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@sullustangin tagged me for this one - thanks!

Lhunu, the "nice guy" Rakata the Jedi Consular encounters on Belsavis, is an anomally twice over.

First - he's one of the few "full" Rakata left alive in the galaxy, going along with that one unnamed guy with the Star Cabal (who is never followed up on) and the Imprisoned One on Tatooine (who is basically a supercomputer rather than a biological entity by the time we meet him in the game) Soa (who we kill during the Eternity Vault operation), Gorshaa (who introduces us to the Mother Machine) and a couple of others.

Yes, there are some "feral" Rakata we run into in the "Legacy of the Rakata" flashpoint, but they've obviously deteriorated a lot. Primitive. More on them later.

So he's an outlier as a Rakatan survivor.

Second - He's actually remorseful for what was done to the Esh-kha and to everyone else. Heck, he actually APOLOGIZES to Hallow Voice.

This is unprecedented conduct for a Rakata.

That makes him fascinating to me.

So when @sullustangin tagged me to say what he'd been up to in my Halcyon Legacy, I was totally down for it. I gave it a lot of thought.

I think after he secured the release of Hallow Voice and his Free Esh-kha, Lhunu would quietly make sure that all the other surviving Rakatan technology on Belsavis was neutralized as a threat to the galaxy. (No one liked those Transporters anyway.)

Then he'd slip away. There's nothing keeping him on Belsavis any more.

He'd travel the galaxy for awhile, possibly with a small escort of Rakatan droids. He'd travel discreetly, naturally. Few people know about the Rakatans and their Infinite Empire. (Czerka dis-believes their very existence!) But those who do have little reason to view them with anything other than suspicion and scorn. (And violence.)

I think he'd visit Voss, and consider how many mistakes the Rakata had made concerning Tython millennia ago. Mistakes that led to the creation of the Jedi Order. For awhile he'd think about what might have been before moving on.

Eventually, probably after hearing about the Order of Revan, he would go home to Rakata Prime.

There, he would see how far the mightiest species in the galaxy - arguably the most powerful Empire to ever exist - had fallen.

There's this old Einstein quote: "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." He may not have actually said it, but it resonates regardless.

The "modern" Rakata of the SWTOR era are basically fighting with sticks and stones. Yes, they have a small handful of mystics who seem to be using the Force, but they unquestionably sliding backwards.

He mulls his people's fate. Then he gets to work, gathering as much Rakatan technology as he can and making sure no one can ever use that technology to harm the galaxy again.

(Gathering up the Star Forge remnants alone takes him years.)

He is not a total hermit; he and Jedi Master Ulannium Kaarz, the Barsen'thor, remain in contact off and on, though there is a gap when the Jedi retreat to Ossus.

Years later, he reacher out to Ulannium and Corellan with the Eternal Alliance to inform them that Tassar, an exile of Zakuul, is trying to build a new Star Fortress at Rakata Prime. (This is one of the Alliance Uprisings.) He doesn't join the Alliance, but he does stay in touch.

Thanks for the prompt, @sullustangin !

Ooh, that's interesting. I've been (sorta) working on Imely lately (mostly by finally taking her through SoR and KotFE to see how it goes). And there's one outfit that was particularly difficult to put together.

kink of the day: Leather

additional kinks/warnings: exhibitionism, dirty dancing

characters: Shavi and Annila @kaosstar

A/N: Even though Shavi likes to compare the two activities, I think dancing is much harder to write than fucking, but perhaps it's just that I have more practice with the latter. Also: @sullustangin's Eva and the ladies of her crew make make a guest appearance in this one, woohoo!

Eva X Theron Shawn - #SWTOR Clip Studio Paint - 2021 Commissioned work for @Sullustangin

Thanks for the ask, @sullustangin !

The Problem With D&D - I've answered this one before! As the title implies - certain iterations of D&D - particularly the video game adaptations of my youth - had a problem. The “optimal path” of most adventures - that is, the approach that resulted in the most XP, gold, magic items looted, etc., was usually the “direct” approach, resulting in the most violence. Kill everyone and everything, snatch up the goodies, then deal with it afterwards. That’s… fine? But its not for everyone. I prefer more intelligent approaches in my games, and good DMs encourage that. So a DM puts two PCs through a solo-player dungeon. First with a Rogue - we’ll call him Ralph - and then with a Barbarian - we’ll call him Bruce. The quest is to acquire a magical gem being used in a ritual in a Dark Temple ™ by Evil Snake People ™. Ralph puts on a show, bypassing traps, sneaking past guards, and eventually not only absconding with the gem, but replacing it with a fake. The Snake-people don’t even discover the theft for days. Ralph gets X gold and Y experience points for his trouble. Then Bruce the Barbarian takes his turn. He sets off every trap in the dungeon, slaughters every monster and enemy in the place and leaves a path of destruction in his wake. He basically just soaks all the damage, shrugging it off before finally seizing the gem. Bruce gets about ten times as much gold and experience points as Ralph did. … maybe it sounded funnier in my head? 🥴

I Never Lie About My Work - When i saw this ask, I was just like "Oh, dear. Was that still on my WIP list???" This one is from the POV of a minor SWTOR NPC, Mola Haxtor. She's a minor sidequest-giver on Taris Pub-side, and then shows up in the Imperial story. Its my head-canon that after her appearance in the game, she's transferred to the custody of Kael Nosrol Krannus, my Sith Warrior. He doesn't have a lot of long-term plans for her. Kael, at this point in the story, is teaching his new Apprentice, Jaesa Willsaam. A very very dark-side Jaesa Willsaam. This is… some very disturbing stuff I came up with for Whumptober some years ago. Thank you for bringing to my attention so I could move it to the "Cancelled" file.

The newly recruited adult Jedi padawan on Tython?

Kai Zykken?

Master Surro (both in terms of how you've handled her decision and if she lived, her fate thereafter)?

Ask Me About SWTOR NPCs Thanks for the ask, @sullustangin !

Sadly, the adorable Hallen, now a Jedi Knight, is once again guarding the Temple as of the events of the Assault on Tython. Her actions that day help save several others, but she ultimately meets her fate near the temple's entrance.

Kai Zykken and the Corellian Run Scoundrels are still around in the Halcyon Legacy post KOTET. They aren't part of the Alliance, but they have an impressive record of running into trouble that brings problems to light. For the record, Lana insists that Theron be the one to keep tabs on them. (Kira still reminds Lana and Theron about the Kowakiian Monkey Lizard incident.)

Master Surro survived Ziost and returned to Tython. She never returned to full "active" duty, but she did assist in the evacuation during Zakuul's invasion. She is one of several Jedi who went missing in the aftermath.

But… we might see her pop up again.