He also leaves behind the Relics with which he based his ideals for humanity on, hoping that man can use it to eventually remake themselves. He promises that though humanity has been wiped out, it will rise again but will only be a fraction of what they once were without the influence of the gods. In all this chaos, the god of light offers to bring Ozma back from the dead as the protector of Remnant. Since she can’t be killed though, all it succeeds in doing is turning her into a corrupted being that yearned for destruction, turning her into the antagonist we are all familiar with. Consumed by her hatred of everything, she throws herself into a pool of dark energy, thinking ‘if the fountain of life granted her immortality, then surely the pools of Grimm would finally take it away’. Wandering the planet alone, Salem eventually finds herself in the dark god’s land, now abandoned. The gods leave dramatically, giving birth to the universe’s iconic shattered moon in the process. While the audience finally understand where the planet got its name, it is also implied that the gods have done this with other planets. Some of what goes on in this scene has intriguing points to bring up, the first one being when the god of light describes the planet as ‘a beautiful experiment’ while additionally calling the planet ‘a remnant of what it once was’. Salem’s revolution doesn’t last long, as the god of darkness wipes out all of humanity in a single attack, leaving Salem all alone. Something cool for fans to pick up, or are the two fictional stories from the same universe? Perhaps a bit of a long shot in terms of the latter, but an interesting decision from the designers. A cool Easter Egg design choice is that one of the kings Salem rallies has a very similar design to a Dothraki from Game of Thrones. She goes on to travel the kingdoms of men, telling them how she stole the power of immortality from them, inviting any swordsman to try and cut her down, and offering immortality to any man who joined her cause against the gods. Salem uses her immortality as an opportunity to strike out against the gods who had wronged her. It is important to bring this up, as it will become relevant later in the episode. Cutting away from the story very quickly, it is important to note that the Gods have human bodies with animalistic features: the god of light has the antlers of a stag, and the god of darkness has the horns of a ram. Upon this discovery, the god of darkness takes Ozma away and the god of light grants her immortality as a punishment and will only be released when she learns the value of life and death. Enraged by his brother, the god of darkness goes to fight him, but stops when he discovers Salem lied to him. He at first grants her wish and brings Ozma back from the dead, but then the god of light appears. Undeterred, she goes to the god of darkness, lying to him that only he could grant her wish, careful not to mention the god of light, who is his elder brother. Though he pities her, the god denies her wish, telling her that life and death are part of a delicate balance and she should let him rest. Consumed with loss, Salem first goes to the god of light, begging him to bring her lover back to life. However, Ozma falls ill and ends up dying, leaving Salem abandoned and heartbroken. Jinn goes on to explain that it should have ended with a happily ever after. Ozma and Salem escape the fortress and fall in love, with Salem finding the freedom she yearned for in Ozma, while Ozma sees someone worth fighting for. The story goes on to explain how a legendary warrior known as Ozma braves the tower and rescues Salem not for her hand like many champions before him, but only ‘because he fought for righteousness’. After all, if you go and re-watch the white trailer, the first lyrics of the background song are: “Mirror, tell me something, tell me who’s the loneliest of all?” Is Rooster Teeth trying to hint at a story arc where history repeats itself? Within the first sentence of the episode, it already gets interesting, because it’s impossible to ignore the similarities Salem shares with one of the main characters, Weiss Schnee. ‘The Lost Fable’ starts off with Salem living alone in a tower, Jinn explaining to team RWBY and the audience how she was ‘locked away by her cruel father’, and she desired only freedom. At twenty-six minutes long, it’s the longest episode of the volume so far and there is a lot to talk about. One of the key themes of RWBY is mirroring fairy tales, and this whole episode plays out as a self-contained short story, painting a clearer picture for the overall plot and adding to the universe’s lore. While the first two episodes of the sixth instalment of RWBY were good, ‘The Lost Fable’ is verging on excellent.