In memoriam:
To Monty Oum. Our Inspiration.
May we never forget him and his vision.
Keep Moving Forward.
History book of Vale: Edition 7.
Printed: 79 Years after the Great War. (A.G.W.)
Chapter 1: The War.
The war of Remnant. One can describe the Great War of Remnant with one word. Bloody.
Of course, that one word would make little sense as it doesn't give the reason why it was bloody.
The Great War of Remnant started in the year -17 A.G.W. When the kingdoms of Mantle and Mistral started to disagree with each other about trading route's and influencing kingdoms politics. When Mistral accused the kingdom of Mantle of active sabotage, due to several Dust filled containers exploding in one of Mistral's famous brewery, Mantle withdrew it's ambassador, who had been threatened by Mistrelian officials. Mistral only seemed to consider this as Mantle admitting that they had been actively sabotaging Mistral's main export, high quality Mistrelian ale and wine.
Kings, Queens and their guests would usually drink a bottle of Mistrelian wine after a successful agreement. It was also considered a precious gift to give to a important business partner. In fact, when the Schnee Dust Company was founded, it's owners drank three bottles of Mistrelian Wine to celebrate.
Both Mantle and Mistral called their soldiers to arms. This alerted both Kingdoms of Vale and Vacuo to the growing threat between the two nations. Both Kingdoms ordered all able-bodied man into service. This gave the wrong impression to both the Kingdoms of Mantle and Mistral. Both Kingdoms thought that Vacuo and Vale were arming themselves to prepare for war. Mistral believed that Vale was siding with Mantle, while Mantle though that Vacuo sided with Mistral.
It was also though that Vale and Vacuo were preparing to fight each other.
There is no record who the first shot fired, but that day was marked as a black day for the whole of Remnant. Dozens of man, women and children died those days, with each nation committing more terrible crimes that other nations.
In the year -3 A.G.W. A group of citizens rose up from the burning grounds of the once peaceful nation of Vale and requested the king of Vale to bring forth a message of peace. The spokes person for that group, was Halberd Ozpin. Halberd Ozpin was a respected community leader, who had seen young men marching though the streets of Vale. It is recorded that he spoke to the king the following words. "How can we look our children in the eyes, telling them that the king has send them to war? A war that we didn't choose to be involved with? I urge you, my King, to become a messenger of peace. Your subjects are tired of war. Between the war and the Grimm at out gates, there seems to be only one way out of it. Sent the message of peace. Become the bringer of peace."
King Leon of Vale, the third to hold that name had listened carefully to the community leader and while feeling that Halberd Ozpin had asked to much, he felt that the time was right to put an end to the War. With many difficulty, and much opposition, King Leon the Third finally arranged a meeting between the kingdoms, who at that time were slowly collapsing. From each nation, more and more cries for peace was called, to end the War that had destroyed a whole generation. With little options left, the Kingdoms agreed to come to the small island of Vytal, a island that had been spared from the horrific of the War. First careful peace-talks were held, and a Ceasefire agreement was signed, allowing doctors to care for the wounded, and for family members to bury the dead.
Unfortunately, an explosion on the airship of the King of Mantle caused the King and his entire family to die on the way back. Several military generals of Mantle took power and while agreeing with the treaty, they formed their previous half army into an actual army, with them at the top.
When the final peace talks were past and the ink on the agreement were dry, several Generals announced that the kingdom of Mantle would be renamed into Atlas.
For More information about the Great War, Go to page 43.
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Chapter 2: Dust.
Dust, or 'Nature's wrath', is a natural occurring material found in Remnant. Found buried in the earth of Remnant, a whole industry has been surrounded by it, causing it to be one of the most important elements of Remnant.
While Dust is primarily used in weapons for Huntsmen and Huntresses and the military, it is also used for other used. Cars, planes, boats, power. The list is endless.
The history of Dust can be found in the early days of humanity on Remnant. When Humans were young and the Grimm attacked with repeating strikes, it was assumed that Humanity would turn back to the earth and dust it had crawled out of. However, early humans discovered and used Dust at weapons, defending themselves and Humanity from the Creatures of Grimm. With the protection of those Dust-wielders who defended everyone from the Grimm, Humanity was able to construct walls, driving the Grimm out of the save havens that would be come the main four kingdoms of the world. The Kingdoms of Vale, Vacuo, Mistral and Mantle, that is now been called Atlas.
For more information about Dust, Go to page 77.
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Chapter 3: Huntsmen Academies.
After the Great War, Humanity agreed that the Grimm was a threat, more important than most other matters, and so agreed to build academies where young humans were trained for the sole purpose to fight the Creatures of Grimm. While many young man and woman tried to join such Academies, only few were chosen to do so. The academies had agreed that they would only accept the best of the best, insuring that those trained to become 'huntresses and huntsmen' would receive nothing more than the best of training that was available. One Academy that became popular for creating the best Huntresses and Huntsmen was Beacon Academy in Vale.
After a decade, the Academies agreed to lower the requirement to attend an Academy, and a test was created to test the resourcefulness of the aspiring huntresses and huntsmen.
Around the same time, a training academy was created on the island of Patch, before the coast of Vale. Signal Academy was the first academy that would train young children in creating and wielding their weapon, to give them an edge to enter an Academy. Other Kingdoms followed this example, with Sanctum Academy in Mistral being the second to open it's doors.
For more information about the Academies, Go to page 133.
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Chapter 4: The Faunus.
Faunus. A race of Humans that possess animal extremities. Ears, tails, retractable claws, to name a few. Despite what numerous scientific tell us, society doesn't seem to be ready to accept the Faunus as fully sentient human beings. Instead, many humans consider the Faunus nothing more that a race of 'near humans'. This brings a friction within society, considering that the Faunus have several skills that can be very beneficial from Humanity as a whole.
Unlike Humans, Faunus have excellent night-vision, allowing them to see perfect in the dark, while Humans need extra equipment to see. Faunus can also hear much better than Humans, and because they stand closer to nature than Humans, Faunus are excellent game hunters.
Unfortunately, Humanity was not done with fighting war. Nobody knew who started it, and who planned it, but the Faunus war had become a reality, when dozens of ships carried Faunus from a kingdom to a remote island on the south of Mistral, called Menagerie.
It seems that several factions of Humanity wanted to rid the world of the Faunus, and confined them one one island, where they would have to live their life away from their homes. Thus, the Faunus Right Revolution started, also known as the Faunus War.
This war, while short in comparison with the Great War, was equally bloody, if not more so that the Great War.
When the Faunus Right Revolution was ended, a group of peace loving Faunus rose up to become the 'voice of the people'. They called themselves the White Fang. The White Fang protected their own, and organized peaceful protest marches to companies who refused to serve Faunus.
In they year 74 A.G.W. The White Fang turned from it's non-violent path and started to become increasingly more violent. The peaceful protests that had been organized after the Faunus War ended, and organized attacks on shops, companies and anyone else who refused faunus equal rights. This day, the White Fang is considered at terrorist organization.
For more information about the Faunus and faunus War, as well as the White Fang, Go to page 211.
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Chapter 5: The Age of maturity/Age of consent.
In the years following the end of the Great War, the Kingdoms have been discussing what the legal age of maturity needed to be.
The King of Vacuo discussed this with his counselors and came up with a set of rules that were adopted, after some modifications by the other Kingdoms.
For owning a motorcycle or a car, powered by a single lightning Dust crystal, the age became 15 years, with parental approval.
For owning a motorcycle or a car, powered by two or more lightning Dust crystals, the age became 17 years without parental approval. This was done to prevent youngsters to own a machine that was to powerful for them to handle.
The age of maturity, when a young man or woman is able to live on his or her own, was declared to be 18 years of age. While most man and woman begin to pursue a career, others enlist in the military of Atlas. Others decide to wander the wide wilds of Remnant, becoming part of a nomadic tribe.
The age when sexual intercourse is 'accepted' is at 16 years of age. However, most parents warn their children not to engage in intercourse, until they have been completely tested for any disease.
Female Faunus usually fall in Heat when they are in their 18th or 19th year. However, sometimes a Faunus female will fall in Heat prematurely. She must be helped with her animalistic urges to procreate, yet mustn't be allowed to become pregnant. Every situation is unique. With parental concent, a young Faunus woman in Heat may be 'bedded'.
Luckily, this only happens only 1 in 5000 cases.
For more information about the Age of maturity/consent, go to page 307
"Whatcha doing?" A voice asked as Angel Star looked up from her book. There, her cousin, Ray Star, looked at her with his blue eyes that they both inherited from their Grandmother. As well as their blond hair that they somehow got from their Grandfather. Ray however, had a lock of red hair sticking out of his head. He claimed it was 'cool'.
Angel shook her head. While they may have been raised together until they were seven, Ray had stayed in Vacuo while Angel had been allowed to enter a Atlesian school, where she learned that she was gifted with computers. While she was in one of the combat schools of Atlas, she created her own weapon that was strapped to her right arm. She called it a ´hard-light gauntlet'.
"Nothing much, just reading." Angel said a s Ray took a seat next to her.
"Ha, books can't save you in the field. 'These' babies can." Said Ray as he held out a pair of Tonfa from a holster on his left and right hip.
Ray pulled out his right Tonfa and held it to Angel. "I can do a lot of damage with these. I already did do that in the wild of Vacuo." Putting his Tonfa back, Ray looked at his cousin. Just like him, she had blue eyes and blond hair. But unlike Ray, who wore a red headband, Angel wore a finely crafted Tiara, preventing her hair from falling in front of her eyes.
Angel also wore a single earring, something that Ray would never do. Both wore a long jacket, with Ray's being dark green and hers being brown. Both were open, allowing them to see their shirt. Ray's was blue and showed his muscular chest. Angel's shirt was green and showed a decent size of cleavage.
"You know, have fun reading. I'll see you at Beacon" Said Ray as he stood up from the seat next to Angel and moved further to look out the window of the slow moving airship that transported new students to the best Huntsmen academy of Remnant. Beacon Academy.
Ray sighed. There was nothing going on at the airship. It's movement was just as slow as ever, and he couldn't wait to go out and kill some Grimm. Then again, as Harry Ozpin, Ray had killed more than enough to earn his place at Beacon.
It was a lie. All of it. In reality, there was no 'Ray Star', just as there was no 'Angel Star' or "Vixen Jones' or 'Nova Heart'.
What there was, was a young boy, around fourteen years old called Harry Ozpin, formally known as Harry Potter. There were also three girls called Hermione Granger, Nymphadora (Dora) Tonks and Ginny Goodwitch, who was once known as Ginny Weasley.
Those four had traveled through time and space to the past, to change the actions of a group under the command of a dangerous leader called Cinder Fall. Fall, with her two henchmen Emerald Sustrai and Mercury Black had used the criminal Roman Torchwick to do their dirty work. Fall had suggested, or ordered Torchwick, to use a terrorist group called the White Fang as their muscle. Ray sighed. While he would go to Beacon and learn to become a huntsmen, he would have preferred it to be as Harry Ozpin.
What also bothered him greatly, was the sudden and abrupt change of his father's behavior. While he could understand that Professor Ozpin would need to distance himself from Ray and Nova, he didn't need to do it in such a direct way. Professor Ozpin, or Dad for Harry Ozpin, had ignored them from the moment that they left classroom 117 to meet their trainers. At least Ginny/Nova had some luck, as she started to train under her mother. Harry/Ray had to train under a huntsmen from the far west in Vacuo. It was all to keep to their cover story.
Shaking his head, Ray looked up, just to see a hologram of his aunt, Glynda Goodwitch, appearing. 'Then again', Ray thought as the hologram of professor Glynda Goodwitch started to talk about Beacon. 'I'm not allowed to call her my aunt. Here she is Professor Goodwitch, second in command of Beacon Academy, deputy headmistress, combat and dust instructor.'
A touch on his shoulder brought him from his thoughts as he looked in the yellow eyes of his girlfriend, who was disguised just as well as he was. Ginny Goodwitch, or now Nova Heart had purple hair, a red hair-band, yellow eyes, a gentle smile on her face and a single earring in her left ear.
She was dressed in a wide robe, that was half open, showing her yellow shirt. Her hands were covered by fingerless gloves, with only the middle finger covered up to the tip of the finger. She wore green jeans, and a belt with a couple of pouches were attached to it, displaying several types of dust. On her belt was also a whip, something that she found very handy to use, if she couldn't attack with her Dust powered gloves.
"How are you holding up?" Nova asked, as she placed her hand from his shoulder to his face and held it there.
"I'm not sure. I always thought that going to Beacon was a dream coming true. Now I'm going to said Academy, and I can only feel nervous. I try to be this laid back guy, but I just can't shake the feeling that it's not my time yet." Ray said as he held Nova's hand on his face. Her touch always calmed his mind.
"I do hope that we will be on the same team. What if one of us makes contact with someone else? Would that disrupt the time-line? Would that create a parallel universe? Would that be the end of the future as we know it?"
Ray babbled as he looked at Nova. The girl in front o f him was his anchor. Without her, Ray knew that he would be lost.
"Ray. Listen to me. When we are launched into the Emerald forest, we can use our wands to locate each other. Make sure that you search for me."
Ray nodded and took a deep breath before he pulled Nova's hand from his face and held it in his own hand, content to stand with his girlfriend inside an airship, that was transporting them to Beacon Academy.
There, Ray would learn everything he needed to learn about being a huntsmen, a protector of the world. He would do so with his friends and with some of the best teams that ever came from Beacon Academy.
A/N: When I update, I don't know.
But I'll keep moving forward, as the Great Monty Oum said.