Location from RWBY by Rooster Teeth
A northern Mistral coastal city near the Atlas border — a joint military outpost where kingdom tensions simmer beneath a picturesque surface.
Argus is postcard-pretty and politically complicated. A coastal city built along cliffsides overlooking a frigid northern sea, with colorful buildings stacked in terraces, cobblestone streets, and a massive Atlas military base occupying the headland. The architecture is Mistral-influenced — warm stone, arched windows, cafe-lined plazas — but Atlas soldiers patrol the streets, and the massive mech stationed at the base reminds everyone who has the bigger guns. Ruby's group passed through Argus trying to reach Atlas, and the city became a pressure cooker — Cordovin, the Atlas base commander, denied them passage; Jaune confronted a memorial statue of Pyrrha; and the team fought the base's giant mech to commandeer an airship. The city exists at the intersection of two kingdoms that don't fully trust each other, and that tension lives in every interaction between Mistral locals and Atlas military.
A northern coastal city in Mistral, serving as the main thoroughfare between Anima and Atlas via ocean crossing. Built along cliffsides overlooking a frigid harbor, with colorful terraced buildings in Mediterranean-inspired architecture — warm oranges, yellows, and reds against grey stone and blue water. An Atlas military base dominates the shoreline, featuring a massive radar array and a giant mech (Colossus) for Grimm defense. Cordovin commands the base with territorial zeal.
Also known as: Argus, the city of Argus