Lie Ren

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*This article is about the **Lie Ren** character. For articles that share the same name, see Ren.*

## Professional Status

### Occupation

Huntsman
Student (Formerly)

### Team

**JNPR*** Jaune Arc
* Nora Valkyrie
* Pyrrha Nikos

### Previous Team

**RNJR*** Ruby Rose
* Jaune Arc
* Nora Valkyrie

## Relationships

### Parents

Li Ren (Father) †
An Ren (Mother) †

### Partner(s)

Nora Valkyrie (Girlfriend)
Jaune Arc (Boyfriend)

## Voice Actors

### Japanese

Sōma Saitō
Mariya Ise (Young)

### English

Neath Oum
Apphia Yu (Young)

**Lie Ren** (ライ・レン, *Lie Ren*) is a Huntsman, a former student at the now-defunct Beacon Academy, a member of the now inactive Team RNJR and one of the remaining members of Team JNPR. His weapons of choice are a pair of green, fully automatic pistols with sickle-like blades attached vertically under the barrels, named StormFlower.

## Description

### Appearance

Lie is a handsome male teenager with long black hair tied into a ponytail that ends midway down his back. There is a magenta streak on the left side of his hair. His eyes match the streak in his hair, and his clothing appears to be influenced by Chinese culture.

He wears a dark green, diagonally-buttoned, long-sleeved tailcoat that is red on the inside, with black and gold trimming and pink cuffs. The trimming goes down the right side of his torso and forms a black collar.

This color scheme seems to be influenced to some degree by the lotus flower, which is his emblem. He wears a black, long-sleeved shirt beneath the suit, and light-tan pants with black shoes.

### Personality

As a young child, Ren was much more cheerful and even a little sassy according to his mother. He was also shown to be very naive, not understanding how to use Lien or thinking he could buy sake. He also was easily frightened, shown when the bullies looked at him and he was about to run away.

Ren is usually mellow and wishes for peace and quiet, much like Blake Belladonna. He seems very much in control of himself, as shown by his calm and deliberate response to the appearance of the black half of a King Taijitu. He is unbothered by Nora Valkyrie's bubbly and contrasting personality, showing a great deal of patience when dealing with his hyperactive, happy-go-lucky childhood friend.

Ren is also shown to be quite studious, as seen in "Welcome to Beacon", in which he openly agrees with Neptune Vasilias as to how libraries should be only for reading. Likewise, he is well informed about villages in between kingdoms, such as when he informs Ruby about Higanbana in "Family". However, this is not to say that he is completely humorless. He is slightly playful after finding Nora in the Emerald Forest, during the events of "The Emerald Forest". This is also shown when he and Nora were debating over team names in "The Next Step". Ren is also indicated to be a bit of a cook, as he makes pancakes for the team in "Forever Fall, Pt.2". However, not everything he cooks is well received, as the nutrition drink he prepared in "Destiny" made Nora ill even though he drank it with no problems.

In "Remembrance", Ren is more solemn than his teammates are about the destruction of Shion Village. His advice is to keep moving forward. This is something he repeats with a bit more angry emphasis in "Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back" when Ruby suggests going to the destroyed town of Kuroyuri in search of abandoned medical supplies. Being one of the few survivors of the Grimm massacre of that town manifests itself in Ren's less than calm emotions.

In "No Safe Haven", Ren reveals a much more reckless and vindictive side to him previously unseen, when he lets out all of his anger against the Nuckelavee in attempt to avenge his parents and all its other victims. This is a stark contrast to his usual calm and patience. During the Nuckelavee's execution by his hand, Ren seems to finally come to terms with his trauma, calmly and swiftly delivering justice for his family, the monster's victims, and for himself. Following this, Ren seems to have finally come full circle, being more open with his emotions, particularly his feelings towards Nora.

Since then, Ren has become more noticeably conversational, vocal about his opinions, and is known to speak somewhat philosophically.

## Etymology

* "Ren" is Japanese for 'lotus,' hence his emblem. "Lie" (烈) is Chinese for 'ardent.' "Lie Ren" (猎人) is Chinese for "huntsman."

## Trivia

* He is the first character revealed whose emblem color is not recognizable at first glance, as it does not appear to be a prominent color in his apparel.
* Many fans assumed Ren's name was pronounced "Lee Ren"; however, Glynda's pronunciation in 'The Emerald Forest, Part 2' was "Lie Ren" instead.
* To some degree, he physically resembles Monty Oum, his voice actor.
* Ren has a habit of brushing himself off whenever he does something that could have caused him to get dirty.
	+ This could be a sign that he has a form of OCD
	+ This also could mean he wants to be clean and respectable at all times.
* Ren seemed to suffer a form of PTSD that made him actively repress any emotional outbursts; which would be reflective of his semblance initially. After accepting he can't hold back his emotions in Volume 8, his semblance evolved into allowing him a kind of empathic vision where he sees what people ars actually feeling.
	+ The emotions he can see are represented by these colors.
		- Red: rage.
		- Blue: Sorrow
		- Red and Orange: Grief
		- Green: Serenity
		- Pink: confusion
		- Red, blue and green: conflicted
		- Purple: fear
		- Light Pink: love
* He seems to wear the same clothes when he sleeps.
* Ren is the first character to win a fight without assistance from his primary weapon.
* In the episode Players and Pieces, Ren appeared exhausted, twice. The first time was after he and Nora rode on an Ursa, and the second time was after team JNPR killed the Death Stalker. Since Ren was voiced by the series' creator, Monty Oum, this could be a nod to Monty's tweets about his sleep deprivation (since he worked hard on the series).
* Monty Oum, his voice actor, passed away in January 2016. As a result, he was voiced by Monty's brother, Neath Oum, for all subsequent *RWBY* projects.
* Ren, along with Nora, are some of the only characters to break the forth wall; they materialize text when discussing team names and interact with each others' fantasies.