u/Lars_Sarada

So years ago I had this idea for a story where Ruby stops the White Fang from stealing a container. Inside the container, she finds a boy locked in stasis. The White Fang attack her, she gets injured and accidentally activates the Pod. He awakens and soul links with her via direct eye contact (they say the eyes are the windows to the soul after all).

I think I called them Hanryo, bio-organic life forms created by Atlas to link with a Huntsman/Huntress to exponentially increase survival odds.

In the story, Neo was a Hanryo who linked with Roman, Penny was one who linked with Winter, Weiss would have gotten two, Yang would’ve found one inactive during a mission, and Blake would’ve “stolen” Adam’s. I also think I made Pyrrha a Hanryo who linked with Jaune at an early age.

The Hanryo are incredibly strong, resilient warriors who don’t tire easily and heal at an exponentially fast rate. But they have downsides. If their soul linked partner’s heart stops, the Hanryo dies. Once a Hanryo dies, their body dissipates and returns to their pods where their memory is completely wiped.

A Hanryo can only bond with one person while said person can bond with numerous Hanryo.

I called it RWBY: Project Hanryo.

Goreback

Type: Juggernaut / Charger Grimm

Threat Tier: B

Quadrupedal Grimm resembling a rhinoceros. Heavy bone plating protects the head, shoulders, and forelimbs, with lighter armor along the sides and back.

Slow and low-intelligence, but extremely dangerous once it builds momentum. Charges are difficult to stop and capable of overwhelming unprepared teams.

Weak Points: Joints (rear), eye sockets, underbelly.

Engagement Advisory: Avoid frontal confrontation. Disrupt momentum and strike during recovery windows. Team coordination recommended.

So I have a few ideas and just wanted to get opinions.

1.) Goreback- A Grimm variant of a Rhinoceros. Acts as a bartering rams. It has a razor sharp, dorsal-like fin on its back and twin massive horns.

2.) Infector- As the name suggests, the Infector turns humans/faunus into Shamblers.

3.) Shamblers- Human/Faunus who have been infected by the Infector Grimm. They lost all semblance of humanity and only seek destruction. (Could potentially lead into becoming Apathy Grimm). It takes 48 hrs for the infection to take hold.

4.) Wraith- A apparition-like Grimm that can become intangible. It attaches tendril like appendages to its victim and drains the Aura from their bodies, leaving the target weakened.

5.) BoneWyrm- A subterranean Wyrm Grimm. (Think of the Magma Wyrms from Elden Ring). Spews toxic gases that will ignite in an open flame.

6.) ArachniQueen- A massive spider Grimm, its venom liquifies its targets from the inside. Spawns SpiderKids.

7.) SpiderKids- The ArachniQueen’s offspring. Not very powerful, but still deadly in a swarm.

8.) Hydrake- A Hydra/Drake hybrid Grimm. Its multiple heads have independent thoughts and spew different elements (think King Ghidorah).

9.) Reaper- This is one of my most dangerous ideas. A Grimm that evolves after conflict to adapt and get stronger. At higher levels of evolution, it can even “think” independently and outright ignore Salem’s orders. There is only one of them in my entire story.

Very basic concept so far, but essentially a retired Huntsman is living out his life with his family (and rabbit) when a horde of Grimm attacks. It kills him, his family, his rabbit, destroys the village he’s in, everything.

His fury is great, his rage is blinding hot. Someone takes notice. The God of Light has his toy and it’s not working. So now, the God of Darkness will have his and it won’t be “unite the world” it’ll be a simple task.

“Rip and tear, until it is done!”

He’s revived, his semblance in overdrive. He kills the Grimm with his bare hands and every kill fuels that rage, fuels that power. Kill the Grimm, kill the source. Only then will he find peace.