 Haven Academy was saved from destruction, but without its headmaster, its doors remain closed. With two out of the four Huntsman Academies now out of commission, Team Ruby sets their sights on Atlas, carrying with them the Relic of Knowledge, one of four artifacts gifted to humanity by the gods themselves. Something that'll bring them a lot more trouble than they bargained for. Welcome back to Ruby Recap. I am Phoenix Knight, and today we will be covering the events of Ruby Volume 6. After their battle at Haven, everyone took some time to recuperate before departing for their next destination, the city of Argus. With Atlas closing its borders, all of its military had been called back, except for one military base at the north end of Mistral, so it was their best way to get to the next kingdom. During this time, Ozpin informed them about the Relic now in their care. Each of the four Relics possess a power akin to their name, and the lamp of knowledge can answer any three questions every 100 years, so long as they do not pertain to future events. Unfortunately, Ozpin tells them that all the questions had already been used this century. Meanwhile, Adam had returned to the White Fang to find that they would no longer listen to his orders after he abandoned their comrades in Mistral. When one of the members mentioned that Blake still had a hold over him, Adam killed everyone present, blaming Blake for all of his current problems. After a couple weeks' rest, everyone went to catch the train bound for Argus, and while at the train station, Crowe sent a letter to General Ironwood, informing him of the events that transpired at Haven and of Leonardo's demise. Blake says her goodbyes to Ilya, who has decided to join Gira's new movement, and to Sun as he heads to Vacuo with Neptune and the rest of his team to continue their studies at Shade Academy. As the group sets out on the train, things are still awkward for Blake, who is still feeling the regret of leaving after the fall of Beacon. She doesn't get much time to worry, however, as Grimm begin to swarm the train. Everyone rushes to the roof to defend it, as they fight alongside the huntsmen hired to guard the passengers. The battle begins to endanger the civilians, causing more panic, and upon entering a tunnel, Ozpin then informs them that no matter what they try to do, Grimm will be attracted to the relic. This forces Team Ruby, Crowe, and Oscar to separate from Jean, Wren, and Nora. Jean uses his semblance to amplify Wren's aura, allowing him to mask the emotions of all passengers on the train, letting them escape while Team Ruby's group stays behind to face the Grimm. As Blake separates the train cars, she sees a vision of Adam that rattles her as she rejoins the fight with her team. Crowe and Ruby finish the last Grimm, but its final attack derails the train, leaving Team Ruby, Crowe, and Oscar stranded in the snowy north of Mistral, along with one other person who stayed behind, an elderly blind woman named Maria Calavera. Sometime earlier, Cinder had crawled her way out of the Cavern Beneath Haven Academy. She had survived, and had made her way to a shady town in Mistral to obtain information from an underground crime organization known as the Spiders. Cinder hires them to find Team Ruby, and as she leaves, allowing the Spiders time to gather their information, their leader reveals that Hazel had already come searching for the same group, and the Spiders had already succeeded in locating them. They didn't tell Cinder, however, wondering who might be looking for her instead. After the crash, everyone is angry with Ospin for not telling them that the relic attracted Grimm, fed up that he was still keeping information from them. He tells them that he has been betrayed many times throughout his multiple lifetimes, and he has his reasons, but everyone simply wants to know what he is hiding. Ruby had picked up the relic after the crash, and as Ospin urges her to return it to him, Oscar stops him, telling Ruby that Oz is trying to prevent them from learning the truth. Oscar, now able to access some of Ospin's memories, tells Ruby to call out a name, and the relic will answer. Gin, the spirit of the lamp, emerges at Ruby's call and tells her that she can still answer two questions this era. Ruby asks her what Ospin is hiding, and the truth of his past is revealed. Long ago, in a forgotten time, when magic was used freely by humanity, and the gods walked among them, there was once a woman named Salem, locked away in a tower by her father. A hero named Osma rescued her, and the two fell in love only for Osma to fall ill and die sometime later. Stricken with grief, Salem pleaded with the god of light to resurrect her love, but was refused, being told that reviving the dead was not creation, and violated the natural order of the world. Salem then turned to the god's brother, the god of darkness, who agreed to Salem's request, reviving Osma. The god of light appeared, angered by his brother's actions. He destroyed Osma again, and the gods transformed into dragons, ready to fight. But after the god of light informs the god of darkness that Salem had only come to him after being refused once already, the god of darkness realized that Salem tried to deceive him. The gods cursed Salem with immortality to never see her love again until she learns the importance of life and death. After giving in to grief, and attempting to end her life multiple times, Salem chose to use her curse to tempt humanity, turning them against the gods in hopes that they too could become immortal. As the army of man attacks the gods, the god of darkness easily halts their attempts, having beamed the one who gifted them their magic in the first place, and proceeds to wipe all of humanity off of the planet. All except for Salem. The gods then leave the world, and the god of darkness shatters the moon upon doing so, leaving Salem to wander the empty planet alone. Still refusing to acknowledge how her own actions led to her fate, Salem went to the land of darkness, throwing herself into the grim pools in one final attempt to end her life. It is unsuccessful, and instead corrupts her to her very core. Meanwhile, between the realms, the god of light meets with Osma, telling him of the world's fate, but also that humanity will return, this time without the gods to guide them. Instead, the god of light leaves four relics, telling Osma that if they are brought together, the gods will be summoned and humanity judged. If they are united, the gods will return to guide them once again, but if they are still divided, the world will be destroyed completely. He gives Osma the opportunity to reincarnate into the world, in a way that would ensure he was never alone, but Osma refuses, wanting to see Salem in the afterlife, accepting though once he learns that she was alive, even though he was told she wasn't the same person he remembers. Osma then awakens in the body of a human man, into a world much different than he remembered. Magic was not known to the people, now instead, dust was used, and alongside humanity, faunas existed in the world, imprisoned by the humans. Having heard rumors and stories, he sought out a woman known as the witch, and upon arriving at her hut, he is reunited with Salem. They once again fall in love, and upon Salem's suggestion, they use the magic that they still possess to create a kingdom and lead humanity themselves. During this time, they had four daughters, and Osma came to doubt the way that he and Salem were enforcing their rule. As their eldest daughter showed them that she too had learned magic, Osma tells Salem everything about his mission from the God of Light, and the relics that he gifted him, to which Salem says humanity does not need redemption, and that they, themselves, will replace the gods. This prompts Osma to try sneaking his daughters away from Salem, only for her to catch him, and the resulting battle to destroy their castle, and their children. Salem regenerates after the dust settles and kills Osma. As he reincarnates time and time again, he resolves himself to destroy Salem, seeking out the relic of knowledge, and asking Jin the location and powers of the other relics, as well as how he can kill Salem, only to be met with the response. Upon learning everything that Jin revealed, that Salem can't be killed, and Ospin has no plan to defeat her, the group turns on him, feeling as though everything they had done up until now was pointless. Crowe took the news the hardest, having thought himself cursed because of his semblance, and that he was finally able to do some good in the world. He lashes out at Ospin, causing him to retreat into Oscar's mind. Maria then prompts them all to keep moving, unless they want their negativity to draw grim, and as they travel, eventually they arrive at an abandoned farm. And now would be a good time to give a better description of magic and its relation to semblance and dust. Magic was gifted to humanity by the gods, allowing them to manipulate the elements and the world around them. When the god of darkness destroyed humanity, they were turned into a dust that still had this magic within it, and it was from this dust that the second coming of humanity was born. Much of the magic seeped into the ground, becoming the crystals that are used in remnant today to manipulate the elements. But a portion of this magic stayed within the dust, and became something different in the new humans that were born from it, bonding with their very souls, becoming semblance. So semblance and dust were born from magic, but they ultimately became something different. Semblance is now a power that humanity has made their own, separate from the god's influence, and dust is the inherent power of nature in crystallized form. But since they originated from the same place, both can be activated through a person's aura. Meanwhile, in the land of darkness, Hazel, Emerald, and Mercury arrive sometime after the battle for Haven, and are greeted by Tyrion, who taunts them about Cinder's absence. Afterwards, Salem confronts them about their failure, asking who is responsible. Hazel is punished for trying to take responsibility, and Emerald admits that Cinder was to blame. As Salem then talks about her next target, Vacuo, and the relic of destruction, Hazel tells her about Ozpin's return, and his aim to get the relic of knowledge to Atlas, which infuriates Salem. Elsewhere, Cinder had returned to the spiders, and was informed that her targets were heading for Atlas. Satisfied, Cinder turned to leave, but was then attacked by someone familiar. Neapolitan had been looking for Cinder to get revenge for losing Roman, and as the two fought, Cinder reveals her maiden powers to Neo, stopping the fight entirely. Cinder brings her to the vault, telling Neo about Salem, the relics, and how Salem wants Ruby taken alive. Cinder strikes a deal with Neo, though, to hunt the relics and for her to go after Ruby. Back at the farm, everyone is still feeling low after what they had just learned. They begin to look for supplies, and find that the abandoned farm they are in had never been abandoned at all. Residents all lie in their beds, men, women, children, all of them deceased, as though they had simply forgotten to wake up. Although frightened by what they saw, Ruby and Weiss are able to find some supplies, and Blake and Yang find a cart to help them all travel using Yang's bike. While searching, Yang sees a vision of Adam, and opens up to Blake about her fears, wanting her there for support. Blake misunderstands, however, and offends Yang by promising to protect her. The following day, everyone is fatigued as they prepare to leave. Crow had started to spiral with his drinking, and everyone wanted to be done with all of this. As Ruby started to give in, about to drop the relic into the farm's well, she saw something that startled her, causing her to let go of the lamp. Snapping back to her senses, Ruby convinces the rest of her team to go after it, and as they enter the tunnels beneath the farm, they encounter the apathy. With a single howl, this grim drains team Ruby of their energy, and Maria appears to try to snap them out of it. They run to the cellar as the horde of apathy encloses around them. Losing their will to go on, Maria notices a flash from Ruby's eyes, and tells Ruby to focus on those she holds dear, the thought of protecting life. As she does what Maria asks, Ruby is able to use her silver eyes to destroy a number of the apathy, and lessen their influence, allowing them to escape the cellar and leave the farm behind. On the road, it is revealed that Maria used to be a huntress, known as the Grim Reaper, someone that Crow idolized. She was a legend known for her skill, and who was targeted by Salem for possessing silver eyes. Maria was blinded, narrowly escaping death at the hands of talk, a crocodile faunus, and former member of Salem's inner circle. After losing her eyes, Maria hid from the world, abandoning her duties as a huntress for fear that she might be targeted again. The group then arrives in Argus, and are reunited with Jon, Ren, and Nora. They meet Jon's sister, Saffron, her wife Terra, and their son Adrien, getting a brief tale of Jon's childhood with seven sisters, before heading to the military base to try to get transportation to Atlas. At the base, they meet the arrogant commander Caroline Cordoven, and thanks to her attitude, as well as Maria's previous antagonistic relationship with the woman, they are refused any help by the military, though they do offer assistance to Weiss alone, being a member of the prestigious Schnee family. After their rejection, Crow leaves to continue drinking, while Jon, Ren, and Nora are filled in on Ozpin's deceptions. Jon lashes out at Oscar in anger, and they all decide they need some time to think things over. Ruby uses this time to talk with Maria, learning more about her silver eyes. So through this conversation, it is revealed that the silver eyes are a rare genetic trait, possessing a special power stemming from the desire to preserve life. Through Jin's vision, Maria realized that the silver eyes originated with the god of light, as an opposition to destruction, reacting only to the grim, meaning that for Ruby to learn to use them, she would need a trial by fire. As the rest of Team Ruby returns from shopping, they realize Oscar has gone missing, so everyone splits up to look for him. While searching, Jon stumbles upon a memorial statue of Pyranikos, where he meets someone sharing great resemblance to Pyra. Jon tells the woman that he understands Pyra's actions, that even though she didn't graduate, she was a true huntress. As Jon turns to greet the rest of his team, the woman disappears, and the three vow to keep moving forward in honor of their friend. Meanwhile, in the Land of Darkness, Emerald questions Mercury on his motivations. He tells her it just made sense for him to join, since he was raised as an assassin, and then angers Emerald by saying that Cinder doesn't actually care about either of them, leading to a fight. As they do so, Mercury reveals that his father hated him, and stole his semblance when he was young. Tyrion then interrupts their conversation, now with a prosthetic tail, and informs them that he and Dr. Watts are heading to Atlas on Salem's orders. Everyone then returns to the Ark family home, and they find Crow drunk and unconscious on the doorstep, and also find that Oscar had returned while they were out looking for him, having only gone shopping for food and new clothes. After apologizing to Oscar, Jon offers up an idea to get to Atlas, wanting to sneak into the kingdom by stealing an airship from the military base. Crow immediately rejects the idea, but Ruby stands her ground, wanting to listen to Jon, and telling Crow that they no longer need his approval about their actions. And so their planned robbery of the Atlas military began, with Weiss going to the base, pretending to be returning to Atlas on her own, and sneaking Maria in with her. While Blake heads to the relay tower to disable the base's radar. As they leave the range of the base, Weiss and Maria seize the ship, giving Blake the go-ahead to disable the relay. But as they turn around, the relay is still up, and the military notices them. This insult enrages Cordoven, prompting her to extreme measures as she pilots a colossus to attack the small ship. At the relay tower, Blake has come under attack by Adam Toros, who had waited for her to be alone. Their battle is back and forth, eventually leading to Adam having the upper hand, as he breaks Blake's weapon and threatens to kill her. He reveals a Schneedust company brand over his left eye, saying how people hurt him in the past, but none had hurt him quite like Blake had. Yang then arrives and continues the fight against Adam. As Adam unleashes many devastating attacks, Yang refuses to give in as she and Blake stand together against him, vowing to protect one another. They continue fighting in tandem, landing several blows against him. Blake is knocked aside as Yang disarms Adam and is able to break his aura. In one final attempt, Adam rushes for Blake's broken weapon, forcing Blake to reach for it as well. Blake and Yang retrieve the weapon first and stab Adam through the chest, who then stumbles and falls over the cliff. As the group struggles against the colossus, they are able to disable its shields, using their comparatively small size to their advantage, but the airship is damaged in the process, causing it to crash. Seeing the reactive dust in the arm of the colossus as its weakness, Ruby stands alone against Cordoven, jumping into the barrel of the cannon and firing a bullet, causing a dust explosion and disabling it. Just as the cannon is out of commission, a giant grim arrives at the city, drawn by the panic caused by the activation of the colossus, and with the giant weapon out of commission, there was no way to defeat the monster. Blake and Yang return to the group, and everyone vows to do what they can to protect the city, as Ruby declares she will stop the grim herself. Using Weiss's summon, she flies up to face it, and by focusing on the memories of her friends, her family, and her mother, Ruby is able to petrify the monster. It doesn't last long, however, and as the grim begins to break free, Cordoven returns in the colossus, having torn off the damaged arm and impales the grim with a massive drill, destroying it in the process. Impressed with Ruby's resolve to help the people, and not run away when given the chance, Cordoven allows them to take the airship and leave on their way to Atlas. Elsewhere in Mistral, Neo uses her semblance to disguise a ship to sneak herself and Cinder into Atlas, as they put their own plans into motion. As Team Ruby arrives in the next kingdom, everyone is in awe of the floating city, but soon realize that something isn't right, as Ironwood's military fleet hovers above it, as if prepared for war. And little did everyone know, war was coming. Salem was creating her army, ready to take matters into her own hands. And this brings us to the end of Ruby Vol. 4 and 5. After some trying times in Mistral, Team Ruby has finally arrived in Atlas, only to find that it might be a bit more dangerous than they had hoped. Let me know what your favorite moments in Vol. 4 and 5 were down in the comments below, and I'll see you all in the next episode of Ruby Recap.