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"Normal speech"
"Whisper"
"Loud Speech!"
"YELLING!"
'Thought'
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The Arc family had a history with fire and betrayal, the first Arc, Jeanne d'Arc was allegedly burned at the stake for being a witch shortly after the Great War after refusing to marry someone who 'fought' alongside her, the Cardinal of Winchester who wanted nothing more the Influence of being married to the hero of the Great War.
An action that almost ended the Winchester bloodline because once the order came for execution, Jeanne did not take this laying down she marched her self to the Bastard's Manor and razed the whole thing to the ground. Taking half of the Cardinal's forces with her and fully castrating the cowardly bastard with her lance.
But unfortunately for Remnant, due to multiple affairs the coward had, some more forceful than others, ensured that an heir continued the path of greed and hate that Winchesters would become infamous for.
And just as unfortunate the Cardinal lived and spread the word of what happened, accusing Jeanne of allying her self with dark forces, rallying the masses who knew little of Grimm, Dust and Aura to 'burn the witch' because how could a woman hold so much power it couldn't be her own, she must have sold her soul to the Grimm.
Jeanne knew that the very same people that she swore to protect were now calling for her blood. It wasn't safe for her child, here in the kingdom that would become Vale she would have to send him away. She knew that he wouldn't be safe until her blood was spilled.
She sent him away with her late husband's sword that he had named after her, 'Crocea Mors' a sword that he said was blessed by the god of light and her lance 'Luminosité Eternelle' the holy battle flag, the Eternal Brightness she used to rally her forces to fight, the same one that she had used to fight in the great war to cut down Grimm and Man alike, it had served her well and hopefully it will keep her son safe.
Her son was 17 at the time of kindness she sent him eastward, a the time he was considered a man but, as his mother, he will always be her baby.
He wept having to leave his only family but, he had little choice. All he could do is pray that his mother lived and would join him soon
When the day of her death came, she once again marched to the burnt remains of the Winchester Manor a broken mess of wood, cloth and glass, the angry mob of morons rallied around a preaching Cardinal and a burning pyre.
She was armed with a simple yet still well-made broadsword, the mob parted like the red sea, going from raging and chanting "BURN THE WITCH" to absolute silence all too afraid of the woman to move.
The Cardinal not expecting Jeanne to confront him again, he did what all Winchesters will become known to do, send others to fight battles that he knows he can't win as cannon fodder and cower backward
Which meant that Jeanne did the what the Arc's will become known for, absolutely decimating their enemies but, for once her luck had turned the sword she wielded shattered under her strength, leaving her with only a fifth of its original length.
Her Aura was chipped away gradually as she still used the broken sword to fend off the Winchester's forces trying not to injure anyone who fighting her.
She put up a good fight taking out all but two of the Cardinal's men until Aura finally gave out due to a lucky strike, the sound it shattering echoed through imidate area and soon following it *SCQUELCH* the sound of a sword finding its way through a gap in armor and partially impaling her ribs and right lung
Her eyes dilate to the size of pins, everyone stood still as blood leaked from the wound, even the man who inflicted the injury was too shocked to capitalize on it.
The Cardinal smiled seeing the Arc Injured but, before he could say a word, Jeanne grabbed the sword of the man out of her ribs, pulls him to her and with a roar of absolute fury kills him with her broken blade jamming into his neck. She looked at was now the last of the Cardinal's men who looked like he damn near pissed himself, the absolute anger in her eyes felt like it was burning a hole into his soul
He tried to turn tail and run but, the Arc matriarch grabbed him by the collar and drive the broken blade into the grunt's neck leaving it embedded as his body dropped lifeless, joining the rest of his comrades
Jeanne felt more and more blood seep into her wound, she knew that she little time left. Her attention went to the to the now defenseless Cardinal
Said Coward was too afraid of the woman to move, he watched her mow down everything he threw at her which meant… he was next
The Arc moved towards the Winchester, walking slowly yet, with purpose, leaving a trail of her own blood. the mob had moved away from her none wanting to end up dead
The Cardinal attempted to step back only to trip and fall flat on his back as the Warrior Woman was now standing at his feet, the flames behind him making Jeanne look like an absolute demon.
In a moment of desperation, the Cardinal pulled a dagger and drove it into Jeanne's leg…
She didn't even flinch and that scared the bastard more than you can ever realize, with the dagger still in leg she grabs a burning torch and tosses it the destroyed manor to set it ablaze. Grabbing the Cardinal's leg she begins to drag him to the burning estate.
The Cardin begged for his life he cried and sniveled like a child, he called out the crowd but, they did nothing but stare at the Arc woman leading him to certain death
Jeanne entered the burning building feeling numb from blood loss, the raging fire felt warm to her and unbearable to the Cardinal. She walked to a wooden beam, grabbing the coward by the hands pinning him against it, she ripped the Cardinal's dagger out of her leg and uses it to impale the bastard's hands to the beam the fire spreading around them begin to engulf the room around them
The Cardinal screamed in pain as the as he tried to he tried to escape the blaze but dagger prevented from doing so.
The matriarch lent against a wall to hold her self up. her only thoughts were that of her boy, she hoped that he would be safe and sound, that he would live a long and full life with a big family and a large house those thoughts faded as she died from blood loss, standing before the flame that burned both to ash
From what the mob saw the Cardinal screamed for any sort of mercy from Jeanne who stood calmy neither Party knowing that she had passed before the flamed consumed them.
When Jeanne's son had left the month before, he was soon followed by those who were loyal to his mother and now him. He had taken the same oath to protect them as did his mother, they had reached the most eastern part of Remnant an exceptionally large island within the two peninsulas of Minstral after a year and half of traveling.
No one would have expected that boy would have built a kingdom but, that is a story for another time. That leads us to the current heir of the Arcs or rather Prince… Jaune Arc
Jaune who after the events of the forever fall had all but two friends and the teachers turn their backs on him. All because an idiot spread a lie
As for what he is going to do now…
Jaune walks to the rooftop of his dorm, moonlight showing him adorned with a golden laurel crown on his head in a royal blue leather jacket with coattails that reached the back of his knees and a white fur collar that fit him perfectly, gold armor with white accents, black jeans, and black leather Steel capped combat boots.
Crocea mors was sheathed on the opposite side to use as an off-hand weapon, as in his right hand he held Luminosité Eternelle it's banner flying just as freely as day Arcadia was found all that time ago.
The door opened to reveal Pyrrha dressed in her usual combat gear looks to the blond boy "Jaune?" she asked never seeing that armor or weapon before.
Jaune turns around and smiles "Hey Pyrrha" he waved "I wanted to speak to you before we had our usual lesson"
"Talk about what exactly?" Pyrrha asked "Is it about the new Armor you're wearing?"
"Well… that's part of it" Jaune said scratching the back of his head "I want to know…"
Jaune stepped closer and looked Pyrrha in her eyes causing her to blush a bit because he was now a less than a foot away from her
"What do you know about Arcadia?"
-END-
Okay that's the first chapter of RULER
And some info
This is not a full crossover with Fate, I'm just lifting the use of Jeanne D'Arc and the
Jaune's armor is pretty much his V4 armor with the colors inverted
And the flag on Luminosité Eternelle has it's the main crest in the middle replaced with the Arc dual crescent crest
Also, think of Arcadia like France so expect a lot of French
And finally, I'm pushing back the Great War from to the 80 Years ago in the canon to 300 years
Any other questions leave them in the reviews