Semblance

**Semblance** is a power exhibited by certain characters in *RWBY*. It is developed from a person's Aura and typically helps in battle against Grimm. Semblances are different between people and can range from super strength, manipulating objects to disorienting opponents.

## Team OPRA

### Ophelia Demoiselle: Flutter

*Article: Flutter*

Ophelia's semblance, Flutter, allows her to transform herself into a swarm of butterflies, which allows her greater mobility both in and out of combat. When in use, Ophelia's body will glow before she breaks apart into a swarm of purple semi-translucent butterflies. Ophelia can also use her semblance to disorient enemies.

It is revealed that Ophelia's semblance was inherited from her mother, Estelle, meaning that it is a hereditary semblance and may suggest that Ophelia is related to or descends from some kind of nobility.

As revealed in 'The Girl in the Valley Part 1', Ophelia can be severely affected by the weather when using her semblance, as evident in how a gust of wind easily blows her off course.

### Pierre Navarro: Weak Point

*Article: Weak Point*

Pierre's semblance, Weak Point, allows him to locate where the spot in an object or person is atomically weakest, which gives him the chance to maximum damage in a single strike. Pierre will touch a surface and send a small portion of his aura out into it, which will then locate where in the object or person is weakest at an atomic level. Pierre can then use this to strike his enemy and greatly weaken them or break an object easily.

When using his semblance, Pierre will give certain amounts of aura depending on the mass of the object or size of the person. People will greater mastery of their auras can also reject the semblance outright, thus causing Pierre to waste a portion of his aura.

### Rhea La Roja: Deadeye

Rhea's semblance, Deadeye, allows her to see the outlines of any living being that produces an aura, thus allowing her to see her targets from long distances without the need for a scope. When in use, Rhea's eyes will glow. Rhea can also use her semblance to see through walls.

When in prolonged use, Rhea will develop headaches. Rhea's eyes will emit a faint glint that people can also see, which may cause her position to be given away.

### Albert Régalien: Bass Line

Albert's semblance, Bass Line, allows him to produce shockwaves with the clap of his hands or the stomp of his feet. These shockwaves are powerful enough to throw enemies off of their feet as well as break down solid materials such as walls.

Albert is not immune to his own shockwaves, causing him to also be knocked back if used incorrectly. Ironically, this is how he discovered his semblance after giving a high five to someone.

## Team CRTN

### Edwin Cobalt: Ricochet

Edwin's semblance, Ricochet, allows him to cause any object his touches to become bouncy on any surface it comes into contact with. This allows Edwin to perform trick shots with any object he comes into contact with. Edwin usually channels his semblance into his revolver to make the bullets he uses bounce off surfaces and strike enemies from different angles.

Because of the semblance itself, Edwin needs to show a level of caution when planning his attacks or he may end up harming himself in the process.

### Rosi Aimé: Bloom

Rosi's semblance, Bloom, allows her to accelerate the speed of cellular regeneration by extending her aura to another person, thus healing them of their wounds. By coming into contact with another person, Rosi can extend her aura to them in the form of a tree root which attaches itself to the subject. Then, Rosi will give her aura to the individual and heal their wounds.

In order for her semblance to work, Rosi must be completely in focus, thus rendering her immobile in certain situations. The severity of the injury can also determine the amount of aura used, in some cases causing Rosi to use most or all of her aura to heal a single person's wounds.

### Tanner Ackerman: Sentinel

Tanner's semblance, Sentinel, allows him to produce a round purple over-shield that protects both him and others in the area from incoming attacks. This allows Tanner to create an almost impenetrable line of defence in heavy combat In 'On the Edge', it is revealed that Tanner's over-shield can reflect dust back at his attackers, evident in how he causes Olive Farber's laser beam back at her and Rocky Argyis.

When using his semblance, Tanner sacrifices mobility to keep the shield up in place. It is also revealed that the over-shield can break if sustaining enough damage from enemies.

### Conrad 'Birdie' Nigellus: Spotlight

Birdie's semblance, Spotlight, allows him to produce flash bangs from his own aura-laced sweat, causing enemies to become temporarily blinded. Birdie will activate the flash bang by clapping his hands together when sweat has come into contact with it.

In order to not blind himself by accident when using his semblance, Birdie has to close his eyes, sacrificing sight briefly.

## Team TLIP

### Tin Toulouse: Revolution Swing

Tin's semblance, Revolution Swing, allows him to increase the power of a single strike in a spinning motion.

### Lillian Armfeldt: Pressure Points

Lillian's semblance, Pressure Points, allows her to temporarily paralyse a person or their specific limbs by striking them with aura-tipped strikes from her fingers tips.

### Ignis Artifex: Camouflage

Ignis' semblance, Camouflage, allows him to absorb colours from the environment around him and become hidden. When he takes a colour or multiple colours from something, it will turn greyscale.

### Mai Pembe: Magic Circle

Mai's semblance, Magic Circle, allows her to create small magical portals that teleport her short distances. This allows her to manoeuvre around her enemies and escape certain combat situations.

## Erik

### Erik: Reflection

Erik's semblance, Reflection, allows him to manipulate his own reflection to a variety of effects. He is shown to have almost complete mastery of his semblance, to a point where he can become a reflection as well as mimic the reflections of other people such as Carla Oro. Erik commonly uses his semblance to manipulate and mess with his opponents psychologically.

## Sable's Group

### Sable Vedova: Kiss of the Spider Woman

Sable's semblance, Kiss of the Spider Woman, allows Sable to produce a deadly poison that she uses to kill people through kissing them. When in her range, her semblance can become fatal and kill people in a matter of seconds if exposed.

### Gilford MacAllister: False Image

Gilford's semblance, False Image, allows him to create a copy of himself to throw people off of his trail. Gilford uses his semblance as a getaway tactic. The clone cannot attack or have a free will of its own. If the clone were to be destroyed, the remaining aura Gilford used for it will return to him.

### Yolanda Zilar: Acid

Yolanda's semblance, Acid, allows her to slowly deteriorate a person's aura upon striking them with an aura-laced attack. By charing her aura into her hands, Yolanda can strike an enemy and leave a trace of her own aura onto them. When on the person, Yolanda's aura will begin to eat away at their aura over the course of a few hours.

### The Assassin: Hatred

The Assassin's semblance, Hatred, allows for him to gain a boost in strength and speed based on amount of hatred that his target shows for him.

The Assassin cannot gain strength if the target feels anything other than hatred, if they are to feel any other specific emotion then he will not receive the benefits of his semblance.

## The Six Merry Murderesses

### Earta Dominic: Smoke

Earta's semblance, Smoke, allows her to turn herself into a cloud of black smoke. This is commonly used to escape certain scenarios. She can also carry another person with her.

## Haven Academy

### Anna Atwood: Reconstruction

Anna's semblance, Reconstruction, allows her to produce temporary physical holograms through contact with any surface. When in use, the surfaces that Anna touches will glow with a light blue polygonal texture.

### Keiichi Kobayashi: Triple Strike

Keiichi's semblance, Triple Strike, allows for Keiichi to create three copies of the limbs he holds his weapons with, which will then deliver three precise strikes to his opponents.

### Calista Arud: Witch's Eyes

Calista's semblance, Witch's Eyes, allows for Calista to monitor a person's aura on a more precise scale. When in use, Calista's vision will black out except for the person's aura, which she can then view.

## Team ALMD

### Aoi Hamasaki: Thunderclap and Flash

Aoi's semblance, Thunderclap and Flash, allows for him to move in a single burst of incredible speed. When he uses his semblance, Aoi will charge with electricity and leave a trail of it behind him.

### Lucien Bellarose: Doppelgänger

Lucien's semblance, Doppelgänger, allows for him to create a single clone of himself. This clone acts independent of Lucien and is commonly used in combat situations for assistance.

### Goldie Melville: Double Jump

Goldie's semblance, Double Jump, allows her to perform a second jump while airborne, giving her greater aerial advantage in combat.

### Darko Budny: Shieldlock

Darko's semblance, Shieldlock, allows him to produce an almost vacuum-tight shield around his body that protects him from almost all forms of damage he may receive.

When he uses his semblance, Darko will become immobile temporarily.

## Team MSAC

### Margo Monet: Rivet Stab

Margo's semblance, Rivet Stab, allows for her to gain an extra push in momentum, leading her to push past most defences in her way. Margo will activate her semblance by stepping forward and piercing her weapon towards an object or person.

If someone has a strong enough defense they can push back against Margo's semblance.

### Shoshana Almasi: Regulate

Shoshana's semblance, Regulate, allows for her to regulate and adjust her own body temperature. While not a combative semblance, it proves incredibly useful when adapting to new climates. It is a passive semblance, meaning that it is always active.

### Aurelia Medvedeva: Bielmann Spin

Aurelia's semblance, Bielmann Spin, allows for her to create a field of gravitational orbit either around herself or an object that she touches.

### Carly Westwood: Sewing Machine

Carly's semblance, Sewing Machine, allows for her to produce threads made from her own aura for a variety of uses, including being able to create a bandage that heals her allies.

## Team ROCK

### Rocky Argyis: Horse Power

Rocky's semblance, Horse Power, allows for her to supercharge her aura into specific limbs which then let her perform above her usual physical capabilities.

### Olive Farber: Analyse

Olive's semblance, Analyse, allows for her to instantly know how a piece of technology works upon dismantling it.

## Knights of Illyria

### Orsino Gladio: Duplication

Orsino's semblance, Duplication, allows him to copy another individuals semblance through physical contact. When he uses his semblance, Orsino can copy someone's semblance for up to 24 hours or when he decides to dispel it from himself. Orsino can also inherit the drawbacks to a semblance

### Peter Montagne: Lock

Peter's semblance, Lock, allows him to stop any inanimate object in place. He is shown to use this on the bullets of his revolvers to create trick shots in battle.

### Delia Lear: Swap

Delia's semblance, Swap, allows her to swap the positions between herself and any target of her choosing. It is activated when Delia claps her hands together.

### Allistair Henningsen: Pride's Fury

Allistair's semblance, Pride's Fury, allows him to intimidate his enemies with his presence.

Those with greater willpower can resist his semblance.

### Estelle Demoiselle: Flutter

Estelle's semblance, Flutter, allowed her to turn into a swarm of butterflies. Like her daughter, Estelle used her semblance as a form of travel as well as to distract and disorient her enemies.

Flutter is a hereditary semblance, thus hinting that Estelle was related to or descended from nobility.

## Citizens of Illyria

### Xerxes Jazayeri: Sandstorm

Xerxes' semblance, Sandstorm, allows for him to create a heavy sandstorm in a 20m radius, forcing distance between him and anyone outside of it.

Because of his emotional state and difficulties processing grief over the death of his master, Xerxes struggles to control his semblance. When he is in a heightened emotional state, it will activate and become out of control.