Let's all love Layne [A Q&A for Layne and maybe Xyll]
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:37 pm
This was a very emotional ride for me particularly early on. As I've told some people, in a lot of ways Layne is basically me with an edgier backstory and space-wizard powers... which is something I didn't fully realize when I made her back at Korriban. It's been a lot of anxiety-inducing stuff earlier in the game, but it was a wild ride and I've loved it. And I'd like to thank DD for making an awesome campaign, throwing out all those hooks and helping me tell this story.
Anyway, since it seems to be what the cool kids are doing, I'll just quote what I posted in my PF about what the future might've been for my characters:
Anyway, since it seems to be what the cool kids are doing, I'll just quote what I posted in my PF about what the future might've been for my characters:
Final result:Layne Hoshin wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:45 amPreliminary I guess until stuff gets more clear by end game.
Layne:, if she lives through the next few days, and if she isn't thrown in a prison somewhere or otherwise stopped from doing so by the Jedi or Jerri, will probably take a frontline roll in the war. She isn't looking for a heroic death or sacrifice anymore, but she's there simply because that's what she is best suited for and as one of the best lightsaber duelists in the galaxy, it's where she can do the most good. Plus, she's pretty tanky so hope springs eternal.
If she ends up surviving the war and there's still a republic left that cares about such things, she will go and have a proper trial to argue her case, baring the full truth, and then serve whatever time/sentence they give her for the murder of Lt.Ujips.
Assuming it's not a life sentence, she will disappear afterwards; simply travelling the galaxy anonymously, trying to walk a balanced path between Light and Dark, and simply seeing what life and the force have left to offer her. Assuming Jerri is still around and interested, she may drag him along if he can give up the socialite lifestyle, or otherwise she might simply show up on his doorstep every now and then before going back to drifting around. She might even have a kid or two, who knows (it may even happen during the war in case it drags on for years and she ends up dying in it). Occasionally she'll have an adventure or two, maybe uncover ancient lore as she's likely to focus more and more on the mysteries of the Force rather than how to hit things with a lasersword. It's possible the Force might bring her back together again with old friends from time to time, whom she'll try to support in their own endeavours for a while, and she'll probably make new friends along the way. Daz will get an *awesome* birthday gift every year, and she'll try to show up when she can.
Where she ultimately ends up will likely be a mystery; maybe to be discovered by some curious descendent or force sensitive thousands of years later.
Goals: assuming the above doesn't count as an end-game goal, she will use her wandering years to try and find some way to end the cycle between light and dark and the conflict it brings, though she will pursue peaceful means rather than the violent ends of the Star Cabal.
Xyll Vanth: will take a support role instead. She'd been on the frontlines of war back under Exar Kun, but she's not the fighter she once was. She will use the reborn Krath cult she created to both support the Sith Empire's war efforts, though she will also work on contingency plans in case the war ends up destroying the empire, as she is a survivor and she would see to it that the Sith and the Krath will be reborn eventually.
Should she survive the war, she will focus her efforts on restoring her former power. Tracing the path of the Exile and studying other lore in order to strengthen her connection to the Force, and possibly even to achieve immortality in the way that Zash and others have, so that she become the Witness to many more empires to come and go.
Dapper Dog wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:03 pmThe Future: 2#1d100 28 85
Layne gets a heroic death and Xyll lives.
