#dathomiri witch

[isagrimorie]

Sabine and Shin's Distrust of Nightsister Witches | Star Wars Rebels 3x11 | Star Wars Ahsoka 1x01 | Ahsoka 1x06

[dathomirdumpsterfire]

For all its size and strength, the Vursonk is a subtle creature. From its horned crest, to sweeping tentacles and a many-fanged mouth, they seem at first glance to be just another predator from a planet full of them. The Vursonk, however, is a scavenger. It uses its myriad eyes to watch for opportunity and danger alike, taking what is left behind by other beasts and making the best of things.

For a Nightbrother to be marked with the tattoos of a Vursonk, their spirit must be one that is first and foremost resilient, but also subtle, cunning, and very observant.

[greyeisacreativecolor]

My sw5e party just got some design updates, ranging from a new familiar color, to jaig eyes and new head shapes, to a complete weapon and armor overhaul

[fromdathomirwithlove]

How strong are the Nightbrother's physically before and after their infusion with ichor?

Your ask implies what happened to Savage Opress in the aftermath of his Selection was a common practice but I don't think that's the case.

TW: Oppression (Nightsisters), violent death (Feral's)

Ventress and Talzin had a very specific agenda to get revenge against Dooku, and they needed a tool that would be powerful enough in the Force to be considered an acceptable offering by Sith/Dark Acolyte standards, but loyal to them, hence Savage's conditioning (which is why Feral's murder was the final test of Savage's devotion, because if he'd been in his full faculties, he wouldn't have snapped the neck of his beloved brother. Think about that for a second: Feral wasn't choked to death. His spine was broken one-handed. That's not an effortless death.)

I suspect that the Nightsisters aren't so generous unless it serves their ends specifically, because not only was Savage's size, strength, and speed bolstered, but he was also given an ichor-infused weapon (a pike made by some variety of conjuration), and presumably his armour was also enchanted (because it evanesced at the time of his death along with the changes made to his body.)

For the before and after aspect of your ask, things are going to get a bit more speculative from here out because of the details introduced by Ahsoka about the Witch Kingdom of the Dathomiri, and specifically what physiological differences exist between Dathomirian and Iridonian zabrak, and their consistencies.

To date I've assumed that there are similarities between the two species, as both Dathomirian and Iridonian zabrak are warrior cultures familiar to the often brutal conditions of their homeworlds, but Dathomirian zabrak also have the misfortune of suffering the harsh conditions of living beneath their oppressors. I think Nightbrothers were largely self-sustaining and share similar values with ancient warrior-centric civilizations (Sparta comes to mind, as two-second answers go, but this is a tangent) which might've influenced how they trained and fought and lived as a brotherhood.

Apart from the standard: faster, harder, more acrobatic, more resilient, more resistant to pain than humans, how much of that comes from biology and evolution and how much is a product of their aptitude to survive against all odds is up to you to hash out with the new information we're getting.

The tl;dr is that I think Nightbrothers were a hard people whose values allowed them to survive some pretty shitty conditions, but their circumstances didn't allow them to thrive, and there isn't a Nightsister out there who, with an instinct for maintaining the status quo, would give their power to the people they've enslaved.

I do think about what might happen if the Nightbrothers gained control over the ichor, though, specifically with the intention to do exactly what you're proposing, and more. I think about what it might be like if they could wield it. I think about insurgence and uprising, and overthrowing their oppressors. I think about how it might've allowed them to change the game, to take back their power.

I think about that a lot, actually.

[ultimateanna]

Star Wars - Dathomir Witch

[veshialles]

CLAUDIA BLACK????? IN MY STAR WARS??? HIIIIII???????

[dapurinthos]

[image description: a quartet of images from star wars: the clone wars and ahsoka.

1) gif of star wars: the clone wars season 3, episode 15: overlords. ahsoka points something out in the distance to obi-wan and anakin, saying 'hey, i saw something! a reflection, up on the hill.' they are on mortis, and she is referring to a beacon located atop the monastery of mortis, where the father resides.

2) screenshot from the ahsoka series of episode 8: the jedi, the witch, and the warlord, showing a statue of the father from the mortis arc, located on peridea.

3) screenshot from the same episode. baylan skoll looks out over a mountain vista, a beacon atop one peak.

4) the same screenshot, contrast increased, zoomed in on the peak with the beacon.

/end description]

dave filoni, i am staring at you so hard right now. i am rotating this in my mind along with obi-wan's line of 'i can't even lock down where in the galaxy we are, or if we are even in our own galaxy.'

[hellonoblesky]

I truly will never get over the Acolyte being cancelled. For one beautiful beautiful show I was free. No Skywalker drama. Cortosis in live action. Female leads. Morally grey Jedi. A plot that made me care about the Jedi for the first time in the past 4 years. Lesbian witches. Non-dathomiri zabrak. For one season I was free. For one beautiful season I got to experience something NEW in Star Wars and it got fucking cancelled because everyone somehow forgot that Star Wars as a franchise is mid as hell, and once the nostalgia of previously loved characters (Ashoka, for example, who’s show SUCKED STRAIGHT ASS) is removed they can’t stand the same writing they praise

[communistkenobi]

Wrt your posting about the jedi taking on children, I disagree thst the argument about force sensitive people 'need' to be trained for everyone else's safety. It's like Dragon Age mages or BNHA quirks, it's not special if someone can fireball me if they're having a bad day, some random person can already beat or strangle me with just their own two hands in the real world, no fireball necessary.

I mean idk I feel like Star Wars does a fairly decent job of establishing how dangerous force sensitivity can be - it’s not just extra strength or throwing things, but also mind control, healing (which i know is rare tbf), communicating with animals, etc. It also establishes how scary it can be to have those sorts of powers without knowing how to deal with them. I think Rebels does a good job of exploring this kind of thing with Kanan and Ezra.

However I also agree with you that it doesn’t “need” to be a problem, like force users are not inherently doomed to darkness/violence unless trained eternally across all space and time. But I think force sensitivity introduces a wholly organic way to accrue power (both physically in the sense that you’re more powerful and socially in that you have a type of organic ‘capital’ that can be used to gain social and political power in society, either because people adore you and want to follow you, and/or because they fear you), and having that type of power isn’t dependent on class position or family history*, it’s essentially random chance if someone is force sensitive or not. Which creates a threat to the types of societies depicted in Star Wars where there are durable ruling classes who want to maintain power.

And I think the Jedi Order offers a solution to this problem by capturing that type of ‘organic capital’ for lack of a better term; you monopolise an institution responsible for moulding force sensitive people into a particular type of subject - one that is not a threat to the prevailing societal order - and in exchange for being forced to be a Jedi you get massive amounts of privilege via access to knowledge, social status, material needs, and so on. While this creates civil unrest and distrust of the Jedi from a lot of laypeople, it’s a pretty sweet deal in the eyes of the Republic if it means not having to deal with rival force sensitive groups using their power to make political demands, especially through violence.

I think looking at it this way explains why the Jedi don’t really accept or allow any other type of force user, especially as they become more enmeshed with the Republic (the coven in the acolyte is a good example, the dathomiri witches, etc), and why a lot of force users who are not Jedi are labelled Sith, either because they adopt that label themselves or because they’re labelled that by the Jedi. And I’m not saying “the sith are just misunderstood victims” or whatever, but that in a scenario where you have a very powerful monastic order that controls how the rest of society understands and interacts with force sensitivity, force users who fall outside of that are going to be treated as a criminal class who are a threat to the republic (because they are - Maul is treated this way, Dooku and Anakin quite literally topple the Republic, etc). So like in the settings Star Wars tends to play in, force sensitivity is narratively understood as a source of incredible potential power, and capturing that power via an institution like the Order makes sure that power potential is not disruptive to prevailing society and power interests. Which is why I think the Jedi do have a fairly good rationale for taking kids and training them, even if that rationale is tied to the maintenance of the status quo - the Order’s power depends upon the maintenance of their own monopoly

*KIND OF. obviously some of the canon loves doing blood lineages with palpatine and shit, the midichlorian thing, etc. which sucks so bad. But general canon consensus as far as I know appears to be that anyone can potentially be force sensitive

[aberrantcreature]

Loth Nyanakin Skywalker 🐾

Idk if I’ll ever finish this but I just thought about some crack AU where Anakin was cursed into a Loth Cat by a Dathomiri Witch and Obi-Wan has to deal with him 🤣

[darkladylumiya]

My thoughts on Tales of the Empire

I'll start with my overall thoughts - the animation is really good, though at this point the contrast between more standard Clone Wars-style models and the more realistic ones who look like they could be from a video game is a bit jarring (though this could easily be a just me thing, I've not seen anyone else talk about this), the Barriss arc was way better than the Morgan Elsbeth one, which I doubt was a surprise to anyone, though I still have some issues with both. My big thing is that, compared to Tales of the Jedi, where we get little excerpts and character moments to fill out the characters and their progression through time, here Tales of the Empire is more or less our only source for info on these characters at this point in time. We know what happens with Dooku and Ahsoka in between their episodes - we have no clue what happened to Morgan to get her from Dathomir to running a planet for example, or how Barriss went from inquisitor to hermit healer (though this example is much less extreme).

Anyway, into the arcs proper. Get excited everyone, other force witch clans are back! Like the... checks notes Mountain clan. Not Singing Mountain. Just... Mountain. Cool, thanks Filoni. A decade later you finally make other Dathomiri clans canon, but you just shave a word off a name and now it's totally your own original idea, right? And don't worry, we'll have more totally original ideas from Filoni later, but first. Okay, the first episode is kinda like... a nothing episode. We end the episode with Morgan in the same position as she was halfway through, with a strange plot where Morgan immediately tries to seduce people to the Dark Side because... I don't know, she can? And again, we have no clue how she made it off planet. Dathomir doesn't exactly get a lot of space traffic, and apparently there are droid gunships still scouring the planet looking to kill literally any Nightsister left. Surely the first episode should have dealt with her getting off-planet? And not her sowing some dissent in a clan we've never met before and never see again? Some dissent which immediately ends and goes nowhere because most of them are now dead.

Anyway, next episode, she's in charge of a planet now because she has to be for The Mandalorian to still work - surely her getting to be in charge of a planet should have been an episode? Have the first one be her family getting killed and then her getting off-planet with some scavengers or pirates or whatever, the second episode is her rise to power over this planet and then the last is her meeting Thrawn? But sure, whatever, she's in charge already, cool. She's the designer of the TIE Defender, because they love beating my boy down. I'm not even going to ask how a Nightsister who has probably never even seen a starship before her clan got murdered figured out in the however many years it's been now knows how to design one of the best starfighters out there. Let's actually address that though - how many years has it been? The Battle of Dathomir was 20 BBY. The episode starts with a shot of Coruscant, where we see six Venators before finally an Imperial-class Star Destroyer appears. This implies to me that this has to be early on in the Empire, right? The first five years or so maybe? But then in Rebels season four there's an episode where they steal a TIE Defender prototype. So it took the Empire, or I guess Thrawn more specifically, at least seven years to go from design to a single test model? That's just strange to me, but who knows, it's been forever since I've seen that Rebels episode so maybe I'm just misremembering how they talked about it there. Anyway, the thing that truly got me was Pellaeon and Rukh. Fucking Rukh. But yeah, why was Eli Vanto not here but Pellaeon was? New canon more or less replaced Pellaeon's role with Vanto, so why is he not here now but Pellaeon is? My guess - because Filoni wanted to cover all the Thrawn bases. He read a brief summary of people and things associated with Thrawn in Legends and he put them all in one episode. We have Pellaeon, we have TIE Defenders, we have fUCKINg Rukh. I genuinely do not know why the FUCK Rukh is here.

Okay, let me explain. In the original Thrawn trilogy from the 90s, Rukh is Thrawn's personal bodyguard. Rukh is a Noghri, a species who regard Darth Vader as the savior of their people because their planet got nuked during the Clone Wars (it was an accident) and Vader came in and promised to help rebuild the planet, which he did. Very slowly, so the Noghri would always be indebted to him, because as it turns out they're very good assassins and commandos. But the important thing to note is that they're sworn to Vader, and serve him. Now in the books they work for Thrawn because they're more broadly sworn to the Empire, and after Vader is dead they end up working for Thrawn once he's in charge of the Empire. But Filoni doesn't care, the Noghri are associated with Thrawn and so here Rukh is as his bodyguard testing whether Morgan can fight. As soon as she got attacked, I immediately guessed it was going to be a Noghri, but once I saw the face of her attacker I was much less sure, because the head is completely wrong for a Noghri by the way, their head looks nothing like that. But anyway I lost it when Pellaeon said Rukh's name, because I knew I was fucking right. We're just pulling out all the sick Thrawn trilogy references, but not actually using these characters in any meaningful way - Rukh is here so his character page on Wookieepedia can have a canon tab now and so Filoni can show off his cred of pretending to have read a single book in his life. Oh yes, there is another thing Rukh is famous for by the way. KILLING THRAWN. I'm sure Filoni just forgot that little detail. Or who knows, maybe he'll just recreate it word for word at some point because he cannot do anything but steal from other people's work but do it in a worse and more amateurish way. I was so upset with Rukh being here with no explanation or justification I really did not care about anything else that happened in the rest of the arc. Thrawn shows up and recruits Elsbeth and then the third episode is just her killing a diplomat and burning a forest for no reason, yeah sure whatever who cares. I simply wish at some point there would be a notable character from Legends who is just... left there, and doesn't get dragged by cowboy hat man into whatever nostalgia bait ploy or attempt to pretend he has ever read a book, because the nostalgia bait doesn't work anymore. It just doesn't - it simply pisses me off. You're reminding me of better stories while I watch your lame shows, Filoni. Is that really what you want?

Ugh. Anyway, Barriss. I have a lot less to say because it's actually pretty good. I think it's way too short and she deserved way more screentime, or at the least not having to share an equal amount with Morgan Elsbeth (who I honestly forgot was even in the Mandalorian, I genuinely thought she was made up for the Ahsoka tv show for a while she's so forgettable). Anyway, the fundamental flaw is still that Barriss's massive heel-turn change of heart came out of nowhere and makes little sense with her character as established, so while this does a decent job at building upon that, it doesn't change that her arc in The Clone Wars makes no sense and was obviously chosen so that Ahsoka could be emotionally devastated by her best friend betraying her. A different complaint I then have is like... when did Barriss, woman who killed over a dozen people in a terrorist bombing, at least one of whom was someone she knew and liked, Barriss who murdered a woman in cold blood and purposefully framed her best friend so she could get away with this bombing, Barriss who convinces a wife to make her husband into a living bomb, Barriss who kills three clones with her friend's lightsabers to set her up even further and leads her purposefully where she has stashed more of the same bomb material, and indeed Barriss who kills someone who seemed to be her friend with the same technique she used to kill the woman who was about to rat her out - you want me to believe she suddenly has an issue with killing a village full of people? I'm sorry, but you have to actually explain how she sees this as different. Because you don't actually address at any point how she might feel about her terrorism now, or even what exactly her moral compass is. Killing innocents is good when she does it bad bad when it doesn't make the political statement she wants to make? I just don't get it. Anyway, final episode is the best of the series because it does the most to actually have a moral and message and actually does something pretty interesting? Whether she dies or not (I doubt she does personally), it's still an interesting setup for something else, either another season of this or a comic or book or whatever, to come back to and follow what the hell Lyn (and probably Barriss too) does now. I'm also glad Filoni finally remembered Barriss's specialty was healing actually, and not terrorism, even though we don't actually get to see her do any healing, with the Force or otherwise. Oh also, why does she look so old? It's like she aged 50 years over the course of 10? Like Lyn looks exactly the same but Barriss looks like she's 80. Idk, that was weird. Anyway I've rambled long enough, Filoni is still a hack who's never read a book in his life, but the Barriss stuff here was pretty good, at least somewhat enjoyable throughout. If you watch anything, watch that - all the Morgan Elsbeth stuff is terribly forgettable or outright frustrating.

5/6 edit: I’ve fixed Eli’s name (sorry Eli) and while it’s been pointed out to me that Rukh is in Rebels, a fact I was unaware of, I’m going to maintain the rant as it stands with this disclaimer here at the end - Rukh was in Rebels and was not originally added in this show. However, I still think his design sucks.

[topwan-obikin]

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Tethered and Bound by Anonymous

Anakin and Obi-wan can never catch a break, and this mission is no different. Unfortunately this time their misfortune comes in the form of three Dathomiri witch sisters, a seemingly unbreakable spell with a potentially fatal outcome, a very short time frame, and an extremely oblivious Jedi Master.

After School Special by Anonymous

Anakin Skywalker learned how to lie before he knew how to tie his shoelaces. He wouldn’t be able to lead a successful double life if he couldn’t. At the age of twenty-two, he is the most popular stripper at the Starfall Club, the most skillful informant of the Naberrie family, and – the best liar in the world. There's only one lie he can't pull off - pretending he feels indifferent toward his drop-dead gorgeous professor.

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Anakin's knighting ceremony is canceled. Somehow, Qui-Gon Jinn has joined the land of the living again, and the Council is too busy figuring out what to do. Washing their hands off the matter, the Council decides to make Qui-Gon Anakin's and Obi-Wan's problem. For Anakin, this is a dream come true (minus the mishap with his knighting). He has always wanted Qui-Gon as his Master. Unlike Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon would understand him. This is his chance to experience what having Qui-Gon as sort-of-Master would be like. The answer is as surprising as it's disappointing. It sucks a lot. Rather than understanding, Qui-Gon misunderstands everything. Half the (disparaging) stuff Qui-Gon says about Obi-Wan flies over his head, too, but Anakin's convinced Qui-Gon's trying to drive a wedge between Obi-Wan and him. So, on second thought, Anakin prefers to remain Obi-Wan's Padawan. Really, there's no need to reschedule his knighting ceremony.

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[infinitepunches]

so is it the yuuzhan vong galaxy you think??

Who wiped out the Witch Kingdom of the Dathomiri? It's not easy to take on an army of Force users.

Why is Thrawn so anxious to "escape this galaxy"? Thrawn doesn't scare easy.

It's either the Vong or the Grysk.

[ultimateanna]

Star Wars - Dathomir Witch

[terrific-fish]

Everyone: The Acolyte is ruining Star Wars!! Lesbians are bad!!!!!! The Lore is Broken!!!!

Me: I just think it would be really cool if Mother Koril is trans and from Dathomir. Dathomiri Zabrak males have red-orange complexion and horns, while females have no horns and pale complexion. What if Koril got HRT which paled her out and also fell in love and started a cool cult with Aniseya. The Witch Continuity would be so good y'all PLEASE.

(i searched my feelings ok i know it to be true)

[yoitsjay]

The Witch, The Fool, The Duo

(Ch.1)

Pairings: Hunter X fem! Reader

Summary: You were a dathomir witch, suriving the nightsister purge along with Merrin, however you left instead of staying amongst the corpses of your family. Your journey brought you to Cids, and you decided to work for her as long as she kept your powers a secret. Years later, you meet someone you might not have to hide from.

Warnings: Canon violence, past trauma, eradication, flashback, blood /gore

Word count: 3,717

Blaster bolts and the sounds of ligd that she was struck down… your family, the only people you've ever known were being slaughtered in front of you… You looked around, noticing something shifting in the bushes, you slowly moved forward, only to see a young child. “Merrin?” You questioned, looking around before kneeling by her side. “Shh shh, it's okay i'll get us out of here” You whispered, picking the young girl up in your arms after sheathing your weapons. You called on your magic, the life that surrounded Dathomir, and purple mist surrounded you before you and merrin teleported out of that area, bouncing around from one point to the other before you found a small entrance to a cave you knew well, it was a place you would go to train, to hone your magic.

You helped Merrin through first, hearing the sounds of shouting and droids approaching you, so you quickly slid in the gap after Merrin. You rested your hand on her shoulder, trying to comfort her before pushing her forward, deeper into the cave which connected to several tunnels under the Nightsister temple and the Brothers village, however you brought Merrin to what looked like a living space, with crates and a cot to sleep in, as well as some stashed rations. You helped Merrin onto the cot, brushing some hair from her face. “We stay here until they leave, I'll go out to hunt when we run out of rations… We will survive Mer, I promise…”

Your eyes shot open as you gripped the sheets underneath you, frantically looking around as you tried to gather your surroundings, nightmares still plagued you from that day, the day your entire clan was slaughtered by General Grievous and his droids. when you realized where you were, you relaxed, releasing the fabric that was balled up in your hands before you sat up.

A soft sigh left your lips as you rubbed your face, standing up shortly after to head to the fresher where you splashed water on your face once reaching the sink. You stared up at your reflection through the mirror, visible eyebags rested under your eyes, though with a quick dose of magic to give you a boost, those bags were gone and instead replaced with a light purple shimmer that eventually disappeared too. You had this routine where every morning you would take whatever makeup you had, and you'd cover the Dathomiri markings that covered your face, you wish you didn't have to cover them as you thought they were beautiful, but the time of the witches was over, and your magic alone could cost you your life, and give a bounty hunter some decent credits, almost matching the price of a Jedi’s lightsaber.

You heard some chatter outside of your room so you quickly finished your bathroom routine before getting dressed, strapping on your armor and then securing your blaster holster to your thigh, sliding the blaster into the holster after that, you then grabbed your twin scimitars and you clipped them to their designated place on your back, grabbing your black and red poncho, finalizing your look.

You walked out of your room, the immediate smell of alcohol filling your nose. When you stepped out into the main room of Cid’s parlor, you noticed the two regulars already playing Dejarik, and Cid was cleaning glasses at the bar. You walked over to her with a light smile, and she gave you a look of sympathy in return. “Still having those nightmares huh?” She asked, and you gave her a sheepish look, your gasps and sometimes your screams were enough to wake Cid most times, though you made up for it by helping clean or make drinks at the bar. “They’re getting worse… I think… i think it's time to confront where they came from” You answered, taking a seat at the bar.

Cid let out a hum, glancing at the door before looking back at you. “Well as much as i'd love to help, you don't have a ship or the credits to get one, so you're kind of stuck here until you can get 'em.” She said, and you nodded, leaning back in the stool you were seated on. “I know… maybe I can hire a shuttle or something… I'll think of something Cid, I always do.” You started, standing up to walk behind the bar, pouring yourself a glass of water, only a small one because you had some jobs to do this afternoon.

Cid always sent you out around this time, you never knew why but at the same time you never questioned it, however this was a day where you really didn’t feel like rushing… and maybe it was the best decision you've ever made… A group of soldiers suddenly walked into the Parlor, and you caught one of their eyes, however Cid noticed that your hand went to your blaster, and she quickly placed her hand on your arm. “No, they're good… this is why I don't have you around clients.” She hissed, and you huffed before relaxing your arm by your side, helping to clean some glasses as you glanced back up at the soldiers.

Cid was right though, the first time she had a group of clients here and you walked in on their meeting, they had raised their guns and that sent you into fight mode, and you had basically slaughtered all of them… at least sid got to keep the coin and the item that the clients were after, but after that you were banned from the parlor when Cid had appointments… until now obviously when you picked up your act. However these soldiers made you curious, you'd never seen them before, but all the same you felt… drawn to them…

‘They must have a ship’ a voice whispered in your mind, and you gripped the counter in front of you… these people could be your ticket off this dump of a planet, and back to Dathomir where you needed to face your nightmares… before thhtsabers hitting against each other, the screams of your sisters as they were shot or got cut down by the battle droids and grievous, your mother was skilled and you trusted her, ventress not so much but she was your sister regardless of the weapons she held. You were up in the trees, shooting down drones with your energy bow, however you didn't have the senses of a jedi or sith, a battle droid had snuck behind your position and shot you down from the tree. You grunted as you hit the ground, however you quickly readied yourself, switching your bow for your dual scimitars instead, their beautiful steel reflecting under the moon's light, and the green magic leading to mother Talsin. You cut down the Droid quickly, hearing more screams of your sisters falling in battle.

Your grip tightened on your weapons, and you heard Mother Talsin’s voice in your mind. “My child, be not afraid, You will survive, trust yo- '' Her voice cut off and the connection ended in your mind, and you quickly realizeey killed you.

You walked over to the door of Cid’s office, tuning your ears to hear what they were saying, you got some pieces of information, but when you heard footsteps coming closer to the door you quickly used your magic and teleported back to the bar, luckily without the regulars noticing as they were too busy with their game, and nobody else was in the bar. You cursed under your breath, you needed to be more careful..

You went to scrub glasses just as Cid and the soldiers exited the office, and Cid caught your attention by calling your name. “Hey, this is the Bad batch, they’ve been somewhat good mercs for me, and i put in a good word for you so, they’re willing to take you to where you need to go…if you aid them on a mission.” Cid explained, and you sucked your bottom lip between your teeth as you thought for a moment before nodding, walking out from behind the bar as you approached who seemed to be the leader, with the way he stood in front of his group.

You could tell they were untrusting of you, which you totally understood, however you extended your hand to the leader, and you introduced yourself. The man took your hand, firmly shaking it as he began introducing himself and his squad. “I'm Hunter, this is Wrecker, Tech, Echo and Omega.” He listed, and pointed to each of his men before pointing to Omega, who was just a young kid. Your eyes went wide, and you looked at Cid. “You contracted a child?” You asked, and Cid sighed “She volunteered.” Cid answered, you sighed but nodded, your gaze turning to Phee who was leaning against the wall, you knew phee, she was one of the people who stopped by occasionally that you actually got along with, and knowing she was leading this mission you felt a bit better about having a kid around such danger.

“Right, well after this mission success i will tell you where i need to go.” You explained, and Hunter seemed to be satisfied with that, gesturing for you to follow, and you did, walking behind the group.

This mission, though more meaningful for this group than you, was certainly echillerating. You had been tasked to grab one of Count Dooku’s war chests. When you had first heard that name, your memories from that dreaded day all resurfaced, hearing the name Dooku from mother Talsin’s lios before the massacre, and again from the lips of General grievous… it definitely had an effect on you, and Hunter seemed to pick up the way your heart started beating faster, your breaths quickening as well… He then noticed you turned your head to the side, as if someone was whispering in your ear. He saw your eyes shimmer purple before you closed them, and then your body relaxed.

After that briefing you went to stand by Omega, who offered you a smile before leaving to her room, you let your eyes flutter closed, tuning everything out of your mind except for the whispers that just never went away…

Soon you landed on the planet, walking off the ship last, looking around you noticed how dense the jungle seemed to be, and it fascinated you. You had never been to a jungle before, you could hear all kinds of life from the trees, birds… bugs, other animals… you could feel their life force… The whispers demanded you take it to feed your own life, but you ignored them and turned back to the group in front of you as they discussed where they would be headed next. Then they started walking away, however you and Omega waited just for a moment, you looked down at her, offering a smile before hearing Hunter speak up. “Are you coming?” he asked the both of you, and you nodded but stayed quiet, advancing forward… and Omega was not far behind you.

As you walked with the group, you rounded the hill which revealed a decimated city, burned and bombed to ashes, no life left behind to start again. A twinge of guilt swelled in your chest and you quickly looked away. The group then made its way to where the shipping crates were, and where dooku’s war chest would be, you pulled out your binoculars, studying the area as Tech explained that they were moving the war chest off world, and your window of opportunity was quickly closing.

You turned to Hunter just as he started speaking. “Get to the nearest container and grab what you can, Y/n and i will be the eyes on the ground, if things go sideways we can divert their forces.” He explained, and you nodded to him, raising your hood above your head before you and Hunter scaled down the hillside. Once Echo and the others were in position, you and Hunter were as well, scanning the area for threats in which you found many.

“we've got roaming patrols, stay alert.” Hunter spoke into the coms, ducking behind a tree, you copied his movements and hid behind a tree across from him, nodding to him as if to say you were ready for whatever he needed. “Let's see if cid's words about you are true.” He stated, signaling for you to run with him when the patrols passed and the defender ships lifted off. You nodded, and on his signal you ran with him, sliding to a stop beside him as you looked around, crouching and sneaking underneath a ship you were hiding against, Hunter quickly placed what seemed to be an explosive, and you grinned. This would be fun..

After the charge was set, you and Hunter found a good place to hide while the others did their thing, in the meantime, he turned to look at you. “So, where are you from exactly?” He asked, and you purse your lips, you didn't want to give away who you were, and you didn't know many planets… However your silence seemed to speak for itself, Hunter sighed, placing a hand on your shoulder, only to pull back when you flinched away. “Sorry, I didn't mean to pry.” He muttered, turning away from you.

He started to move again once the coast was clear, and you were quick to follow, very discreetly using your magic to blur the minds of the clones here to make it more easy for you and Hunter to sneak around. You and Hunter continued placing explosives, taking turns setting the charges. It was nice to admit that you and Hunter, despite not knowing each other, worked in fluidity together, and he seemed to appreciate it just as much. Just then, a couple troopers started getting closer, so Hunter quickly rolled away, catching their attention even more.

You stayed in your hiding spot, but luckily enough for you there was a rock resting right by your feet, you quickly grabbed it, and chucked it in the opposite direction, using your power to make it seem like it was coming opposite from you as well, taking your chance as you ran back to Hunter's side. After that you both made your way out of the area and into the forest, nodding to each other as you relaxed, no longer in immediate danger.

Just then, echo commed Hunter, explaining that they were about to have some company, you grinned, knowing it was time to set off those explosives. You and Hunter made your way behind a couple trees, observing the ships that you had just planted explosives on. Hunter nodded to you and with a click of the button the explosives went off, blowing the attack fighters to smithereens. You hoped that was a big enough distraction to get Echo and the others out of there. Hunter commed Echo saying you were in route and to be ready, and you could only imagine how much loot they got their hands on.

However, just as you and Hunter reached the area, you noticed that only Wrecker was there, and when he said they were still in the shipping container you winced, seeing that it was taking off. Hunter commed to tech, ordering him to get out, though you had a feeling that it would be a hard task to do, and your thoughts were proved right as Omega explained that they were trapped in the container. You noticed multiple clones getting closer, and so you turned to the two boys, grinning when Hunter stated that they were done hiding.

You grabbed your blaster from your thigh holster and started running with Wrecker and Hunter, firing stunning blasts instead of live rounds, per Hunter's request. They were all brothers, and Hunter didn't want them to get hurt. You could respect that so you followed orders. More clones started running towards you, so you and the other two decided to jump onto the transport ship, firing more shots at the clones below. However one clone managed to shoot close to Hunters hand, which almost knocked him off if it wasn't for your lightning fast reflexes, grabbing has hand tightly while hanging onto a bar with the other.

“We gotta go.” Hunter told you both, however Wrecker quickly spoke up before you could. “Go where?” he asked and you and hunter both turned your heads as the transport ship started flying over a dome shaped roof. “Jump!” Hunter exclaimed and you let go of his hand when he was ready before jumping down beside him, Wrecker not long behind. You slid down the dome roof, quickly pulling out one of your scimitars as you stuck it in the sd=ide to slow your fall before letting go and landing on a around but stable surface.

You tucked your weapon away, looking around for anything that could help. You looked back at the ship, watching as it flew away while Hunter came up with a plan- or Tech mostly- to get an escape shuttle and get off before they jumped to hyperspace. In the meantime, Yourself, Wrecker and Hunter made your way inside the building, watching each others backs, but the room that you were in was entirely empty.

However before you could say anything, another door to that room opened up and shots were fired, again you had your blaster on stun, shooting the clones that came into the room, stepping backwards behind the desk, feeling the floor shift under your feet when the wrecker stepped on it. You purse your lips, slamming your foot down, seeing it loosen a bit more.

Hunter seemed to read your mind when Wrecker had asked how they would get out of here, nodding to you when he said they were going down. “There's a lift below us” He stated, poking his head out from the desk only to crouch back down. “cover me” He requested, and you and Wrecker did just that, laying stun fire towards the seemingly endless supply of clones as Hunter figured out a way to bring the lift down.

“What is taking you so long?” Wrecker complained as even more troopers walked in, you grunted as a blaster bolt nearly hit your head, however you kept firing. “I'm trying, Tech usually does this” Hunter butted back, you looked down at the screen, pushing his hands away as you slammed your hand down on the screen, and just like that the platform started moving down, you laid more stun fire, but the screen was hit with a blaster bolt, and the platform stopped moving. “Dammit!” You muttered, “I got this” Wrecker stated, throwing a smoke grenade before he started jumping on the platform, which started moving down ever so slowly. “Wrecker n-” It was too late for that it seemed, and Hunter quickly wrapped an arm around your waist which surprised you, but that ended quickly as the platform underneath gave out, and you, Hunter and Wrecker started free falling.

You landed on Hunter, which softened your blow, however you quickly got up and helped hunter to his feet, seeing an exit to the outside. You dragged hunter and wrecker behind you, stepping outside just in time to see the cargo boxes freefalling just like you did. and in one of those boxes was Tech, Echo and… Omega.

You knew you had the power to stop it, and you knew if this mission failed you would never be able to confront your nightmares. so you ran forward, lowering your hood as you called on the life of the forest. Purole magic started to surround you as you balled it up i your hands before reaching out, several purple ropes extending out as you grabbed several boxes, You used ypur senses, reaching out to try and find Omegas life signature, and when you did you immediately dropped the other boxes, and just focused on holding the one omega was in.

You had both hands out and you were using all your power to keep the box floating, bringing it towards you before you safely placed it on the ground. Hunter and Wrecker just stared at you, eyes wide and jaws dropped underneath their helmets as you turned to them, all that purple magic retreating back into you. You then smiled, but then your eyes rolled to the back of your head and you started to fall.

Hunter was quick to catch you however, picking you up in his arms. “No time to stand around, Wrecker get them out of the crate and lets them get back to the Marauder!” He exclaimed, already carrying you down the path back to the ship. Wrecker got the others out, and together you all made it safely back to the Marauder, Tech manning the steering controls with Echo beside him, taking off this planet. In the meantime, Hunter had taken you to his cot, laying you down and making sure you were okay before walking back to his brothers, and omega.

Once in hyperspace, they all turned to hunters. “What was that? it felt like we just stopped midair and floated down?” Echo asked, and Hunter glanced at Wrecker, removing his helmet. “It was Y/n, she has this- this purple magic almost, it was like the jedi with their force but- visible! she seemed to sense your presence or something and saved you from falling- but… after that she fell unconscious, so she's in my bunk right now…” He trailed off, looking at his brothers, settling on Tech as he spoke up. “Where did she say she was from?” He asked, but Hunter shook his head. “She didn't, but see if you can find any information on that type of magic.” He ordered, and \tech nodded, burying his face in his holo pad.

Omega walked up to Hunter, smiling at him. “Whatever she is, she's powerful, and she saved our lives. Whatever secrets she’s hiding, we owe it to her to keep them a secret.” She stated, and Hunter knew she was right. A sigh left his lips, and he nodded before making his way back to his bunk, sitting down across from you as he just watched…