"And so with a little pep-talk from my grandfather I got back in the fight: ignoring the injury to my eye..." Ravage was still telling a simpler, cleaner version of the event to Team RWBY as they walked along.

"Wait, how'd your granddad get there?" Ruby scratched her head kn confusion.

"My grandfather is always with me." Ravage pointed to his right arm. It's yellow flesh glowed for a split second. "Believe me or not but his soul is in me."

"His soul? I didn't think souls could be 'preserved' after death. Actually I'd never think of such a thing to begin with." Blake questioned. Ravage nodded.

"It's a long story, and I've lost track of how many times I've said that now... but anyway, where was I?" Ravage wondered.

"You said you got back in the fight." Yang reminded the kitsune.

"Ah yes..." Ravage trailed off.

"What'd you do next?" Weiss inquired. Ravage thought back for a brief moment.

He remembered unleashing hellish wrath on his enemies as his friends went after the 'gem', which wasn't important to this specific retelling, the others had taken during the commotion. He remembered making fools out of the supposed knights after utterly brutalising their commander for stabbing him in the eye, the commander given tenfold the amount of pain he had delivered to the kitsune, his mind skimming through the following bloodshed he unleashed in his demonic form. He remembered stalking the last few mooks to the exit as they tried desperately to escape the room, having seen the primal carnage Ravage in his angered state had unleashed upon their comrades and friends. He remembered the fear in one knight's voice as he banged on the stone door: his allies on the other side desperately trying to get him out of there as Ravage pulled the others into the shadows, their screams echoing out as the last knight broke down into utter terror, banging and screaming louder.

"Get me out! Get me out! Please! I, I don't wanna die to this thing! Get me out!" He was pleading to get out of there, to be set free from his inevitable fate. Ravage recalled growling like a wild beast as he descended from the shadows, dropping down from the ceiling as drool dripped down from his mouth and his pupiless yellow right eye cut through the darkness. He sent his central tail flying at the knight, its tip stabbing straight through the knight's chest who screamed in agony. Ravage remembered pulling him into the shadows as the stone doors opened up. The knights who had tried in vain to rescue their friend only heard the cracking and snapping of bones followed by another growl. Ravage's right eye shone bright in the dark, staring straight at them.

"Close the door! Close the door!" The knights scrambled about as Ravage rushed forward on all fours. The stone doors slammed shut but Ravage burst straight through them almost immediately after, sending debris flying everywhere. They'd made a monster out of him, a monster they had gotten... no a devil. Ravage remembered raising up and giving the remaining knights a death glare as fire engulfed him. They would burn, he had enough of 'games' at that point.

"Well it certainly wasn't pretty..." Ravage continued his story, answering Weiss. "I'll spare you the details of course but I did soundly make short work of the guy and his mooks... the injuries they gave me weren't really the issue, it was the more the fact they were standing in the way of family matters and were purposely going out of their way, left, right and centre to do so. The fact they weren't nice folks to begin with, that's another story altogether, only added fuel to the fire. I think one or two of them got away though." He rubbed his chin. "But whatever they reported afterwards and the loss of such an important soldier evidently struck nerves and made them step up their game afterwards. Coincidently I of course got more serious with them from then on. But again, another story."

"So what happened after? How'd you get the bandanna?" Ruby inquired.

"Good question. I recall actually fainting through a combination of the stress, pain and my drained stamina." Ravage replied. "I was taken back to a nearby village by my friends, and although I'd healed up pretty much everything on my own I was given a little medical attention just to be sure, mostly because of the blade shard still stuck in my left eye. Nasty I know." Ravage chuckled soon after.

"Sounds horrifying." Weiss shivered at the thought.

"That is pretty nasty, glad you're giving us the censored and abridged runthrough." Yang interjected.

"Well anyway I was going to remove the shard, and of course I did eventually, but until I had the time to spare, I was in a rush, I was given this bandanna by the one of my friends, who had stayed with me as the others went to try and get the 'gem' that I needed back on their own. Sadly they were unsuccessful and so we all regrouped and set out again to complete our quest. Sorry if this retelling wasn't everything you were hoping to get but I don't feel comfortable divulging every detail about the event, mostly because there's a lot of stuff you're all in the dark on that factors into the event and I also don't wanna ruin your appetites. War is hell after all." Ravage continued. The others nodded. "But I digress. I've kept the bandanna ever since, even with my eye fine again. It's like a symbol for me now." He went on. "It's a reminder to always strive to be the best. It's a reminder of my old friends and the support we all gave one another. But most importantly it's a reminder I'll always put family above all else, even my own wellbeing."

"I think I understand." Blake responded. "A little. You wear it to show you're not afraid of losing parts of, or yourself entirely, if it means those you care about will be helped in one way or another."

"Well... that and I think it makes me look cooler." Ravage shrugged with a smirk. "See, even at my darkest I'm not all doom and gloom, still thinking about my style even back then." He laughed a little.

"Only somebody as eccentric as you would admit to something like that." Ruby chuckled.

"I really am becoming transparent to you." Ravage shrugged again and chuckled back. "Where are we going by the way?"

"Uhh... good question..." Ruby muttered. The group stopped. "Anybody got any ideas? No?"

"I think we were all too busy listening to the story to consider where we're going..." Weiss admitted.

"Well, how about we go find Jaune and the others? Introduce them to Ravage." Yang questioned.

"Ooh, new people." Ravage rubbed his hands together. "That's always fun."

"To find the others we go then!" Ruby pointed forward.