Tyrian Callows

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## Evil-doer

* Main
* With Coat

### Occupation

Serial killer
Salem's minion

### Resources

The Queen's Servants
Scorpion stinger
Hand-to-hand combat skills
Superhuman speed
Superhuman reflexes
Aura disruption semblance

### Hobby

Carrying out missions for Salem.
Laughing maniacally for another's failures/misgivings or in preparation of an assignment he looks forward to finishing.

### Goals

Assist Salem in her plans (ongoing).
Bring Ruby Rose to Salem (failed).

### Moral Event Horizon

Killing 14 innocent people.
Trying to kidnap Ruby Rose and have her tortured by Salem.
Helping Arthur Watts to kill numerous people under Jacques Schnee's orders just to help Jacques win an election.
Assisting Salem in attempting to destroy the world and kill countless people.

### Kill Count

Dozens (at least)
Hundreds to Thousands (possibly)
Billions (indirectly attempted)

### Crimes

Mass murder
Conspiracy
Aiding and abetting
Terrorism
Stalking
Assisting an attempted omnicide
Public endangerment
Attempted kidnapping
Mutilation
Psychological abuse
Vandalism
Sabotage
Incrimination

### Type of Villain

Sadomasochistic Enforcer

**Tyrian Callows** is a major antagonist of the American animated webseries *RWBY*. He is a serial killer and a member of Salem's Faction. He's the main antagonist of Volume 4 and one of the main antagonists of Volume 7 (alongside Arthur Watts) as well as the archenemy of Qrow Branwen.

He was voiced by Josh Grelle from Volumes 4 to 8.

## What Makes Him Pure Evil?

* He is a highly kooky, unstable and maladjusted individual. He frequently bursts into fits of uncontrollable and maniacal laughter, and relishes in gruesome thoughts, such as removing one of Ruby Rose's eyes in revenge for her taking one of Cinder Fall's.
* He is a serial killer who has been active for a few years. Over these years, he killed more than 14 innocent people with no remorse and it is also possible that he murdered between 100 to 1000 people.
* He is extremely effervescent, vivacious and gleeful when instructed to find Ruby, and planned to kidnap her so Salem could torture Ruby to death.
* He sadistically insulted Ruby Rose by calling her a "bitch", and was gleeful about it.
* He finds amusement in taunting his opponents while he fights and shows joy when Team RNJR will not allow him to take Ruby without a fight, indicating a level of bloodlust.
* Under Jacques Schnee's orders, he helped Arthur Watts kill many innocent people just to help Jacques win an election.
* He helped Salem with her cataclysmic plan. He also gave her the accessories and resources to destroy the world and this could have caused billions of people to die.
* While he is implied to have genuine care for Salem, there is barely any onscreen evidence to show this.
* Even though he cried when he failed to please Salem one time, the scene depicts him as an immature and delusional man-child rather than a sympathetic and three-dimensional villain, showing his sinister and cruel nature.
* While he is one of the few villains in *RWBY* to have comedic moments, they merely make a point on how evil he is, so Tyrian is still taken absolutely seriously.
* While Cinder Fall, Adam Taurus, Arthur Watts and James Ironwood committed worse atrocities, Tyrian has less resources than any of those villains due to being a serial killer.