Volume 7

by Rooster Teeth

In the gleaming military kingdom of Atlas, the team works alongside General Ironwood to prepare for Salem's arrival. But as paranoia tightens its grip on the general, allies become enemies — and a rebuilt friend inherits a power that changes everything.

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

Characters

• Arthur Watts — A disgraced Atlas scientist who faked his death and serves Salem — Watts is the shadow behind Volume 7's crises, hacking Atlas systems, rigging electi
• Beowolf — The most common Grimm — wolf-like creatures of shadow and bone that attack in packs, drawn to negative emotion and serving as the constant background
• Blake Belladonna — No longer running — Blake fights alongside Yang as a committed partner, her ears uncovered, her past integrated, lending her sharp tactical mind to th
• Cinder Fall — The Fall Maiden returns to Atlas — Cinder infiltrates the kingdom with Neo, attacks the Winter Maiden's chamber to steal another power, and fails when
• Clover Ebi — Leader of the Ace Operatives — a charming, capable soldier whose good luck Semblance makes him the perfect partner for Qrow. He is killed by Tyrian, w
• Emerald Sustrai — A street thief turned reluctant villain — Emerald remains with Salem's forces but her loyalty is cracking, her conscience louder than the devotion to
• James Ironwood — The general who tried to save the world and lost himself — Ironwood descends from principled leader to authoritarian tyrant as fear of Salem overrides
• Jaune Arc — No longer the kid who faked his transcripts — Jaune's Semblance amplifies others' Aura, making him the team's force multiplier and the quiet backbone
• Lie Ren — The team's quietest member is fracturing under pressure — Ren's Semblance evolves to sense emotions, but the new awareness overwhelms him and drives a
• Maria Calavera — The legendary Grimm Reaper — a tiny, sharp-tongued elderly woman with mechanical eyes who mentors Ruby and provides cranky wisdom to a team that despe
• Neopolitan — Roman's silent partner, now working with Cinder — Neo's Semblance creates perfect visual illusions, making her the ideal infiltration agent in a kingd
• Nora Valkyrie — Still the team's heavy hitter — but in Atlas, Nora starts asking who she is without Ren, and the answer nearly kills her when she absorbs a lightning
• Oscar Pine — The farm boy with a wizard in his head is growing into his own person — Oscar fights for independence from Ozpin's merging consciousness while endurin
• Penny Polendina — Rebuilt after her destruction at the Vytal Festival — Penny returns as one of Atlas's most powerful operatives and becomes the Winter Maiden when Fria
• Professor Ozpin — The ancient wizard is returning — slowly, guilt-ridden, rebuilding trust from inside Oscar's mind after his deceptions shattered the team's faith in h
• Qrow Branwen — Ruby's uncle has found something rare — a friend in Clover Ebi whose good luck Semblance cancels out his own misfortune. Then Tyrian kills Clover and
• Ruby Rose — The leader of Team RWBY — no longer a wide-eyed student but a confident Huntress who broadcasts a message of hope to the world and defies a general wh
• Salem — The immortal queen approaches Atlas with an army of Grimm and a whale-shaped monstrosity — her forces have infiltrated the kingdom from within, and no
• Tyrian Callows — Salem's devoted psychopath — a scorpion Faunus assassin sent to Mantle to murder political targets, terrorize the population, and ultimately kill Clov
• Weiss Schnee — Back in Atlas for the first time since her disinheritance — Weiss confronts her family's corruption head-on as her father Jacques is arrested and her
• Winter Schnee — Weiss's elder sister — a disciplined Atlas Specialist groomed to inherit the Winter Maiden's power, whose loyalty to Ironwood is tested when his order
• Yang Xiao Long — A brawler who has learned to fight smart — Yang's prosthetic arm is part of her now, her relationship with Blake is real, and when Ironwood crosses th

Locations

• Amity Colosseum — The floating stadium repurposed — Ironwood's plan converts Amity Colosseum into a communications tower capable of restoring global contact and broadca
• Atlas — The floating kingdom — a gleaming city of military power and technological supremacy suspended above the impoverished city of Mantle, where the gap be
• Atlas Academy — Atlas's combined military academy and Huntsman school — Ironwood's base of operations, where soldiers and Huntsmen are interchangeable and the chain o
• Schnee Manor — The Schnee family mansion in Atlas — a gilded cage of wealth and dysfunction where Jacques hosts a rigged election party and his empire finally collap
• The Land of Darkness — Salem's domain — a corrupted wasteland of Grimm pools and dark crystal where the immortal queen marshals her forces for the assault on Atlas.

Items

• Crescent Rose — Ruby's signature weapon — a high-caliber sniper rifle that unfolds into a massive war scythe, designed and built by Ruby herself at Signal Academy.
• Crocea Mors — Jaune's heirloom sword and shield — reforged to incorporate Pyrrha's metal, the shield now expands into a great shield and the blade has been broadene
• Dust — The energy source of Remnant — a naturally occurring crystalline substance mined from the earth that powers weapons, technology, and civilization itse
• Ember Celica — Yang's dual shotgun gauntlets — bracelet-sized when inactive, extending into full forearm-mounted weapons that fire explosive shells and amplify her d
• Gambol Shroud — Blake's versatile weapon — a katana with a sharpened cleaver-sheath, integrated pistol, and ribbon that enables four distinct combat configurations.
• Harbinger — Qrow's multi-form weapon — transforms between a greatsword, a war scythe, and a shotgun, reflecting the versatility and lethality of its wielder.
• Magnhild — Nora's massive war hammer — converts between a melee hammer capable of launching Grimm into the stratosphere and a grenade launcher for ranged bombard
• Myrtenaster — Weiss's multi-action Dust rapier — an elegant weapon with a rotating revolver chamber that cycles six Dust types for elemental combat versatility.
• Relic of Creation — A divine artifact hidden beneath Atlas Academy — a blue staff with the power to create anything, currently tasked with a single creation: keeping Atla
• Relic of Knowledge — A golden lamp containing the spirit Jinn — one of four divine artifacts, capable of answering three questions per century with absolute truth. The tea
• StormFlower — Ren's dual automatic pistols — lightweight weapons with integrated curved blades for simultaneous shooting and slashing, favoring speed and precision

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