( made by soulofstaars )

revenge is the foundation of justice. justice began with revenge, and revenge is still the only justice some beings can ever hope for.

matthew stover            revenge of the sith

IZUMI WREN KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO DIE.

The Living Force — in all its infinite, cosmic, unceasing torment — has made sure of it, linking her lifeline to a myriad of others and gifting her with the exquisite agony of knowing how it feels to take those final labored breaths before succumbing to eternal rest. To be gunned down in an instant by those you once considered friends and comrades; to be hunted like prey by shades of hatred and fear ... Izumi Wren knows a great many things that a young girl should not know.

And she's angry about it.

Her old masters at the Jedi temple would have had something to say about that. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering ... Izumi doesn't care much for old proverbs and platitudes these days — anger seems to be the ally that she needs right now, so long as it means that the right people are the ones who are suffering in the end — and besides: she was never one for blind devotion anyways. Not since the Jedi Order wasted her young years, dangling something they would never allow her to have above her head before ripping it away and casting her aside like she meant nothing to them.

(Then again: perhaps they could see from the beginning that Izumi was never Jedi material; that she was always destined to become a vicious, hateful little thing, filled to the brim with her father's rage and her mother's willful nature ...)

But the Jedi Order is gone now, hunted down and slaughtered by the galaxy's newly crowned Emperor and his rabid red-blade wielding dogs. The irony of it all does not escape her and if it wasn't so fucking morbid and unbearably tragic, Izumi thinks she might have laughed to see the once mighty Order reduced to two of its biggest failures: herself and Ahsoka Tano, the former Padawan of the Chosen One ... Except Ahsoka has never been a failure. (Not like Izumi, at least. If anything, the Jedi Order failed her — but that's a sadder story.) Because in spite of all her protests and her humble self-deprecation, Ahsoka is perhaps the best legacy that the Jedi could have hoped for; so nauseatingly good, so frustratingly selfless, so completely polar from Izumi herself that it might've made her sick, if she hadn't already been half-in love with her for years.

They're the last of the Jedi Order and the only people in the galaxy that each other has left. Ahsoka clings to the teachings of their old masters; says that the best thing for them to do in the aftermath of all that they've lost is to find balance and help ease suffering where they can. Izumi wishes it were that simple, but she knows her hateful heart too well. Her idle hands are restless, eager for the feeling of a weapon between her palms and desperate to spill blood. There won't be any balance for her until the ones responsible for ripping the galaxy apart face the due consequences that they deserve.

Only justice could bring balance, could bring peace.

And if the galaxy won't give her the justice she seeks, Izumi will make it herself.

Izumi Wren     Shiori Kutsuna

Ahsoka Tano     Logan Browning

Ursa Wren     Rinko Kikuchi

Taro Wren     Ken Watanabe

Captain Rex     Uli Latukefu

Bo-Katan Kryze     Rebecca Ferguson

Korkie Kryze     Evan Roderick

Noëmi Thul     Amber Rose Revah

Eden Nazari     Golshifteh Farahani

Barriss Offee     Amita Suman

Qi'ra     Tessa Thompson

WITH . . .

Chiaki Kuriyama was Jesa Ando
Ko Shibasaki as Kana Wren
Tomohisa Yamashita as Ryu Wren
Ai Tominaga as Yuki Wren
Masahiro Higashide as Jiro Wren
Tiffany Boone as Kaeden Larte
Eris Baker as Miara Larte
Sam Witwer as Maul

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dedicated to julia

a/n:           guess who's 🅱️ack, 🅱️ack again 🤠🤠 i'm honestly not sure where to BEGIN with this but i'll start at the beginning-ish. basically, while i've been on a writing/social media break, i was able to finish my tcw/rebels bingewatch, finish reading ahsoka by ek johnston and a new dawn by john jackson miller, finish watching sw jedi: fallen order cutscenes, and finish reading a shit ton of sw comics. i had major burnout after the sequels and have honestly felt very ~bleh~ towards the fandom as a whole for a while, but now that i've been fed 🍽 brain machine go brrrrrrrrrrr 🧠 and i have a few more fics in the drafts 🥴🥴 (lemme stop before i get too far ahead of myself through bc i tend to do that 🧍‍♀️) BUT i really am excited to tell these stories and get back into writing soon. i recently started school again so that's been taking up a lot of my time too since i decided to get my associate's after finishing my BA, but i'll be writing as much as i can between that and job hunting bc ya girl needs to pay off her student loans!!!! 💸😳
           ↳ moving on to the fic itself ‼️ PUNISHER is an au fic that takes place mostly during s7 of tcw through the ahsoka novel and carrying on towards season 1 of sw: rebels. some characters/events/elements from those shows/novels will be featured in this book, while others will be changed bc that's sorta how i roll when it comes to writing fics!! 🛴 because i'm fairly sure that most of my sw readers are primarily movie watchers: you definitely don't have to have read ahsoka or watch tcw/rebels if you want to read this fic. however, being familiar with ahsoka's character if you're not already will be helpful to you!! a quick google search (beware of spoilers) will tell you what you need to know about her, but here's the cliffnotes version: ahsoka tano was anakin skywalker's padawan between aotc and rots during the clone wars. she ultimately left the jedi order for.. Reasons 🧐 and fought in the siege of mandalore before order 66 happened. sometime after the jedi purge, she met bail organa and helped him + others form the rebel alliance!!
           ↳ as for miss IZUMI WREN: yes she is related to that mandalorian Clan Wren™️ from krownest. ursa is izumi's half-sister and izumi is sabine & tristan's favorite lesbian aunt 🥺🥰 i would say izumi is definitely more.. rough around the edges, if u will, than some of my other ocs. very troubled. very angry. very morally gray. if that's not ur thing.. u do not have to read!! ❤️
           ↳ if you do choose to read: a lot of this fic will be dedicated to themes like survivor's guilt, coping with grief/trauma, and other topics along those lines, which is why i've marked this book as mature since those themes and others will be more adult. i don't intend for anything to be super graphic or (for lack of a better word) trauma porn-ish, but i do want to clarify that this book is going to be darker than others i've written. please don't read if you don't feel comfortable with anything listed here. ⚠️ TRIGGER WARNINGS: ⚠️ depictions of violence, character deaths, mature themes, adult language, discussions/portrayals of mental health related issues (postpartum depression/psychosis, attempted suicide, ptsd, depression, anxiety, paranoia), complicated/unhealthy family dynamics, depictions of abuse (physical, emotional, verbal), self-destructive behavior, harmful coping mechanisms. any additional warnings will be added if necessary! again: your mental health is the most important thing so pls don't read if you're not comfortable with those themes!!!
           ↳ that being said: i promise this whole book isn't going to be dark and miserable. it begins in a dark place, but ultimately it is a story of healing and hope and learning to rebuild after undergoing a traumatic experience. there will be a lot of good in this story and imo that's just as important as the heavy stuff too. one of those good things is izumi and ahsoka's relationship. they're basically the angry smol and gentle tol gf dynamic 👭 on the run and hiding from the empire together. it's a slow-burn, friends-to-lovers ship with lots of yearning™️ and good tropes like There Was Only One Bed and Patching Each Other Up After Being Wounded, etc etc. so if you like that then you'll hopefully like this book 🥺💞
           ↳ tl;dr: i've been planning this fic for close to three-ish months or so and i'm so so SO excited to finally get to share it with all of you. thank you for all of your kindness and support. it means more than you know. i hope you're all safe and well right now. love u all and i'll see u soon!! 🥰🥰