Keep in mind that a lot of the Doom related origin here I made myself, so it won't follow the game lore. Also, the bold text in quotations is Jinn narrating.
A blue smoke appears, revealing Salem staring from her window of the tower, her arms crossed. A woman humming can be heard in the background as Jinn was telling the story.
"Locked away by her cruel father, Salem was a girl who desired but one thing: freedom".
Salem walks away with sadness as Julius watches her do so when Salem passed by him.
"She lived in a time when kings and their kingdoms were plentiful, when men and women were capable of greatness, and magic was a gift from the gods that all could wield".
Salem sits down and leans against the desk of her mirror. She holds her left hand, using her magic; four magical spheres with a magic circle in six basic colors appear over her hand.
"So, THAT'S where it comes from" Julius realized.
"And yet, there she sat within her tower".
As Salem looks down, the blue smoke reappears and envelops Salem to the next scene. It reforms the castle Salem resides in.
"Until one day, a legendary hero came to brave the challenges within the tower's walls".
A young man in armor and a cape wielding a scepter appears standing proudly in front of the tower. Qrow walks up to him.
"The people of the lands knew him as Ozma".
Qrow waves his hand in front of Ozma's face, but the latter proceeds forward unfazed, simply phasing through Qrow's hand.
"Unlike those who had come before, this warrior was not driven by the prize of the young maiden's hand. He fought only for righteousness, and his pure heart and courageous soul prevailed. He was not the only one either; fighting alongside him was his valued friend, a knight of unparalleled tenacity and strength".
As Novus watched, a knight in green armor wielding only a longsword walked up next to Ozma, who nodded at him in acknowledgment of his presence. Novus narrowed his eyes; there was something about this knight that was familiar. As the two walk up to the tower, other warriors are shown falling in battle. Blue smoke reforms the scene once again, this time showing Ozma using his scepter to strike down a dark-armored figure, while the knight cuts down another with his sword. Ozma then opens up a door leading to Salem's room, where she stands up and offers a grateful smile to him. Blue smoke reforms the scene of the them battling side by side with their magic powers.
"They escaped the wretched fortress, and yet something bound them together".
Smoke reforms the scene showing Ozma and Salem running away from the tower holding hands together. Once at a safe distance, the two stop to catch their breath before looking to each other.
"Ozma had been ready to give his life for justice countless times, but now saw a woman worth saving it for. And Salem, to her surprise, found her freedom not in the outside world she had yearned for, but in the eyes of the man that had saved her".
"So, where should we go now?" Salem asked.
Ozma offers his hand to her "Wherever you'd like".
"The two fell deeply in love, planned adventures around the world, and lived happily ever after".
Smoke envelops the environment around Ozma and Salem as the two hold hands. The two disappear into a bright light of white space.
Julius shook his head in disbelief; there was no way that THIS woman was the evil witch he had grown up to hate so fiercely?
"Or at least that's what should have been".
Smoke then reforms the scene showing Salem kneeling at an unconscious Ozma's bedside. Salem holds Ozma's hand and can be heard sobbing.
"Ozma, the infallible hero of legend, fell ill. And where all the beasts and blades of the world had fallen short, a single sickness prevailed".
Ozma's body disappears in smoke as Salem continues sobbing, holding his scepter in her hands. The Knight was kneeling next to her, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder. Weiss was watching behind them.
"How could the gods let this happen?" Salem asked through her tears.
"No one knows the ways of the gods" the Knight replied, "Yet its not always what we want."
As Weiss continues to watch in pity, she looks up to notice two spheres - one bright yellow and the other a dark purple - circling above her head.
"The gods, brothers of light and darkness, creation and destruction. Salem prayed they would see the injustice that had befallen her love and make things right".
The two orbs encircling above lower down, with Blake watching the two conjoin in front of her. A bright light and blue smoke transitions the scene, this time showing a brightly lit place with a stairway leading up the mountain.
"The Domain of Light was a sacred place".
Salem approaches the stairway, offering flowers. She holds Ozma's scepter in her hand.
"It was here the elder brother dwelled beside his fountain of life and creation. It was here... where mankind would fall to ruin".
Weiss watches Salem walk up the stairs, the Knight behind her as smoke transitions the scene again, with Salem and the knight now at the top of the mountain as they look upon the Domain of Light, a valley filled with flowers with a pool of water and a tree at the center. Leaves blow from the tree and encircle above the water, and from it, the God of Light rises from the pool. He walks forward to Salem, who steps forward. The Knight kneels in the background.
Salem falls to her knees "Please... Please, bring him back to me".
"I understand your pain, but you demand of me that which I cannot make so. Life and death are part of a delicate balance" The God of Light said in a soft tone.
"So... you won't do it then?" Salem asked.
The God of Light tried to explain "To disrupt the cycle of-"
"But that's not fair... That's not fair!" Salem's voice echoes throughout the Domain from her last exclamation.
God of Light's patience seemed to have been tested as he spoke to her sternly "Let. Him. Rest".
The wind picks up, causing leaves to blow around Salem. Suddenly, she finds herself back at the bottom of the stairway leading to the Domain of Light.
"Maybe it's for the best." The Knight advised. Salem, however looks to Ozma's scepter in her hands before looking up angrily "No".
As she walks away, the Knight looks on with worry, not knowing what she was planning.
Blue smoke transitions the scene again, this time showing a dark, foreboding environment with a stairway leading up the mountain, similarly mirroring that of the Domain of Light's.
"The God of Darkness…"
Salem, this time alone, approaches some skeletal remains at the bottom of the stairs.
"None dare to enter his home, as men knew what monstrosities emerged from his blackened pools of annihilation".
Salem proceeds forward, approaching a blackened pool of tar-like liquid similar to that of which the Creatures of Grimm spawn from.
"And so you must understand the Dark Lord's surprise when he found a lone woman kneeling before him".
From the blackened pool, the God of Darkness emerges, his body twisted and contorted. Yang was standing a few feet away from Salem, gasping in fear at the sight. The God of Darkness crawls toward Salem in an unnatural position, Grimm inching closer to her.
"Salem understood it well. She told him of her loss and professed that she knew only he could answer her prayers, all while careful to make no mention of his elder".
The God of Darkness spoke in a tone that would make any mortal feel uneasy "Rise, child, and let your faith in me be rewarded".
Salem does so. The God of Darkness then conjures a purple sphere, and from it, Ozma's body appears. Salem approaches him, and Ozma gasps back to life.
"Where am I? What is this?! WHERE AM I?!" He screamed in panic.
Salem smiles at him "It's okay! Everything's going to be okay!".
Suddenly, the God of Light appears with a sound of thunder at the top of the stairs leading into the God of Darkness' domain, angered by his brother's actions "What have you done?".
"I have done what I please, brother. You may bask in the powers of creation, but you do not own them" The God of Darkness said in a simple tone.
"This is not creation. Have you forgotten what happened to your first creation?" The God of Light argued.
"Do not lecture me!" The younger god snapped as the Grimm began to slowly approach the God of Light.
"I will do what I must to maintain order" The God of Light puts his hand out, and an orange aura surrounds Ozma's body, before he disintegrates in Salem's arms.
"No! No! What did you do?! BRING HIM BACK!" Salem demanded in rage and sorrow.
"You dare enter my domain and show such disrespect!" The God of Darkness spoke enraged as he makes Ozma's body appear again.
"Ozma!" Salem said.
"I am abiding by the rules we agreed upon!" The God of Light shot back.
"Rules that I now see are ever in your favor. And yet the day a mortal comes to pray at my feet before your own, so do you arrive to lay your judgment upon me!" The God of Darkness transforms into a nightmarish, dragon-like form that snarls at the God of Light.
The Grimm proceed forward and attempt to attack the God of Light, but a bright light emanates from him, destroying all the Grimm in the area. He transforms into a bright, beautiful oriental-looking dragon.
The God of Light clearly did not want another battle with his brother, so he began to explain the truth "I know we have our differences, but I have not come here with the aim to control you. The same, however, cannot said for her. This woman came to you only after I denied her pleas, pleas that would have disrupted the balance that you and I created. Together".
The younger brother ponders this revelation "Then it seems I owe you an apology. Allow me to correct my mistake".
"No!" Salem pleaded as she covered her beloved with her body.
The God of Darkness fires a purple beam from his dragon form's mouth, disintegrating Ozma once again. Salem watches as Ozma's ashes blow away out of her hands.
"You… You monsters! Give him back to me! GIVE HIM BACK!" Salem screams as she activates her magical abilities. Suddenly, the God of Light rushes forward and devours her.
Salem then wakes up falling from the sky. She is then submerged in the God of Light's pool, drowning as an aura-like shimmer covers her body. Suddenly, she finds herself on the surface of the water, catching her breath. She looks up and notices both of the God Brothers standing side by side.
"When you first came to me, I did pity you. But it is clear now that your selfishness and arrogance have led you astray" The God of Light said.
Salem stands back up "What did you do to me?"
The aura-like shimmer is seen on her hands as the God of Light speaks "I have made you immortal".
"Immortal?" Salem asked in surprise.
The God of Darkness was the one to explain "You cannot die. You cannot be with your beloved".
Then Both Gods spoke at the same time "So long as this world turns, you shall walk its face".
Salem stares back at them in disbelief and the God of Light finished explaining "You must learn the importance of life and death. Only then may you rest".
Salem tries to reach out to them, but then finds herself transported to a vast open field. Julius stood next to her, in disbelief at what he was seeing.
"Salem was a prisoner once again. Her fruitless attempts to reunite with Ozma eventually became nothing more than acts of spite and defiance against the gods".
Ruby was back in Ozma's room, watching a shadow of Salem as she fatally stabs herself. Ruby covers her mouth with her hands in horror. Salem's suicide attempt fails due to her immortality.
"But perhaps the gods were not as powerful as they seemed…"
Ruby watches Salem walk to a window, who is still holding the sword she attempted to stab herself with.
"She had lied to them, turned them against one another, they… were fallible".
Salem sets her sights on a castle in the distance.
"If she were to turn humanity against light and darkness, she could rid herself of their curse, or at the very least… she could make them suffer".
Salem then throws the sword toward Ruby's way. Ruby yelps in panic as she disappears in a puff of smoke just as the sword was about to strike her. Smoke transitions the scene, showing a king standing up in surprise as a bloodied ax is thrown to the ground.
"Salem traveled from one kingdom to another, telling tales of how she stole immortality from the gods, welcomed any swordsman to cut her down, and demonstrated her powers".
Salem is now speaking to various leaders of kingdoms, including the aforementioned king from before, an oriental-looking empress and her subjects, and finally to a savage-looking warrior king.
"With the kings and queens in awe, she pulled them deeper into her scheme. She painted them pictures of a time when they would no longer have to watch their loved ones wither and die, when they could claim the powers of their creators for themselves, and in turn, perfect their own design".
As Salem finishes telling her story to the warrior king, she kneels before him. The warrior draws his weapon and lets out a proud battle cry, with his people cheering along with him.
"All they needed to do was destroy their old masters. However, there was one factor Salem had forgotten about."
The scene pans out to show the Knight, watching the events unfold in hiding, and horrified by what he was hearing from Salem. He immediately then turns and runs off.
"The Knight was loyal to the gods, and understood Salem's story to be full of lies. If he knew it, then surely there were others who shared his view. Fortunately for him, there were."
The smoke changes to show the Knight kneeling before an older king in battle armor on his throne.
"The Knight visited the one kingdom that would not listen to Salem's lies and pleaded with its ruler, King Novik."
"Why are you here?" Novik asked.
"I am familiar with the woman who had visited you earlier" the Knight replied, "trust me when I say I am not with her. However, I do know what she is planning."
"As do I; she means to attempt to overthrow the gods." Novik replied, "It is a fool's errand."
"I agree." The Knight replied, "but all of the other kingdoms have rallied behind her. We must stop her; it's the only way to prove our loyalty and hopefully avoid any wrath the brothers might unleash."
Novik pondered this for a second "And if I refuse to join you?"
The Knight looked up, a fierce fire in his eyes "Then I'll take on Salem and her army all on my own. I will not let her win."
Novik's expression showed that he was impressed.
"Moved by the Knight's steely determination, Novik gathered his army, and, pacing them under the knight's command, they marched for the God of Light's domain."
The smoke shifted to show the Knight's army setting up camp outside of the entrance to the pool. Novik and the knight are inside, speaking with the God of Light, who is still in his dragon form.
"We are not here to attack you" Novik explained, "We know that Salem and the other kingdoms plan to march on your domain, which we will not allow."
"You intend…to protect this place?" The God of Light asked, a twinge of surprise in his voice.
The Knight nodded and added: "I only ask one thing in return: that whatever wrath you and your brother intend on unleashing upon them, that you spare Novik and his people. They rejected Salem's advice and remain loyal to you, and it would be wrong to punish them for Salem's misdeeds."
There was a moment of silence before the dragon nodded: "Your words ring true. You have my word and the word of my brother" here the God of Darkness appears in dragon form next to his brother and says "You and your people will be spared."
Suddenly, a war horn echoed from outside the glen.
The Knight drew his sword "They're here."
The smoke changes to reveal the outside of the camp as the warriors amass in formation to meet Salem's approaching force. Salem stops at the sight of the defending army and narrows her eyes upon seeing the Knight in front.
"Even when I promise immortality" Salem says, "Still you refuse to follow me."
The Knight raises his sword "I served only Ozma. Not you."
Salem grits her teeth and signals her army to attack "We outnumber them ten to one. DESTROY THEM!"
"ONWARD!" the Knight cries, and the two armies surged forward and clashed in multiple explosions of magic and clashing of weapons.
"Being a warrior kingdom, the Knight and his followers proved tougher than expected. Unfortunately, Salem's army vastly outnumbered them, and they were forced to retreat into the God of Light's realm."
As the smoke shifts, the remaining warriors are seen retreating to the front of the pool. The Knight himself is shown fighting Salem as the two trade magical blows. The Knight kept parrying Salem's magic with his sword, then retaliated by throwing fireballs of his own, channeling them through his sword.
"Even the Knight himself found that, with all his strength, he couldn't stand up to Salem forever."
As the fight continued, one of Salem's followers attempted to attack the Knight, though he was quickly cut down. However, just as the Knight returned his attention to Salem, Salem drew a hidden knife and slashed it across the Knight's throat, and he crumpled to the ground. Thinking him dead, Salem urged her followers onward.
As the warriors run in, the God of Light emerges from the pool in his dragon form.
"The gods had hoped that Salem would learn from her eternal curse, and she did. She learned that the hearts of men are easily swayed".
The leaders of the kingdoms Salem had spoken to stand in front of their people approaching the God of Light. The God of Darkness, also in his dragon form, then appears alongside his elder brother. The remaining warriors loyal to the Knight and Novik immediately kneel before the gods.
"Who has led you down this path?" The God of Light asked before Salem walks through the crowds of warriors as she makes her way to the front of them. She glares at the gods.
"You..." The God of Darkness said before he roars at Salem.
In response, Salem launches a magical attack, and the warriors follow suit. A barrage of attacks are launched at the God of Darkness, but he easily catches them all into his hand, absorbing them into a purple sphere of energy. Everyone looks in shock.
The God of Darkness holds the energy in his hand, clearly displeased by what just happened "My own gift to them... used against me".
The God of Light looks away in disappointment, knowing there was no point in trying to stop what was about to happen. The God of Darkness squeezes the sphere within his hand, creating a massive shockwave that envelops the world, smiting everything and everyone in its path. Humanity has been turned to dust.
Julius watched in shock at what had just happened; this was nothing like he had expected.
Only Salem, along with the remaining warriors that followed the Knight, remain.
Salem is in shock "No... no...".
Salem gets knocked back when the God of Darkness stomps his foot in the ground "You thought there was no greater punishment we could bestow upon you?".
Salem glares at him "I'll come back. I'll tell the rest of the world of this massacre! Build a new army!".
"You do not understand. There is no one left. You and these men who defended us are all that remains of humanity" The Dark God said, and Salem's expression turns shocked at this revelation.
"This planet was a beautiful experiment, but it is merely a remnant of what it once was. We will learn from this failure. I hope that you will learn from yours" The God of Light disappears into a bright light of dust.
"No! You can't leave! You can't leave! COME BACK!" Salem screamed.
"Still demanding things of your creators..." The God of Darkness also disappears into a beam of purple light that shoots up into the sky and out of the atmosphere.
In the process, the moon is shattered. Moon fragments rain down like meteors back onto the planet's surface. Salem falls to her knees and lets out a scream of despair that is muted out by the crashing meteors.
"Once again, Salem was alone...".
Salem is seen walking alone. She walks by a pair of deer eating grass, as well as abandoned villages that are now inhabited by Grimm.
"She cursed the gods. She cursed the universe. She cursed everything, everything but herself. She wandered the face of the planet, awaiting a death that would never come...".
Salem then stands on the edge of an overhanging cliff in the land once inhabited by the God of Darkness. She looks down at the blackened pool below her.
"Until fate led her back to the Land of Darkness. This was it. This had to be it, the brother's Grimm, the pools of black that continued to give rise to horrific nightmares. If the fountain of life granted her immortality, then surely, the pools of Grimm will finally take it away".
Salem prepares to fall in when a voice stops her "Wait!"
Salem turns around to see a large snake Grimm approach. His eyes glowed green instead of red and yellow.
"Don't do this" the snake continued.
"Who are you?" Salem asked.
"I am Kaa, a being created by the God of Light as an advisor. I am here to keep watch over this world, and I warn you now; if you do this, a terrible fate will befall you."
Salem only glared "You know nothing of my life." She said before falling into the black pool. Kaa only watched with disappointment.
"She was wrong. This force of pure destruction could not destroy a being of infinite life".
Salem is thrashed around by an unseen force.
"Instead, it created a being of infinite life with a desire for pure destruction".
Salem crawls out of the pool, this time, her skin deathly white as well as her hair. She opens her eyes, irises red with black sclerae.
"And in time, she would find her greatest adversary...".
The scene changes back to the realm of the God of Light after Salem left. The two brothers, still in dragon form, reappeared and stand over the almost dead form of the Knight. The other warriors lie either dead or wounded.
"I thought we were meant to leave" the younger brother asked.
"Not until we fulfill our promise" the elder replied, "They gave their lives to protect us, so we should uphold our end and protect them. Besides, I have an idea for them, and a very special plan for this one."
The God of Light stoops down and picked up the Knight's form, then flew over and placed him into the pool of immortality.
"Your loyalty is rewarded" the elder brother began, "You and this kingdom have been spared. However, I have also decided to reward you in this way. The warriors you led here will become the greatest defenders this world will see. Protecting from both Grimm and the demons that threaten this world from afar. The symbol of their power will be seen in their eyes, which are now pure like silver."
As the God of Light speaks, a massive glow surges around the other warriors, giving them new life and making them stronger. Ruby widens her eyes as she sees that the warriors now have silver eyes…just like her.
The God of Darkness now spoke: "Your enemies will be rage, brutal, without mercy. But you…you will be worse. A symbol of vengeance, you will be a god among men."
The God of Light added "You too can never die, though you also have strength and speed like no other."
The knight emerged from the pool, his armor changed into a new, more futuristic suit (Doom Eternal Praetor suit), and a fierce new glow was in his eyes.
The elder brother spoke "Against all the evils that Salem and Hell can conjure, against all the wickedness mankind can produce, we will send unto them…only you."
The younger brother added "It will be by your hand that Salem and evil dies."
The two brothers then spoke in unison: "Rip and Tear, until it is done."
As the other warriors looked around, the brothers disappeared; their creation complete, and the Knight, with his new power walked past the warriors and, facing a wall, in a burst of anger at Salem, he punches the rock wall, which shatteres almost immediately.
"Blessed with this new power, the Knight led the new warriors, which called themselves, the Night Sentinels, and they erected a new kingdom, naming it Sentinel Prime. They then waged a crusade against the Grimm and all the other wicked forces that threatened the new world."
The smoke shifts, showing a massive battlefield, Grimm and demons are slaughtered by the dozens as the music descends into heavy metal (2016 At Doom's Gate). As Ruby watches, in the middle of it all, stood the Knight on a pile of corpses, holding the torn head of an Imp, its spine still attached, in one hand, and an ignited crucible sword in the other.
"With this new life came a new name, a dreaded name given to him by his enemies, and a name even Salem herself would come to fear…"
Novus knew the answer before Jinn spoke it. Father… he thought.
"They called him…THE DOOM SLAYER."
Qrow listened in awe; so this is where he came from.
"Over time, the Night Sentinels spread out among the humans of the new world, some of them even making lives and families of their own among them, passing on the power of the silver eyes in the process.
Novus…Julius thought, remembering how his father was the Slayer himself. He also thought to Ruby, who also had silver eyes.
Well…Summer said in his head, This is not what I was expecting.
"Yet, even as the influence of the Slayer spread, there was still another who returned."
Then everything turned white and a voice could be heard "Ozma".
Ozma turns around seeing the God of Light in his dragon form, before turning back into his regular form "Where am I?".
"We are between realms. I'm afraid a tragedy has befallen your home at the hands of my brother. We have chosen to depart this world, but in our absence, I would like to offer you the chance to return to it" The God of Light answered.
"I... don't understand" Ozma admitted.
"Mankind is no more, yet your world remains. And in time, your kind will grow to walk its face once again. However, without our presence, they will be but a fraction of what they once were" The God of Light explained before suddenly, the he conjures four objects: a staff, a sword, a crown, and a lamp "Creation, destruction, choice, and knowledge were the ideals upon which humanity was made. Now I leave them behind with the hope that you will learn to remake yourselves".
The four objects are conjoined together into a yellow sphere of energy.
"If brought together, these four Relics will summon my brother and I back to your world, and humanity will be judged. If your kind has learned to live in harmony with one another and set aside their differences, then we shall once again live among you, and humanity will be made whole again. But if your kind is unchanged, if you demand our blessings while still fighting amongst yourselves, then man will be found irredeemable and your world will be wiped from existence. Until your task is complete, you will reincarnate, but in a manner that ensures you are never alone" The God finished explaining.
Ozma falls to his knees as he comes to terms with this ultimatum "I'm sorry, but... that world just isn't as dear to me without her. If I may, I'd rather return to the afterlife to see Salem".
"You will not find her there" The God of Light said.
Ozma's eyes widens at this "You mean she isn't gone?".
The God of Light nods "Salem lives, but the woman you hold dear in your memories is gone. The woman who remains has her fate sealed at the hands of another, your oldest friend."
Ozma gasped "He's alive too."
The God of Light nods "Yes, though he has now become the most powerful being I have ever created. He defended my realm, and has now become my greatest champion. Heed this warning... where you seek comfort, you will only find pain. So, will you-".
"I'll do it" Ozma said before the god could even finish.
The God of Light looks in surprise at Ozma's immediate answer "Very well. Our creation rests within your hands. But before I leave, there is something more you need to know. When humanity returns, 4 special warriors will also appear".
"What warriors?" Ozma asked.
"These warriors will be the harbingers of Salem's end " The God of Light began to explain "They will be the most unlikely of warriors, but they will be strong when united. The first is a thief; skilled and crafty, nothing will be what it seems with him."
Julius stroked his chin in interest; this sounded a lot like Roman.
"The second is a soldier; he will stand up for what he believes no matter what the cost."
That sounded a bit like Hector.
"The third is a slayer; a descendant of the Knight's race, though he will be slightly different from his kin."
Novus listened in astonishment; could the God of Light be referring to…him?
"The fourth, however, is the most interesting of all; a hunter. He will be born from darkness, but he will reject it and resist it, though it may tear him apart."
Julius gasped in fright, the brother was referring to him and his team!
"And so Ozma was reborn".
Ozma reincarnates into a man with a tanned complexion and pale blonde hair, who had just stabbed a Beowulf with a pitchfork, causing it to disintegrate. Ozma takes the time to come to terms in his new body and surroundings.
He looks up and sees people screaming and running into the forest he is in away from a burning village in the distance "Where am I?".
Ozma hears a man scream, and looks over to see him flailing a sword at a Beowulf, which swipes at him to the ground, disarming him. Ozma's previous soul takes over and runs forward, grabbing the man's sword and slaying the Beowolf.
The man gets back up relieved "Thank you. Please, tell me your name. Who are you?".
Suddenly, Ozma's newest reincarnate has trouble speaking, and throws the sword to the ground in horror. Oscar watches the scene before him "He didn't know...".
As Jinn continues to narrate, Ozma walks down a street, seeing along the way Faunus locked up in cages, and a pile of Dust crystals on top of a table.
"Ozma had found himself in a world completely unfamiliar to him. Cities looked different. Creatures known as the Faunus wore fangs and claws and were locked away in cages. And without the blessing of the gods, no one could perform magic like mankind was once capable of, no one but himself, the Doom Slayer and his warriors, and woman known as... the witch"
The environment around Ozma changes from the city to a forest as he comes upon a lonely, dilapidated cottage in the woods.
"During his years of travel, he heard the same frightened whispers that spoke of a terrifying sorceress who commanded dark powers in the wilds among the beasts and monsters. Ozma was convinced that this witch was Salem, and decided he needed to see what she had become".
Ozma stands at a distance from the cottage. The front door opens, and from the darkness beyond, Salem emerges, wearing black robes this time. She gives an angry glare while exiting the cottage, but suddenly, her expression softens upon seeing her visitor. Ozma likewise smiles back at her.
"Call it magic or call it something stronger, but in that moment, the two knew exactly who it was that stood before them".
Ozma and Salem walk towards each other, the two hold each other's hands, interlocking their fingers affectionately.
"What do we do now?" Ozma asked.
Salem smiled "Whatever we like".
As time passes, the scene shows the cottage changing from its dilapidated state to a much better condition, following with Salem and Ozma conversing with one another at a table on the front porch.
"As Salem and Ozma recounted the events which had brought them back together, each withheld parts of their story. Salem, fearing Ozma would reject her, blamed the end of the world on the gods. Ozma, still unsure of where the truth lay, kept his task and the Relics a secret. Though time passed and all seemed well, Ozma's conversation with the God of Light still lingered in his mind. He had found happiness, but humanity seemed more divided than ever before".
Salem and Ozma head back inside the cottage, still talking to each other.
"Are you surprised? This world is quite literally godless. These humans have no one to guide them. Perhaps that's all they need" Salem said.
"What are you saying?" Ozma asked.
"We could become the gods of this world. Our powers surpass all others. Our souls transcend death. We can mold these lands into whatever we want, what you want, create the paradise that the old gods could not" Salem explained.
Ozma is troubled at first, but then smiles in agreement with Salem. The two of them look each other in the eyes as Salem places an affectionate hand on Ozma's shoulder.
"The hearts of men... are easily swayed".
A village is shown under attack by a Nevermore. Suddenly, a purple energy surrounds the Nevermore, causing it to be bent and folded into unnatural positions. The Nevermore disintegrates, and the villagers watch as Ozma, once again wielding his scepter and wearing regal robes, and Salem levitate into the air side-by-side above them. They all bow down to the couple in reverence. Weiss and Yang are shown walking up to two statues of Ozma and Salem that are then erected.
"The two amassed a following. That following grew into a prosperous kingdom. And at the head of that kingdom blossomed... a family".
Ozma and Salem watch their four daughters playing together, the little girls all wearing colors on their dresses similar to that of the Four Maidens. One of their daughters comes up to the two of them, playfully tugging on Salem's robe. The two parents smile at her before smiling at each other.
Blue smoke transitions the scene, showing a massive conflict between people that is being observed inside a crystal ball by a smirking Salem. Ozma stands a short distance away from her looking outside the window.
"Are we sure this is right?" Ozma asked in a troubled tone.
Salem looks at him "You said we needed to bring humanity together. In order to do that, we have to spread our word, and destroy those who will deny it".
Ozma gains a shocked expression on his face upon hearing these words. He turns to see his reflection on the window, which suddenly talks to him "What are we doing?".
Ozma reels back in horror seeing his reflection ask him that question, briefly becoming his original incarnation, before looking over to Salem "This isn't what he asked of me..."
Salem looked at him again "What did you say?".
The two then hear a door open, and their eldest daughter enters the room excitedly "Mother, father, look!".
Their daughter then conjures multicolored wisps that fly in circles in front of her. Salem has a proud expression on her face, while Ozma looks on in surprise, before looking down with his troubled expression again.
"It was a miracle; their children could perform magic. But what should have been a joyous occasion was short-lived".
Smoke transitions the scene again, this time showing Ozma telling what he knows to Salem in his study.
"Ozma told Salem everything, the true reason the God of Light had brought him back, the Relics that they scattered around the world, and the day of judgement he had been told to prepare for".
"Don't you see? None of that matters anymore. Why spend our lives trying to redeem these humans when we can replace them with what they could never be?" Salem offers her hand out, but Ozma hesitates to take it, backing away in disgust.
Smoke transitions the scene again showing Ozma, alongside a man in guard armor, quietly escorting his daughters through the quiet halls. The youngest daughter looks down the hallway, noticing something "Mommy?".
Salem stands at the end of the hall menacingly. Ozma protectively stands in front of his daughters. Salem, realizing what he is doing, angrily conjures a red beam from her hand. Ozma uses his scepter to counter Salem's attack, launching a green beam. Their attacks clash, engulfing the area into a bright white flash. The guard leans over the four children to shield them. Ruby and Weiss watch in horror as Ozma and Salem fight throughout the castle. Their battle causes the castle to collapse and be destroyed in the process.
A charred plush toy is shown, suggesting the daughters were killed in the fearsome battle.
Ozma weakly crawls on the ground, blood dragging from behind him. Salem then reappears behind him undamaged thanks to her immortality, and angrily walks over to Ozma.
She kicks him over onto his back and holds him down with her foot "We finally had freedom...".
Ozma weakly looks up at her "I-".
A blast of fire from Salem engulfs Ozma, killing him once again.
As Salem finished, she noticed a group of her guards behind her, their spears pointed at her. Suddenly, a section of rubble nearby is moved to show the guard and the four daughters, who were shielded from the blast. He then leads the four daughters over to the other guards and stands protectively in front of them "Stay behind us, girls."
Salem narrowed her eyes "Valen" she growled, "you dare betray me?"
"I've now seen the monster you are underneath" Valen replied, "You must be stopped."
Salem conjured her magic and snapped "Traitor!"
Valen simply readied his own spear, "Stay calm, children, We are not alone."
An explosion rang in the distance, and Salem looked in its direction, a look of shock on her face.
"Yet despite her power and the fear she induced…the presence of the Slayer was always there."
The rubble behind Valen explodes as the Doom Slayer and multiple Night Sentinels emerge, weapons ready. Salem charges at the Slayer, who, simply retaliates with a Blood Punch, sending her flying into the rubble. As Salem stood back up, she realized she wasn't healing from the blow, and fear began to creep into her heart.
"Despite her power, Salem found that it was she who was the weaker one this time."
Sneering at the Slayer, Salem uses her magic and takes off into the sky, leaving the Night Sentinels remaining along with a now dead Ozma.
"Thus began a long and painful cycle of death and rebirth for Ozma".
Ozma's various reincarnates are shown, including a frail man weakly walking by many gravestones, followed by a despondent man walking in the rain, who would rather drink his problems away.
"Some lives were spent in mourning, many were spent attempting to forget it all".
Finally, Ozma reincarnates to a dark-skinned man with glasses who starts off slouching, but then eventually stands straight up and determinedly walks forward.
"But no matter what, his mind would eventually turn back to the task he had been burdened with".
Ozma's newest reincarnate is serving a meal to his wife and two children, both of whom interestingly have silver eyes.
"And as the centuries went on, Ozma began to learn the importance of living with the souls with which he had been paired".
Ozma then hears screaming outside. He opens the door and sees villagers running around in panic as Grimm attack.
"But no matter where or how he lived, her presence was always felt".
Ozma looks back to his wife, who nods in understanding, before going out with a mechanized cane into battle.
"If humanity were ever to stand a chance at being united, one thing was clear..."
Ruby knew the answer already "He had to destroy Salem...".
Smoke then transitions showing Ozma's reincarnation many years older now, tinkering with his cane in his workshop.
"Knowing he could never rid the world of her through any mortal means, Ozma sought out the power of the Relics".
The elderly tinkerer then places his cane inside a metal cabinet, closing the door on it. The door opens again showing Ozma's newest reincarnation, a well-dressed man, picking up the cane where he last left it in his previous life.
"Armed with my knowledge, he believed he could fulfill his promise to the God of Light. He had 3 important questions he needed answers to first. Only then would try to find the Warriors himself".
Ozma is now holding the Relic of Knowledge, summoning Jinn for the first time. All of Team RWBY is watching them.
"Where are the other Relics?" Ozma asked.
"He asked me his questions".
Ozma "What powers do they possess?"
"And though I gave him my answers...".
Ozma "How do I destroy Salem?".
"...Not all of them were to his liking".
Everyone watches as Jinn gives her answer to Ozma "You can't".
Upon hearing this, Ozma falls to his knees in despair, Ruby, Weiss and Blake all have shocked expressions, and Yang closes her eyes in anger. Ozma remains on his knees as Jinn disappears before him.
Oscar was on his knees, tears running down his face, a sign Ozpin was still in control and was crying over having to relive those memories again.
And now... everyone knew the truth... and they did not like it.
But the vision wasn't over, and Julius dreaded what would be revealed next.
ArcticJames, whatya think, did I knock it out of the park? Everyone else, the vision chapter is going to be in two parts because this was getting really long, so Julius's hidden backstory is in the second part. I did my best with the OG Slayer and Night Sentinels' origin, so let me know what you think of it!