History Roleplay / LordsAmongTheAshes

* TheAce: Not only is [[spoiler:Jaune]] one of the [[AFatherToHisMen greatest generals]] [[FourStarBadass Remnant has ever seen]], he is also [[BadassBookworm a scholar of ancient languages]], [[MagicKnight an accomplished Dust Mage]], [[MightyGlacier a stupendous fighter]], and [[RousingSpeech a great personal speaker]] that [[spoiler:[[WeDoTheImpossible is never once defeated during their time in the sim]]]].

* BoringButPractical: Jaune doesn't have SuperSpeed or SuperStrength. He can't [[{{Teleportation}} teleport]], [[HealingHands heal]], [[{{Invisibility}} turn invisible]], or [[PersonOfMassDestruction bring forth Aural constructs to decimate his enemies.]] What he does have is an incredibly tactical mind and skills that have been honed perfection, making him one of the three strongest Paragons in the sim.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: Avatar Weapons are incredibly powerful armaments that often come with esoteric abilities that can only be [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation summoned]] by Paragons or Gods.

** Jaune is a natural born leader who excels when commanding others and feels most complete when fighting for humanity. His Semblance is War.

* RestoredMyFaithInHumanity: Invisible text from Toppling Olympus has revealed that [[spoiler:Simulation!Salem]] has had her faith restored by Jaune due to what he is willing to do for his people. As someone who witnessed [[spoiler:the fall of the Dark Continent along with the corruption of the various God level beings]] and who would themselves later turn against humanity [[spoiler: in the real world]], this is a big deal. So big a deal, in fact, that she has advised Jaune on how to ascend to Godhood:[[spoiler: by getting the scroll from her real-world counterpart]]. She has faith that if he manages such a thing, then he will have earned it.

** This becomes [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] [[spoiler: once the sim ends as [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand each of the players have aged ten years while their former teammates have not]]. This has led to a disparity between the teams and their leaders who have [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt lived through things]] [[CharacterDevelopment and grown in ways]] [[CharacterDevelopment their former comrades couldn't imagine]]]].

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Jaune and Ruby are this to each other. While Jaune is conquering [[DeathWorld the Dark Continent]], discovering LostTechnology, and fighting [[spoiler:[[{{Kaiju}} Titans]]]], Ruby is [[WoodenShipsAndIronMen clearing the seas of piracy]], [[FictionFiveHundred becoming an economic superpower]], and [[GadgeteerGenius inventing Mechashift weapons hundreds of years ahead of schedule]]. Their stories barely coincide with each other even though they are both rather important.

* HopeBringer: Ruby becomes this by the end of the sim thanks to her support efforts to the other kingdoms. This earns her the title "Beacon of Hope."

* HealingFactor: As in canon, Aura naturally heals its users wounds, so the higher one's level of Aura mastery, the more potent this becomes. Jaune even displays this [[spoiler:to his class post-sim]] by severing and regrowing his own arm.

* MonsterShapedMountain: [[http://i.imgur.com/mik28FJ.jpg Olympus]], [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Titan of Doom]], is a walking mountain capable of crushing any structure in its way that also acts as a carrier for the legions of Grimm inside it [[spoiler:as well as ''two'' [[TheCorruption Mad]] [[FallenHero Gods]]]].

* SupernaturalFearInducer: Conqueror's Presence, one of the abilities of Jaune's Semblance, allows him to inflict almost crippling fear upon his enemies. He has only ever used this ability on the Creatures of Anonymity but if he were to use it on humans it would likely draw [[EmotionEater the Grimm]] [[KillAllHumans upon them]] [[ZergRush in droves]].

[[YearInsideHourOutside Trapped in a leadership simulator]] GoneHorriblyWrong, [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/lords-among-the-ashes-rwby-ck2-quest.347561/ Jaune]] and [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/lords-among-the-ashes-rwby-ck2-quest.20167/ Ruby]] [[YouAreInCommandNow have found themselves leaders of two very different nations in Remnant]], hundreds of years before the events of canon. Forced to serve and survive for ten years in their new roles, the two protagonists have to grow into their positions as figures of authority while they contend with the many dangers and problems of the world they have found themselves living in.

* TheBaroness: Alexandria. She has an impossibly voluptuous figure, leads a fervently militaristic country, is highly devoted to her country's ideals,and has a Slavic accent

Run by [=Iandude0=] and Aegir on both sites, Lords Among The Ashes is a pair of quests run tandem on Spacebattles and Sufficient Velocity, taking place in the interim time between volumes two and three of WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}.

[[YearInsideHourOutside Trapped in a leadership simulator]] GoneHorriblyWrong, Jaune and Ruby [[YouAreInCommandNow have found themselves leaders of two very different nations in Remnant]], hundreds of years before the events of canon. Forced to serve and survive for ten years in their new roles, the two protagonists have grown into their roles as figures of authority as they contend with the many dangers and problems of the world they have found themselves living in.

Yet as time drags on, they find that sometimes the world is more dangerous than they could have ever imagined.

* FatalFlaw: Several players have this which leads to a great deal of conflict throughout the story, especially Ruby's as she tended to deal more with the other players while Jaune was securing the Dark Continent.

* FaceMonsterTurn: What is implied to have happened to [[spoiler:the Fallen Gods]] possibly due to the mental backlash that came from attempting, and failing, to [[spoiler:[[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters control]] [[{{Kaiju}} the Titans.]]]]

* KrakenAndLeviathan: Sea Grimm tend to grow to be the largest in size since they [[StrongerWithAge tend to live longest]]. The most dangerous sea creatures would have to be [[spoiler:the two ocean [[{{Kaiju}} Titans]]]].

* MonsterShapedMountain: Olympus, the Titan of Doom, is a walking mountain capable of crushing any structure in its way that also acts as a carrier for the legions of Grimm inside it [[spoiler:as well as ''two'' [[TheCorruption Mad]] [[FallenHero Gods]]]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ruby at both Redrock Gorge (see PersonaNonGrata below) and the second peace conference (see DisasterDominoes above). Jaune when [[spoiler:the Normans kill [[{{Kaiju}} Cychreides]] [[MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning which awakens the other Titans]] [[ApocalypseHow all around the world]].]]

* ColonelBadass: Captain Forrest Glenelg, the first person to receive two Order of the Aegis awards, the second for outstanding bravery (facing a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Tyrant Scale]] on foot to buy time for a counterattack.

* OurGhoulsAreCreepier:

** Jaune invades the most dangerous continent in the world to take a city and only loses '''6''' people while annihilating thousands of Grimm.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ruby at the second peace conference (see DisasterDominoes above) and Jaune when [[spoiler:the Normans kill [[{{Kaiju}} Cychreides]] [[MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning which awakens the other Titans.]]]]

* PersonaNonGrata: Ruby is this to [[spoiler:Cody's]] city as [[FearlessFool she was the one]] [[LeeroyJenkins who proposed that the leaders should]] [[HeroicWannabe attack the horde themselves]] [[SenselessSacrifice even though the Grimm threat had been reduced to the point that the army could probably handle it]]. This led to [[spoiler:Cody's]] death, the first unintentional one in the sim, and his city isolating itself from everyone else.

* YouAreInCommandNow: What happens to every single leader in-sim. In order for each of them to experience a national leadership position, the sim killed off each of their superiors so that they would be forced to take the reigns. One of the [[NonPlayerCharacters NPCs]] even wonders about this, thinking it may be the greatest chain of assassinations of all time.

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:[[TheBaroness Alexandria]]]] loses one of her arms during the final years of the sim when her fleet is attacked by what may have been [[spoiler:a second [[KrakenAndLeviathan sea]] [[{{Kaiju}} Titan]]]].

* {{Kaiju}}: The Titans. [[spoiler:There are implied to be twelve in all. [[DeathWorld The Dark Continent]] has three: [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Cychreides]], [[MonsterShapedMountain Olympus]], and [[GiantFlyer Bahamut]]. Mantle has one described as [[OurGiantsAreBigger a colossus]]. Central, the largest continent, has three

* BadassPreacher: Cardin

* DeathWorld: The Grimm are an everpresent threat that every kingdom has to deal with but special mention goes to The Dark Continent. It is normally the only location where one can find [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier Ghouls]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Tyrant Scales]], [[GiantFlyer Ziz]], and [[{{Kaiju}} Titans]][[spoiler:at first.]]

* {{Kaiju}}: The Titans

* BigGood: Cardin can be seen as this in-universe and out due to his position as the Pope and the person that tries the hardest to bring peace.

** Jaune invades the most dangerous continent in the world to take a city while only losing '''6''' people while annihilating thousands of Grimm.

* DatingCatwoman: Jaune, oh boy Jaune.
* DeathWorld: The Grimm are an everpresent threat that every kingdom has to deal with but special mention goes to The Dark Continent. It is normally the only location where one can find [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier Ghouls]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Tyrant Scales]], [[GiantFlyer Zi]], and [[{{Kaiju}} Titans]][[spoiler:at first.]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[BadassCrew The Jaune and his Paragons]] along with [[BadassArmy Normandy's Army]] [[spoiler:[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe fatally wounded Cychreides,]] [[FantasticNuke obliterated Olympus,]] [[HijackingCthulhu and turned Bahamut against its own hoard.]]]] There's a reason Normandy is the only force in the sim with the "Legendary" rating.
* DisasterDominoes: The second peace conference is very much this. [[spoiler:Ruby's denouncement of Sherwood (which would have given a bonus to her other actions) fails, as does her demand for disarmament, and a blockade. Since all of her proposals were aggressive in nature, the majority of the other players saw her [[YouAreWhatYouHate as a second Lily]] and refused to ally with her when she [[ThisMeansWar declared war]]. Seeing that she didn't have the support she had been looking for, Ruby decided to [[EnemyMine ally with]] [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Alexandria.]] As Alexandria's stated goal is the conquest of the Central Continent, Varric immediately allies with Lily to prevent such a thing, prompting his ally, Neil, to do the same. Since she [[IdiotBall declared war at the peace conference that had taken years to establish,]] she almost irreparably damaged her relationship with [[BigGood Cardin]]. As she had officially declared war on her, Lily immediately had her agents in Silversun ransack its academy and steal Ruby's advanced ship designs.]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job Breaking It, Ruby.]]

* PowerLevels: It goes Awakened>Adept>Lord>Paragon>God levels of aura mastery.

* AlasPoorVillain: There are a few people who could be considered villains in the story though they all believed they were in the right and genuinely cared about the people they were in charge of. It's hard not to feel sorry when one of the people are kicked out of the SIM especially if they 'died' defending their people.

* BadassAdorable: Ruby is still as adorable as ever while being one of the top three most powerful players in the game next to Jaune an Cinder with her semblance making her possibly the most dangerous player in a one on one fight.
* BadassInCharge: Considering that the players were all training to defend humanity against soulless monsters that have been the enemies of mankind since as far as anyone can remember all the leaders count.

* BattlePope: Cardin is a pretty good example with him being among the most power people on Remnant and one of the few to reach paragon status.

** Jaune invades the most dangerous continent in the world to take a city while only losing 6 people against thousands of Grimm.
** His support trip to Coco's city also counts. When he arrived, all the ships in the harbor were filled with evacuees with Coco and the last of the army having to hold back the Grimm so as to not be overrun. Jaune took stock of the situation, arranged his ships, and opened fire. Within two barrages, the Grimm were all but annihilated with all of Coco's forces evacuated.

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Alexandria]] by the final year in the sim. Almost every military effort of hers had led to failure up to that point but she managed to keep herself together until [[spoiler:the majority of her soldiers, some of her civilians, and all her ships were destroyed by what was possibly a ''second'' ocean Titan]] with her unable to stop it and even [[AnArmAndALeg losing an arm in the process.]] Ruby spent part of the last year trying to help her. [[spoiler:It didn't work]]
* DividedWeFall: A major theme here
* FatalFlaw: Several players have this which leads to much conflict throughout the story.
* FriendToAllChildren: Ruby and ironically Lily show signs of this.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: The premise of the fic.
** [[spoiler:Cinder's virus]] interacts in an unexpected manner with the SDC's simulation software, causing the [[YearInsideHourOutside time dilation]] to change from x7 to '''x365'''.
** It is supposed to simulate the world of Remnant to the best of its ability, and taps into government files and ancient computer networks to do so. This allows the simulation to accurately model [[spoiler:[[SuperEmpowering the Paragon ritual]], [[{{Kaiju}} Titans]], and [[BigBad Salem]]]]

** MassOhCrap: The news about the Titans and the fallen gods freaked out the rest of the players to the point that they finally decided to pit aside their differences and stop fighting after several years of warring with each other.

* RapidAging : When the players in the simulation leave their Aura will rapidly age their bodies to what it was in the simulation due to considering that how they should be. Those who have reached the stage of paragon or higher will age the least due to the slowing of aging that comes with that level.
* RestoredMyFaithInHumanity: [[spoiler:Invisible text in the most recent update has revealed that Simulation!Salem has had her faith restored by Jaune due to what he is willing to do for his people. As someone who witnessed the fall of the Dark Continent and the corruption of the various God level beings who survived it due to their own arrogance and would later turn against in the real world this is a big deal.]]

** Jaune goes from being possibly the weakest hunter in-training in his school with only months of actual training to becoming top players in the game and among three of the strongest fighters alongside Ruby and Cinder while arguably running the most powerful military the SIM alongside.
** Ruby goes from cute Genki girl to one of the most fearsome hunters in the sim and among the most powerful three and the most potentially dangerous in a one on one fight thanks to her semblance and after becoming an avatar of death.

* WorldOfBadass: Considering that the SIM is modeled after a death world it makes sense for the people running the show to be able to survive in such a world.
* YearInsideHourOutside: The nature of the simulation. For every year spent in the simulation, only one day passes for those outside it. [[spoiler:Once the simulation is over, the participants' Auras age them ten years as that is what they recognize as their body's natural state.]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: What happens to every single leader in-sim. In order for each of them to experience a national leadership position, the sim killed off each of their superiors so that they would be forced to take the reigns. One of the NPCs even wonders about this, thinking it as perhaps the greatest chain of assassinations of all time.

* AlasPoorVillain: There are a few people who could be considered villains in the story though they all belived they were in the right and genuinely cared about the people they were in charge of. It's hard not to feel sorry when one of the people are kicked out of the SIM especially if they 'died' defending their people.

* BadassInCharge: Considering that the players were alll training to defend humanity against soulless monsters that have been the enemies of mankind since as far as anyone can remember all the leaders count.

** Ruby has her own when she easily defeats the Grim that invaded Marcus' city.

* [[spoiler: RestoredMyFaithInHumanity: Invisible text in the most recent update has revealed that Simulation!Salem has had her faith restored by Jaune due to what he is willing to do for his people. As someone who witnessed the fall of the Dark Continent and the corruption of the various God level beings who survived it due to their own arrogance and would later turn against in the real world this is a big deal.]]

* YearInsideHourOutside: The nature of the simulation. For every year spent in the simulation, only one week passes for those outside it. [[spoiler:Once the simulation is over, the participants' Auras age them ten years as that is what they recognize as their body's natural state.]]

** [[spoiler:Cinder's virus]] interacts in an unexpected manner with the SDC's simulation software, causing the [[YearInsideHourOutside time dilation]] to change from x10 to '''x365'''.

Trapped in a leadership simulator gone horribly wrong, Jaune and Ruby have found themselves leaders of two very different nations in Remnant, hundreds of years before the events of canon. Forced to serve and survive for ten years in their new roles, the two protagonists have grown into their roles as figures of authority as they contend with the many dangers and problems of the world they have found themselves living in.

* WorldOfBadass: Considering that the SIM is modeled after a death world it makes sense for the people running the show to be able to survive in such a world.

Run by Iandude0 and Aegir on both sites, Lords Among The Ashes is a pair of quests run tandem on Spacebattles and Sufficient Velocity, taking place in the interim time between volumes two and three of WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}.

Run by Iandude0 and Aegir on both sites, Lords Among The Ashes is a pair of quests run tandem on Spacebattles and Sufficient Velocity, taking place in the interim time between volumes two and three of RWBY.

* TookALevelInKindness: Cardin
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Anyone identified by the moniker of Paragon or God is more than likely leagues above most normal people. It doesn't help that many of them don't have the most pleasant semblance names either.

** Ruby has her own when she easily deafeats the Grim that invaded Marcus' city.