Dawn of The Republic: Lords of the Sith.

[EmilyHuene]

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Clara Lighthawk​

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My character Clara will be a Sith who was born from a family of Jedi. She is a true rebel and hates her father for not teaching her the ways of the Force like he knew. As it turns out, her father had once been a Sith. He was afraid the Dark side would call to her like it did him and he tried to keep her safe. But all his protection merely pushed her away and she became one anyway. Clara has no sense of right and wrong and her sadistic tendencies give her a very powerful personality. She doesn't make friends easily and has no hesitation when it comes to hurting others or ending lives.

In her first part of her bio, she was sent to an all girl's school. Her father thought he could raise her to be "A Real Lady" and all the discipline only made her hatred stronger. She began to cut herself, loving the sensation of cold steel and warm blood. When the school found out they tried to have her evaluated by a shrink and she bit him. When she finally escaped the school, and fled on her own, she got herself a sword and used it to cut down anyone who came after her. Rather than using a lightsaber, I'm going to have her use an actual katana. Something resistant to light sabers of course. And to make her even more evil, she uses it because she likes the way it feels when she hacks off someone's arm rather than how it would cut with a saber. In one circumstance I have her cleaning her blade with her tongue, giving her the nickname The Vampiric Princess

 

[Vepos Surge]

Just know that using an actual sword will make combat with others more difficult. As a lightsaber weighs much less and thus can be swung faster with less strength and takes less stamina to use for long amounts of time. Though due to added weight your swings will have a bit more power.

As for the character itself it sounds like she'll fit in well with the often sadistic Sith.

 

[Marf]

I'm actually going to avoid making either of my Sith sadistic next timeline, I feel it is a really tacky trait that is difficult to pull off well.

 

[Vepos Surge]

As Vepos is going to be a teen, a good amount of his adult personality will be based on what his master(s) teaches him. As for his personality at the start he definitely has a lot of anger that he suppresses well, but by no means is he sadistic.

 

[Marf]

As Vepos is going to be a teen, a good amount of his adult personality will be based on what his master(s) teaches him. As for his personality at the start he definitely has a lot of anger that he suppresses well, but by no means is he sadistic.

Yeah, there are limitless ways to give a character a dark presence or personality, without just making them excessively bloodthirsty or sadistic. I learnt that through years of practice and mistakes :p Mind you, it can work, but it has to be handled with great detail and care, rather than being just thrown in.

I enjoy giving my Sith realistic, human qualities. I find it rather satisfying and humbling tbh, and I'm looking to bringing that out with my Sith next timeline.

 

[Apollyon]

If you want to see a merciless and cruel Sith that isn't sadistic look no further then my current main! Darth Kova is pretty much the definition of a killing machine. Seeing that he is basically a nihilist that believes the dark side is calling him to end all life in the galaxy...

Yeah, great guy to have around at parties.

 

[Flares]

I'm thinking of making a young Sith Warrior or Assassin. Not sure about really anything about him but I'm positive I want to make a member of the Sith for this next timeline.

 

[Noctyr]

I was thinking of making a younger character who is considered to be of a "noble" sith bloodline, who inadvertently follows the sith traditions more out of familial obligations than personal convictions, the caveat being that he is hesitant to do blatantly evil/sith-like acts. This would in turn get him hated by many sith, who view his lack of cruelty and mercilessness as an affront to his bloodline, which he hastily tries to defend by being brash with criticizers. What do you all think?

 

[Green Ranger]

Just as a side note, but I notice a lot of members are throwing around the old Assassin/Sorcerer/Warrior trio of archetypes to describe their characters. While there's nothing wrong with using that kind of framework to help flesh your character out, I don't want anyone to get the wrong impression that these archetypes or classes or whatever you want to call them are mandatory or in any way required for your character. If you want to do something that's outside of those archetypes we certainly encourage you to do so, since in no way do we plan on enforcing any form of class requirement in that regard.

 

[Oreus]

I posted an idea for a Sith on the character show off thread, but will repost it here for you Sithies.

My Sith is a christoph waltz inglourious basterds inspired/specre inspired spymaster. He will be strong in speechcraft, persuasion, and will be a great storyteller. Kill your enemies with kindness right before you kill them with your lightsaber. Most of his skill will involve using the force to hide his force connection, to drain knowledge, and to influence emotions. I very much want him to be the guy the Sith send when they need information subtly. Good looks, friendly voice, and a smile on his face make him a deadly infiltrator and information extractor.

 

[Marf]

Just as a side note, but I notice a lot of members are throwing around the old Assassin/Sorcerer/Warrior trio of archetypes to describe their characters. While there's nothing wrong with using that kind of framework to help flesh your character out, I don't want anyone to get the wrong impression that these archetypes or classes or whatever you want to call them are mandatory or in any way required for your character. If you want to do something that's outside of those archetypes we certainly encourage you to do so, since in no way do we plan on enforcing any form of class requirement in that regard.

If that was the impression I personally gave, then I apologize, because I definitely wasn't trying to enforce anything. I use the classes in my characters and writing just because I find them fun to work with and to add cultural flare and richness, so I get kind of passionate about my ideas. That sort of caught on to other members, but I certainly wasn't trying to tell anyone what to do.

 

[Green Ranger]

If that was the impression I personally gave, then I apologize, because I definitely wasn't trying to enforce anything. I use the classes in my characters and writing just because I find them fun to work with and to add cultural flare and richness, so I get kind of passionate about my ideas. That sort of caught on to other members, but I certainly wasn't trying to tell anyone what to do.

I wouldn't say you came across as enforcing it or anything, but newer member might just assume if they aren't told otherwise. That's all I was really trying to address by clarifying it.

 

[Marf]

@Green Ranger

Alright, that's good to know!

Would you be against people expanding on the cultures surrounding the typical classes in the new timeline, so people who are interested in RPing them can get ideas and inspiration?

 

[Jawa Juice]

Greetings, Sith folks! I've had some thoughts about a character for the new timeline, that are tempered by questions about the timeline itself. I'm interested in creating a war-minded behemoth, lightsaber slashing in wide arcs, enclosed in heavy armor; the heavy armor keeps out the filth that lives on biological parts, writhing with liquid and disease and wretchedness. He has an obsession and a particular fascination with technology and his conquering mind aspires to a droid army lead at the front by his towering form. Optimally, he'd also be concerned with his own defenses to create a disconcerting arsenal further enhanced by the terror of the Force.

All that being said, this character depends heavily on timeline technology to fully flesh out, but I think I'll enjoy playing a character with a clear goal and no qualms about destroying any obstacle in his way. Furthermore, I'm excited to write about obsession and how the Dark Side would make fear and revulsion turn to contempt and hatred. This is a darker prompt than I thought it would be when I began thinking yesterday.

I'd love to hear any input from folks! Including racial suggestions for giant characters so I can get to reading and scheming!

 

[Green Ranger]

Would you be against people expanding on the cultures surrounding the typical classes in the new timeline, so people who are interested in RPing them can get ideas and inspiration?

I'd strongly advise at least waiting to see what the think tank comes up with first.

 

[Marf]

Greetings, Sith folks! I've had some thoughts about a character for the new timeline, that are tempered by questions about the timeline itself. I'm interested in creating a Sith Warrior - a war-minded behemoth, lightsaber slashing in wide arcs, enclosed in heavy armor; the heavy armor keeps out the filth that lives on biological parts, writhing with liquid and disease and wretchedness. He has an obsession and a particular fascination with technology and his conquering mind aspires to a droid army lead at the front by his towering form. Optimally, he'd also be concerned with his own defenses to create a disconcerting arsenal further enhanced by the terror of the Force.

All that being said, this character depends heavily on timeline technology to fully flesh out, but I think I'll enjoy playing a character with a clear goal and no qualms about destroying any obstacle in his way. Furthermore, I'm excited to write about obsession and how the Dark Side would make fear and revulsion turn to contempt and hatred. This is a darker prompt than I thought it would be when I began thinking yesterday.

I'd love to hear any input from folks! Including racial suggestions for giant characters so I can get to reading and scheming!

This sounds awesome, dude. I love that he's into technology, I always envisioned the Warriors as very futuristic and technologically-minded, with their slick armour and cybernetics and whatnot. As opposed to the more religious, traditional Sith.

If you're looking for a face-claim, might I suggest this? :D

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I'd strongly advise at least waiting to see what the think tank comes up with first.

Oh sure, I wasn't meaning just now, but perhaps later in the future.

 

[Green Ranger]

Oh sure, I wasn't meaning just now, but perhaps later in the future.

You're going to have to be incredibly careful with it, regardless. Something that we've discussed for the next timeline is that, generally speaking, we're probably going to be less permissive with major changes to Main Factions unless there's good reason for it. We've had an ongoing issue for several years where, when a new Faction Leader has taken over a faction, they've proceeded to make drastic overhauls for fairly arbitrary reasons, which we honestly see as wasted energy and a distraction from what we'd prefer Faction Leaders do, such as organize battles, missions and promote activity within the faction. A good example of this is the Chiss before the skip - I think the Immortals underwent a complete overhaul with literally every change of faction leader, which ultimately had very little effect on the RP in the long term. We'd much rather get it right from the offset, and then have those major changes be driven by major RP events, rather than having them arbitrary decisions based on the Faction Leader of the day and their personal stylistic preferences.

Technically, any write-up along the lines of what you're proposing does fall under faction culture, so on top of the minefield of making sure it fits stylistically with what the Think Tank come up with, not conflicting with canon or existing Sith write-ups, and the usual hurdle of needing to be approved by the Faction Leader of the Sith, there's a good chance something that expands on Sith culture like that would also need to be assessed by the staff as well, since it's a sizable addition onto the faction - even as an opt-in thing for flavor, it still inherently changes the landscape of Sith culture by existing as part of the Sith faction, so it would have to meet that additional criteria as well.

I know that you've been talking about this idea for quite a while now, so I feel like it's important that you're aware of the hurdles that something like this will most likely face.

 

[Jawa Juice]

@Marf
It's a good suggestion! I'm looking for some other art on the ole internets as well and found a cool Samurai-edit of Darth Vader. It's impressive. Most impressive.

 

[Marf]

@Green Ranger
Honestly, it's just a pipe dream. Something I would certainly enjoy doing, but probably won't, I'm much too focused on my individual characters. Believe me, the last thing I want to do is create controversy or other issues.

I've had a lot of people PM me to ask about it so they could use it for their own characters, so I just thought it would be something convenient for those who wished to get ideas from it, but not something anyone would have to follow strictly. I really just saw it as a workshop entry, not an official write-up. Just casual creative ideas thrown about for anyone to use, but not something that was officially endorsed. I really didn't envision it as something that would drastically affect people, I just wanted it to be available in the background for those who did wish to use it.

I dislike battles and missions, and I don't have much incentive to contribute to a faction when that's all I'm expected to partake in. That's essentially where this idea came from, I created a cultural aspect that provided social conflict, aesthetic richness and diversity and a setting for a whole range of stories, genres and themes that people could write about, beyond just boring things like battles.

I'm really sorry if I've been a nuisance, I wouldn't even have proposed it if I had thought it would be this much of an issue.

 

[Scultr]

I was planning on making a Sith Assassin a little bit based on Damian Wayne. His parents are extremely rich assassins & he's a brat.