Relic of the Future

Art devoted to Relic of the Future. From counterclockwise, Jaune Arc, Qrow Branwen, Raven Branwen, Taiyang Xiao Long, and Summer Rose.

### Publisher

Coeur Al'Aran

***Relic of the Future* (*RofF*)** was the 18th literary work by Coeur Al'Aran published from 2018 March 10 to 2021 November 13. It replaced *Service with a Smile* as Coeur's oldest piece in active syndication from 2020 January 21 to 2021 November 13 before being supplanted by *Arcanum*. The plot follows the adventures of Jaune Arc after he is sent back in time 13 years by Salem and attempts to thwart her attempts at the destruction of human society with future foresight.

## Reception

### Pre-Publication (February 24—March 9, 2018)

According to an Author Note on chapter 13 of *The Beacon Civil War* on February 24, 2018, Coeur would be publishing a new story on March 10, that had not been featured on his profile. Reception at the time was fairly limited, with six users proclaiming excitement for the next story, but no details likely due to the lack of advertisement or explicit details.

On March 9, 2018, Coeur started the *Relic of the Future* forum page, providing some details on the summary, rating, genre, and key characters. These details included an M rating, along with a genre of adventure and action, and starring Jaune Arc, Team STRQ, Ozpin, and Salem.

Users speculated which of Coeur's plot aspects from previous works would be included in the first few chapters. At the time, no one had a definitive idea of how far Jaune had been sent back in time, with time ranges between the Great War and pre-Kingdom era to being a professor of Team STRQ.

### Publication (March 10—11, 2018)

There were 120 reviews on the first day and 26 reviews over the course of March 11 for a total of 146 cumilative reviews on the first day. In the immediate aftermath of publishing the first chapter, reviewers started wondering how far in time Jaune had gone back in time, with several user speculating that Jaune had been send to STRQ's generation based on the character tags.

## Coeurverse Timeline

* 3 AB (Introductory sequence)
	+ Jaune A (21) is the sole survivor of teams JNPR and RWBY.
	+ Salem sends Jaune A back in time "ten years before canon begins", correlating to approximately 13 years before the beginning of the Beacon Academy Semester.

## Earth Timeline

### **2015**

* **September**–**October**: Coeur comes up with an omake prompt, which would eventually become *Relic of the Future* in March 2018.

### **2016**

* **Friday, January 22:**
	+ Coeur Al'Aran publishes a 15-minute prompt titled "Papa Jaune" on The Writer Games, following a similar structure where Jaune is sent back in time and takes care of another character in their youth.

### **2018**

* **\_\_\_day, March 10:** Chapter 1
* **\_\_\_day, March 24:** Chapter 2
* **\_\_\_day, April 7:** Chapter 3
* **\_\_\_day, April 14:** Chapter 4
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## References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20181027083048/https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12638092/13/The-Beacon-Civil-War
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200516195141/https://www.fanfiction.net/r/12638092/13/1/
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20200202220332/https://www.fanfiction.net/topic/189701/170176873/1/Relic-of-the-Future
4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200516193857/https://www.fanfiction.net/topic/189701/170176873/2/Relic-of-the-Future
5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200516195200/https://www.fanfiction.net/r/12863738/1/1/
6. ↑ https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12863738/2/Relic-of-the-Future
7. ↑ https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12863738/1/Relic-of-the-Future
8. ↑ It is not known exactly when Coeur came up with this idea, but the Coeurpedia speculates that, based on the nature of the initial prompt, it was likely an early suggestion for a **The** **Writer Games** prompt, placing its creation between September 26 and October 24, 2015.