[10] Initially, it was thought that Ruby's ability was primarily super-speed, enabling her to run faster than the human eye can catch, and change directions in mid-air.Vol.
1 When her mother Summer Rose vanished when she was very young, Ruby was raised on the island of Patch by her father Taiyang and her older half-sister Yang Xiao Long.Vol.
This semblance allows Weiss to create glyphs enhanced with Dust that can be utilize in a variety of ways, on either herself, her allies or enemies: perform limited time dilation, manipulate gravity, freezing the terrain, fire projectiles, block attacks, generate midair platforms, and summon creatures.
She is a former member of the White Fang who left in disgust over the increasing brutality and callous disregard for civilian lives by her former lover and mentor Adam.Black Trailer Blake's weapon is the Gambol Shroud, a "variant ballistic chain scythe" according to Oum[12] with a sharpened sheath that has a pistol in the hilt, which is also attached to a long ribbon.
[11] Team JNPR (pronounced "juniper"), renamed JNR ("junior") after the loss of Pyrrha, is inspired by historical figures who had taken on the appearance of the opposite gender.
[15][16] Jaune Arc A blond-haired student and the leader of Team JNPR who uses a sword and shield combination called Crocea Mors, an heirloom formerly belonging to his great-great-grandfather.
12 In Volume 7, the shield is further upgraded by Pietro with hardened light Dust on the sides that Jaune can use to act as a glider in air, and the crest can now hold Dust.Vol.
6 After arriving in the Ever After in volume 9, Jaune picked a fruit that sent him decades back in time which resulted in him becoming the Rusted Knight, a fairytale character from the Girl Who Fell Through the World.Vol.
Nora Valkyrie An orange-haired student at Beacon and old friend of Ren who carries Magnhild, a war hammer that can be converted into a grenade launcher.
[citation needed] Lie Ren A black-haired student at Beacon who dual wields machine pistols with attached blades, collectively called StormFlower.
Professor Ozpin The headmaster of Beacon Academy and the latest reincarnation of Ozma, armed with a cane, The Long Memory,[10] which has numerous functions that include serving as a melee weapon capable of generating a protective force field.Vol.
He is believed to allude to Tippetarius, or the disguised form of Princess Ozma from The Marvelous Land of Oz An elderly woman with prosthetic eyes, though she cannot see color with them.Vol.
A light green-haired girl with dark skin who was an associate of Cinder's and uses Thief's Respite,[10] a pair of pistols with attached blades that can also extend via chains, similar to a kusarigama.
Roman Torchwick An orange-haired crime lord whom Ruby fights in the series' first episode, armed with the Melodic Cudgel, a cane which doubles as a firearm and grappling gun.
1 Trivia was the daughter of a rich family in Vale, but was kept in isolation for most of her childhood as her parents considered her useless because of her heterochromia as well as the fact that she was mute which they believed would make it impossible for her to marry someone of wealth.
After meeting and befriending Roman Torchwick, she aids him in taking over city's criminal underworld and adopts the name Neopolitan after an imaginary friend she had which she later realized was a repressed version of her true self.
Neo is portrayed as mute, and communicates with signs, à la Wile E. Coyote in the comedy spinoff series RWBY Chibi.
The Headmisterss of Lady Browning's Preparatory Academy For Girls, who secretly is an agent for Spider in Vale, with her school being a cover for training assassins.
Professor Leonardo LionheartVoiced by: Daman Mills: A lion Faunus with a tail who was the headmaster of Haven Academy, armed with wrist-mounted shield named Stalwart that fires combined Dust projectiles.
Two years prior to the events of the main series, the team was assigned by Qrow Branwen to investigate the rise of Grimm and criminal organizations in the Mistral city of Kuchinashi.
While dignified and distant, Winter deeply cares for Weiss and is ill-tempered, as shown when Qrow insulted the Atlas military while provoking her to fight him.Vol.
Dr. Pietro Polendina An elderly Atlesian scientist who traverses with a mechanic wheelchair, and is responsible for the creation of Penny, Yang's robotic arm, and Maria's cybernetic eyes.
Amoncio Glass An Atlas elite and mob boss involved in many shady businesses and is provided with Arrowfell technology for personal profit.
Known as the Mysterious Narrator prior to her formal introduction, Salem was a human who rebelled against the gods for not reviving her beloved Ozma and cursing her with immortality.
3 It is now assumed that she seeks to divide humanity and turn them against each other so the gods would deem them unworthy when summoned back with the Relics and wipe them out, herself included, but does not disclose it to her subordinates.Vol.
[10] A pale psychopathic scorpion Faunus with a long, black braided ponytail and yellow eyes that turn purple while striking with his stinger, showing himself to be extremely devoted to Salem and aware of her true goal.
A muscular man who is normally reserved and composed with his Semblance, "Numbing Agent",[10] serving as a form of painkiller whenever he embeds raw Dust crystals into his body to augment his strength.Vol.
A crocodile Faunus from Maria's younger days as the Grimm Reaper, armed with a pair of saber swords, a set of sharp metal implanted teeth and possessing a Semblance that makes her nigh invulnerable for one minute at a time.
The Creatures of Grimm are soulless monsters that appear throughout the natural world of Remnant as they are devoid of aura and thrive on the worst aspects of humanity.
Maidens are women who are capable of wielding great magic, including control over the weather and natural elements, as well as being the only ones to access one of the four Relics each.