1 | !All spoilers regarding the Prequel Trilogy, the Original Trilogy, ''Legends'', ''The Clone Wars'', and ''Rebels'' (with the exception of the Season 2 finale) are unmarked. Examples relating to Disney's EU, the new movies, and new content released from ''Rebels'' can be spoiler-tagged if deemed necessary. |
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3 | Original characters (and canon characters with significant differences) appearing in ''On the Edge of the Devil's Backbone''. Out of virtue of being a ''Franchise/StarWars'' fic with plenty of thought put into it, expect numerous characters. |
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5 | For canon examples, go to '''[[Characters/StarWars here]]'''. |
6 | |
7 | %%Canon characters that appear in the fic but are not listed likely have the same tropes as canon. |
8 | |
9 | [[foldercontrol]] |
10 | |
11 | !Free Ryloth |
12 | [[folder:In General]] |
13 | !!Ryloth |
14 | ---- |
15 | * AdaptationalBadass: At the time this AU was conceptualized, the Free Ryloth Movement and Ryloth in general had yet to appear in ''Rebels''. In the show, Ryloth is mostly treated as another planet backdrop and just being another rebel cell, while [=Backbone!Ryloth=] has much more going on, including having a political system of its own, the Curia, based off of the Roman Curia ([[WriteWhatYouKnow as the author is well educated on Roman history]]), as well as a pretty heavy focus on the Syndulla clan's familial ties and the other clans to some extent too. |
16 | * BadassFamily: The Syndulla clan makes up a huge part of the cast as part of Free Ryloth, and not without reason. |
17 | * SuccessionCrisis: There's one going on with the Syndulla clan, in part because of Hera's abduction. |
18 | ** If Cham dies, then as his ''cum manu'' first wife, Alecto would legally become the clan head. It's a good thing she was already born a Syndulla and is not a second wife of Cham, because the problem already is that she's been neglecting her roles as matriarch (having held them off to her sister-in-law [[TheLancer Clotho]], who is now dead). While most of the Syndulla clan would have no problem accepting her, there's no telling how the other clans will feel. |
19 | ** Xiaan is in a direct line of succession (as Cham's niece via Seku) and was born a curiate Syndulla. While the fact she used to be an Imperial slave has no legal bearing on the inheritance, it looks bad for her in the political environment (though generally, it will be argued that she was a child slave, so it still doesn't matter anyway). The problem is that she isn't interested in taking up the position, nor is she capable (especially because AChildShallLeadThem doesn't work well in Ryloth culture) nor has enough public support outside of the ''Forlorn Hope''. |
20 | ** Doriah is only a curiate Syndulla because he was adopted as so and he is not immediately related to Cham (he is Alecto's nephew and is also illegitimate). He ''can'' become the heir after everyone else in the line of succession unless Cham repudiates them, which is easy to do as everyone has been gone for the past decade, the political environment is in a state where it'd be a valid choice, and everyone in the fleet is expecting him to do it anyway. But as said before, because Doriah got adopted into becoming a curiate and was born a pleb, the members who are more concerned about class will take issue with Doriah succeeding. There's also the fact that he was an Imperial slave at an old enough age, which can be used against him more than it can be used against Xiaan. At least Doriah is well-known throughout the Syndullas in the fleet and they're all okay with him succeeding... though the non-Syndullas have no idea who he is (even ''Secchun'' doesn't seem to know who he is). |
21 | ** Ojeda has been gone so long [[spoiler:and is an Imperial prostitute as well as believed to be a part of LesCollaborateurs (which the fleet ''strongly'' stands against, even if she's unwilling,]] means that she wouldn't have enough backing if she became Cham's successor. |
22 | ** The direct option, Hera, obviously can't work because not only is she dedicated to the Empire, but also ''in love'' with a [[FantasticRacism human]] [[spoiler:(former)]] Inquisitor that everyone will surely hang the moment they see him, and she has no interest in returning to her family. |
23 | [[/folder]] |
24 | |
25 | !!Free Ryloth Command |
26 | |
27 | [[folder:Cham Syndulla]] |
28 | !!Cham Syndulla |
29 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cham_syndulla_homecoming.png]] |
30 | |
31 | Father of Hera and husband to Alecto. Leader of the Free Ryloth fleet and head of the Syndulla clan, as one of the curiates in the Synedrion. |
32 | ---- |
33 | * AdaptationalBadass: [=Backbone!Cham=] being more open to the rest of the Galaxy seems to have been a part of why the Free Ryloth Movement has more results than their canon versions. |
34 | * DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: His parents and older sister died before his grandparents did (of which his grandmother died before the Clone Wars though after Hera's birth), so he inherited the position of being paterfamilias of the Syndulla clan and family. |
35 | * PapaWolf: Ask Agent Beneke. [[spoiler:Or more accurately, what's left of him after he taunted Cham about Hera]]. |
36 | * PragmaticAdaptation: Due to not appearing until Season 2's "Homecoming". Considering how canon!Cham feels about anything that's not for Ryloth's wellbeing for the short run, it's debatable if he would've liked the idea of his family living offworld for the duration of the fighting. |
37 | ** Free Ryloth also does not seem to have a fleet in canon. |
38 | * RebelLeader: Of Ryloth. |
39 | * TheRival: To Secchun. |
40 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: A high-ranking Curiate and a RebelLeader. It actually gets him in trouble a couple times when the two conflict. |
41 | [[/folder]] |
42 | |
43 | [[folder:Alecto Syndulla]] |
44 | !!Alecto Syndulla |
45 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alecto_syndulla_tcw_tv_tropes.jpg]] |
46 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alecto_or_heras_mom_tv_tropes.jpg]] |
47 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
48 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
49 | !!!'''Callsign:''' Fury Leader |
50 | -->''"Do you think that just by saying my name over and over again I'll be any more likely to listen to you?"'' |
51 | |
52 | Mother of Hera and wife to Cham. Comes from a minor branch of the Syndulla family, also being the second of three daughters. She was captured in the raid on Zardossa Stix and held as a political prisoner. She conspired with her sister-in-law Seku to escape, and succeeded in making her way back to the fleet. She serves aboard the ''Forlorn Hope'' as the leader of the starfighter squadron, Fury Squadron. |
53 | ---- |
54 | * AdaptationalBadass: Hera's canon mother was not a fighter. Alecto, however, most definitely is. |
55 | * AllThereInTheManual: Her background as a podracer and how she met Cham. |
56 | * AscendedExtra: The author also liked to think that the turquoise-skinned Twi'lek accompanying Cham in "Supply Lines" was Alecto. |
57 | * [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Teal Skinned Space Babe]]: Has the same color of skin as Numa. |
58 | * ComicBookFantasyCasting: Her design is based on Creator/IndiraVarma. |
59 | * CompositeCharacter: The author seems to consider Alecto and Hera's canon mother as the same individual for now. |
60 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Her sisters and her daughter are named after [[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming Greek mythological figures.]] |
61 | * HotBlooded: Punched a Curiate woman in the face at a public affair, and her reaction to seeing her daughter as an ISB agent is to throw a chair across the room. |
62 | * MamaBear: Oh, yes. She is deadset on recovering Hera and taking vengeance on those that brainwashed her. |
63 | * MeaningfulName: In Myth/ClassicalMythology, Alecto is one of the Furies, as well as meaning 'the implacable anger'. And of course, her starfighter squadron is called Fury Squadron. |
64 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Trying to get Hera back once she's discovered to still be alive earlier on in the story instead turns her further ''away'' from her family, not towards, thanks to Alecto's attitude. |
65 | * OriginalCharacter / PragmaticAdaptation: Because we know next to nothing about her in canon, leaving tons of things for creative freedom. All we know about her canon personality is that she was idealistic (or at least a dreamer) like Hera. Here, [[HotBlooded well]], you know where Hera got her assertiveness from. Though WordOfGod seems to just treat Alecto and Hera's canon mother as [[CompositeCharacter the same entity]]. |
66 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Her FamilyThemeNaming. |
67 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: The fic was written long before Hera's mother was revealed to have died in canon. |
68 | [[/folder]] |
69 | |
70 | [[folder:Secchun Fenn]] |
71 | !!Secchun Fenn |
72 | A [[FantasticCasteSystem class-conscious]], traditionalist, vicious politician determined to survive against all odds. She's been embarrassed in an extremely public engagement, ascend to the head of her clan due to most if not all of her clan getting wiped out (she's about the seventh child of a second/third wife), had to deal with Cham's idealism in the Curia and the problems that arose after, and lost most of her family, political position, reputation, and everything she owns. Out of options, she joined the Free Ryloth fleet. She is a curiate and is the youngest daughter of the Fenn family. |
73 | ---- |
74 | * AmicableExes: Well, it's as amicable as it can get being political rivals that have to do an EnemyMine to survive out here. The Syndullas didn't want to be associated with the Fenns after the BroadStrokes incident, so they broke off the engagement. |
75 | * BigScrewedUpFamily: Her brother ''might'' be Ro Fenn, who was an AbusiveParent. WordOfGod states that he's still a {{Jerkass}}, but hasn't clarified the extent of that. |
76 | * BroadStrokes: WordOfGod is that something similar to what was going on with the Fenns in ''Republic'' happened here. |
77 | * {{Foil}}: To Cham. She's more vicious while Cham is more of a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, both of their children have been taken by the Nemesis program, and the Fenns have the rare pure white skin while the Syndullas have come in more different colors of skin than any other clan seen so far as well as having smooth-flowing markings on their lekku while the Fenns are stated to have geometric designs instead. |
78 | * MeaningfulName: |
79 | ** "Secchun" is derived from an inscription in Roman North Africa. Her son, Thamir, has the same case. |
80 | ** In Twi'lek, "Fenn" means hard-working. |
81 | * OriginalCharacter |
82 | * ShoutOut: Her clan, Fenn clan, is originally from Legends, featured in ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsRepublic Republic]]''. |
83 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Really doesn't like how idealistic Cham's ideas are. [[JerkassHasAPoint After all]], they ''did'' end up causing major repercussions against Ryloth. |
84 | * TheRival: To Cham. Joining the Free Ryloth Movement was a last resort and she hates that, but it's all she has left. |
85 | [[/folder]] |
86 | |
87 | [[folder:Doriah Syndulla]] |
88 | !!Doriah Syndulla |
89 | One of Hera's maternal cousins, brother to Lika, son to Clotho. |
90 | ---- |
91 | * AscendedExtra: The author didn't realize that she would end up writing Doriah and the other Syndulla cousins in larger roles. |
92 | * CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler:Is furious at Cham for not telling the rest of the family that Hera is an ISB agent.]] |
93 | * DisappearedDad: His mother slept around a lot, so he and Lika have different fathers. It probably isn't Cham, and apparently, his father was known in the Clone Wars and died during that time. |
94 | * MadeASlave: He and Xiaan were sold to a wealthy Imperial Baron, and escaped several years later. |
95 | * OriginalCharacter |
96 | * RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: While a slave, he was regularly sexually abused by his owner.]] |
97 | * SelfHarm: Has scarring on his forehead and arm from doing this shortly after escaping slavery. |
98 | * UncannyFamilyResemblance: Looks so much like his cousin Hera that they could easily pass for siblings. |
99 | [[/folder]] |
100 | |
101 | [[folder:Xiaan Syndulla]] |
102 | !!Xiaan Syndulla |
103 | The daughter of Seku (and thus Cham's niece), and Nury's younger sister. |
104 | ---- |
105 | * BrokenBird: She was extremely traumatized by her time as an Imperial slave. |
106 | * EarlyBirdCameo: The author likes to think that the girl Cham is holding in [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/8/81/Cham_Syndulla_ballad.png/revision/latest?cb=20090616135646 "The Ballad of Cham Syndulla"]] is her. |
107 | * HeroicBSOD: Anyone making any kind of romantic advance towards her causes her to completely shut down. |
108 | * MadeASlave: She and Doriah were sold to a wealthy Imperial Baron, and escaped several years later. |
109 | %%* MeaningfulName: In Twi'lek, "Xiaan" means spider. |
110 | * OriginalCharacter |
111 | * ShoutOut: Xiaan is also the name of a Twi'lek from ''Legends'' series ''ComicBook/{{Republic}}'' named Xiaan Amersu, who was a Jedi Knight. |
112 | * TeenGenius: Is a math prodigy. |
113 | [[/folder]] |
114 | |
115 | !!Clan Representatives |
116 | |
117 | !!!Minor Characters |
118 | |
119 | [[folder:Pol Kru]] |
120 | !!Pol Kru |
121 | A patrician first rank. He represents the Kru clan in Free Ryloth. |
122 | ---- |
123 | * OriginalCharacter |
124 | [[/folder]] |
125 | |
126 | [[folder:Keto Amersu]] |
127 | !!Keto Amersu |
128 | A purple-skinned Twi'lek male. He is a patrician third rank. He represents the Amersu clan in Free Ryloth. |
129 | ---- |
130 | * OriginalCharacter |
131 | * ShoutOut: He is from the Amersu clan, the same clan as Xiaan Amersu from the ''Republic'' comics. |
132 | [[/folder]] |
133 | |
134 | [[folder:Sienn Tarkona]] |
135 | !!Sienn Tarkona |
136 | A patrician third rank. They represent the Tarkona clan in Free Ryloth. |
137 | ---- |
138 | * OriginalCharacter |
139 | [[/folder]] |
140 | |
141 | [[folder:Zantab Ertay]] |
142 | !!Zantab Ertay |
143 | The wife of Captain Talit Ertay. She is a patrician fifth rank and she represents the Ertay clan in Free Ryloth. |
144 | ---- |
145 | * OriginalCharacter |
146 | [[/folder]] |
147 | |
148 | [[folder:Shiri Teksa]] |
149 | !!Shiri Teksa |
150 | She is a patrician fifth rank. She represents the Teksa clan in Free Ryloth. |
151 | ---- |
152 | * DefiantToTheEnd: Mishaan describes her as being someone that would rather slit her throat than betray Ryloth. |
153 | * ItsPersonal: The Empire bombed out her homelands and enslaved the surviving members of her clan. She and her brothers barely managed to escape alive, and they only have two ships left for the Free Ryloth Movement (now only one--the Teksa flagship, ''Teksa Dream''.). |
154 | * OriginalCharacter |
155 | [[/folder]] |
156 | |
157 | !!Crew of the ''Forlorn Hope'' |
158 | |
159 | The Syndulla flagship. It is a former Separatist war frigate that Cham modified after he bought it. |
160 | |
161 | [[folder:Mishaan Secura]] |
162 | !!Captain Mishaan Secura |
163 | Captain of the ''Forlorn Hope''. From the Secura clan. She is a patrician second rank. |
164 | ---- |
165 | * OriginalCharacter |
166 | * SatelliteCharacter |
167 | [[/folder]] |
168 | |
169 | [[folder:Lysha Syndulla]] |
170 | !!Captain Lysha Syndulla |
171 | Originally having left Ryloth to become a model on Alderaan, she returned home and became the commander of the marines on the ''Forlorn Hope''. She is a plebeian. |
172 | ---- |
173 | * OriginalCharacter |
174 | * SatelliteCharacter |
175 | [[/folder]] |
176 | |
177 | [[folder:Neso Cseh Syndulla]] |
178 | !!Neso Cseh Syndulla |
179 | A fourth-rank patrician from the Cseh Syndulla family, and an intelligence officer aboard the ''Forlorn Hope''. The Cseh Syndullas having had seats in the Curia for centuries, his sister used to represent them until she was killed in the riots in Lessu. |
180 | ---- |
181 | * OriginalCharacter |
182 | * SatelliteCharacter |
183 | [[/folder]] |
184 | |
185 | [[folder:Themarsa Pehshan Syndulla]] |
186 | !!Doctor Themarsa Pehshan Syndulla |
187 | A paternal first cousin of Cham, and a third rank patrician from the Pehshan family of the Syndulla clan. They are the chief medical officer of the ''Forlorn Hope''. |
188 | ---- |
189 | * OriginalCharacter |
190 | [[/folder]] |
191 | |
192 | !!!Minor Characters |
193 | |
194 | [[folder:Ekhri Syndulla]] |
195 | !!Executive Officer Ekhri Syndulla |
196 | The executive officer aboard the ''Forlorn Hope''. They are a plebeian. |
197 | ---- |
198 | * TheGhost: They've had yet to appear in the story. |
199 | * OriginalCharacter |
200 | [[/folder]] |
201 | |
202 | [[folder:Maala Sivron (Syndulla)]] |
203 | !!Maala Sivron (Syndulla) |
204 | The deck chief of the flight deck of the ''Forlorn Hope''. A patrician first rank from the Sivron family of the Syndulla clan. |
205 | ---- |
206 | * TheGhost |
207 | * OriginalCharacter |
208 | [[/folder]] |
209 | |
210 | [[folder:Hetal Syndulla]] |
211 | !!Hetal Syndulla |
212 | A medical officer aboard the ''Forlorn Hope''. They are a plebeian. |
213 | ---- |
214 | * TheGhost |
215 | * OriginalCharacter |
216 | [[/folder]] |
217 | |
218 | [[folder:Ooleya Tre Syndulla]] |
219 | !!Ooleya Tre Syndulla |
220 | A medical officer aboard the ''Forlorn Hope''. A patrician second rank from the Tre family of the Syndulla clan. |
221 | ---- |
222 | * TheGhost |
223 | * OriginalCharacter |
224 | [[/folder]] |
225 | |
226 | [[folder:Sthenno Tre Syndulla]] |
227 | !!Sthenno Tre Syndulla |
228 | !!!'''Callsign:''' Arrow Three |
229 | A starfighter pilot in Arrow Squadron, stationed aboard the ''Forlorn Hope''. A patrician second rank from the Tre family of the Syndulla clan. |
230 | ---- |
231 | * TheGhost |
232 | * OriginalCharacter |
233 | [[/folder]] |
234 | |
235 | [[folder:Elpis Cseh Syndulla]] |
236 | !!Elpis Cseh Syndulla |
237 | A fourth rank patrician from the Cseh family of the Syndulla clan. They're an intelligence officer aboard the ''Forlorn Hope''. |
238 | ---- |
239 | * TheGhost |
240 | * MeaningfulName: In Greek, Elpis is the personification of "hope" (after all, rebellions are built on hope, aren't they?). This continues the Greek mythological figure motif in the Syndulla clan. |
241 | * OriginalCharacter |
242 | [[/folder]] |
243 | |
244 | [[AC:Starfighter Squadrons]] |
245 | |
246 | [[folder:Arrow Squadron]] |
247 | * Nabor (Arrow Four) |
248 | * Misa (Arrow Five) |
249 | * Tsachy (Arrow Six) |
250 | [[/folder]] |
251 | |
252 | [[folder:Numa Bril]] |
253 | !!Numa Bril |
254 | !!!'''Callsign:''' Arrow Two |
255 | A plebeian formally considered a member of the Syndulla clan. |
256 | ---- |
257 | * AdaptationalBadass: She's a starfighter pilot here. |
258 | * JerkassHasAPoint: When [[spoiler:Hera returns to Free Ryloth]], Numa confronts Doriah about how Cham can't just declare "some outsider" and "an Imperial collaborator" as his heir. While Doriah points out that it's cold to dismiss your own family, [[spoiler:Hera]] has only recently returned and needs time to regain the trust of the other Twi'leks. |
259 | * PragmaticAdaptation: [[IKnewIt Incidentally]], she's also in the Free Ryloth Movement in canon. Though her role is largely relegated to being DemotedToExtra because at the time she was introduced to the story, she wasn't in the show yet. |
260 | [[/folder]] |
261 | |
262 | [[folder:Shadow Squadron]] |
263 | * Onel (Shadow Leader) |
264 | [[/folder]] |
265 | |
266 | [[folder:Triumph Squadron]] |
267 | * Fedak (Triumph Leader) |
268 | [[/folder]] |
269 | |
270 | [[AC:Bomber Squadrons]] |
271 | |
272 | [[folder:Flash Squadron]] |
273 | [[/folder]] |
274 | |
275 | [[folder:Zabo]] |
276 | !!!'''Callsign:''' Flash # |
277 | A pilot in Flash Squadron. |
278 | ---- |
279 | [[/folder]] |
280 | |
281 | !!!Others |
282 | |
283 | [[folder:Others]] |
284 | * Niale, a Marine and a plebeian from the Syndulla family. |
285 | * Char, an officer specializing in blasters and is a plebeian from the Syndulla family. |
286 | [[/folder]] |
287 | |
288 | !!Crew of the ''Mercy Kill'' |
289 | |
290 | [[folder:Sinthya Syndulla]] |
291 | !!Captain Sinthya Syndulla |
292 | Distant Syndulla cousin (as Alecto's first cousin), captain of the ''Mercy Kill'' and represents the ''Razor's Edge''. She is a plebeian. |
293 | ---- |
294 | * BadassBureaucrat: She used to be a lawyer. |
295 | %%* MeaningfulName: Her name is similar to "Sinya", which means darkness in Twi'lek. |
296 | * OriginalCharacter |
297 | * ShoutOut: Her name is similar to Sinya, a Twi'lek that was a member of Black Sun and faced off against Darth Maul in the Sith Lord's titular ''Legends'' comic. |
298 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: A corruption of the name, Cynthia. |
299 | [[/folder]] |
300 | |
301 | [[folder:Teah Far]] |
302 | !!Teah Far |
303 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
304 | Pilot of the ''Mercy Kill'', wife of Sinthya. |
305 | ---- |
306 | * OriginalCharacter |
307 | * SatelliteCharacter |
308 | * TokenMinority: A Pantoran in the almost entirely Twi'lek Free Ryloth fleet. |
309 | [[/folder]] |
310 | |
311 | !!Crew of the ''Cloud Dancer'' |
312 | |
313 | !!!Minor Characters |
314 | |
315 | [[folder:Talit Ertay]] |
316 | !!Captain Talit Ertay |
317 | The husband of Zantab Ertay, and the captain of the Ertay flagship, the ''Cloud Dancer''. He is a patrician fifth rank. |
318 | ---- |
319 | * OriginalCharacter |
320 | * SatelliteCharacter |
321 | [[/folder]] |
322 | |
323 | !!Crew of the ''Errant Venture'' |
324 | |
325 | !!!Minor Characters |
326 | |
327 | [[folder:Grae Pnak Syndulla]] |
328 | !!Grae Pnak Syndulla |
329 | A second cousin a generation of two removed from Cham. He serves aboard the ''Errant Venture'' as its representative. He is a patrician fifth rank from the Pnak family of the Syndulla clan. |
330 | ---- |
331 | * {{Revenge}}: Cham notes that he's from the more hot-headed side of the family when he speaks up about wanting to get his revenge on the Empire in the middle of a meeting. |
332 | * SatelliteCharacter |
333 | [[/folder]] |
334 | |
335 | !!Crew of the ''Final Stand'' |
336 | |
337 | !!!Minor Characters |
338 | |
339 | [[folder:Cymo Cseh Syndulla]] |
340 | !!Captain Cymo Cseh Syndulla |
341 | The captain of the ''Final Stand'' and is its representative. He is a patrician fourth rank. |
342 | ---- |
343 | * TheGhost |
344 | * OriginalCharacter |
345 | [[/folder]] |
346 | |
347 | !!Crew of the ''Red Spine'' |
348 | |
349 | !!!Minor Characters |
350 | |
351 | [[folder:Reess Kru]] |
352 | !!Captain Reess Kru |
353 | The captain of the ''Red Spine''. He is a patrician first rank. |
354 | --- |
355 | * OriginalCharacter |
356 | [[/folder]] |
357 | |
358 | !!Unidentified roles/Miscellaneous |
359 | |
360 | !!!Minor Characters |
361 | |
362 | [[folder:Gobi Glie]] |
363 | !!Gobi Glie |
364 | A plebeian formally considered a member of the Syndulla clan. |
365 | ---- |
366 | * PragmaticAdaptation: [[IKnewIt Incidentally]], he's also in the Free Ryloth Movement in canon. Though his role is largely relegated to being TheCameo and DemotedToExtra because at the time he was introduced to the story, he wasn't in the show yet. However, unlike Numa, it seems the author forgot he existed (as she revealed he was present in WordOfGod first), so his cameo is even less noteworthy than Numa's. |
367 | [[/folder]] |
368 | |
369 | [[folder:Kaylani]] |
370 | !!Kaylani |
371 | !!!'''Species:''' Rodian |
372 | ---- |
373 | * TokenMinority: She's implied to be from a non-Twi'lek community on Ryloth. |
374 | [[/folder]] |
375 | |
376 | [[folder:Edelah]] |
377 | !!Edelah |
378 | ---- |
379 | [[/folder]] |
380 | |
381 | [[folder:Tlar]] |
382 | !!Tlar |
383 | A teenage mechanic. |
384 | ---- |
385 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Kind of. She asks Sabine about Mandalorian culture, like if Mandalorians really do eat the hearts of their enemies, which Sabine feels weird about answering. |
386 | [[/folder]] |
387 | |
388 | [[folder:Extras]] |
389 | * Deso, a Syndulla plebeian. |
390 | [[/folder]] |
391 | |
392 | !!Died prior to the story |
393 | |
394 | [[folder:Ananke Syndulla]] |
395 | !!Chief Ananke Syndulla |
396 | The former head of the Syndulla clan. She is the grandmother of Cham, Seku, and Nissa, having raised them after their parents died. |
397 | ---- |
398 | * OriginalCharacter |
399 | * PosthumousCharacter: For once, it sounds like Ananke died from natural causes. |
400 | [[/folder]] |
401 | |
402 | [[folder:Vuren Syndulla]] |
403 | !!Vuren Syndulla |
404 | The husband of Elete Cseh Syndulla, and the father of their children, Cham, Seku, and Nissa. He, his wife, and Nissa died in a speeder crash when Cham was a teen. |
405 | ---- |
406 | * OriginalCharacter |
407 | * PosthumousCharacter: Basically died in a car crash. |
408 | [[/folder]] |
409 | |
410 | [[folder:Elete Cseh Syndulla]] |
411 | !!Elete Cseh Syndulla |
412 | The wife of Vuren Syndulla, and the mother of their children, Cham, Seku, and Nissa. She, her husband, and Nissa died in a speeder crash when Cham was a teen. |
413 | ---- |
414 | * OriginalCharacter |
415 | * PosthumousCharacter: Basically died in a car crash. |
416 | [[/folder]] |
417 | |
418 | [[folder:Nissa Syndulla]] |
419 | !!Nissa Syndulla |
420 | The older sister of Cham and Seku. She died in a speeder crash along with their parents, causing Cham to become heir apparent and the paterfamilias of the Syndulla clan. |
421 | ---- |
422 | * KilledOffscreen |
423 | * OriginalCharacter |
424 | [[/folder]] |
425 | |
426 | [[folder:Dione Syndulla]] |
427 | !!Dione Syndulla |
428 | The youngest of her sisters, Clotho and Alecto Syndulla. She would participate in the Liberation of Ryloth alongside her sisters, but was killed in action. |
429 | ---- |
430 | * PosthumousCharacter: According to WordOfGod, she died during the Liberation of Ryloth. |
431 | [[/folder]] |
432 | |
433 | [[folder:Clotho Syndulla]] |
434 | !!Clotho Syndulla |
435 | Alecto and Dione's older sister, mother of Doriah and Lika. She fought alongside her sisters during the Liberation of Ryloth, and took Doriah and Alecto back with her to continue to fight on Ryloth against the Imperial occupation, leaving Lika behind in the care of the extended family. |
436 | ---- |
437 | * ActionGirl: According to WordOfGod, she was more of a soldier than Alecto or Cham's sisters were. She discovered this during the Separatist occupation of Ryloth. |
438 | * TheGhost: Is only mentioned during the opening flashback as being on Ryloth and dies before the present day. |
439 | * KilledOffscreen: Dies offscreen sometime after Doriah and Xiaan reunite with the fleet. |
440 | * TheLancer: After the previous lancer, Isval, died, she became this to Cham for the next few years. She also ended up taking up the job as the Syndulla matriarch, as Alecto didn't want to deal with the job. |
441 | * LoveableRogue: WordOfGod is that she used to hang around with a bad crowd and was a troublemaker. Also, she slept around, which means Doriah and Lika have different dads ([[DisappearedDad and she never revealed who they were]]). |
442 | * MeaningfulName: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotho Clotho]] was one of the Three Fates, specifically the one that made major decisions in one's life, such as when and who was born, as well as who gets saved and who dies. What this means for the future is uncertain. |
443 | * MyGreatestFailure: Despite managing to reunite with her son, she kept unintentionally pushing feelings about the late Lika onto Xiaan, who is now her daughter-in-law, likely unable to get over feelings of Xiaan being a ReplacementGoldfish for her own daughter. [[DespairEventHorizon Clotho died less than a year later after reuniting with her son.]] |
444 | * OriginalCharacter |
445 | * PosthumousCharacter: Most of what we hear about her is through WordOfGod. The circumstances of her death are unknown other than she died in combat less than a year after Doriah and Xiaan were rescued. |
446 | * UrbanLegendLoveLife: While it is true that she did sleep around with a lot of men, rumors went around that Cham was Doriah's baby daddy, which is why [[GenerationXerox Doriah looks like Cham as much as Hera does]]. Considering Cham's personality, this is probably not the case. |
447 | [[/folder]] |
448 | |
449 | !!Recently deceased |
450 | |
451 | [[folder:Aleema Syndulla]] |
452 | !!Aleema Syndulla |
453 | Hera's aunt as Cham's younger sister, and mother of Ojeda, Koyi, and Ilar. Before the rise of the Empire, she ran the family estates, and was either trapped in Lessu or in the family estates in the countryside during the Liberation of Ryloth. |
454 | ---- |
455 | * HeroicSacrifice: Jumps on her niece Hera to shield her from a grenade at the cost of her own life. |
456 | * JumpingOnAGrenade: Actually, she jumps on Hera rather than the grenade (though considering that Star Wars has stronger weapons than real life, it's probably better to shield yourself than to actually [[TooDumbToLive jump on a high tech grenade]].) |
457 | * MeaningfulName: In Twi'lek, "Alema" means [[HeroicSacrifice "protector"]]. |
458 | * OriginalCharacter |
459 | * ShoutOut: Her name is one to Alema Rar, a Twi'lek Jedi from ''Legends'' works ''[[Literature/NewJediOrder The New Jedi Order]]'', ''[[Literature/DarkNestTrilogy The Dark Nest Trilogy]]'', ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'', and ''Literature/FateOfTheJedi''. |
460 | [[/folder]] |
461 | |
462 | [[folder:Lika Syndulla]] |
463 | !!Lika Syndulla |
464 | One of Hera's maternal cousins, sibling to Doriah, child of Clotho. |
465 | ---- |
466 | * DeathOfAChild: She died during the attack on the Zardossa Stix colony in the prologue (though KilledOffscreen or shortly after Hera was taken). |
467 | [[/folder]] |
468 | |
469 | [[folder:Seku Syndulla]] |
470 | !!Seku Syndulla |
471 | Cham's younger sister, mother of Xiaan and Nury. Before the rise of the Empire, she used to deal with family business outside of Ryloth. She was also a freedom fighter during the Liberation of Ryloth. She was captured in the raid on Zardossa Stix and held as a political prisoner. She and Alecto conspired to escape together, but Seku was shot and killed in the attempt. |
472 | ---- |
473 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''eku '''S'''yndulla. |
474 | * KilledOffscreen |
475 | * MeaningfulName: In Twi'lek, "Seku" means [[KilledOffscreen memory]]. |
476 | * OriginalCharacter |
477 | * ShoutOut: Her name is one to Captain Seku, the alias of Dia Passik when Wraith Squadron went on a covert mission in ''Literature/XWingSeries''. |
478 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: WordOfGod likes to think one of the orange female Twi'lek incidentals in ''The Clone Wars'' during the Liberation of Ryloth arc is her. |
479 | [[/folder]] |
480 | |
481 | [[folder:Gatan Fenn]] |
482 | !!Gatan Fenn |
483 | The late husband of Secchun Fenn, and the father of their son, Thamir Fenn. Five years ago prior to the main events of the story, he was captured by the Empire and sent off to work in the spice mines of Kessel, where he would be killed in a fight with another prisoner. |
484 | ---- |
485 | * NonActionGuy: Secchun quietly notes that he was more into poetry while she did all the fighting. |
486 | * OriginalCharacter |
487 | * PosthumousCharacter: He died five years before the main events of the story. |
488 | [[/folder]] |
489 | |
490 | [[folder:Onel Fenn]] |
491 | !!Onel Fenn |
492 | A member of the Fenn clan that was killed by Rylothean police forces on Ryloth. |
493 | ---- |
494 | * TheGhost: We have yet to hear about them in the story itself. |
495 | * OriginalCharacter |
496 | * PosthumousCharacter |
497 | [[/folder]] |
498 | |
499 | !!Unknown Status |
500 | |
501 | [[folder:Koyi Syndulla]] |
502 | !!Koyi Syndulla |
503 | One of Aleema's children. They were with Free Ryloth during the Liberation of Ryloth. They are Ilar's twin. |
504 | ---- |
505 | * AmbiguousGender: Koyi is a feminine name, so presumably, she must be Aleema's daughter. |
506 | %%* MeaningfulName: In Twi'lek, "Koyi" means serpent. |
507 | * ShoutOut: Koyi is the name of a Twi'lek extra in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', Koyi Mateil, as well as a Twi'lek character in the ''ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron'' series named Koyi Komad (that is subsequently the origin of where Koyi Mateil got her name). |
508 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No word is given on what happened to them. |
509 | [[/folder]] |
510 | |
511 | [[folder:Ilar Syndulla]] |
512 | !!Ilar Syndulla |
513 | One of Aleema's children. They were with Free Ryloth during the Liberation of Ryloth. They are Koyi's twin. |
514 | ---- |
515 | %%* MeaningfulName: In Twi'lek, "Ilar" means ash or dust. |
516 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No word is given on what happened to them. |
517 | [[/folder]] |
518 | |
519 | [[folder:Nury Syndulla]] |
520 | !!Nury Syndulla |
521 | Xiaan's older brother and the son of Seku (and thus Cham's nephew). He appears briefly in the prologue, but has no lines and has no further appearances. WordOfGod is that he got sold into Jabba's court. |
522 | ---- |
523 | * AllThereInTheManual: Would have been nine during the prologue and is nineteen by the events of the story. He became a slave that eventually got sold into Jabba's ownership on Tatooine. He's something like a pod-racer or a pit-fighter now, but still a slave. |
524 | %%* MeaningfulName: Maybe. His name is similar to "Nuro", which in Twi'lek, means judge. |
525 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His fate is addressed on Bedlambard's tumblr. |
526 | [[/folder]] |
527 | |
528 | [[folder:Ojeda Syndulla]] |
529 | !!Ojeda Syndulla |
530 | One of Aleema's children. They were with Free Ryloth during the Liberation of Ryloth. |
531 | |
532 | For more on them, see [[spoiler:'the Flower of Ryloth' folder]]. |
533 | ---- |
534 | * OriginalCharacter |
535 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: They are only seen in the prologue. |
536 | [[/folder]] |
537 | |
538 | !!Others |
539 | |
540 | [[folder:Nawara Fenn]] |
541 | !!Nawara Fenn |
542 | The current prime heir to the Fenn clan. He is a son of Secchun Fenn. |
543 | ---- |
544 | * TheGhost |
545 | * OriginalCharacter |
546 | * ShoutOut: To Nawara Ven, a Twi'lek [[BadassBureaucrat X-Wing pilot and attorney]] from ''Legends''. |
547 | [[/folder]] |
548 | |
549 | !Imperial Security Bureau |
550 | !!The Nemesis Program |
551 | |
552 | [[folder: In General]] |
553 | ---- |
554 | * AntagonisticOffspring: Part of the goal of the Nemesis program is to mock insurgent leaders by abducting their children and turning them into one of their own by BreakThemByTalking. |
555 | * {{Foil}}: To the Imperial Inquisition, which similarly, is partly made up of former and disgraced Jedi sent to kill other surviving Jedi that refuse to turn. |
556 | * NotBrainwashed: Thanks to other psychological methods, like BreakThemByTalking. |
557 | * WouldHurtAChild: Subjects that aren't successfully turned into loyal soldiers of the Empire are deemed failures and killed. |
558 | [[/folder]] |
559 | |
560 | [[folder:Hera Syndulla]] |
561 | !!Agent Hera Syndulla |
562 | !!!'''Species:''' Twi'lek |
563 | !!!'''Homeworld:''' Ryloth |
564 | !!!'''Callsign:''' ISB-327 |
565 | -->''"I am an Imperial officer. I sacrificed too much to be anything else."'' |
566 | |
567 | Hera was taken prisoner in the raid on Zardossa Stix and identified as a candidate for the Nemesis program, which has the goal of turning the children of non-human enemies of the Empire into model Imperial officers. She ended up as one of its greatest successes, and was allowed to form her own unorthodox team for hunting rebels. |
568 | ---- |
569 | * BreakThemByTalking: Beneke feeds her propaganda and other things to turn her against her family, like telling her that [[spoiler:Alecto was supposedly in one of the nearby cells to her after they were recently abducted from Zardossa Stix and managed to escape, but even knowing that Hera was right there, she left without her (which was not what happened).]] |
570 | * DeadpanSnarker: A little more rougher than canon, but mostly the same. |
571 | -->'''Minister Tua:''' *[[MomentKiller calls on one of the]] [[InterruptedIntimacy many mornings after]] Kanan and Hera get laid* Inquisitor? This is Minister Tua. I'm afraid that we have, ah, slight situation - |
572 | -->'''Hera:''' *aside* If she's having a [[BringMeMyBrownPants 'slight]] [[YouNeedToGetLaid situation']] in her bedroom, I'm going to shoot her myself. |
573 | -->'''Kanan:''' Be nice, Hera. [[NoodleIncident That only happened once.]] |
574 | -->'''Hera:''' This is me being nice. And once was once too many. |
575 | * MagneticHero: As in canon, but it's even more pronounced here: she's able to convince Sabine and Zeb, who both hate the Empire, to work for the Empire as part of her team. |
576 | * NotBrainwashed: Genuinely believes in the Imperial cause. |
577 | * PragmaticAdaptation: Canon material released post-Season 1 have since revealed that Hera was always on Ryloth until she, of course, left. Here, she and her family live offworld on Zardossa Stix while Cham and Free Ryloth fight back at home. |
578 | * UndyingLoyalty: Her defining trait, just like in canon. The fic plays with this characteristic that allows her to be TheHeart for the Rebellion in canon and sees how it would affect her if she placed it in TheEmpire insetad (the Empire that should be ''questioned'', the Empire of advantageous opportunists), and the story goes from there. |
579 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She complies to orders to take Kanan to meet Darth Vader. Kanan is given a choice to either [[JoinOrDie join the Inquisition or die]], and he chooses the former for Hera's sake. |
580 | * YouAreACreditToYourRace: What she's trying to be seen as by the Empire. |
581 | [[/folder]] |
582 | |
583 | [[folder:Thamir Fenn]] |
584 | !!Lieutenant Thamir Fenn |
585 | !!!'''Species:''' Twi'lek |
586 | !!!'''Homeworld:''' Ryloth |
587 | |
588 | The son of Secchun Fenn. Like Hera, he was abducted as a part of the Nemesis program. He currently serves aboard the ''Relentless'' as a TIE pilot. |
589 | ---- |
590 | * OriginalCharacter |
591 | [[/folder]] |
592 | |
593 | !!!Handlers |
594 | |
595 | [[folder:Roberto Beneke]] |
596 | !!Agent Roberto Beneke |
597 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
598 | -->''"Think about it. You'll see that it's true, once you stop letting your feelings override your better judgment."'' |
599 | |
600 | Hera's handler. |
601 | ---- |
602 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Regardless of the trouble his death might cause, it's nothing if not satisfactory]]. |
603 | * ComicBookFantasyCasting: His design was based on Creator/SeanAstin. |
604 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He acts very kindly to Hera, while emotionally manipulating her. |
605 | * GenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Spends his entire interrogation by Cham and Alecto trying to goad one of them into killing him in anger before they can take the time to extract information from him properly. He succeeds when Cham snaps and shoots him in the head.]] |
606 | * KickTheDog: While [[spoiler:Barriss]] wasn't exactly an innocent, it's hard not to feel sympathetic for her when Beneke [[spoiler:snidely asks her if she's going to visit Luminara Unduli's cell, for no other reason than to hurt her.]] |
607 | * OriginalCharacter |
608 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Smugly suggests to [[spoiler:Alecto that the reason Hera got into a relationship with Kanan is because "Twi'lek females have certain needs". At the time, he was trying to goad her into killing him.]] |
609 | [[/folder]] |
610 | |
611 | [[folder:Emelie Sherin]] |
612 | !!Agent Emelie Sherin |
613 | |
614 | Thamir's handler. |
615 | ---- |
616 | * TheGhost: We only know about her from Xiaan's gatherings of information on Thamir. |
617 | * OriginalCharacter |
618 | [[/folder]] |
619 | |
620 | !!Others |
621 | |
622 | [[folder:Ailsa Palak]] |
623 | !!Director Ailsa Palak |
624 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
625 | |
626 | The director of ISB. |
627 | ---- |
628 | * TheGhost: They've only been mentioned. |
629 | * PragmaticAdaptation: At the time of the writing, the director of ISB in canon was unknown. |
630 | [[/folder]] |
631 | |
632 | [[folder:Kallus]] |
633 | !!Agent Kallus |
634 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
635 | !!!'''Homeworld:''' Coruscant |
636 | !!!'''Callsign:''' ISB-021 |
637 | ---- |
638 | * BadBoss: Recruits the ''Ghost'' crew for the attack on Free Ryloth [[spoiler:solely to use Hera as a hostage.]] |
639 | * FantasticRacism: Doesn't seem to think very highly of Hera and her team, although it isn't [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits only]] because of this trope. |
640 | * PragmaticAdaptation: Bedlambard's comments on this version of Kallus in the eve of "The Honorable Ones" suggest canon divergence. |
641 | * SmugSnake: Has no problem telling Zeb that he was the one that commanded Lasan's massacre. |
642 | [[/folder]] |
643 | |
644 | [[folder:Markus Anjali]] |
645 | !!Agent Markus Anjali |
646 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
647 | |
648 | A friend of Hera. |
649 | ---- |
650 | * OriginalCharacter |
651 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Considering Hera likes him as a friend, he must be pretty cool for a relatively ordinary Imperial Security Bureau agent... for the moment, at least. |
652 | [[/folder]] |
653 | |
654 | !Imperial Inquisition |
655 | [[folder:In General]] |
656 | ---- |
657 | * AcademyOfEvil: The Crucible |
658 | * BossRush: Basically what happens when [[spoiler:the crew go off to the Crucible to rescue Kanan. The crew barely manages to escape.]] |
659 | * PragmaticAdaptation: Much of the Inquisition in canon is unknown, so this was bound to happen. |
660 | ** There are at least 66 members, with only four known Inquisitors in canon. Designation numbers are also based on the order of joining, starting with the Barriss, who is INQ-001, whereas canon is vague as to how it is listed. |
661 | ** [[TheUnreveal The show never verifies why Mustafar is feared by Jedi, only implications of torture there]]. [[WildMassGuessing Some assumed that it was where Inquisitors were made]], but supporting material seems to suggest it's solely interrogation torture. Here, that idea gets taken and we get the Crucible.[[note]]''Film/RogueOne'' later revealed that it's home to Vader's Castle, meaning going there is a personal meeting with the Sith Lord himself from what is known so far.[[/note]] |
662 | ** Canon seems to imply that Inquisitors [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget don't remember]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy their past]]. Here, Kanan and Barriss remember their pasts fully well ([[IHatePastMe not that seem to like it]]), but their [[FaceHeelTurn opinions on the galactic conflict have changed]] thanks to years of indoctrination. |
663 | ** Ringed lightsabers don't seem to be the standard model. |
664 | ** [[spoiler:In the event of being held captive, an Inquisitor is to take [[CyanidePill cyanide]] [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled to prevent interrogation.]]]] |
665 | * ReforgedIntoAMinion |
666 | * SlaveBrand: All of the Inquisitors, have the Imperial cog tattooed on the back of their neck. Notably, it's the exact same marking applied to every Imperial slave. Special attention is given to Barriss about this. |
667 | * TokenMinority: Subverted by Barriss and Patience, who are both Mirialan; and Kanan and the Fisher, who are both Human. Everyone else is fair game. |
668 | * TrainingFromHell: The Crucible is located on Mustafar, and that's as close as you can get to Hell's pop culture appearance, never mind all the merciless training, indoctrination, and [[TraumaticHaircut hair]][[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking cuts]] you get if you're going to be a servant of the Empire. |
669 | [[/folder]] |
670 | |
671 | [[folder:Kanan Jarrus]] |
672 | !!Kanan Jarrus |
673 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
674 | !!!'''Homeworld:''' Unknown, listed as Coruscant |
675 | !!!'''Callsigns:''' INQ-066, "the Jedi", "the Stray", "the Hound" |
676 | |
677 | -->''"You're lucky that I wasn't ordered to deal with you personally."'' |
678 | |
679 | Once a Jedi Padawan named Caleb Dume, he changed his name to Kanan Jarrus after the rise of the Empire and stayed off their radar until he got involved with Hera Syndulla, unaware that she was an ISB agent. Unaware he was a Jedi, Hera unwittingly led him to a meeting with Darth Vader. Given a choice between dying and becoming an Inquisitor, Kanan chose the latter for Hera's sake. |
680 | ---- |
681 | * AccentRelapse: Switches between Outer Rim drawl and [[AliensOfLondon Core Worlds]]. |
682 | * ConvenientColorChange: [[spoiler:His kyber crystal turned from red to blue after Ezra joins up.]] |
683 | * DeadpanSnarker: Just like canon. |
684 | -->'''Hera''': I just got off the comm with Naboo, and [ISB Headquarters] said - what are you wearing? |
685 | -->'''Kanan''': ''*wearing civilian clothes[[note]]canon appearance[[/note]]*'' Really? That's what the ISB said? I thought we'd moved past this five years ago. |
686 | * [[spoiler:DefectorFromDecadence: With Chapter 18, he's now a target of the Inquisition's Hunt, now that he's escaped from his punishment at the Crucible. And since the crew was involved, they're targets now too.]] |
687 | * LimitedWardrobe: Subverted. He has two outfits; civilian (canon) and his Inquisition uniform. |
688 | * MaliciousMisnaming: His official title is "the Hound", but [[TheMentor the Hunter]] was the only one that called him that. The other Inquisitors call him "the Jedi" so that he can [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten never live it down]], or "the Stray", for his outcast status for also being former Jedi that joined the Inquisition much later. |
689 | * MeaningfulName: |
690 | ** His code is INQ-066, a reference to [[ThePurge Order 66]]. |
691 | ** "The Stray" and "the Hound" refer to how the Inquisitors are in a sense, Vader's hunting dogs. |
692 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler:Part of why he's screwing over the other Inquisitors during the Escape from the Crucible.]] |
693 | * TraumaticHaircut: His hair was shaved when he arrived at the Crucible. Since it was years ago, it obviously grew back. |
694 | [[/folder]] |
695 | |
696 | [[folder:Barriss Offee]] |
697 | !!Barriss Offee |
698 | !!!'''Species:''' Mirialan |
699 | !!!'''Homeworld:''' Mirial |
700 | !!!'''Callsigns:''' INQ-001, "the First Inquisitor" |
701 | |
702 | -->''"What the Empire takes, it holds. Forever."'' |
703 | |
704 | Another Jedi turned Inquisitor, Barriss fell to the Dark Side in the Clone Wars, attacked the Jedi Temple in a desperate attempt to stop the war that ended with her framing her best friend Ahsoka Tano before being forced to confess and then imprisoned. Barriss was still in Republic custody at the time of Order 66, and thus made the perfect original candidate for what became the Imperial Inquisition. |
705 | ---- |
706 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: [[AvertedTrope Thoroughly averted.]] Even though she's easily the Inquisitor most skilled with the Force and lightsaber combat, she's ranked no more highly than any of the others. |
707 | * BerserkButton: Any mention of Luminara Unduli inevitably causes her an internal FreakOut. [[spoiler:Brutally exploited by Agent Beneke as a parting shot in one of Hera's flashback scenes, which completely shuts Barriss down.]] |
708 | ** Ahsoka accusing her of trying to kill her with the [[spoiler:sabotaged kyber crystal.]] |
709 | * DespairEventHorizon: Her life has been an unending series of these ever since the Clone Wars. |
710 | * DualWielding: Unlike the other Inquisitors, Barriss uses a pair of lightsabers instead of the standard ringed double-bladed type. It's actually the same pair she stole from Asajj Ventress back in her StartOfDarkness during the Clone Wars. |
711 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Disgusted by Agent Beneke and seriously creeped out by the way the Hunter treated Kanan. |
712 | * EvilFormerFriend: To Ahsoka. |
713 | * ExtremeDoormat: She's more or less unwilling to refuse any order that the Empire gives her, no matter how awful it is. She also has shades of this towards ''Ahsoka'' in that, despite all of Barriss' verbal and physical hostility towards her, she's willingly giving up classified information to her without getting much of anything in return. [[spoiler:Shows signs of starting to grow back out of this when she tries to get Ahsoka to destroy the kyber crystal shipment.]] |
714 | * {{Foil}}: To Ahsoka. They're both Jedi who realized the corruption of the Jedi Order and the Republic it served, but Ahsoka rejected the Dark Side and is one of the Empire's greatest opponents while Barriss fell to the Dark Side and was twisted into the Empire's servant. She's also one to Kanan, as they're both former Jedi serving the Empire but Kanan did it out of love for Hera while Barriss did it out of a genuine desire to make a difference. They were also broken in opposite ways: Barriss was systematically stripped of her identity as a Jedi to the point where she refers to Kanan as the only Jedi in the Inquisition, while Kanan was constantly confronted with his identity as a Jedi because he had spent the last decade running away from it. |
715 | * NiceToTheWaiter: Ironically enough. Even her FaceHeelTurn and the Crucible can't break those habits out of her. |
716 | * NothingIsScarier: Unlike with Kanan, the specifics of what the Empire did to Barriss to turn her into this are left unstated in the story. |
717 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "The First Inquisitor", shortened to either "First" or "the Inquisitor". The only one who ever uses her real name anymore is Ahsoka. |
718 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:She's so disturbed by the giant kyber crystal shipment that for the first time ever she directly sabotages her mission by giving the convoy route to Ahsoka and asking her to destroy it.]] |
719 | * PragmaticAdaptation: Canon WordOfGod post-Season 1 is that Barriss is not an Inquisitor, contrary to the popular theory that was followed here. |
720 | * ReforgedIntoAMinion: The Empire had all the time it needed to turn her from a fallen Jedi into their willing slave. |
721 | * SanitySlippage: Big time. Years of psychological torture will do that to you. |
722 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[spoiler:She promises Ahsoka that if she ever wants her dead, she'll kill her herself with her lightsabers.]] |
723 | * TookALevelInJerkass: She is ''very'' caustic towards Ahsoka. |
724 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Spiced bara nuts, back when she was a Jedi. Ahsoka orders her a bowl in a fit of pity. |
725 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: She still thinks she's doing things that have to be done for the greater good, although the fact that she's been willingly giving information to Ahsoka for years indicates that deep down she knows it's all a lie and refuses to admit it to herself. |
726 | * WeWillMeetAgain: A villainous example to [[spoiler:Kanan when he escapes the Crucible with the Ghost crew, because now they are targets of the Inquisition, as well as the Empire, due to committing treason]]. They'll all be coming now. |
727 | [[/folder]] |
728 | |
729 | [[folder:Pau'an Inquisitor/"The Hunter"]] |
730 | !!"The Hunter" |
731 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_inquisitor_sw_5999.png]] |
732 | !!!'''Species:''' Pau'an |
733 | !!!'''Callsigns:''' "The Hunter" |
734 | |
735 | -->''"Peace? That's certainly one word for it."'' |
736 | |
737 | A Pau'an Inquisitor that becomes TheMentor to Kanan once he joins the ranks of the Inquisition. Earlier on in the story, he leads an operation to capture Fulcrum at the Spire on Stygeon Prime using bait that Jedi Master Luminara Unduli was imprisoned there. Losing to her in combat, he commits suicide via [[CyanidePill cyanide]] to prevent being taken into rebel custody and questioned. He makes posthumous appearances through flashbacks and is mentioned throughout the story. |
738 | ---- |
739 | * AnArmAndALeg: Loses his hands to Ahsoka in their confrontation on Stygeon Prime. |
740 | * BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Commits suicide by [[CyanidePill cyanide]] after being defeated by Ahsoka, to avoid interrogation. |
741 | * CyanidePill: How he dies. |
742 | * MeaningfulName: The Inquisition gets described often as Vader's hunting dogs. They're Jedi hunters. |
743 | * TheMentor: A little bit to Kanan. Though it's more of using him as a puppet than actually caring for him. |
744 | * PosthumousCharacter: We still get to see him in Kanan's flashbacks, though. |
745 | * PragmaticAdaptation: May or may not have been [[spoiler:a former Jedi Temple Guard]]. Also, his canon position as head of the Inquisitors is taken here by Barriss, due to not being revealed as the Grand Inquisitor until post-Season 1 interviews. Considering the Inquisition does not seem to use memory wiping (although this method is not out of the question yet), if his past as a [[spoiler:former Jedi]] would mean that he is [[spoiler:more experienced and thus more qualified to be Grand Inquisitor, as Barriss was only recently-knighted by the time she fell, but we will have to wait and see]]. |
746 | * TheRival: Somewhat with Patience regarding who takes care of Kanan. |
747 | * VillainTakesAnInterest: In Kanan during his Inquisitor training. He's also the only one that refers to him by his official name, "the Hound". |
748 | [[/folder]] |
749 | |
750 | [[folder:Mirialan Inquisitor/"Patience"]] |
751 | !!"Patience" |
752 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seventh_sister_sw.png]] |
753 | !!!'''Species:''' Mirialan |
754 | !!!'''Callsigns:''' "Patience" |
755 | |
756 | -->''"''This ''is going to be'' fun''."'' |
757 | |
758 | An Inquisitor, who, like the First, is a Mirialan. She takes some interest in Kanan when he joins the ranks of the Inquisition, finding herself in a rivalry with the Hunter for authority over him. |
759 | ---- |
760 | * PragmaticAdaptation: The Seventh Sister in canon. |
761 | * MeaningfulName: To fit with the hunting name motif, hunters must be cunning and patient if they want to catch their prey. |
762 | * TheRival: Somewhat with the Hunter regarding who takes care of Kanan. |
763 | * TheVamp: Seems attracted to Kanan. It gets implied that if it the Hunter wasn't so 'protective' of him, she would've made him around something like her SexSlave. |
764 | * VillainTakesAnInterest: In Kanan, though unlike the Hunter, who is at least a little more vague about it, Patience definitely doesn't see him as an equal. |
765 | [[/folder]] |
766 | |
767 | [[folder:"The Hangman"]] |
768 | !!"The Hangman" |
769 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fifth_brother_sw.jpg]] |
770 | !!!'''Species:''' Unidentified |
771 | !!!'''Callsigns:''' "The Hangman" |
772 | |
773 | A male Inquisitor of an unknown species. |
774 | ---- |
775 | * BrainsAndBrawn: Like canon, he gets relegated to being Patience's lackey. |
776 | * PragmaticAdaptation: The Fifth Brother in canon. |
777 | [[/folder]] |
778 | |
779 | [[folder:Terrelian Jango Jumper Inquisitor/"Amity"]] |
780 | !!"Amity" |
781 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eighth_brother_icon.png]] |
782 | !!!'''Species:''' Terrelian Jango Jumper |
783 | !!!'''Callsigns:''' "Amity" |
784 | |
785 | A male Terrelian Jango Jumper Inquisitor. |
786 | ---- |
787 | * IronicName[=/=]MeaningfulName: "Amity" means friendship, a harmony between two individuals, concord. Sure, maybe that's what the Empire likes to see itself as. It's also possible it has to do with him acting like [[TheBabyOfTheBunch an inexperienced newbie as if he may be the youngest Inquisitor seen yet]]. |
788 | * PragmaticAdaptation: The Eighth Brother in canon. |
789 | [[/folder]] |
790 | |
791 | [[folder:Nautolan Inquisitor/"The Whip"]] |
792 | !!"The Whip" |
793 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_whip_galaxies_tv_tropes.jpg]] |
794 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
795 | !!!'''Species:''' Nautolan |
796 | !!!'''Callsigns:''' "The Whip" |
797 | |
798 | -->''"You'll keep a sober tongue in your head when speaking about His Imperial Majesty."'' |
799 | |
800 | A Nautolan male Inquisitor, in charge of the Crucible and Inquisitor training. |
801 | ---- |
802 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Kanan cuts his head off.]] |
803 | * MeaningfulName: He ''whips'' the other Inquisitors into shape. There's also the idea of masters whipping servants (both sapient and animal) to make them do their bidding and to punish them. |
804 | * OriginalCharacter |
805 | * PragmaticAdaptation: [[spoiler: He takes the Pau'an Inquisitor's place as the one Kanan duels to escape Mustafar, with the lines echoing that fight. Unlike canon, however, Kanan does not spare him.]] |
806 | [[/folder]] |
807 | |
808 | [[folder:Theelin Inquisitor/"Verity"]] |
809 | !!"Verity" |
810 | !!!'''Species:''' Theelin |
811 | !!!'''Callsigns:''' "Verity" |
812 | |
813 | A female Theelin Inquisitor. |
814 | ---- |
815 | * {{Expy}}: Of Eighth/Amity, sort of. She was spawned from theories by the author about the identity of the Eighth Brother before the season 2 finale aired. |
816 | * MauveShirt: There's not much about her yet. |
817 | * IronicName[=/=]MeaningfulName: "Verity" means truth, or an ideal that is seen as the truth (synonymous with "virtue" for this definition). Inquisitors are inquisitive in that they hunt for information on their targets, yet, their existence is a lie. |
818 | * OriginalCharacter |
819 | [[/folder]] |
820 | |
821 | [[folder:Woman Inquisitor/"The Fisher"]] |
822 | !!"The Fisher" |
823 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
824 | !!!'''Callsigns:''' "The Fisher" |
825 | |
826 | A female Human Inquisitor. |
827 | ---- |
828 | * MeaningfulName: Fishing around for something so you can take it... like a fisherman hooking fish. You could almost say that you're ''hunting'' for something and fishermen are hunters of fish... |
829 | * OriginalCharacter |
830 | [[/folder]] |
831 | |
832 | [[folder:Trandoshan Inquisitor/"The Leviathan"]] |
833 | !!"The Leviathan" |
834 | !!!'''Species:''' Trandoshan |
835 | !!!'''Callsigns:''' "The Leviathan" |
836 | |
837 | A male Trandoshan Inquisitor. |
838 | ---- |
839 | * MeaningfulName: The Leviathan is a biblical sea monster associated with the [[SevenDeadlySins deadly sin]] of [[DrivenByEnvy envy]]. It is sometimes depicted as a reptilian sea monster. |
840 | * OriginalCharacter |
841 | [[/folder]] |
842 | |
843 | [[folder:Pantoran Inquisitor/"The Seamstress"]] |
844 | !!"The Seamstress" |
845 | !!!'''Species:''' Pantoran |
846 | !!!'''Callsigns:''' "The Seamstress" |
847 | |
848 | A female Pantoran Inquisitor. |
849 | ---- |
850 | * OriginalCharacter |
851 | [[/folder]] |
852 | |
853 | [[folder:Togrutan Inquisitor/"The Wraith"]] |
854 | !!"The Wraith" |
855 | !!!'''Species:''' Togruta |
856 | !!!'''Callsigns:''' "The Wraith" |
857 | |
858 | A female Togrutan Inquisitor. |
859 | ---- |
860 | * AllThereInTheManual: Her name, "the Wraith", is revealed in [[WordOfGod an ask on Bedlamsbard's tumblr.]] |
861 | * {{Expy}}: Of Eighth/Amity, sort of. She was spawned from theories by the author about the identity of the Eighth Brother before the season 2 finale aired. |
862 | * MeaningfulName: A wraith is a ghost/spirit. Fitting name for [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast something to fear]]. |
863 | * OriginalCharacter |
864 | [[/folder]] |
865 | |
866 | [[folder:Other Inquisitors]] |
867 | !!"The Witch", "the Poisoner", "the Songmaker" |
868 | |
869 | ---- |
870 | * MauveShirt: What we know about them is next to nil. For now, they're there to pad the Inquisition to show how many of them exactly there are. |
871 | * OriginalCharacter |
872 | [[/folder]] |
873 | |
874 | !Lake House |
875 | [[folder:The Flower of Ryloth]] |
876 | !![[spoiler:Ojeda Syndulla]] |
877 | !!!'''Species:''' Twi'lek |
878 | !!!'''Homeworld:''' Ryloth |
879 | |
880 | A Twi'lek sex slave at the Lake House on Naboo. She would be six in the beginning of the Clone Wars, [[spoiler:making her a year younger than Hera and Doriah]]. |
881 | ---- |
882 | * [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Blue Skinned Space Babe]] |
883 | * CoolBigSis: Functions as one for Opal. |
884 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:At some point after Hera was abducted, Ojeda was forced into becoming a prostitute at the Lake House.]] |
885 | * EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:Appears in the opening flashback as Ojeda Syndulla, which isn't revealed as Flower's real identity until much later in the story.]] |
886 | * LipstickLesbian: In a relationship with Star/Zaidi. |
887 | * OriginalCharacter |
888 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Star's Red. |
889 | * SexSlave: Like everyone at the Lake House. |
890 | * SlaveBrand: Has the Imperial cog tattooed on the back of her neck, marking her as Imperial property. |
891 | * StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: She is forced to leave behind her girlfriend Zaidi/Star when rescued by her family.]] |
892 | * ThatManIsDead: How she thinks of her previous identity, [[spoiler:Ojeda Syndulla]], in contrast to Star's insistence on using their real names. |
893 | * TheMole: [[spoiler: Is an informant for Sabé Ledoyen and Ahsoka Tano.]] |
894 | * WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:She's actually Ojeda Syndulla and an informant for the Rebellion.]] |
895 | * WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:She gets angry at Doriah for retrieving her from the Lake House because he didn't want her around ISB agents, and then argues with him about letting an ex-ISB Agent Hera stay with Free Ryloth.]] |
896 | [[/folder]] |
897 | |
898 | [[folder:The Red Star of Zeltros]] |
899 | !!Zaidi Farseer |
900 | !!!'''Species:''' Zeltron |
901 | !!!'''Homeworld:''' Zeltros (presumably) |
902 | |
903 | A Zeltron sex slave at the Lake House on Naboo. In a relationship with Flower. |
904 | ---- |
905 | * CoolBigSis: Functions as one for Opal. |
906 | * OriginalCharacter |
907 | * [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Red-Skinned Space Babe]]: She's a Zeltron. |
908 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Flower's Blue. |
909 | * SlaveBrand: Has the Imperial cog tattooed on the back of her neck, marking her as Imperial property. |
910 | [[/folder]] |
911 | |
912 | [[folder:The Blue Opal of Pantora]] |
913 | !![[spoiler:Khiry Chuchi]] |
914 | !!!'''Species:''' Pantoran |
915 | !!!'''Homeworld:''' Pantora |
916 | |
917 | The newest arrival at the Lake House. Was abducted and enslaved in order to punish her mother, [[spoiler:Senator Riyo Chuchi of Pantora,]] for being too outspoken against Imperial policies. |
918 | ---- |
919 | * BreakTheCutie: And how. She's a gentle, sheltered [[spoiler:Senator's]] daughter who has been forced into slavery. |
920 | * [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Blue-Skinned Space Babe]]: She's a Pantoran. |
921 | * OriginalCharacter |
922 | * MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Khiry means 'benevolent' in Arabic, fitting her personality.]] |
923 | * SexSlave: Subverted. She's considered too young to actually be one yet, but the Lake House fully intends to turn her into one and is already training her for it. |
924 | * SlaveBrand: Has the Imperial cog tattooed on the back of her neck, marking her as Imperial property. |
925 | [[/folder]] |
926 | |
927 | !Other Rebels |
928 | [[folder:Fulcrum]] |
929 | !!Ahsoka Tano |
930 | !!!'''Species:''' Togruta |
931 | !!!'''Homeworld:''' Shili |
932 | !!!'''Callsign:''' Fulcrum |
933 | |
934 | ---- |
935 | * BigGood |
936 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: The fic expects that you have finished Season 1, so yes, you should already know that Fulcrum is Ahsoka. |
937 | * PragmaticAdaptation: The canon Season 1 finale implied that most, if not all [[RebelLeader rebel cell leaders]] were unaware of Fulcrum's name and made most of their communication through holocalls. Here, Ahsoka personally meets with Cham and Alecto once Hera is revealed to be an ISB agent. |
938 | ** The Empire also already knows that she's still running around doing errands for the Rebellion, whereas their suspicions are only confirmed early on in Season 2 and she never shows up in person to them until halfway through the Season. [[spoiler:No word on her current relationship with Vader yet.]] |
939 | * RebelLeader: As per canon. |
940 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With Barriss. |
941 | [[/folder]] |
942 | |
943 | [[folder:QT-KT]] |
944 | !!QT-KT |
945 | |
946 | Ahsoka's astromech droid. |
947 | ---- |
948 | * PragmaticAdaptation: She's still with Ahsoka in this AU. |
949 | [[/folder]] |
950 | |
951 | [[folder:Rainbow Lady]] |
952 | !![[spoiler:Sabé Ledoyen]] |
953 | !!!'''Species:''' [[spoiler:Human]] |
954 | !!!'''Homeworld:''' Naboo |
955 | !!!'''Callsign:''' Rainbow Lady |
956 | |
957 | The Naboo Resistance leader, who works under Fulcrum and is who Siren reports to. |
958 | ---- |
959 | * AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:Sabé was one of Padme's handmaidens back in ''The Phantom Menace''. Specifically, she was the decoy that switched places with her. Her background was definitely one of the factors that influenced her to become the leader of Naboo's rebel cell.]] |
960 | * PragmaticAdaptation: [[spoiler:Because we don't know what happened to Sabé in canon and there doesn't appear to have been a successful Naboo rebel cell in canon ever, she's the leader of the Naboo rebel cell here.]] |
961 | * RebelLeader: Of the Naboo Resistance. |
962 | [[/folder]] |
963 | |
964 | !The ''Ghost'' crew |
965 | [[folder:In General]] |
966 | An unorthodox ISB task force team, put together by Agent Hera Syndulla, to hunt down rebels. Recently, they've been stationed to the Outer Rim backwater planet of Lothal. |
967 | ---- |
968 | * AnOfferYouCantRefuse / JoinOrDie: Why the crew minus Hera (and sort of Ezra) became Imperials in the first place. |
969 | * [[spoiler:DefectorFromDecadence: Now that they've broken Kanan out of the Crucible, a complete violation of their orders, Barriss makes it clear to them before they flee that the Inquisition will be coming for him, and we can assume this means the Empire will be coming after them too. However, this does not mean they've had a HeelFaceTurn, as they're only doing it because they are TrueCompanions and they don't have much reason to quickly join the Rebellion yet, considering their issues.]] |
970 | * MirrorUniverse: So far, they're the only people that have a change of sides in the story. The only one that seems to genuinely support the Empire is Hera, with everyone else begrudgingly doing so because the alternative is getting executed or [[AFateWorseThanDeath worse]]. Plus, like in canon, it's better to be [[TrueCompanions together]] than alone. Their dynamic and personalities are just a tiny bit more abrasive than in canon, considering [[ManipulativeBastard the people]] around them and [[DarkAndTroubledPast their rougher pasts]], but they're otherwise the same characters we know, just in a different situation. |
971 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: A Twi'lek ISB Agent, an ex-Jedi-turned-Inquisitor, an old C1 astromech droid, a Mandalorian academy cadet washout, a former Lasat Honor Guardsman, and a Force-sensitive streetrat. |
972 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Hera. The only reason they are with the Empire at all is because of her. [[spoiler:When Hera wants to rescue Kanan, an act of high treason, they don't hesitate to join her]]. |
973 | [[/folder]] |
974 | |
975 | [[folder:Ezra Bridger]] |
976 | !!Ezra Bridger |
977 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
978 | !!!'''Homeworld:''' Lothal |
979 | A teenage street urchin from Lothal. |
980 | ---- |
981 | * TheCynic: He wryly notes at one point that he doesn't expect to see his next birthday. |
982 | * TheEmpath: Exaggerated in one incident. See MySkullRunnethOver. |
983 | * MoralityChain: To the crew, maybe. He's the only one with an unaltered past, and he's pretty much only joining the crew because he has nowhere else to go. So far, he's had a rather positive effect on the others. |
984 | * MySkullRunnethOver: He accidentally senses ''every living being'' on Lothal at one point, and it's completely overwhelming. |
985 | [[/folder]] |
986 | |
987 | [[folder:Sabine Wren]] |
988 | !!Probationary Agent Sabine Wren |
989 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
990 | !!!'''Homeworld:''' Mandalore |
991 | A washed out cadet from the Imperial Academy on Mandalore. After some convincing by Hera, she joined her rebel-hunting team under probation. |
992 | ---- |
993 | * NoodleIncident: Apparently, she blew up part of the Imperial Academy on Mandalore as she ran away. She eventually crossed paths with Zeb. |
994 | * PragmaticAdaptation: Due to her backstory being planned before "Blood Sisters" and "The Protector of Concord Dawn", she has a very different one from canon, though it seems to have become [[CompositeCharacter composited with canon]] as of the airing of Season 3. |
995 | * ReassignedToAntarctica: An Academy cadet washout that ended up getting recruited in an unorthodox ISB team. A highly possible alternative is being executed by firing squad on Mandalore. |
996 | [[/folder]] |
997 | |
998 | [[folder:Garazeb Orrelios]] |
999 | !!Garazeb Orrelios |
1000 | !!!'''Species:''' Lasat |
1001 | !!!'''Homeworld:''' Lasan |
1002 | A former Honor Guardsman of Lasan. After the planet falls to Imperial massacre, he gets convinced by Hera to join her rebel-hunting team. |
1003 | ---- |
1004 | * BerserkButton: Like in canon, he is none too pleased to find out that he's coincidentally under the command of the man who apparently ordered the massacre of Lasan. |
1005 | [[/folder]] |
1006 | |
1007 | [[folder:Chopper]] |
1008 | !!C1-1OP |
1009 | !!!'''Model:''' C1-series astromech droid |
1010 | ---- |
1011 | * PragmaticAdaptation: Because canon says that he's [[spoiler:been with Hera ever since the Clone Wars]] and is nowhere to be found on Zardossa Stix, this is in play. |
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