Adam Taurus

* Masked
* Vale
* Unmasked

Murdering many students and staff members of Beacon Academy during its downfall.
Slicing off Yang's arm and trying to kill both Yang and Blake.

### Kill Count

Dozens (at least)
Hundreds (likely)
2 (attempted)

### Crimes

Terrorism
Mass murder
Psychological abuse
Mutilation
Assault
Harassment
Destruction
Corruption
Aiding and abetting
Usurpation
Stalking

### Type of AB

Vengeful Misanthrope

**Adam Taurus** is a major antagonist in the ongoing anime-influenced animated webseries *RWBY*. He served as one of the main antagonists of Volume 6. He is Blake Belladonna's arch-rival as well as her ex-boyfriend and former mentor. Adam Taurus is also Yang Xiao Long's love rival since Adam and Yang both compete for the heart of Blake herself.

A malevolent, sadistic, and spiteful bull Faunus, Adam thought the world owed him for being abused by society. In his own twisted sense of justice, Adam claimed to be fighting for Faunus equality when is actuality, he wanted to subjugate the humans to slavery and to eradicate those who stood in his way to satisfy his sadism.

He was voiced by Garrett Hunter and by Yūichi Nakamura in the Japanese dubbed version.

## His Brilliance and Evil Rankings

### What Makes Him Amazing?

* When he commits acts of terrorism in public, he disguises himself as a well-intentioned extremist.
* He originally had genuine care for Blake back when they were friends, and he even apologised to her at some point for an accident that he didn't intend to cause.
* When he and Blake jumped onto a train, Adam secretly planned to bomb the train with dozens of passengers on the vehicle without telling Blake beforehand.
* He flawlessly lead a White Fang attack on Haven Academy in an attempt to destroy it.
* He had a tough life since he suffered constant racism, but he merely uses it as an excuse for his various murders.
* He has an epic battle against Yang and Blake in Volume 6, and his defeat was depicted as a cool moment because when he hit the ground, he span in a masterful way before landing into the water and dying.

### What Makes Him Heinous?

* He murdered numerous innocent people, all to satisfy his bloodlust.
* He took pleasure in physically and mentally abusing Blake. He also tried to kill Blake all because he wanted revenge for her turning on him, when in reality, his abuse of her is what drove her away from him in the first place.
* Before attempting to murder Blake in cold blood, he swore to her that he would stop at nothing to destroy everything she loved, which he repeatedly proved multiple times later in the series.
* When Yang tried to stop him from attacking Blake, Adam sliced off Yang's arm, and almost killed Yang and Blake.
* He murdered Sienna Khan in cold blood and usurped her position as the High Leader of the White Fang.
* At Haven Academy, he tried to detonate explosives to kill himself, Blake and all of the other Faunus present (including the ones that were part of the White Fang).
* He slaughtered his former followers of the White Fang when they questioned his actions.
* After attempting to destroy Haven, he returned to stalking Blake in his attempts to murder her as revenge for her "ruining his life" which in actuality was something that he brought upon himself.

## Trivia

* Adam Taurus is currently one of the two *RWBY* villains (alongside Tyrian Callows) to be an Amazing Baddie.

## External Links

* Adam Taurus on the Villains Wiki
* Adam Taurus on the *RWBY* Wiki
* Adam Taurus on the Pure Evil Wiki
* Adam Taurus on the Hate Sink Wiki