Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-85.130.101.225-20130816112245/@comment-24267097-20140824235533

Andrew S-997 wrote: Well, considering there is a "forgotten past" in RWBY, they could pull a Destiny in terms of Ancient tech.

Meaning, the Golden Age was hundreds of years ago, and a disaster brought us to our knees and set us back technologically. Maybe the same thing is the case here - Ancient tech in RWBY was actually far stronger than current tech. I agree, but the weapons of the past did not have dust, which is why Crocea Mors does not have shape changing properties. in addition to make the weapon effective without the aid of dust it has to have other benefits or otherwise humanity in the rwbyverse would not have survived long enough to discover dust. my guess that the weapon is an effective copnduit for large amounts aura for use against the Grimm like the ursa in Forever Fall. I would also guess that similar old tech has been repurposed for the creation of penny's aura.