Greetings everyone! I apologize to anyone who saw Shadows and Light get a new chapter, only to be disappointed when they realized all I had posted was a short story update.

To get right to the heart of the issue, Chapter 7 was mostly done prior to the release of RWBY Volume 4 Episode 5. However I was purposely holding off on finishing the chapter, because events in it were going to be heavily influenced by information I was expecting to either be confirmed or disproved in the latest couple of episodes.

This may be spoilers, but I don't think I was too subtle with the idea of implying Blake's family was dead. I was one of the people who staunchly believed Blake's family was killed by racist humans, with Blake being the only one to make it out alive and becoming an orphan living on the streets for a few years, before she runs into a boy named Adam Taurus. Which of course gives her more than enough justification to join the White Fang.

That of course isn't happening anymore, as anyone who's watched the latest episode can attest to. In case you haven't seen it yet, it should be free to watch up on the Rooster Teeth website. To summarize:

Blake's family is alive and well.

Blake's father is currently the high chieftain of Menagerie, or he's at least high enough on the social ladder to be considered a leading figure among the people.

Blake's father was the former leader of the White Fang. I knew this person would eventually be important to some extent, but I honestly never expected them to be Blake's father of all people.

Back in Volume 1 when Blake said she was almost born into the White Fang, I thought she was just being metaphorical, implying events in her life had really left her no other options than to join the guerrilla faction. Now we know she was being much more literal, seeing as how her family used to be some of its highest ranking members.

As I said before, I'd been implying Blake's family was dead throughout the story, and the next chapter was going to have the big reveal at the end of Blake actually telling Jaune and one or more Arc siblings about her backstory. Obviously I can't do that anymore, considering the Belladonna family has been alive and well this whole time, and Blake knew this even if she's chosen to run away and hide for a few months.

So to elaborate on my plan, I'm going back and giving my already posted chapters an overhaul. I'll be rewriting the scenes where I give you, the reader, insight to Blake's life prior to meeting the Arcs. As I said early on, I wanted this story to stay as close to cannon as possible, with only a few rather minor changes. Blake's family really isn't a minor detail to change at this point, so I want to make sure the story flows as well as it possibly can moving forward when we eventually do get into the later volumes.

Again I apologize to everyone who was patiently waiting for a new chapter. With the editing I'll have to do in addition to finishing chapter 7, I predict I should be able to update everything en masse within the next couple of weeks.

I thank everyone who has taken the time to read Shadows and Light and leave your thoughts and reviews for the story. It really means the world for me, and I promise to continue the story and keep giving you content you love to read.

Yours truly,

Cdghuntermco.