Hey everyone, just another update for this story since I had this halfway while writing Chpt 15 for Rune, which Chpt 16 is being wrote. I do not own The Elder Scrolls and RWBY.
-Emerald Forest-
I feel like my first time riding a dragon, the falling off of it part. I swear, thank the Gods that no one seen that. Well now that I'm falling instead of being thrown upwards. Plenty of ideas went through my head and one was the simplest.
Taking a deep breath, "Feim, Zii Gron" was shouted and I became ghost-like. Going through the trees and landing, I rolled to a stop. I look around and place a Bane of the Undead circle so I can gather locations.
I look around to see the temple through the trees not far from here. The contraption must have thrown me further than it should have. I hear the growls of the 'Grimm' and see them on the edge of the circle. I smile, they must not have any souls. Anything with a soul can pass through unharmed but undead burn and run away.
One tries to step in and catches fire then runs away before turning to a pile of ash. I pull out Auriel's Bow and let lose. One thing stuck with me from my mentor and people hated it, I was foolhardy like him in every way. And I have plenty of Sunhallowed Arrows.
But I need to focus on the task on hand as I kill the last of these 'Grimm'. To my luck, a huge avian Grimm showed up. I smirk at this, I point Auriel's Bow to the sun and fire a Sunhallowed arrow. The effect was instant, fire from the sun rains down to the Grimm, killing or wounding most of them.
With those out of the way I make my way to the temple. I make it in no time and see weird looking pieces*. I pick the one that looks like a horse, well I seemed compelled to pick it, and walk to the cliff.
I meet Grimm along the way but Dawnbreaker and Auriel's Bow killed them faster than dragon attacks on villages. I get to the end and see a small dragon-like, like a wyvern from what I have read here, Grimm. A thought ran through my head at the sight of it, being the foolhardy Paladin that I am, I walk up to it.
"Drem Yol Lok." I say trying to get something out of it, but it started to attack me. I frown at this, being similar to Undead, I take a deep breath. "Yol Toor Shul" I Shout at the dragon-like Grimm and it comes crashing down, dying. The body dissipates and something drops out, two filled Black Soul Gems. 'How in Oblivion!?' I scream in my head. I have to show Ozpin these.
But my Shout brought more Grimm. I pick up the Soul Gems and place them in my pack. A two headed snake came out and hisses at me. "Well, you never see that on Nirn." I say out loud. The effect of Auriel's Bow was still in effect and one bolt tore through one of heads. The effect ended as that last bolt hit the ground.
I look to the sun and back down to the last head of the snake. Well, I look at the enraged snake to smile again. The bolt must have blinded the other head, due to the other head snapping wildly; I pull Dawnbreaker out to cut it off. I get to the cliff. I find ruins and walk to the cliff face. I find flat pieces of stone and placed them like a ramp to the top of the cliff.
Before I used my Shout I heard someone. "Hey! Wait up, we can share cheese and rip apart these weaklings to skip rope with!" I dread that voice.
"Sheogorath. What in the Nine are you doing here? I didn't think you would reach me." I say, almost growling.
"Well Born Dragon, where every there is madness I am there. Also you have Wabbajack, which if your Dragon mind forgot, has my essence in it!" Sheogorath said with glee. "Also someone wants payment." The Mad God added.
"Wait, payment? Who!?" I say to the Mad God, a bit irate.
"Easy Born Dragon, don't yell at me or that tongue is mine for my mantle! But for now I will let you still have it. But it's not like what you think, Hermaeus Mora wants knowledge as always. Place what you know in this book and it will go to him. Now, I have things in the Shivering Isles that I need to take care of. Ta, ta!" Sheogorath says in a tone that I could not ever think he could have, and he handed me a book that looks like one of the Black Books and disappears in a cloud of purple smoke. I didn't have time to ask The Mad God why Herma Mora didn't come himself.
I open it and my head starts to hurt, but I don't get transported anywhere. The book that was once blank now shows what little I know of this place. I put the book in the bag and get in position. "Wuld, Nah Kest" I Shout and fly towards the makeshift ramp to fly to the top of the cliff.
I land in a roll at the top of the cliff to see the two I was with and four girls, one who I have met before. I stand up for Ozpin to start speaking. "Congratulations Miss Bohonem. You braved the Emerald Forest and passed Initiation with flying colors. You grabbed the white knight piece therefor placing you on team RWBY, but the team name will stay the same. Now would you like to speak to your teammates for the years to come?" Ozpin said and I nod at the last part.
He gestures me to speak with the team and I walk to them. "Wow Jade that was great!" Ruby said.
"Thank you, Lady Rose." I say, bowing. The red one I have seen before and spoke to before I had to go. She has the eyes of youthful innocence and has speed that can match my Whirlwind Sprint Shout but can go further. Her weapon is a scythe that has another thing on it but I have no idea of what it is.
The white one walked up next. "Hello, my name is Weiss Schnee. Nice to meet you." The newly named Weiss said, holding out her hand. I take her hand.
"Likewise, Lady Schnee." I say. This one's weapon is a Rapier with this Dust in it for different effects. If she was on Nirn she would make an excellent addition to the Collage.
The yellow one comes up next. "Yo, name's Yang Xiao Long." Yang said. The heavy hitter of the group that would put some of the Companions to shame, if not almost all. An all-out brawler, with her weapons that I don't know what they are. "Nice to meet you Lady Xiao? Lady Xiao Long? Let's go with Lady Yang." I say.
The last one looks like a Khajiit with the bow on her head. "Blake Belladonna." Blake only said. I just bow to her. The way she's looking at me reminds me of the Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild. The Dark Brotherhood is not going to be a problem anymore because I wiped them off the face of Nirn. The Thieves Guild doesn't bother me so I left them alone for the time being. Blake's weapon is a katana/cleaver depending on what she has out.
"It is nice to meet all of you. So this is my team for the years to come. As Ruby said my name is Jade. But my full name is Paladin Jade Bohonem." I say to my teammates. I get an eyebrow raised from two of the girls.
"Paladin? I thought they were wiped out." Weiss said.
"I'm not an actual Paladin. I saved a few villages and that name is what they gave me, and it stuck since then." I say. 'I normally don't lie but this calls for it.' I think to myself. "Alright, but let's head to the dorm so we can rest." I say and they all nod.
"Sorry to tell you girls, the current room you are in cannot hold all of you and the extra bed. A room next to JNPR is a bit bigger for all of you." Goodwitch said.
"But we just now finished the bunkbeds." Ruby mumbled.
I ignore it for now. "Now, I'm sure you all have more questions for your new teammate but we need to head back due to a storm coming in." Ozpin said. We all nod and as soon as we turned around the storm came in. I sigh and look to the sky.
"Lok Vah Koor" I Shout to the sky. The sky gets brighter with the sun coming thought the clouds and the clouds disappear.
They all look at me in shock. "I'll explain my semblance to all of you in the room." I say. They all nod in silence and we walk to the room. The two professors walked away about halfway through the walk. We get to the room and I open the door and see the simple setup.
"We can try to make bunkbeds like last time so we can fit our stuff in here." Ruby said.
"I lost the vote last time so I agree with this but something has to be safer than tying one to the roof and stacking books for support." Weiss said.
"Maybe I can help. What are you looking for?" I ask.
"Well, bunk beds are two beds stacked on top of each other. Saves room and is cool." Ruby says.
That wasn't a bad idea. "I'll be back." I say before leaving to the forge and getting back in the room. My blacksmithing skills allowed me to make the beds with ease and they won't come apart. I look at the group behind me.
"BEST TEAMMATE EVER!" Ruby screams.
"I have to agree." Yang says.
"I don't even want to think about it." Weiss said, not believing what she seen of the speed of me craft them. Blake was quiet and they all climbed into the newly formed beds.
"I will be back later. I have something to ask to the Headmaster." I say.
"Alright." Ruby said, testing her new bed.
I walk out of the room to the Headmaster's office. I get there with nothing to bother me. I knock on the door and hear Ozpin telling me to come in. "Sorry to bother you Headmaster, but I have a thing to discuss with you." I say. Ozpin raises a eyebrow.
"Really? And what would that be?" Ozpin said.
"This." I say pulling out the Black Soul Gems I found. "One question before you start asking me questions. What's the view on souls here?" I ask.
"Well… Souls manifest our Aura and Semblances, to simplify the answer is it defines who we are. Why you ask?" Ozpin asked.
I put a Gem on the desk. "That is a Soul Gem, more importantly, a Black Soul Gem. In my world, souls hold power differently than here. They are used for enchanting and powering enchanted items. All creatures hold souls in my world as well. But Black Soul Gems are bad news, in both cases. Humans have Black Souls while creatures have White Souls." I pause and pull a Grand Soul Gem out.
"Black Soul Gems are used to capture a Human Soul and Grand Soul Gems or lower are not used there, but for the White Souls of creatures. The main point that I am getting to is that these are bad to have. These usually associate with Necromancers." I say to the pale face of the Headmaster.
"Black Soul Gems are bad in this world. And from what I have seen, even if it's filled don't pick up the Black Gem. It will start to drain you since your soul is projected outward. The Grand Gem, however, is ok since it won't take Black Souls." I say, reassuring the Headmaster to not pick up the Black Soul Gem.
"To be honest, these Gems look like Dust crystals, if they didn't have the odd color to them. But Dust does not do anything to the soul on the inside, instead it helps with Aura and Semblances." Ozpin said, inspecting the Grand Soul Gem. "But the Black Gems are dangerous to anyone. Guard them closely. And you said they were filled" The Headmaster added and I nod.
"Yes, they may be Huntsman, Huntress, or a civilian soul in them. Of course, Sir. May I be excused?" I ask and I get a nod for response. I go to the dorm and see everyone is asleep and I follow suit. I wake up very early the next morning. I walk out and head to the library, I want to see what Remnant has in history. I get to the library and find the history section of the building.
I look through 15 books, 3 at a time so I can gather any and all information about this world. It's interesting, no mention to any of the Gods, magic, or any lore on Nirn. But I found Aura, Semblances, and Grimm.
I look through some of the fairytales here and they varied greatly to Nirn's tales. The Four Maidens of the Seasons, The Silver Eyed Warriors, and others that seemed outlandish. If they are anything like Nirn's fairytales, then they would have a grain of truth to them in most cases.
I hear someone cough behind me and I thought I seen an Imperial behind me, but I ignored it due to there being no Imperials or Stormcloaks here. "Hello there." She said.
"Good day." I greet back.
"I have seen your Initiation. That was wonderful, and your Semblance is a mystery. May I ask what it is? Oh, my name is Pyrrha Nikos." Pyrrha said, holding her hand out.
"It's no trouble, Lady Nikos. My Semblance is called The Thu'um. Whatever I think of while I am in mid-combat, those words come to mind and they come out." I explain, I take her hand to shake.
"Wow, I think that's a bit over powered. And I guess that applies to your weapons?" Pyrrha asks and I nod.
"Well, I am not complaining about it. Out in the wilds, nothing is overpowered out there." I say. "I agree, I couldn't think on how it's like out in the wilds outside the walls. How was it like?" Pyrrha asked.
"The opposite of what it's like now. Chaos gripped the area and Winterhold was the village that I come from. The village is in peace to a certain degree." I say to the Spartan in a flat tone.
"Certain degree?" She asked.
"Yes, in the wilds, bandits would attack anyone. Some were killed, others had a worse fate then death. Heck, even my head was lined up for the headmen's block for the ignorance of the town guard." I say, shivering at the memory of Helgen.
"Wow… That is the other side of the coin, eh?" Pyrrha asked and I nod to that.
"If anything, I saved the village more than four or five times. So, they left me a house to stay in and made me an important person for the town. So now we are back to the heads of the coin." I say. 'Something is bugging me. Where did I learn how to talk like this, I think it was Hermaeus Mora.' I think to myself.
"Well, I got to get back to my team before they cause this thing to go off." I say holding out the Scroll.
"Wait, you don't know what a Scroll is?" She asked and I shake my head.
"I know what it is but it's something I'm not used to. I will say this, Winterhold's ranged weapons was a bow and arrow. So, that tells you how far we are in the world." I say.
"Wait again. So, no guns or anything?" she asked again.
"Gun? What is that." I asked and hear a gasp. I turn to see Lady Rose in the door with the rest of the team. Her sister mouthed 'Run' and so I went to do so, but got held down by said Rose.
"How do you not know what a gun is?" Ruby asked, words moving faster than I can keep up.
"The only ranged weapons we had was bows and crossbows, unless it was a ranged Semblance. As I just explained to Lady Nikos." I state to the shocked face of Ruby.
"But how! All the villages I seen or read about had guns and the CCT. Are you saying that the only ranged weapons was some form of arrows?" Ruby asked. I nod to this.
"Yes, but our weapons make up for that. We can coat Dust on our weapons and that works, heck most of us don't have Aura. For those that don't have Aura, those that do activate the Dust before a battle." I lie again, one of these days the lies will catch up.
"Wait, you don't have Aura?" Ruby asked. Damn it all to Oblivion, something they caught on. "Nope, our strongest in the village couldn't unlock it and even Lady Goodwitch couldn't either." I say to the shocked faces of the 5 in the room.
"Well, no Aura but you have a Semblance. Interesting, but we came here to see if you wanted to go to the town with us." Yang said. Damn it to Oblivion again.
"Alright, lead the way. Talk to you later Lady Nikos." I say walking out. We walk to the 'Bullhead' and get in.
"So you have no Aura and the Headmistress couldn't unlock it. Great." Weiss said, distain in tone.
"Why is that?" Ruby asked. "Because, it's like this. Try to provide power to Beacon by just walking for ten minutes on a treadmill." Weiss said, in a flat tone.
"Wow." Ruby said, somewhat shocked. 'What kind of power?' I think to myself, must be the lights. Whoever or whatever gave me the ability to speak like those around me didn't give me the knowledge for the things in common sense.
I think back to the tome in my bag. Herma Mora has that insatiable lust for knowledge and wants to keep that knowledge in his realm. But why couldn't he bring it himself, maybe he needed another with a more human form to give to me? I haven't seen anyone else use magic in the way I'm used to on this world, so Daedra worship is out of the window for now. I can still use the spells I have but I think it's due to magicka is tied to Aetherius and the stars.
My inner arch-mage is theorizing that Aura and Semblances are a form of magicka. This can be proved by me having the inability to have Aura and the feeling of my magicka reserves seeming to fill up faster and to the point of overcharging when Lady Goodwitch tried to unlock my Aura.
But other than that, I don't think of anything. I get pulled from my thought process when I got shaken, Yang was the one doing it. "You still there, Jade?" Yang said. I look at the place we were at, a Dust shop.
"Yes, thanks for the concern. I was lost in thought. You think that I can get something from here?" I ask.
"Sure! We were heading in there anyway to restock." Ruby said. We walk in and I see the crystals. I walk up to the counter and point to a deep red crystal.
"How much is it for this?" I ask the store owner.
"That will be 75 Lien." He said. I don't have any Lien but hand him 2 Septims.
He looks down, test the coins and grins. "Keep whatever is left after you take it off." I say.
"Thank you, ma'am. Here take this for your generous donation." He said with two more of the same crystal. I put the crystals in my back and regroup. Weiss looking at me with a curious look.
"What was those coins made of?" She asked.
"Pure gold. Why is that Lady Schnee?" I ask. All their jaws dropped.
"That guy made a tiny fortune! That's why! How much more of those coins do you have?" Weiss says to me.
"About…" I look in my bag. "16 thousand and 40 coins, not counting the 200 bars in my room. Why do you ask?" I ask. I hear a thump and see Lady Schnee on the ground.
"What happened to Lady Schnee?" I ask to the rest.
"You realize you have a rare metal and that amount is about her family's fortune." Blake said, still in shock.
"What's the price of this here?" I ask.
"It's about 1,188 Lien per ounce." Ruby said, surprising the group.
"Anyway, I take it's a lot of money?" I ask Ruby, who stands there thinking on the math.
"How much does those bars weigh?" Yang asks.
"16 ounces on the dot. The coin is 2 ounces." I say. Don't ask how I know, I just do.
"That will be… about 41,912,640 Lien…" Ruby trailed off looking in the distance.
"That's not counting any of the other metals I have." I mutter to myself but I think Blake heard it because her eyes went wide.
"Other metals, Jade?" Blake asked and I nod slowly. Weiss who just got back up looked like she would fall over again.
"What ores are they?" Ruby asked.
"Steel, Dwarven, Corundum, Ebony, Iron, Orichalcum, Quicksilver, Refined Malachite, Refined Moonstone, Stalhrim and Silver." I say, looking to the sky remembering what all I have.
"I only recognized 3 of those ores. What are the rest?" Weiss said after her shock.
"Ah… They are only made from my village. Ebony is more valuable than gold due to the amount one can find." I say as we start to walk again.
"How much more valuable?" Yang asked.
"I would not know. But that's all that weapons from my village can be made of." I say as we loaded on the Bullhead, the group give a questioning look.
"But Ebony is not the strongest metal there either. If a blacksmith knows a technique to use a specific alchemy ingredient, then they can forge a metal that is near indestructible. I know this process and I am not going to make you a blade of this metal." I say, that last part was needed.
"Why can't you forge a weapon of this metal?" Ruby asked. Gods above was she ever curious. I pull out a Daedric dagger. "You see how this screams anything but holy about it?" I ask and get four nods. "This is the metal I was talking about. Yes, it may be strong but it's alchemical ingredient is demonic. And don't ask what it is, if you do you will wish you didn't." I say.
I get a look of understanding and put the dagger back. "However, I can forge you four a blade for those who have a blade of any metal I will list here that you don't know. I happen to be the second-best blacksmith due to travelling." I say while pulling out a piece of paper to list the materials they may want. Technically true, Eorland even said if he didn't have the Skyforge, I would have topped him.
We get back to the dorm room and I see a flash of white go in and going all over the room. "Lady Schnee, what are you doing?" I ask, probably knowing the answer.
"Looking for proof of the gold you have." She said quickly. "Here." I say, pulling out a box. In it was a couple of pounds of gold to sate her curiosity.
"May I see your weapon, Lady Schnee?" I ask.
"That's getting old. Just call us by our names Jade." Yang said.
"All right." I say, sighing.
"Here, just be careful of it." Weiss said. I pull a chunk Stalhrim out and hand it to Weiss.
"What do you think about this?" I say.
"Not too heavy, and it feels nice." Weiss said, looking at every inch of the enchanted ice.
"Then I would make a blade for this weapon, I needed to hold it to see how it feels balance wise so when I change the blade you won't feel anything different." I say.
"And the ore is called Stalhrim. Enchanted ice that is hard as steel but as cold as death, or so I've been told. I know it's pretty hard for being a weapon material, more than still even with it being infused, so you don't have to worry about it breaking." I add on. Anything higher than Ebony was stronger than steel, with Glass being a bit weaker than Ebony.
I will leave the part out that makes Stalhrim unique, it will be a surprise. Any frost or ice damage gets boosted. "Now I will do one at a time so don't rush me." I say getting a sad look from Ruby.
"Depending on how it plays out, I should be done in a week or a fortnight. Stalhrim is sort of tricky to handle on the forge. Now. How about you guys get some rest, I need to see how much I would need for this blade. La- Weiss, if you can remove the blade I can see what I need, that would help." I say and Weiss removes the blade of her rapier.
I grab the blade and put it on the table next to the chunk of Stalhrim that I left out. I get a scale and weighed the blade. One and a quarter pound, I have about 20 pounds of Stalhrim. I feel a tap on my shoulder and I turn. I see Weiss standing there, "Thank you, I never thought of my blade breaking in middle of a battle. Now I don't have to think of that." She said while bowing deeply.
"No need Weiss, I want to better equip you all for these monsters." I simply say. She heads back to the bed. "Oh, and one thing." I say and she turns. "Grab this and follow me for a second." I say and Weiss nods. I go to the forge and grab the required amount of Stalhrim. I focus on the current blade and its shape. It takes several hours and its almost 10 at night, but the blade is done.
"If it was that easy, why lie to the team?" Weiss asked while putting the new blade on. It looked like the old one due to magic. "I know if I forged them all blades then I wouldn't get any rest. Also La-, Ruby, wouldn't learn patience. So, in a week or two I can forge her blade." I say getting a dropped jaw from Weiss.
"That would make sense, how are you so wise?" Weiss asked after recovering.
"Traveling does that. Now, hit me with ice from your blade. Don't worry, I can take it." I say, stepping away from the forge.
"No, sorry I can't do it." Weiss said. Then a spear of ice lands next to her feet.
"Try it, or am I going to fire more?" I say, taunting her.
She fires some ice at me, but didn't expect the power behind it. She looks at the camber holding her Dust. "I- I only used a little bit?!" She says, shocked.
"I forgot to mention that Stalhrim boosts any and all frost or ice based attacks." I say, nonchalantly. I see a tick mark on her head.
"Really?" She said, a dangerous look in her eye.
"Yes, and don't even think of attacking me with that blade. I can disarm you and take the blade away for the old one if you attack." I say calmly, seeing Weiss calm down after what I say and not wanting to lose the Stalhrim blade.
"Fine, but don't call me what Yang calls me." Weiss said, making me wander what they call her.
"It's all right and I won't. But let's head back to the room and get some sleep." I say, yawning.
"I agree with that." Weiss agreed. We reach the room and crawl into our separate beds.
Well that's it. I know of the OOC on Weiss, but I thought it was funny. Another thing is the blade, 'Why make team RWBY a blade from Ebony or ...?' I plan on making things a bit stronger with Jade now on Remnant, so their blades are not going to hold up. And JNPR may get a upgrade as well. As for the price of gold, I rounded up to 1188 on current price per ounce at the time and the coins are two ounces.
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Edit 9/27/17: Format and spelling fixes along with some changes.
