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• The Pyre and Its Children by Adeleine_et_aliae

  Fandoms: RWBY  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con
  • F/F, Multi
  • Complete Work

  25 Jul 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Rape/Non-Con
  • Ruby Rose/Weiss Schnee
  • Penny Polendina/Ruby Rose
  • Penny Polendina/Weiss Schnee
  • Penny Polendina/Ruby Rose/Weiss Schnee
  • Blake Belladonna/Weiss Schnee
  • Ruby Rose (RWBY)
  • Weiss Schnee
  • Penny Polendina
  • Blake Belladonna
  • Red (Fictive)
  • White (Fictive)
  • Rust (Fictive)
  • The Mother of Death / Black (Fictive)
  • Poetry
  • The Sickness of the Self
  • Undocumented Mental Illness
  • The American DSM does not have a name for the suffering these works express
  • Public archival
  • for ourselves and our doctors and those who come next
  • Suicide Attempt
  • Implied/Referenced Suicide
  • Abuse
  • Physical Abuse
  • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
  • Poor Penny she has it so rough
  • A manmade conduit for the Sickness of the Self
  • Polyamory
  • When you've lived as long as they have it's really pointless to be monogamous
  • Cosmic polyamory
  • Buddhism
  • Taoism
  • Tara (Buddhism)
  • Deity of Thought (Buddhism)
  • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
  • Mix of short-form and long-form poetry
  • Epic Poetry
  • Suicidal Thoughts

  Summary

  Eons after Weiss becomes one with the Eternal Pyre, our ancient pyreling Ruby is tasked with healing a great sickness. The Sickness of the Self, you see, is the manifestation of all worldly greed, serving as the godsgiven vessel of Harm and Hatred. Brothers above, may we be kind to ourselves in our moments of suffering.

  Series

  • Part 2 of The Looking-Glass And The Eternal Pyre

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  8,100

  Chapters:

  15/15

  Comments:

  9

  Kudos:

  3

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  199