Velvet Scarlatina

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**Velvet Scarlatina** (ヴェルヴェット・スカーラティーナ, *Veruvetto Sukarāradīna*), is a fictional character and ally from the *RWBY* series. She is a rabbit Faunus, a member of Team CFVY, and former student of Beacon Academy. Her weapon of choice is a box and camera which can produce copies of weapons she has taken pictures of. She first appeared in "*Jaunedice*".

"*Oh, you know. Just working on my photography. Do you wanna see?*"

—Velvet, to Ruby.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Caiti Ward (English), Megumi Han (Japanese), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (German), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (French), Not Known (Latin American Spanish)

### Appearance

Velvet has long, brown hair and brown eyes. She also has a pair of long, brown rabbit ears, making her easily identifiable as a Faunus.

Velvet is first seen wearing the Beacon Academy uniform: a white, form-fitting top, with a collar lined with black and a pink ribbon tied neatly below. She also appears wearing a dark-brown, long-sleeved jacket that comes down around her chest over the shirt. Her leggings consist of two parts: a pair of dark-brown shorts and a pair of black form-fitting leggings that come to just below her hips.

Her combat gear is comprised by a short, long-sleeved brown jacket with a golden zipper, brown shorts with golden detail and black leggings. She wears a black, semi-translucent undershirt beneath her jacket, along with golden spaulders and vambraces on both arms, as well as a similar belt, and her heel and toe are likewise protected.

* Hair Color: Brown
* Body Color: Pale White
* Eye Color: Brown
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: 5'6" (1.68 meters) minus ears
* Weight: Not Known

## Personality

Velvet is a very shy, quiet girl who tends to keep to herself, either by choice or because she is isolated by others for being a Faunus. Even when being picked on by others, she tends to act very reserved and refuses to fight back. One can say that she is very timid.

Later, when Bartholomew Oobleck asked if anyone had been discriminated against for being Faunus, she was hesitant to even raise her hand, and only did so after seeing another classmate raise their hand first. Monty Oum describes her as having modest fashion tastes.

However, despite her shy personality, she seems to get along with others, as seen with Team RWBY, and being a second year student, she wishes them safety on their mission.

In battle, shown in "*Breach*", Velvet continues to display her timid nature. When not attacking or finishing an attack, her stance is much more closed than the others, even hiding under Yatsuhashi Daichi when Fox Alistair destroys an Ursa with his weapons, sending its spikes flying everywhere within the vicinity of the area.

In addition to this, she unquestioningly obeyed Coco's suggestion to avoid using her weapon in the fight against the hordes of Grimm, though she seemed a little disappointed. When Coco tells her to use it during "*Heroes and Monsters*", she immediately gets excited.

## Powers and Abilities

### Semblance

Velvet's Semblance is the ability to mimic the exact moves that other people have learned and used in combat to a degree. However, her Semblance does not allow her to mimic the Semblances and capabilities of others and perform moves that are a direct result of another person's Semblance.

### Weapons

Velvet's weapon allows her to make hard-light copies of weapons she has photographed, which last for a few hits. Using this weapon in conjunction with her Semblance gives her the ability to mimic the fighting styles and abilities of other Huntsmen. However, she is not able to fully utilize a copy of a weapon, as she does not have the power to mimic the Semblance relating to a weapon's full capabilities.

## External links

* Velvet Scarlatina *Wikipedia*
* Velvet Scarlatina *RWBY Wiki*

## Notes & Trivia

*For information on her character allusion and other choices for the character made by the creators, see Velvet Scarlatina/Behind the Scenes*.

* It is revealed in "*Field Trip*" that Velvet is not a first year, making her and the rest of team CFVY the only known non-first year students. She is currently a second year student.