History YMMV / DestiniesOfRemnant

* MagnificentBastard:
** "The Wolves and the Soulless": [[VillainProtagonist Roman Torchwick]], surviving his canonical death, remains as skillfully charming as ever. Released from prison to serve [[Characters/RWBYJamesIronwood James Ironwood]]'s ends, Roman recruits Team RWBY and Sun to his cause, rescuing Weiss from her home and tracking Blake to Menagerie along the way. Coming up with the plan to secure Sienna Khan's aid against [[Characters/RWBYAdamTaurus Adam Taurus]], Roman keeps up a charade of helping Sienna throughout the subsequent battle and helps ensure Adam's defeat. Following the battle, Roman detonates a bomb in the headquarters, killing both Sienna and Adam as well as wiping out the White Fang in one fell swoop, giving Ironwood the reason he needs to conquer Menagerie while Roman himself [[TheBadGuyWins retires to a quiet life in Mantle]].
** "Be Glad You Existed": [[Characters/RWBYCinderFall Cinder Fall]], though on the side of the heroes, remains no less ruthless than always. After learning of [[EvilGenius Arthur Watts']] plan to invade Beacon with the White Fang, Cinder spends weeks studying [[WideEyedIdealist Ruby Rose's]] methods and skills, eventually intervening to invite her to Beacon herself. After gathering both Team RWBY and her own team, Cinder orchestrates the plan to take the CCT back from Watts, further ingratiating herself to Ruby while [[FalseFriend pretending to be her friend]]. After they encounter Watts himself, she takes Ruby hostage, engaging in a BattleOfWits with her enemy that she ultimately wins when she reveals that not only did his ally already cave, but she had already rooted out his spies within Beacon Academy, leaving his plan a complete failure before she kills him herself.
** "This World Will Have No Peace": [[Characters/RWBYAdamTaurus Adam Taurus]], while no less vengeful than in canon, funnels that nature into [[AmbitionIsEvil a dangerous level of ambition]]. Seeking to strike straight at the top of humanity, Adam targets [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jacques Schnee himself]], intending to steal everything the man built. Through a series of EngineeredHeroics and framing others for his crimes, Adam ingratiates himself to the man, all the while plotting with Sienna Khan behind his back. After orchestrating a riot that kills multiple innocents and framing Weiss for an assassination attempt on him, Adam successfully convinces Jacques to give him control of the company, saving Atlas when Jacques then tries to destroy it out of spite. Though originally intending to tear society down out of vengeance, Adam decides to give hope a chance once he gains his power, yet [[TheBadGuyWins remains vigilant for the day the world proves undeserving]].
** "Even Brilliant Lights":
*** [[ExperiencedProtagonist Roman Torchwick]] remains as dastardly brilliant as ever. After taking Ruby in, Roman begins [[EvilMentor teaching her the art of criminality]], gradually molding her into a successor for his chaotic cause while granting him a mole within Beacon. After approving of Ruby's peaceful strategy to blackmail Ozpin, he uses his [[AwesomenessByAnalysis analytical mind]] to disarm Adam Taurus, taking the opportunity to bug his sword. When Ruby tries to bring him into the side of good, he rejects her offer and gives her a brutal and pragmatic fight, beginning by pretending to have assassinated Ozpin in order to provoke her to go all out. When she wins the fight, Roman reveals the facade and keeps his deal to give her Neopolitan as a partner, dying [[TheBadGuyWins confident that Ruby will carry on his legacy]].
*** [[Characters/RWBYRubyRose Ruby Rose]] takes to Roman's teachings and proves she will be a worthy successor. Entering Beacon and weakening her team's abilities from day one, Ruby comes up with the plan to peacefully blackmail Ozpin, using a meeting with him to stealthily bug his office. When she comes into conflict with her team, Ruby uses her analytical abilities to take down all three at once, including [[CombatPragmatist tricking Yang into attacking Blake]], before giving Roman an all-out fight. When she successfully kills him, Ruby utilizes his plan to leave the country, yet [[BatmanGambit correctly predicts that Cinder will attempt to kill her]] for leaving; to circumvent this, she tricks two travellers into taking her place, faking her death and successfully fleeing to Mistral.
** "Born Indicted": [[ALighterShadeOfBlack Sienna Khan]], surviving her [[SparedByTheAdaptation canon death]], learns that her life is short and she must make the most of what time she has to correct his path. To this end, she hatches one final scheme, beginning by decapitating Adam Taurus and presenting the head at a rally. Using her charisma and strength to lure Blake into a meeting and convince her to attend that rally, Sienna then forces a sit-down with several prominent figures, including [[Characters/RWBYJamesIronwood General Ironwood]] and Jacques Schnee, in order to demand equality. However, after a bomb kills everyone present, Blake discovers that Sienna was actually [[FalseFlagOperation gathering targets in one space to kill all of them at once]], not only making herself into a martyr but also uniting humanity and Faunus for the first time. Her plan succeeds, beginning to [[WellIntentionedExtremist mend the rift between humans and Faunus]] even at the cost of her own life.
** "The Black Knight": [[ObfuscatingStupidity Hazel Rainart]], seeking to [[TheAtoner repent for his actions]] under [[Characters/RWBYSalem Salem]]'s orders, engineers the downfall of all of his allies. Using his status as the group's muscle to mask his devious scheming, Hazel manipulates Cinder into pitting Watts and Tyrian against each other, predicting their mutual paranoia will drive them to attack each other. When this happens, Tyrian is killed; when Cinder then moves to finish Watts off, Hazel ambushes her with cameras a Grimm to record her in the act, leading to her death at the hands of Salem's Grimm. Knowing that Salem will eventually catch him yet working to buy the heroes as much time as possible, Hazel's plan leads to Salem's forces being crippled for years, with himself planning to recruit a new batch of better people for her council.

** "The Black Knight": [[ObfuscatingStupidity Hazel Rainart]], seeking to [[TheAtoner repent for his actions]] under [[Characters/RWBYSalem Salem]]'s orders, engineers the downfall of all of his allies. Using his status as the group's muscle to mask his devious scheming, Hazel manipulates Cinder into pitting Watts and Tyrian against each other, predicting their mutual paranoia will drive them to attack each other. When this happens, Tyrian is killed; when Cinder then moves to finish Watts off, Hazel ambushes her with cameras a Grimm to record her in the act, leading to her death at the hands of Salem's Grimm. Knowing that Salem will eventually catch him yet working to buy the heroes as much time as possible, Hazel's plan leads to Salem's forces being crippled for years, with himself planning to recruit a new batch of better people for her council.

** "Born Indicted": [[ALighterShadeOfBlack Sienna Khan]], surviving her [[SparedByTheAdaptation canon death]], learns that her life is short and she must make the most of what time she has to correct his path. To this end, she hatches one final scheme, beginning by decapitating Adam Taurus and presenting the head at a rally. Using her charisma and strength to lure Blake into a meeting and convince her to attend that rally, Sienna then forces a sit-down with several prominent figures, including [[Characters/RWBYJamesIronwood General Ironwood]] and Jacques Schnee, in order to demand equality. However, after a bomb kills everyone present, Blake discovers that Sienna was actually [[FalseFlagOperation gathering targets in one space to kill all of them at once]], not only making herself into a martyr but also uniting humanity and Faunus for the first time. Her plan succeeds, beginning to [[WellIntentionedExtremist mend the rift between humans and Faunus]] even at the cost of her own life.

** ''The Black Knight'': [[FameThroughInfamy The High Priest of the Witch Hunters]], truthfully [[spoiler:[[AdaptationalVillainy Cardin Winchester]]]], is [[FromNobodyToNightmare a power-hungry maniac who takes advantage of Cinder's invasion to take over Vale for himself]]. Leading his forces across the kingdom, the High Priest kills anyone in his way and forcibly conscripts the rest into his loyal soldiers, personally slaying 150 people himself. Throwing away the lives of his soldiers when Jaune Arc attacks, the High Priest then takes his 200 recent conscripts hostage, saying that he'll execute them all if Jaune doesn't face him while planning to execute them all anyway just to MakeAnExampleOfThem; he even takes the time to strangle one of his hostages to death just because [[MisplacedRetribution she happened to resemble Pyrrha Nikos.]]

*** [[Characters/RWBYRubyRose Ruby Rose]] takes to Roman's teachings and proves she will be a worthy successor. Entering Beacon and weakening her team's abilities from day one, Ruby comes up with the plan to peacefully blackmail Ozpin, using a meeting with him to stealthily bug his office. When she comes into conflict with her team, Ruby uses her analytical abilities to take down all three at once, including [[CombatPragmatist tricking Yang into attacking Blake]], before giving Roman an all-out fight. When she successfully kills him, Ruby utilizes his plan to leave the country, yet [[BatmanGambit correctly predicts that Cinder will attempt to kill her]] for leaving; to circumvent this, she tricks two travellers into taking her place, faking her death and successfully fleeing to Mistral.

** "Be Glad You Existed": [[EvilGenius Dr. Arthur Watts]] is a petty {{narcissist}} who wants to destroy all of Remnant out of pure spite. Willingly signing up with [[Characters/RWBYSalemsFaction Salem]] for this opportunity, Watts previously killed his own ally Tyrian to ensure he would receive the mission to destroy Vale. After arriving, Watts massacres everyone inside the CCT, having already recruited the [[Characters/RWBYWhiteFang White Fang]] to his cause to invade the city. After his plan to have the Fang invade the city with Grimm units to kill everyone fails, Watts first tries to kidnap Ruby Rose so Salem can have her Silver Eyes, then tries to blow up the CCT to [[TakingYouWithMe take everyone inside with him]] out of spite.

*** [[BewareTheNiceOnes Ruby Rose]] takes to Roman's teachings and proves she will be a worthy successor. Entering Beacon and weakening her team's abilities from day one, Ruby comes up with the plan to peacefully blackmail Ozpin, using a meeting with him to stealthily bug his office. When she comes into conflict with her team, Ruby uses her analytical abilities to take down all three at once, including [[CombatPragmatist tricking Yang into attacking Blake]], before giving Roman an all-out fight. When she successfully kills him, Ruby utilizes his plan to leave the country, yet [[BatmanGambit correctly predicts that Cinder will attempt to kill her]] for leaving; to circumvent this, she tricks two travellers into taking her place, faking her death and successfully fleeing to Mistral.

** "This World Will Have No Peace": [[Characters/RWBYAdamTaurus Adam Taurus]], while no less vengeful than in canon, funnels that nature into [[AmbitionIsEvil a dangerous level of ambition]]. Seeking to strike straight at the top of humanity, Adam targets [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jacques Schnee himself]], intending to steal everything the man built. Through a series of EngineeredHeroics and framing others for his crimes, Adam ingratiates himself to the man, all the while plotting with Sienna Khan behind his back. After orchestrating a riot that kills multiple innocents and framing Weiss for an assassination attempt on him, Adam successfully convinces Jacques to give him control of the company, saving Atlas when Jacques then tries to destroy it out of spite. Though originally intending to tear society down out of vengeance, Adam decides to give hope a chance once he gains his power, yet [[TheBadGuyWins remains vigilant for the day the world proves undeserving]].

* MagnificentBastard: "The Wolves and the Soulless": [[VillainProtagonist Roman Torchwick]], surviving his canonical death, remains as skillfully charming as ever. Released from prison to serve [[Characters/RWBYJamesIronwood James Ironwood]]'s ends, Roman recruits Team RWBY and Sun to his cause, rescuing Weiss from her home and tracking Blake to Menagerie along the way. Coming up with the plan to secure Sienna Khan's aid against [[Characters/RWBYAdamTaurus Adam Taurus]], Roman keeps up a charade of helping Sienna throughout the subsequent battle and helps ensure Adam's defeat. Following the battle, Roman detonates a bomb in the headquarters, killing both Sienna and Adam as well as wiping out the White Fang in one fell swoop, giving Ironwood the reason he needs to conquer Menagerie while Roman himself [[TheBadGuyWins retires to a quiet life in Mantle]].