The second Divine Crusader sat on the bed found in the apartment he rented for the rest of the week until the day when the bullhead came to pick up the hopefuls for Beacon Academy. As one of those hopefuls, the young Blonde found himself preparing both his equipment and things. Normally, he would already have done so until he found something in his apartment.
It was a simple wooden chest almost as long as Crocea Mors and as wide as the shield it transformed. What took his attention was the lock had a red diamond instead of a keyhole and he could feel the slight beat of the diamond in the pattern of beating drums. Calloused fingers reached for the diamond and the moment his finger made contact with the diamond, the chest opened revealing...
"Those are..."
His treasures, the items he had gathered during his stay in Nirn. At least the ones he was emotionally invested in. His very own relics were created and enchanted for him.
The steel legion armor covered with dried blood from the Daedra and followers of Mannimarco that he killed during the battle of Bruma, his assault in Mankar Camoran's Paradise, and the battle of the Imperial capital where Mehrunes Dagon...
His Blades armor that he wore on operations for the Blades and the Akaviri Katana along with it and the artifacts from the ancient blades he recovered from Sancre tor.
He could also see the numerous weapons, robes, and other items he had gathered in his travels.
A dagger made from a fang that made the air a bit tingly.
An Akaviri Katana made sometime after the Battle of Bruma as a symbol of his status as the first Blade of Emperor Martin. Both practical and ornamental.
A battleaxe that made the air both colder and hotter at the same time.
A beautiful bow that looked like it was not made by mortal hands and looked delicate.
Numerous tomes and scrolls contain priceless information.
A mace that raised the temperature of the room slightly as his hands brushed by it.
Finally, the most important part of his collection.
The blade of the Champion of Cyrodiil, a blade he named Tamriel, Dawn's Beauty. It was a humble blade that he had to seal away along with his knightly armor after he received the relics of the Crusader. Left in the hands of a dear friend that he knew...
But why was his gear here now?
'Jaune, I apologize for the delay but we were only able to send a few of your more important items that you have a personal connection to. Sadly for obvious reasons, we could not send your properties. Trust me, I petitioned. This chest is connected to a pocket space that is included in a spell tome for you to use.'
-Your friend, Martin.
Replacing his steel dagger with the fang dagger and Crocea Mors with his Akaviri Katana, the young man closed the chest and watched as the chest disappeared, leaving behind a red diamond connected to a bracelet.
Dressed in a white button-up shirt, black pants, and a suit jacket, a pair of black shoes fell in front of the other as Jaune Arc walked across the wilderness of the island of Patch. A gloved hand was raised into the air as a shadow landed on it, revealing a beautiful raven.
Beside him, his aunt, Glynda Goodwitch, his mother's sister, walked by his side, dressed in her usual attire.
How she could walk in her heels EVERYWHERE was something the second Divine Crusader wasted no effort to understand. Hey, his aunt is a badass huntress, she can probably beat some poor person with no effort.
"Remember, Jaune. We are here to visit some old friends of mine,"
"I know," Raising a brow, the blonde looked over his shoulder and into the red eyes of a crow. The raven on his flapped its wings and landed on his blonde hair, using it as a nest.
Spending the next few minutes unbothered by the raven on his head, the Blonde ignored the Crow that had been following him and his aunt. His aunt knew who it was. Yes, who. As an adept mage, he knew magic was versatile and the fact that he knew that crow smelled like alcohol was enough evidence to point out that it was a human with the ability to use magic, albeit on a smaller scale.
Noticing a small shack, the blonde discreetly cast a detect life spell from the Mysticism branch to scout the area, and to his shock, a cascade of four different colors belonging to humanoids was present in the house. One of them looked similar to the Crow's but was more... feminine?
"Oh, Glynda!"
"Summer!" An older carbon copy of Ruby approached the blonde's Aunt with his aunt returning the gesture.
"How have you been? It's been so long!" Summer Rose, a young woman who looked like she was in her early to mid 20's said with a bright smile as her silver eyes shined in excitement as her red-tipped black hair danced with the wind.
"Jaune!" A red blur passed by Summer and Glynda along with a trail of rose petals and the red-cloaked form of Ruby Rose, dressed in her huntress-in-training attire, stopped in front of the young man. The sudden appearance of the petite huntress-in-training made the raven nesting on Jaune's hair fly away.
"Hey there, farmgirl," Jaune said with a teasing smile, causing the shorter girl to freeze in place as she bit her lip.
"Don't you dare tease me!" Ruby said with a pout before crossing her arms under her chest and turning away to hide her pout before her silver eyes saw the new weapons tied to a holster on his belt. Leaning towards Jaune, her silver eyes shone bright, "OHMYGOSH!YOUHAVEAKATANALIKEMOMMYRAVEN!"
"Ruby, deep breaths," Summer said with a smile as she watched her youngest daughter interact with the black-suited blonde. "It's rude,"
Realising what she did, the Crimson Reaper's face turned red and with a squeak, took a step back.
"Sorry, Jaune," The crimson Reaper whispered as she hid her face under the shadows of her hood,
"It's fine, Ruby," Jaune said with a smile, feeling refreshed at Ruby's reactions. Ever since he got more popular in Tamriel... he was always swarmed during parties by people who wanted to seduce him or to have a favor done but Ruby. He could feel her passion for weapons and her color scheme was... familiar. "This is Foedus Draconis," With fluid ease, the young blonde drew the Ebony Akaviri Katana from his waist.
Having been forgotten by the two teenagers, Summer smiled at the sight while Glynda shook her head. Teenagers. A mane of golden hair peeked out of the door as amethyst eyes widened at the sight of shy Ruby gushing and smiling at a...
"A pretty boy, huh?" Raven Branwen-Xiao-Long said as she watched Ruby interact with the blonde-haired teen. "I was sure she was just interested in weapons..." Seeing the boy interact with her second daughter, Summer was pretty convincing with Sundered Rose, which made the black-haired swordswoman have some conflicting emotions in her chest.
On one hand, Ruby was talking to a stranger and he was keeping up with her from the looks of it as Ruby held the Katana and playfully swung it around in a pitiful imitation of her sword style. No, she was not upset that her youngest chose to be trained by her idiot of a younger brother. Katanas were way better than those stupid overgrown farm tools. On the other, her youngest was still too young and innocent! She still believed in those fairy tales and being a hero, thankfully she matured compared to two years ago.
Watching Summer look at her with those smug silver eyes made the swordswoman's red eyes narrow. Even more when Summer discreetly glanced over towards the two teenagers exchanging their stories as Glynda smiled at the sight like the proud aunt that she was.
Oh, she might have hidden it well, but Raven still remembered when she gushed about her nephew and nieces... Okay, she won't kill the blonde... only maim him a bit!
"Mommy Raven! Yang! Momma!" Ruby's excited voice snapped Raven out of her thoughts. Looking at her youngest, Raven's eyes narrowed even more as her left hand inched towards Omen's sheath at how Ruby held the Blonde's hand.
Now that she had a closer look... oh! Glynda's nephew had an eery resemblance to her late beloved husband.
"Stop killing me off in your monologues!"
"Arf! Arf!"
Weird, even now, she can still hear Tai.
"Dad!" Ruby said with a smile as she looked at her family. "Everyone, this is Jaune!" Ruby introduced with a smile. "He was the one that helped me during the robbery! He was like..." and her daughter started to do some Kung-Fu movie moves and noise while using her lone free hand to act on what happened that night.
Seeing how her husband tensed, oh yes... good boy! A little more push and you can scare off the Blonde. Glynda's nephew or not.
"Ruby..."
"Yes, Jaune?" Stopping her reenactment of the night of the robbery, Ruby looked at the taller Blonde while tilting her head to the side.
"Can you please let me go? You're still holding my hand,"
She could feel the power deep inside her stir. This... insolent... Is my adorable little girl not good enough for you?!
Somehow, steam escaped from Ruby's ears as her face turned bright red. Letting go, Ruby reached for her hood and lowered it to hide her face.
"Sorry, Jaune!"
"Sheesh, sis. You move fast." Yang said with a cold face. Good, Yang. You must protect your sister. Like how I protected your idiot of an uncle. Oh no.
"Yang..." Raven warned but it was too late.
"Yang..." Ruby whined at the same time.
"It's been a while since I saw someone use a Katana other than me," Raven said, cutting what Yang was going to say. "Would you like a spar?"
"Wait, Raven-,"
"I accept," Jaune said with a serene smile.
"You got guts wanting to fight my mom," Saphire orbs met with a pair of Amethyst as Jaune removed his suit jacket.
"She's good," Jaune replied as he looked at... "Yang, right?"
"Yup! Yang Rose-Branwen Xiao-Long at your service," Yang said with a grin as she looked at her fellow blonde. Not bad, he was a pretty boy but there was something in him that...
"Jaune! Here you go!" Ruby Rose presented the blood with a wooden stick about the size of a regular sword.
"Thank you, Ruby," untying the holster containing Foedus Draconis along with his fang dagger, the Blonde handed them to Ruby. "Please take care of them,"
"good luck, Jaune!" Ruby said with a smile as she held the Katana and dagger close to her chest, caressing them as if they were infants.
Holding the stick and giving it several swings, the young man adjusted his grip.
"Okay, you two," Tai said as he gave the two. "I want a nice, clean spar."
Raven gave her husband a wink while Jaune gave him a nod.
"Fighters at the ready!"
Raven dropped to a stance while Jaune raised his stick and then an insane pressure blanketed the area as Red eyes focused on the stance of the Blonde knight.
Glynda, Summer, Taiyang, Raven, and a secret spectator watched Jaune's gentle and warm demeanor be replaced by something else.
A cold sweat formed on Raven's face as she changed her stance while Jaune did the same as the two circled the arena, keeping their eyes on each other as they changed their stances and grips on their 'blades'.
Jaune changed stances, opening himself. In a flash, Raven crossed the distance before delivering a quickdraw slash aimed at his side.
Raven's eyes widened as her wooden stick was deflected by Jaune who looked like a machine. Deflecting a strike over his head, Jaune supported his stick with his other hand and in the same motion, slammed the end of the stick's handle on Raven's jaw, to use the same handle to stop an overhand cut from Raven. Recovering quickly, Raven raised her foot and kicked the Blonde's arm to get some space before.
Boom!
A powerful strike was barely blocked as Jaune, by pure speed, managed to cross a few meters in an instant with his wooden sword biting on Raven's own. The force made Raven's eyes widen before she used her Aura to enhance her strength and sheathed her blade.
The Blonde moved and did the same.
Glynda Goodwitch looked at her niece in worry while the teacher in her was curious. Her nephew used Crocea Mors, her brother-in-law's Ancestral sword with frightening mastery. She only saw a small portion of his fight with Roman but her nephew was able to draw blood from Roman Torchwick himself.
Now, he was going to spar with Raven Branwen, a member of team STRQ, one of Beacon's star alumni. Glyna knew something happened to her nephew. Jaune has always been a kind child, wanting to help others but now, her nephew was matching Raven with pure martial skill. '
Raven was the first to break the stalemate by jumping behind and sheathed her blade. She was starting to take this seriously.
Summer Rose looked at the boy who looked like Taiyang and how he interacted with Ruby. Her youngest daughter has always been socially awkward and thankfully, he became fast friends with her. It was a surprise to find out that the young man was Julius and Juniper's first son. The last she heard of the boy was that he ran away without any training but now.
A yellow streak clashed with black as Raven and Jaune's wooden swords struck each other. Aura coated Raven's wooden sword while Jaune carefully deflected the blows, lowering the damage taken by his weapon.
"Go, Jaune!" Ruby shouted, cheering for her new friend.
Jaune and Raven clashed with their wooden swords, going faster and faster with every second that passed by. Raven was similar to strong storm winds, relentlessly flowing and striking while Jaune was like an impervious steel wall, deflecting or blocking whenever he could not dodge a strike with ease that slowly tired the Veteran Huntress.
Winter winds bloomed from Raven's forms as flames of dark red covered her eyes and she was barely able to raise her wooden sword in time as a hulking figure of steel with a torso clad in white, a red diamond on where its heart would have been.
"Raven!"
"Jaune!"
A shard of ice the size of their pet corgi, Zwei, was severed in two after Jaune was pushed away for a few meters away from Raven. His wooden sword was shattered with a piece lying on the floor. His form was now in a rusted steel armor over his clothes that protected him from the shrapnel of the severed ice sharp as he held and flicked a Katana, the same Katana that was just held by Ruby along with a wooden staff with snake-like lightning streaks dancing
Raven, meanwhile was embedded in a tree with her wooden sword broken and burning on the ground with her dark red aura flickering as her eyes were wide open in disbelief.
"That was magic," Jaune said as he looked at Raven with wide blue eyes. The rusted armor reflected the sun as a magical flower of storm wilted on his staff. The sudden appearance of magic made him react in turn to use magic of his own.
"Mom!" Yang and Ruby cried out as they saw the burns around Raven's hands as she stood up.
Seeing the girls rush to their mother, the Rusted Knight of Bruma winced as he remembered the feeling of every end of each battle.
"Baurus! Don't you dare die on me, Damn it!"
The feeling of his friend's body bleeding in his arms as he tried to stop it after the Battle of Bruma... He can still feel the blood of his friend in his hands.
"Jaune... how did you?" Glynda asked, looking at her nephew worriedly while a man who looked similar to Mrs. Raven looked at Jaune.
"Kid, I need you to come with me,"
Dun Dun Dun!
Jaune managed to get one up on Raven, a veteran Huntress, and now, he had accidentally revealed that he knows magic. What is this? Qrow wants Jaune to follow him? Did I just make Jaune one of the many reasons for the Great War? I wonder what will happen next.
Explanation time:
Now, in this timeline, which is an obvious AU since Summer is alive and Raven is a maiden, Raven initially left the family not to return to her bandit clan but to reform it by killing all the members who disagreed with the help of Qrow and his best friend (other than Tai and Summer), Julius Arc, Jaune's father.
For how Jaune was able to keep up with Raven, remember that Jaune spent more or less two to three years in Tamriel where he joined numerous factions such as the Blades and Knights of the Nine. Add his insane potential canon of catching up with his classmates despite entering Beacon with no prior training being able to hold back a deathstalker's attack with no problem after just opening his aura and even being able to hold himself well and even being able to kill an Ursa Major during the Breach.
But this Jaune, oh boy. He was sent to a world where magic exists and dying is a common occurrence. It is a place where immortal spirits can traverse realms to toy with mortals just for fun and stuff. Combine that with the fact that Jaune joined the Thieves Guild and Fighters Guild first and also the fact that he killed a good amount of people, beasts, and Daedra during the time he spent in Tamriel. Not only that, Jaune, in this universe of Tamriel or Nirn, inherited the martial skill and arcane might of Pelinal Whitestrake. The same man who managed to help Alessia take back all the eastern lands for Alessia's forces. Now, Jaune here would not be as good as our Mentally deranged elven-hating gay cyborg but good enough to have no equal in a one-on-one duel as long as he used the same kinds of weapons Pelinal used.
Sadly, that only applies when using weapons but in a pure Arcane duel, Jaune would lose to any of the Maidens, Salem, and Ozma before he created the Maidens. The same applies in Tamriel as Jaune would have been butchered by Mannimarco, a mage who managed to become a God and did many awesome feats. The only reason Jaune won against Mannimarco was with Hannibal Traven's help in the colossal black soul gem, and his skills gathered during his time fighting the Daedra in the Deadlands. But considering the wildness and insanity of Elder Scrolls lore, Jaune would probably be in the middle.
Fun Fact:
Jaune met and allied with a dragon he met on his travels. They got close enough that the two fought off a rogue group of Necromancers on a faraway island who wanted to create a daughter of Coldharbour.
Omake: Tales
The 3rd Aldmeri Dominion is a faction that hates Tiber Septim. They seek revenge for the destruction brought by Tiber Septim to their home along with the loss of countless lives by the use of the brass tower. The elves of the dominion lived long lives and several of them have even experienced the terror of the Brass Tower destroying their home. By the end of the third era, a political power known as the Thalmor had started to form. Interestingly, despite being the champion of the last Septim Emperor and mantler of the title once borne by Pelinal Whitestrake, they have friendly relations with the Knight of Reunification along with the last emperor of the Septim dynasty (even allowing the worship of Martin Septim as a saint of Akatosh) and even sent some of their men to become a member of the knights of the Nine along with the former heir to the throne of the summerset Isles, Lady Ayrenn.
Sadly, after the death of the Knight of Reunification and a good number of the original Knights of the Nine, tensions rose between the races of Man, Mer, and Beast. The Thalmor had started to proclaim Talos as not a god in the Summerset Isles after failing to protect his champion while the Nords and other races of men were outraged that the Divine Crusader was killed by an ancient Mer. Tensions rose further during the event known as the clash of the Diamond Knights when a faction of the Knights of the Nine led by Queen Ayrenn and future Thalmor General Lord Naarifin claimed the deceased body of the Knight of Reunification for protection and a battle broke out that claimed the lives of a few members before being stopped by the remaining members of the original Nine members of the Knights of the Nine. Sources gathered by the Bladeds claim that the wound received by Lord Naarifin and the denial of his sincere desire to protect the corpse of his late lord commander broke the future general and led him to worship Boethiah.
-Excerpt from the book, Report of the Reasons for the Great War, by Esbern of the Blades
Many sagas have been sung for the numerous heroes of our beloved Skyrim from the legendary Ysgramor to the current heroes of the era. One of them is the legendary great thane of Skyrim, Jaune Arc. Known as Jon Golden-mane the Sword of Peace, the Dawnbreaker, the great thane has originally traveled to Skyrim to seal the Oblivion gates that remained open and build the hall of the Vigilants but after an event that led to a conspiracy consisting of an Ancient vampire clan, the Great Thane gathered enough forces to conduct a counterattack against the Vampire Clan, launching rays of light from his bow. Worried about the looming vampire threat and knowing that the Vigilants of Stendarr, the Great thane used his money to gather enough funding to restore Fort Dawnguard. The Dawnguard employs many kinds of people, even allowing were beasts and several vampires to join in the condition of not harming any mortal and only feeding on willing participants.
After Jon Golden-Mane's Death in the hands of Umaril the Unfeathered, tensions between the Nords and Elves arose with the more proud and military-minded of the Jarls swearing bloody vengeance on the elves. Thankfully Jon Golden-Mane's will eased these tensions. Many children of Skyrim sought to imitate the great Thane with some even joining the Knights of the Nine or other organizations that the great thane was known to have been a part of.
-Excerpt from the book Heroes of Skyrim by Ragnar the Tale-Teller
Father, it has been a long time since we have last seen each other. Are you doing well? I am doing well and progressing well with my studies under the Greybeards. I have learned how to harness the power of the voice after years of grueling study and practice. The tales of Great Thane Golden-Mane being able to calm people with the power of the voice were incorrect. While it is true that he had visited High Hrothgar during his visits, he had only done so to learn more about the history of the way of the voice after delivering some supplies for them. It seems like I owe Galmar a drink the next time we meet. I miss you father, and our beautiful city of Windhelm. I will pray for your health to the Nine Divines,
-A letter from Ulfric Stormcloack to his father
Reviews:
Iron M. Writer: It is a shame the Oblivion is not as popular as Skyrim even if Oblivion's plot is way cooler! And yes, you really should!
ThunderBasilisk: I won't spoil who the prince is but he used to be their champion and as who did the Shivering Isles questline, that is a secret!
MereC55: Thank you so much! Ruby and Yang are still sisters here, not cousins. And Yes, Taiyang 'The Entire Team' Xiao-Long struck gold.
WearyCurmudgeon: Yes. Sadly, FFN has been bugging out a bit for me, and the Crossover fics barely get noticed.
Diamond Marine: Just like what I told Iron M. Writer, Oblivion is an overlooked game and it is one of my favorite games ever!
Fun Fact: I can officially say I fought Mudcrabs tougher than you to any enemy on Skyrim. I was doing Viriya's questline with a new level 2 Breton Battlemage/Spellsword character in Survival mode when this Frenzied mudcrabs showed up. I died a lot and had to quicksave. even run to the nearby Imperial camp but all soldiers were killed! It's just as memorable as my first encounter with Krosis. Take note, I just completed Dragon Rising so I only have Unrelenting force and Fire breath from Dustman's Cairn.