History YMMV / RubyAndNora

** A lot about Raven's [[TheSociopath sociopathy]] is utterly chilling, but one thing that brings it down-to-earth is how [[spoiler: she manipulated Summer and Tai by dating them both without telling either of them. The breach of trust makes it all the more heartbreaking when Raven shows Summer that she never cared about her. The whole time, the person she trusted and loved more than anything saw her as nothing but a way to get off and would have easily discarded her without a second thought]]. While it is far from the worst thing she has ever done, it shows just how cold Raven can be in a very real way.

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** [[Characters/RWBYSalemsFaction Salem]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy far worse than her canon counterpart]]. Imprisoned for killing her sister, she then slaughtered her father and the rest of her Kingdom after being empowered by Void. Making a deal with Void to summon him to Remnant in exchange for godhood, Salem created the Grimm to "tear humanity to shreds". Secretly committing multiple atrocities throughout her immortal life, she eventually stepped out from the shadows to begin her endgame. In the form of [[Characters/RWBYCinderFall Cinder Fall]], Salem recruits many to her cause, some through MindRape and blackmail, and will [[BadBoss kill them for failure or when they have no more use to her]]. Salem has them cause death and destruction to begin the Fall of Beacon, where she kills many heroes, including Weiss. Mutilated by Ruby's silver eyes, Salem sends her allies to kill her for revenge, brutally killing one of them when they fail. Left out of commission after the Battle of Haven, Salem returns to slaughter the entirety of the Kingdom of Vacuo, kill Willow Schnee, and finally summon Void to be [[GodhoodSeeker made a goddess]] who can torture her enemies for all eternity.
** ''Field Trip'': [[SinisterMinister Father Tiresias Scorch]] is a bat-Faunus who is the [[BigBad leader]] of the White Fang, and the man responsible for turning it into a [[WesternTerrorists terrorist organization]]. He claims to be a messenger of the gods and wants to [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain rid the world of humans and homosexuals]]. His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first act in the story]] is forcing Ilia to kill her lover, Lily, after they were caught kissing each other. He later finds out about the Beacon students after Adam caught Blake and Yang, after which he orders the teachers to be brought to him to watch the destruction and the students to be killed, promising to show Ruby's body to Yang. He loads bombs onto a train running under Vale to let Grimm into the city to destroy it, while allowing several of his men to die when they go off. He surveys the destruction with satisfaction, but when his plan fails, he kills [[spoiler:Ren and Ilia]] out of spite. He cared for no one but himself and even referred to his own followers as replaceable.
** [[ForTheEvulz Mercury Black]] lacks the FreudianExcuse of his canon counterpart, leaving only a [[AxCrazy vicious sadist with a love for killing]]. After [[SelfMadeOrphan killing his parents]], Mercury joined up with Salem just for the opportunity to kill more people. Leading assaults against the CCT towers so he could insert the Black Queen Virus into them, Mercury killed both ally and enemy alike with sadistic glee. He then bombed a building, [[BadBoss killing his men]] and a security guard, to make Ironwood paranoid enough to use the Atlas Knights and Paladins. When the Fall of Beacon begins, Mercury single-handedly slaughters the guards keeping shields around Vale up, shutting them down and letting the Grimm devour the populace. After that, he has his fun shooting civilians in the legs and watching the Grimm tear them to shreds. [[spoiler:Later, in Mistral, Salem leaves Lionheart's wife and son in his care, but Mercury, in his sadism, kills them both.]] During the battle for Haven, Mercury mocks the heroes about the loved ones they lost due to Beacon's Fall.
** [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jacques Schnee]] is an AbusiveParent and ruthless businessman willing to do anything to get ahead. He was willing to trick his father-in-law into signing over the Schnee Dust Company and then poisoned him after he signed it over. When Winter catches him, he threatens to kill the [[WouldHurtAChild then-infant Weiss]] to scare her into not saying anything. In the present, he tricks Ironwood into giving him control of Atlas [[spoiler:to allow Salem to kill him so he can keep control]]. Under his control, Atlas becomes a total dictatorship. [[spoiler:He lobotomized Faunus to enslave them, causing a DeathOfPersonality so they don't fight back. He had the military raze Menagerie because he was running out of Faunus. When the protagonists return, he takes them all prisoner. He kills Jekyde and Ciel with acid for treason and watches them die. Later, he prepares to lobotomize Winter before being stopped by Willow, who is the Winter Maiden.]] While locked in his office with his wife, he [[NeverMyFault believes that he was doing everything right and that everyone angry about it is being ungrateful]]. When Willow confronts him, he shamelessly admits to killing her father.
** [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Raven Branwen]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy far more ruthless than her canon counterpart]]. Ruthless and {{manipulative|Bitch}} since she was a [[TeensAreMonsters teenager]], Raven abandoned Yang after the death of Taiyang, [[spoiler:joining up with Salem after seeing her power, beginning their alliance by decapitating Tyrian]]. Raven returned to her tribe and [[{{Patricide}} killed her father]] to take his place as leader. She then leads raids against villages, where men, women, and child are abducted to be sold into {{slavery|Is A Special Kind Of Evil}}, while the rest are tied up to be left as Grimm bait so she and her tribe can escape. Two of these raids resulted in Ren and Nora being orphaned. Years later, Raven is tasked to kill Ruby [[spoiler:by Salem]]. To do this, she bombs the bridge the train Ruby and Nora were taking was on, causing it to crash. She and her men then proceeded to execute any survivors who weren't Ruby, with the latter barely saving Nora before Raven killed her. When Nora is powered up by one of Raven's men hitting her with a stun baton, Raven [[DirtyCoward ditches them]] to save herself. [[spoiler:Meeting up Summer's group, Raven manipulates them to lead her to where Ruby is, and during the battle of Haven, orders her men to kill the whole group, including her [[CainAndAbel brother]] and [[OffingTheOffspring daughter]].]]

** [[Characters/RWBYRavenBranwen Raven Branwen]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy far more ruthless than her canon counterpart]]. Ruthless and {{manipulative|Bitch}} since she was a [[TeensAreMonsters teenager]], Raven abandoned Yang after the death of Taiyang, [[spoiler:joining up with Salem after seeing her power, beginning their alliance by decapitating Tyrian]]. Raven returned to her tribe and [[{{Patricide}} killed her father]] to take his place as leader. She then leads raids against villages, where men, women, and child are abducted to be sold into {{slavery|Is A Special Kind Of Evil}}, while the rest are tied up to be left as Grimm bait so she and her tribe can escape. Two of these raids resulted in Ren and Nora being orphaned. Years later, Raven is tasked to kill Ruby [[spoiler:by Salem]]. To do this, she bombs the bridge the train Ruby and Nora were taking was on, causing it to crash. She and her men then proceeded to execute any survivors who weren't Ruby, with the latter barely saving Nora before Raven killed her. When Nora is powered up by one of Raven's men hitting her with a stun baton, Raven [[DirtyCoward ditches them]] to save herself. [[spoiler:Meeting up Summer's group, Raven manipulates them to lead her to where Ruby is, and during the battle of Haven, orders her men to kill the whole group, including her [[CainAndAbel brother]] and [[OffingTheOffspring daughter]].]]

** [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jacques Schnee]] is an AbusiveParent and ruthless businessman willing to do anything to get ahead. He was willing to trick his father-in-law into signing over the Schnee Dust Company and then poisoned him after he signed it over. When Winter catches him, he threatens to kill the [[WouldHurtAChild then-infant Weiss]] to scare her into not saying anything. In the present, he tricks Ironwood into giving him control of Atlas [[spoiler:to allow Salem to kill him so he can keep control]]. Under his control, Atlas becomes a total dictatorship. [[spoiler:He lobotomized Faunus to enslave them, causing a DeathOfPersonality so they don't fight back. He had the military raze Menagerie because he was running out of Faunus. When the protagonists return, he takes them all prisoner. He kills Jekyde and Ciel with acid for treason and watches them die. Later, he prepares to lobotomize Winter before being stopped by Willow, who is the Winter Maiden.]] While locked in his office with his wife, he [[NeverMyFault believes that he was doing everything right and that everyone angry about it is being ungrateful]]. When Willow confronts him, he shamelessly admits to killing her father and keeps being smug [[spoiler:until she reveals that she gave him a paralyzing neurotoxin in retaliation]].