Taiyang Xiao Long

Taiyang Xiao Long, also known as Tai, is a character from the RWBY series.
== Charactah Account ==
Ruby and Yang's father, and a teacher at Signal Academy. He was in a relationship with his teammate Raven Branwen before she disappeared (which produced Yang), and later in another with his teammate Summer Rose (which produced Ruby), before she disappeared as well. He studied at Beacon as a member of Team STRQ.
Taiyang is shown to be a bit overprotective by both of his daughters, yet still open and caring. His attitude towards helping others in need was passed along to his children too. He appears to have an eccentric side, for he is stated to do things like sending the family pet, Zwei, through the mail all the time.
During Taiyang's period of mourning the disappearance and possible passing of Summer, Yang said he "shut down", showing that he loved her greatly and was devastated by her loss. His over-protectiveness of his daughters likely stems from both this and the incident where they were almost slaughtered by Beowolves, had their uncle Qrow not been around to save them. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* RWBY: Ice Queendom
=== Comics ===
* RWBY
* RWBY/Justice League
=== Manga ===
* RWBY: Ice Queendom
* RWBY: Official Manga Anthology
=== Web-Animations ===
* RWBY Chibi Season 2
* RWBY Chibi Season 3
* RWBY Volume 3
* RWBY Volume 4
* RWBY Volume 5
* RWBY Volume 6
* RWBY Volume 8
* RWBY Volume 9
* RWBY: Fairy Tales
== Trivia ==
* The Chinese transcription of his name, Tàiyáng Xiǎolóng can be translated literally to "Sun Little Dragon". This has the same literal meaning as Yang's name; the characters tàiyang together mean Sun. tài on its own can be a grammatical intensifier analogous to "very", or an adjective roughly meaning "excessive", "big", or can be used to refer to elders within the family, which gives the possible translation of "Elder Yang Xiao Long".
* Both Taiyang and Qrow have at one point been professors at Signal.
* Taiyang's fighting style is based on Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop and the famous martial artist, Bruce Lee.
== Gallery ==
File:Taiyang Xiao Long 01.png
File:Taiyang Xiao Long 02.png
File:Taiyang Xiao Long 03.png
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File:Taiyang Xiao Long Fan Art 01.png
== External Links ==
* Taiyang Xiao Long at RWBY Wiki
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