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Alrighty, just some quick stuff for Salem and the Grimm:
First off, thanks to Before the Dawn, Grimm have the ability to sense souls, as well as absorb and destroy the souls of the living:
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“Long story short, it looks like the Grimm are attracted to the pretty Aura coming from Gill Asturias and the Crown’s forces.”
“What?!” Argento said. He was joined by confused comments from other Crownsmen.
Gill looked around at the Grimm who had been advancing on her position. Could that be what was happening?
Gill had experimented once with transferring Aura into a Grimm that had been roaming near the Wasteland base. The Aura had been absorbed quickly and began pulling more from Gill, faster and faster, until she ended their connection.
The Grimm hadn’t seemed altered by the Aura at all. Whatever they were, they didn’t use it for power, and they didn’t have souls. But it had consumed the Aura, and she had wondered if the thing that drew Grimm so strongly to humans and Faunus wasn’t just their emotions—after all, even animals have those—but perhaps also their very souls. Their Aura."
In Volume 6 Episode 3, Salem was revealed to have thrown herself into the Grimm Pools, the the source of all Grimm and the pure essence of Grimm, as an attempt at killing herself, and her soul was just fine afterwards, but she was turned into a Grimm hybrid as a result.
"Until fate led her back to the Land of Darkness. This was it. This had to be it, the brother's Grimm, the pools of black that continued to give rise to horrific nightmares. If the fountain of life granted her immortality, then surely, the pools of Grimm will finally take it away. She was wrong. This force of pure destruction could not destroy a being of infinite life. Instead, it created a being of infinite life with a desire for pure destruction."
Additionally, in Volume 6 Episode 4, despite not witnessing the Battle of Haven herself, Salem was fully aware that Cinder was alive after her defeat at the hands of Raven, whereas everyone else who was present at the battle believed her to be dead.
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"Salem: I want you to tell me whose fault this was.
Salem: Now.
Emerald: Cinder! We failed because of Cinder...
Salem: That's right. (placing a hand on Emerald's shoulder, causing her to flinch) I want you to understand that failure. I want you to understand why Cinder must be left to toil in her isolation until she redeems herself.
Mercury: You mean--
Emerald: She's alive?
Watts: You're joking, how could you know that?"
TL;DR: Salem and the Grimm get life and soul absorption and destruction, and Salem gets a resistance to it
Salem and the Grimm get the ability to sense souls and life force, and Salem also gets the Grimm's ability to sense negative emotions
First off, thanks to Before the Dawn, Grimm have the ability to sense souls, as well as absorb and destroy the souls of the living:
Page 237
“Long story short, it looks like the Grimm are attracted to the pretty Aura coming from Gill Asturias and the Crown’s forces.”
“What?!” Argento said. He was joined by confused comments from other Crownsmen.
Gill looked around at the Grimm who had been advancing on her position. Could that be what was happening?
Gill had experimented once with transferring Aura into a Grimm that had been roaming near the Wasteland base. The Aura had been absorbed quickly and began pulling more from Gill, faster and faster, until she ended their connection.
The Grimm hadn’t seemed altered by the Aura at all. Whatever they were, they didn’t use it for power, and they didn’t have souls. But it had consumed the Aura, and she had wondered if the thing that drew Grimm so strongly to humans and Faunus wasn’t just their emotions—after all, even animals have those—but perhaps also their very souls. Their Aura."
In Volume 6 Episode 3, Salem was revealed to have thrown herself into the Grimm Pools, the the source of all Grimm and the pure essence of Grimm, as an attempt at killing herself, and her soul was just fine afterwards, but she was turned into a Grimm hybrid as a result.
"Until fate led her back to the Land of Darkness. This was it. This had to be it, the brother's Grimm, the pools of black that continued to give rise to horrific nightmares. If the fountain of life granted her immortality, then surely, the pools of Grimm will finally take it away. She was wrong. This force of pure destruction could not destroy a being of infinite life. Instead, it created a being of infinite life with a desire for pure destruction."
Additionally, in Volume 6 Episode 4, despite not witnessing the Battle of Haven herself, Salem was fully aware that Cinder was alive after her defeat at the hands of Raven, whereas everyone else who was present at the battle believed her to be dead.
So That's How It Is/Transcript
Yang: Salem can't be killed... you all heard her too, right? Team RWBY all angrily glare at Ozpin, whose head is still down. He looks up, with tears streaming down his face. Qrow Branwen just looks away. Ozpin: I-- Yang: (enraged) There was so much you hadn't told us! How could you think that...
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"Salem: I want you to tell me whose fault this was.
Salem: Now.
Emerald: Cinder! We failed because of Cinder...
Salem: That's right. (placing a hand on Emerald's shoulder, causing her to flinch) I want you to understand that failure. I want you to understand why Cinder must be left to toil in her isolation until she redeems herself.
Mercury: You mean--
Emerald: She's alive?
Watts: You're joking, how could you know that?"
TL;DR: Salem and the Grimm get life and soul absorption and destruction, and Salem gets a resistance to it
Salem and the Grimm get the ability to sense souls and life force, and Salem also gets the Grimm's ability to sense negative emotions
