KNIGHTFALL / ARCFURNACE CENTRAL

A Rentry Collection dedicated to the shipping of Jaune Arc and Cinder Fall: The Star-Crossed Romance of Knight and Dragon

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Base Tag-List: Drama/Angst, Humor/Comedy, Smut/Lemon, Hurt, Comfort, Wholesome, Serious, Romance, Supernatural, Fantasy/Adventure, Crack
Statuses: Complete/In-Progress/Hiatus
Ratings: Explicit/Mature, General or K, K+, T, M, MA

SHORT-FICS / ONE SHOTS

Bullseye

Author: ForgottenChaosX | Status: Complete | Rating: M | Tags: Drama, Humor, Smut/Lemon
Summary: Things don't go as planned while Cinder practices her aim, and it only grows worse a blonde haired knight throws her off forcing her to look into alternative forms of stress relief. OneShot Written with help from OrganOfFlames.
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11963771/1/Bullseye | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/v8f5xm.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) Among the earliest complete (decently-written) KnightFall fics. It's primarily a lemon fic with an initial plot point similar to Coeur's Stress Relief (listed in Long Fics), but still a good premise, with Jaune and Cinder being in-character making it enjoyable. Honestly leaving the rest of the story up to interpretation by the reader is a fun way to end it. | Assessment: 7/10

Hate is a Flame Born of Passion

Author: Constable Paperbag | Status: Complete | Rating: M | Tags: Romance, Angst
Summary: Confinement can sometimes be a virtue. A pity the boy beneath her was too stubborn to realise that.
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12925476/1/Hate-is-a-Flame-Born-of-Passion | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/gubhzl.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) A smutty oneshot encapsulating sexual tension between a femme fatale and a stoic knight. The characters are relatively true to their actual selves. The worst part of this is that it's only a one-shot, although the tantalizing cliffhanger ending lets a reader imagine where and how things could go for these attracted opposites. | Assessment: 8/10

Where The Magic Happens

Author: Selene Sokal | Status: Complete | Rating: Mature | Tags: Humor/Comedy, Smut,
Summary: The Vytal Talent Show is a place where Jaune thinks he can impress his classmates. He's always had a knack for sleight-of-hand magic, and while it's nothing compared to cutting a ten foot monster bear down with a massive scythe, it's at least a unique skill. What he doesn't know, however, is people who are used to seeing the supernatural as part of their day-to-day aren't expecting it to just be a trick, and people who know that magic is real... are primed to see an actual magician before their eyes.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/59781226/chapters/152487181 | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/a35fo8.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) A short story embracing early RWBY's playful-serious story dynamic. With inspiration from RWBY Chibi's talent show, it uses the common comedy trope 'Mistaken for Badass' and plays it straight, enhancing the comedy while creating an actually decent story. Had me grinning within the first few sentences. | Assessment: 9/10

Fighting Back

Author: DardalionWrites | Status: Complete | Rating: Explicit | Tags: Smut
Summary: Cinder needed a way into Beacon and Roman had the answer - including blackmail on a young huntsman known as Jaune Arc. Posing as the boy's shotgun wife would be annoying, but he was rightly afraid of her and she could get rid of him at any point. Little did she know that Jaune's been there before, and that this time he's not prepared to sit back and let someone hurt his friends again because of his cowardice. He won't stand by as she harms Beacon, and if he has his way she won't be able to stand either. He was blackmailed once before and Cardin learned the error of his ways. So would Cinder
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/26927815 | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/szfahw.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) Like most of Dardalion's stuff this is PWP (Porn with Plot). That said, it's definitely well written smut and doesn't feel far out of character, mostly preserving suspension of disbelief as one reads the erotica. | Assessment: 7/10

Cin-ful Schemes

Author: Sunset Hunting | Status: Complete | Rating: M | Tags: Romance, Supernatural, AU
Summary: A Knightfall Halloween special: With the Halloween dance just around the corner, and with his dating life being practically nonexistent, Jaune accidentally gets more than he was expecting while searching for other methods of getting a date.
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14155359/1/Cin-ful-Schemes | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/jmvjvy.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) A mostly wholesome Halloween short featuring Cinder as a succubus summoned by Jaune with a ritual. Though big for a oneshot at 16K words, it's a mostly engaging, more jovial take similar to longer fics with Jaune and Devil!Cinder | Assessment: 7/10

LONG STORIES

A Monster's Marriage

Author: Jiu-jitsu dude | Status: Complete | Rating: T | Tags: Romance, Crack, Comedy
Summary: She was a harbinger of darkness, a killer, a monster...and she was happily married to a man who had no idea.
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12986165/1/A-Monster-s-Marriage | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/kddqzm.pdf
Short Epilogue Fic: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13136634/1/A-Monster-s-Family | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/dtgg4a.pdf
Summary: She was a monster. He was most definitely something else...they made it work. A series of one-shots based on 'A Monster's Marriage.'
Notes: (RSDxD) It definitely has some crack-ish, AU aspects to the story and really encapsulates the vibes of the early perception of Cinder and Jaune as characters in the V3 era of RWBY; The Loveable Loyal Goofball Knight meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon-Lady. It has the same vibe as all those "drunk marriage" fics except done well. Not everyone's cup of tea but still wholesome and funny. | Assessment: 8/10

Stress Relief

Author: Coeur Al'Aran | Status: Complete | Rating: M | Tags: Romance, Tragedy, Serious
Summary: In a world where your allies can be just as dangerous as your enemies, sometimes it can be difficult for a criminal mastermind to find a little stress relief. That blonde idiot, Jaune, was just unimportant enough, just malleable enough, to be a viable option. It was meant to be a one time thing, an easy lay. Emotions were never supposed to get involved.
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11655241/1/Stress-Relief | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/0swgxr.pdf
TV-Tropes Page: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/StressReliefRWBY
Notes: (RSDxD) Among the first full-length KnightFall fics and one of the few that is complete. While initially a benchmark for the ship, it also helped introduce/perpetuate many of the worst Cinder fan-tropes (e.g. promiscuity), 'helped' by Coeur being (in)famously a prodigious and influential RWBY fan-writers, whose fanons and opinions impacted the fandom's general approach to many characters and plot points. Despite the ending, it's still decently written overall, in part because it's an early-Couer fic; before he habitually bashed caricaturesque "characters" or forcedly inserted his political views. The careless sex is ambivalent to me, but to be fair it's meant to set up her broken character more, considering that at the time of writing, Cinder had little background other being an agent of Salem, who herself was mostly an unknown. The introspective moments of her dislike for weakness and 'kind fools' yet still putting on a mask for them is interesting, lending a "relationship doomed from the start" feel that I have morbid appreciation for; as Cinder finally accepts her feelings, it's already too late, just like real life and her allegiance to Salem binds her to the path she was on, so she can only play the villain before finally proving her supposed façade for Jaune was, in fact, real love. | Assessment: 7/10

Painting Penance

Author: jupitermonkey4 | Status: Complete | Rating: T | Tags: Romance, Comfort, Drama
Summary: Jaune hasn't had a home since he lost his friends, not since the world truly fell apart. But when he enters into a curious arrangement with Remnant's most dangerous artist, only time will tell if he's ready to find a new one.
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13094394/1/Painting-Penance | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/7azwcc.pdf
Notes: (EmperorLuffy) A Knightfall classic. It's a very warm and cozy fic involving Jaune and Cinder bonding in a post-canon post-apocalyptic remnant. Suspension of disbelief may struggle a bit in their first encounter. The narrative device the story uses to entangle them together can be hard to belief for some but once you push past that the rest of the fic is absolutely worth it. Plenty of great moments throughout and an ending that feels like the ending to a great book. | Assessment: 8/10

In His Kindness

Author: Sunset Hunting | Status: In-Progress | Rating: T | Tags: Romance, Redemption, Serious
Summary: He was nothing special; gangly, awkward, and worst of all... weak, but Jaune Arc had a habit of making himself known, and he was a fool if he thought she would’nt notice.
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13943970/1/In-His-Kindness | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/3o2o5n.pdf
Notes: (EmperorLuffy) For those of you take issue with how Cinder is portrayed in Stress Relief this could be considered the superior version of that story since it treats Cinder like an actual character. Lots of pleasant creative choices are made throughout. Very well written when it comes to it's dialogue, prose, action scenes and Cinder's emotional narrative.
(RSDxD) Characters aren't OOC, scenes and environment are described lushly without purple prose and the interactions between Cinder & Jaune are heartfelt and genuine. | Assessment: 9/10

Knightfall: A Jaune Arc x Cinder Fall Love Story

Author: NoXIV | Status: Permanent Hiatus | Rating: K+ | Tags: Romance, Drama
Summary: Jaune Arc. Student, leader of Team JNPR and... a subordinate of the Queen of The Grimm, Salem. Because of his help, Cinder was able to effectively defeat Ozpin and cause the collapse of Beacon Academy. Now, their mission completed, they return to their Mistress.
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13989470/1/Knightfall-A-Jaune-Arc-x-Cinder-Fall-Love-Story | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/ai7j99.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) A unique take on Jaune being Salem's mole at Beacon that doesn't use the usual fantropes of "evil Jaune" which often get used for such stories, nor does it dive into crack. Most characters are not OOC and it provides an interesting AU. | Assessment: 8/10

The Distance Which Fools the Skimming Eye

Author: onewomancitadel (a.k.a Seraphina) | Status: Incomplete, On Hiatus | Rating: Explicit | Tags: Serious, Introspection
Summary: Jaune Arc, in a fit of either madness or compassion, healed a mortally wounded Cinder Fall. The consequences were thus: another enemy whom he cannot kill, and an Aura bond.
In the thin cleave of shadow, he saw her, aflame, and she stared back.
Link(s): https://archiveofourown.org/works/33326335/chapters/82760464 | https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13959610/1/The-Distance-Which-Fools-the-Skimming-Eye (abandoned on FFN) | https://onewomancitadel.tumblr.com/ | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/eitfyj.pdf
Notes: (EmperorLuffy) Practically required reading for most Knightfall fans. It's probably one of the original Knightfall fics that got people into the ship. It's strengths involve being one of the few Knightfall fics to actually take the ship seriously and has no issue leaning in to the drama of dating someone on the opposite side of a war. The crux of the story is the dynamic between Jaune & Cinder. Their interactions are the cream filling that makes this fic a delicious meal to dig into as you see not just how they grow and connect but all the things they already had in common. However it uses interesting prose and dialogue that may take some getting used to for most people.
(RSDxD) The fanfic is an interesting serious take on the ship, although at first read it can have a bit of an almost detached energy to it, as if describing the scenes through a looking glass. | Assessment: 8/10

The One Known By Many Names

Author: onewomancitadel (a.k.a Seraphina) | Status: Complete | Rating: Explicit | Tags: Romance, Kidnapping, Pregnancy
Summary: 'I have no idea how this came to mind but a crack prompt that I thought of is that Cinder somehow captured Jaune and on their way to their destination, they have to share a bed since there’s only one in the room.' -prompt by iressent; Cinder kidnapped Jaune, as all dark things longed for sweet things.
Link(s): https://archiveofourown.org/works/33971299/chapters/84486028 | https://onewomancitadel.tumblr.com/ | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/kshqjd.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) Personally my favorite Seraphina fic. Short n' sweet, and reminds me of old cloak and dagger stories where a woman's lovemaking makes a bad man change his ways, only here it's reversed. | Assessment: 9/10

After Happily Ever After

Author: Deferonz | Status: Complete | Rating: T | Tags: Romance, Serious, Hurt, Comfort
Summary: After Salem's defeat, the seven hunters who bested her settled down. Ren and Nora to Mistral. Yang and Blake to Menagerie. Ruby to Vale. Weiss to Atlas. Jaune… didn't settle. He wandered, as if in search of an answer to the questions he carried. Through talking with his old friends, allies, and even enemies, perhaps he'll find what it is he's been looking for these last five years.
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14163700/1/After-Happily-Ever-After | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/dbzkw5.pdf
Notes: (EmperorLuffy) This fic gets a lot right. While I have some mild annoyance with the portrayal of Jaune the fic tells a well written story about how the Heroes deal with life after having saved the world, however the real gem in this fic are of course the interactions between Jaune & Cinder and how they develop as a result. Though it's mostly in the background for most of the fic the final chapter is where everything culminates and it makes everything worth it in the end. | Assessment: 8/10

The Pro-Jaune Argument

Author: Lurk Duck | Status: In-Progress, On Hiatus | Rating: T | Tags: Drama, Humor
Summary: In an unlikely turn of events, Jaune Arc managed to clutch a partner to the Beacon Dance at the very last second. This ripple in the timeline may come back to haunt him as future events unfold, however.
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14304698/1/The-Pro-Jaune-Argument | PDF: (As of April 8, 2025) https://files.catbox.moe/2oyyyy.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) A solid story providing a fun dynamic similar to In His Kindness wherein Cinder tries her wiles with Jaune to use him, only to get genuinely drawn to him and his boyish charm. In the spirit of OG RWBY, the descriptions and scenes are light-hearted and fun while remaining true to the source material. At times it made me laugh and as the Greeks say; Το γέλιο κάνει καλό στην υγεία! | Assessment: 9/10

Auras and Alibis

Author: Obsequium Minaris | Status: In-progress | Rating: M | Tags: Romance, Serious, Wholesome, AU
Summary: He was a boy, she was a girl, could it be any more obvious? He was a nurse, she was Vale's biggest and meanest supervillain hiding in plain sight. Welcome to Auras and Alibis.
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14249809/1/Auras-and-Alibis | PDF: (As of April 10, 2025) https://files.catbox.moe/1oi8ia.pdf
Notes: (EmperorLuffy) This fic takes an interesting direction from most Knightfall fics. Instead of the highly favored Enemies to Lovers style of romance this is more of a straight forward True Love romance. Jaune & Cinder are already together and she loved him right from the moment she met him. However what's delicious about the fic is the underlying tension concerning Cinder's hidden secret. Much like A Monster's Marriage Jaune has no idea of Cinder's evil however here the drama and fear of him one day finding out looms over her in a much more serious manner than that fic. Their dynamic is incredible and the author manages to capture the depiction of a highly functional relationship between two people who are very much in love. A brilliant fic that would be an absolute 10 if it were complete. | Assessment: 7/10

Odyssey of a Knight and His Maiden

Author: Onyx_Gungnir | Status: In-Progress | Rating: Mature | Tags: Hurt, Comfort, Romance, Adventure
Summary: A wandering thought is enough to change the course of a story. At least, it was enough to Jaune Arc to embark on a trip to stop the end of the world, which after the Fall of Atlas changed. During his journey, Jaune encounters an unexpected ally—an old enemy turned companion. Jaune and Cinder must confront both their past and the demons within themself.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/52629703/chapters/133124530 FFN Alt https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14309308/1/Odyssey-of-a-Knight-and-His-Maiden | PDF: (As of April 10, 2025) https://files.catbox.moe/tuodw8.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) A speculation on V10 by an author coming straight off of V9. The interesting premise depicts a dynamic between Jaune and Cinder, whilst addressing his struggles after The Ever After. The story picks up with Jaune, physically young, but mentally still the same age as when he was the Rusted Knight. That long isolation alienates him from his team, his friends, so he leaves, unable to bear it. In the midst of his personal struggle to overcome the psychological trauma of his past, he stumbles across Cinder, and they find themselves having much more in common than before. It's well written and rather original, as its premise came out before RWBY: Beyond. | Assessment: 8/10

The Purpose of Power

Author: Logar3 | Status: In-Progress | Rating: T | Tags: Romance, Drama
Summary: A sudden surge of Grimm during a Combat Exercise causes Jaune to unlock his Semblance far earlier than he would normally have, and his ability to amplify Aura intrigues the power-hungry Cinder Fall. With one scheming to steal the other's complete loyalty for her agenda, and the other scheming to be a true friend to a seemingly lonely girl, how will Remnant's fate be affected?
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14359578/1/The-Purpose-of-Power | PDF: (As of April 8, 2025) https://files.catbox.moe/z0ciyh.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) A solid fic that takes a simple premise combined with the Knightfall ship and turns into an interesting progression between Cinder and Jaune, where their relationship goes from exploiting one another to becoming friends and more. Set in V2/3. Similar to In His Kindness in that it takes a similar approach to Stress Relief, but better. | Assessment: 9/10

Where did I go right?

Author: JAlban | Status: In-Progress | Rating: General | Tags: Slow-Burn, Hurt, Comfort
Summary: Cinder’s attempt to steal the Fall Maiden’s power went horribly wrong. Now weakened, heavily injured, and stranded in the middle of a remote forest, she has little hope of survival—until fate (or sheer dumb luck) intervenes. Jaune Arc, an idealistic dork with dreams of becoming a Huntsman. He doesn’t recognize her. He doesn’t fear her. And, for some reason, he insists on helping her. What starts as an inconvenient act of kindness soon spirals into something neither of them expected. Cinder finds herself in an unfamiliar role: a reluctant mentor to an ambitious fool with too much heart and not nearly enough skill. OR: How Jaune Arc accidentally redeemed a pyromaniac, strength-obsessed war criminal.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57378943/chapters/145969546 | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/9noc8v.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) An interesting take on a Cinder without Maiden powers; rather than losing them, here she fails to gain them and suffers for it, escaping by the skin of her teeth and falling into the care of Jaune. The story is a slow-burn in developing Jaune and Cinder's relationship, but the tempo is appropriate and it's quite AU with how (so far) the story takes place away from the main plot of V1-3. | Assessment: 8/10

Cinderella's Obsession

Author: reza0807 | Status: Permanent Hiatus | Rating: M | Tags: Romance, Yandere
Summary: Destiny is a tricky thing. Especially when a fate encounter between Jaune and a servant girl, whose life has been nothing short of a living hell, leads to a rather unhealthy obsession with the male Arc. A single act of kindness can lead to a twisted destiny. And Cinder has no intentions of letting her knight in shining armor go. Jaune x Yandere! Cinder
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13849436/1/Cinderella-s-Obsession | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/wh87uj.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) Unfortunately unfinished, this story came off the revelations of Cinder's past at the Glass Unicorn. Her suffering there brings about a sort of craziness, and the focus of it is the one person that showed her real kindness then; Jaune. The memory keeps her going until a chance meeting at Beacon. Cinder is more over the top, befitting her mixed-Yandere* depiction. The characters are otherwise their canon selves. The only criticism I levy is that some of the dialogue and descriptions are odd, imitating Light Novel translations in how over the top Cinder appears at times, but that's stylistic choice.
* The Author explains; After looking up various kinds of yandere personalities, this version of Cinder (isn't) the "I'm going to stab you because I love you" kind. Rather, she's going to be a mix of suuhai-gata (worship), ison-gata (dependence), shuumatsu-gata (final type), and jiko-gisei-gata (self-sacrifice) by borrowing aspects from these kinds of yandere. | Assessment: 7/10

Heartburn

Author: EstimatedProphet | Status: In-Progress | Rating: M | Tags: Romance, Yandere, Drama
Summary: Cinder Fall didn't use to believe in destiny. That is, not until she found him. To Jaune Arc, it was just a simple act of kindness, one he would quickly forget about. It meant nothing to him. To Cinder, it was the most important thing to ever happen to her. He became her destiny, and now that she was finally free, she would be damned if she couldn't have him.
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14314216/1/Heartburn | PDF: (As of April 8th, 2025) https://files.catbox.moe/txsggc.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) Very similar to Cinderella's Obsession, but far more complete and written more like a normal story, as opposed to the Light Novel stylization of the previous one; Jaune's moment of kindness from a chance crossing of paths with Cinder in their childhoods leads to an obsession, an obsessive love that drives her actions in this story. Interestingly her obsessive personality here, comes onto Jaune strongly despite her attempts to be 'normal' and it creates an interesting tension of where the relationship will go and how it might end. Reading the later chapters, with things coming to a head caused a swooping sensation, like going too fast on a motorcycle and barely controlling the bike; will you be able to slow down or will you crash?
One wants Cinder to be happy, but at the same time it's like being in the passengers seat, unable to pump the brakes and prevent a possible crash and burn of a wild ride. | Assessment: 9/10

Obsidian Tear

Author: SixthrougheleveN | Status: Permanent Hiatus |Rating: T | Tags: Hurt, Comfort, Romance, AU
Summary: In which Cinder Fall's cries were heard, and she was able to start living for once, for real, surrounded by a real family that would help patch up the hurt deep within her fragile, wounded soul. Now she's enrolling for Beacon Academy with lifelong confidant, Jaune, ready to make a change. But first thing's first, she just needs to partner up with him…
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14176929/1/Obsidian-Tear | PDF: (As of April 10, 2025) https://files.catbox.moe/xe0dfk.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) An AU based on "what if the Arc Patriarch found Cinder at the Glass Unicorn and took her with him." Jaune and Cinder have a childhood friendship dynamic and Cinder is still recognizably Cinder, just one that was rescued and given a loving family. Overall similar to the more common fics where Summer Rose adopts Cinder. | Assessment: 8/10

Tending Embers

Author: RustyWriter99 | Status: In-progress | Rating: T | Tags: Romance, Adventure, Drama, Hurt, Comfort, Time-Travel
Summary: Imagine Cinder, finding a tattered children's book, hiding it away before anyone saw, and reading it by moonlight. Imagine her reading of the heroic knight protecting his companions and sacrificing himself to save the girl. Imagine her living for so long, so terribly, on the forlorn hope of a kind knight coming to save and protect her. And then, one day the crush of her dreams actually arrives.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51408886/chapters/129911722 | PDF:
Notes: (EmperorLuffy) One of the few fics that intends to explore the idea of Jaune as the Rusted Knight going back in time to save a young Cinder. Basically allowing her to be saved by her fairy tale hero. Cute concept but it goes a step further by including a grander plot that takes the story in a much more unique direction than most time travel fics. Even including a whole new threat to tangle with as opposed to just battling Salem as most fics tend to do. | Assessment: 8/10

CROSSOVERS

Stories crossing over with other Fandoms and/or Ships that include KnightFall such as Burning Lancaster (Cinder and Ruby x Jaune)

Black Sun, Blood Moon

Author: Obsequium Minaris | Status: In-Progress | Rating: M | Tags: Serious, Hurt, Comfort, Adventure, Survival
Summary: It all started at the Fall of Beacon, when four lives became intertwined with the sudden intervention of two types of magic. When it was over, they found themselves in a strange, far-away, hellish land, completely unfamiliar to all of them. Now stuck there, the four must learn to survive and try to find a way back to Remnant, lest they all be lost to the Zone.
Crossover Type: RWBY x S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14116685/1/Black-Sun-Blood-Moon | PDF: (As of April 18, 2025) https://files.catbox.moe/c87qxk.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) A uniquely well written fic with an unexpected crossover of two fandoms that barely appear to intersect. The story treats all of its characters as people, providing them equal amounts of focus and providing depth without purple prose or excessive edginess that such dark settings tend to be written with. Slight spoiler; while fics that 'depower' superhuman characters (crossovers or not) are USUALLY annoying - 'cause more often than not it's a contrived nerf - this is not the case here; it's given build-up and a plausible explanation, preserving suspension of disbelief. The Author also knows guns well, using this to full descriptive advantage. | Assessment: 10/10

Hearth & Home

Author: EmperorLuffy | Status: In-Progress | Rating: M | Tags: Romance, Family, Comfort
Summary: After finding freedom, an ex-villain finally obtains the one thing she never had as a child.
Crossover Type: One Piece (inspired world-building, not a direct crossover)
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14299305/1/Hearth-Home | PDF: (As of April 8, 2025) https://files.catbox.moe/rjqv3k.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) A post-canon story describing Jaune and Cinder's domestic life. Specific focus is on Cinder's struggles in motherhood and a normal life as well as her children. The story takes the wild imagination of the One Piece world and RWBY's original Fairy Tale inspirations to go wild with the setting and character development, providing an imaginative take on Remnant. The One Piece inspiration is why this is in the Crossover Section even if it's not actually a crossover. Overall an interesting exploration outside usual canon. | Assessment: 9/10

New Remnant: Odyssey

Author: Ben10Extreme | Status: In Progress | Rating: T | Tags: AU, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance, Supernatural
Summary: In a revitalized Remnant, magic has been restored. Ruby Rose is a loving granddaughter seeking to make her dear grandmother proud and happy. She's on her own journey in a world of wonders and possibilities, and even more dangers and threats. With a knightly Jaune Arc and draconic Cinder Fall by her side, they'll form an inspiring, world-changing legend of their own.
Crossover Type: Multi-Ship (Burning Lancaster)
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14101893/1/New-Remnant-Odyssey | PDF: (As of April 11, 2025) https://files.catbox.moe/h74ngz.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) Despite being a fantasy AU, the characterizations are relatively accurate to the RWBY originals and the story captures the action-adventure feel of early RWBY through the lens of youthful Fantasy. Overall a well woven story. A slight spoiler; fittingly Cinder here is a dragon and Ruby a Werewolf. | Assessment: 9/10

Cinder has a Mid-Life Crisis

Author: lin4t | Status: Complete | Rating: T | Tags: Humor/Comedy, Drama
Summary: "Headmaster Ozpin please let me-" "Mr Arc, might I remind you that I allowed you in Beacon for a reason despite your transcripts? Besides, I have heard much of your…romances with your team" "Yes-but! I'm going to seriously die! Cinder is a sadist, Pyrrha is a Yandere and while Ruby won't kill me, Yang will!" "I don't see how that's my problem."
Crossover Type: Multi-Ship (Cinder, Ruby and Pyrrha x Jaune)
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12408358/1/Cinder-has-a-Mid-Life-Crisis | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/agukip.pdf
Notes: A three-way ship with Jaune featuring Ruby, Cinder and Pyrrha all vying for his attention while Jaune tries to figure out how to survive three deadly girls and their hijinks. Similar to An Arc for Every Season*. AU and crackish yet enjoyable despite the cliffhanger end. | Assessment: 8/10
*Not a Knightfall fic but still a fun, well written story wherein Jaune's fraudulent entry to Beacon is discovered and his way of staying at Beacon is by minding Team RWBY as their 5th team-mate... because all four became Maidens! Overall a unique take on Maiden!Team-RWBY.

Jaune's Baby-Making Arc

Author: vendetta543 | Status: Complete | Rating: T | Tags: Humor, Parody, AU, Crack
Summary: When Jaune finally got his Semblance during their second year, he'd been ecstatic. Finally, he thought, he could feel like less of a burden. Unfortunately, his Semblance came with a very particular side-effect... Babies. His Semblance makes babies.
Crossover Type: Multi-Ship (Cinder, Ruby and Pyrrha x Jaune)
Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14278736/1/Jaune-s-Baby-Making-Arc | PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/8o5lol.pdf
Notes: (RSDxD) A two-shot crack fic. It's quite wacky, but written okay, good for a quick dose of Jaune-Harem humor. | Assessment: 6/10

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