The Shadow of Remnant

(Shadow of Mordor and RWBY Crossover)

Follow the story of Siegfried, student of Beacon gifted in the Art of swordsmanship and stealth gifted with otherworldly powers, more specifically the powers of the Wraith.

When Siegfried was a child he loved to wander the outside world, living in settlements beyond the walls gave him this opportunity to do so his parents were kind and loving and his father (being a retired Hunter) wanted to send his son into one of the many Hunter Academies throughout Remnant, Siegfried had no issue with learning to become a hunter with the goal of protecting his settlement from the Grimm that would seek to kill them.

When he was only 5 years old young Siegfried discovered a set of old ruins crafted completely out of marble, he made the place his own personal playground for many years and played with his friends until the age of 15, on this day his life changed forever the other settlers believed it was no longer safe to stay near the ruins due to increasing Grimm attacks.

"Mother!" young Siegfried called

"Yes dear?" his mother called back

"Can I go visit the ruins?" He begged "Just one last time, Please?"

"Oh I don't know" she smirked "I think you should ask your father as well"

"Alright, thanks Mom" Before leaning in and giving his mother a kiss on the cheek and brief hug before rushing out the door.

"Father?!" He shouted

"Yes my son?" His father replied

"Can I go to the ruins?"

His father put his hands on his hips before furrowing his brow in thought, after what felt like five minutes of silence he gave his answer.

"Alright, but be back before midday" He said gruffly "Stay safe okay?"

His son was already halfway towards the trees as soon as he said 'Alright'

Chuckling to himself the retired hunter moved towards the other settlers to help prepare to leave.

Siegfried sprinted as fast as he could through the thick trees towards the ruins, jogging up the stone staircase and before heading on inside to wander for the next few hours.

His favourite section of the ruins was the throne room, a wide hall that opened up to the throne room itself, he would remember pretending to be a king or servant to his friends when they were children a wave of nostalgia washing over him like a warm blanket on a cold winter's night.

Before an earthshattering boom blasted through the peacefulness of the wilderness. Rushing from the ruins he made his way towards camp, when he reached the home however he found out he was too late.

The cabins were smouldering ruins the watchtowers were laid low splotches of red stained the soil and grass, husks of what once were the neighbours and friends of his family laid on the grass their lifeless eyes gazing up to the heavens, others were burnt beyond recognition their charred bodies scattered among the debris giving off a putrid smell. His friends laid in a heap their blood stained the grass beneath them.

Armed men and women scoured the camp firing off their guns every so often before all could be heard was the crackling of burning wood but the one feature he will always remember the masks they wore, they were the White Fang. Fleeing the scene blinded by his own tears he stumbled and fell several times as he ran away from his former home making a beeline to the ruins. There he spent hours upon hours wallowing in his sorrow and grief until he could cry no more, and his world faded to black

"Child"

The boy perked up suddenly after what felt like hours upon hours of sadness and grief, his eyes puffed up and swollen from the tears, he looked up a bright blue light floated a few feet away from him.

"You have suffered much….too much for any child to bear" the ethereal voice whispered

"W-W-Who are you?" he asked weakly

"I….do not remember" the voice replied "but I know who you are Siegfried, I have watched you throughout your time here as a child"

"How? I have never seen you anywhere, I've explored every single place in these ruins"

"Ah but that is where you are wrong child, I appear to you in this realm of existence but I have watched you from a different one" it answered

"Why appear to me now? WHY NOW OF ALL TIMES?!" he roared

"I understand your grief child, vengeance is what you desire yes?" It asked "it is a common reaction for mortals"

Siegfried nodded slowly as he glared at the orb of light

"Then allow me into impart with you the means to do so these ruins were once your playground, starting today they will be your training ground, Come follow me"

Following the orb through the halls they came to the throne room before the orb came to rest at the throne itself.

"Sit"

Siegfried complied, the orb floated closer before tendrils of light extended from it, before placing them on his temples.

"Relax child, this will only take a moment"

The boy could only gulp in reply, his eyes widened as memories rushed into his mind.

A hooded figure stood alone in a grassy plane an ornate longsword strapped to his back, next to it was a single edged dagger, standing around him were hordes of the ugliest beings Siegfried had ever seen, and they wore crude armour and were armed with various weapons.

Most carried a one handed axe or sword smaller and sticklike ones stood behind armed with throwing spears and crossbows, meatier ones held tall shields with wicked spears as well as dual wielding axes or swords.

The hooded figure drew his sword before entering a battle stance, the boy noticed glowing letters of an unknown language etched into the hilt and the flat of the blade the same went for the small dagger as well.

One of the creatures grew impatient and charged at him, sensing this the hooded man struck first before the creature could even lift his sword the blade leaving a faint blue trail with each swing before finishing it by parrying a clumsy attempt at a chop before weaving behind the creature and stabbing it in the head, the blade piercing through its skull sending out a spurt of black blood.

Another attempted to attack from behind using an overhead swing, taking a few steps back the man kicked the creature in the belly sending him sprawling into his comrades, pirouetting away before slashing a random bystander across the chest, however this one was different the creature wore thicker armor, his helmet was designed with a human skull designed mouthguard.

"MAN FILTH" it roared

The Human turned around just in time before blocking an overhead smash both of them refusing to yield they drew in closer.

"Filthy shrakh I'm gonna gut you and feed you to me boys, they sound mighty hungry eheheheeee"

Siegfried watched in awe as the one man dispatched the hordes of creatures that came his way, as the fight kept progressing the man's sword glowed bright blue and soon the weaker grunts were falling by the dozen with a single swing, leaving only the unique one behind.

"Enough!" It crowed "I'll live to fight another day…and then….I'll KILL YOU!" he began to run away blood pouring from his sword arm and leg, turning his attempt at running more into painful limping

Taking a step back the man sprinted after him, but it seemed this one was very fast despite his size, in a blue flash a bow appeared in his hands, drawing it back before letting loose an ethereal arrow. And within a blink of an eye the creature fell to the ground the arrow piercing through the back of its knee

"Whoa" was all that came out of the boy's mouth, before he watched the man walk over to the creature as it howled in pain.

Grabbing the creature by the face he lifted him so that they were both level with each other, however the monster could only moan in pain as it was too weak to retaliate.

"Nani Ichîr Gelar Mordor" the man spoke his voice layered with another's before the ghostly image of a rotting figure in armor replaced the man

The boy watched astounded as the man withdrew his hand away from the monster a bright glowing handprint marked the creature its eyes glowed the same as his new master.

"W-What did he do?" he asked

"He branded the Orc" the orb replied "Dominating its will and bringing it into his fold"

"Will I be able to do that?"

And with a bright flash of light the orb dissipated its sparks floating onto the boy before dissolving into his body, suddenly he felt stronger, faster and smarter.

"I have imparted with you how to fight as the man did, but you must still put those moves into practice" the voice spoke again but this time it was in his head

"Why are you helping me?" the boy asked

"They say to never look a gift-horse in the mouth, yes?" the voice countered "Now the question is, are you willing to train under my guidance and endure the many hardships placed before you, so that one day you may avenge your family?"

"When do we start?" the boy asked eagerly as his eyes glowed intensely

And thus begins the two long hard years' worth of training, slaying Grimm and sabotaging White Fang movements throughout Remnant (all from the age of 15-17 mind you) under the care of the Bright One. Young Siegfried has abandoned his childhood innocence for the sake of justice and in time, Vengeance.

2 years later

The Ruins had also outlived its usefulness and so the Bright One and Siegfried had searched for a closer location to civilisation but also one where he can spy on his bitter adversaries, the White Fang.

From the various amounts of stockpiles Siegfried had stolen from the White Fang he was able to acquire enough money from the stolen goods for rent in a decent apartment block.

Throughout those two years Siegfried was imparted with various important pieces of information regarding the origin of his powers, he was taught about the land of Middle Earth, its cultures its people and its history all the way from the 1st era to the 4th era all from the same method the Bright one used to show young Siegfried the Gravewalker and his potential

Siegfried now 17 years old is eligible to join Beacon Academy to attend was his father's dream and so he finds himself honour bound to enter in order fulfil his father's dream, the one problem he has however is signing up due to no access to formal education and no form of graduation from any prerequisite schools, His father's goals seemed so far more distant than they did before.

"How am I going to be able to join?" Siegfried muttered to himself pacing around the throne room before stopping by at a table on it were a list of items that were needed to be purchased from a certain Dust store in Beacon.

"Damn forgot I needed to resupply on dust" he muttered to himself walking over to his dresser he suited up in his regular armour (A wise man once said: Before all else be armed) before making his way down the street to the store From Dust Til' Dawn

Picking out his usual selection of dust ammunition (10 of each element) before bringing them to the counter.

"Just the usual" he said nonchalantly

The old man simply nodded in reply before scanning the boxes

What was once a simple supply run was interrupted when a rather well dressed man walked into the store, several thugs followed him in as well.

Once the items were purchased he moved to the side sorting the boxes of ammunition on the counter, seemingly indifferent from the armed intruders, sneaking through the aisles he activated his Wraith Vision. The man and his thugs were obviously hostile judging by their red auras within his vision, but the leader's was more vibrant indicating he was tougher than the rest of the hostile figures.

"Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Dust Shop open this late?" their leader asked

"Please, just take my Lien and leave!" the shopkeeper begged

"Shhh Shhh Shhh calm down we're not here got your money" the man cooed before his mood took a complete 180 "Grab the Dust"

As the men got to work extracting the dust from the store, Siegfried made his way to one of the other goons probably armed in order to control any civilians who got in the way. Sneaking up from behind he pulled him into a sleeper hold before branding him.

"Hey kid! Put your hands up where I can see 'em" one of the goons shouted but red hooded girl ignored him

"Hey I said put your hands in the mph-"the goons' cries were silenced as Siegfried branded him as well, bending down to pick up the thugs' glasses he returned them to their owner before the thug walked away as if nothing happened.

Making his way towards the girl he tapped her on the shoulder lightly, he could hear the rock music she was listening to through her headphones.

"Oh I'm sorry!" she apologised as she took off her headphones "Is my music too loud?"

He shook his head before turning his head towards the thief and his goons who have nearly finished extracting the dust.

"A-are we being robbed?" She asked

Siegfried shrugged in response as if saying "possibly"

However one of the other goons making rounds noticed their interaction.

"Hey YOU!" he shouted "hands up!"

The girl rushed forward before kicking him into a wall alerting all the others in the area.

"Dammit" Siegfried grumbled "there goes my subtlety"

"Freeze!" a goon shouted the girl responded by jumping out the window?

Causing the other goons and their leader to look through the window in confusion, only to see the girl take out a large rectangular box before it folded out into a scythe, Siegfried drew his sword twirling it in his hand before taking a battle stance letting his eyes glow briefly to taunt them.

Two of the goons charged towards him one went for a cleave whilst the other went for a thrust preparing himself he parried the cleave before a faint ethereal clone appeared as Siegfried pirouetted away from the thrust intercepting the stab with its own sword.

"Well thought out" The Bright one commented

"Why thank you mentor" Siegfried replied before kicking a goon away

Whilst he was fighting however, the leader of the group of thieves had escaped to the rooftops of a nearby building with the girl in hot pursuit, Siegfried called upon his Wraith powers forcing his two branded goons to fight against the others as he too followed them up to the rooftops.

"Hey!" the girl shouted attempting to get his attention

"Persistent….." He muttered under his breath

A large Bullhead pulled up from the building, the thief climbing aboard he shouted back to the two of us

"End of the line red!" he pulled out a large red dust crystal before winding his arm up ready to throw

Before he could release however I had already transformed Gleaming Brilliance into a bow before pulling the string, an arrow of pure wind appeared in my hands. Time slowed down as the thief's hand shot forward indicating he had just thrown.

Slowly taking in a deep breath I pulled the string back a little more after a brief moment of silence

1….

2…..

3….

Time seemed to speed up again before a massive explosion blasted against the machine, the arrow had struck true detonating the red dust crystal before it even reached them, but was not enough to bring it down, activating his Wraith vision he saw a second figure within the Bullhead and her aura...

There were no words to describe the intensity of this woman's aura it was the deepest red, the colour of blood it shimmered here and there but the darkness within it was too painful to look at.

"By the Rings" The Bright one murmured "This power….."

"I've never seen anything like it, and it scares me" Siegfried murmured

"Retreat Siegfried, we are not prepared to face this one just yet" The bright one called within my head

"As you wish" he replied

Their mental conversation however was interrupted when a woman was standing in front of them, her hair was the colour of straw and her eyes were green and were covered by a pair of spectacles, she wore a white blouse matched with a black corset and a small cape draping behind her.

In her hand however was…a riding crop?

With swift decisive movements she began to launch shards of dust infused debris at the Bullhead, the female figure however had appeared at the side of the Bullhead her arms and dress were glowing bright orange sending out blasts of fire at the debris.

"Well I've seen it all" Siegfried muttered "grown women casting spells with a the bread and butter tools of a dominatrix"

Through all the smoke for and explosions the Bullhead had escaped disappearing into the night sky

-Siegfried POV-

The next thing I know I'm in thrown in an interrogation room with the crazy scythe girl right next to me, the poor lass is shaking uncontrollably and mumbling about how screwed she was. I couldn't really care less about what would happen to me, I mean I've already walked through the fiery jaws of hell living beyond civilisation for my whole life, and the pain of failing to say goodbye to his family and friends nor the chance to give them a proper burial.

My thoughts were disturbed however when the door opened the woman from earlier was the first to walk in following him was a man. His hair was grey and his eyes were filled with hidden intelligence he wore an outfit of varying shades of green and wore a pair of polarised spectacles, however the big question is: Who is this man? And why is he carrying a plate of cookies?

"Ruby Rose" he said as he strode into the room then leaned closer as if inspecting a dissected animal

"You have….silver eyes" he murmured

"U-umm" was all she could say

"So" the man interrupted "Where did you learn to do this?" turning his attention to a flat metal screen showing the girl a replay of all the events that occurred before hand.

"S-Signal Academy?" she replied

"They taught you to wield one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" he questioned

"W-well one teacher in particular" was her response

"I see…" the man said before placing the plate of baked goods before her, and in a matter of moments the girl gobbled all of the cookies up.

"And you" he said turning his attention to me "Where did you learn to do this?" the woman beside him swiped at the screen to show a short playback of me branding the thief's goons as well as taking out the rest out in the street,

"A friend" was my answer not willing to entrust this mysterious figure with any information regarding the Bright one or my Wraith Powers

"Hmmm" he hummed

"Where are you from?" he asked

"Away from the kingdoms that's for sure" I replied

"Oh you are a settler?" He asked

"My father was a retired hunter, my mother was a doctor" I replied heavily any talk regarding what happened two years ago was painful

"I apologise I did not know" He said "Why don't we start again, I'm Professor Ozpin"

"Siegfried"

"Well Siegfried, how old are you?"

"17 years old why?"

"Other than my name do you know who I am?"

In all honesty I have no precursor knowledge about this man, judging by his posture and looks he was of high stature in some faculty but alas no metaphorical bells were rung.

"Of course" Ruby Rose butted in "You're the Headmaster of Beacon Academy"

Thranduil's eyebrows now I feel stupid

Professor Ozpin smirked at my shocked expression, well now I know who this man is.

After a brief moment of silence the professor spoke again

"Would you like to join my academy?" he asked the both of us

"More than anything" Ruby practically shouted

"Sign me up Professor"

Professor Ozpin smiled