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1. The Light to their Darkness (Cal & Merrin Inquisitor AU) by grendelsmom24

   Fandoms: Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order Series (Video Games), Star Wars - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   30 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Cal Kestis/Merrin the Nightsister
   • Ilyana/Merrin the Nightsister (briefly mentioned)
   • Cal Kestis & Jaro Tapal
   • Cal & Merrin & Greez & Cere (eventually)
   • Eno Cordova & Cere Junda
   • Cal Kestis
   • Merrin the Nightsister
   • Ilyana (Star Wars)
   • Jaro Tapal
   • Grand Inquisitor (Star Wars)
   • Cere Junda
   • BD-1
   • Greez Dritus
   • Trilla Suduri | Second Sister
   • Eno Cordova
   • Inquisitor Cal
   • Inquisitor Merrin
   • Dark Side Cal
   • AU where both of them got snatched by the Inquisitorious
   • stranded on Dathomir
   • merrical - Freeform
   • not quite enemies to lovers but like they don't rlly like each other at first
   • medium burn honestly bc im too impatient for slow burn
   • a bit steamy but no explicit smut
   • trauma bonding to the extreme
   • idk man maybe it is enemies to lovers
   • what's important is they end up together
   • also yea it's gonna be angsty sorry
   • eventual fluff probably
   • Mentions of Suicide
   • and torture
   • no beta we die like master tapal (too soon?)
   • cal does eventually get a poncho trust
   • mentions of self harm
   • the romance/character development is in the driver's seat and the plot in the trunk lowkey
   • happy ending eventually!!

   Summary

   Cal Kestis and Merrin of Dathomir have both been in the Inquisitorious for a long time, taken as children from their homes to join the ranks of Jedi-killers to varying degrees of resistance. For years they’ve managed to avoid each other except in passing—until the day they’re assigned on a mission together that leads to them becoming stranded on Merrin’s home planet. Forced into proximity, the two discover they have more in common than they initially thought—both in terms of their past and their current thoughts about the Inquisitorious.
   And in the process, they just might be the thing to bring each other back to the light…

   Language:

   English

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