History Characters / StarWarsTheOldRepublicRepublicClassJediConsular

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The Consular will chuckle after hearing Geland tricked a Belsavis droid warden into thinking they were a delusional psychiatric inmate.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The Consular will chuckle after hearing Geland tricked a droid into thinking they were a delusional inmate.

* BattleCouple: With the male Consular, if romanced. Later on with a female consular as well./

* Expy: His appearance is fairly close to Obiwan's... his personality, not so much.

* BadassBookworm: The Consular is portrayed as very scholarly for a Jedi.
** Upon discovering [[spoiler: the Noetikon-Jedi Archive]], one dialogue option even laments that their time is limited, admitting that under happier circumstances they'd gladly spend many hours studying its contents.

* GondorCallsForAid: The entirety of Acts 2 and 3. You're appointed by the Supreme Chancellor and Grandmaster Satele to approach the Rift Alliance and recruit their help in the Republic war effort. Seeing as many of the alliance worlds (like Balmorra and Manaan) were ''royally'' screwed over by the Imperials, they're at least willing to listen, but think the Republic is too ineffective to stand a chance. It's on you to convince them otherwise. By the time you roll into Corellia, you are bringing a multi-world, multi-species army with some of the best [[spoiler: medical supplies (from Manaan) and battle droids in the galaxy (from Balmorra, with their most infamous "[[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Freedom Fighter]]" calling in favors), as well as an impressive contingent of Voss, the Sarkhai (who are more than a little pissed about the assassination attempt on their monarchs and the death-by-Imperial-torture of their Senator. They're under the command of your ''padawan'') and a heretic army from a species not even the ''Rakata'' wanted to tangle with.]] Gondor gets their aid.

* BountyHunter: He sees little difference between sentient prey and non-sentient, though he prefers the latter. [[spoiler: He even used to be part of Braden's stable. Yes, the Bounty Hunter's Braden. Mako even makes a cameo when he calls in a favor]], commenting that if he liked hunting people as much as he liked hunting dangerous wildlife, he'd be a household name.

** But played straight in that he has no respect for hunters who aren't really strong and must rely on tricks to catch prey instead of physical skill. [[spoiler: Such as Lek Svaal in Qyzen's companion quest, who tried to hunt a monster named Dusk Shadow by luring it into a pit full of explosives. Qyzen, along with the player character, manages to kill Dusk Shadow with physical skill, which Qyzen believes is far superior.]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: In his companion quest, at first played straight and then surprisingly subverted. His main story revolves around him being invited to a scientific symposium held by the Luminatus Club, the galaxy's most influential scientific community. At the Symposium, scientists compete to invent something or make a great discovery, and the winner is basically set for life with his name being a permanent part of scientific history. Tharan chooses to make the Vandrake Generator, a machine theorized by a great physician but supposedly completely impossible in reality. If Tharan can make the machine and actually get it to work ''once'', he'd automatically win the symposium and the eternal glory and greatness. But after all the hard work he has to go through to assemble the machine, he suddenly realizes that [[spoiler: the core of the machine can also be used to upgrade Holiday so she would achieve true sentience. But the core is irreplaceable; if he uses it on Holiday, his machine would be useless. At first, it looks like he's going to go with the machine, but he reports to the player character that just as he got up to the podium, he saw Holiday, and couldn't bring himself to use the core. He's laughed out of the symposium, having sacrificed his chance at glory, to upgrade Holiday instead.]]

** It's also very evident in the way he treats Holiday. She was in possession of a Hutt who viewed her as merely a holographic toy. Tharan recognized her capabilities and risked his life against a bounty hunter in a race through an asteroid field in order to win her, then he made her his assistant, and treats her like a person. [[spoiler: He even gives up eternal scientific glory to give her sentience, despite knowing it could lead to her leaving him eventually.]]
** His loyalty to [[spoiler: Syo Bakarn]], even after his friend [[spoiler: is possessed by the First Son of the Emperor]] is nigh-unbreakable. He will spare no opportunity to encourage his friend [[spoiler: to fight the possession]] or insult his friend's captor. If you take the Light Side option at the end and have Tharan with you [[spoiler: Syo is crushingly ashamed of what he has done under possession, but Tharan is quick to point out that it was not Syo's fault and say that he and the Consular will support him no matter what]].

* OptionalSexualEncounter: With the female Consular, he will flirt and turn on the charm. [[spoiler: But it goes no further than than a one-night stand because he really is in love with Holiday, and she's the jealous type.]]

* RomanticRunnerUp: {{Downplayed}} with a female Consular. He takes a minor affection loss if you pick romantic dialogue options with Felix while he's in the party. [[spoiler: Even though Tharan is an OptionalSexualEncounter, and not a full-blown romance arc, he still seems to think of Lady Consular as "TheOneThatGotAway."]] Also, [[spoiler:the female Consular was the RomanticRunnerUp to Holiday for Tharan's affections. If the Consular turns him down when he starts flirting a few of the dialog options openly call him on it]].

* TechnicalPacifist: He typically dislikes violent solutions if they consist of cruelty. But in a few very rare cases, if you demonstrate logic or cleverness or it helps out scientists, a violent option might gain affection points instead of losing it. For example, while attacking someone in a conversation usually causes him to disapprove, Tharan's affection points will go up if you choose "You're hopeless. [[Attack]]" in a conversation with [[spoiler: Master Eriz Vossan; then, after Vossan is either dead or "shielded", choose the Dark Side choice of sharing Vossan's research about strength being the key to an unstoppable culture. Why, if you attacked first and the subject of Vossan's research is violent? Because you were logical enough to realize that Vossan couldn't be reasoned with, and Vossan's research, unethical or not, would provide the benefit of knowledge to other scientists.]]

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Holiday will resort to ElectricTorture [[spoiler: on Tharan so he stops romancing the female Consular]]. This comes just shy of being PlayedForLaughs, and there ''isn't'' a way to call her out on it. Of course, the flippant way in which Tharan mentions it up could suggest a CasualKink instead.
* {{Fangirl}}: Of Tharan. The Consular even has a chance to call her out on it. [[spoiler: Although given what you learn later in Tharan's companion quest, this might be justified: Holiday's personality is not completely upgraded. Once Tharan sacrifices his chance at the symposium to upgrade Holiday with an irreplaceable core, Holiday suddenly finds, to paraphrase, "new rooms being opened up waiting to be filled."]]

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: When a conflict comes up as to whether or not Tharan should use an irreplaceable machine core to power a revolutionary machine and win glory, or use it to upgrade Holiday herself, Holiday urges Tharan to use the core on the machine and win the symposium. Tharan almost does it, but at the very last minute changes his mind and upgrades Holiday instead.]]

-->'''Consular:''' You once dressed up as a Hutt to get an insanity discharge?
--> '''Lt. Iresso:''' (''chuckling'') Glorious mental images aside, (''normal tone'') this is kind of important.

--> '''Iresso''' (upon making a critical hit): Did you see that shot? ''Tell'' me you saw me make that shot!
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Being abandoned by the Republic after being captured, tortured, and experimented on by the same MadScientist that made [[AxCrazy Vaylin]] who she is, for five years, destroyed Felix's cheery optimism.]]
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: He went to try and find the Consular after they went missing. The Republic declared him MIA and washed their hands of him, abandoning him to the Eternal Empire. By the time he is found, he's justifiably bitter about the Republic.]]

* DistressedDude: [[spoiler: In Act 3, he makes an escape from the trap aboard the ''Javelin'' and it is possible for him (if not another one of your companions) to end up crashing behind enemy lines in Corellia.]]

* ScienceCannotComprehendPhlebotinum: Unfortunately for him, no one seems to be able to do anything for [[spoiler: that Sith holocron time bomb in his head. The Republic, the Empire, ''and'' Zakuul forces have tried and no one's succeeded in either accessing it or defusing it]].
* TookALevelInCynic: [[spoiler: As of ''Eternal Throne.'' He found out the Republic abandoned him to rot and is justifiably pissed about it. He signs on with a Consular-led Alliance, since he figures the Consular is the only real hero left.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's the sweetest, nicest, most naive and generous member of your party. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment was holding a ''Sith'' at blaster-point to protect her dad. [[spoiler: And when said dad dies later, she ''kills'' the man who tortured her daddy to death in cold blood--unless the consular appeals to her by saying that it isn't what her father would want, but even then she refuses to heal him and he dies anyway.]]

* TeacherStudentRomance: Given the events that occur before she becomes your Padawan, this relationship can be very unsettling. [[spoiler:She hero worships the Consular for saving her life, loses her father and substitutes him as her major male role model, absolutely trusts and defers to his greater experience, feels eternally indebted for granting a life where she isn't persecuted for being different, had an attraction for him at first sight...]] the list just goes on and on. However, Nadia is neither a child nor a teenager. She is old enough to be able to [[spoiler: replace her father as senator in the Rift Alliance after her father is killed]]. The male Consular seems to be aware they're moving the relationship too fast, and suggests slowing it down, [[spoiler:especially when she first [[LetsWaitAWhile propositions him]], even pointing out that he's not going to take advantage of [[SexForSolace her still grieving for her father]].]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She disappears after Chapter 1. This is because [[spoiler: If you take the Dark Side option and kill Parkanas, Lord Vivicar makes sure the backlash kills the other Masters he infected - including Yuon.]]

* SecretIdentity: He's [[spoiler: the First Son of the Emperor, although he isn't aware of it.]]

* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: He was born on Corellia and [[spoiler: takes part in the Imperial invasion of the planet.]]

--> '''Lt. Iresso:''' (chuckling) Glorious mental images aside, (normal tone) this is kind of important.

-->'''Consular:''' You once dressed up as a Hutt to get an insanity discharge?\\

[[folder:Barsen'thor]]
!!The Jedi Consular

* BadassBaritone: His voice is noticeably deeper than normal Trandoshans.

* BadassBaritone: His voice is as deep as his demeanor and combat skills are intense.

** Interestingly, the way the storyline affects their force powers is also perfect opposites of each other. WHile the Sith Inquisitor starts off as a realy strong force user, they only get stronger and stronger as they consume Sith spirits and gain their powers. Meanwhile the Barsen'thor starts off as an extremely powerful force mystic and actually gets ''weaker'' because of their use of the shielding ability.

* {{Foil}}: To the Sith Inquistor's healer companion Talos Drellik. Both tend to favor non-violent solutions and discovery of knowledge. However, while Tharan is a arrogant scientist with a love of all non-Force knowledge, Talos is an incredibly naive AbsentMindedProfessor who is fascinated with Sith history.

** His loyalty to [[spoiler: Syo Bakarn]], even after his friend [[spoiler: is possessed by the First Son of the Emperor]] is nigh-unbreakable. He will spare no opportunity to encourage his friend [[spoiler: to fight the possession]] or insult his friend's captor. If you take the Light Side option at the end and have Tharan with you [[spoiler: Syo is crushingly ashamed of what he has done under possession, but Tharan is quick to point out that it was not Syo's fault and say that he and the Counsular will support him no matter what]].

* InterspeciesRomance: Played with. She doesn't let the likelyhood that of the two, only Tharan has a species get in the way of her feelings for him.

* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: He went to try and find the Counsular after they went missing. The Republic declared him MIA and washed their hands of him, abandoning him to the Eternal Empire. By the time he is found, he's justifiably bitter about the Republic.]]

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal. Played with. [[spoiler:He's Parkanas, whom the afflicted Jedi Masters left to die years ago. However, it's revealed he's really possessed by Terrak Morrhange. If Morrhage is exercised, the healed Parkanas reveals the revenge motive was all Morrhage; he just wants to put the past behind him and live in peace on Tython.]]

* TheChick: She has one of the strongest moral centers in the group and puts a lot of stock into making sure solutions that benefit her people are reached.

* CasualDangerDialog: While not the only companion known for it, he treats life-and-death combat like exercise, and isn't even phased when you fly through a thick asteroid field during some space missions. This gem is from when you're confronted with several frigate-sized space rocks:

* KnightTemplar: A Dark Side Consular can be played like this. They're on a mission to stop the Sith and save the Republic and ''[[TheUnfettered nothing]]'' will stop them from accomplishing that goal. And their preferred method of dealing with dark siders and other ne'er do wells is to [[PayEvilUntoEvil stick their lightsaber through their chests.]]

* WorldsStrongestMan: Among the Jedi Order, the Barsen'thor is implied to the strongest active Jedi in terms of strength in the Force. The Consular's power is so vast that even after losing a hefty portion of their force connection via the shielding ritual, they can still defeat a powerful Sith Lord and then choose to shield them as well. This same shielding ability had prior been stated to have led to the death of all the Jedi who've ever used it. All except the Consular because they're just that strong.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[spoiler:The "shielding technique" that the Consular learns as part of Act 1's storyline is implied to weaken him/her every time they use it. The player can use it every time they're given the option, and it will still have absolutely no effect on gameplay.]]

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[spoiler:The "shielding technique" that the Consular learns as part of Act 1's storyline is implied to weaken him/her permanently every time they use it. The player can use it every time they're given the option, and it will still have absolutely no effect on gameplay.]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: The Shadow specialization has a lot of the same stealth and assassination-based abilities as the Sith Inquisitor's Assassin specialization, but the Consular is still fighting for a good cause. (Doubly so if Light Side.)

* {{Invisibility}}: Shadows learn how to do this.

* {{Ambadassador}}: Being a diplomat isn't quite the Consular's full time job, but they do it enough to qualify.
* AnAdventurerIsYou
** [[MagicKnight Shadow]]
*** Kinetic Combat: [[StoneWall Mitigation tank]]
*** Infiltration: Backstab/Burst-heavy melee DPS
*** Balance: [=DoT=]-heavy melee/mid-range DPS
** [[SquishyWizard Sage]]
*** Seer: CombatMedic
*** Telekinetics: Nuker/Burst-heavy ranged DPS
*** Balance: [=DoT=]-heavy ranged DPS

* CombatMedic: Healing Sages are far from defenseless.

* DishingOutDirt: Some of the Consular's telekinetic abilities manifest by launching pieces of the ground at foes.
* DoubleWeapon: The Shadow advanced class uses a double-bladed lightsaber.
* DrawAggro: The Mind Control and Mass Mind Control abilities attempt to make enemies target the character.

** There is also a bit of later years Legends Leia Organa as a powerful force user who also acts as a diplomat. A lot of the sage outfits even look like something she would wear.
* FlashStep: The ability Shadow Stride instantly teleports you to your target. The Sage can throw a teleport bubble on the ground and teleport back to it.

* HealingHands: Sages get healing abilities and can specialize in them. Shadows can still heal people [[GameplayAndStorySegregation in cutscenes]].
* HerdHittingAttack: Whirling Blow hits up to eight targets in an area around the Consular.

* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: The Consular gets a lot of these, especially as a Sage.

* LightIsNotGood: Dark Side Consulars use the same powers and techniques as their Light Side counterparts, but the Dark Side has sway over them instead.

* MindOverMatter: The Jedi Sage uses the Force to fight opponants rather than their lightsaber more than any other Force-user class, except the Sith Sorcerer (who uses lightning instead of dirt). A common occurrence in cutscenes is for an enemy to try to attack only for the Consular to send them flying before pulling out their lightsaber.
* NotAfraidToDie: A Light Side Consular often comes across as this.
-->'''Consular''': If it's my fate to become one with the Force, then ''so be it''.
* TheParalyzer: The Consular (Shadows especially) has skills which can briefly stun or slow down an opponent.

* ShadowArchetype: To the Sith Inquisitor, both gameplay mechanics and story-wise.

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Shadows in the Infiltratrion Discipline get Low Slash, which induces a 4-second incapacitating effect.

* FiveManBand
** TheLeader: The Consular
** TheLancer: Lt Iresso
** TheBigGuy: Qyzen Fess
** TheSmartGuy: Tharan Cedrax
** TheChick: Nadia Grell
** TheSixthRanger: Zenith

A Flesh Raider (offshoot race from the ancient Rakatans) that both the Hero of Tython and Barsen'thor can encounter on Tython. Not just that, he's also Force Sensitive, being the first Rakatan to regain the use of the Force since the species as a whole were deafened to the BackgroundMagicField. Kidnaps a Twi'Lek boy to serve as a translator.