Quote Hi people, this is my first forum post!



I have sort of an in-game attraction to Vaylin, so I started paying close attention to her actions in the KotFE epic storyline. This is when I noticed a pattern that I thought I should bring to these forums.



To the casual player, Vaylin will come across as a rather onesided evil character whose desires are very simple: destroy everything in her way to power. And this is not wrong, but I suspect there's much more going on that's only depicted in a most subtle way.



It starts at the end of the dream sequence where the player walks with Valkorion. We find ourselves in the Zakuul throne room where Arcann sits upon his throne and Vaylin senses the player's presence. Valkorion explains Vaylin's extraordinary force sensitivity. At this point the player has a final dialog option of which option number 1 is to ask Vaylin to wake the player up. When she pierces through you with her lightsaber, this is exactly what happens: you wake up.



At this point the question is how much of a coincidence this is. I am quite certain that it is not. Vaylin knows we're there, so the step from this fact to being able to hear what we say is relatively very small. It also happens to be that Vaylin's one reaction exactly has the desired effect. Vaylin deliberately woke us up.



Another piece of evidence is that while the guards were unaware of the player's escape with Lana Beniko, Vaylin somehow knew she had to check up on you. She was the one who personally discovered you were gone. What a massive coincidence? No. Vaylin had orchestrated your escape. As the second most powerful person in Zakuul, she had all the means necessary to cut you off and stop you in person, but instead all that stood between us and an escape were a bunch of weak skytroopers. While she finds you're gone, she looks straight into the security camera, knowing you are watching and says the words "Everyone makes mistakes". These words seem sort of out of place. Is this a threat? No. She's saying she forgives the player. For killing Valkorion.



Why would Vaylin help the player to escape? Well, Valkorion reveals to the player that Vaylin is his favorite child. He was underwhelmed by his son Arcann and tells the player that he wants the player to rule over Zakuul instead of Arcann (off course, the player being under control of Valkorion). Vaylin is not stupid and is capable of understanding Valkorion way better than Arcann would. Also, Vaylin is aware that Valkorion's spirit isn't dead. So she has foreseen that Valkorion intends to replace Arcann with the player.



What is Vaylin's intention then? She wants to rule over Zakuul alongside the player. Always she will look to retain maximum power, and she knows Arcann is incompetent. Right before the duel with Senya, Vaylin confronts the player with the words "Do you have a crush on me". Not famous for her subtlety, this might be Vaylin's way of courting the player. She force pushes the player away. What an odd choice, isn't she meant to kill the player? By pushing the player away, he is guided towards a confrontation with Arcann. Smart girl you are, Vaylin, very smart.



So there's still a few ways the rest of the KotFE storyline might evolve. Perhaps you will be faced with the choice to ally yourself with Arcann and release yourself from Valkorion's influence for good. The other choice being to choose against Arcann, remain under Valkorion's influence and rule alongside Vaylin. At least, of Bioware would allow the player the luxury of being able to choose either way.



So that's my theory. Agree or disagree? Any comments would be appreciated and found your criticism with arguments.