History Awesome / JauneArcLordOfHunger

* Penny is also able to briefly turn the tables on Nihilus by absorbing his Force Lightning and charging up to 400% power before firing a renewed WaveMotionGun that sends Nihilus flying across the courtyard. While this is a somewhat [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome negated]] since Nihilus was able to fully endure the attack without breaking his Aura, it's still impressive nonetheless.

* Ozpin decides to give Nihilus exactly what he wants and releases all of the stored up energy in his cane, generating a magical explosion that ''decimates'' Beacon Academy and blasts off Nihilus' [[AnArmAndALeg left arm]] along with most of his clothes.

* After Pyrrha is killed, Ruby unlocks her Silver Eyes at the same time that she becomes the new Fall Maiden. What follows is her [[AbilityMixing combining her new Maiden powers with her Silver Eyes]], firing a burst of magic-infused Light Side energy that all but obliterates Nihilus and purges the Dark Side from Jaune's body, leaving nothing behind except Nihilus' mask still latched onto a now reawakened Jaune's face.

** Just the fact that Nihilus (barely) survived a direct blow from Ruby's silver eyes while she was empowered by the Fall Maiden's magic. Anyone else in his place would have instantly been destroyed, but he still manages to cling onto life without turning to stone.

* After Pyrrha is killed, Ruby unlocks her Silver Eyes at the same time that she becomes the new Fall Maiden. What follows is her [[AbilityMixing combining her new Maiden powers with her Silver Eyes]], releasing a burst of magic-infused Light Side energy that all but obliterates Nihilus and purges the Dark Side from Jaune's body, leaving nothing behind except Nihilus' mask still latched onto a now reawakened Jaune's face.

** Also counts as a TheDogBitesBack moment for Jaune. After spending the entire fic being screwed with by Nihilus, Jaune gets his payback by taking away everything that Nihilus had spent thousands of years working for.

** Right before Jaune stabs himself, Nihilus [[YouAreNothingWithoutYourPhlebotinum claims that Jaune is nothing without him]]. However, Jaune is having none of that and delivers an epic ShutUpHannibal speech that tears apart Nihilus' argument.

* The entirety of Darth Nihilus vs. Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury.
** Cinder shooting a massive jet of flames and Nihilus no-selling it with his Force barrier.

* Keep in mind that Cinder only has half of the Fall Maiden's powers at this point. Despite this, she still puts up a good fight against Nihilus and even manages to break through his Aura.

* Given what Adam just he did to Weiss and Blake, it is hard not to cheer when Darth Nihilus kills him.

** The fact that Darth Nihilus is more than capable of taking on the combined might of Pyrrha, Qrow, Ruby, Weiss, Nora, Ren, Blake, and team ABRN ''all at once''.
** For comparison, when Pyrrha fought Cinder in canon, she was at least able to hold her own for a while and even got a few good hits in. Unlike her canonical duel with Cinder, here Pyrrha has most of her friends backing her up. Despite all this, she can't even touch Darth Nihilus and he casually ''wipes the floor with her''. As if that wasn't impressive enough, Pyrrha deduces that, based on Nihilus' body language, ''he's actually holding back'' for most of the battle.

* Nihilus starts out surrounded a squad of Atlas soldiers and androids, who all open fire on him with hundreds of Dust rounds. In a manner reminiscent of ''Film/TheMatrix'', Nihilus raises his hand and telekinetically stops walls of bullets midair. By the time the soldiers empty their guns' magazines, Nihilus is standing inside a dome made up of thousands of floating bullets. He then sends the bullets flying out in every direction, shredding apart the soldiers and drones surrounding him.

* While Nihilus has previously been shown fighting, it was all during flashbacks when Nihilus was either a Jedi or a Force ghost. Here, we actually get to see Darth Nihilus himself fight for the first time and it is glorious in a terrifying way.
** Nihilus takes on the combined might of Qrow, Ruby, Pyrrha, Weiss, Nora, Ren, Blake, and ABRN. Despite being totally outnumbered, Nihilus ''wipes the floor with them'' and Pyrrha deduces that, based on his body language, ''Nihilus is holding back''.
** Right before attacking Nihilus, Qrow offers the gathered teams of NPR, RWB, and ABRN the chance to OptOut. None of them take it.
** When Nihilus charges up to unleash a Force scream, Qrow ''immediately'' realizes what's happening and yells at everyone to run, despite having never seen Jaune use this power before.
** Credit where it's due, Qrow keeps a cool head throughout the fight despite being up against an opponent who vastly outmatches him and is capable of killing him at any time. He even manages to make Nihilus slip up twice with his Semblance and gets in a solid hit with his scythe. Compared to how one-sided most of the previous fights featuring Nihilus were, Qrow holds out for a surprisingly long time.

* Adam [[FlashStep flash-stepping]] in front of Nihilus, firing his chokutō from its sheath while seamlessly catching the sword with his other hand, and then slicing Nihilus across the chest with all the energy stored in his blade. What's even more impressive is that Adam moved so fast that even Nihilus's Force-enhanced reflexes couldn't keep up. Had Nihilus's Aura not been supercharged then, Adam would have ''killed'' him.

** Despite having her arm is broken, Yang endures the pain, resets the bones in her broken arm, and continues using her other arm to fire off shotgun blasts at the terentatek. Even more impressive, she did this without any Aura.

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-->'''Winter:''' Adam Taurus. From crimes of assault, robbery, murder, destruction of property, and terrorist actions, I should place you under arrest. However… ''[deploys parrying dagger from her saber and points both weapons at Adam]'' For what you did to my sister, I will kill you here and now.

* When Cardin tries to {{blackmail}} Jaune with a recording of his confession that his transcripts to Beacon were forged, rather than capitulate, a furious Jaune stands up for himself and tells Cardin that he is to back off, delete his recording, and never bother him or his friends again. Thanks to Jaune's use of the Jedi mind trick at that same moment, Cardin ends up doing just that.

* After realizing that Adam [[EyeScream cut out Weiss's eyes]], Winter shows her BigSisterInstinct as she confronts him while filled with TranquilFury.

* Darth Nihilus easily tanks Adam's strongest attack and [[NeckLift grabs him by the neck]] before draining him of his life in mere seconds.

** Again, what Adam managed to pull off should have been nearly impossible. He was facing a MasterSwordsman who had a lifetime of training and experience over him. And that's not even taking into account the SuperReflexes and SpiderSense that Nihilus's strong connection to the Force affords him. Nevertheless, Adam moved at such a speed that ''even the Force couldn't react fast enough to his attack.''

** Again, what Adam managed to pull off should have been nearly impossible considering he was facing a MasterSwordsman who has decades of experience in addition to SuperReflexes and SpiderSense. Nevertheless, Adam moved at such a speed that even the Force was useless against him.

* Seeing Nihilus [[StaringDownCthulhu stare down the Wyvern]] before killing the massive Grimm in mere seconds with his Force drain.