When Kreia discovers Atton’s past, she uses it to blackmail him into sticking around to help us out, but gradually Atton develops a genuine respect for me and chooses to follow me of his own volition. He reveals he used to hunt Jedi, handing them over to Darth Revan to turn into Sith. Atton – to whom she refers as “the fool” – lowers the tone by cracking wise and being generally sarcastic, much to Kreia’s vexation.īefore too long, however, I discover Atton’s irreverent style and predilection for pazaak are part of the defence he’s built against the mental infiltrations of Force users. She treats me with reverence but constantly attempts to teach me her nuanced moral code, nitpicking everything I do. Through the first few quests, Atton and his keen sense of humour serve as the perfect counterweight to the aforementioned weird old woman, Kreia, a crone with whom I somehow have a lethally strong Force bond. My fanaticism was so intense that I never even completed the game, out of some abstract belief that leaving it unfinished means it’s still alive and that there was still more Atton out there for me to experience.Ītton lowers the tone by cracking wise and being generally sarcastic Just look at the body pillow industry (but then please leave them to it).

Games make you feel things people are moved by fiction. Did you know he was in School of Rock? What a great film. My younger brother remembers my NPC crush so well, he bought me a custom Atton Rand coaster last Christmas (pictured above).

I wrote a sporadic email bulletin to my long-suffering cousin detailing all the trivia I’d dug up about Atton’s voice actor Nicky Katt. I carried around a flash drive with my KotOR II save file on it. I adored the game, but what really captured my attention – and inspired several feverish Livejournal posts – was a certain NPC by the name of Atton Rand. See, I was 12 years old when I played KotOR II, and I had absolutely zero chill.

The first KotOR kindled my love for dialogue-heavy RPGs, but it was the sequel that force choked my heart. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords is probably my favourite game of all time.

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