Volume 5

by Rooster Teeth

Team RWBY reunites in Mistral as enemies converge on Haven Academy and its hidden Relic. The Battle of Haven will test every alliance — and Raven Branwen holds a secret that could break them all.

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

Characters

• Adam Taurus — The bull Faunus who led the White Fang's assault on Haven and was humiliated when Blake arrived with the Faunus of Menagerie to repel him — his grip o
• Beowolf — The most common species of Grimm — wolf-like creatures of darkness that hunt in packs, drawn to negative emotions and encountered throughout the wilde
• Blake Belladonna — The cat Faunus who stopped running. Blake rallied the Faunus of Menagerie, brought an army to Haven, and faced Adam Taurus on her own terms — proving
• Cinder Fall — The Fall Maiden who attacked Haven to claim the Relic of Knowledge — Cinder fought Raven in the vault and lost catastrophically, falling into the abys
• Emerald Sustrai — Cinder's loyal thief — Emerald fought at Haven out of devotion to Cinder and was shattered when her master fell into the vault. Her grief manifested a
• Hazel Rainart — A massive, soft-spoken man who injects raw Dust crystals into his arms to fuel berserker rage — Hazel fights at Haven and loses all composure when he
• Ilia Amitola — A chameleon Faunus who switched sides at Haven — torn between her loyalty to the White Fang and her love for Blake, Ilia chose to fight against Adam's
• James Ironwood — The general who sealed Atlas's borders after Beacon fell — Ironwood is mentioned but not present, his kingdom locked down and his intentions unclear.
• Jaune Arc — The boy who unlocked his Semblance saving Weiss's life. Jaune's Aura Amplification can supercharge the Aura of anyone he touches — the power to heal a
• Lie Ren — The quietest fighter at Haven — Ren survived the Grimm that destroyed his childhood, and now he's learning that tranquility doesn't mean hiding from w
• Mercury Black — An assassin's son with prosthetic legs and no Semblance — Mercury fights at Haven because fighting is all he knows, and his cynicism deepens with ever
• Nora Valkyrie — The lightning-powered berserker who helped hold Haven Academy against Salem's forces — still loud, still swinging Magnhild, and growing closer to Ren
• Oscar Pine — A fourteen-year-old farmboy merging with the soul of an ancient wizard. Oscar trains under Ozpin's guidance in a body they increasingly share, fightin
• Professor Ozpin — The ancient wizard reborn inside a farmboy — Ozpin trains Oscar and guides the team from within their shared body, but his secrets are starting to cra
• Qrow Branwen — A veteran Huntsman recovering from poisoned wounds and drowning his doubts in alcohol — Qrow guided the team to Mistral but his faith in Ozpin is fray
• Raven Branwen — Yang's mother, leader of a bandit tribe, and the secret Spring Maiden — Raven opened Haven's vault, fought Cinder, and then fled when Yang confronted
• Ruby Rose — The girl who walked across a continent and kept going. Ruby has reunited with her team in Mistral, but the Silver Eyes she can't control and the secre
• Salem — The immortal enemy — Salem directs her agents from the Land of Darkness, orchestrating the attack on Haven to claim the Relic of Knowledge. She cannot
• Sienna Khan — The former High Leader of the White Fang — a tiger Faunus who believed in strength through fear, killed by Adam in a coup before the Battle of Haven.
• Sun Wukong — The monkey Faunus who followed Blake to Menagerie and helped her rally an army — Sun fights at Haven alongside Blake because that's what Sun does: sho
• Taiyang Xiao Long — Ruby and Yang's father — the retired Huntsman on Patch who watched both daughters leave and can only hope the training he gave them was enough.
• Tyrian Callows — Salem's psychotic enforcer — recovering from losing his scorpion tail to Ruby on the road to Mistral, nursing his wounds and his grudge somewhere in t
• Weiss Schnee — The disinherited Schnee who escaped Atlas, survived a bandit camp, and reunited with her team in Mistral — her summoning is now a weapon, and she's ch
• Yang Xiao Long — The brawler who rode a motorcycle across Anima to find her mother, confronted Raven Branwen, and walked away with the Relic of Knowledge — Yang is don

Locations

• Atlas — The northern kingdom of technology and military power — borders still sealed, Weiss escaped, and Ironwood's silence grows louder with each passing wee
• Haven Academy — The Huntsman Academy in Mistral — site of the climactic battle where Salem's forces, the White Fang, and the defenders all converged over the Relic of
• Land of Darkness — Salem's domain — a realm of perpetual twilight, Grimm spawning pools, and a dark castle where the immortal witch orchestrates her war against Ozpin an
• Menagerie — The Faunus homeland — the island where Blake rallied an army of volunteers to fight Adam's White Fang at Haven.
• Mistral — The eastern kingdom on the continent of Anima — Team RWBY reunites here, in the capital city where Haven Academy hides the Relic of Knowledge beneath
• Patch — The quiet island off Vale's coast — Taiyang waits here while both his daughters fight a war on the other side of the world.
• Vale — The central kingdom of Remnant — still recovering from the Fall of Beacon, its tower broken and its Huntsman Academy in ruins.

Items

• Crescent Rose — Ruby Rose's signature weapon — a High-Caliber Sniper-Scythe, battle-tested across a continent of Grimm encounters and the Battle of Haven.
• Crocea Mors — Jaune Arc's weapon — the family heirloom sword now reforged with metal from Pyrrha's armor, a tribute to the partner who believed in him.
• Dust — The crystallized energy source that powers Remnant's civilization — mined, refined, and integrated into weapons, technology, and combat across every k
• Ember Celica — Yang Xiao Long's weapons — Dual Ranged Shot Gauntlets, now including a rebuilt right gauntlet integrated with her Atlas prosthetic arm.
• Gambol Shroud — Blake Belladonna's weapon — a Variant Ballistic Chain Scythe wielded against Adam's White Fang at Haven.
• Harbinger — Qrow Branwen's weapon — a massive mechanical weapon that shifts between greatsword, scythe, and shotgun forms, as versatile and worn as its wielder.
• Magnhild — Nora Valkyrie's weapon — a massive war hammer that compacts into a grenade launcher, as subtle as its wielder.
• Myrtenaster — Weiss Schnee's weapon — a Multi-Action Dust Rapier that survived escape from Atlas, capture by bandits, and the Battle of Haven.
• Relic of Knowledge — A golden lamp hidden in the vault beneath Haven Academy — one of four Relics created by the gods of Remnant. Yang retrieved it after Raven opened the
• StormFlower — Lie Ren's weapons — dual automatic pistols with integrated blades, wielded with the precision and economy that defines their owner.
• Wilt and Blush — Adam Taurus's weapons — a red-bladed katana and rifle scabbard used in iaido quick-draw combat, as aggressive and uncompromising as their wielder.

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