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* TheLawOfDiminishingDefensiveEffort: Because Yang has Avalon which heals her injuries, combined with her [[FeedItWithFire Semblance]], she's started to become arrogant and just stand there tanking damage. Kairi scolds her and points those abilities aren't foolproof and she almost got killed by Beowulf.

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* TheLawOfDiminishingDefensiveEffort: Because Yang has Avalon which heals her injuries, combined with her [[FeedItWithFire Semblance]], she's started to become arrogant and just stand there tanking damage. Kairi scolds her and points out those abilities aren't foolproof and she almost got killed by Beowulf.


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** Medusa says she and her sisters Euryale and Stheno used to be a singing group called the Gorgons, then Medusa was kicked out for being too tall.
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Roughly a year after Team RWBY's adventure in Chaldea Academy, they will have separate but interconnected adventures. Ruby Rose and her uncle Qrow have been ordered to attend and investigate the brand new Clockwork Academy as a student and teacher respectively. Weiss Schnee has been ordered to assist her sister Winter on a mission to catch someone who has been ruthlessly murdering members of the White Fang and try to forge an alliance with the White Fang with the reluctant help of Adam Taurus. Blake Belladonna, after separately hearing about the White Fang murders, goes on a single-minded quest for vengeance while her boyfriend Achilles desperately tries to catch up to her. Yang Xiao Long goes with her boyfriend Gilgamesh and her friends Kairi Sisigou and Sakata Kintoki on a quest to seek her mother Raven Branwen. Meanwhile Cinder Fall and Chloe von Einzbern are on a quest to seek new alliances and capture the three remaining Maidens of the Seasons, and a mysterious third party is attacking both Ozpin and Salem's factions.

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Roughly a year after Team RWBY's adventure in Chaldea Academy, they will have separate but interconnected adventures. Ruby Rose and her uncle Qrow Branwen have been ordered to attend and investigate the brand new Clockwork Academy as a student and teacher respectively. Weiss Schnee has been ordered to assist her sister Winter on a mission to catch someone who has been ruthlessly murdering members of the White Fang and try to forge an alliance with the White Fang with the reluctant help of Adam Taurus. Blake Belladonna, after separately hearing about the White Fang murders, goes on a single-minded quest for vengeance while her boyfriend Achilles desperately tries to catch up to her. Yang Xiao Long goes with her boyfriend Gilgamesh and her friends Kairi Sisigou and Sakata Kintoki on a quest to seek her mother Raven Branwen. Meanwhile Cinder Fall and Chloe von Einzbern are on a quest to seek new alliances and capture the three remaining Maidens of the Seasons, and a mysterious third party is attacking both Ozpin and Salem's factions.

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Atalanta beats Ruby in a race even when Ruby uses her Speed Semblance.

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Atalanta beats Ruby in a race even when Ruby uses her Speed Semblance.Semblance.
** Beowulf has the same power as Yang, but his limits on taking damage and getting stronger are higher than hers.



* ArbitrarySkepticism:
** Yang dismisses the Maidens of the Seasons as just a story. Kairi calls her out on this since they live in a crazy world and have seen a lot of crazy things already. She concedes his point.
** Qrow is skeptical that Miyu could use Glyphs through training instead of being related to the Schnee family, then says it is impossible when Scathach says she is immortal. Scathach says he should learn not to limit his thinking.



* TheLawOfDiminishingDefensiveEffort: Because Yang has Avalon which heals her injuries, combined with her [[FeedItWithFire Semblance]], she's started to become arrogant and just stand there tanking damage. Kairi scolds her and points those abilities aren't foolproof and she almost got killed by Beowulf.



* MythologyGag: Gilgamesh saves Yang from losing an arm and comments it is not easy to recover from that kind of injury, referencing how in canon, Yang lost her arm and spent months moping.

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Gilgamesh saves Yang from losing an arm and comments it is not easy to recover from that kind of injury, referencing how in canon, Yang lost her arm and spent months moping.moping.
** When Beowulf powers up, it makes him resemble his Ascension stages.



** [[spoiler:Qrow experiencing heart pain whenever he tries to tell anyone the truth about Abigail Williams]] is modelled on the "Return By Death" curse from ''LightNovel/ReZero''.

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** [[spoiler:Qrow experiencing heart pain whenever he tries to tell anyone the truth about Abigail Williams]] is modelled modeled on the "Return By Death" curse from ''LightNovel/ReZero''.''LightNovel/ReZero''.
* StreetUrchin: Neo was one of these until Roman took her in.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Raikou is always embarrassing her son Kintoki.


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* CarnivalOfKillers: After a bounty is put on Yang, bounty hunters start going after her group. So far, they have been attacked by Billy the Kid and Beowulf.


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* DramaticAmmoDepletion: Yang runs out of bullets during her fight with Beowulf.


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* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Yang comments on how hot Raikou is.
* FeedItWithFire: Beowulf has the same Semblance as Yang, the ability to get stronger from taking damage.


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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: When Yang runs out of bullets, Beowulf puts his weapons away and says they'll settle this with fists.


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** Beowulf is called the "King of Savagery".

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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Melanie and Miltia are more amoral than evil, but Blake is shocked when they say unlike her, they do not feel an urge to help people.



* TheReveal: Weiss' group learns that three White Fang bases were destroyed simultaneously, meaning there is more than one killer. Through examining one of the crime scenes, Reines deduces that one of them is Christopher Columbus, a former member of Chaldea Academy who was expelled for his extreme racism against the Faunus.

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Weiss' group learns that three White Fang bases were destroyed simultaneously, meaning there is more than one killer. Through examining one of the crime scenes, Reines deduces that one of them is Christopher Columbus, a former member of Chaldea Academy who was expelled for his extreme racism against the Faunus.Faunus.
** Raven Branwen is planning to murder the Spring Maiden to take her powers. Kintoki reveals to his group that the Spring Maiden is his mother, Minamoto no Raikou.


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* ThouShaltNotKill: Weiss has never killed another human or Faunus, only the Grimm. When told she may have to kill the White Fang Killer's men, she balks and says there has to be another way.


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* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Blake tells Melanie and Miltia that they could do a lot of good if they became Huntresses instead of hired goons. They refuse, saying they don't feel like helping people and they don't want media attention.
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* MythologyGag: Gilgamesh saves Yang from losing an arm and comments it is not easy to recover from that kind of injury, referencing how in canon, Yang lost her arm and spent months moping.
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* WhenSheSmiles: Gray's teammates tend to become very happy whenever she gives a rare smile.

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* BattleCouple: We have Yang and Gilgamesh, Blake and Achilles, and Sigurd and Brynhildr.

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* BattleCouple: We have Yang and Gilgamesh, Blake and Achilles, Sakamoto Ryouma and Oryou, and Sigurd and Brynhildr.



** The White Fang's Elite Team SSCA (Scarlet or Scar): '''S'''iena Kahn, '''S'''heba, '''C'''aenis, '''A'''talante/Atalanta Alter.

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** The White Fang's Elite Team SSCA (Scarlet or Scar): '''S'''iena Kahn, Khan, '''S'''heba, '''C'''aenis, '''A'''talante/Atalanta Alter.


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* AGlassInTheHand: When Achilles pisses off Sienna Khan by saying the White Fang's path of violence achieves nothing except causing pain and creating monsters like the White Fang Killer, she crushes the armrest on her throne.
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* ThePowerOfHate: Nikushimi's hatred was so strong that even after getting decapitated and then a Boarbatusk eating her corpse, she was able to possess it, then reform her body into Atalanta Alter/Atalante.
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* KungFuSonicBoom: Achilles' chariot crashing against Caenis' shield blows some of the buildings away.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: The White Fang attacks Achilles after mistaking him for the White Fang Killer.


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** Caenis is called the "White Fang Champion".

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* BareHandedBladeBlock: During a sparring match, Bazett blocks Qrow's sword with the back of her hand. She does wear gloves, but Qrow is shocked that his attack did no damage at all. This is because Bazett uses the spell Rune of Armoring to make her gloves harder than tungsten steel.

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** The Headless Hunter catches Blake's cleaver and then sends her flying.


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* DeliriousMisidentification: When she gets a concussion, Blake briefly mistakes Melanie and Miltia Malachite for Ruby and Weiss due to their similar color schemes.
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* HeadlessHunter: One of the antagonists is the Headless Hunter.

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* HeadlessHunter: HeadlessHorseman: One of the antagonists is the Headless Hunter.

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** Blake and Roman Torchwick are forced to work together when they are both attacked by [[HeadlessHorseman Hessian]].

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** Blake and Roman Torchwick are forced to work together when they are both attacked by [[HeadlessHorseman Hessian]].the Headless Hunter]].


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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Roman Torchwick is an unrepentant criminal, but he is completely horrified by both the White Fang Killer and the Headless Hunter.


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* HeadlessHunter: One of the antagonists is the Headless Hunter.


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* OffWithHisHead: The Headless Hunter kills anyone he encounters by chopping off their heads. He's done it to Hazel Rainart, Arthur Watts, Tyrian Callows, and Junior and his men.


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* PetTheDog: Roman shields Blake's eyes when they witness the Headless Hunter kill someone.
* PragmaticVillainy: Roman pays Miltia and Melanie Malachite to help Blake with her mission of finding the White Fang Killer, reasoning that if Blake gets herself killed, Ruby and her friends will somehow blame him and seek revenge.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Salem says she and her forces will keep killing people until all that are left are those without negative emotions. Then she and the Grimm will fade away and the world will finally be at peace. Despite Qrow's disbelief, she seems to be sincere, since she has observed Ruby Rose and decided she is pure enough to live in the new world.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Salem says she and her forces will keep killing people until all that are left are those without negative emotions. Then Then, after rebuilding the world and making sure the survivors will remain pure, she and the Grimm will fade away and the world will finally be at peace. Despite Qrow's disbelief, she seems to be sincere, since she has observed Ruby Rose and decided she is pure enough to live in the new world.
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* TheFogOfAges: Salem says there was once a time when humanity was perfectly at peace, but she cannot remember what spoiled it.


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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Salem says she and her forces will keep killing people until all that are left are those without negative emotions. Then she and the Grimm will fade away and the world will finally be at peace. Despite Qrow's disbelief, she seems to be sincere, since she has observed Ruby Rose and decided she is pure enough to live in the new world.
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* ChessMotifs: Salem says Ozpin is a King because he is so weak that he needs others to do his dirty work for him, yet his side will fall if he falls. She says she is a Queen because she is the most powerful and her side will win in the end, even if she has to fall in a gambit to do it.
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* BareHandedBladeBlock: During a sparring match, Bazett blocks Qrow's sword with the back of her hand. She does wear gloves, but Qrow is shocked that his attack did no damage at all. This is because Bazett uses the spell Rune of Armoring to make her gloves harder than tungsten steel.
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* NoLongerWithUs: Medusa tells her team that she has two sisters named Euryale and Stheno and, "They aren't with us anymore." Her team assumes they are dead until Medusa clarifies that they retired from fighting and became idols.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Qrow had been away from the family for a year going on missions. Although Taiyang, Ruby, and Yang kept in touch with him, since he wasn't around to witness them personally, he doesn't really understand Ruby and Yang's adventures in Chaldea Academy nor their new abilities like Ruby's Reality Marble.



* TheReveal: Weiss' group learns that three White Fang bases were destroyed simultaneously, meaning there is more than one killer. Through examining one of the crime scenes, Reines deduces that one of them is Christopher Columbus, a former member of Chaldea who was expelled for his extreme racism against the Faunus.

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* TheReveal: Weiss' group learns that three White Fang bases were destroyed simultaneously, meaning there is more than one killer. Through examining one of the crime scenes, Reines deduces that one of them is Christopher Columbus, a former member of Chaldea Academy who was expelled for his extreme racism against the Faunus.
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* IWorkAlone: Much to Illya's sorrow, Miyu refuses to work together with her, and even refuses Qrow's advice on improving her fighting style, saying she is strong enough to win on her own.


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* UnderestimatingBadassery: When Qrow and Bazett have a sparring match, even though Ruby and Yang had told him how powerful she is, he greatly underestimates her because he assumes their assessment was based on their lack of experience. In Qrow's words, he's fought powerful people all over the world, so Bazett can't be ''that'' strong. He's quickly proven wrong.
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* BodyCountCompetition: Ruby and Gray get into one over a group of Beowolves. They end up tied at 20.


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* MissedHimByThatMuch: At one point, Yang and Cinder bump into each other and apologize before going their separate ways. Neither of them recognized the other because they were both in disguise.

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13333769/1/Lost-to-Dust Lost to Dust]]'' is a crossover between ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and the ''Franchise/FateSeries'' portion of the ''Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}'', particularly ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' and is the sequel to ''Fanfic/FatesCollide''. It is set after an altered version of Volume 3 of ''RWBY''.

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13333769/1/Lost-to-Dust Lost to Dust]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/7753441/Brandocko Brandocko]] is a crossover between ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and the ''Franchise/FateSeries'' portion of the ''Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}'', particularly ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' and is the sequel to ''Fanfic/FatesCollide''. It is set after an altered version of Volume 3 of ''RWBY''.



* DeathByDespair: A few months ago, this almost happened to Adam when Musashi told him that Blake has a new boyfriend. He became unresponsive and stopped eating. Musashi eventually convinced him to live on.



* IsThisAJoke: Weiss asks this when Winter tells her that they will be making an alliance with the White Fang.



* NeverGetsDrunk: The HealingFactor Avalon gives Yang prevents her from getting drunk, annoying her.



* OneSteveLimit: Illya's wand, which gained an A.I. and can talk, is also named Ruby, which causes Ruby Rose some confusion when they meet.

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Illya's wand, which gained an A.I. and can talk, is also named Ruby, which causes Ruby Rose some confusion when they meet.



* RoboSpeak: Sigurd, who is human, talks like a robot at times. His wife Brynhildr explains that he's a nerd and doing it because it is fun.



** The scene where Yang angrily rants that she doesn't need her mother before tearfully asking why her mother doesn't love her is modelled on the "How come he don't want me?" rant from ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir''.

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** The scene where Yang angrily rants that she doesn't need her mother before tearfully asking why her mother doesn't love her is modelled modeled on the "How come he don't want me?" rant from ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir''.
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* CommonalityConnection: Weiss and Nobunaga have a bonding moment when they learn they are both looked down upon by their families, and that they both have bratty NonActionGuy little brothers.
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* MuggedForDisguise: A hit is put on Yang and bounty hunters start going after her. Yang defeats one of them, Billy the Kid, and takes his hat and jacket as a disguise.

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* MuggedForDisguise: A hit is put on Yang and bounty hunters start going after her. Yang defeats one of them, Billy the Kid, and takes his hat hat, scarf, and jacket as a disguise.
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Roughly a year after Team RWBY's adventure in Chaldea Academy, they will have separate but interconnected adventures. Ruby Rose and her uncle Qrow have been ordered to attend and investigate the brand new Clockwork Academy as a student and teacher respectively. Weiss Schnee has been ordered to assist her sister Winter on a mission to catch someone who has been ruthlessly murdering members of the White Fang and try to forge an alliance with the White Fang with the reluctant help of Adam Taurus. Blake Belladonna, after separately hearing about the White Fang murders, goes on a single-minded quest for vengeance while her boyfriend Achilles desperately tries to catch up to her. Yang Xiao Long goes with her boyfriend Gilgamesh and her friends Kairi Sisigou and Sakuta Kintoki on a quest to seek her mother Raven Branwen. Meanwhile Cinder Fall and Chloe von Einzbern are on a quest to seek new alliances and capture the three remaining Maidens of the Seasons, and a mysterious third party is attacking both Ozpin and Salem's factions.

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Roughly a year after Team RWBY's adventure in Chaldea Academy, they will have separate but interconnected adventures. Ruby Rose and her uncle Qrow have been ordered to attend and investigate the brand new Clockwork Academy as a student and teacher respectively. Weiss Schnee has been ordered to assist her sister Winter on a mission to catch someone who has been ruthlessly murdering members of the White Fang and try to forge an alliance with the White Fang with the reluctant help of Adam Taurus. Blake Belladonna, after separately hearing about the White Fang murders, goes on a single-minded quest for vengeance while her boyfriend Achilles desperately tries to catch up to her. Yang Xiao Long goes with her boyfriend Gilgamesh and her friends Kairi Sisigou and Sakuta Sakata Kintoki on a quest to seek her mother Raven Branwen. Meanwhile Cinder Fall and Chloe von Einzbern are on a quest to seek new alliances and capture the three remaining Maidens of the Seasons, and a mysterious third party is attacking both Ozpin and Salem's factions.
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* TheReveal: Weiss group learns that three White Fang bases were destroyed simultaneously, meaning there is more than one killer. Through examining one of the crime scenes, Reines deduces that one of them is Christopher Columbus, a former member of Chaldea who was expelled for his extreme racism against the Faunus.

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* TheReveal: Weiss Weiss' group learns that three White Fang bases were destroyed simultaneously, meaning there is more than one killer. Through examining one of the crime scenes, Reines deduces that one of them is Christopher Columbus, a former member of Chaldea who was expelled for his extreme racism against the Faunus.
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Roughly a year after Team RWBY's adventure in Chaldea Academy, they will have separate but interconnected adventures. Ruby Rose and her uncle Qrow have been ordered to attend and investigate the brand new Clockwork Academy as a student and teacher respectively. Weiss Schnee has been ordered to assist her sister Winter on a mission to catch someone who has been ruthlessly murdering members of the White Fang and try to force an alliance with the White Fang with the reluctant help of Adam Taurus.

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Roughly a year after Team RWBY's adventure in Chaldea Academy, they will have separate but interconnected adventures. Ruby Rose and her uncle Qrow have been ordered to attend and investigate the brand new Clockwork Academy as a student and teacher respectively. Weiss Schnee has been ordered to assist her sister Winter on a mission to catch someone who has been ruthlessly murdering members of the White Fang and try to force forge an alliance with the White Fang with the reluctant help of Adam Taurus.
Taurus. Blake Belladonna, after separately hearing about the White Fang murders, goes on a single-minded quest for vengeance while her boyfriend Achilles desperately tries to catch up to her. Yang Xiao Long goes with her boyfriend Gilgamesh and her friends Kairi Sisigou and Sakuta Kintoki on a quest to seek her mother Raven Branwen. Meanwhile Cinder Fall and Chloe von Einzbern are on a quest to seek new alliances and capture the three remaining Maidens of the Seasons, and a mysterious third party is attacking both Ozpin and Salem's factions.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13333769/1/Lost-to-Dust Lost to Dust]]'' is a crossover between ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and the ''Franchise/FateSeries'' portion of the ''Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}'', particularly ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' and is the sequel to ''Fanfic/FatesCollide''. It is set after an altered version of Volume 3 of ''RWBY''.

Roughly a year after Team RWBY's adventure in Chaldea Academy, they will have separate but interconnected adventures. Ruby Rose and her uncle Qrow have been ordered to attend and investigate the brand new Clockwork Academy as a student and teacher respectively. Weiss Schnee has been ordered to assist her sister Winter on a mission to catch someone who has been ruthlessly murdering members of the White Fang and try to force an alliance with the White Fang with the reluctant help of Adam Taurus.

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Atalanta beats Ruby in a race even when Ruby uses her Speed Semblance.
* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Penny reveals she is an android to her team, thinking she will be rejected. They don't mind.
* ApocalypticLog: On the day she was killed, Ilia made a recording on her scroll in case she didn't make it. After explaining that someone was killing everyone in her unit, she declared her love for Blake and said she was planning to find her so that they could run away together. Then she was killed. Unfortunately, the recording doesn't show the face of her killer.
* BattleCouple: We have Yang and Gilgamesh, Blake and Achilles, and Sigurd and Brynhildr.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Adam appreciates Musashi for regularly visiting him in prison and giving him food.
* TheBet: Qrow and Bazett have a match where if Qrow wins, Bazett will have to wear a maid outfit with a miniskirt for the rest of the school term, and if Bazett wins, Qrow will have to give up drinking and smoking for the rest of the school term. Bazett wins.
* BrokenPedestal: Brandamante started out as a fan of Mordred, but hates her after Mordred defends Ruby, whom she hates.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Salem told Cinder that they'll need people like Qrow to stop whoever has been murdering people.
* CharacterDevelopment: While he doesn't apologize for any of his crimes, Adam's year in prison has made him more humble.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Oryou gets really angry when she notices Neo taking a liking to Sakamoto Ryouma. During their exhibition match, she tries to ''eat'' Neo.
* CurbStompBattle: During an exhibition match, as soon as it begins, Anastasia freezes Bradamante in ice and throws her out of bounds before she can do anything.
* DistressedDude: Achilles gets captured by the White Fang after they mistake him for whoever has been going around killing people. After he manages to prove he's innocent, they keep him locked up until they can decide what to do with him.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim:
** Cinder reveals that Tyrian Callows, Hazel Rainart, and Arthur Watts have been murdered by an unknown assailant who chopped off their heads.
** Blake sees a news report showing that a White Fang base was attacked and everybody killed. To her horror, she sees her old friend Ilia Amitola's corpse in the background.
** Blake later finds Junior murdered.
** Weiss' group finds the White Fang Lieutenant with the chainsaw murdered.
* DrowningMySorrows: Qrow reveals that James Ironwood, Nikola Tesla, and Thomas Edison, who had all desired Glynda Goodwitch, started drinking after Glynda started dating Vlad.
* EnemyMine:
** Cinder warns Qrow to be careful about whoever has been going around killing people. Qrow however refuses an alliance because he's still angry about her attacking Amber and ultimately causing her death.
** Winter's group is working with the White Fang to deal with whoever has been going around killing people, then Apocrypha is working on a deal to integrate the White Fang into its army.
** Blake and Roman Torchwick are forced to work together when they are both attacked by [[HeadlessHorseman Hessian]].
* EntertaininglyWrong: Ilia's autopsy reveals that she was killed with both a sword and a rifle, causing Blake to assume Adam did it, even though he was in prison at the time. Blake calls the prison and learns that he was recently released, which only fuels her conclusion. In reality, he was released in order to help Winter's group deal with the killer.
* ForWantOfANail:
** Because of all the changes that happened in ''Fates Collide'', the Breach did not happen and the Vytal Festival happened without any problems.
** Because of Mercury, Emerald, Neo, and Roman defecting and then the murders of Tyrian, Hazel, and Arthur, right now, Salem's only operatives are Cinder and Chloe von Einzbern, but Salem found new potential allies in Apocrypha like Yu Miaoyi and Tamamo Vitch.
** Because Qrow's Class Card (he's a Saber) lists his abilities, Ruby finds out about his ability to shape shift into a bird a lot earlier than canon.
** Blake never had that discussion with Yang about slowing down and letting people help her that she got in the episode "Burning the Candle", so she is still self destructively obsessed with doing things on her own.
* FunWithAcronyms:
** Team RAMA: '''R'''uby Rose, '''A'''nastasia Nikolaenva, '''M'''edusa, '''A'''talanta.
** Team MGNP (means Magenta in the pantone color system): '''M'''ordred, '''G'''ray, '''N'''eopolitan, '''P'''enny Polendina.
** Team CBOS (Cherry Blossom): '''C'''harlemagne, '''B'''radamante, '''O'''ryou, '''S'''akamoto Ryouma.
** Clockwork Academy's other team Prisma Zwei doesn't follow this rule. It has Illyasviel von Einzbern, Miyu Edelfelt, Abigail Williams, and Lavinia Whateley.
** The White Fang's Elite Team SSCA (Scarlet or Scar): '''S'''iena Kahn, '''S'''heba, '''C'''aenis, '''A'''talante/Atalanta Alter.
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* HandshakeRefusal: Scathach refuses to shake Qrow's hand. At first, he assumes she's being rude, but he looks down and sees that his hand is sweaty, cursing his luck.
* HeroicBSOD: Mordred goes into one when she sees her deceased mother Arturia in Ruby's Reality Marble.
* HistoryRepeats: In Clockwork Academy, Ruby's new Team RAMA mirrors Team RWBY, which she notices. Anastasia is an upper class girl and ice queen, both figuratively and literally, who gets off on the wrong foot with Ruby like Weiss. Atalanta is a CatGirl like Blake. Medusa is a super strong beauty like Yang.
* IHaveThisFriend: Ruby tries to get dating advice from her team by saying her friend "Rudy" has a crush on someone. She gets embarrassed when they say they know she's talking about herself and that she has a crush on Charlemagne.
* IntimidatingRevenueService: Musashi is forced to join the military and help Weiss and Winter with their mission to avoid prison after she is guilty of tax evasion, entering Vale illegally, and property damage.
* IsThatCuteKidYours: Tamamo Vitch mistakes Chloe for Cinder's daughter, then comments on how Chloe is already so big when Cinder looks so young to taunt her about her real age before being corrected.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: When Musashi told Adam that Blake is dating Achilles, he says he's glad she's happy, though it is clear he's really upset about it.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Brandamante is a fan of the old Team Round Table (Arthur, Lancelot, Gawain, and Merlin), so she is happy that Merlin is the headmaster of Clockwork Academy. She is excited to meet Mordred, Arthur's child, until the BrokenPedestal moment.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Ruby is smitten with Charlemagne as soon as she sees him.
* MamaBear: Cinder is very protective of Chloe.
* MuggedForDisguise: A hit is put on Yang and bounty hunters start going after her. Yang defeats one of them, Billy the Kid, and takes his hat and jacket as a disguise.
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[[folder:Tropes:N to S]]
* NoodleIncident:
** Medusa remembers a time she beat up some punks who tried to grope her.
** Atalanta once lost a race because of some apples. Before she dated Achilles, she dated Jason, but then he pissed her off.
* NoOntologicalInertia: Subverted. [[spoiler:Qrow assumes that if Salem is killed, the Grimm will disappear. She says if she were to somehow die, all that would do is stop the Grimm from reproducing. The Grimm would still be around as long as negative emotions exist.]]
* OedipusComplex: Yang worries she might have one because she just noticed her boyfriend Gilgamesh resembles her father Taiyang.
* OneSidedArmWrestling: Penny, who has Rank EX Strength, easily beats Mordred in arm wrestling.
* OneSteveLimit: Illya's wand, which gained an A.I. and can talk, is also named Ruby, which causes Ruby Rose some confusion when they meet.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Blake quickly figures out the password for Ilia's scroll is "Belladonna", Blake's last name.
* PutOnABus:
** Team JNPR will not be featured. Jaune and Jeanne are going to a family get together, Ren and Kiyohime want some private time in a cabin in the woods, Pyrrha and Karna are traveling the world as a celebrity couple, and Nora is traveling the world defending villages from the Grimm.
** Ruby sent Lobo to live with her father and Zwei. Later, in "Beast Flaring Fangs", her father sends Lobo and Zwei back to Ruby.
** Glynda Goodwitch is on a vacation with her boyfriend Vlad.
* RedBaron:
** Anastasia is called the "Grand Duchess of Apocrypha".
** Reines El-Melloi Archisorte is called the "Princess of El-Melloi".
** Yu Miaoyi is called the "Consort Beauty".
** Charlemagne is called the "Benevolent King".
** Sakamoto Ryouma is called the "Hero of Restoration".
** Sigurd is called the "King of Warriors".
** Christopher Columbus is called the "Rider of Resistance".
* TheReveal: Weiss group learns that three White Fang bases were destroyed simultaneously, meaning there is more than one killer. Through examining one of the crime scenes, Reines deduces that one of them is Christopher Columbus, a former member of Chaldea who was expelled for his extreme racism against the Faunus.
* SeenItAll:
** Qrow is surprised that Ruby isn't shocked to learn about his ability to turn into a bird. She says she's seen weirder stuff in Chaldea.
** Winter is shocked when she sees Brynhildr's Noble Phantasm, while Weiss, Nobunaga, and Reines don't bat an eye as they have seen many displays of power.
* ShoutOut:
** The scene where Yang angrily rants that she doesn't need her mother before tearfully asking why her mother doesn't love her is modelled on the "How come he don't want me?" rant from ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir''.
** [[spoiler:Qrow experiencing heart pain whenever he tries to tell anyone the truth about Abigail Williams]] is modelled on the "Return By Death" curse from ''LightNovel/ReZero''.
* StressVomit: Weiss vomits after her group finds a White Fang base with a lot of massacred corpses.
* SupernormalBindings: The White Fang holds Achilles with chains with Runes on them that make him unable to break them.
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[[folder:Tropes:T to Z]]
* TakeUpMySword: To honor Medb's HeroicSacrifice, Neo changed her Class to Saber and wields Medb's weapon Caladbolg.
* TalkingWeapon: So far, we have Illya's wand Ruby, Miyu's wand Sapphire, and Gray's shape shifting weapon Add. Ruby Rose is naturally excited to learn they exist.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork:
** Weiss is very unhappy to learn Oda Nobunaga and Adam will be on her and Winter's team. Of course, Adam doesn't like it either. Nobunaga is confused why Weiss is so angry, while Winter tells Weiss to suck it up. Another member of their team is Reines El-Melloi Archisorte, who acts like a bitch to everyone.
** Cinder and Chloe are very unhappy to have to work with Yu Miaoyi and Tamamo Vitch, who are jerks.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Adam confides to Musashi that his favorite food is roasted tomatoes.
* TradingBarsForStripes: Winter Schnee pulls Adam Taurus out of jail and recruits him into the military to help her and Weiss with their mission.
* TragicKeepsake: Qrow's flask was a gift from Summer Rose.
* {{Weredragon}}: Oryou is a Grimm Dragon that Sakamoto Ryouma tamed as his mount. She can turn back and forth from her true form and the form of a woman.
* WhamEpisode:
** "Misfortune": [[spoiler:Abigail Williams reveals to Qrow that she is a WillingChanneler for Salem and Salem is using her to spy on Clockwork Academy. Salem reveals that Ozpin is missing and incapacitated, but not dead, possibly captured by the third party. Salem's Reality Marble renders Dust, Aura, and Semblances ineffective, and whenever anybody is killed in there, a being formed from the victim's nightmares is created, which is how she gets ideas for her Grimm. Since she killed Guinevere in there, her Reality Marble has an Arturia Alter.]]
** "Origin of Hate": The White Fang has been joined by Atalanta Alter, or Atalante, who was created from Nikushimi and has her and Blake's memories as well as Atalanta's.
* WhatADrag: Billy the Kid lassos Yang by the neck and uses his horse to drag her along the ground until she manages to grip the ground and pull him off his horse.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Inverted when Junior asks Gilgamesh what he sees in Yang. He answers that life is never dull when she's around.
* WhenYouSnatchThePebble: When Ruby wants to see Qrow's Class Card, he challenges her to take it from him. Much to his surprise, she easily snatches it out of his hand.
* WreckedWeapon: Billy the Kid shoots Yang's left Ember Celica gauntlet and destroys it. When he is defeated, she takes his gun, Thunderer.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Adam says he still hates all humans, except for Musashi.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe:
** Weiss and Nobunaga are shocked to learn Adam and Musashi have become friends, even though Adam took her eye.
** Ruby the Wand says this when Ruby Rose doesn't know what A.I. means.
* YouRemindMeOfX:
** Qrow calls Bazett "Glynda 2" and later "Winter 2". When he meets Miyu, he assumes she is related to the Schnee family because she uses Glyphs.
** Neo takes a liking to Sakamoto Ryouma, presumably because he dresses similarly to Roman Torchwick.
* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Bradamante angrily says Ruby should have died in the invasion instead of Astolfo.
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