She was one of the Nightsisters, a clan of Force-sensitives who expressed their connection with the Force through magick instead of the ways of the Jedi or Sith. Merrin was a female Dathomirian Zabrak who lived on her homeworld of Dathomir before and during the Clone Wars. With the dead.' ―Merrin recounting her perspective of the Battle of Dathomir An armored warrior brandishing this … Descended upon us… And cut down my people. She and Kestis fought together and succeeded in recovering the Abyss compass necessary to reach Tanalorr, vowing to make the planet a haven for those hunted by the Empire.

During this mission, she and Kestis became romantically involved. She reunited with Kestis during the latter's hunt for hidden world of Tanalorr and rejoined the Mantis crew, hoping the obscure planet could be a refuge for the Path. This led to her becoming involved with the Hidden Path, which sought to save Force sensitives being hunted by the Empire. Merrin traveled the galaxy alone, righting wrongs where she could.

Affirming that they were both survivors, Merrin and Kestis worked together to defeat Malicos, and the Nightsister subsequently joined Kestis' crew aboard the Stinger Mantis in their quest to restore the Jedi Order and fight the Galactic Empire.Īfter several years of evading and battling the Empire, the Mantis crew parted ways over irreconcilable differences. She told him about seeing her people killed by an armored warrior brandishing a lightsaber. Although Merrin was reluctant to fight alongside a Jedi, Kestis reassured her that he was on her side by sharing the story of his own grief-stricken past and handing his lightsaber to her. She used the Chant of Resurrection to attack both men, but Kestis eventually returned to complete his mission. When Cal Kestis visited Dathomir in search of the Tomb of Kujet and Malicos asked the former Jedi Padawan to join him, Merrin realized Malicos was deceiving her. Malicos fell to the dark side of the Force, and wishing to learn the Nightsister's magick, he manipulated Merrin through lies that the Jedi were responsible for her losses and false promises to help her avenge her fallen friends, sisters, and mothers. A survivor of General Grievous' massacre of the Nightsisters during the Clone Wars, Merrin encountered the Jedi Master Taron Malicos after he crash-landed on Dathomir following the execution of Order 66 in 19 BBY, which called for the extermination of all Jedi. Merrin was a Dathomirian Nightsister who lived on her homeworld of Dathomir during the Imperial Era. Nightsisters and Jedi do not travel together but… survivors. ' I've spent years… of waiting for a chance to avenge my sisters.

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