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Argence Thoughts
Here's just an endless stream of my thoughts concerning Argence, randomly and unordered, but mostly just here so I have a place to write down everything I think of and have access to it on a relative place for the content. Wow, that was a needlessly long sentence.

Spoilers!
Argence is an alternate universe of RWBY. At first, it was going to parallel the events of the main story but with new characters. However, the more I think about it, the more I dislike having to stay to the canon content which gets pretty limited in the long run. I still like my original plotline, so I might just go completely off into my own world.

Overall, the story builds up with the tales of the main characters and their experiences until the big finale, which is of course named Argence (stemming from the word Argent, meaning silver). The term Argence in the story refers to the end of the moon; it has been crumbling slowly for thousands of years since humanity's 'arrival' on Remnant, and it spells the end for all life. That's all you get for now.

My first OC's weren't even in any sort of story; they were just things that popped into my head and I wrote them down. There was ALBN (Albus, Lucian, Blaine, Nox) and CRNA (Celina, Reira, Neon, Amber), both of which don't exactly exist anymore. The characters have been rewritten into their current incarnations which I plan on keeping.

I have three primary teams set up as the main characters of Argence; CRVN, PVRL, and APBL. It bothered me a bit that there were a couple of shared letters (R, V, L, P), but it can't be helped. These 12 characters will sometimes be allied and sometimes be antagonistic towards one another, but are all mostly central to the plot. However, the Big 3, as I like to call them, are the leaders of each: Celina, Percy, and Albus.

The three are meant to form a sort of triangle, each with their own identity that's completely different from the other two (I find that I do this a lot for my stories, regardless of content). They will all be "friends" to an extent, but also be forced to face one another multiple times with different motivations and reasons. Celina and Albus are the main fighers, while Percy is more of a thinker.

While Celina was my first real OC (drastically different from her first design), PVRL was my first complete team. I wanted them to be both similar to RWBY in the sense of diversity, but also different to have their own special identities. They needed to have conflicting feelings with one another, but eventually come to care. Their leader, Percy, is the weakest figher out of them all. However, Verona, Rivern, and Lucia are all incredibly skilled, creating this unique unbalance. While Percy isn't well suited to combat or the traditional sense of leading, he does the best given his demeanor and thinking. Plus, I thought it'd be cute to have the weak central figure surrounded by loving powerful friends. I still need to spruce up and complete their pages.

CRVN is still in development for the most part. Celina is the only one who is done-done, and I'm still adding things for her. Vesper would most likely be the next one to finish. I like CRVN because of the constant conflict between them. RWBY feels like a bunch of caring sisters, JNPR feels like a group of friends, and CRDL is a gang. CRVN is defined that nobody really gets along with anyone else too well, or understands them. Despite that, they recognize that they are allies and learn to work with one another while retaining autonomy. At the time, I'm thinking of having them eventually become friends; if there's ever a henceforward, I might have Nyx die and Vesper go on her own to take vengeance while Celina becomes a solo hunter and Aurelia opens an orphanage.

I have a hard time deciding whether Aurelia should be a princess or a "hard" girl. I may try to settle for something in between, but it's still not very clear. I still need ideas for her backstory, but I think I'll settle for something where someone close to her is hospitalized and in a coma due to her past.

Actually, that sounds like a great idea. She used to be a hoodlum or troublemaker and dragged someone close to her into danger, where she repents by becoming someone kinder.

APBL is definitely one that needs a ton of work. Albus is the only one with a semi-solid concept, and he's still miles away from being complete. Albus is someone who has lots of pride, but a grave weakness not many can comprehend. He's intelligent and a master fighter, but has a weak aura and no semblance yet. The team may end up breaking away from Beacon and becoming the traditional sense of "evil", but of course it will be more complicated than that. The entire team has their own weaknesses they can't overcome, and spend most of the series finding a way to get over them. There's still a crapton to work on before everything starts coming together. I feel less and less motivated each day for unknown reasons, but keep coming back whenever there's a new idea. I might just put it on hold again and work on something else.

I really like the concept of Cerivane; the city of steel and mysteries. Honestly, I'm deeply ingrained with my recreated locations, namely Cerivane and the Valley of Spirits. They feel very fantasy-like without delving into the world of magic that RWBY tries to stay away from.

A Bad Beginning
Story begins at after the Initiation Ceremony, where Ozpin is assembling teams. A crowd of students gather in the halls, mostly filled with second, third, and fourth years to welcome the new students at Beacon. Team APBL is one of the first to be called forwards, having broken the previous time record by a large margin. The members smile proudly while Albus is declared Leader. Meanwhile, the rest of the cast stand in the crowds, waiting for their turn. After PVRL is called to the stage and Percy is declared leader, his team silently storms out of the amphitheater. Celina, wondering about the frustration, is called to the stage along with the rest of CRVN. She is declared leader, but strangely without neither protest nor support from her team.

The first week at Beacon is free of classes and responsibilities, giving the teams time to unpack, settle into their rooms, become familiar with the campus, but most importantly to bond with their team. Percy spends this time attempting to reconcile his team members, struggling with his weak charisma. He meets Nyx briefly in the library, becoming friends and sharing his dilemma. She offers him both a piece of advice (take care of your loved ones) and strange candy before leaving, where Verona finds him. Verona, an orderly and ambitious girl, attempts to have Percy hand his leadership over to her, where she will use the threat of expulsion to pull Rivern and Lucia back to PVRl. However, his earnest and straightforward thoughts win Verona back to his side, and the two then attempt to convince Rivern.

At this time, Rivern has assembled a following of his fans, whom he plans to use in order to create his own team once he gets the opportunity to petition Beacon's staff. He plays with the duo's attempts to bring him back, commanding them to do menial chores and tasks. He begins to have flashbacks to his time where he was in the same desperate position during the days before his modelling career. Right before Percy injures himself through a task given by one of Rivern's lackeys, Rivern himself stops Percy and knocks out the one who commanded it. He acknowledges their efforts and returns to PVRL.

Just as the three decide to work together to bring Lucia back, news reaches them that she has been assaulting various students as a vigilante, targeting those harassing and discriminating against other faunus students. As the three meet her in holding, she spits at them, explaining that she could never trust a sapien and how she was directed to Beacon by her family lineage. As Percy repeatedly visits Lucia day after day, she begins to wear down and sees his earnest feelings. Percy states that they are a team, and that they have to stick together, explaining how Verona has been searching the rules for a loophole to get Lucia out and how Rivern has been out of contact. By the time Lucia accepts this notion of a team, her expulsion hearing is near under way. As the declaration is about to be made, Percy, Verona, and multiple faunus students protest the courtroom. Even so, they cannot stop the verdict until Rivern enters the room and the charges are dropped after using his connections to convince the assaulted students to drop their prosecution. Even so, the Beacon staff alert that they will keep a watchful eye on Lucia, and PVR state that they will keep her in line.

During this week, CRVN also struggles with their diverse natures. Celina and Vesper constantly bicker about everything while Aurelia does her best to quell the fights. Nyx stands aloof on her own, away from the team. Feeling Celina is unfit to lead the team, Vesper challenges her to a singular match, where Celina will renounce leadership to her if she loses. Celina accepts without hesitation as Aurelia and Nyx watch from the sidelines. The two immediately start off in a melee blitz, matching each other blow for blow with startling speed. Vesper, aiming to end things, reveals her semblance as she teleports to her missed thrown knife behind Celina, gaining a vital strike. However, Celina bites down her resolve, holding out to reveal her own semblance, disorienting Vesper and claiming victory. With both exhausted, Aurelia uses her semblance to heal the wounds on both of them, and Vesper begrudgingly accepts Celina's leadership.

All the while, APBL have been getting along without issues. They fight round robin matches in order to gauge the strengths of one another. Albus makes notes of his teams' caliber, believing that they are one of the strongest first year teams in the school.

With the week of bonding over, Beacon begins its classes.

Daily School Life
Percy and Terry reunite.

Klaret and Celina meet up in the city.

-insert mission arcs here-

Breach
The train crash tremors open breaches all across Vale. Most of Atlas' soldiers and units are in the more densely populated areas, leaving their effectiveness lacking in other locations. Celina and several other students begin to attack the emerging Grimm to protect civilians. Celina and Percy join the fight, and are saved by the arrival of Professor Grayback. He explains that the hunters are expected to protect the wealthy nobles and thus they can't go into the rural areas. He tasks the two of them with an A-rank mission to save an elementary school. They ride to the location on Celina's motorbike Artemis, taking out Grimm along the way. They discuss their ideals and roles as hunters. They realize that they are also attracting Grimm to the school as well. Percy decides to stay behind and find a way to stop the Grimm, leaving Celina to progress on her own.

Percy begins to cut down streetlights to construct an advantageous fighting ground for him as the Grimm arrive. Though he fights valiantly, he becomes outnumbered. With death imminent, his team arrives to save him.

Celina arrives at the schoolgrounds, finding that the teachers have barricaded the fences and gates in order to bide time. She develops a plan to lure the Grimm to the school's Dust/Boiler room. She rides her motorbike into the machine, destroying it along with a large portion of the school, but also taking out the Grimm.

Several days later, Celina, on her own, visits Moonshine. While waiting for Nyx to get off work, she meets Percy there. The two raise their glasses to celibrate.


 * blank time*

Students from various schools begin to arrive at Beacon for the Vytal Festival. PVRL opts to not apply for Vytal Tournament qualification, as they have more basic needs to meet as a team. Much to Celina's chagrin, the rest of her team have no enthusiasm to join, and thus the team takes no part in applying. APBL, on the other hand, is every bit prepared to proceed through preliminaries, but stunningly does not make it.

As Celina and Albus express their frustrations in the courtyard, they are greeted by the leader of a famed Haven Second Year Team, EBRN, who is led by Celina's elder brother Elion. After a brief but stressed reunion, Elion comments that the APBL didn't qualify for the tournament simply because they weren't good enough. Albus, angered by his statement, challenges Elion to a singular match. Though they appear even at first, Elion gets serious and easily defeats Albus, leaving his confidence crushed and more frustrated than ever. Celina, surprised at how much Elion has improved over their year apart, vows to improve faster.

-Vytal Festival/Tournament arc here-

Albus and the rest of APBL leave Beacon.


 * blank time*

CRVN is sent to Cerivane.


 * blank time*

Lunea takes Percy and trains him to utilize the Lunar Tribe blood in his veins to turn the moonlight into aura. She also leaves him with a Moonsilver chain to wear around his neck.


 * blank time*

Percy finally reaches Albus in a moonlit clearing among the Shattered Plains. He does his best to convince Albus to return with him, but Albus denies his wishes. Realizing that there's other way, Percy prepares to fight Albus, who calls him crazy given the previous difference in their skills. As they begin, Albus becomes shocked as Percy's rise in ability, sourced from his training with Lunea.

Frustrated at the shallow gap in their fighting power, Albus prepares to use his trump card. He flashes back to his meeting with Orpheus. Orpheus begins to analyze Albus' aura, and forcefully unlocks a semblance. He notes to Albus that it will suppress his true semblance's development, possibly even stunting it forever. Albus, taking note, accepts the risk.

Albus' begins to glow, turning his aura from white to gold. All the aura then condenses and transfers to his weapon Agartha. Percy, sensing danger, reinforces his Lunar Kites and prepares to block. Albus unleashes a terrifyingly powerful shockwave from his blade in brilliant light. The blow shatters Percy's weapons and hits him square across the chest. The force of the attack clears the entire area of all landmarks, leaving it desolate.

The semblance drains Albus of all his aura and strength, causing him to collapse to his knees. Both in awe and scared of his own new power, he limps away to complete his task.

Celina, having seen the explosion, arrives to find Percy badly wounded but miraculously still alive. A great deal of the attack was absorbed by a charm Lunea put into Percy's chain. Verona arrives a short while later, and carries Percy back to Vale. Celina gathers the remains of his weapons.


 * blank time*

Elion and Gazelle battle for the last time. Gazelle manages to narrowly gain victory, but a last ditch attempt by Elion thwarts her plans. Gazelle escapes, and Blaire arrives just in time to hear his last words.

CRVN find Blaire in the hospital ward, recovering. She tells Celina Elion's last wishes and bequeaths to her his weapon.


 * blank time

Celina defeats Gazelle.

Orpheus faces the final boss. Is defeated despite the Awakening.

Thoughtboard: Argence Overhaul

 * Celina Cavell (Complete)
 * Aurelia (Current)
 * Vesper (Current)
 * Nyx (Current)
 * Percy
 * Verona
 * Rivern
 * Primary team celebrity of PVRL. Easygoing and cocky, but also protective of his friends. Screws up a decent amount, along with Lucia, leaving Vera to clean up after him. Need to fill out his character page.
 * Same appearance; dull blue ponytail, Mercury face,
 * Weapon is now a double sided halberd/axe that looks like a fan; turns into an airboard
 * Lucia
 * Primary fighting symbol of PVRL. Graceful and ferocious at the same time; her lineage as a noble white tiger should be relevant to a plot point in Argence. Makes a lot of trouble along with Rivern, leaving Vera to clean up. Need to fill out her character page.
 * White Tiger Faunus still
 * Can't get image of Black Hanekawa out of my head, so final apperance will probably be that, concerning hair and ears
 * Same weapons, though functionality may change

OBLVN

 * Orpheus (Not started)
 * Excellent key antagonist and figure leader;
 * Briston
 * Lunea
 * Veera
 * Narowen

EBRN

 * Elion Cavell
 * Blaire Cainard

Professors

 * Remulus Stilts (Rumpelstiltskin)
 * Wallace Gingerman (Gingerbread Man)
 * Madrid Grayback (Werewolf)
 * Jean Gosling (Golden Goose)

Others

 * Terry Minx
 * Klaret Ashland

Enemies?

 * Jack the Ripper
 * Bloody Mary
 * Frankensteins monster

Colors
Random colors:  Sienna, Cyclamen, Tuscan, Topaz, Mystic, Fawn, Fallow, Phlox, Pewter, Persimmon, Plum,

Alizarin, Almond, Amber, Amethyst, Apricot, Arylide, Tangerine, Beige, Bisque, Bistre, Brass, Cerulean, Lavender, Maroon, Turquoise, Burgundy, Sienna, Umber, Byzantine, Canary, Carnelian, Celadon, Celeste, Cerise, Cerulean, Champagne, Charcoal, Chartreuse, Cherry, Chestnut, Chocolate, Cinnabar, Cinnamon, Citrine, Cobalt, Copper, Cordovan, Crimson, Daffodil, Dandelion, Goldenrod, Magenta, Salmon, Terracotta, Fuchsia, Lilac, Saffron, Desert, Ecru, Eton, Fallow, Falu, Fawn, Feldgrau, Fern, Flax, Ginger, Harlequin, Heliotrope, Iris, Jade, Lava, Mahogany, Maize, Mauve, Orchid, Lotus, Teal, Melon, Midnight, Mikado, Mulberry, Nadeshiko, Ochre, Onyx, Palatinate, Patriarch, Shamrock, Verdigris, Wisteria, Zaffre

Sarcoline, Coquelicot, Smaragdine, Mikado, Glaucous, Wenge, Fulvous, Xanadu, Falu, Eburnean, Amaranth,

Incarnadine, Labrador, Pervenche, Sinoper, Verditer,

Gamboge,

Seashell, Smoke,

Smalt, Cordovan, Pavo, Aubergine, Lichen,

Ruber: Red

Albus White

Flavus Yellow

Viridis Green

Caeruleus Blue

Purpureus Purple

Ater Black

Ravus Gray

Argenteus Silver

Aureus Gold

Horror Legends

 * Jack the Ripper
 * Bloody Mary
 * Frankenstein's Monster