harder for humans to kill them.

The survivors tended to start tracking ships, learning that attacking them during bad storms was an easy way to get food. They have four fingers with webbing between all of them, suggesting they don't use their hands for much besides swimming and holding food still while they eat. It's likely they mostly rely on their powerful jaws for catching and tearing into things.

They have thick scales that are almost leather-like.

It's likely they originally adapted to poison their prey, then follow until it eventually died, though changed hunting methods rapidly in response to their environment.

Loners are common due to their extremely endangered status.

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Synnda's type is adapted for eating mollusks. They have extremely long, hooked fingers that make tool-usage difficult but are perfect for scooping the meat out of a shell. There's no webbing between the thumb and forefinger, making it easy for them to hold things like clams while prying them open, or to use their thumb to do so without webbing catching. It's not unusual for their thumb to be their longest digit.

They adapted with sandy colors, mostly sticking along the ocean floor in fairly shallow areas - though as they've been hunted they've begun going deeper or into color areas to avoid humans, more recent generations have started developing more fat/darker colors to make colder/deeper waters more survivable.

Their faces are typically much less "human" than a lot of other merfolk, consisting of horns and crests. The reason for this is unknown, though Kitty speculates it may have been a fighting/courting method in earlier generations that younger ones no longer partake use to find partners.

Their mouths and teeth are small, making it nearly impossible for them to eat other types of prey outside their usual mollusks. They're typically peaceful and shy, though can use their powerful tails to cause serious injury to would-be attackers.

Loners are common, though it's also not unusual for one to pair with one or two other merfolk. They seem to avoid large groups and get anxious when too many - human or merfolk - are around.

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Qizulth's fills the same niche as vultures, scavenging carcasses to keep the ocean clean. They tend to be small with eel-like tails, allowing them to easily fit into tight spaces, with dark red or pink colors to make them hard to see in deeper areas - their coloring likely being self-defense rather than a hunting method considering they're scavengers.

Their jaws are extremely powerful, able to bite through bones and shells with ease, while their sharp claws make it easy to claw open carcasses. Like Synnda's type, they lack the webbing between their thumb and forefinger. They seem to like making tools, and are typically very curious and intelligent but also cowardly.

They have horn-like cartilage structures, and Kitty believes they're a status thing, with older matriarchs/patriarchs having longer "horns" than others. Those who have been cast out of their circles often have damaged or missing horns, further supporting Kitty's hypothesis.

They like to be with groups, though it's unusual for them to group with types of merfolk outside of their scavenger type. The team is unsure why Life and Death are paired, but attempting to figure it out. Cody thinks it may have been for mutual survival - possibly while they were both captive by humans - but that they developed a bond and didn't wish to separate after escaping or being freed.

#mermaid au #voids ocs #oc: rediaex'aere'zortiea #oc: synnda v'ehsz #oc: qizulth verryn #oc: chakem vira #oc: kidak hess #oc: k'hedif #oc: jessi toklar-sept

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voidendron · 1 year

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I offer to you something I've been meaning to make for A Literal Year with art instead and have been too lazy to do:

a height comparison chart of my Main Eight :D

I knew Terrin was tiny, but I hadn't realized she was THAT tiny next to the others ajklsdjklas

#voids ocs #oc: ar'eonis'terrinxx #oc: synnda v'ehsz #oc: rediaex'aere'zortiea #oc: varrich tophrik #oc: aaz'n tarnak #oc: leo vetiko #oc: qizulth verryn #oc: jen sept #and i'll Finally be able to make it myself once those refs are done. they'll just take a bit to get all 8 rolled out #then i can use the ref art for a height chart

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