James Ironwood

Ironwood is a character in RWBY

## History

James Ironwood became associated with Ozpin and his group, learning the existence of Salem and her control over the Grimm, as well as the many secrets of Remnant, including the existence of the Relics and the Maidens. Ironwood eventually served a dual role for Ozpin by becoming the general of the Atlas Military and the headmaster of Atlas Academy.

Prior to the Vytal Festival, Ironwood arrived in Vale with his military forces and several students from Atlas in preparation for the Grimm, which put him at odds with Ozpin immediately. After Roman Torchwick's attack on Vale, Ironwood was put in charge of security for the tournament by the council. But in the Battle of Beacon, Ironwood was unable for use his forces to fight off the Grimm, as they were either destroyed or hacked. In the aftermath of the Fall of Beacon, Ironwood returned to Atlas to continue his duties as General and Headmaster of Atlas.

Ironwood planned to restore global communications by turning Amity Colosseum into a CCT tower, and to reveal Salem's existence to the world, which is why he called all of Atlas back to the kingdom to fight the Grimm that would flock to them when panic broke out. But with Arthur Watts and Tyrian Callows causing chaos in Mantle, Ironwood slowly descended into paranoia and started to make irrational decisions, including the order for Robyn Hill's arrest for stealing supplies for Amity. He was able to regain his composure long enough to reveal Salem's existence to the council, order the evacuation of Mantle, and lure and defeat Watts in Amity. But Ironwood's paranoia returned when Salem demanded for the Relics, prompting him to move Atlas away and abandon Mantle while ordering the arrest of Teams RWBY and JNR, Qrow and Oscar when they opposed his decision. Ironwood turned on Oscar and shot him out of the Vault, and was devastated when he learned from Winter Schnee that the Maiden powers were gone, preventing him from using the Relic of Creation to move Atlas. As he contemplated the next course of action, Salem herself arrived in Atlas with an army of Grimm.

Ironwood became more irrational as he accused Ruby as the potential cause of the fall of Atlas, and coldly shot Councilman Sleet dead. He then ordered Watts to hack into Penny to have her come back to Atlas, but carelessly allowed the doctor to steal his Scroll. When Salem began her attack on Atlas, Ironwood had a bomb prepared to destroy the Monstra. After learning of Winter's disobedience regarding Yang's group and that Ruby and her friends were trying to evacuate Mantle, Ironwood had their efforts thwarted. He then released a broadcast to demand Penny's return, threatening to destroy Mantle with his bomb if she did not comply within an hour. Though he was initially defeated by Team JNR, Oscar, Emerald and Winter, and locked up in prison, Ironwood escaped, killed Jacques, and overpowered Winter at the vault. But he was later defeated by her when she received the Maiden powers from Penny. Unable to stop Salem from taking the Relics, Ironwood was left to die in the fall of Atlas.

## Information

### Background

* Age: Unknown
* Height: 6'6
* Alias: Jimmy, General Ironwood, Sir, General, Tin Man
* Occupation: Atlas Headmaster, Atlesian General, Atlesian Councilman, Former Member of Ozpin's group
* Alludes to the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz
* The entire right section of his body has been replaced with a robotic prosthesis
* Favourite ice cream flavour: Mint chocolate

### Powers and Abilities

* Aura
	+ Aura is the manifestation of one's soul, and is possessed by both human and Faunus
	+ A necessary energy source for all Huntsmen, Aura acts as an armor of sorts protecting the user from attacks that would otherwise kill a normal human being and grants the user a minor healing factor
* Semblance
	+ Projection of one's Aura in a more tangible form
	+ Abilities vary depending on personalities of the individual
	+ Ironwood's Semblance, Mettle, strengthens his resolve which allows him to carry through with his decisions, helping James hyper-focus
* Military strategy
* Marksmanship
* Hand-to-hand combat skills
* Durability

### Weapons

* Due Process
	+ Ironwood's weapon of choice
	+ A white handgun that has an overall bulky, brick-like shape and possesses characteristics of both a revolver and a semi-automatic pistol, with both a cylinder and a slide
	+ It also has two triggers and an external hammer
	+ Due Process itself is quite durable, able to withstand being used to hammer Grimm with Ironwood's cybernetic right arm without compromising its firing capabilities
* Second Handgun
	+ As revealed in Volume 7, Ironwood possesses a second handgun with an identical appearance to Due Process, barring its black color scheme
	+ This handgun fires Gravity Dust rounds which propel James similarly to Crescent Rose's recoil
* Cannon
	+ Ironwood's pistols can be paired with a silver cannon, combining into a single gun which seems to gleams of green light
	+ The cannon combined version of the guns are capable of shooting concentrated blasts of green fire, seemingly being a stronger more potent version of Fire Dust
	+ Designed to kill Penny Polendina

### Feats

* Effortlessly stopped a Beowolf's swipe and swung it down to the ground
* Slammed his robotic fist on Jacque Schnee's desk with enough force to severely damage the surface
* Sent Watts flying with a kick
* Lifted Watts off his feet one hand
* Grabbed Watt's ankle and slammed him onto the ground hard enough to break his Aura as the latter activated one of his rings and tried to leap away
* Punched Watts hard enough to send him flying back
* Slammed Watts onto the floor, dragged him across it, and dangled him over the edge of a platform with one arm
* Dented his desk by slamming his fist down on it
* Smashed a holographic table to pieces with one doublehanded blow
* Manhandled a Manitcore summon and slammed it on the ground
* Broke Winter's Aura
* Ducked under a Beowolf's swipes
* Dodged a bullet from Watts' revolver by firing a Gravity Dust bullet to the side
* Dived and rolled out of the way of a Electricity Dust bullet from Watt's revolver
* Avoided Watts' blows
* Dodged a Electricity Dust bullet and a Fire Dust bullet that Watts aimed at his face
* Dodged swings from Jaune's sword
* Kept up with Winter in combat
* Survived his transport aircraft crashing
* Got slammed into a floating wall
* Got hit by a geyser beneath him triggered by Watts
* While a Fire Dust bullet caused his Aura to flicker, it did little to slow him down
* His prosthetic arm could block an Electricity Dust bullet from Watts' revolver
* Survived falling from a gravity biome with Watts and slamming into the floor of the Amity Colosseum's center platform
	+ Said fall broke Ironwood's Aura
* Endured having a revolver slammed into his chest
* Took the agonizing pain of pulling his arm out of Watts' Hard-Light barrier, burning the skin off it
* Tanked a hit from Nora's hammer to the face
* Took a flurry of hits from Oscar's cane
* Survived a reflected blast from his own cannon, although he was greatly weakened by it
* Became associated with Ozpin and his group
* Became the general of the Atlas Military and the headmaster of Atlas Academy
* Brought his military forces and several students from Atlas to Vale
* Fought and killed a Beowolf during the Battle of Beacon
* Shot down his own infected Alesian Knights
* Compensated Yang Xiao Long with an Atlas-tech prosthesis
* Shot a white Boarbatusk before it could cause any harm
* Secured an additional seat on the Atlesian Council
* Locked down Atlas and maintained near-dictatorial influence over Mantle
* Used the limited resources of Mantle to build a communications tower
* Fought and defeated Arthur Watts
* Attempted to kill Oscar Pine by shooting him down a cavern
* Killed Councilman Sleet
* Was able to defend Atlas from Salem's Grimm army long enough for Oscar to destroy the Monstra and end the invasion
* Almost killed Marrow Amin if not Winter's quick thinking
* Briefly held his own against Team JNR, Oscar, and Winter all at once
* Broke out of prison and killed Jacques Schnee
* Fought Winter Schnee and briefly overpowered her
* Has an extremely badass song sung by Caleb freakin' Hyles

### Weaknesses

* Continual use of his Aura will cause it to decay to the point where he can be left open to more significant damage
* His Aura's durability is cumulative; it will deplete with each attack he takes and can be brought down by characters of similar strength
* Can be incredibly blunt and bullheaded, and generally prefers the direct approach
* Suffers from PTSD, an increased sense of paranoia, and an increased desperation to stop Salem by any means
	+ Because of this, he has resorted to extreme actions in order to protect Atlas and the world
	+ Caved into his paranoia upon learning that Cinder Fall was in Atlas, as well as the lies from Ruby's Group and that Salem was coming

* Refuses to see any fault or failing in his own actions or chosen methods. While he will acknowledge the harm his actions cause, he won't actually see said actions as wrong, just brushing off the consequences as a necessary evil for the time.
* Has a bad habit of assigning blame to others while stubbornly insisting he's the one in the right for no other reason than that he said so
* Hates anyone bringing up how his ways don't work
* His Semblance literally forces him to follow through with whatever decision he comes up, regardless of how mad it is
* Was defeated by Team JNR, Oscar and Winter
* Ultimately failed to secure the Relics and died in the fall of Atlas