History Recap / RWBYV3E11HeroesAndMonsters

* KarmaHoudini: The Griffon that ate Roman can be seen escaping the falling airship unharmed.

** Ruby does not do any better against Neo than her sister did. After Neo leaves the scene, an unarmed Ruby then gets thoroughly beaten by Torchwick.

-->'''Roman:''' [[YouGotSpunk You've got spirit]], Red, but ''this'' is the ''[[ThisIsReality real world]]''! The real world is ''cold''! The real world doesn't ''care'' about ''spirit''! You wanna be a hero? Then play the part and ''die'' like every other Huntsman in history! As for me, I'll do what I do ''best''. Lie, steal, cheat, and ''[[ThwartedCoupDeGrace survi]]''--!

* IronicLastWords: Near the end of Roman's rant during his VillainousBreakdown about [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids the futility of heroism]], just before he gets SwallowedWhole by a griffon:
-->'''Roman:''' As for me, I'll do what I do ''best''. Lie, steal, cheat, and ''survive''!

On the airship, Ruby fights Roman and Neo while Ironwood joins Glynda and Qrow on the battlefield below. The students fight Atlesian Paladins while Blake confronts Adam in the school's cafeteria, leading to a showdown between Yang and Adam.

Meanwhile, in the secret vault, Ozpin, Jaune and Pyrrha attempt to transfer Amber's Aura to Pyrrha... and Cinder shows up.

[[caption-width-right:350:"It's not what I have to ''gain'', it's that I can't afford to ''lose''!"]]

--> '''Sun:''' ''[{{Beat}}]'' {{You have got to be kidding me}}!

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* BaitAndSwitch: Blake gets between Adam and Yang, and it looks like Adam decapitates her for it. It then turns out to be a shadow-decoy so Blake can escape with Yang.

* RealityEnsues:
** Neo can't open her umbrella while on the outside of the ship, as the winds would drag it, and her, right into freefall. So Ruby opens it for her.
** The episode title is a callback to Ruby's motivations in ''The Shining Beacon, Pt. 2''. She heroically launches herself up to the hijacked ship and takes on Roman and Neo herself. However, she's completely outmatched and nearly killed. Roman not only mocks her idealism, but is stopped by a Grimm, ''not'' her, that's attracted to the negativity of his MotiveRant. At the same time, however, she's gotten smarter in her actions and she refuses to lay down, thus she's taken Qrow's words to heart.
** Blake's goal of gaining equality and peace is thrown back in her face; such lofty concepts aren't easily attained, especially when others like Adam are actively fighting against it. Rather than using her Semblance for mere evasion, she uses it to ''defend'' Yang. Despite her determination ''not'' to run again, she is ultimately forced to do so.
** Yang wanted to be a Huntress not to be a hero, but for the adventure. She stated that she wants, "a life where I won't know what tomorrow will bring." [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor She's got it now; Vale has descended into chaos]], her fiery, straightforward approach to battle has cost her dearly, there was no last-minute save from her mother this time, and her fighting style will never be the same again.

!Heroes And Monsters

* YouShallNotPass: While Pyrrha and Jaune run to get help, Ozpin intends to hold the line against Cinder.

* SwipeYourBladeOff: Adam does this after chopping off Yang's arm.

!! This episode contains examples of:

'''Volume 3, Episode 11:'''
!Heroes And Monsters

* PetTheDog: The previously JerkAss Roman expresses that he cares for Neo when she falls off the airship.
--> '''Roman''': ''Neo!''

On the airship, Ruby fights Roman and Neo while Ironwood joins Glynda and Qrow on the battlefield below. The students fight Atlesian Paladins while Blake confronts Adam in the school's cafeteria. Yang attempts to protect Blake, but Adam defeats her.

The battle for Beacon continues as Ruby, now on top of the ship that Roman Torchwick has hijacked, confronts both him and Neo. Although both of them get the upper hand at first, Ruby pulls off clever tricks that end up with Neo flying off the ship, leaving her final fate currently unknown, While Roman then fights Ruby to the point of victory only to be suddenly eaten by a Griffin and killed. Ruby then defeats the Griffin and causes the ship to crash, while she uses Cresent Rose to make a safe landing. In Vale, Ironwood ends up surviving his crash and joins Qrow and Glynda on the battlefield. Meanwhile at Beacon, the remaining students struggle to take down Atlesean Paladins, until Velvet steps in and utilizes her weapon/semblance, which turns out to copy the powers and abilities of all the weapons and their wielders she takes a photo of. With the aide of Weiss - who manages to further grasp her summoning to call upon the blade of the giant Knight she fought long ago - the students gain the upper-hand against the Paladins.

Blake confronts Adam in Beacon's cafeteria, but is overpowered. Adam declares he will destroy everything she loves as revenge for betraying him. Yang Xiao Long, having stumbled onto the scene after a tip-off from Weiss, attempts to attack Adam after seeing him stab Blake, but Adam manages to make a swift stroke that cuts off Yang's right arm, leaving her unconscious and severely injured. Before Adam can finish her off, Blake uses her semblance to buy her an opportunity to escape with Yang in tow. Finally, down in the vault, Ozpin, Jaune, and Pyrrha oversee the process to transfer Amber's aura to Pyrrha, who finally makes the decision to receive the Fall Maiden's powers. Unfortunately, in the middle of the process Cinder fires an arrow through Amber, killing her and receiving her remaining power instead. Ozpin orders Pyrrha and Jaune to find Ironwood and the others while he prepares to face Cinder - now in possession of all the Fall Maiden's powers - alone...

* SoundtrackDissonance: Used deliberately. The scenes between the failed power transfer and Adam's skirmish with Yang are juxtaposed with [[https://soundcloud.com/alex-abraham-music/rwby-vol-3-chapter-11-such-arrogance Such Arrogance]], a chillingly ominous, but quiet and slow piano theme. It doesn't stop when Yang enters and demands Adam get away from Blake, nor when Yang screams and powers up. It somehow makes it clear before it happens that something immediate and horrible is about to happen to Yang.

* WhamEpisode: By the end of this episode Neo is in an unknown status, Roman was eaten by a Grimm, Velvet's weapon was finally revealed, Weiss unlocks her summoning powers, Blake was stabbed by Adam, Adam cuts Yangs arm off, and Cinder kills Amber and takes her power thus becoming the Fall Maiden. On top of all this the episode ends with Ozpin preparing to fight Cinder