RWBY: Trinity Origin
Chapter 1:Birth of a Faction
(voice of the Storyteller)
At the end of the Faunus wars, The White Fang wasn't the only faction formed at the end of the war. As the peace talks and the pomp and ceremony was underway to celebrate the end of the war, doubts spread like wildfire. Individuals and factions on both sides of humans and Faunus doubted that the White Fang would keep its promises, same with the human leadership. In a few months, word of these feelings reached the groups who shared them and they decided to meet. Convening on the Island of Vytal, the representatives of Human and Faunus communities, veterans of the war from both sides, wealthy human businessmen, and Scientists of both races discussed plans to form their own faction.
With a member of the Order of the Sacred Eye acting as mediator and their Trinity Sanctuary as a meeting place, they established a doctrine for their faction to follow. This "Trinity Doctrine" established strict rules about how to treat your fellow comrades and expressed a philosophical view of the benefits of unity between the two. This created alliance was named the United Joint-Species Party. They gained political standing as UJSP members gained seats on both Senate and Council positions, while some took to the streets and broke up any disputes between humans who forced their ideals on the Faunus, and radically violent Faunus. This course gave them friendships with the White Fang, and for a time there was peace.
But, all great peace times come to an end, and the UJSP eventually began to succumb to the same fate as many who had walked their path before; they lost their way. The once peaceful defenders became violent towards those who threaten other humans who strived for peace and the Faunus as well. The members in legislative positions began to take bribes from interested parties and slowly began to stop passing laws that would help the Faunus. This cost them their friendship with the White Fang, and eventually, violent skirmishes and street battles broke out between the two. The USJP eventually collapsed with the Valor Hall incident, in which an arsonist burned down the headquarters of the USJP. 13 human and Faunus members lost their lives in the fire, while a 14th person died from his injuries in the hospital.
The 14th person was Arthur Jacoby, an elderly member who worked as the UJSP historian and a teacher part time. He risked his life to save both 16 other members and the most important piece of the group's history; The Trinity Doctrine itself. He was so badly burned that the doctors said he wasn't going to last, and he died after meeting with two survivors that he had saved. After his death, most of the UJSP members simply drifted off and gave up on the idea of there ever being a peaceful resolution to the conflict between humans and Faunus. But a select four refused to give up, and decided to start over...
This created a new faction to be born in the ashes of the old...