What do you think of comparisons (personality and otherwise) made between Anakin Skywalker and Percy de Rolo? I know in a Talks ep, Liam mentions to Tal that, in a different universe, Percy might have have become a sith were it not for Vex keeping him on a straight line. Do you think Vader is the type of sith he could’ve turned into if he had continued with Orthax?

I can kind of see why this is the vein you went in but I don't think Percy would become Vader as Anakin did. Percy's drive is vengeance, not straightforward power - Anakin specifically sought the power to save Padme - and while Orthax's influence likely would eventually pull Percy towards killing for arbitrary reasons... the slow descent of that is still a different motivation than Anakin's desire to keep loved ones safe and well and then his sheer sunk cost fallacy after having murdered children and losing the wife he was trying to save.

This all said, I do understand how you reached this thought! The slow descent into the dark side of the force, its influence that slowly drags people into it by encouraging their worst and most selfish impulses - it's not unlike what D&D demon possession and influence is meant to be! It is a slow corruption in both cases, and I do think you could probably make an argument for a Star Wars AU where Percy is influenced by a Dark Side Force Ghost or other entity that is Orthax. There's enough weird shit in Star Wars that there's probably something you could make Orthax be to have that influence.

The only stumbling block I'd have with it is that... Percy doesn't seem very magically inclined, and so I'd be doubtful of him having the Force in a Star Wars AU?

Some of you are going to go "Oh, of course not, he hates magic" - but that is very very specifically a result of Orthax's influence. Before the Briarwood Arc, especially in the Kraghammer Arc, Percy makes a number of Arcana rolls, being a nerd, and we know he had a childhood fascination with the Feywild which is an extremely magical place! Percy didn't always hate magic - he just doesn't seem to have any natural knack for it. He gained magic specifically from Orthax, and that is itself part of why he distrusts it and, apart from the sheer utility of Hex, is very hesitant to use the magic he gained. Percy just... doesn't seem to have an innate capacity for magic, despite being of a social class and wealth level where he would have been able to study as a wizard! And so I find it hard to believe he'd have the Force in a Star Wars setting.

That said, again, you could probably find a way to wrangle this - Star Wars has just. So many weird things that there probably is some kind of possessing Force Spirit that'd leave the original person mostly intact while suddenly gifting them Force powers. I would not be surprised. But it would, in my opinion, be a pitfall one would have to address if one wrote such an AU.

All in all, to return to your question, if Percy was in a Star Wars world and was being influenced by a Dark Force entity, I don't think he'd become a Sith like Vader. I actually doubt he'd become a Sith at all, as the Sith have a specific learning structure - master and apprentice - and I can't see Percy bending his pride enough, especially after Professor Anders' betrayal, to become an apprentice like that.

I could, however, see him becoming a Dark Jedi - none of the strictures or learning systems of the Sith, just raw power and corruption to the Dark Side on an individual level.

All in all, I don't think Percy would do well as a Sith and I think his general situation precludes the possibility. I doubt he'd have the Force naturally, I imagine Orthax would be a force entity drawn to Percy after the severe trauma of the massacre, and overall, Percy feels too individual and prideful to be inclined to accept a master - unless that master was Vex, of course.

talisien is absolutely knocking it out of the park in tlovm, im so freaking in love. like. he’s always fantastic, and even during the actual campaign he was, in my opinion, so much more in character than a lot of the others, but the voiceover work he’s done for percy in tlovm nothing less than stellar. he’s so so good