Volume 1

by Rooster Teeth

Volume 1 follows Ruby Rose, a young prodigy admitted to Beacon Academy two years early, as she forms Team RWBY and begins training as a Huntress. Meanwhile, the criminal Roman Torchwick escalates a mysterious Dust theft operation with the radical White Fang, and shadows gather at the edges of everything Beacon represents.

41 characters, locations, and items in this world codex.

Characters

• Adam Taurus — Blake's former partner in the White Fang — a masked bull Faunus radical she left behind when the violence became too much. He doesn't appear in Volume
• Beowolf — The most common species of Grimm — wolf-like creatures of darkness that hunt in packs and are drawn to negative emotions.
• Blake Belladonna — A quiet, bookish student hiding a dangerous secret — cat Faunus ears under a black bow and a past with the White Fang she's desperate to leave behind.
• Coco Adel — Team CFVY's fashionable leader — a second-year Beacon student who carries a designer handbag that transforms into a gatling gun and has zero tolerance
• Emerald Sustrai — A dark-skinned young woman with green hair seen briefly alongside the woman in shadows — her identity and role are unknown.
• Glynda Goodwitch — Beacon Academy's stern combat instructor and Ozpin's right hand — the woman who actually keeps the school running while the headmaster speaks in metap
• Jaune Arc — A scraggly nobody who faked his transcripts to get into Beacon — he doesn't even know what Aura is, but seven generations of Arc warriors are a legacy
• Lie Ren — The quietest member of Team JNPR — composed, skilled, and Nora's anchor since childhood, communicating more with a look than most people do with a par
• Mercury Black — A grey-haired young man seen briefly alongside the woman in shadows — his identity and role are unknown.
• Nevermore — A massive avian Grimm fought during Beacon initiation — the combined efforts of Teams RWBY and JNPR brought one down in a battle that defined both tea
• Nora Valkyrie — A lightning-powered berserker with boundless energy and a war hammer bigger than most people — she masks something harder beneath relentless enthusias
• Penny Polendina — A quirky, oddly strong girl Ruby befriends in the city — cheerful, socially awkward, and hiding something unusual about herself.
• Professor Ozpin — The enigmatic headmaster of Beacon Academy — a man who speaks in riddles, drinks too much coffee, and clearly knows far more about the world's dangers
• Professor Port — Beacon's bombastic Grimm Studies professor — a rotund, mustachioed veteran Huntsman who tells long-winded stories about his own heroism and occasional
• Pyrrha Nikos — The four-time Mistral champion known as the Invincible Girl — the most talented fighter at Beacon and the loneliest, because fame keeps everyone at ar
• Qrow Branwen — Ruby's uncle and scythe-fighting mentor — a veteran Huntsman referenced but not seen in Volume 1, the man who taught Ruby everything she knows about c
• Roman Torchwick — Vale's most theatrical crime boss — orchestrating massive Dust heists across the city with a showman's flair, a cane that shoots explosives, and the c
• Ruby Rose — A fifteen-year-old prodigy accepted into Beacon Academy two years early, Ruby wields a massive sniper-scythe and dreams of becoming a Huntress like th
• Summer Rose — Ruby's mother — a Huntress who left on a mission and never came back. She exists as a grave on a cliff and an absence that shapes everything Ruby does
• Sun Wukong — A golden-haired monkey Faunus from Vacuo — impulsive, shirtless by choice, and the stowaway who stumbles into Blake's secret at the docks.
• Taiyang Xiao Long — Ruby and Yang's father — a retired Huntsman and Signal Academy teacher who stayed on Patch while both daughters left for Beacon.
• The Woman in Shadows — A mysterious figure glimpsed only in darkness — the unseen hand directing Roman Torchwick's Dust operation, her identity and motives completely unknow
• Velvet Scarlatina — A soft-spoken rabbit Faunus and second-year Beacon student who endures casual bullying with quiet dignity — her teammates are less patient about it.
• Weiss Schnee — Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company who chose Beacon Academy to prove herself outside her family's shadow — brilliant, precise, and carrying prejudices
• Yang Xiao Long — Ruby's fiercely protective older sister — a brawler with a big personality, golden hair she treats like a religion, and shotgun gauntlets that hit lik

Locations

• Beacon Academy — The premier Huntsman academy in Vale — a campus of gothic spires and green grounds where teams of four train to fight the darkness.
• Beacon Tower — The central spire of Beacon Academy — housing Ozpin's office and the Cross Continental Transmit System that links Vale to the world.
• City of Vale — The main urban center of Vale — a coastal city of commerce, culture, and a growing crime wave tied to Dust theft.
• Emerald Forest — A vast, Grimm-infested forest bordering Beacon Academy — beautiful, ancient, and the proving ground where teams RWBY and JNPR were forged.
• Forever Fall — A hauntingly beautiful crimson forest near Beacon where the leaves are permanently red — field trip destination and the backdrop for Jaune's confronta
• Patch — A small, peaceful island off Vale's coast — the hometown of Ruby and Yang, where their father teaches at Signal Academy and their mother's grave overl
• Vale — The central kingdom of Remnant — a temperate, cosmopolitan nation of forests and coastline, home to Beacon Academy and currently experiencing a wave o

Items

• Crescent Rose — Ruby Rose's signature weapon — a High-Caliber Sniper-Scythe that she designed and built herself at Signal Academy.
• Crocea Mors — Jaune Arc's weapon — a family heirloom sword and collapsible shield, the simplest weapon at Beacon and a legacy he's trying to live up to.
• Dust — Crystallized natural energy that powers all of Remnant's technology, weapons, and civilization — and the target of a massive theft operation across Va
• Ember Celica — Yang Xiao Long's weapons — Dual Ranged Shot Gauntlets that extend from bracelets into full shotgun-powered boxing gauntlets.
• Gambol Shroud — Blake Belladonna's weapon — a Variant Ballistic Chain Scythe that shifts between katana, cleaver, pistol, and ribbon-grapple.
• Magnhild — Nora Valkyrie's weapon — a war hammer that transforms into a grenade launcher, as bombastic and devastating as its wielder.
• Melodic Cudgel — Roman Torchwick's weapon — a gentleman's cane that fires explosive Dust flares and conceals a grappling hook.
• Myrtenaster — Weiss Schnee's weapon — a Multi-Action Dust Rapier with a revolving chamber that loads six types of Dust for elemental versatility.
• StormFlower — Lie Ren's weapons — dual automatic pistols with retractable blades for a precise, flowing combat style.

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