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Omg I have another new character, wtf is wrong with me. ANYWAY HELLO. This is Marasiah, aka Sia, princess and Imperial Knight in training, oh and also Jaina's great-granddaughter*.
So how does initiation into the "I play my own relative" club go? Is there hazing? Do I have to get jumped in? OOH, OOH. Are there membership cards??? I would like mine laminated.
the canon
About 100 years after the Star Wars movies comes the comic series Legacy. (Which I'll say right now is excellent and no, seriously, you should totally check it out even if you don't read the EU books.) It's a different kind of galaxy these days. First off, the Empire, which never really disappeared after ROTJ, is back to having an Emperor. Which isn't as bad as it sounds, since the first one was Jagged Fel, who Jaina ends up marrying. (Fucking FINALLY.) And since he is actually a good guy, the Empire didn't suck. Yay! They even had their own, Empire-specific version of Jedi, called the Imperial Knights, who had all the same powers but a different motivation. Rather than serving everyone in the galaxy, the IK's serve their Emperor... unless he goes dark, in which case he turns back or it's off with his head, end of story. Plus they have awesome red armor and silver lightsabers and are totally badass.
So everything was going along swimmingly until the Sith got all up in their business. They basically set the Empire up to go to war with the Galactic Alliance (and the Jedi), and then got the current Emperor Roan Fel to ally with a Sith Lord named Darth Krayt. Then once the GA was defeated and Coruscant was taken under Imperial rule again, Krayt took the hell over.
As Sith are wont to do. Because they're freaking Sith.
Roan escaped and still has people loyal to him and to the Empire-in-exile, fighting to take back the Empire and working to destroy the Sith. As for the Jedi, enough were killed during a Sith attack on the Jedi Academy for it to be called the Massacre on Ossus, and the rest were scattered around the galaxy, being hunted by Sith and bounty hunters. Which incidentally is how a certain Imperial princess meets her... like, sixth cousin or whatever FOURTH COUSIN ONCE REMOVED, and accidentally drags him into the middle of things, but she's a few years off from that.
THERE IS THE QUICK AND DIRTY. Was it good for you?
sia!
Marasiah Fel is Roan's only child, meaning she's a princess who's undoubtedly going to be Empress some day. She does have the typical haughty princess 'tude to her, yes. She grew up knowing that she was going to have to lead the Empire, she sometimes wishes she could ditch out on her duties and live her own life, but since that's not possible, she'll suck it up and do what she needs to do. And she expects others to live up to these kinds of standards, too. Her mother's dead, so it's just her and Roan left in the family, and she's very supportive of him even if she vocally thinks the whole allying-with-the-Sith thing was totally idiotic, because Sia is a smart one. She's been living in exile since she was about eleven, training to become an Imperial Knight and acting as her father's emissary, at least till she gets sent to Fandom where it's safer. (Note: she does not get sent to Fandom in canon.)
Sia is incredibly headstrong and incredibly stubborn. She knows what she wants and what she believes and sticks to it. You can't make her do anything she doesn't want to do. And while she does end up in some damsel-in-distressy situations, the way she handles herself in them means I'd never actually consider her a damsel in distress. Girl literally walked away after torture. She tends to be serious and speaks somewhat formally (the day she and Jaina eventually meet is going to break. my. brain.), but she can still bring the snark and has no problem being upfront and sometimes harsh when she needs to be. That said, she, like the rest of the Fel line, is sharp as a tack and can be sneaky when she needs to be.
For Fandom purposes, she's probably not going to be outwardly mentioning the princess thing to everyone. You don't live a few years in exile where Sith would kill you so hard and you're not going to be advertising your title in a new place where you don't know anyone. Besides, she'd like the anonymity. I'm sure it will work its way into things, though, and she definitely carries herself like royalty, so it might not be so hard to figure out something's up. (And I do realize that having an Imperial princess from the future from this particular family line might cause problems for some characters, so anyone who needs to wtf at Jaina is welcome to do so, and she can explain how the Empire's not all evil anymore and how she so already dated Sia's great-grandfather, la la la.)
As for powers, she does have them, yes! She's got all the typical Jedi powers which I assume everyone understands by now, and is still learning, so she's not perfect at them but can do what she needs to do. She also clearly has some training to be able to take care of herself, but she's not the best or anything. And yes, if you call her a Jedi, she will correct you so fast. She's got nothing against them- the IK's see the Jedi as their cousins- but she's not one, and she thinks the IK's are pretty nifty, so.
I'm using Lyndsy Fonseca as her PB. (Please don't get canceled, Nikita, I don't watch you but I need icons.) Sia seems to be of pretty average height, so apparently the short gene ended somewhere, and has long dark hair, with a white streak starting at her hairline. Which I know makes no sense, since Jag got the white streak from a head injury and therefore it should not be passed down the line unless we're using Discworld genetics, but whatever, and yes I will rant on this every time. And if he can't be drawn with the white streak in any canonical images, I'm not Photoshopping my icons. HA. Take THAT, artists. Anyway, she's got brown eyes, gets drawn with Angelina Jolie lips in the comics, and tends to dress in pretty, cool-looking Star Warsy style clothes. And yes, she'll always be carrying her lightsaber unless she can't.
how fandom affects all this
First off:
Jaina is her great-grandmother.
Leia is her great-great-grandmother.
Anakin Skywalker is her great-great-great-grandfather.
Anakin Solo is her great-great-uncle.
Luke is her great-great-great uncle, I think?
Figuring out where Ben fits into this hurts my head. Someone do it for me.Ben is her first cousin thrice removed!
There are some things to know when it comes to my new girl. She probably won't outwardly recognize half the SW people running around, even if she's related to them. They're a few generations back for her, and if you wouldn't recognize your great-grandparent on sight, she won't either, though she will recognize names and could have the "Oh I thought I maybe saw a holo of you years ago" type of reaction to it. It's just going to be a different experience with her than it would be with someone not as far down the timeline.
Most importantly, I am missing quite a bit of information as to how the current canon of the EU ties into Legacy. The comics were written before the latest series and much as I actually do like what they did, they backed away from certain things with the last book and that makes making assumptions difficult. The Fels and the Empire are not explained in any straightforward way, which means I don't know definitively how Jag becomes Emperor, I don't know how many kids he and Jaina had or how Sia seems to be part Hapan (and don't think there's not part of me wondering who else she might be related to then) maybe or a lot of things that would make answering questions easier. I'm going to be filling in canon where I feel I need to, but I'm totally aware that I could get jossed, and therefore I'm saying Sia is an AU from the other timelines to prevent me from tearing my hair out when I screw something up.
And I will. I soooo will.
* Unless they pull something super shady in which case I will go to LFL and Del Rey and find who I need to beat down.
So how does initiation into the "I play my own relative" club go? Is there hazing? Do I have to get jumped in? OOH, OOH. Are there membership cards??? I would like mine laminated.
the canon
About 100 years after the Star Wars movies comes the comic series Legacy. (Which I'll say right now is excellent and no, seriously, you should totally check it out even if you don't read the EU books.) It's a different kind of galaxy these days. First off, the Empire, which never really disappeared after ROTJ, is back to having an Emperor. Which isn't as bad as it sounds, since the first one was Jagged Fel, who Jaina ends up marrying. (Fucking FINALLY.) And since he is actually a good guy, the Empire didn't suck. Yay! They even had their own, Empire-specific version of Jedi, called the Imperial Knights, who had all the same powers but a different motivation. Rather than serving everyone in the galaxy, the IK's serve their Emperor... unless he goes dark, in which case he turns back or it's off with his head, end of story. Plus they have awesome red armor and silver lightsabers and are totally badass.
So everything was going along swimmingly until the Sith got all up in their business. They basically set the Empire up to go to war with the Galactic Alliance (and the Jedi), and then got the current Emperor Roan Fel to ally with a Sith Lord named Darth Krayt. Then once the GA was defeated and Coruscant was taken under Imperial rule again, Krayt took the hell over.
As Sith are wont to do. Because they're freaking Sith.
Roan escaped and still has people loyal to him and to the Empire-in-exile, fighting to take back the Empire and working to destroy the Sith. As for the Jedi, enough were killed during a Sith attack on the Jedi Academy for it to be called the Massacre on Ossus, and the rest were scattered around the galaxy, being hunted by Sith and bounty hunters. Which incidentally is how a certain Imperial princess meets her... like, sixth cousin or whatever FOURTH COUSIN ONCE REMOVED, and accidentally drags him into the middle of things, but she's a few years off from that.
THERE IS THE QUICK AND DIRTY. Was it good for you?
sia!
Marasiah Fel is Roan's only child, meaning she's a princess who's undoubtedly going to be Empress some day. She does have the typical haughty princess 'tude to her, yes. She grew up knowing that she was going to have to lead the Empire, she sometimes wishes she could ditch out on her duties and live her own life, but since that's not possible, she'll suck it up and do what she needs to do. And she expects others to live up to these kinds of standards, too. Her mother's dead, so it's just her and Roan left in the family, and she's very supportive of him even if she vocally thinks the whole allying-with-the-Sith thing was totally idiotic, because Sia is a smart one. She's been living in exile since she was about eleven, training to become an Imperial Knight and acting as her father's emissary, at least till she gets sent to Fandom where it's safer. (Note: she does not get sent to Fandom in canon.)
Sia is incredibly headstrong and incredibly stubborn. She knows what she wants and what she believes and sticks to it. You can't make her do anything she doesn't want to do. And while she does end up in some damsel-in-distressy situations, the way she handles herself in them means I'd never actually consider her a damsel in distress. Girl literally walked away after torture. She tends to be serious and speaks somewhat formally (the day she and Jaina eventually meet is going to break. my. brain.), but she can still bring the snark and has no problem being upfront and sometimes harsh when she needs to be. That said, she, like the rest of the Fel line, is sharp as a tack and can be sneaky when she needs to be.
For Fandom purposes, she's probably not going to be outwardly mentioning the princess thing to everyone. You don't live a few years in exile where Sith would kill you so hard and you're not going to be advertising your title in a new place where you don't know anyone. Besides, she'd like the anonymity. I'm sure it will work its way into things, though, and she definitely carries herself like royalty, so it might not be so hard to figure out something's up. (And I do realize that having an Imperial princess from the future from this particular family line might cause problems for some characters, so anyone who needs to wtf at Jaina is welcome to do so, and she can explain how the Empire's not all evil anymore and how she so already dated Sia's great-grandfather, la la la.)
As for powers, she does have them, yes! She's got all the typical Jedi powers which I assume everyone understands by now, and is still learning, so she's not perfect at them but can do what she needs to do. She also clearly has some training to be able to take care of herself, but she's not the best or anything. And yes, if you call her a Jedi, she will correct you so fast. She's got nothing against them- the IK's see the Jedi as their cousins- but she's not one, and she thinks the IK's are pretty nifty, so.
I'm using Lyndsy Fonseca as her PB. (Please don't get canceled, Nikita, I don't watch you but I need icons.) Sia seems to be of pretty average height, so apparently the short gene ended somewhere, and has long dark hair, with a white streak starting at her hairline. Which I know makes no sense, since Jag got the white streak from a head injury and therefore it should not be passed down the line unless we're using Discworld genetics, but whatever, and yes I will rant on this every time. And if he can't be drawn with the white streak in any canonical images, I'm not Photoshopping my icons. HA. Take THAT, artists. Anyway, she's got brown eyes, gets drawn with Angelina Jolie lips in the comics, and tends to dress in pretty, cool-looking Star Warsy style clothes. And yes, she'll always be carrying her lightsaber unless she can't.
how fandom affects all this
First off:
Jaina is her great-grandmother.
Leia is her great-great-grandmother.
Anakin Skywalker is her great-great-great-grandfather.
Anakin Solo is her great-great-uncle.
Luke is her great-great-great uncle, I think?
Figuring out where Ben fits into this hurts my head. Someone do it for me.Ben is her first cousin thrice removed!
There are some things to know when it comes to my new girl. She probably won't outwardly recognize half the SW people running around, even if she's related to them. They're a few generations back for her, and if you wouldn't recognize your great-grandparent on sight, she won't either, though she will recognize names and could have the "Oh I thought I maybe saw a holo of you years ago" type of reaction to it. It's just going to be a different experience with her than it would be with someone not as far down the timeline.
Most importantly, I am missing quite a bit of information as to how the current canon of the EU ties into Legacy. The comics were written before the latest series and much as I actually do like what they did, they backed away from certain things with the last book and that makes making assumptions difficult. The Fels and the Empire are not explained in any straightforward way, which means I don't know definitively how Jag becomes Emperor, I don't know how many kids he and Jaina had or how Sia seems to be part Hapan (and don't think there's not part of me wondering who else she might be related to then) maybe or a lot of things that would make answering questions easier. I'm going to be filling in canon where I feel I need to, but I'm totally aware that I could get jossed, and therefore I'm saying Sia is an AU from the other timelines to prevent me from tearing my hair out when I screw something up.
And I will. I soooo will.
* Unless they pull something super shady in which case I will go to LFL and Del Rey and find who I need to beat down.