User:LastZephyr

"My bragging right? It's partially my 'fault' this wiki exists." "In RPing, there's a fine line between masterminding and ass pull. The difference lies in whether there is an attempt at justification or not."

I'm looking for something to do. Plus, I've been here for a long time.

But don't bother me about anything silly (aka I do not like drama) and we're cool.

I like writing and drawing and going on the interwebz.

My stuff.

I've been here since not long after White Trailer, when this wiki was first created and was populated by fantastical races and OCs which we now know do not fit into the world of RWBY *cough* misleading dialogue-less trailers *cough*. I fell out of the official series and therefore here a while ago because it didn't live up to my expectations, but now I'm older and more realistic about my judgment of something before it is officially released, so it's all good. The quality of OCs in general has improved immensely since then, so I'm looking forward to improving my writing skills through RPs.

Active RPs
World War G

Walking with Grimm

The Reluctant Dragon

Taking to the Skies

Going Up Against the Establishment

Disclaimers

 * 1) I happen to love creating intense interactions between OCs, but please don't ever take anything my characters say as an attack on you, the user.
 * 2) If you ever don't like anything I post please let me know and I'll probably change it.
 * 3) If you want to know something that's actually substantial about me, feel free to ask!

Ancient RPs and Early Crap
http://rwbyfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:3653

http://rwbyfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:3495

Pre-Character Judging Issues

Yeah XD

If you're somehow interested in all this you can also check my blog posts over at the main wiki from 2013.

Other
3/1/15

I'm thinking of giving Zanipher and her bro first names that actually fit the CNR, and aren't obvious pseudonyms.

Zan - Chìhóng (赤红) - crimson

Zen - Mǎnǎo (玛瑙) - carnelian

I really like the sounds of these two, so it'll probably end up happening. Plus it'll add a human element to their otherwise very rigid mob boss characterization.

Zaniphilos Scribbles
So, having been inspired by SableSkies and encouraged by Fiernull, I'll be tossing down all the ideas I have for my AU The Zanipher Philosophy onto this section. It'll help me figure out what I still need and what looks good. Obviously, spoilers abound. I'll try to keep out of general things that are already described on the page itself. Hope you enjoy, it's much more prose-y than my wiki pages ~

History - The "Alternate" Part
The Great War never happens - instead, the rampant counterculture movement is cleverly suppressed by the world's leaders with a few calculated concessions. The general distrust of government remains, and people are more concerned with freedom of speech than the monsters outside their cities. This distrust twists, transforms until it becomes a way of justifying criminal, self-serving activity. At the very deepest levels, an underworld blossoms in the wake of arrogance after having had no major Grimm attacks in decades. Even the common citizens enjoy criticizing society's setup, and the only thing preventing a true uprising is the knowledge, in the back of their minds, that war will bring the Grimm to their doorstep. Everyone's all talk: although they complain about suppression and censorship, this stuff is necessary to avoid causing widespread sentiments that would attract the monsters; they are emotionally, not politically enslaved.

The Faunus War was an on-off, mostly guerrilla conflict that was caused by the Faunus leaving their native Menagerie following the Great Uprising and being more successful at traditional defense and combat-oriented occupations than most humans. Fearing that they could be physically controlled by the migrant "animals", humans whose jobs were threatened petitioned and discriminated in an attempt to protect their own livelihoods. This, combined with the natural fear caused by the outlandish appearances of the Faunus, developed into a heavily stereotypical portrayal and understanding of the species in the years after the Uprising. These sentiments grew into continuous attacks on faunus and their belongings. Once the Councils realized that their populations simply could not tolerate these new settlers, as evidenced by their racist attacks and rallies, the military was sent out to push the Faunus back to their overpopulated island.

Naturally, many Faunus were unwilling to abandon all the assets they had built up in the last few decades, and enough resisted with force that it drew the attention of their homeland. Menagerie's council condemned the xenophobia and argued that their people had the same right as others to live where they wished. To back up this argument, they sent their own military to assist in establishing Faunus centers outside of Menagerie. The sporadic conflicts caused little damage to the residents of the four central kingdoms, but the Faunus found their numbers and resources sapped by this continuous conflict. Eventually, they were forced to submit and surrender. Ironically, the kingdoms permitted those few Faunus still living outside Menagerie to stay, although they still had to put up with discrimination from their neighbors and peers.

In the last decade, the relationship between the four kingdoms and Menagerie has thawed somewhat, bolstered by the trade of large quantities of Dust from Menagerie's natural rare earth resources. Since Menagerie has no Huntsman academy (although it is in the process of establishing one) there is a system in place for sending Faunus from the island to each of the Academies in the other kingdoms. Fortunately, the students at universities are generally liberal and freethinking, making the academies like a second home to some of these exchange students.

The White Fang is a grassroots movement extremely loosely organized across cities, which emerged as a call for more equality and revision of historical accounts, which is one-sided and paints Faunus as the chief aggressors and enforces negative stereotypes. Thus they do not associate themselves with the Grimm in any way.

Year 1 - Introductions!
Team RASB is formed after a pretty generic initiation (which I may skip narrating entirely), but leader Resper is withdrawn from his team. As the other three members awkwardly go about trying to develop a strong team bond, classes begin. A rumor is heard that a student actually died during initiation, but Ozpin refuses to give an official statement regarding this. Team CRAY, a gang of boisterous but well-meaning secondary team is introduced. Bernie and Automne go on a parkour run through the city together, where Automne beats Bernie in a race, so he has to buy them both ice cream. However, as they chat afterwards a petty thief runs by, and the two take pursuit, following the figure.

A few weeks after the initiation, Platinum and Fen show up at the school as part of a program to diversify the educational opportunities provided by the Beacon. Resper almost immediately brightens, and spends quite a lot of time socializing with them. Suspicious, ASB tail Resper to try and find out why he keeps disappearing at random times. They are discovered humorously trying to be discreet, as their facade fails when Saria is discovered following Fen one afternoon. After some discussion, the team realizes the trio's shared past and accept the girls into their friend group. The history of C4T3R is explored from three perspectives.

Some months later, Fen is sent by her parents to meet Zanipher, the envoy of the Nine Dragons, and she is very impressed by her older sister and the undercurrents of power the woman exudes. The two develop a close bond over the next few months, with Zan constantly giving fen advice. However, her friends become concerned about her constant disinterest in their conversations, and after asking nicely fails they decide to follow her one night (my OCs are such stalkers lol). However, all five of them are thrown off by an elaborate path across the rooftops and the unexpected emergence of masked individuals barring their progress. Automne is pinned by a female who is actually Zan, and deflects all questions while defeating the fox soundly.

Fen knew what was going on all along, and thinks it might be a good idea to introduce her group one by one, starting with best friend Platinum. However, Platinum instantly hates Zan, as it threatens her worldview on justice and not letting criminals slip away. Zanipher offers to track Platinum's mysterious origins free of charge, and she discovers that the girl is the last remaining member of a spiritual rural tribe which was wiped out by Grimm. Zan presents this information to Platinum, but the girl can no longer contain her hate and attacks Zan, pummeling her with her bare fists. Zan lets her do this and takes the beating without much resistance. Platinum is about to kill Zan when she realizes the enormity of what she is doing, and immediately recoils. After this she stops trying to target Zanipher and begins to see the depth of society's problems. Fen realizes that bringing her friends to meet a mafia don isn't such a great idea.

After the assault Zan has a nightmare in which she is back in the clearing where her old team was massacred. She knows what will happen and manages to rescue everyone, but wakes up and realizes it was all a dream.

The gang screws around and does a variety of fun bonding stuff. Yey

Over the summer, PRF invite the gang to visit their homes in Mistral. While there, they rescue the young Shu from a child trafficking ring, and Fen takes the kid under her wing.

Automne leaves to return to urban (south side?) Menagerie for the first time since her captivity. She meets old friends and her older brother, as well as her young nephew. Her instincts to stick with these people like her is rekindled. Her backstory is detailed through her narration to her childhood friends. She also visits her parents' graves.

ALL ROLEPLAYS TAKE PLACE IN THIS TIME PERIOD.

Year 2 - Players Added, Things Get A Bit Darker
The Vytal festival takes place.

Automne leaves to watch the execution of her childhood captor.

Rosso is discovered working for the Dragons, alive but part machine. The rest of C4T3R is flabbergasted, and struggle to come to terms with this new version of their old friend.

The entirety of the Nine Dragons is revealed.

Saria and Automne attend a White Fang rally.

Fen finally confronts her parents about the reason as to why her sister was abandoned.

Year 3 - Attack on Vale, Tone Shift
Team RASB is almost killed by the swelling numbers of Grimm.

Automne abandons her team in order to join the fight to defend Mistral.

Zanipher meets Platinum's father. She also meets her brother again after many years, and the two strike up a partnership. He had run off to Vacuo and had his vision partially restored, and is now masquerading as a respectable information broker.

Everyone splits up to pursue their own objectives.

Post Timeskip
Everyone has settled into specific niches and occupations. The war rages on in Atlas but the governments of the other 3 kingdoms meet to plan a final offensive that will end the fighting for good. The events during this time period are mostly buildup for the last assault.

Automne, now Arden, visits Zanipher and in a roundabout way tries to convey her unhappiness with the path she has chosen. Zanipher is unrelenting and tries to beat some sense into the younger woman.

Shu finds the crew united at last, but is angry with the laxness at which they treat each other despite having broken off so suddenly before.