"Raven vs. Cinder" is a battle that took place during the Battle of Haven across the episodes "Vault of the Spring Maiden", and "Downfall", where Raven Branwen battles Cinder Fall in the Haven Vault underneath Haven Academy.
Preceding Events[]
Cinder and her associates express disbelief that Ozpin is already back, but she has Leonardo Lionheart open the way to the Vault so that she, Raven, and Vernal may enter.
In the Vault, Vernal prepares to open the Vault door to the Relic of Knowledge. However, Cinder uses her Maiden powers to encase Raven in ice before fatally impaling Vernal with her newly-revealed Grimm arm with the intent of draining her powers. Cinder's smug satisfaction rapidly turns to confusion once she realizes that Vernal has no Maiden power to drain. Breaking out of the ice, Raven unmasks herself, eyes flickering with red fire, and declares herself to be the true Spring Maiden.
The Fight[]
As Cinder mocks Raven on the circumstances of her gaining the Maiden powers, the latter immediately charges her by firing her sword and flying toward her at high speed, catching her blade before impact. Cinder levitates and conjures a sword of her own, but the force of Raven's attack causes both of them to crash into the side of the vault. They lock blades for a moment, then Cinder forces Raven back with a burst of strength. Raven lands on the pathway and, after several backflips to regain her balance, charges again. Both Maidens clash several times before the force of their blows shatters both swords simultaneously. A shard of Cinder's sword embeds in her Grimm arm, causing her pain. Seeing this, Raven comments on the inability of the arm to be coated in Aura, and that Cinder has turned herself into a monster for the sake of power. Ripping the shard free, Cinder conjures another sword and sneers that Raven is hardly one to talk.
Cinder counterattacks, with Raven rapidly re-equipping her sword with a yellow blade to parry it. They continue to clash, with Cinder's attacks becoming increasingly aggressive, but Raven continues to retreat, dodge or deflect most of her strikes rather than counterstrike, forcing the Fall Maiden to keep chasing her. When Raven finally counterattacks, both of them break their weapons again, causing an energy flare to fly up and strike the walls of the cavern. Cinder leaps back onto a stalagmite, conjures twin swords, and charges again; Raven re-equips her sword's red blade and does the same. As the Maidens throw everything they have at each other, their fight takes to the air, their attacks becoming more and more intense; both of them shatter their swords several times until they grab the other's weapon. Spheres of blue and orange energy begin to whirl around them, picking up debris and damaging the walls of the cavern. Cinder finally breaks away, using the debris to conjure a greatsword of fire; Raven counters with one made of ice. When they clash, the shockwave is so intense that tremors reach the main hall of Haven.
As they lock blades, stalactites begin to fall from the ceiling and both women jump back to avoid them, losing their greatswords in the process. Cinder suddenly extends her Grimm arm through the cloud of dust, pinning Raven against the elevator door by the throat. As her Shadow Hand starts to siphon Raven's Maiden powers, Raven glances upward and grins, raising her hand. Cinder conjures a sword to deflect her attack, but Raven instead aims at her feet, freezing the Fall Maiden in place. Stalactites crash down on Cinder; she deflects them, but is forced to release Raven, who leaps atop the falling rocks. Cinder breaks free and propels herself upward with fire, pursuing Raven.
The two of them engage in combat atop the falling rocks, with Raven landing a number of blows on Cinder, before they end up on the pathway of the vault again; the impact has pushed both their Auras to the breaking point, but Raven is the first to rise, asking a furious and winded Cinder if she's had enough yet. As Raven mocks Cinder's lack of strength and experience, a dying Vernal fires her weapon at Cinder from behind. Cinder spins around and deflects the shot, but Raven takes advantage of her distraction and charges Cinder at high speed. As Cinder turns, Raven strikes her face with a decisive blow that shatters her mask and hurls her over the ledge. Watching from above, Raven launches another spell at Cinder, encasing her in ice as she plunges into the abyss.
Aftermath[]
Raven thanks Vernal for her service, closes her eyes and opens the door to the Relic. However, as she is about to step in, Yang arrives and confronts her. During their conversation, she realizes that Raven is afraid of Salem, and manages to convince her to give her the Relic by stating it would make her a target instead. After Raven transforms into her bird form and makes a link with Taiyang Xiao Long to escape, Yang takes the Relic and begins to cry herself.
Following the Battle of Haven, Vernal's corpse was later removed from the Vault.
Cinder remains frozen in a body of water beneath the Vault until regaining consciousness and dragging herself out of the water and into the slums of Mistral. After being found by a woman who noticed her Shadow hand, Cinder kills her and takes her clothes and Lien while attempting to stay hidden from the public. She later attempts to locate Lil' Miss Malachite for information.
Trivia[]
- The giant elemental blades used during Cinder and Raven's fight were inspired by "Final Fantasy" [1]
Image Gallery[]
Vault of the Spring Maiden[]
Downfall[]
References[]
- ↑ Volume 5 Directors ' Commentary Chapter 13
Battle Pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|