History Fanfic / OnTheEdgeOfTheDevilsBackbone

* FamousLastWords:
** "Gods, you sound so much like your father sometimes-–" – [[spoiler: Aleema Syndulla]]
** "Still looking for Jedi, Togruta?" – [[spoiler: the Hunter]]
** "She was so eager to prove that she was the equal, even the better, of anyone else here that she was ready to do anything it took to serve her Empire. [[KilledMidSentence Anything –]]" – [[spoiler:Agent Beneke]]
** "You are not my mother. You're a traitor and a murderer-- [...] [[OhCrap Mother?]]" [[spoiler:Thamir Fenn, as Secchun tells him to [[PreMortemOneLiner tell his brother and father that she won't join them for a while]].]]

* InfantImmortality: [[AvertedTrope Very averted]]. Baby Lika Syndulla is killed offpage during the raid on Zydossa Stix. As well, several of the children in Project Nemesis other than Hera were eventually executed.

''On the Edge of the Devil's Backbone'' is a ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' fic by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/bedlamsbard/pseuds/bedlamsbard Bedlamsbard]], who also did the ''{{FanFic/Ouroboros}}'' series.

It can be read [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4417469/chapters/10035371 here]]. A sequel, ''The Devil's Lair'', is in the making.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Members of the Inquisition give up their names and are officially only known as the Inquisitor. This being rather confusing when there's more than one around, they have a variety of nicknames. Due to being written prior to the reveal of the number motif within the show, the Pau'an Inquisitor is "the Hunter", the Seventh Sister is "Patience", Kanan is "the Jedi", "the Hound", or "the Stray", while Barriss is simply "the First" [[CaptainObvious because she was the first one.]]

It can be read [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4417469/chapters/10035371 here]].

* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The Inquisitors (particularly Patience, Hangman, and Amity) are still out there, Barriss is still out there, Ezra chooses to stay with Kanan over Ahsoka, Ezra attains a kyber crystal from a destroyed Inquisitor lightsaber, Hera and her family tie up loose ends, and the ''Ghost'' crew parts with Free Ryloth to continue their own fight against the Empire elsewhere.

* AnArmAndALeg: Both of [[spoiler: the Pau'an Inquisitor's]] hands are cut off by Ahsoka in their brief duel.

* BadBoss: Agent Kallus recruits the Ghost crew for the attack on Free Ryloth [[spoiler:only so Hera can be used as a hostage.]]

** "Gods, you sound so much like your father sometimes –" – [[spoiler: Aleema Syndulla]]

* NotMeThisTime: Ahsoka believes that [[spoiler: the exploding kyber shipment]] was a trap by Barriss, and for once Barriss is actually completely innocent.

** The slaves at the Lake House on Naboo, most prominently the Flower of Ryloth, the Red Star of Zeltros, and the Blue Opal of Pantora. [[spoiler: AKA Ojeda Syndulla, Zaidi Farseer, and Khiry Chuchi]]

* SickAndWrong: Kanan's reaction to [[spoiler: the giant kyber crystal.]]

* YouWouldntShootMe: Cham to Hera. [[spoiler: He was wrong.]]

''On the Edge of the Devil's Backbone'' is a ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' fic by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/bedlamsbard/pseuds/bedlamsbard Bedlamsbard]], who also did the {{FanFic/Ouroboros}} series.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the show it's based on, although mostly because it can actually show things that the show can only hint at due to its rating.

!! ''On the Edge of the Devil's Backbone'' contains examples of:

* ActionDad: Cham Syndulla
* ActionMom: Alecto Syndulla

'''On the Edge of the Devil's Backbone''' is a ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' fic by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/bedlamsbard/pseuds/bedlamsbard Bedlamsbard]], who also did the {{FanFic/Ouroboros}} series.

'''On the Edge of the Devil's Backbone''' is a StarWarsRebels fic by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/bedlamsbard/pseuds/bedlamsbard Bedlamsbard]], who also did the {{FanFic/Ouroboros}} series.

** In a mix between this and TheThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow, Kanan is given some sort of drug that leaves no barrier between him and the Force during his training at the Crucible. With Mustafar being a shatterpoint, Kanan is forced to see and feel ''everything'', and has to be restrained from tearing his own face off in a desperate attempt to stop it.

* TheThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: Force-sensitives have a natural veil that keeps them from fully perceiving the Force. Kanan getting his torn down nearly kills him.

* MySkullRunnethOver: Ezra accidentally senses ''every living being'' on Lothal at one point. It's completely overwhelming, and it's only thanks to his street instincts [[spoiler:that he escapes Kanan moments later]].

With Cham and the Rebel agent known as Fulcrum in pursuit, a new mission takes Hera and the crew of the Ghost to the planet Lothal, where a chance meeting with a Force-sensitive teenager awakens something long buried in the Inquisitor once known as Kanan Jarrus...and has dire consequences for Hera, their crew, the Empire, and the fledgling Rebel Alliance.

* AllInTheManual: Bedlamsbard's [[http://bedlamsbard.tumblr.com Tumblr]] is full of writing updates/snippets, worldbuilding for Ryloth and Twi'lek culture, commentary, and meta.