So someone pointed out that they wanted to see everyone's reactions to Kyr being the listener, and I have to confess, I had not considered that. So, I'll just make that a deleted scene type omake in the future. Anyway, here we have the conclusion of the Volkahir Industries arc, and make sure to stick around for a trailer of what is to come. And I now feel the need to get my thoughts out about Volume 5 as a whole. It had good moments and bad moments. One of course was killing Sienna Khan after 5 minutes of screen time. I also feel that Jaune's semblance is a bit of a let-down. Don't get me wrong, a semblance that amplifies the abilities of aura like shield and healing is a very useful semblance. Just not one worth waiting 5 volumes for. After 5 volumes of fan fiction, theories, speculation, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed that his semblance was something as mundane as a healing semblance. I got to say, if Jaune's semblance was this anticlimactic, I dread to find out what Raven's reason for leaving is. Speaking of Raven, that is another problem. When she was revealed to be the Spring Maiden, that sent so many ideas running through my head. What if Raven was the Spring Maiden the whole time and Vernal was simply a Dummy spring maiden thought of by Ozpin who did so to prevent Qrow from becoming another Hazel. That would explain so many of Raven's motivations up to that point, like why she left Yang, to prevent Yang from getting caught in the crossfire if someone targeted her, or why she mistrusted Ozpin despite the fact that she only has the ability to transform into a Raven because she asked for it. Because she didn't like how Ozpin was putting unneeded pressure on Vernal. But that was all ruined the next episode when it was pointed out she murdered a little girl for her powers, not only making me question the point of Vernal, but also making Raven turn out to be a petty selfish coward. Now for Illya. If you ask me, she was forgiven way too quickly. I'm not saying she shouldn't have been forgiven at all, I'm just saying she should have had a long redemption arc. I for one felt she had the potential for redemption, after all in the words of Leslie something (I forget his last name, the guy who played Aaron Burr in Hamilton) if we were all judged for the worst thing we did on our worst day, we would all be villains. I'm also disappointed by the fact we hardly explored Mistral. No high class and no Criminal Underbelly.
Now for things I enjoyed about Vol 5. I liked how Sienna Khan actually voiced what a lot of people were thinking about Adam's hypocrisy. I also enjoyed how when Blake and Adam saw each other again, Blake just pulled a Lego Batman and said "You mean nothing to me." And Raven vs Cinder was probably my favorite fight in the whole series so far. Also, Cinder's grimm arm was cool, and the fact that she tried to steal the power of the Spring Maiden, when I often had a theory that she was going to become a composite Maiden. And the part about Ozpin's reincarnation and immortality from failing to stop Salem in the past, still does not hurt my plans for Ozpin in this fic. It actually helps them. And Vol 5 is the first time I gave a crap about Emerald. I just loved this line "I don't care about Salem, but I owe Cinder everything."
And now that my review is out of the way, on to the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Skyrim or RWBY, if I did, Illya would get a redemption arc.
(Opening: Fight as one by Bad City)
(instrumental)
A bunch of Grimm are rampaging in Vale and Beacon as are a bunch of robots and giant mech suits with the White Fang Logo.
Our world's about to break
A giant mech fires a missile as the camera pans to a silhouetted Ozpin in his office.
Tormented and Attacked
We see Getsuga with a shadowy figure with a glowing grim mask and glowing red blade behind him as he grabs his head in pain before opening his eyes revealing them to have changed from blue to red, with a sudden sadistic grin on his face.
Lost from when we wake
A screen moves and lighting falls down landing on Kyr Stormblade's Storm Blade as he prepares for battle as a shadowing image of a figure with sword for an arm appears to the right.
With no way to go back
Another screen moves and we see Silver leaving a hut as images appear behind him. First of a brown-haired silver-eyed man alongside a purple haired green-eyed woman, then a silver-eyed woman in a white cloak, and finally a silhouette of a hulking figure with a single glowing red eye. At the last image Silver gains a serious expression.
I'm standing on my own
A screen moves again and we see Kuyou with a traveling pack as he is watched by a spectral image of Smoke
But now I'm not alone
The screen moves as we now see Ozpin looking at all of the screens he closes his eyes as he opens them revealing reptilian eyes and a massive shadow appears behind him revealing the same reptilian eyes.
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!
We see Team SVGD get into combat postion.
Always we will fight as one
Kyr is seen fighting the enemies alongside Ruby, Jaune, Coco, and Cardin
Until the battle's
We see Getsuga fighting alongside Yang, Nora, and Yatsuhashi
Won with evil on the run
We see Kuyou fighting alongside Blake, Ren, and Velvet
We never come undone
We see Silver fighting alongside Weiss, Pyrrha and Fox
Assembled We are strong
We see Salem appear as Team SVGD prepares to engage her.
Forever fight as one
Team SVGD and Salem lunge at each other
Assembled we are strong
Team SVGD and Salem prepare to clash
Forever fight as one
The clash happens as we now see Teams SVGD, RWBY, JNPR, and CRDL all standing together alongside Ozpin, Goodwitch, Qrow, Ironwood, Winter, Serana, and Raven alongside 4 other similarly masked individuals. As the title of this fic appears in big letters.
(End Opening)
Chapter 10: Volkahir Epilogue
(undisclosed location)
Cinder was walking to a meeting area provided by her contact in the Dark Brotherhood.
She was wondering why she was called.
She decided to bring Mercury and Emerald just in case.
They walked into the abandoned hut, where laying on the floor like a dog for some reason was a man in black and red armor wearing a beowolf mask.
Silencer Beowolf if Cinder recalled.
So she wasn't the only who brought security.
In the rocking chair was her contact.
At first glance she appeared to a little girl.
Those who knew her knew she was anything but that.
She was drinking some kind of liquid from a wine glass.
"You know," said girl, "There are only two substances in the world that is this shade of pure red, one of which is red wine."
The girl proceeded to drain her glass.
"This is not red wine," she said smiling setting her glass down before standing up.
"Thank you for meeting me Ms. Fall."
"I'd like to know why I was called so suddenly Speaker Babette," said Cinder nervous.
"Well first let me apologize in advance and I assure you this is a very unusual circumstance, and this situation is better done face to face," said the now named Babette.
"I'm afraid that we can no longer accept your contract and our partnership is terminated."
At this Cinder's eyes widened and her eye began to glow while Emerald drew her weapons and Mercury got into a combat stance.
Silencer Beowolf suddenly got up and growled, and people swore his eyes glowed yellow behind his mask.
"Explain!" shouted Cinder.
Babette continued to remain calm.
"You see, the Listener has awakened from his 10,000 year slumber and he sides with Ozpin, and the 5 Tenents say that we cannot go against the Listner or we face the wrath of Sithis."
Cinder conjured up her weapons and Mercury and Emerald lunged only for them to be dispatched easily by Silencer Beowolf wielding his weapon, a broadsword with a red blade.
Babette frowned and raised her hand and proceeded to pin Cinder to the wall with magic.
"You seem to misunderstand who has the power here," said Babette.
"We normally don't this, we don't terminate our contracts, but like I said this is a very unusual circumstance. After all, normally are Targets don't pull the Listener out of their rear end. So our honor dictates we go to you personally to terminate the contract."
Cinder slumped to the floor as Babette released her magic.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I have a meeting to get to."
She and Silencer Beowolf then disappeared in a purple flash.
(Ozpin's office)
"I'd like to deeply apologize Serana," said Ozpin.
"You were supposed to be informed the very moment that Kyr was found, in hindsight having Jaques be the one wasn't the best idea."
"Make sure he knows this is strike 2," said Serana.
"I've been on his ass for looking for the Dragonborn for so long, since the Shnees were the Silver-Bloods, to think Jaques would spit on the agreement I made with Nikolaus."
"What agreement did you make with my grandfather?" Weiss asked.
"Oh, I was to help him start up his company and he would us his resources to search for the Dragonborn, Kyr, and let me know as soon as he was found. He was a good friend, I was sorry to find he's ill."
"Well," said Kyr standing up, and giving Serana a kiss, "I have business to attend to, a meeting of the Black Hand is in order, but before I go," he added glaring at Jaune and Cardin, "You are about to have the difficulty of your training boosted."
Jaune and Cardin gulped.
"Same goes for you," Kyr added glaring at his team.
He then stared at the rest of the attack force, "As for the rest of you, I think you should make sure you think of the lessons learned from this experience."
"What do you mean?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah what lessons?" asked Yang.
"That Ozpin was correct when he said knowledge can only take you so far," said Kyr, "Cause there are people out there who can out fight, and completely over-power you. You all still have a long way to go, there will always be someone you can't defeat."
Kyr immediately thought of a certain white haired woman in a red dress with milky white eyes.
With that Kyr went out before saying, "Oh and Ozpin, I'm gonna need something moved in that place."
Ozpin nodded.
Everybody else decided to go back to their dorms and rest.
Soon the only people left were Serana and Ozpin.
"You know despite circumstances it was nice to see you again, Orion Arc, King of Vale," said Serana smiling, "Or rather I hear you go by Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon now, still I suppose this phase is better than Owain, the hermit wizard."
"It is good to see you again as well Serana," said Ozpin.
"So, does Kyr know who you were?" asked Serana.
Ozpin hung his head in shame, "No and it's best that he never does."
"That is not for you to decide," said Serana.
"I failed him," said Ozpin.
"Even, you, me Cyronin, and Ulfric working together couldn't stop her, even Kyr was never able to stop her, what makes you think this all falls on you?" asked Serana.
Ozpin sighed, "You're right, you did always say the Gods used me as scape goat because somebody had to take the fall for the fall of Nirn. It's just I have been cursed from for 10,000 years."
"I promise I will tell him at some point, but please let me be the one to do it, it's better if he hears it from me."
(Yet another undisclosed location)
Kyr went up to a black door with the symbol of Sithis on it.
"What is the music of life?" the door asked.
"Silence my brother," Kyr replied.
"welcome home" the door said before opening.
Kyr walked through the door and saw 9 individuals, 5 of which were wearing grimm masks, 2 of indivudals he recognized.
Silencer Ursa and "Babette, you little unchild how have you been?" asked Kyr.
"I'm one of the speakers now," said Babette, "I'm the speaker of the Vale" she said.
Another speaker stepped forward, "I am Vernal speaker of Mistral," said the now named vernal.
A white-haired tiger faunus with a scar down his left eye which was blinded stepped forward, "I am Shiro Khan, speaker of Atlas, and brother to Sienna Khan."
A man that looked of red-guard descent stepped forward with a scimitar at his hip, "And I am Viziri, speaker of Vacuo and descendant of speaker Nazir."
Kyr decided it was hist time to speak, "I am Kyr Stormblade, the Listener."
Then everyone in unison said, "Hail the Night Mother, Hail Sithis."
"Now it's been 10,000 years since the entire Black Hand was together," said Kyr.
"Before we get down to business," said Babette, "It's time to introduce you to your personal silencer, Silencer Nevermore," said Babette.
A woman in a Nevermore mask stepped forward and kneeled to Kyr.
"I look forward to serving you Listener," she said taking off her mask.
Kyr recognized from the list of people of interest Ozpin gave him.
"Raven Branwen."
End chapter.
Before the end of chapter A/N here is the trailer for what is to come that I promised would happen at the end of this arc.
Kyr is at the docks clashing with figure who resembles a forsworn.
"Another fleshling Asails us!," said the figure clashing with Kyr.
"The king will have his towers, he will have his subjects, and he will. Have. Your. Head." The figured continued clashing more with each sentence.
Raven is seen talking to Kyr, "I want what is best for Yang, and the Dark Brotherhood is no place to raise a child.
We see Weiss's mother crying in the Garden, "Oh Getsuga, why'd the Red fang have to take Getsuga."
As she says this we see a flash of an image of Getsuga impaled by a red katana blade.
A man in a cloak is seeing saying "Vacuo has more than enough lien for every mercenary willing to risk their neck for coin."
Kyr is seen standing on a fallen Paladin talking to the students as everything is burning everywhere, "The entirety of Vale is riding on us! Talos guide us all!"
Kyr is seen clashing with a very powerful Dragur, "There's only one entity in existance that has this level of Necormancy," said Kyr gritting his teeth.
Silver is seen with a burn scar on his face, going up against a giant machine, "Nobody is the vicinity, so I don't need self control any more, TIME FOR YOU TO SEE HOW POWERFUL I CAN REALLY BE!" he shouts as the entire landscape is torn apart and the pieces chucked at the machine.
Kuyou is seen going up against Tyrian, "What makes me special Scorpion, is that just like a true Kitsune I will evolve!" Kyr then activates his semblance Fox Spirit, only this time he has 9 tails as opposed to his usual 3 and the ground around him cracks.
Getsuga is seen clashing with Adam Taurus, "That's it?!" shouted Getsuga, "You think you just talk about your tragic past and everything will be alright?! When things have gotten this bad?!"
"How many people have you hurt since this all began?!"
"How many people have suffered?! How many people have grieved?!"
"You've stepped over so many people all so you can achieve your self-serving dream! NOBODY HAS THAT RIGHT!"
"EVERYBODY SUFFERS! EVERYBODY GRIEVES! EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN TRUTHS THEY WANT TO IGNORE!"
"YOU'RE NOT SPECIAL! YOU ARE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE ADAM!"
As Getsuga slams Adam with each sentence.
We see Kyr facing Salem with Kyr looking furious.
"Don't give me that shit Salem!" he shouted angrily.
"My comrade!" he shouted as we see in image of a brown haired woman burned alive.
"My first love!" he shouted as we see a blond hair woman with a bag over her head and her hands tied behind her back being hit with fatal gas.
"My friends!" he shouted as we see images of the rest of the cast lying on the ground.
"My school!" he shouted as we see Beacon academy in ruins.
"My world!" he shouted as we see Nirn burning and one of the moons being destroyed entirely while the other cracks a part.
Kyr then points the Storm Blade at Salem and says "I'M BRINGING YOU DOWN! AND BRINGING PEACE BACK TO REMNANT! MUL QAH DIIV!"
We see various images of the characters fighting all kinds of enemies.
We see Salem and Kyr both out of breath.
"10,000 years and you are still naïve as ever Kyr, I do not wish to destroy this world, I wish to save it," Salem says.
"What the heck are you talking about?!" shouted Kyr.
"You really have no idea what's coming do you?" asked Salem.
We see 2 large red slitted eyes open in the darkness.
"Your reckoning is at hand Dovahkihn!" the entity shouted, "We have only just begun!"
We see Kyr in his Dragon Aspect form holding Stormblade with both hands as it has gotten longer from a sheer amount of energy put into it.
"Alright this is it," said Kyr, "All the feelings I've carved deep into Nirn and Remant throughout all time, ARE GOING INTO THIS ONE ATTACK!"
And done, and Kyr's character arc has officially come to a close. I hope you all liked the trailer. Some of those seens were added to show members of Team SVGD as they are seen at their full potential, and in some cases like Getsuga, I left out a few details to avoid too many spoilers. And I managed to leave you guys with another cliff hangar and more questions. What is Kyr's history with Salem? How did Ozpin know Kyr in the past and who was he? Why was Ozpin specifically singled out to be the scape goat?
And yes in this fic, the Branwen Tribe is replaced by the Darkbrotherhood. I had this idea since Raven's appearance in Volume 4. When I heard murders and family used to describe the same people, I immediately thought of the Dark Brotherhood. This is merely one example of mythology merging you will see. I plan to make Raven a better person in this fic, more or less lol.
Anyway next chapter we will begin the finale of Vol 1. Where at the end of the next 4 chapters I will release trailers for my Secret project.
And in the next 2 chapters we will finally get Getsuga's backstory, and so many questions about him will be answered. We will also get a hint of Kuyou's back story, and finally learn the identity of the Red Fang. Who do you all think it is.
And more importantly, what kind of faunus do you think Getsuga is. I left several hints throughout the fic. You just need to know where to look. Anybody who guess's right will get an internet cookie.
Also shout out to Cyndar who gave me the idea of Serana smacking around the Shnee family and their ancestors for generations to make sure they kept finding the dragonborn.
Anyway as always if you have any questions, comments, concerns, suggestions, constructive criticism, or you just wanna say hi, please feel free to leave a review. It really does help out a lot.