From a world of swords and magic comes an aspiring necromancer. In this new world of dust and aura, a necromancer will have to create a place for himself. This is a tale of ambition, betrayal, delusion and corruption. This is a tale of bones and dust.

This fic will try to take a more realistic and depressive approach to RWBY. This story will follow Ironwood's rise to power through the eyes of an OC beginning twenty years before the main events of RWBY. Warnings: Butterfly effect/canon divergent ; probable main character deaths ; war crimes ; lots of angst