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Jaune Arc is a character from the RWBY animated series.
Jaune is a former student at Beacon Academy, the leader and one of the remaining members of Team JNPR, and a member of Team RNJR. His weapon of choice is Crocea Mors, which is a sword and a sheath that can expand into a shield. The weapon was handed down in his family from his great-great-grandfather, who used it to fight in the Great War.
In the AWA fics, Jaune is set to appear in a future AWA storyline.
In the XP4 fics, Jaune debuted in XP4 Heroes Coalition - Neo-City Diaries.
Appearance[]
Jaune is a tall teenage boy with dark-blue eyes that are emphasized by his short blond hair messily layered on his head with the right side of his hair nearing his right eye and the left side swept back. He is quite toned, having strong muscles in his arms, shoulders and upper chest. He wears a white diamond-shaped chestplate cut off above his lower abdomen and white spaulders with rerebraces set under them. Underneath the armor, he wears a black short-sleeved hoodie with detached reddish-orange sleeves and a dark brown image of the bunny rabbit Pumpkin Pete trimmed in white with cute black round eyes hidden underneath the chestplate. He also wears blue pants with a white patch on the left knee, as well as black sneakers with "left" and "right" written in black on the respective shoes' soles. In Volume 1, Jaune has elbow guards with cords strung through them and he wears black high tops.
He has two belts crisscrossing his waist, both different shades of brown, with a pair of small pouches on them. Jaune wears brown wrist-length gloves with exposed fingertips and small metal plates over the back. His sword is strapped to his left hip in a sheath that doubles as a collapsible shield.
He sleeps in blue full-body pajamas with blue bunny slippers and a white bunny face on its chest.
After the timeskip following the Fall of Beacon, his attire is updated. He retains his black hoodie, but he now wears a modified pure white chestplate covering a bit more of his upper abdomen trimmed with gold lining and similarly-colored bracers. Additionally, he wears black gloves with gold-colored metal armor plates over his fingers, and he appears to wear a red sash around his waist, similar in design to the late Pyrrha Nikos. He also now wears dark brown laced boots and a new brown belt with a pouch included worn around his waist.
Personality[]
Jaune begins as an outgoing, goofy and all-around friendly person. He treats people equally and has no problems expressing himself to strangers and bonds with them easily, showing a lot of confidence. When faced with entirely new social situations, Jaune's confidence leads to bold behavior. This can become out of hand and backfire when pursuing romance. Miles Luna, his voice actor, admitted this, saying that when Jaune tries too hard, it can cause a misunderstanding. At heart, Jaune is a kind, amiable person and means well.
Jaune maintains his unselfish manner regardless of the situation, going as far as to defend Cardin Winchester, who had been blackmailing him and forcing him to do his work. A strong sense of integrity makes him willing to deliberately put himself in awkward situations, such as wearing a dress in public without a hint of embarrassment to uphold his family motto of not going back on one's word. During conversations, Jaune never contradicts himself, and while sometimes harsh, he is always honest with answers.
Jaune has shown to care for his friends and the people around him, being protective of them and having a sense of responsibility as team leader. He focuses only on his teammates' well-being physically, mentally and emotionally, disregarding his own to ensure theirs. He steps forward when others threaten his friends, and he has proven himself unwilling to do something that may hurt those he cares about.
At first, Jaune's family line leads to an obsession with being a hero. However, he was never formally trained like the rest of his family, causing him to lack self-esteem and assign a lot of importance to his image as a fighter. He values this image so much that he is willing to act dishonestly to achieve it- even using fake transcripts to be admitted to Beacon. The obsession makes him brash and headstrong in battle, jumping in without considering the risks and behaving predictably offensively.
However, following the fall of Beacon, his personality is somewhat changed. After witnessing the aftermath of the attack on Shion, he is shown to be somewhat cynical, saying that they would arrive at Higanbana "if it's still there". He is also angry at Qrow Branwen for his involvement in Pyrrha's death, openly accusing him of using Ruby as bait. This is a completely different reaction from a year earlier when he tried to justify Cardin's bullying.
Jaune appears to prefer to keep his grief to himself, as he has continued to train on his own as a way to cope with the death of Pyrrha, listening to her recordings on his scroll. This indicates a deep-seated sense of regret and guilt at not being able to save her from Cinder Fall.
Jaune's good nature renders him almost incapable of comprehending the actions and personalities of people like Cinder, unable to fathom how someone can be so cold and cruel. This expression of disbelief and befuddlement at the sheer sadism of others serves to show how idealistic and noble Jaune remains despite his trials and losses, ultimately proving him to be a fundamentally humane and caring individual.
XP4 Fanfics[]
Jaune is part of the Heroes Coalitions as a trainee. He also attends at the Vanguard Academy as a student.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Neo-City Diaries[]
In Chapter 2, Jaune, alongside Lie Ren, are seen on top of the Training Facility's rooftop having an awkward conversation about their goals in life before being called down by Donzerg "Zerg Stronghold. Later that night, Jaune and Ren are seen on the same rooftop having the same awkward conversation about their goals in life with Jaune saying that questioning their goals are the most hardest questions in life.
In Chapter 8, Jaune, alongside Lie Ren and Ruby Rose, are seen inside the Vanguard Academy when Faye Bertha Conway made her presence. Jaune was awed by her beauty which prompted Ruby to elbow him out of jealousy.
In Chapter 9, Jaune, alongside Lie Ren, Wesley Bryans and Ruby Rose, are seen in the track field at the Vanguard Academy where they were getting interviewed by Amelia Sainthearts and Duke Armstrong. Jaune then told Ren and Wesley to bury him alive which they obliged, much to Amelia, Duke and Ruby's bewilderment.
In Chapter 10, Jaune, alongside Brent Dark and Wesley Bryans, are seen having a conversation at the auditorium while waiting for the Unification Ceremony to start. Jaune got hit twice on the head by a bag of popcorn and a smoothie, courtesy of Charistina MacCrazey, much to his annoyance.
In Chapter 12, Jaune, alongside Eustace Bagge, Aria "Arinah" Sakurada, Lie Ren, Wesley Bryans and Mato Kuroi, is seen doing an obstacle course at the Training Camp.
In Chapter 14, Jaune is seen at the bleachers of the Training Camp listening to Dan Mandel's rant over Wesley Bryans' flaws. He later glared at Dan in disapproval after Dan threw a ball at Wesley.
In Chapter 19, Jaune met the new recruits Eddy Skipper McGee, Marcus "The Kane" McGee, Eddward Marion "Double D, Edd" Smith, Edwin Horace "Ed" Williams and Rolf Yrmi. During a training session with Major Richard Stronghold, Jaune is seen running back and forth in spacious gym and later seen trampling on Alden Cole. Later that night and after a whole day of training, Jaune took part of the little get-together at the training facility's cafeteria.
In Chapter 20, Jaune, alongside Ruby Rose, Lie Ren and Nora Valkyrie, are seen on a bench in the front yard of the Vanguard Academy exchanging notes and having a conversation about Robin Rose when Qrow Branwen arrives and told them that they're taking part in a mission in Remnant.
In Chapter 24, Jaune, alongside Wesley Bryans and Brent Dark, are seen having a conversation behind a tree at the courtyard of the Vanguard Academy.
In Chapter 25, Jaune attended a Welcoming Party at the AniManga Cafe in Neo-City.
In Chapter 28, Jaune is seen inside the Training Facility of Neo-City and later took part of a rope climbing exercise which ended in chaos.
In Chapter 29, Jaune is seen inside the cafeteria of the Vanguard Academy while messing around with Edwin Ed" Horace Williams and making fun of Rhodey "Rhode Dogg" Dogglas at the same time. Later that day, Jaune is present during Rhodey's 'takeover' in Principal Danny Antonucci's office and after everything is settled, he took part of Aty's class.
In Chapter 30, Jaune is mentioned by Darren Cross.
In Chapter 31, Jaune is seen in the track field of the Training Camp where they try to test out Nora Valkyrie's newest invention when Orihime Inoue arrives and told them that there is a gathering in the auditorium. Jaune, alongside Wesley Bryans and Brent Dark, found themselves getting rocketed towards the auditorium where they crashed through the roof and then landing on the floor hard while getting trampled by Daisuke "Davis" Motomiya at the same time. He later witnessed the formation of the New Age Avengers.
In Chapter 38, Jaune, alongside Oscar Pine and Wesley Bryans, are seen walking in the courtyard of the Vanguard Academy when a box of kleenex hits Jaune on the head.
In Chapter 39, Jaune is amongst the trainees seen inside the training area of the Training Camp while being instructed by the Pyro before he nearly got blast into smithereens by Donzerg "Zerg" Stronghold.
In Chapter 42, Jaune, alongside Brent Dark and Wesley Bryans, are seen being chased by Donzerg "Zerg" Stronghold inside the training area of the Training Camp.
In Chapter 45, Jaune is present inside the auditorium of the Training Camp where he witnessed the formation of Team Idolo.
In Chapter 51, Jaune, alongside Brent Dark, are seen messing around in the hallways and nearly collided with Koito Minase and Sayaka Maizono.
In Chapter 54, Jaune took part in doing voluntary work in a charity center called The Shelter.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Remnant Chronicles[]
In Chapter 1, Jaune, alongside the Death City Squad, Qrow Branwen, Lie Ren and Nora Valkyrie, arrives in Mistral. They later met up with Leonardo Lionheart at the Haven Academy where Qrow told him information about the Spring Maiden but Leonard delays going after her, much to their frustration. Later that night, everyone are seen at the living room of their house when Qrow, Death the Kid and Brook arrives and introduced Oscar Pine to everyone, Oscar then revealed that he's Ozpin, much to everyone's bewilderment.
In Chapter 2, Jaune, alongside the Death City Squad, Qrow Branwen, Ruby Rose, Lie Ren and Nora Valkyrie, are seen inside their current residence somewhere in Mistral where they had a conversation about Oscar Pine being Ozpin. They then witnessed Ozpin taking over Oscar, reintroducing himself, telling them his plans to retrieve the Relic of Knowledge and decided to train Oscar alongside Ruby, Jaune, Ren and Nora, much to everyone's confusion and bewilderment.
In Chapter 3, Jaune, alongside Lie Ren, Nora Valkyrie, Mina Majikina and Brook, watches Oscar Pine and Ruby Rose having a sparring session at their house's yard somewhere in Mistral. They later had a conversation about semblances and Gifts when Eijiro Kirishima arrives and told them that additional help has arrived. Then Tatsumi Oga, Baby Bel, Ike, Rey Dynamic and Prince Mufasa arrives, much to everyone's awe and Jaune even fainted at their presence.
In Chapter 6, Jaune is seen working in the kitchen alongside Lie Ren, Ruby Rose and Nora Valkyrie in their residence at Mistral. Jaune, alongside everyone, watches Ruby reunited with Yang Xiao Long and Weiss Schnee with a smile.
In Chapter 7, Jaune took part of a dinner get-together at the residence somewhere in Mistral. After Ichika Orimura and Tomomichi Motoyama left for another mission in Atlas, they had a conversation about their recent experiences, Ruby Rose, Nora Valkyrie, Lie Ren & himself revealing their Gifts and Ruby & him revealing that they're a couple, much to Weiss' shock and Yang's ire. Later in the living room, they were joined by Qrow Branwen, Oscar Pine and Ozpin, everyone are present when Ozpin explains to them about the magic he gave to Qrow & Raven Branwen and detailed that everyone had a choice. After that, everyone decided to keep moving forward and decided to enjoy the rest of the night.
In Chapter 8, Jaune is heard shouting about the lack of syrup.
In Chapter 10, Jaune, alongside the Death City Squad, Yang Xiao Long, Weiss Schnee, Lie Ren, Nora Valkyrie, Qrow Branwen and Oscar Pine/Ozpin are seen gathered in their residence somewhere in Mistral. Qrow then got a call from Leonardo Lionheart and told them to meet them in school however, Shadow the Hedgehog revealed that an ambush awaits for them, much to everyone's shock. After that, they decided to counter their enemies with an ambush of their own.
In Chapter 11, Jaune, alongside Lie Ren and Eijiro Kirishima, are seen riding a jeep while making their way towards Haven Academy when they came across a group of Emotionless. Jaune, alongside the Death City Squad, Qrow Branwen, Nora Valkyrie, Lie Ren, Yang Xiao Long, Weiss Schnee, Oscar Pine and a number of heroes from the Heroes Coalitions, arrives in Haven Academy and confronted Leonardo Lionheart, Cinder Fall's group, Raven Branwen and Vernal. Then both sides got into a battle with Jaune taking on Cinder which frustrated her since she's unable to kill him because of his immortality, Jaune then witnessed the arrival of Robin Rose whom took down Cinder by smashing a guitar on her face.
In Chapter 12, Jaune is shock at Robin Rose's presence. He then witnessed Robin using his Silver Eyes to weaken Cinder Fall before sending her into another world using a portal device. He then smiled upon seeing Team RWBY seeing each other again.
In Chapter 13, Jaune went to check on Lloyd Irving and Nora Valkyrie are okay before witnessing Lie Ren using his Gift to weaken Hazel Rainart.
In Chapter 14, Jaune, alongside everyone, are seen taking on Hazel Rainart, Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai but their enemies escaped after Emerald uses her semblance to create a large illusion of Salem. After the battle, everyone decided to regroup when Yang Xiao Long, Tatsumi Oga & Baby Bel, Ike, Prince Mufasa & Rey Dynamic and Ghira Belladonna, Kali Belladonna, Sun Wukong, Ilia Amitola, Alisa Ilinichina Amiella, Ciel Alencon and Nana Kozuki met up with everyone. They later witnessed the reunion of Team RWBY. In the aftermath montage, Jaune is seen with Ruby Rose sitting on a log while looking up at the sky in Menagerie.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Welcome to Herowood[]
In Chapter 7, Jaune, alongside Brent Dark, Happy, Panther Lily and Wesley Bryans, are seen inside the Bruno's Bar of Herowood where they watch Gajeel Redfox and Natsu Dragneel arm-wrestle at one table. He then witnessed the performances of Koito Minase & Sayaka Maizono, Franchouchou and Muse on stage, and later found themselves drenched in water when Natsu Dragneel accidentally activated the sprinklers by breathing out some flames.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Magical Movie Night[]
In Chapter 4, Jaune, alongside Brent Dark, Marshmello and Wesley Bryans, met up with the Rainbooms and Spike in the film studio before separating into groups. Later on, Jaune, alongside Fluttershy Breeze and Rarity Belle, visited the trailer of Chestnut Magnifico only to find her having an argument on someone on the phone, so they decided to leave her be. Later that day, Jaune is present during a filming in the volcano setting when the set suddenly crumbled and afterwards, everyone learned that some props are gone.
In Chapter 5, Jaune, alongside the Rainbooms, Brent Dark, Canter Zoom, Juniper Montage, Marshmello, Spike and Wesley Bryans, are gathered in the village setting while talking about the missing props. He then took part of investigating the case when he witnessed the Rainbooms getting mistaken for actors by an idiot staff member and during the production, they spotted a strange individual and proceeds to chase after them until they came to a city setting where they found themselves caught in a net while Rainbow Dash continues to pursue the culprit.
In Chapter 6, Jaune, alongside the Rainbooms, Brent Dark, Marshmello, Spike and Wesley Bryans, managed to free themselves from the net trap and later met up with Marcus "The Kane" McGee and Rainbow Dash in one part of the studio until the former left. Afterwards, they met up with Canter Zoom, Chestnut Magnifico and Juniper Montage in another part of the studio where they decided to resume their search. Later on in the village setting, everyone are present when Juniper is exposed as the culprit behind the mess and witnessed her getting kicked out of the studio. Later on, he took part in playing a role of an extra in a Daring Do movie until the shooting is ruined by Rainbow Dash's over enthusiasm, much to everyone's annoyance.
In Chapter 7, Jaune, alongside the Rainbooms, Brent Dark, Marshmello and Wesley Bryans, are featured in a local poster of a Daring Do film in a theater inside the Canterlot Mall. They were later mentioned in a conversation of the Rainbooms, Eddy Skipper McGee, Duncan Nelson, Jake Long and Rex Salazar.
Abilities[]
Despite not having it unlocked prior to the Beacon initiation, Pyrrha Nikos has noted in "The Emerald Forest" that Jaune possessed a lot of Aura. This has proved useful over the course of the series as his lack of experience caused him to be hit frequently.
During the initiation, Jaune demonstrates the skills to be an adaptable leader, being willing and able to coordinate with allies while under pressure, such as when a Death Stalker attempts to knock down the bridge his future team stands on.
Although he does not have much skill in fighting, he has much more physical strength than would be expected. While not nearly at the level of his teammate Nora Valkyrie, he is strong enough to hold back the Nuckleavee Grimm for a few seconds, as well as lock swords with Cinder Fall and not budge. His attacks are also shown to be incredibly strong. He's capable of cutting through the flesh of large Grimm with ease and the great force behind his attacks is made evident when the impact of his blade clashing with Cinder's caused a chain behind her to move despite being several meters away.
Weapon[]
- Main article: Crocea Mors
In contrast to Ruby, Jaune's weapon was not designed or made by him. It is instead a family heirloom that was passed down from his great-great-grandfather, who used it in the Great War, called Crocea Mors. Crocea Mors is composed of a simple arming sword whose sheath unfolds into a heater shield for protection.
Post-timeskip, it adopts the same style of his armor and has the symbol of Pyrrha's headpiece. Jaune can combine the sword and shield of his modified Crocea Mors to form a more powerful blade whose edge is lined with metal from Pyrrha's weapon, Miló and Akoúo̱. Crocea Mors upgrades by having its sword placed into the sheath as the sheath folds inward, forming a second, stronger blade around the sword. It was used against the Nuckelavee and was noticeably more effective than Jaune's lone sword.
Leadership[]
Jaune's most remarkable feature is his natural leadership. He shows these skills, quickly grasping the tactical situation, forming plans to work according to their advantages and counter possible threats. He's very aware of the capabilities of his team and is able to properly coordinate them into achieving feats that can give them the upper hand during an encounter.
Semblance[]
Jaune's Semblance was first seen in "Forever Fall, Pt.2". When Cardin attempted to punch him. Cardin visibly winces while Jaune remains unscathed and surprised by the turn of events. Miles Luna has described this as Jaune using his Semblance to amplify his Aura cloak to block Cardin's punch. Based on this, it can be inferred that Jaune is capable of amplifying his own Aura to enhance his defensive capabilities.
In "Vault of the Spring Maiden", Jaune's Semblance activates for the first time, showing he has the power to help Weiss Schnee's Aura heal the near-fatal wound inflicted upon her by Cinder. This application of his Semblance is quite strong, as the Aura amplification is able enhance the healing properties of another person's Aura to the point where it is able to repair and seal several inches of impaled bone, skin, organs, and muscle tissue while preventing death from exsanguination even when the recipient is in critical condition. His abnormally high Aura reserves are apparently sufficient enough to completely restore Weiss' depleted reserves at no significant risk to himself. In "Argus Limited", Jaune amplifies Ren's Aura thus allowing the latter to use his Semblance to cloak the entire train filled with passengers. This shows just how powerful Jaune's amplification can be as Ren has only been seen using his Semblance on no more than two people and from a close distance but in this case, while his Aura was amplified, his Semblance hid a countless number of people from several meters away.
Weaknesses[]
Jaune's lack of experience has remained an ongoing problem for him throughout the volumes. Despite his noticeable improvement, evidenced by the speed with which he slays an Ursa in each of the first 3 volumes, Jaune is always the person on Team JNPR that contributes the least in terms of physical feats, much to his frustration.
Jaune is prompt to recklessly charge enemies when engaging them in single combat, which has gotten him defeated in a spar with Cardin, and nearly got Jaune to lose all his Aura against an Ursa during the events of "Forever Fall". In his first encounter with Cinder during the events of "The More the Merrier", Jaune once again charged against a stronger enemy without a plan, fully intending to subdue her with brute force, and was easily defeated. Although Jaune usually keeps his emotions in check during a fight, the previously mentioned cases show that Jaune is easily angered which causes him to make mistake. This is a weakness he has yet to overcome.
Jaune appears to have taken efforts to improve upon these weaknesses in the months since the fall of Beacon, as evidenced in "Remembrance" when he trains using an instruction video sent to him by the late Pyrrha Nikos. His fighting stance is more composed and his sword swings are shown to be so strong that their force causes gusts of wind to blow through the air several meters in front of him. He's also shown to be strong enough to hold up Tyrian Callows as he clung onto his shield, and later block a Nuckelavee's front legs and hold his ground for a few seconds.
XP4 Fanfics[]
Jaune is a Blessed with a Gift called Immortality, this gives him the ability to sprung back to life every time he gets killed. His Gift has a sub ability called Zombified which gives him the ability to stay alive even if he gets stab or impaled by sharp objects.
Trivia[]
- In the XP4 fics, Jaune and Ruby Rose are an official couple.
- Jaune alludes to Joan of Arc.
- "Jaune" is the French word for yellow.
- During "The Stray", it is shown that, before he modified his sword, it was nearly identical to the one wielded by the man on the statue in front of Beacon Academy.
- Foreshadowing his skills as an adept dancer, before Volume 2 started, Monty uploaded a video of Jaune dancing to his Facebook.
- At the RTX Australia 2016 RWBY Panel, Jaune's Skype username was "I <3YellowSnow".
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