Very interesting and fresh perspective! I've always wondered myself about whether or not Valkorion would have been willing to just walk away from it all, when he had those brief moments of peace with Senya.
Tenebrae was known to have multiple bodies serving as Emperor's Voice - male Pureblood, Human female, male Voss, etc... so based on the video title i thought it would go different way.
Another awesome vid. Good choice of music and stock footage too. The effort you put in was well worth it. It sort of fits in with kotor 2's message of "how you act and what you do can influence those around you" and yeah I can definitely see Revans strong emotions unintentionally influencing Valk to consider having a family.
Pretty good. I subscribed, both because of your talent annnd because you pronounced ‘Nathema’ as intended! Thank you for that, and thank you for the entomology - so much can be learned through studying the derivativation of language. Edit - were the three children conceived after Vitiate took over Valkorian’s body? For that matter, when did Valkorian wed Senya - before or after Vitiate? It seems as if after, but I suppose Vitiate could also have inhabited a host that already had a wife and children…along with already being an aged emperor of a vast and prosperous empire, so important for the unfolding of Vitiate’s plan. Either way, this is an intriguing hypothesis that checks a lot of boxes, is consistent, and does well with answering a question I, myself, had - for what purpose or reason would Vitiate want the distraction of a family? And as far as Revan missing Bastila and Vaner so intensely that it influenced Vitiate, well, I know what intense longing feels like.
Thank you! It would seem, although not fully known, that he had a seperate life as Valkorion for a long enough time to be known as "Eternal" Emperor. So as much as this is solely theory, I try to go by the fact that we do know.
Funny question, but I am serious. Valkorion was a host for Vitiate for centuries, he stayed young and had a black beard, then he married Senya and he started aging until Arcann, Senya, and Valyn were all grown up. He had a gray beard in the Sacrifice trailer, but then, in the game, not long after the events of the trailer, he has a white beard? Then, when he fought the Outlander in the psyche of their mind, he initially had a white beard but it went back to being gray. What is going on?
yeah this is false because I know the Emperor didn't have his children...Valkorian was a completely different person before Vitiate took over him and Revan had only one child in lore.
I think the Sacking of Coruscant was a crucial moment in Valkorian's history. The Sith Empire he started neglecting had grown impatient and started fighting the Republic without his command at around the same time that Vaylin's powers were revealed. His attention was demanded by both his old Empire and his new family. He likely blamed what was happening on his own perceived weakness, deciding that his family was a distraction. I believe that was the moment when Valkorion decided to give up being human, and started seeing his family as little more than extensions of one of his Empires.
I always interrupted it more as a reaction to narrowly avoiding being killed by the exile, as well as the reason why he only created the emperor's voice and started wandering after their attack on him.
lol. It's always fun to see who only reads the vid titles and takes them literally, then makes condescending comments on a video they didn't even watch.
"Abandoning my past let me experience pleasures I denied myself before. I have known love on Zakuul. Who knows? Even you may find it." Valkorion to the Outlander. Was it because of Revan? It can be, so I can accept your theory. Do not forget the scene where Senya dies if you let her. Not to his son. Not to his daughter. But to Senya, he sings. Whatever happened in his twisted mind after his children were born, the love existed. Were they born, because he wanted to see, what was that about love and family, which was always present in Revan? Why not?
As you said: his twisted mind. It is impossible for us to know for sure, but his reasoning to the Outlander could just be something he'd say to mislead the player into thinking he actually had changed. Or maybe he had changed, for a little while, but then yanked back into his normal self.
Very interesting and fresh perspective! I've always wondered myself about whether or not Valkorion would have been willing to just walk away from it all, when he had those brief moments of peace with Senya.
The original valkorion was a good man.
Tenebrae was known to have multiple bodies serving as Emperor's Voice - male Pureblood, Human female, male Voss, etc... so based on the video title i thought it would go different way.
This was very fun and a deep dive into the lore. Well done and thank you.
Another awesome vid. Good choice of music and stock footage too. The effort you put in was well worth it. It sort of fits in with kotor 2's message of "how you act and what you do can influence those around you" and yeah I can definitely see Revans strong emotions unintentionally influencing Valk to consider having a family.
Pretty good. I subscribed, both because of your talent annnd because you pronounced ‘Nathema’ as intended! Thank you for that, and thank you for the entomology - so much can be learned through studying the derivativation of language.
Edit - were the three children conceived after Vitiate took over Valkorian’s body? For that matter, when did Valkorian wed Senya - before or after Vitiate? It seems as if after, but I suppose Vitiate could also have inhabited a host that already had a wife and children…along with already being an aged emperor of a vast and prosperous empire, so important for the unfolding of Vitiate’s plan. Either way, this is an intriguing hypothesis that checks a lot of boxes, is consistent, and does well with answering a question I, myself, had - for what purpose or reason would Vitiate want the distraction of a family?
And as far as Revan missing Bastila and Vaner so intensely that it influenced Vitiate, well, I know what intense longing feels like.
Thank you!
It would seem, although not fully known, that he had a seperate life as Valkorion for a long enough time to be known as "Eternal" Emperor. So as much as this is solely theory, I try to go by the fact that we do know.
I think The Original Valkorion was a good person. Just like the Outlander. The Emperor took control of the Valkorion slowly gaing control over him
Funny question, but I am serious. Valkorion was a host for Vitiate for centuries, he stayed young and had a black beard, then he married Senya and he started aging until Arcann, Senya, and Valyn were all grown up. He had a gray beard in the Sacrifice trailer, but then, in the game, not long after the events of the trailer, he has a white beard? Then, when he fought the Outlander in the psyche of their mind, he initially had a white beard but it went back to being gray. What is going on?
I believe that comes down to Dark Side corruption. But I am of course not sure. It's a good question though.
Hmm an interesting theory
Illeva... What spice were you on when you thought of that thumbnail and title...
yeah this is false because I know the Emperor didn't have his children...Valkorian was a completely different person before Vitiate took over him and Revan had only one child in lore.
Did you even watch the video, or only read the title?
I think the Sacking of Coruscant was a crucial moment in Valkorian's history. The Sith Empire he started neglecting had grown impatient and started fighting the Republic without his command at around the same time that Vaylin's powers were revealed. His attention was demanded by both his old Empire and his new family. He likely blamed what was happening on his own perceived weakness, deciding that his family was a distraction. I believe that was the moment when Valkorion decided to give up being human, and started seeing his family as little more than extensions of one of his Empires.
That is a possibility as well :)
I don't think so, they were Valkorian's children and the old Sith spirit just claimed them
I always interrupted it more as a reaction to narrowly avoiding being killed by the exile, as well as the reason why he only created the emperor's voice and started wandering after their attack on him.
I could see that being part of the reason as well :)
I can guarantee that is 100% impossible
lol. It's always fun to see who only reads the vid titles and takes them literally, then makes condescending comments on a video they didn't even watch.
"Abandoning my past let me experience pleasures I denied myself before. I have known love on Zakuul. Who knows? Even you may find it." Valkorion to the Outlander. Was it because of Revan? It can be, so I can accept your theory.
Do not forget the scene where Senya dies if you let her. Not to his son. Not to his daughter. But to Senya, he sings. Whatever happened in his twisted mind after his children were born, the love existed.
Were they born, because he wanted to see, what was that about love and family, which was always present in Revan? Why not?
As you said: his twisted mind. It is impossible for us to know for sure, but his reasoning to the Outlander could just be something he'd say to mislead the player into thinking he actually had changed.
Or maybe he had changed, for a little while, but then yanked back into his normal self.