So , I only got one vote on what to write, so here's the prologue and backstory of this "For Honor" inspired RWBY AU. hope you enjoy, and be sure to leave a review!
Thousands of years ago, there were three powerful friends. Marwin Schnee, Quan Belladonna, and Nathaniel Rose. born in the same village, they grew up together, fighting, fleeing, and learning by each others side. Then, sometime in their middle years, something happened. There is no record of what occurred, but it split the friends apart. The Three, as they were know, drifted apart, Marwin to the north, Quan to the east. Nathaniel stayed where he was. Many years later, the grandson of Nathaniel Rose, Samuel, gathered many followers and went in search of his father's friends descendants, searching for the answer. They called themselves Knights, and their kingdom, Vale. they first went to the north, were Marwin had gone, and found what they considered "savages". These were the legacy of Marwin, his family and followers. They called themselves Vikings, in the land of Atlas. Turning from the northlands, they then traveled south and east, where the third friend had went. He found a refined but uptight culture, who claimed to be Samurai, on the beautiful continent of was slightly in awe of their power, and enlisted the current leader, Zei Kiao-Belladonna, in attacking the savages in the north. She agreed, but the attack failed, as the cold temperatures were unlike anything either had dealt with before. The Vale Knights and Mistral Samurai retreated. Returning back to their respective domains, there was an unexpected surprise for the Knights. Their kingdom had been ransacked by the Samurai while they were gone. Enraged, they sent an armed emissary to Zei, only to receive a severed head in return. The samurai had taken the armed emissary as an act of war, and had returned it. Thus began a great war. The Vikings, Knights and Samurai all attacking each other. Alliances broke as fast as they formed. Despite this,all three kingdoms grew and prospered, until one day, the great great great grandchildren of the original Three, Summer Rose, Jacques Schnee, and Ghira Belladonna met in neutral territory. Each only 20 at the time, they infiltrated their societies chain of command, forcing an uneasy truce between the domains.
There was, however, one, small issue to be resolved. Where to send exiled people. At first, it seemed Atlas would be forced to take them in, but Atlas suggested a smaller island to the south of Mistral, known as Menagerie, but mistral claimed it was their territory, for the express use of the current emperor to vacation on. Just when it seemed fighting would break out again, Summer Rose proposed a compromise: the western half of the Vale continent would be set aside, as long as Atlas and Mistral provided border guards. The deal was sealed, and thus the kingdom of Vale was halved, and the barren land known as Vacuo was established. Now, thousands of years after the death of The Three, and decades after The Peace, three descendants of the ancient line will strive to uncover the mystery of what drove their ancestors apart. They are: Ruby Rose, the most talented knight of Vale. Weiss Schnee, the most beautiful of the Vikings, and Blake Belladonna, the stealthy Ninja of the Samurai. Together, along with the help of the daughter of an exiled man, Yang Xiao Long, who searched for a way to redeem her father and lift his exile. Together can these four girls uncover the mystery, and what will it cost them if they do?