A Saint's Shield

by clood9

The Guardian fails to rescue legendary Titan Saint-14, sending him to another world where there is creeping Darkness but no Light to counter it. With a renewed sense of duty, he would raise his fists and his weapons to put an end to the evils that plague Remnant, and show what the Light is capable of. DISCONTINUED: REMASTERED STORY OUT NOW.

30. A Little Update From The Author

TL;DR: This story is under the process of rewriting from the very beginning. New Ghosts, better lore integration, rewritten characters.

So, it's been a while, huh? Went MIA for a few months. Beyond Light's just released, RWBY Volume 8 is out, oh boy. In the midst of writing the 30th chapter (wow!) I went back to re-read the entire story and felt that there were a lot of things to improve on. This sort of picked at me resulting in me unable to complete the 30th chapter and now I want to completely build things back up. On top of school recommencing in this COVID era and blagh. Lots of stuff, little time to write, lots of things I want to write.

Main things I want to change:

Saint-14 and Ilia arc: I found it a bit too short and Ilia still retains that cringe-factor that the show portrayed her with. I want to make her a more sympathetic, likeable character before things start hitting the fan. A reviewer pointed out that he thought the story was integrating to the main RWBY plotline too quickly, and it took me a while but I sort of agree now.

Saint-14's Ghost, or lack thereof: I will be adding Geppetto to accompany Saint-14 in his travels.

Osiris's implementation: It was a bit shoved and my initial depiction of him was...underpowered, to say the least. I'll probably put him in earlier with the RWBY cast, and not shove him with Weiss in the middle of a fight.

Main story beats: I want to diverge a bit from the RWBY canon and write some stuff on top of the main things. Think of it as an improvement to the RWBY storyline.

Lisbon-13: I felt that his arc was forced and cringeworthy. I'll rework it. His Ghost now has a name, Piri, and it's a she! So, I'll have to add that in. I'm also looking to integrate more of the new Deep Stone Crypt lore that released with Beyond Light.

RWBY Villain integration with Destiny: I will be keeping this factor in, but in a different way maybe. Not too sure yet of the main details but some things might change. Expect the same Oryx, Crota relationship. SIVA is still going to be there. I personally think this is necessary because Salem is akin to a Destiny 2 strike boss and would probably be an Ascendant Shard farm if an assault on her was an Ordeal Nightfall.

So yeah, that's where I am at in the brainstorming of the revival of this story. The writing process will most likely start after the Deep Stone Crypt raid has come out, cause I am levelling for a Day 1 clear and most likely won't have time to write in the midst of all the prep.

I will most likely just post the revised version as a new story entirely, so watch out for that, I guess. Sorry if I got your hopes up, but I hope to get back onto writing this piece of fanfiction.