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'''The Beginning '''

Once upon a time, the world was natural. Flora and fauna covered the planet, and eventually mankind gained sentience. As a result mankind reigned supreme on top of the food chain, and for a time everything went by the way it was supposed to be.



Now then. In this world, Dust does not exist yet, and so the status quo was decided primarily by the strength of a person’s Aura. There’s likely no mistake in assuming that the ruling class are all people with strong Aura in their bloodlines, and naturally kept a tight grip on the commoners whose Aura are much weaker, with no hope of change since this was completely decided through birth. Most of the nobles would likely never think of marrying a commoner and risk weakening their own bloodline, and thus their grip of power over most men.



In addition, it is likely that only the nobles have access to the secrets and knowledge of Aura, in order to keep the commoners powerless to oppose them. We already know the huge difference between a normal person, and a Hunter/Huntress who has her Aura unlocked. There literally is no chance for any rebellion to succeed unless they’re ready to sacrifice 100 men to bring down just 1 Aura-empowered soldier with proper combat training.



It is likely that the protagonist of this era is either a bastard born, or a commoner (like Jaune Arc) with unusually strong Aura. Though this setting is completely random and ultimately irrelevant for this part of the tale.



Now then. I believe that the above setting is enough reason to prompt people into finding ways to surpass the barriers of birthright. The Genius was such a person. It is likely that while she (not actually specifying any gender, this is just for narrative purposes) was unusually smart, she was always discriminated just because she was a commoner and had weak Aura. The plot here may differ of course; The Genius may simply be a sympathizer who later became overwhelmed by the results of his own experiments.



Initially, the experiments The Genius conducted may not be of any malevolent nature. She simply wanted to seek a way to artificially unlock Aura and enhance them. However, this experiment is obviously incredibly threatening to the nobles, because the commoners would then stand equally with the nobles in terms of Aura strength. This can never be allowed, and thus The Genius’ experiments were destroyed, perhaps labeled a criminal, in addition of being stripped of whatever rank or status she initially had. During the process, she may even have lost her loved ones too. If she was a commoner, then maybe her own friends weren’t willing to step in and help her for fear of being persecuted. In short, she lost everything.



The Genius vowed revenge. She would stop until this unjust world burns underneath her feet. Hence she somehow slipped away and began her experiments elsewhere, although this time she was no longer restrained by what normal people would consider taboo. She scrapped every knowledge she could possibly get about the soul and subsequently Aura, and through sheer determination, luck and hatred, she discovered it.

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<p class="MsoNormal">She had discovered a way to literally extract a living being’s soul. Thus, the world’s very first Grimm was born into existence.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Years passed by without incident. Her experimental subjects are mostly animals rather than mankind, mainly because of several reasons:

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1">1)     A Grimm is far stronger and dangerous as compared to its original state.

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1">2)     It is possible that a Grimm would retain its intelligence and sentience even after losing its soul. We already saw how the Ursa in Episode 14 acted like an actual bear. Creating a Grimm-Man without actually being able to control them is incredibly foolish and risky.

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1">3)     To kidnap people for her experiments – especially those with strong Auras, who are mostly nobles and soldiers – is necessary, but also incredibly risky business. Of course she could just kidnap commoners – may even have been doing so for a long time – but eventually she’ll have to get better test subjects. Besides, one misstep and the entire might of the kingdom would bear down on her, make no mistake. She had to be careful until she could afford not to.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Meanwhile, rumors of vicious black beasts have begun to spread throughout the world. Villages were plundered, many people were either dead or missing, and even some of the nobles suffered a similarly grim fate. While most of the nobles simply dismissed it as unnecessary worry or foolish dreams, there was the unmistakable sense of dread that’s creeping onto everyone’s hearts, whether they’d admit it or not.

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<p class="MsoNormal">'''The Preparations '''

<p class="MsoNormal">The Genius was ready. She had long since discovered a way to control or even absorb the souls she collected as her own, and was now the most powerful warrior in the entire history of mankind.

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<p class="MsoNormal">She had long since found a way to control the Grimm. There are two possibilities here: One, because she was in possession (or ate it, whatever) of the creature’s soul, she had complete command over the Grimm no matter its intelligence, sentience or will.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Two, she had created these ‘masks’ that would link the Grimm to her will, and thus through her now incredible Aura power and control she could control these beasts effortlessly. But of course, you may wonder: How could a single person handle all those power and not ending up destroying herself? There was a way, however. One that you’d have to continue reading to understand.

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<p class="MsoNormal">At any rate, now that she no longer fear betrayal or loss of control, The Genius kidnapped some of the best warriors of Vytal and turned them all into Grimm Men. They are the core of her elite Grimm unit, and they are the most powerful warriors ever existed in Vytal except herself. She has now created an entire army of Grimm that are more than capable of bearing down on the people she hated and slaughter every single last one of them… but then she realized there was an even better way.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Before that, some of you may be wondering how she managed to elude authorities for so long. The answer is simple: She had secured the cooperation of several corrupt nobles. She simply needed to demonstrate (while hiding a snicker) these new, powerful warriors called the Grimm, and mutter into their ears the sweet, poisonous words of power and status.

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<p class="MsoNormal">But of course, some of the nobles aren’t that stupid. What if they lost control of the Grimm? In fact, how do they even control the Grimm?

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<p class="MsoNormal">The Genius would then present a gift that guarantees their control over the Grimm. The objects were bright in color and in crystalline form that shone of mysterious light… she presented them Dust. They greatest key to controlling the Grimm. The condensed form of a pure energy converted from a living being’s soul.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Obviously, the nobles didn’t need to be told of that little fact. The Genius left the fools alone and went away, probably appreciating the irony that these idiots would singlehandedly bring forth their own destruction.

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<p class="MsoNormal">'''The Downfall '''

<p class="MsoNormal">The Grimm War began. The corrupted nobles began using their shiny Grimm army to attack one another, and Vytal sank into a state of chaos and fear. Meanwhile The Genius was happily working on her secret project, content in knowing that the idiots had drawn away any attention from her. And it was a grand plan. She planned to convert every single being in existence into the Grimm, claiming all of their souls and thereby transforming herself truly into the greatest person – the one and only man – to have ever lived in Vytal. She had completely lost sight of the person she once was, and was now only a madwoman devoted to destroy every single living being in existence.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Mankind managed to thwart her, however. She had severely underestimated her opponents. The protagonists managed to defeat the nobles just in time to learn the truth, and while they were too late in stopping The Genius from unleashing her infernal device, and ironically one of the supposedly corrupted nobles – a man who was not tricked by The Genius’ manipulations, and was secretly working for his own agendas and ideals – thwarted her attempts by activating a gigantic Dust barrier that protected a majority of mankind from the conversion, or something to that effect. The noble may or may not have died for his betrayal, but he managed to give one last chance to mankind.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Still, even though a majority of mankind had survived, The Genius’ device had converted almost every single animal in Vytal into the Grimm. With a single command, The Genius sent the millions, perhaps even billions of Grimm to bear down on her hated enemy, to slaughter all of mankind until there was nothing left. Thus began humanity’s most desperate and greatest war of all times, as they struggled to repel the seemingly unending ocean of black monsters.

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<p class="MsoNormal">'''The Hope '''

<p class="MsoNormal">But there was still hope. Within the small amount of time window The Genius’ misplay had given mankind, the protagonists did their very best to increase their chances of survival. Now that The Genius has bared her fangs, the nobles finally worked together probably through the protagonist’s machination (if they hadn’t raided them yet) and they distributed their stock of Dust to every single men who’s willing to fight, commoners or not. In addition, the knowledge of Aura are now being spread as quickly as possible, for only a person with unlocked Aura stood a chance against a Grimm.

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<p class="MsoNormal">They very likely did not tell the people the true nature of Dust. As reluctant as the protagonists might be in allowing this, they should understood that it was their only way of survival.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, the protagonists – either The Genius invited them herself, or they somehow deduced her hiding spot – made one final, desperate storm to The Genius’ whereabouts and stop her once and for all. Time was of the essence, for while they were gone the Grimm would be assaulting the city with their entire force. They already knew from experience that The Genius is near invincible. Moreover, there certainly would be powerful Grim-Men that guarded her side, and among those monsters there may even be a few familiar faces. Acquaintances that they may feel all too reluctant to kill. Who knows, The Genius may even be one of those acquaintances. Still it had to be done, and they went to The Genius to end things once and for all.

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<p class="MsoNormal">There are two ways this may go. One, The Genius – for all her intelligence – was rather incompetent in battle, and her reliance on her near omnipotent Aura power was her downfall. The protagonists managed to cut her down and were on the verge of winning, but The Genius in her absolute desperation relinquished her human self and transformed to become the greatest Grimm in existence.

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<p class="MsoNormal">It may also be that her hatred for mankind was so strong, that she discarded her human shell to become the Mother Grimm, even though she was completely dominating the protagonists initially.

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<p class="MsoNormal">However, her transforming into the Mother Grimm was once again, her final mistake. Now that she was no longer human, she had effectively control over all of the Grimm in the world but not the millions of souls she has harvested. She may have known that already beforehand and kept the souls trapped, while channeling their energy to further empower her own strength.

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<p class="MsoNormal">At any rate, the protagonists succeeded in breaking the hold The Genius has over the souls, and that was it. The enslaved souls turned on their enslaver, and with their combined strength, The Genius was finally defeated and sunk to the depths of eternal darkness. All over the world, The Grimm suddenly became confused and lost their will to fight – The Genius no longer in power – and mankind managed to drive them out their homes once and for all.

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<p class="MsoNormal">More importantly, the souls were finally freed. At the very end, the world was saved from what would’ve been definite destruction. It would seem that the protagonists would finally have their happy ending.

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<p class="MsoNormal">'''The Aftermath '''

<p class="MsoNormal">Not all is well however, for the world is not a fairy tale.

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1level1lfo2">1)     Not many people knew that Dust true nature was of a living being’s soul, and it was simply too attractive a source of energy to ignore.

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1level1lfo2">2)     While all the enslaved souls were freed, not all of them could be returned properly to nature’s cycle. There were simply too many. After the final assault on The Genius, the remaining souls are truly reduced into nothing but pure energy – it was unbelievable that some of them managed to retain conscience in the first place – and as they scattered all over the world, many of them formed the very first natural reservoirs of Dust. It is incredibly ironic that in the end, they were still reduced to nothing more but tools for mankind.

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1level1lfo2">3)     Because the truth behind the war was buried (to avoid anyone else attempting a similar research as The Genius did), there was no justification or proof that Dust is the crystallization of a living being’s soul. Even if the protagonists tried to tell the truth they would garner little support, and in the end Dust is just way too good to give up on.

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1level1lfo2">4)     Time. All truth fades over time, and in the end only the lies of the victor remained.

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1level1lfo2">5)     Perhaps the faunus and humans have worked together in order to fight and live against the Grimm. However, the racial and cultural difference between the two races began to cause the once harmonious relationship to strain, and over time it had only gone worse before finally escalating into war.

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1level1lfo2">6)     The Mother Grimm still lives. Obviously she wasn’t dead yet; perhaps she was just sealed within a wall of energy (shattered moon?), or perhaps she was just bidding her time and gathering her strength. There are people who knew the truth and still wanted to raise her again for their own selfish ideals. The Mother Grimm thought that her sole reason of defeat was because of the millions of souls, and now that the Dusts are being steadily exhausted by the ever foolish mankind, and while the Grimm may have dwindled in numbers, there are still more than enough of them for mankind to handle. Almost no one knows the truth, and all her of old enemies were dead and forgotten.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Soon, the time will come. <ac_metadata title="The Speculated True History of RWBY"> </ac_metadata>