[text] username: justanadventurer

[aetherweaver]

[He debates for a while if he wants to post this anonymously or not. He very nearly does, for fear of making people worried.]

[But he's trying to be better about his mental health, and if he can put his face to this then others can feel more comfortable talking about their problems, too.]

I was just wondering...

A lot of us are 'heroes' in our home worlds, or maybe 'chosen ones' or... basically we're expected to save the world or do something amazing.

How do you change from that to going to an everyday life? I've been trying to for months, but I can't shake the habit if expecting to solve every problem by myself - or nearly by myself, at least. ... It's nice to be regarded as a 'normal' person, but it's difficult to stop trying to be a 'hero'.

It's getting to be a problem, not knowing how to not take on too much. Does anyone have any tips?

[Now to hope Gaia misses this post...]

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text; un: darth imperius

[drawsghosts]

For me, I try to remember what life was like before I came to Korriban and went on my path to Sith Lordhood. When that gets depressing, I recall those small moments in between my adventures.

[aetherweaver]

I've tried to do that a little, but there's not a ton of need to hunt (which I was never good at)... there's also a lot of research types here already and I don't have the right equipment here anyway.

[drawsghosts]

One more researcher can't hurt, should you ever get your equipment. Lately, I try to fill that void from adventuring with reading, meditation and doing chores.

[aetherweaver]

I've been trying to do chores and do everyday things, but I keep getting the urge to go on adventures. I get antsy...

[drawsghosts]

Give it a week or two and I'm sure something bad will happen and we'll all have to jump in to fix it.

[aetherweaver]

Yeah, though a lot of things here are just 'Trench is weird, give it until next month' which is frustrating.

[drawsghosts]

That's why I do lightsaber exercises at least once a day. Can't afford to get rusty just because nothing shows up for a while.

[aetherweaver]

I train every day as well, though I switch up which style I'm using. It's just be nice to be able to take a break, you know?

[drawsghosts]

That it is. Back in my universe, the time in between adventures was usually spent either on my ship or in the cantinas.

[aetherweaver]

My time between the 'saving the world' sort of adventures were generally spent with mercenary work. Or it was when I was more anonymous in my world, at least.

[drawsghosts]

I've done the occasional odd job as well. Usually it involved Imperials asking me for help because as a Sith, they figure I can do the task with competence, especially if it's dangerous.

Endwalker spoilers

[aetherweaver]

The Imperials I know... we've only recently made a tentative peace with them. Most of them who know of me don't really like me since I'm one of the more visible reasons some of their recent conquests didn't go well.

But taking jobs around the city where I'm registered with the Adventurer's Guild can be worth a decent amounth. And we don't have things like photographs or movies, so it's not like everyone knows my face.

[drawsghosts]

There's a whole guide for adventurers in your universe?

[aetherweaver]

Oh, yes. Especially after the last Calamity... there are plenty of monsters that caravans need defending from, there are things to be delivered, there are people who want protection... they do all those things and more. And you register so that they can make sure you're paid fairly and that if something happens to you someone can go and find you.

[drawsghosts]

Interesting. My galaxy could stand to adopt such a thing. There's the Bounty Brokers' Association, but that's mainly for those who want to do bounty hunting. Going after criminals and whatnot.

[aetherweaver]

Oh, we did some of that too... usually off the books. The local law enforcement generally doesn't like people taking over their jobs, but sometimes they turn to adventurers for that, too.

I've definitely done my share of running after criminals, too.

It's a good organization, even if I'm a bit too well-known to take most jobs.

[drawsghosts]

Bounty hunting is considered a legitimate profession within my Empire, even if some folk like to claim to hate bounty hunters. While Mandalorians tend to corner the market there's nothing stopping anyone with a blaster or lightsaber from working with the Brokers and getting bounty contracts.

[aetherweaver]

We've got some people who specialize in that too.

Who are Mandalorians? And what's a lightsaber? I assume a 'blaster' is a type of blasting weapon?

[drawsghosts]

The Mandalorians are a culture of warriors. Some say they're the best warriors in the galaxy. They often become professional bounty hunters.

A lightsaber is like a sword, only the blade is made of focused energy. A blaster is a gun that shoots bolts of hard light.

[aetherweaver]

I see. I know of a few warrior cultures, but not ones that are primarily bounty hunters.

... Okay the focused energy I understand, but what do you mean by hard light? Like projectiles of elemental light?

[drawsghosts]

Hard light is light that's concentrated to the point of becoming physical. So it can hurt you.

[aetherweaver]

Oh, I see. I think. I at least understand the concept. You can direct aether like that.

All of these worlds have wildly different technologies... it's so strange. But exciting!