Mejun Bridger Wren

"I might not be able to paint a masterpiece as well as my mom and sis, that much is true. But believe me when I say I'm as good with the Force and a lightsaber as my old man."

- Mejun Bridger Wren when challenged by a student at the New Jedi Temple on Tython. Mejun Bridger Wren is the son of Ezra Bridger Wren and Sabine Wren and the older brother of Mira Bridger Wren (Born 6 ABY). He currently serves the Resistance and works to undermine Imperial control of their half of the galaxy, as well as fighting the First Order and furthering his training in the Force.

History
"This kid's as stubborn as his mother!"

- Ezra Bridger Wren during Mejun's birth, before being punched by Sabine.

Early Childhood
Mejun was born in Mandalore's capital of Sundari, being conceived by Sabine soon after her and Ezra's wedding night following the Battle of Endor.

It was decided by the pair that he would not be taken in by the New Jedi Order as a child and would only go to Tython to continue his training if it was his choice. This was made as part of a promise by Ezra to Ursa and Aldrich Wren that any children he and Sabine had would be taught their Mandalorian heritage and not simply the ways of the Force. The decision was a brief bone of contention between Ezra and Luke Skywalker, who decided that Mejun and his sister could be taught both sides of their heritage without the two contradicting each other.

Mejun inherited his mother's passion for art and most of the paintings that adorned his room growing up were painted either by hand or with the Force. His tastes echoed that of his mother in the way of his love of graffiti art alongside his personal liking for psychedelic, surrealist and gothic. He also displayed an interest in the martial training Sabine put him through and would often try to mix them into his lightsaber practice.

There was not much in the way of unhealthy competition between Mejun and Mira although they would often spar each other whenever one mastered a new martial arts form or Force technique. Mejun also made numerous friends on Mandalore and Lothal.

Birthdays
"No call! No note! Not a single thing! At least tell us where you're going! Do you have any idea how worried you made us yesterday?! Was your alone time worth almost giving me a heart attack?!" "Honest answer? Kinda."

- Sabine and Mejun arguing after Mejun returned home the day after his birthday. Mejun's disputes with his family over how he wanted to celebrate his birthday began shortly before he turned 9 when he tried to avoid his family the entire day.

As the next few years went by his efforts became more intense and absurd, ranging from only coming out of his room when he felt his families force signatures were far enough away trying to set up errands and appointments for himself that happened to fall on his birthday.

His attempts reached a peak on his 12th birthday, he snuck out of the house at 5 AM and only returned after midnight whilst ignoring his comlink. Mejun still maintained that it was worth Sabine hitting him out of anger for the first and only time when she confronted him with Ezra the next morning.

The Scovic Encounter
"When your parents were your age, boy, Mandalore knew its place in the Empire. Your mother certainly knew hers. She always followed her orders, never questioned her superiors. She was a valuable servant of the New Order." "You can insult me all you like and I won't give you much. But you take back what you just said or you'll be eating your rank badge."

- Mejun and Skovic during their confrontation. Since his parents did not hide their experiences of life under the Empire from him or Mira, Mejun showed almost outright hatred for the Empire at an early age. He was somewhat suspicious of Kallus until he turned 10 and was brazen enough in his suspicions as to suggest to Ezra that Kallus could be working for the Empire again. He often imagined himself fighting stormtroopers whenever he practiced his martial arts, Mandalorian weapons, and lightsaber skills.

His dislike of Imperials only intensified at age 12 when he engaged in a confrontation with Colonel Vedka Skovic, an Imperial officer visiting Mandalore. The two met when both were at Peace Park and Mejun overheard him telling his aide that the city was more beautiful under Imperial rule. Mejun gave in to his urge to correct Skovic and told him the city was more vibrant once the Empire was forced off-world. Skovic then decided to rephrase his statement by saying that Sundari was more orderly and efficient during the Imperial period. This led Mejun to imply that Skovic only liked cities that were dull, grey and quiet with a suppressed population.

Things escalated until after Mejun told Skovis who he was when Skovis insinuated his mother was only respectable when she served the Empire. Mejun's response was to grab Skovic by the collar and threaten to force-feed the colonel his rank insignia. The two almost came to blows before realizing that a crowd was starting to notice them. Mejun and Skovic begrudgingly called it off but still held considerable enmity for each other for years.

Upon returning home, Mejun at first said nothing more of the encounter to his parents other than that he made his first enemy.

He only revealed the truth after being questioned by his father the next morning and refused to apologize for his actions, stating he almost lost control when Skovic implied his mother was a 'bootlicker.' Unbeknownst to them, Sabine overheard their conversation and ran to her and Ezra's room in tears.

When he went to comfort her, Ezra discovered Sabine was horrified Mejun would find out about her creation of the Duchess and service to the Empire and tell Mira about it, causing her to lose the love of both her children. Sabine and Ezra decided to avert this by having her parents, Hera, Zeb and Kallus present on Krownest during their visit two weeks later to provide emotional support for Sabine when she told Mejun and Mira.

Despite their mother's fears, Mejun and Mira told her that her revelations changed nothing although they were still mad she decided to keep such a thing secret for so long.

Battle with the Eighth Brother
"That power you were promising you'd give us? Can't say it's too impressive." "Your gall will be the end of you, boy!"

During the end of year break from school, Mejun and Mira were brought to Lothal to see where Ezra'd grown up and the places significant to the Ghost crew.

On the fifth night of the trip Mejun and Mira were walking around the waterfront district when they were ambushed by the Eighth Brother.

Personality
Mejun can be equally combative, comedic and kind and sometimes has trouble holding himself back from getting into fights or intervening in situations when it is not his place to do so. He has often been compared to his parents in how headstrong he can be sometimes and considers these comparisons complements.

His sense of humor is somewhat sarcastic and abrasive and is not above making jabs at the expense of those close to including his family. He made use of sexual humor starting at the age of ten, much to Sabine's amusement and horror. In one instance when he saw Sabine flirtatiously inviting Ezra to bed, Mejun jokingly said to Mira "Dad's been called to the love nest. We're not seeing him till tomorrow." On another occasion, he joked that one of the main reasons he has a younger sibling is because Sabine loved the feeling of being pregnant with Ezra's child so much she wanted him to knock her up again. Sabine responded to this by suggesting he and Trista Zell would give her "wonderfully ferocious grandchildren." He has also implied on a number of occasions that Mira is a closet sadist. When she was tasked with interrogating a First Order infiltrator caught at the Jedi Temple, he asked if she wanted a whip and a collar for him.

Mejun makes no secret of his disdain for the Empire, the First Order, and dictatorships in general. Although he makes a point of trying to be merciful with opponents, he has trouble extending it to enemies belonging to these groups. He finds the concept of Human High Culture to be repugnant and is greatly opposed to any other form of Humanocentrism or Speciesism, thinking of them as excuses for wanting greatness on the basis of birthright instead of actual effort. Even when forced to work with Imperials opposed to the First Order he keeps his relations with them strictly professional. He is willing to put differences aside and work with them should the greater good require it but only very begrudgingly.

Having been told of Alderaan's destruction at an early age by his parents as well as his childhood friend Elinik who's parents were Alderaanian refugees, Mejun sees any deliberate threat to the restoration of its culture or people as something to be crushed. His determination to see its people recover motivated him to promise himself that should New Alderaan come under threat he would go to its aid. This protective attitude also extends to refugee groups he comes across. He has shown willingness to kill to protect

While he has few pet peeves, one of the largest is people other than close relatives and friends acknowledging his birthday. This trend began when he was 9 years old and Mejun explains it as simply hating the amount of attention he gets from it and feeling like celebrating his birthday is arbitrary and pointless. He has shown little interest in celebrating with friends or family and has often expressed that his ideal birthday would be spending the day in near-complete isolation painting or listening to horror holocasts. He has often been willing to resort to absurd methods of avoiding others over the course of the day. The only members of his immediate family to side with him over the issue are his grandparents, for the reason that they believe what he is asking for is nothing extravagant or unrealistic. Despite this, they have told Mejun his methods of avoiding spending time with others on his birthday go overboard.

He had little trouble with other Mandalorians and was able to get along well with other members of House Wren and House Vizsla as well as other Mandalorian clans. He has little problem getting along with members of Clan Saxon and was friends with Ajat Saxon since childhood. He and his friends at the Jedi Academy on Tython earned the nickname "Monster Clan" because of the makeup of its members; with Mejun being Mandalorian, Pragna being a Karakarodon, Vellam being a Kaleesh, and Oanax being Zabrak. Despite their name, the group never engaged in abusive activities towards others and later took part in resistance missions."I still say I painted a good recreation of the freezer from 'The Dweller Below,' but argument aside... so not kriffing worth making mom cry like that."

- Mejun talking with Mira after putting back his childhood paintings.

Despite his parents high status in the New Republic and Mandalore, it had been clear to Mejun early on that his actions have consequences and he will have to pay the price of his bad decisions. He does, however, ignore this sometimes if he feels that doing nothing will make a situation worse, in which case he has no fear of facing punishment. A trait of his that Ezra has pointed out as 'Sith-like' is his tendency to find the exact buttons to push when Mejun and someone else are in an argument.

However, he does acknowledge that this sometimes goes overboard. In one instance during his early teenage years, he and Sabine were fighting over his accusation of her trying to have too much influence over his personal life especially in regards to when he'd start looking for a girlfriend. To get back at her, he replaced his rooms childhood paintings with paintings of scenes from horror holos and horror scenes from his own imagination. The results exceeded his expectations when Sabine started to cry upon seeing the new paintings. Mejun realized he had gone too far when Sabine begged him to tell her he didn't destroy his childhood paintings to put the horror pictures in their place. He understood he had overstepped a boundary by failing to understand how much his childhood paintings meant to her.

Mejun made it a habit to know what lines not to cross from that point forward. This still doesn't prevent him from insulting Imperial and First Order personnel when the chance arises.

Interests
Mejun himself has mused that a lot of his interests are shared by one or neither of his parents. His tastes in music are somewhat different from his mother as she found out when he told her he didn't get what she did from Quenk Jazz, though he said he didn't hate it. Mejun's interest in music is less focused than his parents as he freely admits he listens to Mandalorian metal, rock music and Tetan folk (think Spanish folk music) an equal amount.

His interest in horror holofilms is something he has a hard time explaining, causing some of his fellow students at the Tython academy to suspect him of having an attraction to the Dark Side. This interest began when he was 11 when he purchased a copy of "The Shamblers," a movie about deformed mutants living in the sewers of Hosnian Prime. He is also a fan of the horror anthology series "The Shadowed Vault" and had been watching it soon after he first got into the horror genre.

He also displays a passion for art much to the joy of Sabine and Alrich and decorated much of his room on Mandalore, Krownest and Tython with original paintings. His tastes echoed that of his mother in the way of his love of graffiti art alongside his personal liking for psychedelic, surrealist and gothic. Mejun once remarked during his first visit to the Hosnian Prime Central Art Museum that he had found his new house and only asked Ezra to redirect his mail to the museum so he could keep in touch.

Mejun has had an interest in swimming since his early childhood and jumped at Pragna's invitation to visit Karkarus after a highly intense mission in First Order territory. He also frequently swims in the lake near the Jedi Temple on Tython after training.

Love Life
"I find her attitude insufferable when we train together, but when she leaves I feel depressed! When she's smiling at me I feel both helpless and like I can tear apart the First Order myself at the same time! If this is what it's like to really fall in love with someone it's a fucking headache!" "It's natural. Just be glad your mother isn't hearing this rant of yours. She'd never let you hear the end of it!"

- Mejun and Ezra talking about his developing feelings for Trista Zell. Romance was originally never an interest of Mejun's and he made no attempt to deepen connections with female friends.

He had often made clear to potential love interests that Sabine found this somewhat more disconcerting than Ezra, given that she wanted Mejun to know just how much stronger love for someone else can make him as well as the fulfillment it can bring. This became the biggest bone of contention between Mejun and Sabine who felt that a life without love could only be so rewarding and enjoyable. She attempted to appeal to his pride in his Mandalorian heritage by saying that no warrior can ever be alone in his life or his heart as well as saying that when she and Ezra became romantic partners their love strengthened one another. He had over the course of his childhood and early teens been able to unintentionally charm female friends into seeing him in a romantic light but these relationships never moved in that direction.

The closest person Mejun had to a "first love" was a Mirialan girl he met on Lothal named Chazy when he was 12. Mejun admitted her found her physically attractive but found her inability and unwillingness to fight along with other differences in their personalities made it clear to him they weren't a good fit.

His romantic feelings for Trista Zell started becoming apparent after they trained and hung out with one another for two years with her beginning to return his feelings after an encounter with First Order Special Forces on Chandrila. Mejun found himself highly impressed with her fighting skills in such a situation and Trista admitted that she found his protective attitude toward the refugees they were transporting to the New Republic cast him in a very good light.

Force powers
While not having the same level of power as his father, Grandmaster Skywalker and Kylo Ren, Mejun is able to hold his own against Force wielders with the strength of a Jedi Master or a moderately experienced Sith.

Force awareness

Mejun's Force awareness is both a blessing and a curse. One one hand he can sense the presence of other force users and the emotions of those around him with relative ease. However, he strongly registers the agony of those emotionally close to him and those in extreme pain. In the case of when he rescued imprisoned refugees held by the First Order, their collective pain manifested itself in his mind as screams and the sounds of Mandalorian war drums with the drumming becoming more and more pronounced the closer he got to where they were being held.

Fighting skills
Having been trained by his mother and other members of House Wren at an early age, Mejun is capable of matching Imperial Death Troopers in armed or unarmed combat. His fighting skills became sharped when he began training on Tython at the Jedi Temple and he began seriously experimenting with incorporating his lightsaber training with what he was taught earlier in life. By the age of 12, he was able to hold his own against the Eighth Brother along with Mira long enough for Ezra and Sabine to arrive.

Parents
Mejun and Ezra have a mostly healthy father-son relationship with the occasional argument or embarrassing moment when Ezra isn't sure of how to connect with him. Most of the time their interactions are positive or at the very least casual. When Mejun left to go to the new Jedi Temple Ezra admitted he felt his son's absence profoundly and would try to contact Mejun at least once a week. It is rare for Mejun to do something bad enough to warrant angering his father with the biggest instance being his avoiding the family during his 12th birthday. He looks up to Ezra as a Jedi as well as a father and in moments when Mejun feels the pull of the dark side, he feels comfort in knowing he can speak to his father about how to prevent it from overtaking him as well as talking with his friends and Luke Skywalker. Ezra implored Mejun to save Mira after she was brainwashed into serving the First Order and shared in his joy with Sabine when Mejun and Monster Clan succeeded.

He and Sabine have a somewhat typical mother-son relationship but one that stays mostly positive. When he started training in the warrior arts at 5 years old she was delighted to find out he never saw it as work and that he enjoyed building himself up in both body and mind. The two are not above making jokes at each other's expense when the opportunity presents itself. While he angers her at times she has only been provoked to go further than simply yelling when Mejun decided to spend his entire 12th birthday out of the house without telling her, Ezra or Mira what he was planning or how long he'd be out. Her response when he came back was to hit him out of anger for the first and only time while tearfully asking him if he had any idea of how terrified she, Ezra and Mira had been while he had been out. He also brought Sabine to tears when he replaced most of his childhood paintings with horror scenes as a response to her accidentally giving the impression she was twisting his arm to get him to find a girlfriend. She was immensely proud of him and Mira when they were able to hold their ground against the Eighth Brother when he ambushed them on Lothal.

Like Ezra, Sabine strongly felt Mejun's absence when he was living on Tython and would get somewhat depressed if he did not contact her for a significant amount of time. She always looked forward to hearing how his training was going as well as what was going on in his life. When Mira was kidnapped and brainwashed by the First Order, she begged him to save her and was overjoyed when Mejun and his friends succeeded in rescuing her and undoing her conditioning.

Grandparents

Mejun's relation with his grandparents is an almost entirely warm one. He often looks forward to sparring with Ursa during his visits to Krownest as well as asking her about House Wren's history and aspects of his heritage he doesn't understand. Mejun does not hold her rocky history with his parents against her and has said to her on numerous occasions that Gar forced her into the worst situation a wife and mother could find herself in. He even commented that Ursa killing Gar was "cool" the first time he was told the story. Ursa herself loves him dearly and the two often spar when he visits. Ursa relished the opportunity to duel Pragna and Vellam and shares the desire to do so again with the two. Mejun shares his grandfather's passion for art and often stayed up late at night painting with him when Mejun was a child.