This is the worst photoset in the history of photosets.
Old Republic is more fun than I could have ever dreamed, but the best part is how much the world and missions lend themselves to developing the character as an actual character. I had more inspiration and headcanon at level ten than I’ve had in
all of Dragon Age 2 as Hawkeentire games. And you know what this means:~*~CHARACTER BABBLING TIME~*~
Introducing Agent Matt’hew* of Imperial Intelligence: spy, medic, and droid enthusiast. It’s his job to keep the complicated mess of politics, power trips, and sedition that is the Sith Empire ticking—and keep it from exploding. Not an easy task with the fragile truce between the Empire and Republic, steadily chipped away at by both sides, and with the Sith in power, undermining any effort to keep things calm and quiet. And calm and quiet is what he works for, or at least what he tells himself he works for so he can still consider his work worthwhile and himself a near-decent person. This just leaves him with dozens of excuses to himself and enough cognitive dissonance to cripple a bantha.
Matt’hew is only barely up to par in combat abilities, preferring trickery and subterfuge to violence as means to complete his objectives—to the extent that he considers a mission not a real success if he had to draw his gun. In fact, he’s probably more squeamish about violence than anyone working for the Sith Empire has any right to be; his missions often leave more loose ends than a toddler tying his shoes, but between carefully-covered tracks and sheer luck he’s managed to avoid consequences so far.
The extent to which Matt’hew resents the Sith would probably get him killed if it were more well-known, but being that tensions between Imperial Intelligence and their Sith overlords often run high, he’s hardly alone in such a sentiment. Several missions compromised by their recklessness and bloodthirst, as well as an attempt on his own life in the name of entertainment, haven’t endeared them to him in the least. If there’s a chance to undermine a Sith lord, he’ll take it—as long as there’s no chance of it being traced back to him, and as long as it doesn’t involve any of that creepy Force stuff.
Fun Fact: The crisp Coruscanti accent Matt’hew uses in conversation with his intelligence cell isn’t entirely genuine; his natural accent is a lot more sloppy and, to refined ears, low-class. But being that the loyal, obedient little shiny-shoed Cipher Agent is as much of a role to play as any disguise on a mission, he doesn’t find it difficult to keep up.
Fun Fact 2: Matt’hew has an absurd amount of droids, most of which are rigged for practical purposes like administering first aid or taking care of his ship, but he dotes on them to an extent that nears ridiculous. They are practically his pets.
*a) Lol lol I am totally not repetitive at all nope and I never make character universe-hop nope nope b) Apostrophes make everything more Star Wars-y and lets you use names that someone already has the normal version of <_<