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heliosthegriffin · 19 hours ago

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Archam, home of Arc.

A feudal world of the Imperium. One among many, one among thousands, tens of thousands or more. It didn't even have the honor of a being a death-world. It was unremarkable, and should have remained so, beyond its healthy supply of exceptionally fit stock of unmutated men. Until that day, the Day of Learning and the rise of the Great Teacher Arc.

For many centuries, The Great Teacher wasn't even considered to be a real person, his deeds and teachings were too fantastical to be real at times. He seemed to be more myth than man, more the physical archetype of a knight than a person. Yet, evidence that has been uncovered seem to place him, at an alarming rate, entirely real, and if anything, to downplay his actual life.

Its unknown when his training had begun, who taught him, or even if he had been trained at all, or much of what his early life had been like, but it is secondary to his feats that became known as the Day of Learning, or to some the Great Humility.

To give some preface, based on historical documents, educated guesses, several accredited secondary accounts, and a few rare first-hand records. The planet, to be-known as Archam, was a highly feudal world, with strict laws and practices on who could become knights, and little to no social mobility. Who you were born as, was who you'd die as.

It would seem that there were Four Great Orders of Knights, one corresponding to each direction and the four major kingdoms, with four Minor Orders inside each Major Orders, to act as a sieve for the the most skilled recruits to go through before being sent to their kingdoms Great Order as Knight Exemplars. These Knight Exemplars would go on to form the planets, at the time relatively small, Imperial Regiment (known at the time as, Remnants Knightborn) while those that remained in the Minor Orders, though less skilled, where still well regarded, with the trainees being Knight Squires and the fully trained being Knight Bachelors, would remain as the planets crude Planetary Defense Force.

Though, at the time, their Imperial Tithe was paid in raw resources rather than bodies, so it's small Guard Unit was excused, and was reportable excellent in their areas of expertise in spite of their numbers, though also requiring substantial time in understanding the more nuanced areas of technology they were unfamiliar with, but that is to be expected from Feudal Worlders.

This was not an egalitarian system however, as who could enter and become a Knight was fully determined by the individuals social class and blood relations. Meaning only the sons and daughters of knights and other nobility may enter the school, and those that have gained the acknowledgement of the former, which was rare enough to be practically unheard of. It was generally assumed, it seems, that one skills were tied to ones station in life, a common farmhand would never be a true knight, even if he could be soldier, and never

Every two years of peace on the planet would see a meeting of the Grand Knight Commanders of each of the Major Orders, which would cycle through each Kingdom in a clockwise manner. On which, would be held a weeks long festival in their honor, where tournaments, melees, and feasts would be held. In which of course, the Grand Commanders would attend and display their skills before the kingdoms, with on the final day after all the diplomacy and feasting, they would have a four-way melee between them.

It was then he appeared, a lanky blonde youth with not a drop of notable blood in his vein, with naught but the cloths on his back and a unremarkable sword in hands. He walked into the arena as boldly and confident as the Grand Commanders himself, he was immediately laughed and jeered at upon by the audience, and it was assumed that this was a joke by the hosting kingdom of Vale.

When the King was informed that it was not by the Grand Commander, it was reportedly, met with confusion that a commoner would attempt such a thing, followed by asking if he was drunk? When it was again reported he was not, the King, asked that he be removed and put in the stockades for disrupting the event.

The Four Grand Commanders, supposedly, agreed with this idea. They sent a knight to apprehend him, and the knight was defeated. It was thought it was a lucky strike. So, they send another, another defeated. Then they sent two knight, then three, five, seven, ten, and until a hundred knight lay defeated and disgraced, and the commoner still untouched, not even sweating.

The crowds did not know this wasn't a play, or well executed plan, not until what happened next, when the Grand Knight Commander of Vale went and confronted the commoner, asking for his name and purpose.

He answered, 'Jaune of Arc,'

The Knight Commander of Vale repeated, 'Why are you here? Why do you disrupt this occasion?'

The youth was slow to answer, falling into a dueling stance. "To fight, why else? Must you be born able to fight, or must you learn it? We're men, not monsters."

The Knight Commander of Vale was silent, then merely nodded. Then the two fought, and the boy won handily against the greatest knight living in the kingdom. Then he did the same against the Knight Commander of Atlas, The Commander of Vacuo, and the Commander of Mistral.

By the time it was over, all who watched knew it wasn't a joke. That a peasent had displayed more skill with a blade than four kingdoms greatest fighters had.

They did not realize at the time, as records back up, this would be least among his feats.

What happened next, though, is disputed by several sources, but the most common referenced and assumed true one, is that the Four Knight Commanders keeled before him as their superior, and and King formerly knighted him soon after, and giving him the rights to form a new order, that allowed commoners to enter.

That is generally assumed to be true, but other sources say, that the king attempted to have him capture for embarrassing the event, but he the Knight Commander refused to let their subordinates harm the young man. With a standoff for several days happening, with the five of them fending off assassins and the kings personal knights, before truce was made.

Another much more unreliable source however states, that the commander tried to assassinate the boy not long after, working with the king to cover up this embarrassment, with Arc fending off assassins and knights for over a week, where upon he forced his way into the Kings chambers, and then a truce was had.

What is truth and what is fiction is hard to figure out, but what did happen that day is, Jaune of Arc defeated the four masters of the Knight orders and go to found an order of common born knights that would change the world, and it's name even.

gonna play some vidya but before i do I'm gonna roll up Profesor Arc

a version of our lovable noodle who was the rusted knight first then showed up at beacon. i get one free pick and 2 random rolls. lets see how our boy does and then I'll let you know how I picture the story changing.

first pick

Peerless: (800CP) The knights of Britain are renown for their skill, power and honour. The knights of the Round Table exemplify Britain’s virtues to an even greater extent. You? Lancelot at his height is the only one you can call a peer and he doesn’t remain there for long. Few men are as perfectly well rounded as you. Your physical abilities are enough that you could fight powerful adult dragons and demons to a draw with your bare hands or even win if you added a good weapon to your side. You’ve got unbelievable levels of martial skill in both offense and defense, across two dozen kinds of weapons, such that even without your physical abilities being so great you could slay armies. You have strategic and tactical abilities that let you lead small forces to crush far larger ones and can even make a good substitute for a king if your liege needs to spend a few months away at war, though you are far below the sort of king that can create a golden age. You have a high level of natural talent at any skill or ability you try your hand at and find it very easy to learn and train to become better at new things, quickly surpassing even the most venerable of warriors in their specialties. Of course, you would not be peerless if you did not also look the part. Among all the men in the world, only the divine could outmatch your physical splendour and even then, only by a touch. Your king might frown on the hordes of maidens that lust after you but you really can’t help it, as you gather admirers and love interests even when fully armoured and masked. Just something about you.

chose this one because we're going with the assumption that jaune grew into his roll as the rusted knight since he didn't slowly go mad waiting for rwby. he spent his time in the ever after learning to be a hero and helping people just for the fun of it.

we also know he's already something of a lady's man so that's just turned up to 11 now.

random roll 1

Dark Teacher: (200CP) Teachers have a great deal of power, given they are the source of each proceeding generation’s greatest warriors, magicians and leaders. Rarely is this more true than it is for you. A teacher like few others, those who study under you find that they learn as if they had enormous talent for anything you teach them, picking up everything from the combat arts to the spells of the far off Norse with lightning speed. Even faster this grows should you welcome them into your bedchambers and give them the gift of your thighs. You are particularly charming to any student you have in that manner indeed, and find that even those not yet your student will feel a growing desire to become such as your own fame for great skill and power grows.

alright so jaune's a really good teacher in this, and it speeds up if he sleeps with his students.... someone call @evenmorefatallyobsessed

seems like we're using his version of professor Arc for this lmao

random roll 2

All The King’s Horses: (100CP)A godly being like you deserves a godly steed to travel, and while you may possess an Authority to do so already, another item may prove useful in some cases. For that, this legendary mount is yours to use. Able to break the speed of sound easily while protecting all passengers and possessing a small but effective amount of firepower to defend you when you need it. The exact aesthetic depends on you, maybe you want a flying horse or a small dragon or a vimana. Regardless, the specs will be the same.

juniper made it out and is all the stronger for it! able to break the sound barrier is way faster than she used to be. and while riding on her back jaune's protected from the air and such. jackalope op

alright with that out of the way, lets move on to what this would have changed in the show.

jaune's past in this would be a built up mystery with hints of his time as the rusted knight shining through for eagle eyed fans who pay attention and know the lore. the story of the rusted knight would be brought up a lot in the first season and the good professor would always be a bit cagey about whether he likes the books or not.

as for character changes? not much, yeah he didn't know about aura still and does have to go get it unlocked before he takes the job, but he's basically just a normal teen who got back from an isseki adventure. he's got more hobbies related to equestrainism with juniper and practicing his skills but for the most part he's still just a comic loving dork who wants to make friends.

that's another thing jaune's gonna be physically 17 in this still but being much more solidly built and having longer hair he looks more mature.

the main joke around jaune is how much his students wanna jump his bones. he's like the male goodwitch in how everyone who's into guys just can't look away. his amazing skills at teaching just make everyone want him more. and when he goes out of his way to help them? well they can't not fuck him now can they?

jaune himself still doesn't get the hints, or maybe he just doesn't wanna sleep with his students. either way main joke of those new rwby would be professor arc fan service constantly coming up.

on the other hand he's utterly terrifying in combat. literally pearless in everything except aura usage and he's learning that fast. his time in the ever after changed him so he's just built different now.

the plot would be a lot of the same at first, team rwby learning to deal with each other and ruby learning to lead. pyrrha might not be his partner but she defiantly seeks him out for some private training when she can. yang will not give up on the various pick up lines/ jokes she uses on the professor though and blake thinks jaune can see right through her and knows her past.

the joke there will be that he doesn't. he really didn't think it was his business to get into his student's private lives unless they wanted him too. weiss tries to be prim and proper around him but secretly ships him with winter.

nora and ren like him. he's nice and will even help teach them or train with them for combat class. pyrrha being the only one who consistently asks for training (everyone else is too caught up in looking at jaune lol) means that they spend a lot more time around him than the average students.

people just assume juniper is an animal from out in the wilds that they've never seen before and jaune unlocked her aura so that's why she's so fast, she got a semblance.

volume 2 is where the mystery of professor arc starts getting investigated each member of team rwby imagines his mysterious past from his paperwork differently (ie in different genres of stories) and as they investigate more their theories get more elaborate sometimes jumping to entirely new genres as well, but this is the b plot of the second season. the main plot is white fang stuff with jaune proving he's absolutely terrifying on the battle field and acting as a deterant. leading the two teams on various practice missions. to handle grimm, jaune and qrow have a bromance

volume 3 we get teases that jaune might be a villain but it's a red haring the fall still happens but jaune's much more proactive and pyrrha survives, cinder still becomes the fallmaiden but has to flee when jaune shows up. yang never looses her arm but still gets her ass kicked. blake still runs off, weiss is taken back home. jaune and tai have a bromance

volume 4 lots of side quests for jaune ruby yang pyrrha ren and nora. with jaune still teaching them they're now way stronger than they were in cannon and pyrrha finally gets her man now that he's not technically their teacher anymore. ruby sleeps with him soon after. yang doesn't feel like it, still down after everything and hunting for her mother. series finally is jaune fighting cinder and raven at the same time unlocking his semblance to be truly busted. jaune and qrow have a bromance

volume 5 jaune is asked by ironwood to protect the lower city with it's wall down. jaune's happy to help but dealing with the grimm is a full time job and no one is quite sure what to do without him. ruby is forced into a leadership roll with everyone back. and we learn that jaune really was the rusted knight. pyrrha and ruby both advance so fast the others start to joke it's because Jaune finally gave them the right motivation. ozpin calls ironwood from a land line, turns out that when he dies he reincarnates in a baby's body. no soul to absorb but even just sitting up and getting his eyes to focus right is impossible right now. he'll have to remain hidden until he's old enough to fight. all he can offer is wisdom. salem attacks but thanks to everyone working together is repeled. especially after jaune explains that they could just cut her to pieces and freeze the pieces as a win condition. sure it won't last forever but he figures they could get a cool couple of centuries out of it, and if they make it to space they can just leave her to drift out there forever.

volume 6 ruby want snu snu! pyrrha want snu snu! jaune thinks they should actually talk about what their relationship is.

... qrow and jaune have a bromance as they all travel to vaccuo.

main thing here is jaune doesn't actually change the plot points too much even being op, he's just one man and a jackalope at the end of the day. what effect he does have on the plot comes from pyrrha and ruby being more effective heroes since they have more training from jaune. picking up all sorts of skills from him even before the sex based power up.

but that's just me

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how would you write this version of jaune? specifically as a character in the show and what all would you change about the show.

also peerless plus dark teacher would be overpowered in the [Worm] universe for an alternate greg. yeah he's not a legendary king but he could lead an order of knights in the grim dark world of superheroes . at least stop things from getting worse. though greg would probably pull an eminence in shadow and be more preoccupied with playing superhero than truly fixing the world. such is the problem of being a 15 year old. that combination would be really interesting in a 40k character though, especially if he's not a primarch or space marine but a normal human able to train other humans to the same ish level

#warhammer 40k #cinder fall #weiss schnee #lie ren #jaune arc #rwby #ruby rose #rwby shitpost #pyrrha nikos #nora valkyrie

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