Blake Belladonna (RWBY)

Blake Belladonna is one of the main protagonists of the RWBY franchise. She is one of the main protagonists of the American animated webseries RWBY, its Japanese manga prequel/adaptation, comic book series by DC Comics, and video game spinoffs RWBY: Grimm Eclipse and RWBY: Arrowfell. She is a cat Faunus and former member of the White Fang, who left the organization to become a Huntress and member of Team RWBY.
She is voiced by Arryn Zech.
==Appearance==
Blake is a fair-skinned girl with long black hair, which she later cuts to shoulder-length. She has large amber eyes, and stands over five and a half feet tall. She has a cross-shaped scar on her lower left abdomen, around her midriff area. Her most prominent feature, and the one signaling her Faunus heritage, is a pair of black, cat-like ears on top of her head and through her hair. She sometimes covers these with a large black bow. Her clothing usually incorporates ribbons and exposed midriff, and usually comes in blacks, purples, whites, and greys.
==Other Appearances==
===RWBY Chibi===
*See Blake Belladonna (RWBY Chibi)
===RWBY: Ice Queendom===
*See Blake Belladonna (RWBY: Ice Queendom)
===RWBY: Amity Arena===
Blake appeared as a character in the defunct mobile video game RWBY: Amity Arena.
In the game's primary multiplayer mode, Blake appeared as several units. The Ribbon Blake unit was a ground-based melee unit that could be deployed to anywhere in the arena regardless of enemy territory. The Shadow Blake unit was a ranged unit that shot at enemies, and as a special ability could leave behind an immobile clone that drew enemy attacks. The Checkmate unit teams Weiss with Blake, using Glyphs to attack and make friendly units temporarily invulnerable. The Bumblebee unit teams Blake with Yang, which used Yang as a primary ground melee unit, but as a special ability had Blake propel Yang to a location with widespread area damage.
===DC Crossovers===
====RWBY/Justice League====
Blake appears as one of the main protagonists of the DC Comics crossover with the Justice League. While on break from Beacon, Blake travels back home, where rumors circulate of a ghost haunting the island. Blake investigates to find that the sightings are not of a ghost, but of a woman named Diana Prince, who was created as a machine at a nearby secret island and is being traind to be an ambassator to the world of Remnant. However, they are attacked by an orca, seemingly under the control of something. Finding this suspicious, Blake travels back to Beacon with Diana to report to Professor Ozpin. There, she meets with her teammates and their new allies, all of which having made disturbing discoveries: Ruby, Yang, and Clark Kent encountered multi-colored Grimm that could hypnotize people, and Weiss and her friend Bruce Wayne Have found that an Atlas elite named Mr. Lloyd has been stockpiling Dust and ammunition. They determine that people are going missing from around water, including Team JNPR. Blake travels with Yang and Clark to investigate the waters, coming across Arthur Curry, who attacks them beliving they are responsible for his people's disappearances. They are attacked by mind-controlled fish, and determine that they are facing a common enemy. They are rejoined by their allies, now including Barry Allen and Victor Stone. Suddenly, they are attacked by a horde of hypnotized people, animals, and Grimm, including JNPR. They are saved by Jessica Cruz, who explains that she is from a different universe and has tracked an alien conqueror called Starro to Remnant. However, in the journey, time and space were distorted and Starro arrived sixteen years before she did, spreading his influence and taking over the minds of the people, animals, and Grimm of Remnant. After regrouping at Arthur's underwater kingdom, the group comes up with a plan to defeat Starro. Diana lures it out as Blake helps to take down Starro's slaves. Starro takes control of Jessica, and has her use her powers to show everyone their worst fears and memories; in Blake's case, Adam Taurus. Clark, with Bruce's help, manages to carry an entire warehouse of Dust to Starro, throwing it at him and creating an explosion that severely weakens the alien. Weiss, Victor, and Jessica defeat Starro and seal him away in a prison in space. Blake celebrates with her team and newfound friends.
===DC/RWBY===
*See Blake Belladonna (DC/RWBY)
==Personality==
Blake is often introverted and withdrawn, and commonly comes across as cold and serious. Despite this, she is righteous, and firmly believes in attoning for past sins and making things right. 
She has a strong sense of justice and equality, and is open about her dislike for bullies and discrimination. She can become hyper-focused on goals, sometimes leading to obsession. Despite being reserved and mostly keeping to herself, Blake has learned to open up to friends and allies, enjoying their company. 
She deeply cares for her allies, and most often believes herself to be to blame in the event of them being hurt, either emotionally or physically. As such, she takes on many burdens herself, though she has learned to trust her teammates and not to run when things get difficult.
==Powers and Abilities==
Blake is an expert combatant, excelling at both ranged and melee combat. Her weapon, Gambol Shroud, is a combination gun and katana, which allows her to fight with the blade or fire Dust ammunition. Her weapon's sheath is bladed as well, allowing it to act like a cleaver. Additionally, the blade can be attached to a long durable ribbon, allowing the blade to be used as a chain scythe on the end of the ribbon, allowing for long range hooking and attacks. She can use Gambol Shroud as a grapple, swinging from raised structures.
Blake possesses a Semblance, a power unique to her drawn from her soul. Her Semblance, Shadow, allows her to create an afterimage-like clone duplicate of herself. These clones, while unable to last long and fade after a single hit, distract and confuse opponents, allowing Blake to either retreat or close in for attack while her Shadow takes the blow for her. Additionally, by channeling Dust through her weapon, Blake can infuse her clones with elemental properties. She can use Rock and Ice Dust to create more durable statues, which can even entrap enemy weapons passing through them, or Fire and Lightning Dust to make her clones explode with the respective element upon impact.
Like all creatures with a soul, Blake also has possesses an Aura, a physical defense generated by her soul. This durable field is invisible except when it is overtaxed, where it flashes purple. Her Aura defends her from attack and can even heal minor wounds, but if it takes too much damage it will become depleted and require time to return.
As a cat Faunus, Blake also possesses night vision that allows her to see well in the dark, an advantage common to most types of Faunus. Her cat ears are also highly sensitive, allowing her to pick up sounds her humanoid ears otherwise could not.
Additionally, as the daughter of the chieftain of Menagerie, Blake is regarded with authority among many Faunus and is an excellent public speaker and negotiator.
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*Blake means "black" in Old English. Belladonna means "fair lady" (Bella donna) in Italian, and it is also the name of a deadly nightshade.
*Blake alludes to Belle from the fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast:
**Her last name, Belladonna, is a type of plant as well as incorporates the name "Belle"
**Her former partner Adam alludes to and shares his name with the Beast.
**When she is first introduced, she is seen reading a book, much like Belle in the Disney version of the story.
**It is also shown that she has a candelabra in her possession, possibly referring to Lumière.
**The lyrics to "Red Like Roses" reference Blake as "Black the beast"
*"Bellona" (a potential root word in Blake's last name, Belladonna) is the Roman goddess of war.
*Blake's symbol on her stocking seems to have a purple holographic shine to it.
*Blake's book "Ninjas of Love" may be a reference to the fictional "Makeout Paradise" novels from the Naruto series.
*She has her own official Twitter account at RT_BlakeB, like Ruby, Weiss, and Yang.
*The RoosterTeeth crew said Blake was one of the hardest characters to write for during Volume 1, because they wanted her to be calm, but not "boring," so they eventually settled on giving her a snarky sense of humor.
*In the Japanese dub, she is voiced by Yū Shimamura.
*Blake fought Mikasa Ackerman in an episode of DEATH BATTLE and won.
*She is the only member of Team RWBY to be an only child, as both Ruby and Yang are half-sisters while Weiss has two siblings.
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