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More art for our Star Wars campaign!has a feature called "Obligation" which represents a debt a character owes, or a force which drives their life. This is the second in a series of four drawings depicting the Obligations of the player characters. Jastra (my character) is a Bothan from the tropical colony world of Kothlis. Bothan culture is all about playing The Great Game - spying, character assassination, power-grab alliances, prolonged and masterful deceit...whatever it takes to get ahead. Unfortunately for Jastra, her clan is 'unregistered', meaning that she and her family have no political capital and few prospects for advancement. Jastra's mom operates a tourist resort on Kothlis, where they cater to (and spy on) the rich and powerful, without ever having access to wealth or influence themselves.Jastra's Obligation is her debt to Koskit , who she met at the age of 8, when his rich-ass family began taking their summer vacations at her resort. They became friends almost immediately and spent subsequent summers getting into all sorts of mischief together. The bond of trust they developed was a heady, intense experience for two kids raised in such a paranoid society - it was especially important to Jastra, because he was the only 'person of quality' to ever treat her like she mattered. As the two of them became adults, however, the dynamics of their relationship changed. Koskit grew more and more distant as he took his place within the family business - he became a master spy and accomplished slicer, and at some point, he joined an alien crime syndicate. Jastra was unable to overcome her fun-loving, chaotic nature, and she drifted from interest to interest, accruing skills but mastering none.Nowadays, Koskit continues to support Jastra financially and politically, but he rarely reveals his secrets. In exchange, she acts as his agent in the field, gathering intel and performing dangerous tasks. Koskit is everything Jastra wishes she could be - ruthless, brilliant, calculating, and hella fucking rich. She is fanatically devoted to him and would do pretty much anything to secure his approval and affection. Her antics seem to amuse him, but it remains to be seen whether he genuinely loves her, or whether he just views her as a particularly useful piece in his game.