Alright people lets do this one last time.

And it was a this point you realized this wasnt a new chapter and is instead a prolonged authors note instead.

Let me open with a quick apology on that front. 54 has not only been an interesting (difficult) chapter to work on and get right, but for inspiration I went back and started re-reading my own stuff from the beginning. I used to do this more often when I got stuck to help me piece together where everything was going. Though this was my first time doing it in more than a while. And you know what I realized?

Early KNGT needs help. A good amount of help. While I still think it does its job and is good in its own way, Im a MUCH better writer now than I was when I started this story. Not to say Im amazing, god no Im still a third rate hack, but my more recent stuff is better written and worded than my earlier stuff. Thats how growth works.

But at the same time I realized that some chapters, see chapter 3, needed more work than others. Currently Im reworking chapters 2-5 with 1 done and re-posted. For those of you who might be curious as to why Ive done this, I actually have a chapter by chapter breakdown of my reasoning.

Chapter 1: Kobalt

In my opinion the introductory chapter to the story and its primary character out of the four main leaves a good deal to be desired. Or left really, this ones been updated alongside this large A/N. While the changes arent huge I redid Kobalt's initial introduction as an amnesiac a tiny bit, showcased his fall without giving away his name, and had nature rip of his helmet so a head injury is a bit more believable. I went back and reworded a lot of stuff so it flows a bit better, the fight scene has been mostly redone, though the feel and outcome of it remain unchanged. Overall this chapter felt more like a touch up and cleaning than a rework so that way people getting into KNGT for the first time (if those people exist like I hope they do) than they will get something closer to my best right off the bat.

Chapter 2: Beacon

Our introduction to Nickole also needs more of a touch up than a full out rework, but with the hints of a rework towards the end. This is mostly because I feel her earlier chapters don't do a good enough job of getting across just who she is and what she is all about. I got better at writing her tactical method of combat as time went on, but her personality also felt a little off from what I wanted. She's nervous at the beginning, because who wouldnt be leaving home for the first time, but she's also more confident than I feel like I made her seem. She would take charge a little bit more than just going along for the ride like she does in her first chapter.

Chapter 3: A New Beginning

More like an altered initiation. In hindsight Chapter 3 is probably my least favorite of the early chapters and possibly my least favorite chapter overall. Chapter 10 might still say something about that really. Justin is my worst written character. Anyway back to Chapter 3, its pretty much a altered version of Season 1's initiation with different people and different Grimm. At the time, I thought the little similarities would be nice and a fun way to show how my characters would handle a similar situation as those of the main show. Now? Well now I think its lazy, cheap, and utterly inspiration. So this chapter is getting some of the biggest changes, ones that will start with the end of Chapter 2. Different version of the chapter all together, potential different partners for the eye contact half of initiation, different way of handling the Grimm, different introduction to team JADE. The works.

Chapter 4: A Dark Night

Maybe just a bit of an extension here, let everything sink in for the characters after Kobalt's flashback. Definitely a different first class, maybe with Oobleck instead of Port since I love that hyper maniac. So yeah, another more touch up chapter to bring it up to my current standards. Nothing major here, I actually like the way everyone reacts to Kobalt's first flashback. I think it really showcases how much Nickole honestly cares about the people around her even if she's only just gotten to know them, but I do want to do a better job of showing how Tristan helps by just being a normal friend to everyone.

Chapter 5: Out on the Town

Dear god what was I thinking here?! I had the perfect opportunity to showoff how well Nickole is able to fight with Kobalt despite just getting to know him and get their chemistry building even more, and I benched her so Kobalt could show off what a badass he is dealing with what's essentially RWBY's version of stormtroopers. Boring, cliche, and short sighted. Its even told from Nickole's perspective. Her perspective of watching Kobalt fight. So Im gonna let them both have some fun in this one blowing off steam and treating the night like it actually is a night out on the town for them. Full re-work here once they leave the dorm. Im also changing Kobalt's casual clothes when the go shopping and building their chemistry there as well.

That's it for now, honestly I think the earlier chapters after the first five are alright and dont need to many changes. At most some of them might need some new life breathed into them to bring them up a bit but none really need the changes as much as the first five really do. And its more because despite being the early chapters of KNGT's own story, they're not too great in some spots and are too similar to RWBY's early episodes to stand on their own.

But hey, if there's a chapter YOU think needs some work let me know. Dont tell me Chapter 10, that one is slated for another group of changes at some other time in the future. Once I figure out how to write Justin better. So any other chapter is fair game, if you think I could redo one better now and needs new life breathed into it or if you think one needs a full re-work with major changes feel free to PM me. I welcome the challenge!

Oh and dont worry, Chapter 54 will come out and eventually take over this AN. I just wanted to throw this up so both the changes Im working on are clear and understood. Plus this way if you want you can go back now, read the old versions (sans chapter 1, nothing really major there if youre already invested anyway) and see how Im going to improve them.