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(Cross-posted from the Lords of the Sith Thread)
I've spent the past few days trying to figure out what faction I'd end up joining and I've settled on the Lords of the Sith. Right now I've got two basic character concepts that appeal to me but I'm unsure which to choose. It'd be nice if anyone could critique the ideas:
The first idea would be a fallen jedi who had pledged himself as a servant of the Will of the Dark Side. In a sense he'd truly be a dark jedi in that he would not try to control the dark side as other sith do but rather serve it. He sees it as a pointless endeavour as he has come to believe the moment one becomes a force-user they are forever under the influence of the Force.
All Force users, in his view, are the chess pieces of the Force whether they know it or not. I'd have him follow a view similar to the Way of the Dark from the EU and I imagine when it comes to his actions and loyalties it would be the Dark Side above all (even the Sith Order). As for how he came to this view, I'm thinking this character would have spent his life in obscurity and mediocrity. I'd like to think that he came from a successful family and that as the years went by his parents' disappointment in him only rose.
Upon discovering his force sensitivity and joining the Jedi Order I imagine at first he would be overjoyed to finally be someone special and escape the mediocrity that had dogged him only to find that even amongst the Jedi he was a failure and an all too familiar disappointment could be seen in the faces of his peers and masters. It would be then that, perhaps on some sort of Jedi expedition, he'd come across a Sith/Dark Side Holocron.
The hologram from the holocron would initially shield his origins from the padawan; only helping the padawan in non obviously dark side ways in order to help him succeed within the Jedi Order. Overtime he would introduce the dark side and its philosophies on the force to him which would eventually cause the Jedi to fall. I imagine my character's desperation not to fail again and his desire to be a somebody (to have a destiny) would be the key to this and he'd see pledging himself to serving the Dark Side as the key to this. This would of course lead to him abandoning the Jedi Order and joining the Sith in order to further pursue the Dark Side.
My other idea is inspired by figures like Kel'eth Ur and Darth Gravid; I'm not sure how feasible this idea actually is but I'll present it anyway.
He would be a Sith seeking to improve the Sith Order so that it will not fail again to take over the galaxy and destroy the Republic. The problem however is that his ideas would at best be considered simply laughable and at worst paint him as a heretical traitor and Jedi sympathiser in the eyes of other Sith.
He has come to believe that for the Sith Order to succeed this time round and gain the power necessary to destroy the Republic they need to restrict dark side usage and begin utilising the Light Side of the Force. He accepts the Dark Side is the easiest path to power and in properly trained individuals considers it to be the best path to power. However an entire organisation embracing the dark side is disastrous; its very nature encourages infighting and weakens the order as a whole. Added to the fact that few are able to manage the strong emotions of the dark side without letting themselves be controlled as well as the whole issue of Dark Side Corruption (which tended to exacerbate latent insanity in individuals) and it appears to this character that perhaps letting every force user in the Sith use the Dark Side is a mistake. As for advocating Light Side usage, he simply sees it as the only avenue of power left unexplored by the Sith.
Some would say if in order for the Sith to win they must give up the Dark Side then it's not worth winning. He would say that the Sith Order owes it to the galaxy to win; whatever it takes. The powers of the Force make Force Users best suited to Leadership and since the Jedi seem content to slave themselves to the Force then clearly the Sith have to step in and do something. The Sith Order has followed the same path since its inception and time and time again it either is defeated or it wins only to shortly collapse due to infighting. It clearly has to change if the Sith wish to dominate the galaxy forever.
Critiques would be nice; especially opinions on which concept you prefer (and why if you can be bothered).
On this I would say that the first one would be the best to start with. RPing him fully falling and coming into the order could be fun. I do like the second character but I think it would be a better fit a bit more into the timeline once everything starts flowing and the Sith Order expands slightly.
So I want your guys thought on the concept of my character, and what you think of my little visual concept/image I created using my photoshop. For this timeline since I'll actually be at the start of the timeline, I'm going to go with a younger character than I usually play. Below, I'll be introducing Kal Glider--a poor farmer stuck on the planet Ord Cestus--with dreams of travelling the galaxy. (I plan on possibly going smuggler or some sort of pilot/drifter with him, I'm really excited to see how he evolves.)
I mean its quite hard to get to much from that. But what I would say is that the concept itself is good, but unless you have a few people you can RP with to get him to that stage. You may end up just RPing with yourself until you get to that stage.
Another character I'll be writing with in the next timeline. I'll be using him in a dedicated group of characters that'll stick together in a ship based RP group. Feedback is desired!
Ailill [fancybox4="http://i.imgur.com/GW8EjRK.png?1"]FULL NAME: AILILL AHERNE
AGE: 18
SPECIES: CORELLIAN
HEIGHT: 5' 9"
WEIGHT: 155 lbs
SKIN COLOR: PALE WHITE
HAIR COLOR: RED
EYE COLOR: BLUE
MARKINGS: FRECKLES, VITILIGO ON HANDS AND NECK
FACTION: N/A
RANK: N/A
~[/fancybox4]
The kiss of the sun
sets my heart ablaze yet
forces me to hide
~
BIOGRAPHY[fancybox2]Ailill's parents, both pureblood Corellians living on Onderon, struggled to bring in enough income from their custodial droid maintenance jobs to pay for his expenses. When conventional treatments to cure their son's solar urticaria failed they desperately turned to more experimental methods. If anything, his condition was worsened by pseudomedicine and home remedies. Determined to give Ailill the best opportunity they could they worked long hours in addition to odd jobs to put him through a private school that could adapt to his condition, though couldn't hide how little hope they had for their son's future. In a last ditch effort to give Ailill a fighting chance, they spent their life savings on a protective suit that would shield him from harmful light.
As a young adult Ailill struck out on his own. Fed up with his parent's lack of confidence in their own child's ability to succede in the galaxy, he hopped onto a Startours shuttle and fled. Ailill is now hellbent on finding his own way in the galaxy with the mindset that the only thing that can stop him is himself. [/fancybox2]
LIFE WITH SOLAR URTICARIA[fancybox4="http://i.imgur.com/nDSqUYP.jpg?1"]
"I hate the dark."
Solar urticaria is classified as the rare condition in which exposure to ultraviolet, and sometimes even visible, light can induce cases of painful blisters and hives on unprotected areas of skin. Ailill has lived with an extreme case of the already rare disease since the beginnings of infancy. His condition developed further into his teens, then plateaued at a peak at the age of sixteen. He was forced to live a near nocturnal life, only able to attend school late in the evening. Ailill had to wear special ultraviolet resistent clothing and ultraviolet film had to be fitted onto the windows of his home to protect him from harmful sunlight.
In its current state, Ailill's solar urticaria causes lesions, blisters, and hives of such intensity when exposed to ultraviolet light that he is unable to perform simple tasks. The protective suit he wears is the only thing that gives him the ability to leave the darkness. [/fancybox4]
It seems like a bit of a jump from his parents spending all their earnings on getting him a suit so he can live a normal life and then he just jumps ship. As he was fed up with them.