Firstly, I apologize for not having a new chapter to post in such a long time. I have been extremely busy with graduate school and working on my post-graduate degree. Along with a full-time job that pays me well and not a horrid internship hourly wage. I'm usually just too busy or tired to really work on my stories. However, it does lend some explanation to not having posted any real content since the start of this year.

I, once again, apologize for the delay, but rest assuredly that I have not abandoned my stories, Black Mage or Remanoir. I have a solid outline of the plot on both of my stories from start to finish.


Some people are also a bit confused on the timeline. Currently, we are about a decade, give or take a few years, before canon RWBY starts, with Velvet still being elementary school age. Long before she has yet to even attend Beacon or any sort of combat school. I'm being a bit wishy-washy with the actual years, but hopefully that clears things up a bit. However, do not fret as I will get to canon RWBY within a few chapters as I don't have plans to dwell too much pre-canon. I have a few events that will be quite interesting before joining RWBY show timeline.

I also made a few small mistakes in my old chapters and plan to go fix them (but wont' inhibit anyone's current experience)

390+ Favorites and 571+ Followers, a huge increase from my last chapter release! Just want to thank everyone for enjoying my most followed story and I hope to hear more from you guys! So please leave a review! If you like my work, please check out my author page to see my other stories and story prompts that might be the inspiration for a new story for other authors to use!


Answering Reviews

ZenithTempest – Rin does have that tendency—even in many fanfictions—to be the one that drives the plot forward. It's in her nature to act. But don't worry, she won't be the dominating factor in this story and I hope to incorporate her in a meaningful fashion that adheres to her character.

jlchrist – Yes actually. Glas is from Vindictus/Mabinogi, albeit Grimmy-fied. I thought it was rather fitting monstrosity, given that it was a monster summoned when attempting to bring about Paradise

However, it will not be the last horror that will show up in this story, far from it. The Grimm are a criminally unexplored subject matter in RWBY, and despite being the main back drop for Remnant's "problems," are reduced to be nothing more than cannon fodder. The entire story of RWBY has only really shown humanity (and Faunus) as the largest threat to itself (i.e. White Fang, human agents of Salem, etc). Other than Roman getting eaten by the Grimm, we haven't seen deaths on screen by any sort of Grimm. That's just stupid and shitty writing on part of CRWBY.

My story will, in an attempt, rectify that, albeit why I destroyed Oakenhille almost immediately as we are introduced to it. Villages will disappear overnight, communications will be severed unexpectedly, people go missing on an almost regular basis if you live outside the walls of the four main cities.

The Grimm are monsters, in every essence and meaning of the word. The fears that plague mankind should be reflected in the monsters that prey upon them.

Alexkellar - glad you've enjoyed my story, and don't worry! I haven't abandoned it! Just haven't had the time with real life.

Exillion - I know right? It's almost heretical!