All in Due Process

by Faulty Paragon

James Ironwood wasn't made in a day. With the fate of Atlas riding upon his shoulders ever since he was a child, James knew that he would become a leader unlike all others. He was due process, and he would use that power to change the world, no matter how hard the fall. -James' life in canon from childhood until V7, explored through 100 drabbles using the 100 Prompts Challenge.

1. Birth

A/N: Guess who's back, back again with another 100 Prompts Challenge fic- 100 chapters, 100 drabbles, 100 (to 120, sometimes 150 'cause I'm not super picky) words each. I'm using the same prompts I used in No Compromise, since I found emotions more fun to write than the more rigid prompts I used in Touch the Sky. Apparently I have a thing for doing this with RWBY villains, and since James broke my heart in Vol. 7, I'm trying to justify my anger.

For anyone who doesn't know why I'm so salty about James' actions in V7, check out my fic Scribbles, which I wrote entirely before watching V7- it is built upon my untainted imaginings of a pure James. Ugh. I miss my pre-V7 ignorance.

Let me know what you think!

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all in due process (delusions of grandeur and powers tainting it all)

1. Birth

James Ironwood was born into a land of ice and snow; some called it 'cold', 'unfeeling', but James knew he belonged there, just as his forebears. The name 'James' had been passed down through his family for multiple generations of military men and Huntsmen, and 'Ironwood' indicated his strength, his resilience, his ability to grow. At least, that was what his parents told him, their words firm and unyielding- just as he was meant to be.

Atlas; Solitas; the land of ice and snow. It scared the rest of the world, but that pristine blanket of white, untouched beauty filled him with such pride and joy that he knew from the start that he could never let it go.