In this RWBY story by CosmicFiction
, The Knights of Grimm is an epic six-Act long series where the heroes and heroines from RWBY must battle against the toughest odds they have ever known. After the events of Volume 4, they would face choices they could not possibly be ready to make as they fight against threats without and within in a steadily darkening world of Remnant. Uncountable sacrifices will have to be made to defeat the leader of their enemy, a mysterious entity named Vir Nominis Umbra, who commands the Knights of Grimm as his disciples to bring about a sudden and apocalyptic end to the universe they live in.
- Act 1 - An Eye For An Eye
Team RWBY are reunited at Haven Academy, planning their next move against Cinder and Salem, when a new enemy rises from the darkness, a new servant of the Dark Queen. And this monster will destroy the team in a way that will never be recovered, and tear the other heroes apart before killing them all. The events that transpire will never be forgotten in Remnant...
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- Act 2 - Captured
Mistral has fallen, the Knights of Grimm are killing all life on Remnant and Death is hatching some sort of scheme that could prove lethal to both sides of the coin. With Ruby captured and left to Tyrian's mercy, the survivors must find out how to find her, meeting new allies along the way, whilst being hunted by the Grimm, Acolytes of Lien and the Onyx Phantom...
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- Act 3 - Shattered Memory
5 years have passed since Ruby was saved, and the Grimm have disappeared. Beacon and Mistral are still undergoing repairs but the schools have reopened. After the heroes are called to Vacuo on a mysterious assassination, Jaune becomes even more desperate to find and help Pyrrha to bring her home. Whilst a bigger threat emerges from the shadows where they thought they buried it...
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- Act 4 - Whispers of Arkhonex
War has begun - Faunus and Humanity at each other's throats. And in a dying world, Ruby's inner demons are darkening her soul, turning her into a monster. Jaune realises that there is more to his family history than he thought, and Kassius now searches for Merlot. All in the hopes of finding a cure for Horridus Morbus, their destination is the same - The Lost City of Arkhonex...
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- Act 5 - The Oncoming Shadow
The Shivering Dominion has begun. Vir Nominis Umbra has set his final plan in motion, to acquire the Four Relics and erase Remnant and its Universe from existence. Ruby Rose, and her family and friends are all that stand in his way, but even they will have to make sacrifices. Heroes and Villains will fall. It is not a question of who will die, but merely who will be left...
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WARNING: SPOILERS INBOUND
RWBY The Knights Of Grimm contains examples of:
- Anyone Can Die: So much death happens throughout the series, no is safe.
- Double Agent: Raven becomes a mole for Umbra having lost hope after Taiyang is killed.
- Eye Scream: Ruby loses her right eye from an arrow attack.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Happens to several villains who get this after all the pain they have caused the heroes
- Tyrian after torturing Ruby throughout Act 2 is dropped to his death in retaliation.
- After betraying everyone, Raven is stabbed by her daughter Yang who then falls into Grimm pits and is consumed.
