Jaune Arc in The Beacon Civil War

## Jaune Arc

Jaune Arc depicted in The Beacon Civil War by Jack Wayne. Published 2017 September 30.

### Aliases

Warchief (by James Ironwood in Arc Royale)

### Relatives

Nicholas Arc (father), Juniper Arc (mother), seven sisters.

## Physical description

### Eye color

Blue

In the context of *The Beacon Civil War*, **Jaune Arc** serves as the leader of male students and transfer students of Beacon Academy as they face overwhelming odds fighting the powerful females of their teams, eventually becoming the leader of Jaunehalla. The entire work is told from Jaune's perspective, meaning there is substantial bias towards his point of view, although the author of the book, Lie Ren, provides multiple accounts from the Male and Female factions to minimize bias.

## The Beacon Civil War from Jaune's Perspective

### Prelude

Jaune Arc was born in 17 BB to Nicholas Arc and Juniper Arc as the fifth of eight siblings. At a young age, Jaune had ambitions of attending a hunter academy thanks to the stories and wisdom he received from Nicholas. At some point, Jaune attempted to get training, but was rejected by his father. Jaune decided to not let this hinder him and falsified his transcripts to attain a position at Beacon Academy, becoming the leader of Team JNPR.

It is assumed that the normal antics of Teams RWBY and JNPR transpire, as Jaune describes his affections for Weiss Schnee and gains a sense of constant vigilance due to the oddities that occur at Beacon. Lie Ren, as the only other male on Teams RWBY or JNPR, attests that he and Jaune share a special relationship of the mutual lack of hidden romanticism between the two. Despite this observation, Jaune cannot see the romantic inclinations from Pyrrha Nikos, even though it is clear to people like Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao Long, and Ren.

### Entering the Cafeteria

That day, it is implied that Pyrrha and Nora Valkyrie woke up and left 15 minutes earlier than Jaune and Ren. Jaune and Ren were late to the cafeteria compared to their female teammates, not noticing anything out of the ordinary, which he considered unusual. At this point, Jaune's inferiority complex is clearly visible, as he remarks that the abilities or reputation of his team have little to do with him. Jaune witnessed Ruby wish him a good morning, and Jaune immediately woke up for the day, remarking that he would have preferred a Ruby alarm to a Nora alarm. Jaune greeted the rest of Team RWBY, choosing to address Weiss as "Snow Angel" much to her frustration. Following this, Pyrrha addresses Jaune, leaving him confused as they addressed each other when they woke up 15 minutes earlier. Jaune decided to acquire and consume breakfast, before being interrupted by Headmaster Ozpin giving a school-wide speech, with Jaune's danger sense activating, until it was realized that Ozpin was announcing the start of a civil war between male and female students for training.

### The War Begins

Shortly after Ozpin's declaration, Jaune was stunned, but saw other students acting such as Sun Wukong defenstrating himself from the scene. Jaune witnessed Ren kick up the table and direct it towards the girls of Teams RWBY and JNPR, which gave Jaune and Ren time to run from the scene. Jaune and Ren heard several masculine screams behind them, but to Jaune's surprise, Ren was calm about the situation. As Jaune and Ren made their way to the exit, they saw Coco Adel and Velvet Scarlatina, the former armed with her mini-gun and the latter with the sword belonging to Yatsuhashi Daichi. Jaune considered surrendering as a tactical move, but before Ren could reply to him, Nora announced her intent to take Jaune and Ren as prisoners. Not wanting this to become their fates, Jaune and Ren mutually agreed to escape or die trying. Jaune and Ren considered their options to escape, realizing that they could not get out through the front doors or staff areas, and capture was not an option due to humiliation by Nora and death by Weiss. Ren eventually suggested escaping through the window, much to Jaune's agreement, and the two considered their options. Jaune indicated that he had a plan, where the men needed to overwhelm Coco. Jaune gave a quick motivational speech to the men before condemning them to their fate and running away with Ren. Jaune informed Ren that they would not run with the rest of the men, informing him that they would need to divert attention between the strongest females to escape the cafetaria. As Jaune and Ren tried to make their way to a window, they were intercepted by Ruby, and Jaune decided the best way to distract Ruby was with cookies. When Ruby was not distracted by the cookies, Jaune decided to throw the bowl behind him, and succeeded in tripping Ruby. As Jaune and Ren continued to the windows, Jaune attempted to jump through the window, but was grabbed by Pyrrha's polarity semblance. Jaune could see Pyrrha had malevolent intentions as she intended to take him as her prisoner. Realizing Yang and Weiss were fast approaching, Jaune started undoing his armor while Ren grabbed hold of him. Jaune managed to undo his straps as Ren distracted Pyrrha and commanded Ren to defenestrate him to get away from the girls. Ren complied, throwing Jaune into the window and successfully breaking it. As the girls of Team RWBY and JNPR realized Jaune and Ren were outside and fleeing from the scene, they gave chase.