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Ruby Rose is the main protagonist from the RWBY animated series.
Ruby is a former student of Beacon Academy. Ruby's weapon of choice is her High-Caliber Sniper-Scythe known as Crescent Rose.
After an invitation from Headmaster Ozpin following an altercation with Roman Torchwick, Ruby attends Beacon Academy in order to become a Huntress. During her time at Beacon, she becomes the leader of Team RWBY, consisting of Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and her half-sister, Yang Xiao Long. However, following the Fall of Beacon, Ruby travels to Haven Academy as a member of Team RNJR with the remaining members of Team JNPR. After the Battle of Haven, Team RWBY is reunited.
In the AWA fics, Ruby is set to debut in a future AWA storyline.
In the XP4 fics, Ruby debuted in the XP4 Heroes Coalition - Kick-Off!.
Appearance[]
Ruby is a fair-skinned young girl with silver eyes and black, neck-length, choppy hair that gradates to dark red at the tips.
She wears a long sleeved thick black blouse with a high collar and red trim on the sleeves, a black waist cincher with red lacing up the front, and a black skirt with red trim. She also wears a pair of thick black stockings and black combat boots with red laces, red trim around the top and red soles.
Her outfit is topped by a red hooded cloak fastened to her shoulders by cross-shaped pins. Her emblem appears as a large silver brooch and is pinned to a wide black belt slung around her hips on an angle, which also carries bullets and a pouch.
In the "Red" Trailer, Ruby's cloak is fastened at her throat and a large silver cross is pinned to her belt in place of her emblem.
During her time at Beacon, Ruby's pajamas consist of a black tank top featuring a heart-shaped Beowolf design on the chest and long white pants decorated with pink roses. She also wears a black sleeping mask decorated with triangular red eyes reminiscent of the Beowolves in the "Red" Trailer.
At her home in Patch, Ruby's pajamas are a matching dark-gray long-sleeved shirt and pants with faded-red polka dots and a white lining at the front and the collar.
During the events of "A Minor Hiccup" and "Painting the Town...", Ruby wears an alternate outfit codenamed "Slayer".
This outfit consists of a long-sleeve, light gray shirt with black belted cuffs near the ends of the sleeves. Over top of the gray shirt is a black pinafore with two vertical lines of red stitching that resemble the lacing on a corset. She wears a red skirt with a large black print of her emblem on the side and matching black tulle underneath.
Her stockings and shoes remain the same as her Original outfit, though the boots lack the red trim that decorated the top. A few pieces of metal arranged in an abstract shape are attached to the shoulder of her left sleeve, and her cloak's hood has been wrapped around her neck in a scarf-like fashion, while the rest hangs down like normal.
During the Beacon Dance, Ruby wears a short, red, sleeveless dress with a thick black sash around the waist and black trim along the bottom. The bodice of the dress is split vertically to the sash and laced with black lacing. The yoke of the dress is translucent mesh with an opaque collar and hem, as well as opaque lines connecting the collar to her shoulders. She also wears black stockings and pumps.
Ruby wears the same uniform as every other girl attending Beacon, consisting of brown shoes, red tartan skirt, white blouse with maroon trim and thin red bow, a brown vest with gold buttons, and maroon blazer with gold trim, alongside full-length black stockings. However, she also wears her red cloak pinned to her blazer.
After the timeskip following the Fall of Beacon, her new design sports a white high-neck décolletage blouse with brown studded wristbands on the arms. Her outfit retains the use of a black skirt with red tulle underneath, somewhat similar to her Original outfit, but her waist cincher has been replaced with an overbust corset with red strip holding it in place. A black belt bordered in red holds the magnetic clip for Crescent Rose and its ammunition. She also has brown straps on her blouse that allow her to wear a small brown backpack.
In lieu of her usual full black stockings, Ruby wears thigh-high stockings reaching to a few inches below the hem of her skirt, decorated by an image of a long-stemmed rose. Her red-soled black boots contain four straps and buckles apiece.
Her cloak has a singular clip on the right shoulder in the shape of her emblem, replacing the cross-shaped clips from her original attire. Both the cloak and the stockings show tears from hard wear.
Her hair has also grown slightly longer, maintaining the color gradation from black at the roots to red at the tips.
Personality[]
Ever since she was little, Ruby has had a romanticized view of the Huntsman profession. She is quick to reveal she wanted to become a Huntress in order to be like the great heroes in fairy tales, and she has described being one as far more "romantic" than being a police officer. Her mentality is described as "I don't have time for my emotions. I've gotta make sure that everybody else is okay." She has also shown a distinct lack of ability picking up social cues due to being a very open and honest person. This results in her inability to pick up Weiss' sarcasm in the "The Shining Beacon" and her struggling to act formally in "It's Brawl in the Family".
Although Ruby has no trouble interacting with friends, she does have trouble actually making them, and once admits that seeing new weapons "is like meeting new people, but better". This could have been a result of her having been accepted two years earlier to Beacon Academy, which forces her to leave her friends at Signalbehind, as well as interact with people that are both older and more experienced than she is. Regardless, both she and Jaune Arc toast to being socially awkward during the Beacon Dance.
In the second chapter of the manga, it is revealed that Ruby has had a fear of large crowds, as shown when she freezes up during a sparring match against Cardin Winchester. However, she manages to work through that fear with some encouragement from her teammates long enough to win the spar, and by the Vytal Festival, she has overcome them entirely.
Ruby also has a sweet tooth, preferring five sugars in her coffee and scarfing down a large plate of cookies in "Ruby Rose". She is even seen with a plate of cookies in "Jaunedice", while her friends are eating more nutritious meals. This is shown again in "Alone Together", where Ruby rejoices and accepts coffee after learning Weiss put "blasphemous amounts of cream and sugar" in it.
In combat or dangerous situations, she is shown to be quite impulsive and battle eager, such as when she attacks a Death Stalker on sight before learning of its high resistance to bullets and blades. This trait contrasts with her adaptability, for she is quite capable of forming attack plans with others in order to take down stronger foes, such as the Nevermore in "Players and Pieces" and Roman in the Atlesian Paladin-290 in "Painting the Town...". After her discussion with Ozpin in "The Badge and The Burden, Pt.2", Ruby begins to take her role as leader of Team RWBY seriously. However, future instances of recklessness are when none of her teammates are near her, such as in the "Battle of Beacon" when she goes alone to engage Roman and Neopolitan, who both outnumbered and outmatched her.
Since Volume 4, Ruby has been shown to be ruthless at times when it comes to protecting her loved ones, such as when she nonchalantly cuts off Tyrian Callows' stinger after he manages to injure and poison her uncle, Qrow Branwen. This is most likely a side effect of traumas stemmed from the Fall of Beacon.
XP4 Fanfic[]
Ruby is a member of the Heroes Coalitions and is part of the Death City Squad. She also attends at Vanguard Academy as a student. Ruby also had an older twin brother named Robin Rose.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Kick-Off![]
In Chapter 9, Ruby, alongside her team, the Death City Squad, are seen in a large desert taking on several gigantic Emotionless. After defeating the creatures, Death the Kid made an urgent order to head back to Neo-City after hearing that Donzerg Stronghold plans on painting the La Lopez Memorial Museum with rainbow paint in a zigzag pattern, much to Ruby and everyone's bewilderment.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Neo-City Diaries[]
In Chapter 8, Ruby, alongside Lie Ren and Jaune Arc, are seen inside the Vanguard Academy when Faye Bertha Conway made her presence. Ruby then elbowed Jaune out of jealousy when she noticed him, gawking at Faye's beauty.
In Chapter 9, Ruby, alongside Jaune Arc, Lie Ren and Wesley Bryans, are seen in the track field at the Vanguard Academy where they were getting interviewed by Amelia Sainthearts and Duke Armstrong. Ruby growled at Amelia before apologizing, they then witnessed Jaune ordering Ren and Wesley to bury him alive which they obliged, much to her, Amelia and Duke bewilderment.
In Chapter 10, Ruby is present during the Unification Ceremony.
In Chapter 20, Ruby, alongside Jaune Arc, 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, Ruby is seen showing Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long around the halls of the Vanguard Academy when they witnessed the arrival of Akiharu Hino in his Tardis and an annoyed Marcus "The Kane" & Eddy Skipper McGee walking past them.
In Chapter 25, Ruby attended a Welcoming Party at the AniManga Cafe in Neo-City.
In Chapter 29, Ruby is present during Rhodey "Rhode Dogg" Dogglas' 'takeover' in Principal Danny Antonucci's office inside the Vanguard Academy and after everything is settled, she took part of Aty's class.
In Chapter 44, Ruby, alongside the rest of the Death City Squad, welcomes Akamaru and Mata Frerichs for becoming an official member of the team.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Remnant Chronicles[]
In Chapter 1, Ruby, alongside the Death City Squad, Qrow Branwen, Jaune Arc, 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, Ruby, alongside the Death City Squad, Qrow Branwen, Jaune Arc, 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, Ruby is seen having a sparring session with Oscar Pine at their house's yard somewhere in Mistral while Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Nora Valkyrie, Mina Majikina and Brook watches them. 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.
In Chapter 5, Ruby entered the training a room in their residence somewhere in Mistral and saw Oscar Pine wielding Ozpin's cane. They had a conversation about being scared & moving forward. After Ruby left the room, Ozpin and Oscar agreed that she is a remarkable person.
In Chapter 6, Ruby is seen working in the kitchen alongside Lie Ren, Jaune Arc and Nora Valkyrie in their residence at Mistral. She then heard Qrow Branwen calling for her, she arrives in the living room and was shocked when she saw Yang Xiao Long & Weiss Schnee and she happily reunited with them while everyone watches them with a smile.
In Chapter 7, Ruby 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, Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Lie Ren & herself revealing their Gifts and Jaune & her 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, Ruby is seen lying down on a patio of their residence somewhere in Mistral when she is joined by Yang Xiao Long and Weiss Schnee, they had a conversation but when Blake Belladonna's name was mentioned, Yang left them. Later, Ruby came in to check Yang and Weiss when they heard Jaune Arc shouting about the lack of syrup which is followed by Elizabeth "Liz" Thompson & Lie Ren shouting Patricia "Patty" Thompson & Nora Valkyrie's names, much to the girls' bewilderment.
In Chapter 9, Ruby is mentioned by Cinder Falls.
In Chapter 10, Ruby, alongside her team, Yang Xiao Long, Weiss Schnee, Jaune Arc, 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, Ruby, alongside her team, Qrow Branwen, Nora Valkyrie, Jaune Arc, 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 Ruby taking on Emerald Sustrai. She then witnessed Robin Rose taking down Cinder by smashing a guitar on her face when she noticed Emerald getting distracted, Ruby took this chance to knock her out.
In Chapter 12, Ruby is shock at Robin Rose's presence. She then witnessed Robin using his Silver Eyes to weaken Cinder Fall before sending her into another world using a portal device. Ruby then intercepted Emerald Sustrai and resumed their fight. Ruby then gasped when she saw Blake Belladonna again but quickly snaps out of it and ordered Yang Xiao Long to go after Raven Branwen and Vernal which she complied. Ruby gave Blake a nod before resuming her fight with Emerald.
In Chapter 13, Ruby and Weiss Schnee reunited with Blake Belladonna before bracing themselves when Hazel Rainart, Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai advanced towards them. She then witnessed Lie Ren using his Gift to weaken Hazel and took this chance to attack him.
In Chapter 14, Ruby, 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. She, alongside Yang and Weiss Schnee, reunited with Blake Belladonna. In the aftermath montage, Ruby introduced Blake and Sun to the Death City Squad, she and Jaune Arc later shock Blake and Sun when they found out that they're a couple. Later at the Menagerie, Ruby and Jaune sitting on a log while looking up at the sky.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Welcome to Herowood[]
In Chapter 8, Ruby, alongside Carol Painwheel, are seen having a picture with Yuugiri in the dining area of their hotel in Herowood.
Abilities[]
In order to become a Huntress, Ruby trained at Signal Academy, where her skills and abilities far surpassed her peers. Wielding a dangerous weapon like Crescent Rose required strength, balance, and adaptability, all of which she demonstrated the night she stopped the robbery of a Dust shop in Vale. This led Ozpin to accept her into Beacon Academy two years before the usual age of admittance.
While at Beacon, Ruby developed skills as a decisive leader, being able to formulate and execute plans with others in order to take down tougher foes, such as the giant Nevermore encountered during initiation, and later in coordinated attacks against Roman in an Atlesian Paladin-290.
Ruby's sense of balance stands out, particularly in precarious situations like perching on a taut ribbon in "Players and Pieces" or running off an exploding airship in "Heroes and Monsters".
Ruby's fighting style relies heavily on her creative uses of and methods for achieving momentum, relying on a combination of her Semblance and Crescent Rose's recoil to allow her to achieve massive impact force, as well as creating slipstreams and even small whirlwinds using her Semblance.
Weapon[]
Main Article: Crescent Rose
Ruby is a self-admitted dork when it comes to weapons, which shows in her complex design and craftsmanship of Crescent Rose, her High-Caliber Sniper-Scythe which she designed herself at Signal, as well as her eye for detail when observing other people's weapons and tools. This weapon can transform between a scythe and a sniper rifle and can fire Dust rounds in either form with massive force, as demonstrated in the "Red" Trailer when she used a Gravity Dust magazine. Rather than compensate for it, Ruby harnesses the recoil to enhance her mobility in combat, firing shots to propel herself short distances, simultaneously attacking and evading an opponent.
It is also capable of using Fire and Lightning Dust.
Ozpin has noted upon meeting Ruby that he has only ever seen one other scythe wielder as skilled with such a dangerous weapon; that person is none other than Qrow, Ruby's teacher and uncle. According to Ruby, prior to learning under Qrow she was "completely garbage", although it is unclear if that only applies to her scythe skills.
Despite showing a preference for engaging enemies in close combat, Ruby does possess enough accuracy to land headshots against Grimm, but notably needs to stand still to do so consistently, usually by anchoring her scythe to the ground to act as a monopod. As of Volume 4, the scope on Crescent Rose has a small crack.
Crescent Rose's blade can also bend back slightly, though this is only shown when Ruby rushes forward, and the tip of the scythe hits something. Ruby takes advantage of this spear-like form to pin a Nuckelavee's arm to the ground.
Semblance[]
Ruby's Semblance allows her to dash with unnatural speed in whatever direction she chooses at the cost of Aura. This happens so fast she sometimes gives off the illusion of teleporting.
She has displayed the ability to use this Semblance midair, as well as to create powerful whirlwinds that can suck in and knock away objects and foes caught by it.
During the "Volume 4 Character Short", she displayed much greater control over her Semblance, using it to repeatedly change directions in mid-air and attack at high speed. She also exhibited the ability to seemingly dematerialize into three separate clusters of petals which then flowed around an opponent before reforming. The exact mechanics of this ability are not yet clear.
She also increases her ability to pick up and carry someone, as her joint attack with Nora Valkyrie on the Geistwas a vast improvement over the time she carried Penny Polendina. Another amped ability is her encircling of air, which she previously used successfully against Team JNPR and unsuccessfully against Mercury Black. Previously it was smaller, but she is now capable of enveloping her enemy in a tornado-like rush of air.
Notably, whenever she uses this Semblance, she leaves a trail of rose petals in her wake that dissipate over time. It is unknown what causes this, but these rose petals are not merely symbolic and can be perceived by others. Weiss once waved her hands to brush them away, and Ozpin comments on witnesses who reported rose petals left behind in a dance club.
Silver Eyes[]
Through her mother, Summer, Ruby comes from a line of legendary warriors who possessed powerful abilities related to their silver eyes, said to be an extremely rare trait. Upon seeing Pyrrha Nikos die in "End of the Beginning", Ruby accidentally uses this power in her grief and petrifies the Dragon. However, she has no memory of doing this other than her head hurting. Later in the episode, Qrow describes a fairy tale about warriors with silver eyes who are so powerful that even the Grimm fear them.
In "The Next Step", it is revealed that Ruby's powers injured Cinder Fall greatly, causing her to lose her left eye and arm, and making it difficult for her to speak for a period of time. Salem states that this is due to Cinder's possession of the Fall Maiden powers but does not explain why this is the case. However, when Ruby uses her powers once again in "The More the Merrier", Raven Branwen, who possesses the Spring Maiden powers, is not affected despite being in the vicinity, indicating that the Maiden powers themselves do not cause an individual to be affected by Silver Eye powers. This indicates that the reason Cinder is affected because of her usage of the Grimm, through a Grimm beetle glove and a Grimm arm.
Weaknesses[]
Ruby is heavily reliant on Crescent Rose. In contrast to her sister, her hand-to-hand capabilities are rather poor, making her easy to be taken down by mere grunts. Without her weapon, there is not much she can do in a fight, and her best bet is to run away with her speed. Her cape, on occasion, has been exploited and used against her, notably during the Beacon initiation when a Nevermore pinned her cape to the ground with it's feather-spears. In "Lighting the Fire" Ruby is shown to be slightly improving in hand-to-hand combat under the tutelage of Professor Ozpin through Oscar Pine. Despite her silver eyes possessing intense power, she is not shown to have any true control over activating them at will.
XP4 Fanfics[]
Ruby is a Blessed with a Gift called Wolf Power which gives her wolf traits (like ears) and abilities like razor sharped claws and sense of smell. Her Gift also boosted her semblance into maximum speed.
Trivia[]
- In the XP4 fics, Ruby and Jaune Arc are an official couple.
- Ruby alludes to Little Red Riding Hood from the fairy tale of the same name. For more information on this allusion, as well as other choices the creators made for this character, see Ruby Rose/Behind the Scenes.
- Her name alludes to a type of gemstone that is often found in red. Furthermore, "Ruby" is the name of an actual shade of red. Meanwhile, her surname, "Rose", alludes to another shade of red and a type of flower that is also found most often in red.
- Ruby's alternate outfit, "Slayer", appears to be somewhat based on the early sketch shown in the second production diary.
- Despite sharing similar emblems and a red-and-black color scheme, Monty confirmed that Ruby and Adam Taurus are not related to each other and that their emblems differ from each other in terms of "scatter and wilt".
- Ruby shares her emblem design with her mother.
- Though on the show both emblems are shown as gray due to being carved in either metal or stone, Ruby's is seen to be red on other RWBY media.
- Ruby takes her mother's surname rather than her father's. The reason for this is unknown.
- Monty has confirmed that Ruby is left-handed. However, she is seen wielding her weapon with her right hand just as easily, implying trained ambidexterity. Monty has stated that it is "common to switch both hands while fighting, especially to make it interesting." In "No Safe Haven", Ruby is seen writing a letter with her right hand.
- Although Ruby is often depicted to favor sweets like cookies, her favorite food is actually strawberries.
- Ruby Rose is a playable character in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. A demo of her in the game was tweeted by Gray G. Haddock on October 3rd, 2017.
- Ruby, alongside Nora and Jaune, is one of the few characters who owns an object for sale at the Rooster Teeth store – which includes her Rose Pajama Pants, her headphones and (now discontinued from the Rooster Teeth Store) her Beacon Academy backpack.
- At the RTX Australia 2016 RWBY Panel, Ruby's Skype username was RlyRlyKoolKid.
- In the teaser trailer for Camp Camp, another animated series produced by Rooster Teeth, a figurine of Ruby was briefly seen in the cubicle belonging to "Maggie Tominey".
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