#long hair for arikel is also a good choice

[zhakyria]

A handful of my characters require a redesign for the Arclight AU I am working on and that includes Zahkiel though in this AU they didn't become a Jedi and they continue to use their Chiss name, Zhoria'ri'kelivos (Arikel). They were captured by the Grysk and forced to serve as a navigator for them for quite a few years.

Arikel doesn't have their tattoos in this AU. They have been scarred with identification marks on their chest and my idea of a Grysk emblem on their back. The alien writing spells out Void Woken - my idea of what force sensitives/navigators might be referred to by the Grysk. The other side is the year and age that Arikel was captured.

Arikel's personality is also evolving. They don't trust others and definitely do not trust other Chiss given the family history. Though they are eventually convinced to assist Eli with his navigator training program (inspired by Project Compass by DistantStorm). They might retain their flirty nature - once the shell they've built by being with the Grysk for so long is broken.

In my AU House Zhoria developed the earliest techniques of training the Chiss sky-walkers and mapped some of the earliest star charts of Chiss space. However, the powers that the sky-walkers had made other houses nervous or superstitious and there was civil war. House Zhoria and their allies lost the war. They were exiled. Over the centuries they managed to retain most of their teachings but they also had to remain on the move so they didn't draw attention to themselves and the force sensitives they protected. Their house split with one branch leaving Ascendancy space entirely and Arikel's branch remaining behind. This is why navigators lose their abilities at a young age. The methods once used to help them retain and expand upon their powers were destroyed and forgotten after the civil war.

#star wars #arclight au #arclight: arikel #my oc #chiss #chiss ascendancy #ascendancy headcanons #this is like the 5th iteration of scars and such for arikel #it took all day for them to open up to me #i'm super happy with how their face turned out #long hair for arikel is also a good choice #if you recognize the writing kudos to you #it's from wildstar (which also exists in the au)