Jaune Arc

Maternal

* Lucius Pendragon
* Uther Pendragon
* Igraine Pendragon
* Arthur Pendragon (Great Great Grandfather)
* Guinevere Pendragon (Great Great Grandmother)
* Gwydion Pendragon (Great Grandfather)

Maternal

* Aurelius Pendragon (Grandfather)
* Elizabeth Pendragon (Grandmother)

Maternal

* Gawain Pendragon
* Agravain Pendragon
* Gaheris Pendragon
* Gareth Pendragon

Sperm Donation

* Adrian Cotta-Arc
* Aqua Cotta-Arc

**Sir Jaune Galahad Arthur Pendragon Arc d'Valois** was a Valean huntsman and knight, notable as one of the Heroes of Remnant and a former Grand Marshal of the United Vytal Army. Jaune was a member of several knight orders across Remnant (including the Knights of the Round Table, the 12 Paladins, the Templar Knights, and the Sacred Order of Mantle Knights), later becoming the Knight Commander of Vale. In Jaune's later years, he became a professor at Beacon Academy and its Deputy Headmaster. Jaune is considered one of the greatest huntsmen and knights in history and is honored as a saint.

Jaune was born in the village of Domremy to Lancelot Arc and Genevieve Pendragon. Jaune's father's side, the Arcs, was one of the founders of the Kingdom of Vale. Despite their fame and importance, the Arcs had long since waned in fame and prestige as the family rejected nobility and extravagance in favor of service and chivalry, as well as their controversial actions that went against holding up the nobility in favor of protecting others. Jaune's mother's family was the Pendragons, the previous royal family of Vale, and Jaune is a direct descendant of the final king of Vale, Arthur Pendragon.

Jaune grew up listening to the stories of his ancestors and his father and wanted to be a great hero like them. However, for various reasons, Jaune was barred from that path. Instead, Jaune was pushed into many roles and hobbies by his family to find one that he would like and to keep him safe. Despite this Jaune's grandfather, Charles, began secretly training him though it was on and off whenever he could, though this was hampered because of his parents. While Jaune attempted to continue his training by himself (having had his aura unlocked by his grandfather) it was to mixed results.

When Jaune was 17, he ran away from home and left for Vale so that he could apply to Beacon Academy. Jaune began working odd jobs in Vale to support himself (often in seedier parts of the city, though all his work was legal). While in Vale, Jaune met and befriended Roman Torchwick and his partner Neopolitan, both notorious criminals in the city, though Jaune was unaware of this. Both of them would train Jaune briefly and would aid him in applying for the admittance test for Beacon. Jaune would barely pass the admittance test for Beacon Academy.

Jaune would become the leader of Team JNPR consisting of himself, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos, and Ren Lie. While a competent warrior, Jaune was still behind his peers because of his short time training and lack of experience, which was exacerbated as his team and sister team, RWBY (Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long), were composed of prodigies. Jaune would also be embroiled in a rivalry with Cardin Winchester, whose family were historically enemies with the Arc family (though Jaune cared not for the rivalry, Cardin did, and his unruly behavior often angered Jaune enough to fight with him). However, with the support of his friends, Jaune began to catch up to the point of becoming one of the best students alongside them.

Under Jaune's leadership, Team JNPR became one of the top performing teams at Beacon and even qualified for the Vytal Festival Tournament. During the first year at Beacon, Teams RWBY and JNPR would become involved in fighting a surge of crime in Vale, which included Torchwick and Neopolitan.

Jaune and his friends would also be embroiled in a secret war between Ozpin/Ozma, who was the latest of the reincarnations of an ancient mage and the avatar of the God of Light, and Salem, an ancient evil who was the former avatar of the God of Darkness who betrayed the Gods to recreate the world in her image to create a utopia. Jaune and his friends would join Ozpin's inner circle and become his agents.

## Biography

### Early Life

**Jaune Galahad Arthur Pendragon Arc d'Valois** was born in the Arc Castle in Domremy, a small but important village outside of the city of Lumière in the Republic of Vale on March 2nd, 63 A.V.A. Jaune was the third child and only son of Lancelot Arc and Genevieve Pendragon-Arc. Jaune had several sisters born after he was born, having a total of seven (two older than him and five younger).

Jaune had grown up with the stories of his various famous ancestors and his impressive family members, all of whom were knights (his grandfather Charles was even the knight commander of Vale). The person that Jaune idolized the most, however, was his father, Lancelot, the youngest person to ever graduate from Beacon at 15 years old.

Jaune's family had frequent trips to Anima, especially to the village of Shion and the city of Argus. While in Argus, Jaune met a girl named Pyrrha Nikos. The two became close friends and often played together whenever the Arcs visited Argus. Eventually, the two stopped seeing one another due to Pyrrha training to be a huntress, something that Jaune's family wanted to keep him away from. Jaune would mostly forget about Pyrrha during this time aside from a few hazy memories.

### Domremy Fire & Aftermath

When Jaune was six, Domremy had a large festival to celebrate the Brother God's Festival. The celebrations lasted for several days, and Jaune was happy to explore the village, often sneaking out in the middle of the night to go on walks. One night, a massive fire broke out in the middle of Domremy, and the inferno burned many buildings in the village and the people inside them. The panic from the fire drew hordes of Grimm to Domremy, and they began battering against the walls. Jaune was in the middle of the town square when the fire started and wandered the village, watching the death and devastation in horror. Jaune would be saved by his father, who carried him back to the Arc Castle. Jaune's family chided him for leaving the castle so late at night but were also thankful that he hadn't been harmed in the fire. While Jaune's family told him and his sisters to take refuge deeper in the castle, Jaune didn't listen and instead climbed the castle walls. From there, he watched as his family fought off the Grimm and began saving people in the burning village.

The fire was later determined to have been set by bandits attempting to destroy the village to eliminate the Arc and Pendragon families, allowing them to raid the area with impunity. Jaune's family hunted the bandits down and dispatched them, though the bandits claimed to have been working for an unknown benefactor, though this was never proven. While the fires in Domremy destroyed much of the village, it would be rebuilt within five years. The people displaced from the fire were put up in a refugee camp outside Lumière, with the Arc and Pendragon families paying reparations to the displaced for their loss of loved ones and property.

The screams and burning haunted Jaune for the rest of his life, as did his inability to save anyone. By contrast seeing the heroism that his family displayed, saving people, and making efforts to help everyone displaced inspired Jaune immensely. Jaune wished to save people like he saw his family had and to prevent tragedies like the Domremy fire from ever happening to anyone else. Jaune's parents had him see a therapist because of the trauma he had suffered from being in the middle of the fire. Jaune saw this therapist for years though he eventually stopped when he was 12 years old.

Jaune's Aunt Marie and Uncle Guy died in the fire, leaving their daughter Gillian orphaned. Jaune's family took Gillian in, and Jaune became very close to her, as he felt immense guilt for not being able to help anyone in the fire and bonded with her over the trauma the fire gave them. Jaune was the one who gave her the nickname she used her entire life, "Gilly." Gilly latched onto Jaune hard as they grew up as a coping mechanism for the loss of her parents. This eventually became an obsession, and Gilly began to fall for Jaune despite being related to him and him viewing her as a sister. Jaune never realized what Gilly felt, though his parents and older sisters did. Jaune's family was wary of what Gilly might do to Jaune if she wasn't watched and began taking methods to separate them and get her help. Unfortunately, these didn't take and only made Gilly's obsession stronger. Gilly's behavior toward Jaune would warp his ability to understand romantic feelings and caused him to interpret certain romantic gestures as being platonic, leaving him quite oblivious to romance.

### Training & Teenage Years

When Jaune was seven years old, he begged his parents to begin training him to be a huntsman and knight. Despite his pleading, his parents refused to train him, instead wanting him and his sisters to live normal lives free of that burden. While Jaune's sisters were content to live that way and were fine with careers that allowed them to help in other ways, Jaune was not and continued pestering his parents to train him.

Jaune's parents continued to deny him training and instead pushed him to a variety of hobbies and potential careers. Jaune learned many things, such as homemaking, the arts, and humanities, and he was extraordinarily and almost supernaturally talented in these fields. Jaune's sisters teased Jaune about the fact that he would be the ultimate househusband when he grew up, much to his chagrin (though he did take some pride in it). Jaune was also very artistically gifted, having been blessed with immense musical talent (enough to learn several different instruments, how to sing, and how to dance), significant skill at drawing and painting, writing (having begun writing in journals as well as writing both poetry and prose), and became very knowledgeable about history and linguistics (having learned nearly all the languages in Vale as well as languages from other kingdoms). Jaune's sister Coral also forced Jaune to be the editor for the books that she wrote. Most of these books were "romance" books, and Jaune hated doing it but still edited her work when he could (under an alias) because they were bizarrely popular, he got a cut of the profit, and he couldn't bring himself to turn her down.

Despite Jaune's talents and the wealth of opportunities they afforded him, Jaune still desired nothing else but to be a huntsman and knight. While Jaune kept doing these hobbies and lessons (partly because his parents forced him into it, but mostly because he found he genuinely enjoyed doing them), he kept asking his parents for training.

It soon became apparent to Jaune that his parents would never be training him, so he shifted his focus to asking someone else. When Jaune was eight years old, he asked his grandfather, Charles, to begin training him. Jaune and Charles discussed Jaune's reasons and goals to be a knight, which Charles found satisfactory. Charles agreed to begin training Jaune but told him that they would have to do so in secret. Charles began taking Jaune on "camping trips" where he could begin training Jaune in the fundamentals and how to survive in the wilderness. Jaune took to his grandfather's lessons with gusto and proved to be a natural fighter. Jaune advanced so quickly, that Charles unlocked Jaune's aura during one of their trips. Jaune proved to have immense reserves of aura that were not possible for someone that young to have.

A few months after Jaune's aura was unlocked, Jaune's parents discovered the deception and had a massive argument with Charles. Jaune secretly listened in on the argument and learned about his sickness from it. Ultimately, Jaune's parents issued Charles an ultimatum: either stop training Jaune or be barred from seeing him again. Charles decided on the former and apologized to Jaune for being unable to sway his parents. Jaune was furious at his parents and heartbroken about the result and hid himself away in his room for a week. While Jaune would eventually recover, he still did his best to train himself, though he didn't always have the best results. Jaune's parents began to catch on to him, and so they forbade any hunter from training him. They also restricted his access to any huntsman materials, though Jaune did manage to sneak them into the house and hide them away from them. Jaune would also sneak into the surrounding forests to fight Grimm. Jaune was still allowed to go on camping trips with his grandfather, though one of his parents or sisters (mostly Olivia) always went with them so they could be monitored. While Jaune was unable to learn combat, his grandfather did teach him a lot about surviving in the wilderness.

Around this time, Jaune would meet a girl from his village named Hazel Sciurus. Hazel was bullied for being a Faunus, but Jaune stood up for her. The two became fast friends and were very close. Hazel would discover Jaune training one day, and the two would attempt to train together. Hazel would help Jaune get around the information blocks that his parents put in place. Hazel grew to have feelings for Jaune, however, she never expressed them to him, and Jaune never noticed. Jaune also became an older brother figure for her younger sister Jade. Jaune would also befriend a boy named Kristoff Prelati.

At one point, when they were about 12, Hazel gathered the courage to kiss Jaune, and while he was receptive, she panicked after it was over and told him not to look into it. While confused (and sad, though he didn't understand why), Jaune rationalized the action as Hazel just wanting to express their friendship strangely. While their relationship remained awkward for a couple of weeks, they eventually went back to being close friends and were a bit more affectionate toward one another (to the point that everyone thought that they were either dating or were about to, with Jaune's family already considering Hazel as part of theirs).

Around this time, Jaune began apprenticing under the local blacksmith, Wayland. While Jaune was still very young to learn a trade, his parents ultimately approved of it as it was a career that kept him out of harm's way while also allowing him to help huntsman. The primary reason why he took up the apprenticeship was so that he could make his own equipment. Jaune specialized in making blades, shields, and armor. Jaune had a lot of practice making swords and shields as he kept accidentally breaking them with his strength alone. Jaune became a fully certified blacksmith by the time he was 16. Jaune also took on several odd jobs around the town, doing almost anything to help people.

Jaune also began raising a horse named Bayard. Bayard was a Valean Destrier and was sired by Hengroen, the horse of Jaune's father. As a Destrier, Bayard was a warhorse meant to fight Grimm and was absolutely gargantuan in size. While Jaune's parents were slightly worried about Jaune owning such a massive animal, Jaune promised to take care of him and not to use Bayard for fighting Grimm. Jaune was lying about the latter and often went on patrols around Domremy secretly while fighting whatever Grimm he came upon.

While Jaune was never especially popular as a child (certainly not as popular as his sisters), he wasn't unpopular either and was generally well-liked by his peers. Jaune had preferred to keep to himself and the few friends he had, and he was often busy with his various duties, jobs, hobbies, and attempts at training himself. Jaune did have a reputation for fighting against bullies whenever he saw them, though considering he had an unlocked aura and was the son of some of the most powerful people in the nation, most tended to drop matters quickly. Jaune was also apparently very popular with the girls around the town, though he never realized this until it was pointed out to him later in life.

When Jaune was about 13, Gilly was sent to a combat school in Mistral on the recommendation of his grandfather. Jaune was incensed that Gilly was allowed to go, but he wasn't. While Jaune was jealous, he didn't blame her and felt guilt over his reaction. Gilly promised to secretly send Jaune her lessons so he could use them to learn, which he agreed to without hesitation. Before Gilly left, she hastily and hungrily kissed Jaune, which he was unsure how to process. Gilly was true to her word, and Jaune often used the materials she sent him to study. While Jaune did improve, he was still essentially teaching himself from what little he read and so was not as good as a proper huntsman-in-training.

When Jaune was 16, he donated sperm so his elder sister Saphron and her wife Terra could have a child. This baby would be named Adrian, named after an old family friend who once helped their ancestor, Richter. Soon after, they would move to Argus in the house of their late uncle Constantine. Despite technically being Adrian's father, Jaune wanted to simply be Adrian's uncle, which Saphron and Terra ultimately accepted.

### Bandit Incident & Aftermath

Shortly after Jaune turned 17, he went on a patrol outside of Domremy when he came across a caravan that had been attacked by bandits. Jaune investigated the damage and saw that one of the passengers, a young child, was still alive. Jaune immediately grabbed the child and rode back to Domremy. The town militia saw Jaune and took the child to the local hospital. Jaune then guided the militia (led by both of his parents) to the caravan so they could track down the bandits. Jaune's parents berated Jaune for straying so far from Domremy, but also thanked him for telling them about the bandit problem and approved of him taking the injured child back to the town.

For the next few days, Jaune continued checking on the child in the hospital. The child ultimately passed away despite the staff's best efforts. Jaune was demoralized and heartbroken, blaming himself for being too weak and slow to help anyone. Jaune fell into a depression for a month before his family (mostly Lavender and Saphron) pulled him out of it.

Jaune's depression was replaced with righteous indignation. Jaune once more begged his parents to train him to prevent something like this incident from ever happening again, and once again, his parents refused to train him despite Jaune's best arguments. Jaune became increasingly furious, and he challenged his father to a duel. The terms of the duel were that if Jaune could beat his father, then his parents would train him, but if Lancelot won, Jaune would never ask them again. Lancelot accepted, and the next day, the two would duel outside the town.

During the duel, Jaune was unable to land serious attacks on his father who outclassed him every single aspect of combat. Despite how many times Jaune got knocked on his back, he continued getting up and kept trying to fight back. Even after his shield shattered to pieces and his sword broke in half, Jaune continued fighting with the broken blade. Eventually, Jaune ran out of aura, but he continued to try to fight his father. Lancelot finally had enough and punched Jaune hard in the head knocking him out.

Jaune's fatigue caused him to remain unconscious for the rest of the day and half of the next day. When Jaune awoke, his parents begged him to give up his dream of being a huntsman. While Jaune was initially full of anger and was going to argue, the anguished expression his mother had and the tearful faces of his sisters made him pause and agree, though he was fully lying despite the guilt he felt. Jaune realized his family would never allow him to try achieving his dream so he began making preparations to run away from home to become a hero on his own terms.

### Runaway

Soon after this incident, Jaune learned of an outreach program that allowed those who didn't attend combat school to apply to Beacon through an admittance exam. Jaune believed that would be his ticket to being the hero he always wanted to be and so mde plans to run away from home to attend the school. The exam would not start for many months in the future, though Jaune decided to leave as soon as possible so that he could begin training before the deadline. The older members of Jaune's family would have a meeting the day he decided to leave, which he planned to use as a distraction so he could sneak out.

Jaune rather quickly forged some light armor to protect himself, grabbed one of his swords and shields, gathered supplies, grabbed a copy of his family's bestiary, and collected all of his savings from his numerous jobs. With his supplies gathered, Jaune snuck out of his home and met with Hazel. The two had a tearful goodbye and they shared a kiss once more, though Hazel once again told him not to look into it as it was simply for luck.

As Jaune was leading Bayard out of Domremy, he was stopped by his grandfather who had been following him. Charles told him that he had a feeling that Jaune was planning on this course of action and gave him his support. Charles gave him extra supplies and gave him the sword of Tristan Arc, Cortain, the Arc's ancestral shield, Pridwen, and his old service revolver. Jaune hugged his grandfather tightly and bid him farewell, before moving to leave. Before he could, Lavender rushed out of the shadows, having also been following him, and clung to him, begging him not to leave. Jaune held Lavender close to him and explained why he was running away. While Lavender still didn't approve or understand, she did let Jaune go and promised not to tell the rest of their family. Jaune hugged his Lavender tight, kissed her on the forehead, and gave her a goodbye. Jaune watched as Charles walked Lavender back home before he mounted Bayard and rode out of Domremy, optimistic about achieving his dream but also remorseful for the grief he would be causing his family.

Jaune then spent the next several months traveling the Valean frontier and doing what he could to help the people he came across. Jaune mostly lived by doing odd jobs, busking by using his artistic talents, acting as a mercenary or for hire huntsman, trading materials and trinkets he either found or made, and sometimes just camping, hunting, and foraging out in the wilderness by himself. Despite having no formal training, Jaune's experience in the wilds helped mold him into a somewhat adept fighter, though by his own estimate he was barely on the level of an actual huntsman-in-training . Jaune also maintained in contact with Hazel, Lavender, and Charles, though he ignored the messages from his other friends and family members.

### Life in Vale

As the deadline for the program drew to be only weeks away, Jaune eventually made his way to Vale proper. Knowing that his parents would be looking for him if he used the brownstone they had in Vale, Jaune instead began renting an apartment in a poor area of Vale. Jaune worked part-time jobs to support himself: a barista at a local coffee shop, a chef at a local restaurant, and a bartender at a local club called Junior's, as well as acting as an amateur musician for hire. Junior's was secretly the base of operations for the Xiong Clan, though Jaune was unaware of this and only kept on the legitimate side of things.

While working at Junior's, Jaune would meet Roman Torchwick and his assistant Neopolitan. Jaune was unaware that they were criminals and somehow befriended them. The two took a liking to Jaune and upon learning that he wanted to be a hunter, decided to help him in the effort more out of amusement than anything else. Jaune's "training" under the duo mostly consisted of Neo beating him up until he learned to either dodge, parry, or counter and Roman teaching Jaune to fight dirty. Despite the rough nature of the training, Jaune did value it and he did improve somewhat. Jaune also spent some of his time as a masked vigilante, to fight some of the criminals in Vale.

Jaune would attend Beacon's admittance exam a couple of weeks before initiation. While at the exam site, Jaune met and befriended two prospective hunters from Mistral, Ren Lie and Nora Valkyrie. The trio exchanged contact info so they could keep in touch. Jaune also accidentally bumped into Blake Belladonna, though they only spared an apology and some small talk before moving on. Jaune passed the physical portion with flying colors (actually breaking the record on some of the physical tests, though Nora ended up breaking his records immediately afterward), passed the written exam with a good score (getting an 80%), though he had mixed results on the combat portion. In the end, Jaune was admitted into Beacon as a student. Jaune reported this to Roman and Neo who congratulated him.

In the time between the exams and the start of the trimester, Jaune spent much of his time either working, training, or hanging out with Ren and Nora. As the start of the trimester drew nearer, Jaune decided to quit his job as a chef and bartender (much to their sadness as he was rather skilled and well-liked there). As his hours at the café were only on the weekends, Jaune elected to remain working there for a little while longer.

### First Year at Beacon

#### First Trimester

##### Arrival

On the day of initiation, Jaune took a bullhead with the rest of the aspiring students. Jaune had forgotten to buy motion sickness pills, leaving him very sick. While Jaune barely managed to hold in his vomit for the duration of the bullhead, he immediately rushed off to the nearest trash can and puked in it.

As Jaune was recovering, he heard a nearby explosion and went to investigate. Jaune would find Ruby Rose, another prospective student for Beacon, who had gotten into a literal explosive argument. Jaune decided to help her up, however, Ruby immediately recognized him as the person who was about to puke on the airship and nicknamed him "Vomit Boy". Jaune in embarrassment retaliated by nicknaming her "Crater Face" because of the explosion. While Ruby hastily defended herself, Jaune began laughing which caused Ruby to also laugh. Jaune then properly introduced himself, though he soon realized that his introduction sounded like a pickup line which caused him to immediately cringe in mortification and attempt to backpedal. Luckily, Ruby found his introduction amusing and introduced herself as well. The two decided to become friends and began talking about their weapons with Jaune being very impressed by Ruby's weapon Crescent Rose. Jaune was somewhat embarrassed to present his mostly outdated weaponry, though he also took pride in their history. As they were talking, they realized that they were lost, and frantically searched for the welcoming ceremony. During their search, they walked into Coco Adel, a second-year and Jaune's cousin, who escorted them to the Amphitheater moments before the ceremony started. Ruby ran off to meet with her older half-sister, Yang Xiao Long, leaving behind a confused and slightly distraught Jaune.

Jaune watched as Professor Ozpin gave his opening speech, and though he was a bit put off by his words, he pushed it aside. Jaune then heard Ruby arguing with someone and saw that it was Weiss Schnee, though Jaune didn't recognize her. Jaune went to go ask what was happening when he overheard Weiss give a patronizing comment toward Ruby in which she jokingly called Jaune cute. Jaune mistook the comment for her being interested in him and he awkwardly attempted to introduce himself, only to be rebuffed immediately.

Jaune would meet up with Ruby once again who introduced him to Yang. Jaune also met up with Ren and Nora, and he introduced them to the sisters. The five of them would hang out for the rest of the day.

Jaune would meet students Morgan Fey, Emerald Sustrai, Mercury Black, and Mint Romana, whom were third year students. Mint was strangely familiar to Jaune, but he couldn't pinpoint why. Jaune was also strangely drawn to Morgan, who somewhat reminded him of his sisters.

That night, Jaune to sleep in a onesie which earned him a lot of ribbing from his new friends though he took it in stride. Jaune claimed that it was a gift from his sister Lavender and extremely comfortable, so he would wear it with pride.

##### Initiation

The following morning, Jaune spent his time hanging out with Ruby, Yang, Ren, and Nora. As everyone was getting ready for the initiation ceremony, Jaune went into the locker room to gather his equipment. When Jaune made it to his locker, he found it blocked by Weiss and Pyrrha. Weiss was attempting to convince Pyrrha to partner up with her in the initiation so they could be teammates. Jaune interrupted so that he could be allowed through. Weiss glared at him, though she complied and Pyrrha momentarily looked at Jaune in confusion/familiarity before complying as well.

As Jaune was getting ready, he noticed how the conversation that Weiss was having was making Pyrrha uncomfortable so he attempted to make light conversation. While Pyrrha was thankful for his intervention, Weiss was infuriated and began talking down to him. Jaune apologized, but Pyrrha continued to involve Jaune in the conversation. Jaune and Pyrrha got along very well and gradually their conversation began to exclude Weiss. It also became clear that they knew each other from somewhere but weren't sure from where with Jaune asking if they had met before as she seemed familiar to him.

Weiss was incredulous about Jaune not knowing who Pyrrha was and explained to him that Pyrrha was a famous tournament fighter and the first person to have four consecutive victories in the Mistral Regionals. As Weiss was telling Jaune of Pyrrha's accomplishments, he noticed that Pyrrha seemed uncomfortable as Weiss went on and interrupted by claiming that his parents didn't approve of the tournament side of being huntsmen so he wasn't aware of anything regarding that. Weiss began bringing up the various merchandise associated with her brand, including Pumpkin Pete's cereal. Jaune did vaguely recall that promotion, though he found it very amusing that a famous athlete would sponsor such an unhealthy product. Pyrrha admitted that the promotion was very ill-conceived and began laughing along with Jaune about such a thing happening.

Jaune midway through the conversation realized that he hadn't introduced himself and after briefly chastising himself for forgetting, he properly gave an introduction. Both Pyrrha and Weiss recognized Jaune's name but for different reasons. Pyrrha suddenly realized where she recognized Jaune from as one of her few childhood friends before she joined the tournament circuit and was pleasantly surprised to see him again. Weiss by contrast recognized the Arc name which only caused Weiss to dislike Jaune more due to the belief that he was just like any other aristocratic heir and because of the negative reputation that Arcs had in Atlas. Weiss left in a huff, leaving Pyrrha to ask Jaune if he remembered her from their childhood. While initially confused, Jaune vaguely began recalling Pyrrha from his time in Argus and the two began reconnecting. As they were talking, the intercom came on and called for all students to report to Beacon's cliffside. Jaune and Pyrrha continued their conversation as they walked to the exam site.

At the cliffside, the students were gathered and launched into the Emerald Forest to find relics in the nearby ruins which determined their teams. Jaune didn't have a landing strategy and was extremely anxious watching his prospective classmates being sent flying. When it came to be Jaune's turn, Jaune called up all of the aura he could into his body, deployed his shield, began riding it like a surfboard, and aimed for a tree with a lot of branches to slow his descent. This worked and Jaune landed relatively safely, though he lost 15% of his aura in the crash and attracted a pack of Beowolves. Jaune fought the Grimm off but was gradually being overwhelmed. Pyrrha (having been tracking Jaune down so they could be partners) appeared from the woods and she helped him finish them off. After they defeated the horde, they became partners, shook each other's hands, and continued onwards to the ruins.

As they traveled through the Emerald Forest, they began hearing gunfire. Jaune and Pyrrha rushed to investigate and they found Ren fighting a King Taijitu. Jaune attempted to rush in and help him, with Pyrrha right behind him, though Ren used martial arts and masterful aura use to kill the beast himself. Jaune was greatly impressed by Ren's ability and expressed awe at Ren's prowess, having not seen Ren fight before. Nora then arrived (somehow riding on a dying Ursa) and partnered with Ren. After taking a moment to compose himself having seen something so ridiculous, the four decided to form a team together and moved on to the ruins.

As they were traveling, the group found a cave that Jaune believed could be a shortcut to the ruins. They entered the cave but quickly saw that it housed an ancient Deathstalker. While attempting to sneak away, Nora accidentally woke it up and the informal team quickly sprinted out of the cave. The group then attempted to seal the cave with Jaune ordering Nora to blow up the entrance and they then fled in the direction of the ruins.

Jaune and his group reached the ruins where they saw Yang and Blake, who were partners. After spending a moment to greet the pair and warning them about the Death Stalker, Jaune sent the rest of his team to pick out relics (which were chess pieces, Pyrrha and Nora both grabbing White Rooks) while Jaune climbed a tree to see the status of the cave. As Jaune was looking, he suddenly heard yelling from above him and saw that Ruby was falling from the sky. Jaune immediately leaped from the tree to catch Ruby, flipping on his back to take most of the impact and cushion her fall. After getting out of his daze, Jaune stood up (still carrying Ruby, though neither noticed) and Ruby began explaining that she had partnered with Weiss and that she had the idea of riding on a nearby sleeping, giant Nevermore to fly to the ruins but it quickly backfired. Looking up, the group saw that Weiss was still on the Nevermore which then knocked her off. Jaune set Ruby down (who began blushing when she realized that Jaune had still been carrying her), scrambled up the tree once more, and leaped off to catch Weiss. Jaune managed to successfully catch Weiss, but once again crashed hard on the ground, though keeping Weiss safe at the same time. After Weiss got off of Jaune (sarcastically thanking him for saving her), they saw that the Nevermore turned its attention to the group and began threatening them. To make matters worse, the Death Stalker managed to escape from the cave and began advancing on the group.

Ruby moved to fight the Death Stalker, despite the protests from the rest of the group. Ruby was unable to hurt it and was pinned down by one of the Nevermore's feathers which left the Deathstalker to move to attack her. Weiss managed to freeze the Death Stalker's stinger in place, while Yang rushed to pull Ruby to safety. Thinking fast, Jaune and Ruby determined that they did not need to defeat the Grimm, they only needed to grab the relics and return to the cliffs. Ruby grabbed one of the pieces and the group fled deeper into the ruins toward a tower in a canyon. The Nevermore followed after them and the Death Stalker broke free from the ice.

The group then split into two: Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang fought the Nevermore while Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren fought the Death Stalker. Jaune had his team lead the Death Stalker deeper into the ruins into more advantageous terrain. Jaune and Pyrrha began distracting the Death Stalker so that Ren and Nora could take shots safely. It quickly became apparent that they could not break through the Death Stalker's bone armor, but Jaune noticed that the Death Stalker's stinger was not protected and some of their attacks had begun cutting through the muscle on the tail. Jaune ordered Ren and Pyrrha to sever the Death Stalker's stinger, while he took potshots at its eyes to both blind and distract it. The stinger fell from the Death Stalker's tail and embedded into its head, Jaune then ordered Nora to hammer it so that it stabbed directly into its brain. Nora jumped on Jaune's shield and he heaved with all the strength that he could to send Nora flying into the air. Nora slammed her maul into the stinger which killed the Death Stalker instantly and cracked the ground beneath it, sending it falling into the canyon. Having taken three big falls and used almost all of his strength to push Nora into the air, Jaune was exhausted and needed to be supported back to the cliffside. As his team began walking back to Beacon, Jaune watched in awe as Ruby's group defeated the Nevermore and regrouped with them later.

After resting in the infirmary for a few hours (and being utterly terrified of Nurse Tsune), Jaune attended the initiation ceremony where the teams would be formed and leaders would be appointed. Jaune watched as team CRDL (Cardinal) was formed with Cardin Winchester appointed as leader. While Jaune was not impressed with Cardin or his teammate's behavior from what he saw during the prior day, he still applauded them. Jaune also watched as Morgan, Emerald, Mercury, and Mint were gathered into Team FEMR (Femur) with Morgan appointed as leader. Jaune politely clapped and offered his congratulations. Jaune and his group were then called up and they formed Team JNPR (Juniper) with Jaune as leader. Jaune was taken aback by this new responsibility, and while extremely anxious he also felt proud of himself. Jaune then watched as Ruby's group was called up and formed Team RWBY (Ruby) with Ruby as leader. Jaune shouted his support to her, much to her embarrassment.

Teams RWBY and JNPR would be made into sister teams with the second-year Team CFVY (Coffee) made up of Coco, Fox Alistair, Velvet Scarlatina, and Daichi Yatsuhashi as their mentors. As such, the three teams would be sharing a hallway and common rooms. After the ceremony, the two teams made their way to their hall and began depositing their stuff in their respective rooms. Jaune would check his scroll and see that his family had been attempting to contact him. While tempted to answer them, he stopped himself and instead messaged Roman, Neo, his grandfather, Hazel, and Gilly before going to bed.

##### Settling In

The next morning, Team JNPR was awoken by the sound of construction in Team RWBY's dorm, however, everyone was too tired to care enough to check what was happening. Nora was the first to awaken and woke everyone else up. Everyone got ready for the day but noticed the noise hadn't died down in RWBY's dorm. Jaune knocked on their door to warn them that class would be starting relatively soon, but only received a short response from Ruby. JNPR then went to the cafeteria for breakfast before going to their first class. Team RWBY arrived just barely on time, having only exited their dorm in the last 15 minutes.

The first class was Grimm Studies taught by Peter Port. Rather than actually teach the class Port went on a long speech about the meaning of being a huntsman and began telling (seemingly very exaggerated) stories about his adventures. While Jaune tried to pay attention at first, he quickly gave up upon seeing that only Pyrrha and Weiss were taking notes (Nora fell asleep almost immediately, Ren was "meditating", Ruby was doodling in her notebook, Blake was reading a book he recognized as Ninja's of Love, and Yang was playing a game on her scroll) and instead decided to read from the textbook. Jaune watched as Weiss volunteered to fight a Boarbatusk in class, and while she did succeed she snapped at Ruby multiple times which concerned him.

The next class was Bartholomew Oobleck's history course. Jaune also attempted to pay attention but was unable to keep up with Oobleck's words as he spoke at an incredibly fast pace. Jaune saw that Yang had simply begun recording the lecture on her scroll, and decided to ask her for a copy later and do the same the next class while also desperately trying to keep up with the fast-talking professor.

After that was Combat Class taught by Glynda Goodwitch and her assistant Cinder Fall. As part of this class, all students would be placed into spars with one another to gauge their skill level and establish rankings. After five matches, Jaune was set up against Cardin, though Jaune was a little nervous about the prospect. While in the locker rooms, Cardin began mocking Jaune and his family fueled by an old rivalry between their families and Jaune's perceived weakness for being so tired after the initiation exam. Jaune was incensed by Cardin's jeers and resolved to beat him.

Jaune and Cardin began to fight and it became quickly apparent that Cardin outstripped Jaune in strength, skill, and experience. Jaune's lack of proper aura control also began to backfire as he quickly expended his reserves, not helped by his volatile emotional state. Despite it being very apparent that Jaune was unable to win, Jaune began improving as he fought and began fighting more strategically. After an almost 30-minute-long battle, Cardin ultimately defeated Jaune, although Cardin still lost about two-thirds of his aura. Card was extremely annoyed at how long Jaune held out against him at the "dirty tricks" that Jaune began employing. As such, he lashed out and hit Jaune while his aura was down, hurting him badly, shocking the entire class (including shocking Cardin himself), and earning the ire of both Goodwitch and Jaune's friends. Goodwitch used her semblance to subdue Cardin and had Jaune sent to the infirmary to recover. While Jaune protested that he would be fine, his team carried him to the infirmary anyway.

While Jaune healed from his injuries incredibly fast, Tsune still kept him in the infirmary for observation and time for him to rest. The rest of Jaune's team, as well as Ruby and Yang, came to visit him. Jaune apologized for inconveniencing them, though his friends assured him that it was no issue and reprimanded him for thinking it was one in the first place. After about an hour, Tsune let Jaune out and he went to eat dinner with his friends.

While eating dinner, Jaune was noticeably solemn though he brushed off all of his friends' concerns. Jaune noticed that Weiss was not with them and asked why, immediately getting teased by Yang for having a crush on her, which Jaune could only blush in response. Ruby said that Weiss had other plans, though it was apparent that she was very sad about it. Jaune was concerned about her reaction, and he decided to ask her about it after dinner.

##### Jaunedice

During Jaune's time in Beacon, he grew to have a rivalry with Cardin Winchester. Jaune hated Cardin and his team's bullying ways and often attempted to confront them, however, Jaune was not as skilled or as strong as Cardin and almost always lost whatever fights the two of them had.

As a result, Team CRDL's attention was almost squarely on Jaune at all times. While Jaune's friends showed immense concern, Jaune waved it away. He felt that his drawing CRDL’s aggression was better than letting anyone else face it. He also felt that dealing with the situation himself would prove that he belonged in Beacon.

## Personality

### General Personality

Jaune was a kind, altruistic, friendly, and extroverted man who tried to live by the virtues of a true hero, ideal knight, and honorable prince. Jaune was loyal to a fault and would do anything for those he considered his friends and family. Despite being a royal, Jaune was raised as a normal child which resulted in his dislike of formality and his preference for being much more casual. In most circumstances, Jaune acted cheerful and exuberant and his natural expression was that of a warm, cheerful, and welcoming smile. Despite his preference for being informal, Jaune took his duties as a knight and huntsman very seriously. While not opposed to some light fun or games while on missions, when things were serious Jaune became much more serious and professional, displaying little tolerance for any horsing around. Similarly, when doing his duties as a prince Jaune was much more formal and acted as he was raised and expected to. Jaune was someone who preferred being frank and straightforward, being quite sincere and honest. Although Jaune tried his best to be and was often considered the living embodiment of a knight in shining armor and Prince Charming, he could also be quite dorky, somewhat socially awkward, a tad ditzy, goofy, and slightly mischievous and has also shown the capability of being pragmatic, temperamental, callous, ruthless, or even brutal when needed. Jaune was a man of many contrasts and contradictions, having his fair share of both positive and negative aspects. Despite being something of an oxymoron, Jaune was in all ways dedicated to true justice and helping others. As Jaune grew and matured, he became a rare individual who was completely pure of heart, someone who was completely sure of their path, goals, and identity and unable to be turned away from them. Jaune was someone who embodied righteousness and valor.

Jaune was noted to be extremely charismatic, having a charm that people couldn't help but notice and people tended to hear him out whenever he spoke. Jaune had a natural magnetism that drew people to him, and it was something that was refined by his training as both a prince and knight. When Jaune was younger, he was somewhat socially awkward and he was a bit of a ditz which belied his true charisma. Despite his occasional moments of awkwardness, Jaune was still very charming and these moments only made him seem more approachable to most people. Jaune's friends considered him "adorkable" and his somewhat dorky and ditzy nature was considered very endearing. When Jaune was younger, his charisma tended to nosedive when he was actively trying to be charming. It was very apparent that he lacked self-confidence and his attempts to make up for it did him no favors. The moment Jaune actively tried to be charismatic, it would come across as him trying too hard causing everything to fall apart and he had really no one to blame but himself for it. This drastically lessened as Jaune grew older, with his natural charm only becoming more visible and him being able to utilize it consciously more. Jaune eventually grew to become a complete paragon, the perfect knight, and ideal prince in most regards. While Jaune certainly made his share of enemies and people who disliked him, most people couldn't help but like him at least a little bit and he inspired respect even from some of his biggest enemies. Jaune had an uncanny ability to bring people together and get them to get along no matter their differences.

Jaune was not easily embarrassed about most things and would willingly put himself into embarrassing or awkward situations for the sake of his friends. Jaune had a good sense of humor and would roll with the punches when a joke was at his expense, often finding it humorous himself. Jaune privately joked that he might have been the universe's punching bag, though he took it all in stride. Despite his royal birth, Jaune and his friends joked that he seemed to lack most of the dignity and self-respect that someone of that station had and he acted like almost any other person, though he eventually became much more like the prince he actually was. Jaune was also not squeamish at all, having no problems with being covered in blood or wading through mud or even sewage, though he still found it in unpleasant and tried to avoid such things when he could.

Jaune was noted to be a magnet for trouble and weirdness, which he blamed on his at times atrocious luck and somewhat clumsy nature. Jaune constantly found himself in strange or dangerous scenarios that most people could never even dream of, sometimes only prevailing by the skin of his teeth. Jaune didn't go seeking out for these bizarre happenings, they simply happened to him despite his best efforts to avoid them. Jaune and his friends have noted that whenever he does something, the worst case scenario will occur but he will still accomplish the best results possible despite that. It also wasn't uncommon for destruction to follow him, though he always did his best to avoid that destruction or fix it when it occurred. Despite being a tad accident-prone in most situations, when it came to combat Jaune seldom made any clumsy mistakes and could be very graceful on the field when he wished. Jaune's clumsiness drastically lessened as he grew older, though he still managed to get into strange situations all the time.

While Jaune was a very mature person and was always completely serious when dealing with important matters, he could also be quite childlike or even immature at times. Jaune's sense of humor, some of his interests and hobbies, his sense of wonder, the purity of his soul, how sweet he often was even to strangers, his trust, easy going and upbeat nature, immense kindness and compassion, some of his beliefs and values, and some of his mannerisms mark him as mildly childish. Even as he grew older, he still retained some of his childish traits though he was still a very mature and fully realized knight. Jaune was also often compared to animals particularly dogs, wolves, lions, and rabbits. Jaune's general demeanor was often compared to that of a golden retriever, though his courage, fierceness in battle, and his focus on family and unity made others call him a lion or wolf. Jaune's sometimes nervous nature, habit of worrying over others, and cuteness caused others to jokingly refer to him as a rabbit, particularly because of his fondness for the creatures.

Although born as royalty, Jaune was much more casual than a prince was expected to act to the point that most people would never be able to tell he was a prince unless he told them or they knew his family history. Jaune eschewed the use of any titles and spoke like any other person would and could even be described as being a little carefree. Jaune was also not especially known to be especially eloquent or more articulate than the average. That said in serious situations, Jaune became more well-spoken and spoke semi-formally and concisely and he eventually became more eloquent as he matured. When Jaune began training as a knight under both his parents and uncles, they drilled into him the proper behavior of a knight, including combat ability, his manner of speech, and how he carried himself, as well as teaching him to live by the chivalric code. Jaune took to these lessons quite well and swore to uphold the conduct of a knight in all ways. Jaune already lived his life by these rules for the most part, so it was less of something he needed to change and more so a personal vow to remind him of who he was meant to be. Although not often something he took part in, Jaune and his sisters went through etiquette training so they were able to do well in formal situations. In those situations, Jaune spoke much more formally and acted as the perfect prince and was more reserved, yet remained approachable and warm. Jaune spoke much more formally and engaged in purple prose, something ingrained in him by extensive etiquette training. While Jaune was royalty and would have lots of experience with the upper crust and most prestigious and powerful people in the world, it is clear that it is not something that he personally enjoys and that he found it tiresome and boring. Jaune hated formality and he would much rather spend his time having adventures, training, or helping people. If given the option between attending a gala or fighting in a muddy trench, Jaune would almost certainly prefer the trench.

Jaune had a few character tics that appeared often. Whenever Jaune was nervous or embarrassed, he tended to rub the back of his head, usually accompanied by a sheepish expression and nervous laughter. When stressed, Jaune tended to bite his lower lip or clench his fists. When greatly annoyed, Jaune's right eye tended to twitch and he had a frown on his face. When exasperated, Jaune would heavily sigh and pinch the bridge of his nose, usually shaking his head slowly and muttering at the same time. When Jaune was formulating a plan, he tended to stare off into space while rapidly muttering to himself, holding his hand to his chin, and tapping his foot on the ground. Jaune had a tendency to reply to people with the words "as you wish," "as you say," or variations of those phrases. When feeling especially smug or sardonic, Jaune tended to grin audaciously and sardonically repeat the words "my, my" or "oh my" in a somewhat mocking fashion. Jaune also had a habit of apologizing for things frequently, even if it wasn't his fault or there wasn't anything to apologize for. Whenever Jaune made a promise he tended to add the phrase "an Arc never goes back on their word" or variations of it. Jaune also tended to repeat his mother's words of wisdom "strangers are just friends you haven't met yet" when meeting new people and affirming their friendship. Jaune later adopted Pyrrha's tendency to say "hello, again" and referring to things as grand (i.e. "that sounds grand!"). Whenever Jaune spoke about something he was interested in or otherwise a fan of, he tended it fanboy over it and would ramble about it while smiling greatly, referring to them as "cool" or "awesome." On a related note, Jaune got very embarrassed when he realized that he went on such a tangent and would apologize while blushing, though others typically found that habit to be adorable. Jaune would also ramble and stutter when he was very embarrassed or nervous, though this lessened as he grew older and others had to stop his babbling. Jaune occasionally used phrases and words from Gallian in his speech. As a result of the Domremy Fire, Jaune had a great respect for fire safety. Jaune was not afraid of fire, but he became much more careful around open flames. Jaune took fire safety very seriously and admonished those who didn't practice it properly. Jaune has also been shown repeatedly to be terrible at giving names to things, much to his embarrassment. When Jaune was younger he actively tried to act as "cool" as he could, something that almost always failed at, with his attempts at showing off almost always backfiring on him. As Jaune matured he lessened that behavior immensely, simply being his normal self. Ironically, Jaune just being himself was seen as him being the "coolest" he could ever be.

Jaune was respectful and polite to nearly everyone he met. Jaune never insulted someone without reason, and even when he had a reason to he rarely actually resorted to leveling insults. While Jaune did occasionally tease his friends and knew how to push their buttons, he was careful not to go too far and always prodded in a way that showed he meant no harm and had no real sting to it. While Jaune disliked the habit, he also would taunt his enemies during battle when he needed to catch their attention or throw them off their guard. Jaune found the practice to be rather unbecoming of a knight and disrespectful, but he acknowledged that sometimes it was important to get whatever advantage was possible. While he disliked insulting other people, Jaune tended to insult himself heavily and harshly. Jaune tried to be polite at every opportunity and tried to display good manners at all times. Despite his politeness and his preference for sincerity, Jaune could be quite sarcastic but rarely was actually rude about it. Jaune tended to be more sarcastic with those he was close to, often trading barbs with his sisters, friends, and Qrow, and even then that was always in jest. Even when outright insulting someone, it was typically layered in a way that would still sound (mostly) polite. Jaune could also be innocently insensitive and had a slight habit of putting his foot in his mouth, but he always apologized when he caught on. There are a few situations and people that have made Jaune angry enough to actually insult them with them usually being the most heinous or annoying people he had ever met (along with some of his friends, such as Qrow).

While not really opposed to profanity, Jaune tended to avoid swearing as a general rule, aside from light swears like "hell", "damn", "crap", or "ass" and any variation thereof. Jaune typically only swore when he was very emotional or shocked. If Jaune were to ever say something truly profane then it was a sign of something very bad happening. Rather than swear, Jaune typically used minced oaths or replacements, such as "shut the front door", "dastards", and "witches" instead of their more profane soundalikes. Jaune tended to revert to Gallian when using heavier language and, in particular, would yell the words "merde" or "mon dieu" when surprised or angered. Jaune tended to admonish some of his friends and family for swearing, though they were only light rebukes at most (usually just saying something akin to "language!") and it was at least partially just to annoy them. Qrow was one of the few people to get Jaune to break this politeness, causing Jaune to swear much more often and they often hurl pejoratives at one another.

Jaune was a very passionate person and he wore his heart on his sleeve. The only emotions that Jaune hid were his fears and pain, as he did not want to bother others with his problems. Any other emotion, Jaune was very expressive and he let his emotions, though he could be stoic when he needed to be (although this was a skill that took time to develop). Jaune also had no qualms with crying, doing so openly unless he felt he needed to stay strong for the sake of others. This did cause him to have some problems reining in his emotions. Jaune tried to be logical about most things and was mostly a rational person, he occasionally let his emotions run wild which can make some situations worse. While Jaune's tolerance for most situations was rather high and generally kept a level head, some situations caused him to snap and his temper burned briefly but extremely hotly. As Jaune matured, he grew to have more of a handle on his emotions so that they did not cloud his judgment and he became much calmer and logical, while not neglecting his emotions. Jaune's anger also changed from burning rage, into a cold, tranquil fury with his killing intent being expressed in waves of pressure that made even the chills of Solitas seem warm. Jaune valued patience and considered it a virtue to strive for and they were ones that he gained through age and meditation. In his childhood, Jaune's parents and older sisters described him as a sensitive and gentle soul which he mostly maintained later in life. Jaune was also noted to be a very sincere and honest person, despite his occasional moment of snark or even deception.

Jaune was a very sentimental person and was prone to nostalgia. Jaune often thought about the past and was quick to be reminded of past memories, often keeping mementos of the people he knew and places he had been. A negative part of this is that Jaune tended to agonize and fixate on all of his mistakes and failures, sometimes finding himself spiraling in grief and misery over them which necessitates others to knock sense back into him. Others have described Jaune as someone is who is stuck in the past, though he also looks forward to the future. Jaune always thinks of his future and what he should be doing next. This has been seen as a flaw of his with his friends and family telling him often that he he spends too much time focused on the past and future, but not spending enough time living in the present. Jaune was also very introspective and philosophical, often examining himself and questioning the nature of reality sometimes to the point of navel-gazing.

When Jaune was younger he often put up a false mask of confidence, but as he matured he became genuinely confident. Despite his confidence, it was never to the point of arrogance or even pride. Instead, Jaune was a humble and down-to-earth person and he had no interest in fame or glory and was prone to self-deprecation even at the best of times. Jaune's friends and family have criticized his insistence in helping everyone no matter what as though he was the only one capable of helping others as being a form of arrogance in it's own right, which Jaune conceded as being true. Jaune has also shown signs of having difficulty in coming to terms with his own self-worth.

Jaune was noted to be incredibly courageous, possibly to the point of foolhardiness. Some have stated that Jaune seemed to lack fear completely, though he retorted that he actually was frightened, he simply acted despite that fear which he considered the essence of true courage. Despite his courage, Jaune was a bit of a worrywart and had anxiety issues, though this lessened as he matured. Jaune's greatest fear was letting his friends and family down and not being there to protect them when they needed it most.

One of Jaune's greatest assets was his immense and indomitable will. No matter what he went through Jaune possessed the strength in spirit to continue onwards no matter what. Even as a child, Jaune possessed immense will that allowed him to nearly anything that he set his mind on. Jaune's determination was so great that others could scarcely believe the things he was capable of doing just through sheer will. Even in the face of astronomical odds, Jaune was still willful enough to continue, and when he felt he would lose a situation he would keep fighting despite the slim chance of victory believing that it was better to fight and lose than never fighting at all. Jaune's will is considered so great that he can achieve anything he wished to. Jaune's willpower can become stubbornness or obsessiveness which had many negative effects.

As an adult, Jaune is said to embody the very spirit of the classical Prince Charming and Knight in Shining Armor. Jaune is a truly virtuous and heroic man who stands above and beyond the standard of heroism even in an age as proliferated with people of similar standing and bearing, even if he was a little jaded. Even after becoming more cynical, Jaune retained his youthful exuberance, strong beliefs in helping everyone he could, and affable personality though he was much more relaxed and well-rounded as a person.

### Ideals, Values, and Morals

Jaune was very idealistic and tried to see the best in everyone, though he was not blind to the injustices of the world. Jaune often gave people the benefit of the doubt and believed that people were more than their worst actions. Despite this, Jaune knew that sometimes bad things just happen and not everyone can be saved. Jaune believed in redemption and that people could change, though he felt that someone needed to want it and work for it to be granted. If someone was unwilling to repent and it became clear that they would never stop their evil ways, then Jaune would no longer waste the time and effort to convince them after a making efforts to do so. Jaune would still rather arrest them and took almost every effort to avoid it, but was willing to kill if he felt he had no other choice. While very idealistic, Jaune's experiences caused him to see the world in grayscale, rather than something black and white. Although Jaune wanted nothing more than to be a hero, as he grew older he could never see himself as one. No matter what others say about him, Jaune refuses to see himself as a hero and claims to have committed too many sins and failed too many times to be considered one. While he would forever remain an idealist, Jaune gradually became more cynical as time went on. Despite becoming more jaded, Jaune refused to give into nihilism to remain a beacon of justice. Even as other criticize his ideals or call out his hypocrisy, Jaune still stood by his beliefs to the very end and would debate anyone who wished to deconstruct them, defending them fervently. Jaune was enraged by those who broke their morals for self-gain or other similar things, viewing them as hypocrites. Jaune believed the world was both an ugly and cruel place, but also a beautiful one filled with hope that was worth fighting for in spite of the evil in it.

Jaune was someone with a lot of love in his heart. Few people could genuinely earn Jaune's ire, and even then he did not hold grudges for long. Jaune had a love for everyone, in the sense of having a strong sense of agape. Jaune valued everyone he saw and even saw strangers as people worth loving. Jaune felt that as a knight, huntsman, and prince he was supposed to be a paragon who protected everyone no matter what. Although Jaune still put his friends and family above complete strangers, he still had positive feelings for everyone and thought nothing of being there for them. It is because of this love that Jaune hates killing people, but he is willing to do so if it means protecting others who would be harmed. Jaune was even willing to forgive those who acted against him if they sought forgiveness, sometimes forgiving them even if they didn't. Contrastingly, Jaune was much less able to abide people who made transgressions against those he cherished most, having a capacity to be quite merciless when he needed to protect them or if he felt the sin against those he loved was too great, and he had a hard to forgiving or forgetting harm to befell his loved ones. There was a time when Jaune's compassion faded and he was filled with hatred, but he eventually returned to having a great love for others. Even those that Jaune dislikes and has enmity with, he still values them as a person and feels compassion for them and he often sought understanding of why they acted the way they did. Jaune's friends and family have referred to him as someone too nice for his own good and compared him to a saint (though he didn't feel he deserved to be compared to such a prestigious status) and it was the reason he was given the epithet of the Knight of Compassion and was declared a saint. Jaune's love for everyone seemed not to extend to himself and he seems to genuinely hate himself at times. There are a few people that Jaune has stated that he genuinely hates and feels nothing but contempt for without any guilt, those being the most deplorable people he had ever met and himself.

Helping people was second nature to Jaune, and he wouldn't think twice before offering help to someone, even if the matter was completely mundane. Jaune couldn't help but offer aid to everyone, even complete strangers. Someone just had to ask Jaune for assistance, and as long as nothing greater was happening at the same time he would almost assuredly agree to help without caring about what it was. Jaune thought that helping people was the essence of being both a huntsman and a knight, so he did everything he could to help people. Jaune was also motivated by his inability to save anyone during the Domremy Fire and inability to save the child after the bandit attack, those events caused him to refuse to allow anyone to suffer unduly when he had the power to help them. Jaune thought that this was completely normal and downplayed his acts of altruism as "something anyone would do." Jaune's desire to help went past simply defending non-combatants from Grimm or bandits, as he would also offer aid for practically anything if he was asked or even if he just saw someone who needed help. Jaune was known to simply wander the villages and other places he visited and just help random people he saw if he thought they might need it. Even if someone did not appreciate his assistance, Jaune would still offer it because it was simply his nature to help others. Jaune would even go as far as to save criminals or general "bad guys" because it was simply the right thing to do. While some might try to take advantage of his generosity or see it as foolish, Jaune would continue to do so happily and often countered accusations of foolishness with the phrase "Helping people is never wrong." Jaune did not help people out of the expectation of a reward and often tried to turn down rewards when he could afford to. Jaune also often took it upon himself to help others learn to help and defend themselves, such as teaching basic self-defence or even agriculture or similar things. Jaune reasoned that while people like knights and huntsman were useful and had their place in the world it was also important for communities to be able to defend and provide for themselves as those in authority might not always be present to lend aid or be willing to support them for selfish reasons.

A negative impact of his altruism was that Jaune was the type of person to disregard his own needs to cater to the needs of others, which could occasionally be taken to the point of being self-destructive. It has been said that Jaune was the type of person to give someone the shirt off his back without complaint. Jaune's semblance can be seen as an extension of this, he will use his own aura to protect and bolster that of others while sacrificing some of his own to do so and allowing him to be as powerful as he needs to at the cost of destroying his body. Jaune's many friends, family members, and mentors have tried to drive this out of his head to some success, but he sometimes reverts to this line of thinking. Jaune also hated burdening others with his problems, instead tending toward internalizing them or attempting to solve them himself. This is even though he always wanted to help his friends with their problems and chastised them for not asking for help. Jaune frequently had to be reminded that it was not a bad thing to rely on his friends, so he shouldn't hide his problems from them and his hypocrisy about the matter has been confronted frequently. There have been times when people have tried to take advantage of Jaune's generosity, though he didn't mind much unless they were trying to hurt others. Another aspect is that this tendency has led to Jaune being caught in traps by people or Grimm who pretend to be helpless or need assistance. While Jaune would grow to be wary of those kinds of plots, he would still rather help someone and be wrong than not help someone and cause someone to suffer for it.

Jaune had a strong moral character and sense of justice, one that was backed up by his indomitable will. He lived by the philosophy of "might for right", the idea that those with any sort of power were obligated to help those without and that might should be used as a tool for righteousness. Jaune values equality, liberty, and fraternity and is shown to despise prejudice in any form. This developed Jaune's moral code which was based on the lessons he was taught as a child, his religious beliefs, the code of chivalry, and his own experiences that shaped him. Jaune is generally respectful, friendly, and polite to everyone he meets no matter their differences toward him. He tries his best to be honorable, honest, loyal, fair, merciful, and above all, a true moral paragon. Jaune maintained this code of ethics as much as he possibly could. In most situations, he would never break these tenants, even if it would cost him or otherwise put him in a bad situation, he would stick to his ideals and push forward no matter what. Although Jaune's moral code was inspired by concepts such as chivalry, his values were his own and deviated from those ideals in certain ways. Jaune followed his own brand of justice and encouraged others to make their own definitions of what it meant to be just. Although he remained a knight and still followed similar ideals, Jaune's experiences left him very disillusioned with chivalry. While he still found it romantic and admirable in it's own way, he found it to simplistic and naïve to apply in reality so he took the framework of the code to create his own brand of justice and code of conduct.

That said, some situations would cause him to break free from those restraints, namely the protection of innocent lives and those dear to him. In situations such as those, he would be reluctantly willing to break his moral code to keep them safe. He may hate himself and feel guilt for compromising his ideals, but he would never be able to forgive himself if he failed to help someone because of something like moral posturing. Jaune felt that if he needed to be dishonorable to save someone then it was worth it every single time. While Jaune was capable of being pragmatic and making compromises, he would feel immense disgust for himself if he didn't find some other way to achieve his goals. Those compromises would be the very last option and only to be considered if there was no other choice that could be made. If even the slightest hint of some other way to move forward was available, no matter how hard it was, Jaune would take that option no matter what it cost him as wanted to stay true to his ideals. Even if no other option was immediately visible, Jaune would try to force a new solution to work and only accept the pragmatic option if his own way failed. Jaune always sought to atone for the sins he committed both real and imagined through acts of penance and he also had a habit of punishing himself for them. Even still, Jaune has done things that were morally ambiguous or even ruthless in favor of the greater good though he took no joy in it and it fueled his self-loathing.

This extended to his attitude toward laws. While Jaune believed that most laws were in place for a reason, if he had a good reason for it he wouldn't think twice before breaking the law and would feel no guilt for doing so. In Jaune's eyes, legality was not the same thing as morality and any unjust laws could be broken without feeling bad. Jaune felt that even laws that he thought had a reason for being in place could be broken if the person had a good enough reason for it (such as a poor parent stealing baby supplies or other such situations), and he would let the perpetrator go or even cover for them. Jaune had no problems with "victimless crimes," and would freely turn his eye or even engage in them himself. Jaune stated that he was not a police officer, so it wasn't his jurisdiction unless it genuinely hurt someone else or the crime was of that great a magnitude. Jaune had a great amount of knowledge of laws, which helped him get around them and know when to use them. Jaune wasn't someone who wantonly broke laws for no reason, but he would never let the law stop him from doing what was right. Jaune stated that he was someone who did things that were righteous and good, not what was lawful. Jaune has worked both with and against law enforcement on numerous occasions when following his heart and beliefs of what was right. Jaune didn't hate the police, but he wasn't particularly fond of them either citing rampant police corruption and their history of ineffectiveness. Jaune had no problems working with criminals, as long as their crime wasn't something too objectionable by his standards. While he may not particularly like them or approve of their methods, he would tolerate it as best he could in the name of the greater good and he didn't have issues with most crimes. Many of Jaune's friends and most trusted allies were criminals at one point, and he himself has broken the law several times to achieve his goals. Jaune was aware that eliminating crime altogether was impossible, but working with a few criminals to make sure that things did not get too chaotic was a policy that he employed and thought was the best way to handle the situation. Jaune was well aware that most criminals were in it to make money and not general mayhem, so working with those who were receptive was perfectly fine in his books. Jaune was also a big proponent of rehabilitation rather than punishment.

Jaune viewed life as something sacred, though he understood that taking a life was sometimes necessary. While Jaune despised killing, he was willing to do so if there was no other choice. The first time Jaune killed a person he was horrified and severely depressed. He never forgot what it was like and regretted what happened. As time went on, Jaune was forced to kill more and more. He would grow to accept that killing people was part of his job, but he never liked it and swore to show mercy whenever he was able to. Jaune states that he never forgets the people he has killed, though he fears that one day he will get used to killing people. While Jaune did eventually reach the point of getting somewhat used to killing people, it still affected him and he refused to kill without cause or good justification for it. As a general rule, when he is not explicitly required to kill someone, he would make attempts to talk things out first or if he needs to resort to violence he will attempt to capture or injure before considering killing. That said, if Jaune has no choice he would not hesitate to do what needs to be done, and has killed dozens or even hundreds of people without faltering in battle. Jaune has also conducted and ordered assassinations for the sake of his goals and what he believed was the greater good. Although he feels immense sadness over killing, Jaune is more than capable of hardening his mind and heart to the feeling to do what needs to be done. Jaune typically killed opponents in the quickest and most merciful way that he could, both out of practicality and because of his morals. Jaune always paid his respects to those whose lives he took afterward. Even if others believed that someone did not deserve the respect he gave someone after taking their life, Jaune still showed it due to his beliefs. Jaune suffers from immense guilt and self-loathing because of the number of people he has killed, lamenting that he often has no choice in the matter. Jaune rarely felt any satisfaction in the deaths of even the people he hated most, and even when he did he felt immense guilt for those feelings. Jaune often went out of his way to comfort those who he killed in in their last moments. Jaune's love of family and distaste for killing has him see kinslaying to be one of the worst sins one can commit, aside from a few cases that he considers to be justifiable.

In contrast to his value of the lives of others, Jaune seemed to view his own life as lesser than those of others. It is possible to be a result of the many brushes of death he had since he was a child. Jaune could be incredibly reckless when it came to his own well being and has even been accused of having no fear of death. Jaune claimed he did not have a death wish or anything of that nature, but he had no qualms with laying down his life to protect others or for his ideals, though he wasn't willing to throw his life away for nothing. As a result of his lack of self worth, Jaune could be extraordinarily reckless and often put himself in dangerous situations. Jaune believed that putting his life on the line meant that others wouldn't have to and that it was only logical for him to be the one in those situations because of his massive aura reserves and semblance. Part of Jaune believed that his life being at risk was a way to atone for his sins, both real and imagined. Jaune has also admitted to experiencing some enjoyment by endangering his own life, getting a rush from being put in peril. There were several periods during which Jaune genuinely was suicidal, though he only put himself in increasingly dangerous situations rather than attempt to kill himself directly. Because of the protests of his friends and family and how much his injuries or potential death would harm them, Jaune did try to curtail his reckless habits but it was clear that it was more so for their benefit than his own. Jaune eventually began to value his life more, though he would still rather die than let innocents or his loved ones suffer.

Jaune had a natural aversion to lying, preferring to be as truthful and honest as possible and he was naturally a very sincere person. The code of chivalry dictated that a knight must never knowingly tell falsehoods and he took it very seriously, even after he started to diverge from the code. Despite Jaune's distaste for lying, he was not incapable of making use of deception and has shown some skill in it. Jaune would use half-truths or omit information, as well as letting people make their own conclusions from limited information and feed into it. As this was not technically lying or speaking falsehoods, Jaune technically did not break the code of chivalry, though it did not ease his guilt much. Even with his distaste for lying, Jaune would prove to be a rather exceptional one and he did sometimes lie for the greater good. Jaune was also someone who prided himself on being a man of his word. Whenever Jaune made a promise to do something or made a deal, he meant it completely and always held up his end. While Jaune wasn't so naïve as to believe that others would always do the same, he still gave them the benefit of the doubt. Jaune's honesty has caused him to be too sincere to the point of being rather blunt or even rude, though this was unintentional and he always apologized for it.

Jaune was opposed to thievery and robbery as he found it immoral to take from others. Jaune understood why someone would undertake those actions mostly and could excuse certain situations, but he didn't like the idea of taking part in it himself. While apprenticing with Qrow and especially during the War with Salem, Jaune gradually began to realize that refusing to steal some things or loot could put him and his allies in a bad situation, though he still disliked it. Jaune began to copy Qrow's habit of "battlefield acquisitions," though he just point-blank referred to it as stealing or looting anything that wasn't nailed down. Jaune restricted this habit to enemies or those whose avarice led them to hoard their wealth for others. Jaune found looting dead bodies to be unseemly and disrespectful but did engage in it when he felt he must, though he always made sure to apologize and pay his respects while doing so. Grave robbing was a step too far in his mind as it was actively disrupting a person's place of rest and so he refused to take part in it.

Another extension to this aspect of his morality is his approach to combat. When Jaune first started fighting, he lacked the skill and experience that others had. As such he compensated by fighting more pragmatically and using trickery. He hated having to do this, as it was something that went against what he felt was right. As he grew more skilled and experienced, he gradually began to excise this part of himself and began fighting more honorably, as a knight would. Conversely, the war against Salem showed him that always fighting fairly would be an exercise in futility and would easily get him killed.

As such, he decided that using any means (barring things that he considered too far) to win a fight when it came to battles for life and death would be the best course of action. This is not for every fight as something like a spar, exhibition match, tourney fight, honorable duel, or other not-very serious situations would never necessitate such a response. That said, if he ever felt he had to, he would not hold back and take any opportunity available to him in order to win. In times of great need, Jaune took any means he could such as using his environment, using hidden weapons or explosives, poisoning his opponents, attacking vulnerable areas such as nerve clusters, the eyes, the throat, and groin, taunting his opponents, throwing dirt or spitting in their eyes, tripping them up, using ambushes or surprise attacks, even biting his opponents when he had to, amongst other methods of cheating outrageously. Although he hated it, Jaune could be a very brutal fighter being very willing to maim or kill opponents when needed without a second thought in the moment having shattered bones or cut off limbs without hesitation. Jaune's knowledge of combat pragmatism allowed him to counter those who did practice it, even when he wasn't fighting that way and he eventually reached a skill level where fighting pragmatically was no longer necessary. Jaune believed in ending fights as soon as possible with no fanfare or showing off.

Jaune saw torture as something unforgivable and swore to never stoop so low as to employ it. In his eyes, torture was a savage act that only the most deplorable people could bring themselves to do. Jaune, unfortunately, did fall to using torture during his revenge quest, brutally maiming several bandits and cultists until they told him what he wanted to know. Jaune never forgave himself for this sin and it was a constant source of guilt that he had caused people to suffer unjustly and had compromised his ideals. Jaune never used torture methods again and actively prevented anyone from using them at all times. Aside from that brief period, Jaune treated captives and prisoners more like guests than anything else and was unfaltering kind, and respectful to them. Ironically, this kindness helped make those captives trust him and give up information. That said Jaune is not above using intimidation or manipulation to getting information, especially if there is no time to earn a target's trust.

Others have noted that Jaune seemed to have a weakness toward women. While Jaune is always chaste and respectful to women, he seems to have an unconscious bias toward them. Jaune was willing to help everyone who asked it of him, but he seemed to offer it more readily to women than men and appeared to be more trusting toward them on some level. Jaune didn't do it intentionally, he simply did so on a subconscious level. Jaune also believed that it was his duty as a knight to serve as an escort and guardian to women, usually offering to protect them (even if they didn't really need it). Jaune had no problems with women fighting and respected his female allies immensely, though he initially had some difficulties behaving a tad too overprotective at times despite them being able to defend themselves. Seeing his female allies in action ended that line of thinking quite quickly, and he gave full trust in their ability to take care of themselves, only helping them when they needed or requested it. Jaune also had no trouble fighting female enemy combatants, though he tended to hold back more and be slightly more merciful toward them than men on a subconscious level. Jaune's friends and mentors reprimanded him for this habit, and he worked to let go of it but did prop up from time to time. Jaune also seemed to instinctively follow the leads of authoritative women without much argument, something that seemed to be a carryover from growing up with seven bossy sisters and a very assertive mother. Jaune's friends often poked fun at him for having no backbone when it came to women and having a weakness for pretty faces. Jaune protested their jests and stated they were inaccurate, but it was clear that he was just trying to save face. This bias is not out of love or lust, but simply something that had been ingrained in him from his chivalrous ideals and female-dominated childhood. This has had a slight effect of making Jaune much easier to manipulate and be taken advantage of by female opponents than others.

#### Friends & Family

Jaune greatly valued family, having been raised by a large, caring, and very happy one. Jaune loved his family with all his heart and was willing to do anything for them, even if they had their disagreements or even fought one another. Jaune believed that family was not dictated by blood, but instead by the love and bond holding individuals together. Jaune considered his closest friends to be part of that family and would treat them no differently than he would his sisters. Jaune also valued family for others, which instilled in him a hatred of domestic abusers and those who abandon their family. As part of this, Jaune kept his word and whenever he swore on his family name, it was always in the context of an unbreakable vow/promise as well as a declaration that he spoke the truth. Jaune also took his family's sayings and advice to heart, even when that advice was somewhat questionable. Jaune took a lot of pride in his ancestry. While he didn't think that their accomplishments and status meant anything about him, he felt it was his duty to live up to the legends that his ancestors inspired. Jaune was not very fond of his royal heritage and was much more concerned with his knightly and heroic lineage. Jaune actively hid his heritage from others as he didn't want anyone to treat him differently for it, thought that being royalty was meaningless in the world they lived in, and felt that he didn't exactly live up to the standards a royal would have. In most circumstances, Jaune acted like a typical teenager and wouldn't have it any other way. Even as an adult, Jaune didn't care about being seen as royal and preferred to act like a knight and huntsman. Jaune and his family also practiced a minor version of ancestor veneration.

Jaune was noted to be a very friendly person and he delighted in meeting and befriending new people. Jaune loved speaking to people and just getting to know them, treating them with respect at all times. Jaune was described by others to be a very affable and sweet person to be around. Jaune stated that he believed that everyone, even the worst people, had something about them that was worthy of being respected and that he was taught to be polite to everyone no matter their station or status. Jaune befriended people quickly and considered people friends, even if they didn't extend the same courtesy to him. Jaune took his mother's words of "a stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet" to heart, though he also admitted that it was a very idealistic and naïve belief, which caused him to add the caveat of "as long as they aren't trying to kill or rob you first." While Jaune acknowledged it as being cliché, he was a proponent of the "power of friendship" and stated repeatedly the bond he had with his friends and family was what gave him his strength. Jaune valued his friends immensely and would do anything for them and he often sang their praises whenever he could, speaking of them in glowing terms that indicated his love and respect for them. Despite this love, Jaune wasn't scared to confront and reprimand his friends or family when did they wrong and help guide them to make up for their mistakes, also trusting them to do the same for him. Jaune was very involved in his community, and was well regarded by the people in that community.

Jaune was a nurturing person and would do anything for his loved ones. Jaune typically took the role of the team dad (or possibly the team mom), mostly because of his experience with a large family, his being one of the oldest members of the group, his status as a leader, and his general personality lent well to it. Jaune settled disputes between teammates, was a shoulder to cry on for anyone who needed it, laid down grown rules, made organization charts for the group for things like chores or other domestic responsibilities, cleaned up after them when they made a mess (sometimes going as far as to wipe their mouths with a napkin as though he was a father cleaning up after a baby), helped them with anything they needed, gave advice when asked, offered praise and encouragement, and shared cooking duties with Ren, Yang, Oscar, and Caramel. While Jaune was very nurturing, he was unafraid to scold or chide his teammates when they acted out of line, being kind yet firm about it. When Jaune needs to be he can be quite the disciplinarian, even being able to keep his friends and family in line with a single look or word when they were being too rowdy, though he hated having to act that way. Jaune often acted like an actual parental figure toward his friends and younger siblings, to the point that some of his friends (mostly Nora, Oscar, and Caramel) consider him one of the few or even only positive male role models they ever had and his younger sisters almost seem to listen to him more than their actual parents at times. Jaune's tendency to fuss over his friends and teammates has caused them to half-jokingly give him the nicknames "mom" and "dad," and they refer to him as the “mom friend” of the group, much to his mortification. Jaune was very good with children, something honed by helping raise his younger siblings and acting as a babysitter for various people around Domremy. Jaune took on the role of an older brother or even a father when interacting with children, and was noted to have the makings of a good father when he eventually grew up. Jaune's skill with children also made many say that he would be an excellent teacher, something that he considered and eventually decided to go through with.

Jaune was intensely protective of others, especially towards his friends and family. Jaune would forgive people's actions against him rather easily, but he was less forgiving when people hurt those he loved. Whenever someone greatly harmed those he loved, Jaune tended to lose control of his emotions and acted much more savagely than normal, showing a capacity of being extremely ruthless and merciless. Although he acknowledged it as wrong, Jaune felt a need to avenge those who were hurt by others and felt it was his duty to bring peace to the fallen by slaying their killers. This aspect of his personality lessened as he matured and got more control over his temper, but his burning rage could still be felt even if it was controlled and he could still be quite brutal. Jaune also dropped his beliefs on vengeance, fully accepting that such actions would not only not bring peace to the fallen but would only horrify them. While never controlling or possessive, Jaune could take his protectiveness too far and had to be reigned in sometimes. A more comical extension of his protectiveness is towards his siblings and later his children when it came to romance. Whenever his younger siblings (and even some of his older sisters) or children expressed interest in dating, or someone expressed interest in them, Jaune's protectiveness ramped up greatly. Jaune was typically not an intimidating figure (or at least tried not to be), but whenever this happened his family would joke that he could give a Grimm a heart attack with a single look. Jaune's family (either his siblings, mother, or later his wives) often had to reign him in.

#### Philanthropy

Despite being born both into wealth and royalty, the way that Jaune's parents raised him kept him very humble and generous. Jaune spent most of his youth living in a large, but still somewhat rural town and often worked on his family's estate. Jaune was essentially a farm boy growing up, owing to the fact that he spent much of his time doing chores and farm work on the family estate, despite his family's historical importance, wealth, and status. Like his family, Jaune values self-sufficiency over resting on their laurels and relying on generational wealth. While Jaune did have wealth, he preferred living frugally and he disliked ostentation or living lavishly. Jaune was very aware of his privileged upbringing, but he simply preferred living a more modest life. Jaune was very charitable and often gave his money to those in need and when he had the time, he was known to do extensive volunteer work. Jaune would simply lend money to anyone who asked it of him, and while he would prefer getting paid back, he didn't demand it. Jaune did not like having people indebted to him so he he forgave any debts that others might have had. Contrastingly, Jaune would always pay back his debt, even if someone stated he didn't need to. Jaune took things like life debts very seriously and would do anything for someone who protected his life or the lives of the people he loved. The Arcs and Pendragons tended to be looked down upon by other noble families because they did work that was seen as "below" a family of their stature and were even seen as low-class despite their age and status.

Even with his philanthropic nature, Jaune did know how to handle money and balance his finances. The Arcs may have had immense wealth, but their value of self-sufficiency meant that he had been working for a while. Jaune knew how to provide for himself and how to manage his earnings to live comfortably. Having such a large family also led Jaune to develop haggling and bargaining skills, which he made extensive use of. Beyond handling his own finances, Jaune also managed the team's finances and made most of the logistical decisions (though he had Ren and later Weiss check his work as a second opinion). Jaune shared the duties of managing the group’s money with Ren and Weiss as they were the three most experienced and most trusted with money. Jaune was not one for gambling. Jaune didn't have a problem with it and did occasionally take part in betting games, poker, or blackjack but it wasn't something he took part in regularly and he only did so with friends. Jaune felt that gambling was a slippery slope and it was easy to lose great amounts of money, thus making it something unattractive to him. Despite that, Jaune couldn't find anything really wrong with gambling per se. Jaune also didn't have much respect for con men and disliked grifters. Despite this, Jaune's grandfather did teach him how to hustle people and he often used those skills to outsmart and trick his enemies. Jaune's strange luck makes it so that he either wins bets handily without question or does so poorly that he has no choice but to quit, sometimes switching from one to the other in the same match.

#### Political Values

Jaune was admittedly not a man of great political principle. His knowledge of most politics was lacking and his usual response to questions about his ideology was "whatever helps the most people possible." Jaune learned more about politics as he grew older and it was clear that he tended to favor leftist policies and reform. Despite being born to royalty, Jaune did not think monarchy was a good system of government and instead favored democracy. He felt the system of councils was the best system to govern, though he admitted that there must be some reforms to streamline and improve them. Jaune had some shades of collectivism and socialism within him as well, seeing community aid and providing for those who can't provide for themselves as something essential. Jaune tended to leave political discussion to his more capable friends and despite his importance to Vale as an adult, he had no intention of going into politics himself. Jaune hated the stifling nature of holding office and hated getting involved in political games. Jaune stated that he would rather face an entire horde of Grimm by himself than spend a day having to go through political intrigue. While Jaune was a well-respected and beloved figure to the point that he could almost certainly declare himself to be King of Vale and be accepted almost unanimously, he found the idea sickening. He instead used his reputation and influence to help push for reform and policies to help as many people possible. Jaune was also a very big proponent of giving aid to foreign nations when they needed it. Jaune felt protest was an essential part of democracy, even if he didn't agree with the point being rallied. While he prefered nonviolence in most cases, Jaune had no problem with violent protests. If he believed the cause was just and innocents were not harmed by the methods being used, then Jaune was perfectly fine with it. Depending on the cause, Jaune has even shown to be sympathetic to terrorists though at that point he would be cautious about the actions being undertaken and would likely get involved to prevent things from getting out of hand.

While Jaune valued freedom and was a bit of a free spirit, he had no issues slotting into a regimented command structure and believed that discipline was important. Unlike most of his friends, Jaune had very little trouble acclimating to the military lifestyle, likely stemming from his knight training. While Jaune naturally fit into the military, he was also known for being much more unconventional than most soldiers. Jaune has even shown a willingness to disobey orders if he found them objectionable, which while normally grounds for heavy consequences he tended to skirt around due to his status, knowing the right people, typically being part of units that were laxer on the rules, and later being a figure of great military authority himself. While Jaune would defer to people who knew better and typically followed orders to the letter, he would not think twice about being insubordinate if he felt he had to. Jaune was noted to be the kind of person who would thrive in the specialist program as he did very well in military environments while also being independent and able to make unorthodox calls which typically would not work for proper armies.

Jaune had what he called a healthy distrust of most authority figures. While he was willing to listen to, respect, and work with them, he refused to take anything they said at face value and always reserved judgment about them. Jaune distrusted politicians, owners of corporations, and other high authorities on principle, as he felt they were almost always only looking out to protect their own interests. There were very few authority figures that Jaune truly trusted and most of them had to earn that trust one way or another. Jaune was aware of the irony that a prince would have reservations about figures of authority, but he also stated that his experience with such figures made his feelings very warranted. Jaune was also quite uncomfortable with his own authority but did his best to be a good administrator and leader. Although rarely to the point of hate, Jaune has been shown repeatedly to dislike most nobles or people of similar standing, finding them obnoxious and uncaring about the world.

Jaune was known to be an effective leader for multiple situations including small teams, large groups, and even massive military operations. Jaune was able to plan very far ahead and account for many different variables and potential outcomes to ensure victory, having a natural predisposition for tactics and strategy. Jaune was a benevolent and understanding leader who got to know his subordinates, beyond just their strengths and weaknesses. Jaune was warm and caring towards those whom he led, freely offering friendship to them. Jaune treated everyone under his command with respect and care, no matter their status or origin. While normally a forgiving and easy going person, when it came to battle Jaune became much more authoritative and strict as felt the simplest mistake could cost everything. Jaune was much more assertive and serious on the battlefield and he expected his orders to be followed to the letter. While Jaune valued the counsel of his trusted advisors and would defer to those who had expertise in situations he did not have any, ultimately, his word was final. Jaune was willing to forgive anyone who broke from his command and disobeyed his orders, but they needed to have a good reason to justify it. If they had such justification, all was forgiven and Jaune would respect their decision. Jaune felt that any mistake on the part of his subordinates was something that reflected on him, such that he thought it was prudent that he take the blame for their mistakes. Jaune would still give fair punishment to those who made those errors, but he also believed that he should also be punished for it. Nora affectionately calls Jaune's attitude towards this his "leader mode." Jaune commands respect and loyalty and his natural charisma inspires morale with most of the people under his command rarely feeling the need to question his orders and having complete faith in his abilities. Jaune led from the front and was always the first to take on the enemy and he would never sacrifice his men, no matter the situation. Jaune would also never send his men into a situation that he would not partake in, often fighting on the frontlines alongside his men. Jaune was also infamous for running ahead of his men to deal with the problem himself.

Jaune had complex views on the nature of the leader. Jaune felt that a leader needed to be at their best for those under them, as they rely on their leaders for hope, guidance, and support. This did not mean a leader needed to be perfect, but in Jaune's eyes, they needed to be the rock for everyone else. As this was a massive burden, Jaune also believed a leader needed their own support and that it was okay to show "weakness" with those they trusted implicitly (not that Jaune always followed this advice himself). When Jaune was younger, he had some anxiety when it came to leading, however, as he grew older he became much more confident, especially as it became clear that it was something he had immense ability in.

#### Combat & Training

Jaune was originally completely anxious and even somewhat hated fighting other people. Jaune was mostly inexperienced as a fighter and was well aware that his skills as a combatant left a lot to be desired. As he became more skilled, Jaune's anxiety about fighting decreased to the point that it was non-existent. While Jaune found enjoyment in fighting, he primarily saw himself as a peacekeeper and valued the protection of others over the thrill of a good fight. Jaune viewed fighting to be a necessary part of his job and thus violence should be a means to an end. Despite enjoying a good fight, Jaune disliked hurting people and felt cooperation and comradery were essential to being a knight and huntsman. During missions, Jaune believed peace and diplomacy were much more favorable than fighting and that his time was better suited to helping people. Jaune almost always tried to talk things out with others before using violence as a last resort. Even with his preference for peaceful means, Jaune was not a pacifist and would hold nothing back when it came to battle. Jaune felt that a true knight should end battle efficiently and succinctly, with the enjoyment of a fight never factoring into it. Jaune was also fearless in battle, only retreating or surrendering when it was strategically sound or there was absolutely no way he could win. If there was a chance that he could salvage a win, no matter how small, and it didn't result in a travesty for others, then Jaune would continue to fight as hard as he could even showing a willingness to recklessly endanger his own life to do so.

Even with his desire for peace and beliefs about combat, Jaune did find satisfaction and pleasure in fighting. Jaune enjoyed fighting worthy opponents in fair and honorable duels to test his combat abilities and he valued sparing with others to hone his skills. In fact, Jaune often smiled and even laughed while taking part in these activities as he had the opportunity to test his might without having to worry about having to protect others or stop villains. Even when he was very hurt or in danger of dying, Jaune took great joy in battle and he actively enjoyed the rush of being in peril. While doing missions, Jaune put his love of fighting to the wayside but when he could afford to enjoy a fight he would relish in it. There were times that Jaune's love of fighting won out against his better nature, though these were few and far between. When he was younger, Jaune was somewhat afraid of his love of fighting and viewed it as unbecoming of a knight, admitting that he was afraid of going too far in battle. Jaune began to accept his love of battle as he matured, fully realizing that it was a part of him and made him no worse than anyone else. Jaune also found enjoyment in competing in tournaments but felt that most tournament fights were meant for spectacle fighting and thus were not indicative of real battle and could lead to tournament fighters picking up bad habits. When Jaune did get engrossed in a battle he enjoyed, he tended to get carried away and he occasionally needed outside interference to get him back on track. Jaune used to be very expressive in fights, openly showing his emotions in battle. As Jaune matured, he developed a poker face while fighting, taking on a reserved, yet stern look that did not betray his emotions aside from the occasional faint smile or frown. When Jaune was truly enjoying a fight, he would smile brazenly and laugh. Similarly, despite his distaste for flashy moves or style over substance during actual fights or duels, when having fun in smaller fights Jaune did enjoy trying to fight in "cool" or stylish ways, often trying to show off against his friends because it was fun. Jaune and his friends were known to have competitions such as who could kill the most Grimm or who kill Grimm in the most stylish ways when they were training or doing low-stakes missions. It was at this times that Jaune's penchant for theatrics truly showed themselves and he could be quite the show off in the effort to be as "cool" as possible. Humorously, Jaune's attempts to show off often ended rather poorly for him when he was deliberately trying to be cool. Some of Jaune's plans and strategies could also be rather elaborate and dramatic, though he only put those in place if there was no need to be extremely practical.

There was an element of darkness and savagery within Jaune that appeared very rarely such as when his loved ones or innocents were in mortal peril. This darkness caused Jaune to become extremely brutal or even animalistic when he was sufficiently enraged, this being a trait he shared with his father. After his experimentation by Watts and Merlot, Jaune tended to transform into his Grimm form when these frenzies were triggered. This darkness faded through time and effort, especially after he became pure of heart.

Jaune greatly valued training and spent a lot of his time doing it and his training sessions were known to be very intense, to the point that others were completely flabbergasted by the lengths he went to improve. Jaune stated that he did not enjoy the act of training itself, but loved the results of his hard-earned abilities that training gave him and the knowledge that it would help him protect others. Jaune felt he always needed to hone his skills to be the best knight he could be. It was not that Jaune needed to be perfect (which he believed was unobtainable), he just needed to do his best and always be ready to be at the top of his game. Jaune's drive to be his best was not to be competitive with anyone except for himself; he didn't want to be better than anyone else, he just wanted to always be better than he was last. Jaune's attitude toward honing his skills applied to more than just combat, as he felt he needed to train all of his skills regularly to keep them in top shape. Whether it was swordsmanship, music, cooking, video games, or anything else, Jaune wanted to do his best at it and put all his effort into the things he loved and even things he didn't like he would still try his best because he "wasn't raised to do things half-baked." Jaune was a complete workaholic who always wanted to improve, even in the things that he did to relax. This tendency was a result of his inferiority complex, which manifested in him always wanting to improve in every area possible. Although Jaune was someone who always worked hard, he also knew the importance of taking time to relax, even if he occasionally forgot during moments of great stress. Jaune was also a very graceful loser, always making a point of sincerely congratulating those who beat him in something and endeavoring to surpass them next time. Even if he lost a competition or battle, Jaune still found the experience worthwhile and something to learn from, finding joy in losing as much as he found joy in winning. Initially, Jaune's constant losses to his peers did impact his already low self-esteem, however, the knowledge that he was starting far behind the rest of the class and catching up to them at an unprecedented fast pace helped temper the pain and he still valued the insight his losses gave him.

### Intelligence

Jaune was an incredibly intelligent person who was known for being quite creative and a good critical thinker, abilities that lent very well to his talents in strategy and tactics. Jaune was very observant and analytical, being able to pick up on even the smallest clue or occurrence and use it to formulate effective plans almost instantaneously. Jaune typically made several plans for operations to the point that he often joked that he didn't label his plans using the alphabet as it implied that he only had 26 plans. Even when his plans fell through, Jaune was capable of coming up with something on the spot to either buy time or complete his goal while adjusting to new circumstances. Qrow stated that Jaune was very good at "bullshitting" and "pulling shit out of his ass." Jaune's plans ran the gamut of being either very simple or quite elaborate, depending on what was needed. Some of Jaune's plans also sounded incredibly stupid or risky, but Jaune somehow found ways to make them work. Jaune's instincts were very sharp and he could adapt to nearly any situation without thinking about it too hard. Jaune had an extremely keen memory which allowed him to retain most information without any difficulties. Jaune's mind was compared to a sponge that absorbs information extremely quickly or a supercomputer that stores it for use later. Jaune had a knack for puzzles and riddles and was the go-to whenever they came up. While Jaune was a bit socially awkward, he was still very conscious of social mores and he had some skill in reading people. Jaune was a very good judge of character, being able to sense what kind of person someone was from only a few interactions. Jaune was generally pretty receptive to the feelings that the people around him had, though he did have a few blind spots, mostly involving love. Jaune was also much more used to civilian life than most of his peers while also being plenty knowledgeable of huntsman culture due to his upbringing. Jaune strategic mind and many plans gave him a mild reputation as a schemer.

Despite his intelligence, Jaune had a few moments which could make him seem somewhat dumb. When overly stressed, Jaune tended to overthink things which occasionally caused him to overlook obvious solutions. Jaune was also originally quite naïve and somewhat gullible, though he grew out of them as he matured and became more experienced. Jaune could be a bit of a ditz who focused on strange details or completely missed the point of conversations. Jaune could also be quite scatterbrained at times, jumping between the many thoughts in his head at random which is hard for others to follow. Jaune's straightforwardness and occasional moments of brazenness could also make him seem very simple-minded at times. When Jaune was younger, he had a tendency to second guess himself and sometimes overcomplicate matters when simple solutions would work fine. Despite being very observant, there were a few matters where Jaune could be extremely oblivious. Jaune's parents joked that he seemed to have been born without common sense, though this was more centered on his bravery which almost reached the levels of stupidity. Jaune was noted to be a bit eccentric, with him displaying strange trains of thought and occasionally going on bizarre tangents. Jaune also had a habit of giving in to his emotions which led to him eschewing rationality and logic, for better or for worse. Jaune claimed to be the most normal person in his friend group but was easily just as quirky as they were, if not more so at times. Jaune was aware that he wasn't always the smartest person and made jokes about his intelligence, but he also took exception to being called an idiot. Whenever someone called Jaune dumb, he would often give a furious defense of himself which was often undercut by something proving the other person right (usually him either saying or doing something foolish) at which point he would just concede the point and roll with it.

When Jaune was younger, he was not known for being the best of scholars. Jaune found studying to be extremely boring and he had trouble paying attention unless it was a subject he genuinely had an interest in. Jaune stated that he mostly achieved average grades, but he could have excelled if he truly applied himself. Jaune could handle the material just fine, but was simply quite bored by having to study and would rather spend his time either training or playing. By the time he was in his teens, his parents managed to get through to him and his grades improved, but he still found studying to be dull. When Jaune started Beacon he was much more interested in the subjects, but his knowledge of huntsman issues was quite spotty. This caused Jaune to fall behind with the classes more geared toward huntsman knowledge, though he was ahead of most of his peers when it came to knowledge that civilian schools would teach. Jaune notably had an easier time with history, language, mathematics, and science than his peers who did not have similar levels of knowledge in those fields. Jaune initially required some help from his friends to keep his grades up, and he in turn helped them with the subjects they were lacking in. Although Jaune initially floundered, within a few months he became one of the best students in his grade (although his grades in combat class took more time to improve) and by the end of the year was in the top ten students. Jaune also began holding tutoring sessions for anyone who asked him for help.

Jaune was much more attuned to the arts and humanities than STEM, though he was still quite good at those subjects, even if it wasn't his field of expertise or something he enjoyed as much. Jaune was quite knowledgeable about medieval history. Although Jaune had a real talent for mathematics, it was not something he liked. Jaune could make very quick and extremely accurate calculations in his head, which was a boon for logistics and battle, but he admitted to simply not liking math and found it dull when compared to his actual interests. While not completely clueless about science, Jaune was not very scientifically minded and only knew what he could remember from school and what applied to his daily life. Jaune often had to have advanced topics dumbed down for him so he could understand them. As part of his mage training, Jaune started to become more knowledgeable about science (particularly biology, chemistry, and physics) but it was still not his area of expertise and he only learned enough to help with his abilities. Jaune abhorred paperwork, but forced himself to get it done. Despite his dislike of math, Jaune was typically the one forced to handle logistical decisions for the team, and he, Ren, and Weiss were the ones who handled the group's finances.

### Likes, Dislikes, & Hobbies

Jaune had a great variety of different talents, skills, and hobbies which he was very good at. The reason for this is that Jaune did not only pick up the hobbies he wanted, but he also picked up the skills that he and his family thought were essential to know in life, the knowledge that huntsmen and knights were required to know, the ones that his parents forced him into as an alternative to being a huntsman, and the many hobbies and skills his sisters had which they forced him to help him with. Jaune did not have natural talent in all of these fields, but his drive to improve made him at least competent in many things if he didn't have the drive to master that skill. There were very few things that Jaune was completely clueless about as a result of a great many hobbies and skills that he had picked up. Jaune's friends considered him a jack of all trades and Ozpin stated that he was a true polymath, though Jaune himself felt that he didn't live up to such a title. Jaune did have a few things he specialized in, but overall he was mostly a generalist with skills for almost any situation.

Jaune had a great love for the arts and was very talented in that field. Jaune loved music and dancing, having learned several musical instruments as well as many dances of various styles. While Jaune could sing very well, he was not very confident in his voice and tended to focus on other matters. Although not very picky about genre, Jaune's favorite music genres were pop, rock, funk, blues, country, and folk music (particularly Valean and Atlesian folk). Jaune also was a fan of musicals and had some history with musical theatre. Jaune was secretly a fan of the Achieve-Men, but he was deeply embarrassed by this and pretended to know nothing about them. Jaune had an appreciation for theater, film, television, and acting in general. Jaune was noted to be a rather good actor, having taken part in a few plays and was noted to usually be a highlight of the performances. Jaune practiced a great amount of arts and crafts having talents in music, acting, filmmaking, drawing, painting, woodworking, leatherworking, ceramic making, metalsmithing, jewelry making, paper craft, sculpture, needle and textile arts, calligraphy, writing, photography, interior decorating, and fashion.

Jaune had an appreciation for literature, having read the classics and being very well-read. Jaune also grew up reading chivalric romances and chansons de geste, which helped develop his sense of justice and ideals, along with old folk tales, myths, and legends. Jaune also secretly had a love of romance stories, but was extremely embarrassed about it and denied it whenever he was confronted with evidence. Jaune was part of an informal book club in Beacon along with Weiss, Blake, Ren, Pyrrha, and Velvet. Despite his appreciation for literature, Jaune himself was not much of a writer. Jaune composed poetry of questionable quality and did occasionally write in prose. Jaune did some editing for Coral's (and later Blake's) books, though because of the risqué subject matter, he did it under an alias. Jaune did not like having to do it, routinely calling the material both "filth" and obscene. Jaune kept a journal on his person where he recorded his thoughts on life as well as the various events happening in it, which would later be published. Jaune also did a lot of translation work of old materials such as books, ledgers, or songs so that they were available in the common language. Jaune also wrote and published books about swordsmanship, tactics and strategy, knighthood, piety, and ethics as well as publishing an updated version of the Arc Family Bestiary. Jaune was noted to be a very good storyteller with others being enraptured by his words.

Jaune loved playing video games, reading comic books and manga, and watching cartoons and anime. Jaune was open about his interests and liked discussing shows, comic books, movies, and video games with his friends. Jaune interest in these was a big part of his friendships with Ruby and Yang who had similar tastes and they often played games together (with their skill levels often depending on the game being played). Jaune apparently pulled some ideas, strategies, and even some of his speeches from the media he watched, but would never admit it even if someone called him out on it (with his denials usually being accompanied by a blush that gave him away). Jaune loved fantasy and adventure stories and was a massive fan of superheroes. Jaune was also a fan of Westerns and cowboy stories. Contrastingly, Jaune hated horror with a passion, but at the same time forced himself to watch or read it (while blatantly lying that he wasn't scared). Humorously, despite having gone through an immense amount of horrors himself, Jaune has still never gotten used to the horror genre. Despite his hatred of horror, Jaune had a fascination with the occult and macabre, sometimes displaying a morbid side. Jaune also enjoyed media that he described as "so bad it's good," often watching bad movies and tv shows simply because he found them funny. Jaune played a lot of platformers, RPGs, search-action, rhythm games, and strategy/tactical games. Growing up with his many siblings allowed him to have skill in fighting games, racing games, and other party games such that he almost always beat them, as well as his friends whenever they played (and he took some pleasure in seeing how mad they got when he inevitably beat them). Jaune was fond of visual novels, but thought people who read them exclusively were weird. Jaune was also a fan of board games like chess and Remnant: The Game and was similarly skilled at them, though he was banned from playing strategy games by his family and friends because he was too good at them (they refused to budge on this no matter how many times he protested their decision or called it "discrimination"). Jaune collected action figures and trading cards and was both proud and embarrassed of his rather large collection.

Jaune had a slight mischievous streak that was really only shown towards his friends. While not quite fond of pranks, Jaune was capable of planning some diabolical ones, usually to get back at someone when he was pranked. Jaune liked to needle some of his friends in good-natured ways because he found their reactions amusing, though he only did so with those who were comfortable with that kind of ribbing. Jaune's favorite targets were his sisters, Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Nora, Pyrrha, Neo, Oscar, Caramel, and Qrow. While Jaune was fond of telling jokes, some would call most of his jokes to be somewhat hit or miss. Jaune has displayed a tendency toward one-liners and quips of questionable quality. Jaune used them half-ironically, he knew they weren't really that clever or funny, but he couldn't help himself and he found amusement in the reactions the people around him had. Jaune also had a bit of flair for theatrics. When it came to most missions, Jaune tended to be very serious but when he could afford to goof off he could be very hammy. Jaune would make very dramatic movements and speak in purple prose as though he were a character in a (very bad) play. In particular, Jaune would often act like an extremely exaggerated version of a knight from the old chivalric romances. Jaune also tended to get very into character when acting or using disguises, sometimes having to have the sense knocked into him so he would break character. Jaune relished his time as the Phantom Nevermore as it allowed him to be as dramatic as possible. Jaune would also occasionally play up his original accent to an outrageous extent for humor. Jaune had moments of dry humor and sarcasm which could be biting, being very snarky and deadpan at times. Privately, Jaune thought that Yang's puns were funny, but he would never admit it because of how smug it would make her. Jaune also wasn't above making his own bad puns from time to time, though they were always tongue in cheek and he claimed that his puns were much funnier than hers. Jaune also found dad jokes to be funny in an ironic sense, claiming that they were so bad they looped back into being funny. Jaune has also shown on numerous occasions to have a somewhat morbid sense of humor and appreciation for both black comedy and gallows humor. Jaune also loved absurdist humor and anti-humor, often making intentionally bizarre comments or anti-jokes because he found people's reactions amusing. Contrastingly, Jaune was not as fond of blue comedy and shock humor compared to other forms of humor. Jaune stated that it was very easy for those kinds of humor to fall flat and and that when badly delivered those kinds of jokes were just offensive and mean spirited with no real humor to make it worth it.

Jaune had an appreciation for old-fashioned and traditional things, seemingly preferring them to newer ones, calling them "classics." Despite his preference for so-called classics, Jaune was not at all opposed to new technology and frequently made use of it, even if it took him a while to understand it. Terra made an effort to teach Jaune about computer science, and while it took him a while to get a grasp on it, he did understand some stuff and he could code some basic programs. Jaune technically has a better grasp of computer science than most of his friends and sometimes helped them with basic tech support, but he would never be able to cut it as a programmer and he had no interest in that field. While not an engineer or mechanic, Jaune also had a habit of tinkering and fixing things such as old appliances because he found it soothing and just liked fixing things, essentially being an amature handy man.

Although not as great as Ruby, Jaune did have an appreciation for weaponry (particularly simpler ones) and liked appraising whatever weapons he came across. Jaune's favorite weapons were swords which he repeatedly has shown an immense appreciation for, to the point that Yang jokingly stated that he had a sword fetish (which Jaune furiously denied). Whenever Jaune came into contact with a sword, the first thing he does is analyze it. When he was younger, Jaune had a distaste for firearms as he believed that they were not something a knight should use. Because he was so behind the rest of his peers, Jaune did use a simple revolver and eventually began using more guns with the aid of Ruby. Jaune eventually got over this distaste and actually began having some appreciation for guns. While he still preferred melee, Jaune still enjoyed using guns especially powerful ones. Jaune also had a noted love for artillery and when commanding the United Vytal Army, he used the artillery very heavily and in ways that others hadn't thought about, earning the praise of figures like James Ironwood and Winter Schnee.

Jaune's favorite sports were baseball, football/soccer, rugby, fencing, archery, wrestling, kickboxing, equestrianism, hunting, fishing, and chess, though he was also fond of other sports. Jaune love of fencing, archery, wrestling, kickboxing, and equestrianism all stem from his fascination with knights and he genuinely did love them as their own sports outside of that. Jaune often played baseball, football, and rugby when he was younger when he wasn't training, studying, doing chores, or dealing with his sisters. Like the rest of his family, Jaune was a massive fan of the Gallian Roosters for football and the Valean League for the World Cup. Jaune's love of soccer could be rather intense and he had a rivalry with both Ruby and Yang over soccer teams (though the three of them banded together against the rest of their friends when it comes to the World Cup). Jaune was also a fan of professional wrestling. Jaune was an avid chess player and was even considered a grandmaster. Despite his love of animals, Jaune also loved hunting and fishing but would do so in ways that were merciful for his prey. Jaune was remarkably good at jousting and was even a match for knights for his father, who had never lost a jousting match to anyone before Jaune.

Jaune's youth on his family's estate and time camping with his family instilled in him a love of nature and spending time outside, in particular for camping, hunting, and fishing. Jaune had a love for adventure and exploring places, often spending his off time just wandering around to see what he could find (a habit that often got him into various hijinxs). Jaune also had a love of traveling and learning about different cultures, especially interacting with locals. Jaune was noted to be a very athletic child who spent much of his time doing physical activities. Jaune is also very good with animals, Jaune loved animals of all kind and was able to build strong bonds with them. The two exceptions are his horse, Bayard, and Ruby and Yang's dog, Zwei. Bayard loved messing with Jaune, though they were bonded on a great level and Zwei viewed Jaune as competition for the title of "best boy," though even he was eventually won to Jaune's side. Jaune's favorite animals were dogs, cats, rabbits, and horses. Jaune also knew a lot about flora as a result of helping around the farm, gardening with his family, and his survivalist lessons. Jaune was a noted conservationist and he believed in only taking what he needed from nature while giving back more than he took.

Jaune was originally a heavy sleeper, but experience and necessity eventually turned him into a light one. Jaune has also shown the ability to sleep virtually wherever with little problems, whether it be the cold, hard ground, a high-up tree branch, or other such place. Jaune has also been shown to never snore and almost be completely silent when sleeping aside from some light breathing. According to Nora, Jaune was a cute sleeper (though he considered the fact that she was watching him sleep to be somewhat creepy.)

Jaune had a weakness for cute things, such as cute animals or plushies. Jaune often had trouble with not gushing over adorable things, and he was often visibly holding himself back. Jaune was also quick to remark on the cuteness of some of his friends (particularly Ruby, Weiss, Pyrrha, Yang, Velvet, and Neo), family, or rarely strangers. Although he meant those comments innocuously and mostly without thinking, it was often misconstrued for teasing or flirting. Jaune love of cute things has sometimes led him to be caught of guard by those who used their cuteness to their advantage.

Jaune seemed to have a mild fear of ghosts, though he denied it and claimed that ghosts weren't real. Jaune hated undead-type Grimm like Draugr or Ghouls and found them disgusting because of their rotten stench and the disrespect to the dead their existence represented. Jaune was also mildly superstitious about things like fairies and spirits. Jaune was not very fond of snakes or other serpents, finding them unsettling and somewhat scary.

#### Food, Drink, and Drugs

Jaune was a very big eater, something that many members of his family share. Even by the standards of huntsmen, Jaune and his family ate great amounts of food and could finish mountains of plates within minutes. Despite how much he ate, Jaune had immaculate table manners and practiced proper etiquette. Unlike most of his sisters and his father, Jaune was an amazing cook, having learned from his mother and both of his grandmothers. Jaune found immense enjoyment and relaxation in cooking, especially for others. Jaune loved baking as much as he did cooking and liked baking treats for his friends and family, especially those with a sweet tooth. Jaune preferred to do everything homemade or from scratch, though he was not opposed to store-bought ingredients if he had no time or didn't have ingredients on hand.

Jaune had a preference for Valean and Atlesian cuisine, though he also had an adventurous palate and loved trying new foods from different cultures, with there being very little he was unwilling to eat. Jaune also notably had a taste for Mistrali cuisine, especially sushi and noodle dishes such as ramen and udon, as well as curry and stir-fry. Jaune's occupation and personal inclinations led him to eat healthily for the most part, but he did have a taste for food that was unhealthy or not as nutritious. While not disdainful of fast food, he wouldn't choose to eat it if he had an option. Jaune had a bit of a sweet tooth with a preference for cakes, pastries, and chocolates. Jaune also liked ice cream with Neapolitan and Rocky Road (with peanut butter being added) being his favorite, the former being something Neo teased him over. Team RRAYNNBOW were in a furious debate about the best breakfast food, with Jaune arguing that the best foods were Gallian Toast, waffles, pancakes, and cereal in that order. Jaune's ranking made him a heretic in Nora's eyes, though she forgave him because he introduced her to crepes. Jaune liked cereal, though he was not very fond of Pumpkin Pete's because of both the taste and extremely high sugar content which was too much even for him. The only reason that he wore Pumpkin Pete's merchandise was because of Lavender being a fan of the cereal and he liked the mascot.

Jaune had a great love for dairy, particularly cheese. Many of Jaune's favorite dishes were cheese-based and he liked trying various different types of cheese, sometimes simply eating pieces of cheese as a snack. Despite some light mocking from his friends (aside from Ruby and Blake), Jaune also liked drinking plain milk. Jaune also liked bread and pasta quite a bit. Jaune also had a taste for game meat, especially venison, rabbit, and boar. Bizarrely, Jaune liked the taste of carnivore meat such as bear, wolf, and even lion, though he was more partial to more traditional meats. Jaune was also fond of seafood, like fish and shellfish. Jaune's religious beliefs precluded him from eating meat, dairy, and eggs on Fridays, so he tended to stick to fruits, vegetables, and seafood during that time. Despite the stereotypes about Gallian people, Jaune disliked frog legs and escargot and found them to be gross. Jaune was also not fond of the idea of eating bugs but would do it if he had no other choice. Although he liked spicy food, he couldn't handle it very well. Despite not being able to handle it, Jaune forced himself to eat spicy food out pure determination.

Jaune's favorite food was macaroni au gratin, especially the recipe his grandmother made (a massive casserole filled with macaroni, a blend of various cheeses, beef, ham, bacon, chicken, spinach, eggplant, mushrooms, onion, and broccoli and topped with béchamel sauce, bread crumbs, and several herbs and spices, and typically served with bread and tomato sauce). Jaune has since learned her recipe and could replicate it perfectly, typically making it during special occasions or celebrations. Jaune also seemed to favor stews and soups due to their simplicity and nutritional value, so he typically made them when supplies were limited or he didn't want to bother making more complex dishes. While admittedly childish, Jaune had always had a soft spot for chicken nuggets, particularly those that are dinosaur shaped, though this seemed to fade as he aged. Jaune was also fond of jerky as a quick snack, frequently eating it while on missions. Jaune also seemed to snack on croquettes quite a bit, usually filled with some sort of cheese or meat. Jaune liked pizza quite a bit, though unlike some of his sisters (namely Saphron), he was not against the fast food version of it that was more common than the traditional versions that their family made. However, he still preferred the traditional pizzas of Romalia.

Jaune is one of the few people to eat Pyrrha's cooking without vomiting or feeling sick, though it was quite clear that he really did not enjoy it, and he asked her to keep practicing. Similarly, Jaune was the only person to not be incapacitated by Weiss' cooking, though it seemed to have been an intense battle to stay conscious. Jaune has since built up a tolerance to her cooking but is very adamant that she simply let someone else handle the cooking (preferably him, Ren, Yang, Oscar, or Caramel) and seems to panic slightly whenever she decides to cook, though he still forces himself to eat it to spare her feelings.

Jaune had a great love of coffee and was very particular about how it was prepared and what blends to use (including a complete ban on Atlesian Black). Jaune typically drank café au lait in the mornings, though he also liked espresso shots. While he didn't hate instant coffee, Jaune preferred making it himself. While he greatly preferred coffee, Jaune was not opposed to tea. Jaune typically prepared and drank tea in the typical Valean way, which did cause some (admittedly non-serious) friction between him and the rest of his friends sans Weiss who did it the Mistralian way. Jaune poured the tea before the milk, though he wasn't willing to argue over it. Jaune was also very fond of Chamomile tea, especially to help mitigate his insomnia.

Jaune was perfectly fine with drinking alcohol, though he was typically a responsible drinker and knew how to moderate himself. Jaune's grandfather introduced him to drinking at a young age but also imparted to him the importance of being responsible about it. Jaune only ever drank when he had free time and he disliked whenever someone would drink on the job as he found it unprofessional and a liability. His family's estate included a rather large vineyard that produced some of the best wines in the world, and Jaune himself was very knowledgeable about wine to the point of being an amateur sommelier. Beyond wine, Jaune also had a great appreciation for whisky and beer, but he was generally willing to drink anything (though he still has strong opinions on what he considers good or not). Jaune's time as a bartender at Junior's also gave him a great amount of knowledge on various alcohol, cocktails, and mixing techniques, and he even developed his own cocktails and drinks which were noted to both be extremely powerful but also taste quite good. Jaune seemed to have Scotch as his favorite type of alcohol, as it was the one he was seen drinking the most. Jaune had an extremely high amount of alcohol tolerance, so he drank the most powerful stuff he could to feel a buzz and the amount of alcohol he could put away was something to behold. Jaune's tolerance was heightened by his semblance which allowed him to drink more for longer and deal with hangovers in seconds (something that made some of Qrow, Sun, and Yang very jealous). Jaune began drinking much more heavily after he quit his revenge quest as a coping mechanism. While his massive tolerance made it so that he rarely got more than tipsy (even with the massive amounts he drank), his friends were concerned and it did occasionally affect his judgment. Ruby and Weiss managed to convince him to stop drinking as heavily, and he once again returned to being a moderate drinker. Drunk Jaune was noted to be much more reckless and almost suicidally over-confident, was much more affectionate to his friends, and was extremely flirty to the point that he hit on basically anything, even inanimate objects, somehow being extremely suave despite being immensely inebriated. All of this mixed to get Jaune in a variety of crazy or stupid situations.

When Jaune was a teenager and a young adult, he had a slight smoking habit, though he only partook on rare occasions. While he was aware of the health risks, Jaune's aura kept the adverse effects at bay and later his semblance completely negated the hazards. Jaune was wary about second hand smoke and tried to limit his smoking because of it. Jaune smoked both cigarettes and cigars, though he saved the latter for special occasions. Jaune smoked a special brand that was designed to cut down on second-hand smoke and didn't leave much of a smell. During Jaune's fourth year at Beacon, his grandfather, Charles, developed lung cancer from his own smoking habit, which convinced him to stop his habit. Jaune ultimately returned to smoking after he gave up his revenge quest as a coping mechanism. Jaune gave up smoking for good at the same time that Weiss and Ruby convinced him to curtail his drinking habit. Both times that Jaune quit smoking, he replaced the habit with chewing gum. While he didn't have a problem with others smoking, Jaune did warn them of the health risks and chastised them when they smoked indoors, around non-smokers, or when they smoked while doing something important. While he acknowledged it as hypocritical, Jaune did not like it when his sisters or some of his friends smoked, though he justified it as his semblance let him do so freely. After he quit, Jaune tended to offer other smokers gum instead of smokes when prompted. When he was still a smoker, Jaune was mildly annoyed by Qrow's constant requests to borrow his cigarettes and lighter.

Jaune had a dim view of most drugs, primarily due to the health risks and the loss of control of one's faculties, so he refused to partake in them. Jaune had immense sympathy for addicts and would offer to help them. Contrastingly, he had little to no sympathy for drug dealers as he thought there was little justification for selling narcotics. While Jaune didn't partake in it, he thought cannabis was perfectly fine as long as it didn't hinder someone's job, although he hated the smell of it and stated that it wreaked havoc on his paranoia.

#### Love & Sexuality

Jaune's views of love can be seen as somewhat old-fashioned, partly because of his somewhat sheltered childhood. Jaune tends to put his partner above himself to the point that he would want to give everything and not take anything in return. Jaune's views seemed to be shaped by his parents' marriage, the marriages of his older sisters, and the story books he used to read as a child. Jaune is bisexual, though he has mentioned that he greatly prefers women. Jaune realized he was bisexual when he was 14 and he kissed a male friend on a dare, finding that he was unexpectedly okay with the concept and enjoyed it to an extent. A better term to describe Jaune's sexuality might be "heteroflexible" as he is very rarely attracted to those of his own gender, and he referred to his sexuality as being "mostly straight." Jaune does not judge others for their tastes and he respects the opinions of others on the matter. As long as no one is hurt by what they are doing it is not his business to know or judge. While Jaune was not opposed to casual relationships or promiscuity, he would rather sleep with someone he was in love with. Jaune valued love much more than he did lust and he looked for partners based on a romantic basis, rather than sexual attraction. Jaune wasn't one to wait for marriage, but he was willing to wait for his partner to be comfortable with the idea before doing anything. If his partner was never ready for intercourse, then Jaune was perfectly willing to remain celibate for the sake of love (even if he was secretly a little disappointed about it). Jaune tried to remain chaste as much as he could, though he hasn't always kept up with it as much as he would have liked. Jaune thought there was nothing wrong with polygamy as long as everyone was informed and consented to the relationship, though he did think it would be hard to manage, and keeping everyone happy and satisfied would be quite the hassle. Jaune had a very dim view of those who broke people's hearts without a second thought and those who committed infidelity. Jaune was completely disgusted by the idea of incest, viewing it as something revolting and the idea caused him to vomit. Jaune also hated rapists and pedophiles, with him being perfectly willing to give immense retribution to one who was proven to be one without a second thought or any remorse.

While Jaune is interested in romance, he is rather clueless when it comes to it. Jaune was not particularly much of a flirt, however, he frequently made comments and observations that were intended to be innocuous but were perceived as him flirting. As a result, Jaune has accidentally charmed a great number of people without meaning it and not even understanding that it happened. Jaune only really flirted with the people he was serious about courting, however, his flirts were very corny, though some find them to be endearing and charming in their own way. Jaune has a slight reputation as a charmer, not in that he had many relationships but in that, he constantly accidentally caused people to fall for him, though most of this was simply people misinterpreting simple conversations as something more. Jaune was mostly unaware of this reputation, though once he caught on, he was very annoyed by it and he disliked the idea of being a heartbreaker.

Jaune could be somewhat thickheaded when it came to recognizing when others were attracted to him, though this mostly appeared when he was younger. Jaune was described as being incredibly dense, as he was generally unable to tell whenever someone was interested in him. Many people have shown to be attracted to him, but Jaune seldom noticed. Jaune's obliviousness seems to stem from his somewhat sheltered upbringing and his large family. He simply misinterpreted affectionate behavior for someone being friendly toward him, unless they were being blatant about it. It had been joked that someone could outright confess their love to Jaune, and he still wouldn't understand what they were saying. It also took Jaune quite a while to catch most innuendo and double entendres, usually not understanding what people meant until several seconds after the comment was made or if someone explained it to him. Once Jaune did catch on, he tended to get extremely flustered. Jaune's friends originally thought he had to be deliberately trying to miss the subtext and advances that others made toward him, but it was apparent that he really was just that dense. As Jaune grew older he began recognizing when people were attracted to him more and more. Jaune was torn on whether he found the attention to be flattering or annoying. Jaune was jokingly compared to a harem protagonist, something that he disliked immensely. Jaune seemed to attract a lot of people who tended to be obsessive or even psychopathic, what some would call a yandere. He also weirdly attracted older women, especially mothers, for unknown reasons. In a way, this denseness also protected Jaune from seduction attempts, as he often didn't realize that they were attempts in the first place and when he did notice he rejected them out of hand.

Jaune truly didn't typically have his mind in the gutter and didn't give sexual matters much thought unless he was with a partner. Jaune was also very flustered whenever the topic of sex came up, often decrying it as inappropriate and trying to steer the subject to something less risqué. Jaune seemed to be very flustered by people teasing him as well as overt romantic/physical advances, usually being left into a blushing and stuttering mess. While Jaune would chastise and protest against these types of propositions and teases, they only made him a bigger target for teasing (particularly from Yang and Neo). Jaune did not see much of a point to pornography or masturbation and abstained from those activities, preferring to work out to deal with his libido. Whenever Jaune did pick up on people's advances toward him, he would turn them down gently and politely (after he got over his embarrassment). Jaune stated that he was interested in romance and eventually starting his own family, but he was more concerned with his career as a knight and huntsman and wished to focus on that before dedicating himself to someone else. Because of this, Jaune's mother once (mostly jokingly) bemoaned that she was never going to get grandkids from him because he was "about as horny as a dead fish," much to his mortification. Others have suggested that Jaune's religious upbringing has made him a little repressed, though he didn't care for that line of thinking.

While Jaune believed that chastity was a virtue and was rather oblivious regarding attraction and euphemisms, he wasn't as innocent or as naïve as he presented himself as. Jaune wasn't immune to perverse thoughts and his mind could be rather lewd at times, though he chastised himself stating they were unbecoming of a knight. As much as Jaune protested when someone teased him, he also admitted to enjoying it at least a little. While he usually avoided the question and thought that it was mildly objectifying, Jaune did have a type. Jaune has shown an appreciation for thick thighs and liked toned legs, though he would never admit it and didn't make his attraction obvious. While not too terribly concerned with breasts or buttocks, he did like them somewhat on the larger side. Jaune also seems to have a thing for petite (or at least short) women. Jaune liked redheads, blondes, and people with more exotic hair colors like white, purple, blue, or multi colored hair. Jaune also liked strong or muscular women, especially ones that could challenge him in a fight. While he doesn't typically go for men, he does seem to like more feminine or androgynous men than masculine ones, with an appreciation for pretty boys, typically ones that were significantly more slender and shorter than he was. Jaune is seemingly attracted to femininity more than anything else, though he doesn't have a problem with "tomboys" which he also expressed some appreciation for. Jaune claimed that Ren would be his ideal male partner, though he also stated that he would never truly consider him an option because of his relationship with Nora and the fact they saw each other as brothers in all but blood. Drunk Jaune was also noted to be extremely flirty and hit on nearly anything in his line of vision. Jaune had edited some of Coral's "literature" which was erotic in nature. While Jaune found her work to be indecent and only edited them begrudgingly, it did lead to him being more informed of certain salacious acts than one might think of him, even as he decried her work as indecent and filthy. Jaune also had a strong suspicion that the protagonist of Dahlia's works was based on him and his exploits were very exaggerated versions of the situations Jaune found himself in, which frustrated him to no end. While Jaune attempted to remain chaste and turned down anyone who made advances toward him politely and gently (usually while blushing madly), he has also engaged in his temptation and slept with people, despite typically trying to remain chaste. This was very rare and Jaune felt some guilt for it, but it has happened occasionally and he didn't think it was immoral.

Jaune was noted to be very chivalrous and courteous in how he expressed his love. Jaune was a very affectionate and caring partner and was not shy about expressing his love. Jaune was known for being very physically affectionate with friends and especially with his significant others. Jaune was noted to do everything in his power to keep his significant other as happy as possible. Jaune's actions while dating were somewhat old-fashioned, but that was considered charming in its own way even if he could be an absolute cornball. Jaune was also known to give frequent gifts and perform acts of service for those he cared for whether they were just friends or if they were romantically connected. Jaune also had a habit of giving grand romantic gestures.

While Jaune was originally more than a little flustered and embarrassed about intercourse when he was younger, he became more confident as he grew more experienced. Jaune himself seemed to be much more vanilla than most of his partners and was more partial to passionate lovemaking than anything else, but he was willing to adjust in any way to match his partner's needs and wants. Jaune stated that his only fetishes were making his partner completely satisfied and whatever fetish his partner had. Jaune was a switch who didn't mind being dominant/rough or submissive/gentle, as long as everyone involved was happy and fulfilled. From comments from Jaune's partners and what has been seen of his behavior, while Jaune is usually chaste and loving, he can be much more lascivious, perverted, and even teasing in the right circumstances, to the point that he has been compared to an incubus (though he didn't appreciate the insinuation). Jaune was a very generous, enthusiastic, and skilled lover, though he refused to talk about it because he found it embarrassing and improper.

Jaune developed a crush on Weiss during his first year at Beacon, mostly because she had indirectly called him cute and he was captivated by her beauty, confidence, and grace. Jaune shyly attempted to introduce himself but was rebuffed immediately. Jaune made a few attempts at flirting, but they were all terrible and he quickly forced himself to stop. Jaune later kept his feelings to himself but was still enamored with her. Jaune was shown to be more than a little jealous when Weiss reciprocated Neptune's advances, but he also felt guilt for feeling that way. Despite his feelings, Jaune gives some advice to Neptune on how to proceed, basing it on his sister's relationships. Jaune's feelings eventually died down and he moved on, though he still held her in high esteem. When asked why he had developed those feelings, he stated that while her beauty was part of it, as he got to know her better he began seeing more and more of her positives such as her intelligence, passion, her genuine desire to do good in the world, kindness, sass, and even her more dorky side that she kept hidden. Jaune felt that he couldn't help but fall in love with her, though she did not feel the same way so he needed to let go.

Towards the end of the school year, Jaune realized that Pyrrha had developed a crush on him. While Jaune did not reciprocate her feelings, he agreed to go on a couple of dates with her to test the waters. Things went very well and they continued going on dates until they genuinely began to fall in love with one another. As this happened, they began dating seriously and were very close. While they had the occasional rough patch, they were genuinely happy together. By their fourth year at Beacon, Jaune was planning on proposing to Pyrrha around the time of their graduation. This was ended by the Fall of Beacon, where Pyrrha sacrificed her life so that Jaune could live.

For a time after the Fall of Beacon, Jaune completely swore off loving someone ever again as he felt like he would be betraying Pyrrha's memory and because he wanted to avoid the potential hurt for him or his potential partner if one of them fell in battle. He eventually let go of his grief for Pyrrha, acknowledging that she would want him to be happy and that it was unhealthy to not move on. Despite this, Jaune was still wary of entering a new relationship because of the dangers and because he strongly felt he needed to focus on other matters.

Jaune got very close with Neopolitan as they commiserated over their shared trauma as well as their past friendship. This eventually developed into a physical relationship, though both hesitated to say that they were dating. In Jaune's own words their relationship was simply two hurt people finding solace in one another's arms, though he clearly had feelings for Neo which she reciprocated. Despite being in love with her and her feeling the same, they still held off on officially becoming an item beyond the physical side. Eventually, the grief they held about their previous lost loves, their fear that they wouldn't be able to handle losing one another if they got too attached, and their focus on the mission caused them to ultimately break off their relationship. Jaune showed some regret about this and wondered what could have been, but ultimately moved on.

Jaune gradually began to fall in love with both Ruby and Weiss, something he felt very complicated about. While he had previously had a crush on Weiss, he had thought he had moved on from it and was surprised that he was feeling that way about her once more, albeit more concretely. Jaune was also somewhat caught off guard by the love he felt for Ruby. While Jaune did love them, he felt immense disgust towards himself as he did not think it was right for him to fall in love with two women at once. This with the addition of the girls' own issues caused them all to tiptoe around the matter of being in a relationship. While they occasionally spoke about potential options or ways to go forward the three of them mostly danced around the topic for a variety of reasons. While they all pined for each other, and all of their friends advised them to act on their feelings before it was too late they each held off and remained single, despite the doubts they had.

Jaune , Ruby, and Weiss would later have an in-depth discussion about their relationship. The trio all agreed that they could no longer afford to wait to start a relationship as they had all nearly died on multiple occasions and none of them wanted regrets. They began a polyamorous relationship, though Jaune was nervous about the prospect and privately held doubts about whether it would last for long (especially if he would remain part of it). As the relationship continued, it only grew stronger and Jaune was shocked by how natural it felt to him and he did not want to trade it in for anything in the world. Of the members of the relationship, Jaune was the most reserved and chaste, though still extremely loving toward them. The trio eventually married and even decades (and many children) later they remained very happily so and could never imagine being apart from one another.

After getting married and having children, Jaune would take any opportunity to gush about his wives or his children. Some people find this habit to be annoying, though others find his love of his family to be admirable. Jaune is a devoted husband and loves his wives with all his heart. Jaune is a loving father and cares for his children deeply. He tries his best to be the father his children deserve and it seems that he succeeded. His children adore him even as adults as much as they might hate to show it. He also desperately wants to be a cool dad, in addition to being a good one. While some of his kids think he's cool, a lot of them simply say that dads can't be cool which he stated felt like an arrow to his heart and was possibly some of the worst damage he had ever taken. He supports his children in all their pursuits without question and encourages them to do what makes them happy.

##### Gender Identity

When Jaune was younger his obsession with being a hero and dedication to chivalry manifested in some negative ways that can be considered harmful. Jaune felt like he needed to only rely on himself and often attempted to repress his emotions and attempted to be "dominant" or "macho". Jaune put up a wall of false confidence that was not very convincing. These attempts often backfired and had negative effects on his mental health and relationships with others. His teammates (primarily Pyrrha) helped him work through these issues.

Despite his initial attempts to be seen as masculine, Jaune had little trouble with being seen as "feminine." Although he was born as and identified as a cisgender man, Jaune had little trouble with being seen as feminine or androgynous. Jaune cared little for traditional gender roles and standards and didn't mind being seen as effeminate, stating that he was proud to be in touch with his feminine side. Jaune had no problems with doing stereotypically feminine actions or with the fact that he looked somewhat androgynous as he was very comfortable with his gender identity. It was also noted that Jaune mannerisms could be somewhat effeminate and he occasionally came off as androgynous, though most would still clearly recognize him as a boy. Although he didn't partake in often, Jaune had no problems with cross dressing or wearing women's clothes. While he still prefered wearing men's wear, he wasn't opposed to wearing feminine clothing if he had to or if his family and friends wanted him to. Jaune also looked very good in women's clothing, to the point that he could convincingly pass for a woman.

Adding to this, growing up with so many women in his life left him very knowledgeable about stereotypically feminine things like haircare, makeup, women's fashion, periods, and other such things. Jaune's sisters often forced him to help them style their hair, put on makeup, and coordinate their outfits, or occasionally use him as a test dummy for those very things. Jaune could also walk, run, and even fight in high heels because of his sisters. They also occasionally forced him to be their personal masseur which he found annoying but he couldn't find it in his heart to turn them down. Jaune often helped his friends with these as well and so he and Ren (who also knew of this from living with Nora) were declared honorary girls, to their mild amusement and exacerbation. While some might consider it weird for a guy to know these sorts of things, Jaune doesn't bat an eye at it and considers it normal. Jaune later realized that his sisters may have been trying to make him the perfect house-husband which irritated him, but he simply rolled with it as it was very useful and he had no real reason to complain.

### Religious Beliefs

Unlike the vast majority of Remnant, Jaune was very religious. While he didn't bring it up often and he didn't try to convert anyone, he was a member of the Church of the Brothers and his family had very strong ties to the church. Jaune's faith was something instilled in him from an early age and he attended service on Sundays, as well as frequently praying (usually in the morning, at night, and before meals). While Jaune was faithful and not ashamed of it, he was not dogmatic and fully believed that his faith was something that was his and his alone. Jaune's baptismal name was **Aurelian** and it was the name he used whenever he was involved with church matters.

Aside from the Church of the Brothers, Jaune was somewhat superstitious and carried a few folk beliefs. Jaune's folk beliefs were influenced by native Valean beliefs and those from Solitas. When Jaune was a child he believed that things like fairies, spirits, and dragons were real, mostly from the stories he would read and the folk tales his parents and grandparents passed down to him. By the time he was a teenager, he stopped believing in such things but he did continue reading about them because of his own interest. While not overly superstitious, he did maintain a few and often referenced old superstitions.

Jaune enjoyed learning about other religious faiths. While he would not change his mind, he found learning about them to be important and they helped him come up with new ideas on how to understand his own faith. Ren introduced Jaune to Mistralian philosophies and religions, and while he didn't change his faith regarding them, he did take a few ideas for his own beliefs. Jaune also discussed piety, faith, and philosophy with anyone willing to talk about them in a friendly discussion.

Jaune did not believe in destiny, finding the idea of an invisible force that predetermined the lives of people to be something utterly horrific. Jaune was a strong believer in free will, and had stated that something like fate robs people of choice in their lives and it was a person's actions that determined the future, which he believed to be unquantifiable. Upon finding that destiny was truly something that existed, he was furious. At the same time, Jaune considers his own existence to be something that subverts destiny as he was fated to die multiple times but continued living despite it. The ultimate support to this was that the Spear of Destiny was at one point used against Jaune which meant that Jaune was going to be slain by the spear imminently. Despite this, Jaune survived and Kundry stated that Jaune is no longer guaranteed to die from the Spear. Jaune and his friends have thus concluded that Fate exists, but it can be subverted through immense effort. Jaune deemed this knowledge of the existence of but not the all-powerful nature of destiny to be acceptable.

During Jaune's second year at Beacon, Ozpin revealed the truth about the Gods to Teams RWBY and JNPR. Jaune was elated to know the Gods were real, though he was mortified to learn that they had been killed. He had a crisis of faith following this revelation, but a talk with Ozpin helped clear up the matter. Despite knowing the truth, Jaune remained faithful with the knowledge that the systems they left behind were still functional and that they had disciples continuing their work.

After the Fall of Beacon, Jaune's faith became very lapsed. While he never fully forwent his beliefs, it was very clear that he stopped believing as much as he did previously and even did things that went against his faith. Jaune eventually returned to practicing his beliefs after a while, though they were not as strong as they once were. Jaune would eventually return to his original piousness soon after, though this new knowledge put a spin on his faith. Upon learning of Yggdrasil and the Mother Goddess, Jaune switched the direction of his faith to Her.

### Trauma & Mental Issues

Jaune had some mental troubles because of his rough life experiences. The Domremy Fire in particular cused Jaune mental issues and it traumatized him heavily. While he had never been diagnosed with anything, Jaune and those who knew him theorized that there was something wrong with his mental state and he has shown to have intense psychological problems. Even Jaune's selflessness and desire to help people was noted to have a very negative effect on him and showed his very low value of himself, such that others have urged him to take things easier than he was. Jaune suffered from periods of depression, clearly had PTSD, occasionally had moments of psychosis, has a degree of darkness within him, and has even shown suicidal impulses. Jaune has consistently received therapy and support from his family and friends to help keep him in check and reach stability.

While he is normally a very happy-go-lucky person who looks on the bright side of life, he does have moments of angst, though he mostly keeps those moments to himself. Much of Jaune's angst is in regards to his complex with his competency, the times he had failed to save others, and the guilt he felt about the tragedies he experienced. Even after Jaune stopped having nightmares about the Domremy Fire, it still drove him to prevent such suffering from ever happening again. Jaune was very insecure about himself and his abilities, manifesting in both impostor syndrome and an inferiority complex. Jaune frequently compared himself to his friends and family, especially to his ancestors. Jaune felt his abilities were not enough to protect people and he developed a complex over it, something that only worsened with time because of his guilt from being unable to help others. No matter how much he improved or how suited he proved to be for the role of a hero, he simply could not see himself in a positive light. Jaune lacked much self-esteem to the point that he seemed to genuinely hate himself at times. While he usually played off his negative comments about himself as simple self-deprecation, sometimes his true feelings about himself would shine through. As Jaune grew older, he began to feel that his reasons for being a huntsman were very selfish, foolish, and misguided. In Jaune's mind, he became a huntsman to play at being a hero for his ego and not saving people, freely calling himself selfish and self-entitled for it. When Jaune told stories of his exploits he tended to call himself an idiot and rag on himself heavily. Jaune's friends and family would say he is distorting the truth and is being too hard on himself, as he had proven multiple times that he always had the heart of a hero. This attitude has shown to have manifested into a hero complex, with him basing his self-worth on his ability to help others. It was not a healthy way of living, and his friends and family had to keep him from going too far, despite them also falling toward this pattern of thinking. Part of Jaune's inferiority complex was rooted in his parent's refusal to train him and their overprotectiveness, which he interpreted as them seeing him as weak and believing he couldn't do anything on his own. While this couldn't be further from the truth, Jaune always tried to be his best at everything both to prove them wrong and to try and convince himself that he had value. No matter how much he improved, it was rarely enough for him to be satisfied.

Jaune's feelings of inadequacy drove him to train himself to the point of exhaustion. At one point during his second year at Beacon, Jaune had gone several days without sleeping and barely eating so that he could focus on training. Jaune mentally and physically destroyed himself by doing this and had to be kept in the infirmary for days even with his healing factor for mandatory rest. For a brief while, Jaune's friends, family, and mentors did not trust him to take care of himself so they kept a stringent watch over him to make sure he was doing things in moderation. Jaune gradually started to go back to normal after a while, though these unhealthy habits would occasionally resurface, especially during periods of stress.

Ozpin noted early on that while Jaune was a good person overall, there was a darkness inside of him. Ozpin stated that the darkness inside of Jaune was something that naturally originated within him and was hidden so deep that not even Jaune knew it was there. Upon further analysis, Ozpin concluded that it was not that Jaune held evil in his heart, but that his righteous nature, strong love for all, and desire for justice would have the capacity to be taken too far. Ozpin feared that one day Jaune's ideals and love for others would cause him to do heinous actions in the name of justice if it was not kept in check. Some signs of this behavior were moments where innocent people or the people he loved were put in extreme danger, especially at the hands of people. Jaune was observed to fight more brutally and act much more bloodthirsty than he was typically like. Jaune typically kept a level head while on missions and had a high tolerance for most horrors and acts, however when he was pushed over the threshold he snapped completely and was directly compared to a feral animal or even a mindless demon. These events caused Jaune to become extremely brutal and he nearly needlessly killed people because he was too blinded by his emotions to care. While Jaune always showed remorse and guilt over these slip-ups and they were extremely rare, those who were aware of the potential darkness made sure to help him deal with it before it consumed him. Because of this Jaune was kept on watch by his professors and he had taken mandatory counseling to keep him on the straight and narrow. Jaune started working on bettering himself on that aspect and was successful in that regard, but he would have numerous setbacks until he fully bettered himself after becoming pure of heart.

The Fall of Beacon greatly impacted Jaune in multiple ways, including damaging his psyche. Many of Jaune's friends were maimed or killed in the battle, he was betrayed by some of the people he trusted most, and his body was broken (which may have included some brain damage from the savage injuries he took), but the thing that impacted him the most was Pyrrha sacrificing herself so that Jaune could live, dying right in front of him. Jaune was traumatized by these events and his mental state took a sharp decline. Additionally, the new trauma he experienced only enflamed the trauma from the Domremy Fire and his failure to save the child in the bandit raid, further causing his downfall. Initially, Jaune fell into a massive depressive episode and developed survivor's guilt over living whilst so many died. Jaune's instability was so great that he began seeing apparitions of those who died in the Fall. While he knew they were not real, his psychosis began heavily affecting him. Jaune also suffered from frequent night terrors and barely slept during this period.

Soon Jaune's depression began to become overtaken by rage and a lust for vengeance against those responsible for the fall, with his main focus being on Cinder. Jaune's violent tendencies flew out of control and he was much more belligerent and wrathful. When fighting, Jaune became much more ruthless, no longer caring if his enemies died when he fought them and he often went out of his way to kill, allowing his bloodlust and hatred to run wild. Jaune's fighting style became reckless and he actively and intentionally killed his foes brutally and with no remorse even in situations where it would be better to let them live. The best example of this behavior was the Sacking of Shion, in which Jaune killed several bandits in brutal ways when simply capturing them should have been enough. In the aftermath of the attack, Jaune tortured a captured Branwen bandit by savagely beating her until she told him information about the leaders of the raid, before killing her despite promising to let her live. Jaune subsequently hunted Shay D. Mann down and brutally killed him in an act of vengeance without a second thought. Despite admonishment from his friends, Jaune stated that he did not care and that he was glad that he was dead. Beyond his increased violence, Jaune became much more cynical and blunt, as well as appearing much colder. Jaune also disregarded everything besides becoming stronger and fighting "evil." Jaune barely ate and slept, and he spent most of his time training if he didn't have an enemy to fight. Jaune didn't bother disguising this new darkness, showing himself to be much more belligerent and violent. Jaune was obsessed with delivering "justice" to those he deemed as monsters, but it became clear that he was on the way to becoming a monster himself. Jaune held no illusions about his behavior and considered himself to be just as bad as those he sought revenge against, seeming to be suicidal at times and even asking Ruby to put him down if he survived getting his revenge on Cinder.

Beneath his wrathful and damaged mental state, some of Jaune's characteristics still shined through. He still believed in helping people and still believed wholeheartedly in the protection of the innocent and those who could not protect themselves. Although Jaune stopped helping everyone he met, it was clear that part of him was very much tempted to return to his old ways. Jaune also still had remnants of a softer side with a few people, especially children where he let his darker mask down. No matter how he acted, it was very clear that he did not enjoy his actions, and his self-hatred burned even hotter with every move he made. Much of his behavior was him convincing himself that it was the only path he had because of how weak and unworthy he was. Weiss stated that she believed that Jaune's monstrous attitude was mostly a mask for a traumatized and broken man who didn't know how to process his feelings anymore. Ren noted that while rage and hate were part of his actions, it was primarily his love for those who had fallen that drove Jaune and his belief that they needed to be avenged to reach peace. For a variety of factors, Jaune blamed himself for many of the deaths that occurred at Beacon, primarily believing that he was too weak to protect them. Even with his standoffish and cold demeanor he still loved his friends, even as he pushed them away. Even when Jaune threatened them, there was not much intent behind his words and it was clear that he would never actually hurt them. Jaune believed that he was putting his friends in danger by staying with them because of his weakness and as such, he began to isolate himself from them and push them away, something that only fed further into his declining mental state.

This culminated in Jaune abandoning the group altogether to chase after Cinder in revenge, something that ended very poorly for him. During that battle, Jaune became so enraged and obsessed with revenge that he brutally killed several cultists without a thought and broke out into manic, mirthless laughter upon seeing Cinder and oscillated between an unnerving smile and twisted scowl during their battle. Jaune would be captured and experimented on, losing control of himself and becoming a human-Grimm hybrid known as the Grimm Knight. Jaune's friends had to do battle with him until he was unable to keep his form up and reverted back to his human form and they barely salvaged a win.

While he was not himself while he was the Grimm Knight, Jaune was aware of what happened to him and he realized that he had massive problems he needed to deal with. After he reunited with the team, Jaune began addressing his problems with the help of his friends but the healing process would prove to be long and hard. During the early parts of his recovery, Jaune tried to keep up appearances though it was clear that he was still in great pain. Jaune was plagued with guilt over his actions and he took many steps to atone for them, but was never satisfied with any of them. Jaune's most self-destructive tendencies also made a big return because of his feelings. Jaune showed signs of being suicidal in that he was very willing to sacrifice his life both to keep others alive and because he felt it would be a way to atone for his sins. While he wasn't actively trying to die, he was willing to lay down his life and was very cavalier about any injuries he took. When he was confronted by the relatives of one of the people he killed, Jaune was very tempted to simply offer up his life for seeing it as justice, but his friends snapped him out of it and helped him realize that by living to atone for his actions he would help far more people that simply letting himself die. He was still haunted by the deaths of those at Beacon, though he was no longer haunted by visions of them. Jaune began drinking and smoking heavily as a coping mechanism and had to be nudged back into a healthy mindset. Jaune was also beset by visions and auditory hallucinations of the personification of his Grimm side and evil impulses, named Mephistopheles. Through counseling with Ozpin and help from his friends, he gradually began to return to form. Jaune also began to address his inner demons, both figuratively and literally through facing his inner darkness in the form of Mephistopheles in his soulscape, defeating him and returning to form.

After his recovery, Jaune mostly returned to how he once was, though his personality did slightly shift. Jaune was slightly more cynical and blunt, being a bit snippier and snarkier. While never to the point that he could be considered rude or belligerent, there was a noticeable change. While Jaune was still considered the perfect knight in many ways, he was much more deadpan and jaded. Despite his jadedness, Jaune still held himself up to his ideals and stood by them without question. This only got reinforced as time went on, as Jaune became much more world-weary but still idealistic and heroic. If anything it made his beliefs stronger. Jaune may have seen the worst that humanity had to offer, but he still believed in protecting them wholeheartedly and took whatever steps he could to protect others and offer redemption when he could. Jaune also dealt with his inner darkness and savagery. Having conquered his Grimm side, Jaune managed to control his inner darkness into something that did not encumber him. Jaune was also much more in control of his emotions and never flew into his terrible rages again or fell into battle frenzy, remaining completely in control of himself. Jaune was still ridden with trauma and guilt over everything he had seen and experienced, from the lives he had taken, the Fall of Beacon, the people he had failed to save, his men who died under his orders, and the general horrors he faced. While he still suffered, he did begin accepting help from his friends and even therapy to help deal with it. While he would never be cured of his trauma, he was able to function past it and continue living as anyone else would.

### Grimm Form

When Jaune was initially turned into a Grimm he was mindless and attempted to destroy everything he saw, with him barely being kept on a leash by Salem's Cabal.

After winning his independence, Jaune's personality was very different when he had no choice but to use his Grimm Form. He was much more arrogant, violent, aggressive, and cruel. Jaune was compared to a cat playing with a mouse before killing it, being much more willing to mock and humiliate his opponents before brutally breaking them down. Jaune would also occasionally break into manic smiles and fits of insane laughter that shocked and terrified the people who heard them. It is clear that this form increases all of Jaune's worst aspects to a great degree. Jaune was also somewhat vampiric in this form.

Jaune was also more susceptible to going into a berserker rage whilst in the form, during which he was compared to a feral animal. In this state, Jaune tended to growl, roar, and grunt like a monster or act like a mindless beast.

After becoming pure of heart, Jaune's personality no longer changed while in Grimm form. Jaune intentionally attempts to mimic vampires from pop culture while in this form. Jaune mimics this behavior because he thinks it's creepy, intimidating, and cool. While it can be in the right circumstance, in others it can either be seen as seductive or cringey (depending on the person and context). While Jaune normally has a bit of an aversion to blood (especially finding the thought of drinking it to be disgusting), he loses this in his Grimm Form and is a lot more cavalier about bloodshed and doesn't think twice before drinking it.

## Appearance

### General Appearance

Jaune was a man of Valean origin with golden blond hair, dark blue eyes, and fair skin. While he was small and skinny as a child, by the time Jaune reached adulthood, he was very tall and muscular standing at 6'5" and weighing in at 250 lbs. Jaune had a lean build but was also very muscular and well-built, having a physique that was suitable for a variety of physical activities like long-distance running, swimming, gymnastics, strength, and all kinds of combat. Although muscular and well-built, Jaune was not bulky and did not sacrifice maneuverability or speed. Being a huntsman required Jaune to be at peak human fitness at all times, and he was always noted to be extremely physically fit and athletic. As a result of his extreme healing factor, Jaune was devoid of any scars or blemishes from combat, even with all the battles he had been in and the injuries he had taken and his aging was halted substantially.

Jaune had a head of thick, wavy, golden blond hair that was very vivid and lustrous. Jaune's hair was soft and somewhat fluffy, finely textured, and very healthy-looking. The length of Jaune's hair changed dramatically during the series, ranging from being as short as the nape of his neck to mid-back length. Jaune parted his hair on the left, but he styled his bangs so that they were swept toward the right side of his face, slightly covering his right eye, if not covering it completely. During certain moments, Jaune's bangs fell and completely covered the upper half of his face, obscuring his eyes from view. Jaune's hair was typically worn in a layered fashion, and his sidelocks either slightly or totally hid his ears from sight, depending on how long his hair was. Jaune initially had very messy hair, but he later began combing it properly, which made it seem more well-cared-for and dignified. Jaune inherited both of the peculiar hair locks that the rest of his family had: the ahoge and hair antenna. Jaune had an ahoge that stuck up from his hair at the back of his head and looked almost like a plant sprout. Jaune's ahoge was made of two locks and both curved downwards, though one lock was bigger, pointed forward, and rose more and the second lock was smaller, pointed backward, and stayed lower. Jaune's hair antennae were two locks that sprouted from the front of his bangs above his forehead and rested on his face ending at about his chin. No matter what Jaune did to tame these errant locks of hair, they would never go away. Jaune's messy hairstyles tended to somewhat obscure them; while they were still visible, it could be hard to tell them apart from the rest of his hair. After Jaune started combing his hair properly, they became especially noticeable. Jaune's ahoge was jokingly taken as proof of his stupidity and naiveté by his friends, much to his chagrin. Jaune's hair antennae were also a reason that Jaune was so often compared to rabbits and bunnies. For comedic reasons, Jaune's larger ahoge and his hair antennae seem to move on their own and even change shape to reflect his mood. Examples include his ahoge forming a heart shape, question mark, it sticking out like a frightened cat's tail, or wagging like a dog's tail. Similarly, Jaune's hair antennae wilted when he was sad or sick, stuck out rigidly like a cat's tail when he was shocked and flipped upwards like rabbit ears when he was being mischievous or naïve. As this has not been commented on and only shows up in comedic scenes, it is clear that this is just a gag.

Jaune had large and upturned, almond-shaped eyes that were very expressive and drew a lot of attention. Jaune's eyes were an especially dark and vivid shade of ultramarine blue. While blue eyes are not uncommon, Jaune's eyes were a very unique and deep shade of blue that were thought of as quite beautiful, being compared to gemstones or the ocean.

Jaune's eyes had immense depth to them and they shone brightly and held immense kindness, compassion, and honesty. In most situations, Jaune's eyes were very emotive and betrayed his thoughts easily. In serious situations, Jaune would school his emotions so that his eyes gave no hints of his true thoughts, being quite stern. Jaune's eyes were usually soft and welcoming, however during battle or when he was on edge they were much sharper and fiercer. When Jaune was angry, his eyes were as frigid as glaciers but as intense as raging flames. Contrastingly, when Jaune was sad he was described as looking like a kicked puppy. Similarly, when Jaune was younger he had what was called "puppy dog" eyes, though they stopped being effective after he reached adulthood. Jaune was also capable of giving a piercing stare or harsh glares when he wished to, though he typically kept his gaze soft and gentle. Jaune also had what Nora called his "leader/dad stare" which was not as harsh as a glare, but had the same effect. During Jaune's time as the Black Knight, his remaining eye was almost always filled with rage and compared to a violent tempest. After this, Jaune's eyes almost always seemed to hold some sort of sadness or lamentation in them, though he tried to hide it with little success. After his return to form, they regained their prior joy, warmth, and kindness, though they were much sharper and held a sort of tiredness to them, reflecting his wisdom, age, and experience. At this point, Jaune usually kept his eyes half-lidded when he wasn't in serious situations, being mostly at ease. Jaune had long and thick eyelashes and his eyebrows were small, somewhat thin, and arched lightly at the ends.

Jaune had a heart-shaped face that was perfectly symmetrical and somewhat androgynous in appearance. Jaune had a mildly wide forehead, high cheekbones, dimples on his cheeks, average size ears with pierced lobes, a small, straight, and sharp nose with small nostrils, soft, full lips that were light pink in color, straight and pearly white teeth, a longer than average tongue, a strong and sharp jawline, and a strong chin that ended in a rounded point. Jaune typically preferred to go clean-shaven, though when he did grow facial hair it was usually in the form of light stubble or a full and well-cared-for beard that was quite thick, but not coarse. Jaune's face was described as "cherubic" as a child, though he lost most of his facial fat as he matured and his facial features were sharp and fine being more "regal" or "angelic" once he reached adolescence. Jaune was noted to have a very attractive and beautiful face, being considered simultaneously handsome and mildly feminine in appearance. Jaune's skin was noted to be very smooth and soft. Despite his fair skin, Jaune did not tan and was never in danger of sunburn. Jaune's skin was devoid of any marks, scars, freckles, or any other similar attribute, having no flaws to it. As a result of his fair skin, Jaune had a very noticeable blush, and his face flushed very easily when he was embarrassed.

Jaune was a very tall and well-built man, and he was perfectly proportioned. Jaune was quite muscular, yet also very lean to accomodate for both immense speed and strength.

Jaune had a long and muscular neck, broad shoulders, a wide and muscular back, long arms that were well-muscled and toned, large hands with long and dexterous fingers, a chiseled chest with small, light pink nipples, a flat abdomen with ten-pack abdominal muscles, sculpted obliques, and an Adonis Belt, a very narrow and slim waist, sculpted buttocks with Dimples of Apollo, long, muscular legs with thick thighs and strong calves, and large feet. Jaune did not have much body fat, having only about 7%. Aside from his scalp and facial hair, Jaune lacked all body hair and was naturally hairless. While his muscles were very hard and firm, Jaune's skin was noted to be smooth and soft and he didn't have any calluses despite his occupation. Jaune was also apparently extremely well-endowed. Jaune's partners showed enthusiastic approval and when the boys were comparing sizes at a hot springs at Haven (which Jaune was very reluctant to do), the rest of the group was very impressed or envious as the case may be. Jaune finds mentioning it to be both embarrassing and highly inappropriate. Jaune apparently has the same bust size as Yang (much to the rest of the girls' scorn and jealousy) and once was forced to wear her sports bra after he lost a bet to her; it fit him perfectly. According to an informal poll in Beacon, Jaune had the best ass of all the males and was in a three-way tie with Weiss and Blake for the best ass in the entire school. Ruby stated that Jaune has "killer legs and thighs" and was very appreciative and somewhat jealous of them.

When Jaune was younger, he had a somewhat higher-pitched voice that was a bit squeaky and could almost be considered nasally at times. Jaune's voice was also somewhat prone to cracking. By Jaune's third year at Beacon, it deepened considerably, becoming much smoother and melodic and it reached its final evolution after he became pure of heart. Jaune typically spoke gently and in a casual and friendly tone of voice. Age made Jaune's voice much more captivating, comforting, and soothing. Jaune could be very formal and authoritative if he wished and despite preferring to be more soft-spoken, he could be loud and boisterous when needed. During Jaune's revenge quest, his voice became more guttural and hateful, though it returned to normal after he returned to his senses. After he became Pure of Heart, Jaune's voice was more captivating, regal, and even angelic in tone and he became much more articulate. Even Jaune's laughter changed such that it was more melodic and pleasing to hear, whether it was a nervous titter, a reserved chuckle, or a full belly laugh. Even after his voice deepened more, Jaune had a wide vocal range and he could convincingly mimic a woman's voice without anyone being able to tell. Jaune also had a great singing voice, usually singing in a heldentenor but occasionally straying into a higher baritone. Jaune had a great range being able to do a surprisingly high falsetto to a relatively low voice. Amusingly, Jaune tended to scream like a little girl when suitably shocked and sneezed like a kitten even after his voice deepened, he got extremely annoyed whenever someone brought it up. Jaune used to have a Gallian accent when he was a child, but it faded with time. Jaune's natural accent did occasionally pop up during certain moments and he did occasionally exaggerate it for comedic value.

Jaune's body language and demeanor changed throughout the series. When Jaune started at Beacon, he was unsure of himself and somewhat anxious. Jaune had a nervous gait and carried himself more like a civilian than a proper huntsman. Jaune's body language was somewhat timid, though his default expression was generally a dorky grin. Jaune tried to put up a front of false confidence, but it was easily seen through and did him no favors. Jaune eventually became much more sure of himself and acted as a proper knight and huntsman. Jaune moved with real confidence and his bearing reflected it, catching a lot of people's eyes. Jaune's standard expression changed from a somewhat goofy grin to a gentle and welcoming smile that still shined brightly and put people at ease once they saw it. During his revenge quest, Jaune's demeanor was almost feral and filled with rage. Jaune was almost always frowning or scowling during this period. After this period, Jaune's demeanor was more sad and filled with lamentation. While he faked being the same as he was previously, he was much more depressed than what he let on. Jaune later returned to what he had been during Beacon, though more cautious and experienced. After he became Pure of Heart, Jaune's demeanor changed once again for the final time. Jaune began to move with a poise, grace, and confidence that he had never had before. He carried himself like a battle-hardened warrior king and nobleman. Jaune also reigned in his expression of his emotions when in battle or public situations. While his personality was the same as always, he schooled his expression to be more reserved. In most situations, he carried a cool and gentle smile, but in battle, he took on a stern look.

Jaune apparently had a naturally pleasant smell, at least according to Ruby and Blake. Jaune naturally smells like a strange but pleasing mix of vanilla, citrus, and roses. Even when doing work that results in an odor, this pleasant smell could still be sensed at least somewhat. Whenever asked about what caused the smell, Jaune would simply smirk and say that it was an Arc family secret. True to his word, everyone in his family has some variation of that smell, and none of them are willing to divulge the secret. It was not the result of cleaning products, as Jaune had a condition that meant he could not use most scented shampoos, conditioners, or body washes, and he didn't use scented deodorants or any perfumes out of personal preference.

Jaune was considered extremely handsome, to the point of being called a "pretty boy" and "hunk." Even as a child, it was joked that Jaune was probably the prettiest person in Domremy, with his sisters joking that he was probably prettier than they were. When Jaune was a teenager at Beacon, he was considered as handsome as a professional model, and he was referred to as a "bishounen." Sun once called Jaune someone who was "Bishie as hell." As an adult, Jaune could be said to look like classical depictions of angels and had an almost regal look, though this is offset by the manner he carries himself and his personality, which is less angelic or kingly, and more country boy and dork. Jaune was outright compared to fairy tale knights and princes and was easily in the top five most handsome huntsmen (with only Ren and Team SSSN rivaling him). Jaune was referred to as an Ikemen or Biseinen in terms of looks. Jaune could easily pass for a woman with the right clothing and make-up, as shown when he infiltrated Amazonia. Jaune pulled feminine clothing off so well that certain people (mostly Yang, Ruby, and Weiss) felt jealous about how fitting it seemed. Jaune was described as blurring the line between a pretty boy and a hunk, as well as, being stated to have a body like that of a marble statue. It has been joked that Jaune could drive envy in the heart of any woman because he outshined them in beauty. Jaune and Ren share the title of the most beautiful huntsman, something that Ren finds amusing, but Jaune finds embarrassing. It's been joked that Jaune could spend a year in the wilderness and still look like a super-model. During comedic moments when Jaune tried to be charming or genuinely was (whether deliberate or accidental) he was surrounded by sparkles of light and roses; this was only for comedy and was not an actual visible phenomenon. Jaune originally believed that he was unattractive, and often bemoaned that fact. As time went on, Jaune began to recognize that he was considered attractive, but he often downplayed it. This stemmed from his self-esteem issues and humility. Jaune also just doesn't put much stock into his appearance and finds it to be unremarkable, though he does make efforts to look his best. While he took the time to look his best, he still felt it wasn't anything very impressive when compared to his friends. This is despite the fact he was considered one of the prettiest boys in Domremy as a teenager and one of the best-looking hunters.

Jaune had a close resemblance to both of his parents, as well as to his sisters and some of his uncles. Jaune inherited his mother's hair color, facial shape, eye shape, eyebrows, and lips, though he got his eye color, nose, height, and build from his father. Jaune's general demeanor was also quite similar to his father's, if a little more goofy and carefree. Jaune could also pass for younger versions of his uncles, particularly Roland, Gawain, and Gareth. Interestingly, he also had a very close resemblance to some of his ancestors. He looked exactly the same as Michael Arc, Artorius Arc, and Leon Arc. He also looked like a male version of his ancestors Autumn Ashari, Catherine Arc, and Jeanne Arc. Aside from his build, height, and eye color, Jaune also looked identical to his maternal ancestor Arthur Pendragon. Jaune has also been shown to have a similar look to Adrian Dracul, despite him being an extremely distant ancestor. For unknown reasons, Jaune had more than a passing resemblance to Nicholas Schnee, discounting hair color and height. It's unknown why they look so similar as the last ancestor they share in common was centuries ago. His resemblance to both Adrian and Nicholas also means that he has a slight resemblance to Whitley Schnee.

Jaune has an infamously bad sense of fashion for himself, but he justifies it as what makes him comfortable (though he does have a keen eye for women's fashion, thanks to his mother and sisters). Coco and Weiss essentially forced him to start caring about his outfits more, which he begrudgingly does. Jaune eventually began dressing in much nicer clothes as he grew older of his own volition out of habit, though in his private time, he still wears what is comfortable for him.

Jaune almost always wore a cross necklace around his neck, it having been a gift from his paternal Grandmother that he wears in memory of her.

Jaune received several injuries during the Fall of Beacon, including intense scarring on his torso, severe burns on his left arm, and having his right eye slashed. While his eye was still present, he lost all vision in it and it had a very nasty scar. Jaune also developed haemolacria, or bloody tears, from his injured eye. While his aura and semblance should have healed his wounds and left no scar, Jaune's change in mentality caused his aura and semblance to malfunction which made his scars remain. Because of this, Jaune began wearing an eyepatch over his damaged eye. After being turned into a Grimm and later returning to his human form, all of the injuries healed and he regained vision in his eye. Despite his eye healing, Jaune still bled from his right eye during moments of very intense strain. His Evil Eye ability seemed to always trigger it after he used it. While unsettling, it did not harm him much nor did it affect his vision. Jaune would later learn how to do it on command, which was useful for intimidation or just as a party trick.

For a brief period, Jaune was missing his right arm after it was enveloped by the waters of the Pools of Destruction. The destructive nature of the waters forced Jaune to amputate his arm and his aura spent a long time purifying the cursed wounds until he could begin healing the injury. During that period, Jaune made the use of a cybernetic prosthetic. After the cursed water was cleansed from his body, he ripped off the prosthetic and forcibly regrew his arm (terrifying everyone near him).

#### Grimm Form

When Jaune switched to his Grimm form, Jaune's appearance changed considerably. While he was in complete control of himself, he was described as having an innately intimidating presence and his gaze was like that of an apex predator which scared many who felt it upon them, especially when he was directly looking into their eyes. This was even when he was doing something mundane or even silly. Even if he was genuinely smiling, it would not look like a joyful smile but instead be somewhat sinister, although he did not intend for it to come across like that. That said, he was still considered very attractive while in this form and his Grimm form had a different appeal to what he normally looked like, being compared to something beastly or otherwise animalistic.

##### Stage 1

Jaune’s eyes changed color with his irises turning blood red, his skin grew paler, and his canine teeth elongated into two vampiric fangs. Jaune otherwise appeared to be completely human and could even be mistaken for a Faunus.

##### Stage 2

Jaune retained his previous changes, though his skin paled even more to being almost completely white. Despite being as pale as a corpse, it somehow did not look sickly. Jaune’s hair also bleached to a complete white, though it was still very healthy looking. Jaune could also summon his Grimm Essence to create things like tendrils or emit a cloud of mist. He looked less like a humanoid Grimm and more like a handsome vampire. Jaune adopted many mannerisms like a stereotypical vampire while in this form.

##### Stage 3

Jaune’s body retained the previous changes, though his sclera turned black which contrasted with his blood-red irises which also began glowing. Jaune’s skin seemed to pale more, showing some of his veins. Jaune also seemed to emit black miasma or smoke that trailed behind him and could be used to obscure his form. Jaune looked very similar to what Salem looked like while in this form.

##### Stage 4

Jaune’s pale skin began growing several black marks like the black skin of a Grimm over many parts of his body, contrasting with extremely pale skin. Jaune developed bone-like armor on some parts of his body such as his arms, legs, chest, and the left side of his face. The eye that was covered by his bone mask began to glow even more and lacked it's pupil. Jaune’s teeth became much sharper and more fangs. Jaune grew two horns on his forehead and his hands developed claws where his nails were. Jaune also permanently had two large black wings that grew from his back, similar to a Nevermore’s wings. Jaune truly looked like a monster while in the form, while still retaining his humanoid features.

##### Stage 5

Jaune turned into a massive humanoid monster that stood at about 10’5” and became much more monstrous in appearance. Jaune’s skin became entirely pitch black like that of a Grimm but it was mostly covered with black bone armor that was a slightly darker shade of black than his skin. Jaune’s previous two forehead horns became much larger at about a foot long and he grew smaller horns around the rest of his head in a formation similar to that of a crown. Jaune’s face changed with his transformation, with him seemingly losing his nose and ears, and his mouth became larger, turning into a maw of jagged and sharp fangs, as well as gaining a long and serpentine tongue. Jaune’s eyes remained a glowing red, but they lost their pupils. The bone armor on Jaune’s forearms and shins had many spikes which could be used as weapons and his hands and feet had long and sharp claws on them. Jaune’s feet also shifted into monstrous ones that had three toes each and they ended in talons. Jaune had two massive wings that sprouted from his back and they enabled him to fly. All in all, Jaune looked very much like an extremely powerful Grimm.

##### King of the Grimm Form

Jaune’s King of the Grimm form returned him into a more human form, similar to his second-stage Grimm form. While nearly identical to that form there are differences. Jaune remains much taller than he was previously standing at 8’5” tall and his hair shifted length constantly being as short as collar length to as long as floor length. Jaune was also always surrounded by Grimm essence, emitting clouds of smoke wherever he went, had many tendrils flowing around him, and was always followed by darkness. In truth, this was merely how Jaune presented himself with his true form being closer to that of an eldritch abomination that shifted forms constantly. Jaune could change his form to look like anything he wished and his true form was more like sentient Grimm essence that is black, red, and purple and was essentially a living shadow. Because he is more so an amorphous blob he can take whatever form he desires including various Grimm forms including dragons.

While in the form, Jaune tends to wear a new outfit made entirely of Grimm essence.

### Child

As a child, Jaune was incredibly short to the point that he was mistaken for the youngest child, despite the fact he was the third oldest. Jaune had collar-length hair, that his sisters would style (often against his will). Jaune was quite thin and was frequently mistaken for a girl, much to his embarrassment.

Jaune wore a yellow shirt underneath a black, long-sleeve Pumpkin Pete's hoodie with an orange interior which had the image of the mascot in the center. Jaune also wore gray pants and white-gray socks.

### Little Prince

During the Domremy Fire, Jaune was six years old and he had shoulder-length hair that made him look more like a little girl.

Jaune's outfit was a navy blue dress jacket with white accents and the Arc crest on the lapel and back, a black capelet with white fur on the edges, trousers that matched his jacket, and black boots.

### Bunny PJs

In the Arc Family Photo Album, one of the pictures had a very young Jaune dressed in a blue bunny onesie, complete with a hood with rabbit ears.

### Dress

In the Arc Family Photo Album, one of the pictures had a very young Jaune dressed in a pink dress with white lining and sleeves, a blue ribbon, white ankle socks, blue shoes, and his hair tied into pigtails with two ribbons.

### Child #2

One of the pictures in the Arc Family Photo Album had a young version of Jaune who wore a white button-up shirt, a navy blue vest, orange cargo shorts, and blue and white sneakers.

### Child #3

When training with his grandfather, Jaune wore a black, short-sleeve hoodie, brown fingerless gloves that ended at his wrists, royal blue shorts that ended at his knees, and blue and white sneakers.

### Young Teen

By the age of 13, Jaune was still very short and stood at about 5'1". Jaune was quite skinny and was often compared to a stick, though he was significantly stronger than he looked. Jaune's hair was about shoulder length and quite messy, though he most often tied it in a loose ponytail. Jaune still looked somewhat feminine in appearance.

Jaune wore a black long sleeve shirt with a white t-shirt over it, a watch on his right wrist, royal blue shorts that ended at his knees, black socks, and dark brown boots.

### Mid-Teen

By the age 15, Jaune had a growth spurt and grew to 5'10". Despite his increase in height and prodigious strength, Jaune was still a very lithe and slender boy with almost no visible muscle mass. Jaune also had long, chest length hair that was quite messy. Because of his willowy figure, long hair, and his soft and pretty facial features, Jaune was considered incredibly feminine and was often mistaken for a woman. Jaune was even considered more beautiful (if significantly less endowed) than his sisters, which he had complicated feelings about.

Jaune most often wore a dull grayish-tan hoodie with a tan vest over it and a pair of jeans with a hole ripped in the knee of his left leg. He wore a pair of crossed brown belts with a couple of brown pouches on his left side. On his feet were a pair of black boots, with some armor on the toes. On each arm was orange fabric and an elbow pad, and on each hand was a brown glove with a metal plate on the back and another metal plate sticking out onto his wrist.

Jaune also tended to wear a modified version of Domremy High School's male school uniform.

### Bunny Girl Outfit

When Jaune was 16 he lost a bet with his sisters and had to wear a bunny girl outfit, which they immortalized in a photo. Jaune wore a blue strapless corset teddy, a black vest, black bunny ears, black sheer-to-waist pantyhose, a blue bow tie, a collar, cuffs, and a fluffy cottontail. Aside from a noticeable bulge, no one would be able to tell that Jaune wasn't a girl just from looking at him.

### Late Teens

By age 17, Jaune had another growth spurt and grew to 6'1". Jaune also became much more visibly fit and muscular, as well as being significantly less androgynous than he was previously, no longer being mistaken for a girl. Jaune's hair was still very long and he wore it in the same messy style that he did previously.

Jaune wore a black short-sleeved hoodie with red-orange lining. Overtop this hoodie, he wore a pair of shoulder plates and a breastplate. For bottoms, he wore jeans with tan chaps over them and a brown belt with a large pouch on either side. Completing his outfit was a pair of black shoes with white soles and a pair of orange gloves that each had a metal plate on the back.

### Beacon First Year

Having run away from home, Jaune had cut his hair to chin length, though it was still very messy and his bangs nearly reached his right eye. While he was called scraggly by Weiss when she first saw him, in truth, he was very fit and his baggy clothing simply hid his physique, though he was a bit on the skinnier side. Jaune tended to slouch slightly, making him appear slightly shorter than he was. Jaune also moved in a way that lacked confidence, having a very nervous gait and a demeanor that was more like that of a civilian than that of a huntsman. Jaune's default expression was that of a somewhat dorky smile. Jaune was considered very handsome but his general demeanor caused most people to overlook him or simply see him as cute and the "boy-next-door" type.

Jaune's outfit while in his first year of Beacon consisted of a black, short-sleeve Pumpkin Pete's hoodie with an orange interior which had the image of the mascot in the center. Jaune wore a red t-shirt underneath his hoodie. Jaune also wore detached reddish-orange sleeves and brown, wrist-length, fingerless gloves. Jaune's pants were washed-out jeans with a white patch sewn on the left knee. Jaune wore two brown belts crisscrossed on his waist, one with a silver buckle and the other with a gold one and several gold loops. The silver one had various pouches. His shoes were black high-tops that had the words "right" and "left" written on the underside of the respective shoe. Most of the outfit is not huntsman-grade and is the same clothes he wore as a civilian with the addition of the sleeves and gloves. When questioned about why he wore a Pumpkin Pete's hoodie, he stated that his sister, Lavender, was a big fan of the product and got him it as a gift.

Jaune's outfit also consisted of white armor with brown straps. Jaune wore a cuirass over his hoodie that was shaped like a diamond in the front and the back and offered minimal protection to the sides and protected the chest and upper abdomen. Jaune also wore white spaulders over his shoulders, white couters on his elbows, and white plates on his wrists above his gloves. The armor was something quick that Jaune forged for himself before he left for Vale and it was meant to be temporary.

### Onesie

Jaune's pajamas while in Beacon was a blue, full-body onesie with the Pumpkin Pete's logo on the chest in white. He also wore blue bunny slippers. Jaune claims the onesie was another gift from Lavender and was something extremely comfortable. Jaune's team eventually forced Jaune to buy new pajamas, though he kept the onesie in his closet.

### Beacon Uniform

Jaune wore a modified version of the male Beacon uniform. The standard uniform consisted of a white dress shirt, blue vest, red tie, a black suit jacket with gold lining, black pants, and black shoes. Instead, Jaune wore both the suit jacket and dress shirt open and had a red t-shirt on underneath. He declined to wear the vest or the tie. Instead of the dress shoes he wore high-tops and he wore his gloves with the uniform.

### Casual Outfit #1

Jaune's casual outfit was just him wearing his hoodie, jeans, and sneakers without anything extra.

### Bartender Outfit

While working at Junior's, Jaune wore a white dress shirt, a black vest, a red tie, a black suit jacket, black dress pants, and black dress shoes.

### Waiter Outfit

While Jaune was working at a café in Vale he wore a white dress shirt, black vest, black tie, black trousers, a black apron, and black dress shoes.

### Butler Outfit #1

The café that Jaune worked at had a gimmick where the waiters would wear butler/maid outfits on Saturdays. Jaune's outfit consisted of a white dress shirt, dark blue vest, black tie, a black tail coat, a golden pin on his lapel, white gloves, a black belt with a silver buckle, black trousers, and black dress shoes. Jaune also combed his hair very neatly.

### Work Out Clothes

Jaune's workout clothes were a simple black tank top, black shorts that reached his knees and had blue accents, blue socks, and white running shoes.

### First Year Second Combat Outfit

With the help of Professor Harold Mulberry and Ruby, Jaune changed his outfit to something more becoming of a huntsman. Jaune wore a black arming doublet, with blue trousers, black boots, a single brown belt with a gold buckle, and several pouches, and added a red sash to symbolize his partnership with Pyrrha. Due to his very strict training regimen and adjusting his diet to bulk up more, Jaune became more visibly muscular and was less skinny than before. Jaune's hair grew slightly longer. Jaune also moved with more confidence. All of this made Jaune look more attractive than he had before and he was considered much more handsome than he was previously.

Jaune also upgraded his armor. His new armor was white with gold trim and far more protective. His new cuirass properly protected his chest from all sides and protected his upper abdomen. He wore a single spaulder on his left arm for added protection while shielding. He wore couters on his elbows and wore proper vambraces on his forearms. He also wore black gloves with gold-colored metal armor plates over his fingers.

### Beacon Pajamas

Jaune was forced to exchange his onesie for something more practical. Jaune wore a black tank top with navy blue flannel pajama pants. He still wore his bunny slippers as he refused to part with them.

### Vigilante Outfit

While acting as a vigilante in Vale, Jaune changes his outfit to disguise his identity. Jaune spray-painted his old armor black and purple and added a few more pieces such as black leather bracers, black gauntlets, and kneepads. Jaune wore a black turtleneck, black trousers, and black combat boots. Jaune also wore a black mask that covered the lower half of his face and goggles to hide his eyes.

### Clubbing Outfit

When Yang took the teams to Junior's to blow off steam, Jaune wore this outfit. It was comprised of a white, V-neck shirt, snakeskin pants, and white shoes. He also wears a gold necklace and a bracelet.

### Prom Suit #1

During the dance, Jaune originally wore a black prom suit consisting of a white dress shirt, gray vest, red bow tie, black suit jacket with red lining, black pants, and black dress shoes.

### Prom Dress

Later during the dance, Jaune switched to a white prom dress that faded to a light blue at the bottom and had a blue ribbon tied around the waist. Jaune also wore black and white tennis shoes.

### Date Outfit

When Jaune went on a date with Pyrrha, he wore black dress shoes, blue socks, black pinstripe slacks, a white dress shirt, a black tie, a blue vest with black buttons, and a white suit jacket with blue and red stripes, black trim, and black buttons. He wore the coat unbuttoned.

### Baseball Uniform

Jaune wears a white baseball uniform which consists of a black, long-sleeve shirt with a white jersey with black lining and the word "Beacon" on the chest, matching pants, black socks, black boots, and a black belt with golden buckle.

### Battle of the Bands

During the Battle of the Bands, Jaune wore a black t-shirt, a blue hooded jacket, a blue scarf, a wristwatch, black jeans, a black belt, and black boots. He also had his guitar strapped to him.

### Idol Outfit #1

For the idol competition during the Vytal Festival, Jaune wore a blue and white dress shirt, a black twin-tailed coat with fur on the shoulders and blue lining, black trousers, black dress shoes, black half-palm gloves with a ring on the left middle finger, and a black and blue cap. Jaune also wore a bit of make-up to heighten his appearance.

### Beach Outfit

While at the beach, Jaune wears a white, short-sleeve shirt that he wears unzipped, blue-green swim trunks that fade to a lighter color towards the bottom and have a floral pattern on the legs, silver bracelets on both wrists, an additional bracelet on the right wrist, and a silver necklace.

### Magic Act Outfit

Jaune's outfit as "the Amazing Jaune" for the talent show was his third training outfit without any of his armor pieces. Instead, Jaune wears a red cape and top hat.

### Halloween Outfit #1

Jaune's "HuntsMan" outfit is simply his third training outfit without any of his armor pieces. Jaune "borrowed" one of Ruby's cloaks and also "borrowed" Ember Celica. Jaune also wore a red domino mask. It was a very hastily put-together outfit since Jaune didn't realize it was Halloween at the time.

### Dustmas Outfit

Jaune's Dustmas outfit is a black v-neck shirt with long sleeves, a green coat with red epaulets with snowflake designs on them, green gloves, and black pants tucked into green and white boots. Jaune also has two brown belts that are crossed on his waist as well as white earmuffs with green snowflakes on the muffs.

### Prince of Vale

Jaune wore a dark blue dress jacket with white lining, the Arc Crest on the lapel, dark blue trousers, black boots that reached his knees, white gloves, and a blue cape that had the Pendragon crest on the back.

### Beacon Second Year

Jaune grew an extra few inches to 6'3" and began growing his hair longer with it being about neck length, his bangs partially covered his right eye, and his ears were almost completely covered. Jaune also began standing straighter and had more confidence in himself, he began moving and started behaving like how a proper huntsman was expected to. This newfound confidence drew more attention to him and people began comparing him to a professional model, though he was still considered somewhat cute and approachable.

Jaune wore a new arming doublet that was more ornate than his previous one but was still practical. Jaune also wore navy blue trousers and two belts. One of the belts was attached to a strap on his thigh and leg that held a mag plate for Pridwen. Jaune also wore new, dark brown boots. The toes and heels were black steel and the boots reached just below his knees. These boots functioned as leather greaves.

Jaune's armor remained much the same, though it was reinforced somewhat to add extra protection. The cuirass was modified to extend more into his abdomen and he wore another spaulder on his right arm for added protection.

### Casual Outfit #2

Jaune's casual outfit consisted of a red t-shirt, black jeans, black shoes, and a long, black coat. Jaune did not always wear the coat when he was inside.

### Investigation Outfit

While investigating the crime wave that hit Vale, Jaune wore a gray, long-sleeve dress shirt, a black vest, black tie, black gloves, a black belt with a gray buckle, black trousers, and black shoes. During combat, Jaune pushed his sleeves up to just below his elbows.

### Phantasmal Nevermore

While disguised as the Phantasmal Nevermore, Jaune dyed his hair black with red highlights, though he left some of his locks undyed resulting in him having tri-colored hair and colored contact lenses that made him look like he had red irises.

Jaune's outfit was a black dress shirt, a red vest, a black jacket with gold accents, a furred collar, and long twin tails, a black utility belt, black boots, white gloves with gold designs on them, and a white Grimm mask that was like a Nevermore's beak. Jaune also carried a cane that was modeled after Torchwick's Melodic Cudgel.

### Maid Outfit

After losing a bet to Team RWBY, Jaune was forced to act as their personal maid including wearing a maid costume. Jaune wore a black dress with white trim, a short skirt that reached just above his knees, a white lace half-apron, a black choker, a black lace bonnet, stockings, and high heels (bringing his height to 6'6"). Although Jaune pulled it off rather well, he was visibly annoyed by having to wear it and his smile was obviously plastered on.

### Butler Outfit #2

Team RWBY eventually relented on Jaune's punishment and let him wear a proper butler's outfit. Jaune wore a white dress shirt, black vest, black tie, a black tail coat, a golden pin on his lapel, white gloves, a black belt with a silver buckle, black trousers, and black dress shoes. Jaune also combed his hair very neatly. Although he didn't need them, Jaune also wore black, half-rim glasses with a square shape.

### Prom Suit #2

During the dance, Jaune wears a black prom suit consisting of a white dress shirt, gray vest, a black bow tie, a black suit jacket, a white scarf, black gloves, black pants, and black dress shoes.

### Knight Dress Uniform

Having been knighted, Jaune was entitled to wear the uniform of a Valean knight which was based on the army uniforms of the Valean cavalry during the Great War. Jaune combed his hair very neatly and tied it in a ponytail, though his ponytail still left him with fringe and his ahoge and hair antennae were unaffected.

Jaune's outfit was the standard uniform consisting of a navy blue double-breasted jacket with gold lining and buttons with a matching shirt and trousers, a red tie, a white belt, white gloves, and brown boots that reached just below his knees with spurs. Jaune had the addition of a white cloak acting as a cape that had the crests of his family and his personal emblem displayed on them.

### Beacon Third Year

Jaune grew his hair to shoulder length and he began wearing his hair in a ponytail bound in a red fable, with his ponytail reaching his neck. Despite his ponytail, Jaune still had notable fringe and his bangs appeared to completely cover his right eye and his ears were completely hidden. Following his lessons from his parents and uncles, Jaune started emulating the way knights were expected to act. He stood up straight and moved with purpose and confidence befitting someone of his training. At this point, Jaune was compared to knights from old fairy tales in terms of his looks and was considered very handsome to the point that he was ranked at number 2 in an informal poll while in Haven (he was ranked below Ren, who beat him by a single vote, and beat out both Sun and Neptune).

Jaune's main outfit was extremely similar to what he had worn the previous year, though he added a white military coat with gray lining. This coat also had twin tails that ended between his knees and waist. The back of the coat had his personal symbol. One of Jaune's belts also had a buckle that had the Pendragon Crest engraved in it and the other had the Arc Crest. Jaune added spurs to his boots. Jaune's armor remained the same that it had been, though he once again reinforced the cuirass so that it was more protective. He also exchanged his gloves for a pair of proper gauntlets. Jaune also added mail for extra protection, though it was beneath his coat and armor.

### Casual Outfit #3

Jaune's outfit consisted of a white dress shirt, a black vest, a blue tie, blue jeans, and brown shoes.

### Mistral Kimono

Jaune’s kimono is black with gold toward the bottom. He wears a red sash and a gold coat over it.

### Spider Investigation

While investigating the Spiders, Jaune wore a navy blue dress shirt, a charcoal gray vest, a black suit jacket with navy blue lining, matching trousers, a black belt with a golden buckle, black dress shoes, a black tie, a long dark blue outer coat that he wore as a cape. Jaune often discarded his outer jacket during battle, usually throwing it at his opponents.

### Prom Suit #3

Jaune's outfit was a white dress shirt, a white pinstripe vest, a blue ascot with a jewel in it, a dark blue tailcoat, matching trousers, black dress shoes, and white gloves. Jaune combed his hair in a much neater style than it normally was.

### Amazonia Disguise

To infiltrate Amazonia, Jaune wore a blue, billowy dress that disguised his physique. Jaune also wore a substantive amount of make-up to appear more feminine. Jaune wore a veil that covered his lower face and he let his hair down.

### Beacon 4th Year

Jaune grew hair longer so that it reached his upper back, though he usually kept it in a ponytail tied with a blue fable that only reached his shoulders and he combed his hair so that it was not as messy as it had been. Jaune also had his final growth spurt, reaching his final height of 6'5".

Jaune began wearing a full suit of armor, sans a helmet. The armor left almost no openings and was colored silver with some gold and blue accents. Underneath the armor, Jaune wore a hauberk for added protection and underneath that, he wore an all-black bodysuit. Jaune wore a red scarf around his neck and had a black and blue cape hanging from his shoulders. Jaune's cape had his personal emblem on the back, the clasp for his cape had the Arc Crest on it, and the belt around his waist had the Pendragon family crest on it.

During the Fall of Beacon, Jaune would lose his right eye. In addition, Jaune received severe burn scars on his left arm stretching from his hand to his shoulder and he gained several scars on his torso. Much of his armor and clothing would be destroyed as well.

### Casual Attire #4

Jaune’s fourth casual outfit consists of black dress shoes, black trousers, a white shirt, and a black jacket with white lining.

### Prom Outfit #4

Jaune wore a white dress shirt, a black suit jacket that was unbuttoned, white trousers, black dress boots that went up to his calves, a white ascot, and a blue shoulder cape.

### Black Knight

Jaune began looking much more haggard at this point, he lost his right eye and he wore a black eyepatch over it. Jaune's remaining eye had bags and he had grown some stubble, though it was of a light enough color that it was hard to spot if one was not looking carefully. Jaune's hair was let down to fall on his shoulders and it reached his upper back in length, his ears were still completely covered, and his hair antennae and earlocks could scarcely be told apart from the rest of his bangs which fell in front of his face. Jaune's hair was very unkempt and almost ratty from his lack of motivation to properly maintain it. Jaune no longer looked the part of the noble knight in shining armor, but rather that of a knight who has fallen from grace. Instead of a smile, Jaune's face was almost always set in a frown or even a scowl. When angered, Jaune's face would twist in rage with unsettlingly wrathful expressions that he never had before. Jaune also moved in a way that radiated rage with his shoulders always being tensed and his body language suggesting he was ready to lash out at a moment's notice. While not considered ugly by any means, his unkemptness and general demeanor greatly detracted from his looks. These injuries caused Jaune's skin to grow paler which only made the burn scars and charred skin more noticeable.

Jaune wore a full set of armor, sans a helmet, that was completely black with some gray and blue accents. Jaune often wore a large blue mantle that was lined with white fur at the top, the bottom of the mantle was ripped and frayed. This mantle had Jaune's personal emblem on the back, whilst the Arc and Pendragon crests were on his gauntlets. Under his armor, Jaune wore an all-black bodysuit. To serve as a reminder of Pyrrha, Jaune returned to wearing a red sash around his waist. While it clashed with the rest of his outfit, Jaune refused to part with it. Jaune rarely took his armor off, going so far as to sleep in it.

During his battle with Cinder at Haven, most of his armor would be destroyed, particularly the left side. Most of his bodysuit would be ripped up as well.

### Grimm Knight

After Jaune was infected by Grimm essence his appearance drastically changed. Jaune's skin and hair completely bleached until they were a deathly white and he had visible purple veins from the Grimm essence pumping through his body. Jaune also regrew his right eye and both his eyes turned red with black sclera, and blood mixed with Grimm essence would occasionally leak from his regrown eye. His teeth sharpened into a maw of fangs. He no longer looked like a handsome knight, and instead like a dead man walking with a monstrous visage. His aura turned back into a black color and he would occasionally emit a Grimm-like smoke. The smoke that Jaune emitted also helped obscure him.

Jaune was placed in a full suit of pitch-black armor with several spiked tassels. His gauntlets were clawed and his sabatons were spiked. Jaune also wore a close helm helmet that prevented him from being identified. The helmet would be destroyed in battle against his compatriots.

### Recovering Knight

Jaune regained his natural visage and he regained his good looks. Jaune began taking care of his appearance more. As a result, he was more rested, which led to him losing his eye bags. Jaune still maintained his light stubble. Jaune began to properly maintain his hair and he tied it into a ponytail, though it was still very messy and still very long. Because of his Grimm transformation, Jaune had some white streaks in his hair, primarily in his bangs. Jaune's demeanor changed back to something similar to what it had been previously and he relaxed himself much more.

Jaune wore a black long-sleeve tunic, navy blue trousers, and brown, steel-toe boots that reached his knees. Over all of this, Jaune wore armor. Jaune's armor was gray and consisted of a full cuirass, spaulders, rerebraces, couters, vambraces, black gloves with gold-colored metal armor plates over his fingers, faulds, poleyns, and greaves. Jaune also wore chainmail underneath his armor which protected anything that was uncovered. Jaune wore a black cloak with a hood over the armor to protect it from the elements. Jaune's cloak held his personal emblem on the back.

### Menagerie

Because of the heat in Menagerie, Jaune discarded most of his armor and clothing in favor of something more favorable to the environment. Jaune wore a black long-sleeve shirt with blue trousers and brown boots that reached just below his knees. Jaune wore a leather cuirass, spaulders, vambraces, with brown gloves. The armor pieces had some metal portions. Over his outfit, Jaune wore a navy blue twin-tailed coat that had white accents and large cuffs. He originally wore a navy tricorn hat, but he eventually decided that it looked too silly and stopped wearing it.

### Pirate Disguise

Jaune let his hair down and dyed it dark red. Jaune also began wearing violet contact lenses to hide his natural eye color, though he used makeup on his right eye to simulate a burn scar and he wore his eyepatch over it.

Jaune also began to purposely emulate Qrow to match what he thought a pirate would act like. Jaune moved with a swagger he hadn't previously and slurred his speech slightly.

### Castaway Outfit

Having been stuck on a deserted island with Weiss, Jaune changed his outfit. Jaune completely removed his armor and his navy coat. Jaune's shirt was very ripped to the point that he simply decided to be shirtless most of the time. Jaune's stubble grew into a full beard and he let his hair fall loose which began to grow to the waist length. After killing the giant boar, Jaune ended up using its pelt as a sort of cape to protect him from the sun.

### Argus Outfit

Jaune returned to being completely clean-shaven (despite Weiss' best efforts) and he cut his hair to a significantly shorter length, being something like what he had during his first year at Beacon.

Jaune wore a black tunic with white and blue accents, black trousers, two black belts, a black baldric, and black thigh-high boots. Jaune also wore a waist cape and a short cape around his shoulders. Jaune was still making his new armor and only had a few pieces done when Argus was besieged, as such he wore incomplete armor. The pieces Jaune wore were silver-white with gold accents and consisted of vambraces, gauntlets, poleyns, greaves, and sabatons.

### Atlas Huntsman

Jaune looked much the same, however, he finished his armor. Jaune's armor was silver-white with gold accents. Jaune's armor consisted of a gorget, cuirass, plackart, pauldrons, couters, vambraces, gauntlets, cuisses, poleyns, greaves, and sabatons. Jaune also exchanges his previous capes for longer ones with his waist cape reaching his ankles and his shoulder cape also reaching the floor and acting as a cloak.

Jaune's armor would be destroyed during his battle with the Great Ice Wyrm and its parts were lost after he was found by the Normani.

### Atlas Specialist

Jaune combed his hair properly to look more respectable.

Jaune also put on the uniform of an Atlas Specialist.

### Tactical Knight

The armor that Jaune wore during his time as a Black-Ops agent for Atlas. It is made of almost futuristic technology and is featureless enough that Jaune could not be identified.

### Solitas Wastes Outfit

After his battle with the Great Ice Wyrm, Jaune was heavily injured and lost in the Solitas Wastes. Jaune originally simply wore his damaged, Atlas Huntsman outfit, though he killed and skinned a few animals to use their pelts to warm himself. Having been lost for a few weeks, Jaune's hair grew longer and he began growing a beard.

### Normani Outfit #1

After wandering the Solitas Wastes, Jaune was found by the Normani who took him in. Jaune's hair grew even longer and his beard also grew fuller.

Jaune wore a simple black, long-sleeve, turtleneck shirt, large and baggy snow pants, snow boots that were lined with fur, and a large, furred jacket that had a hood.

### Normani Outfit #2

Having been accepted by and adopted into the Normani tribe, Jaune was given nicer clothes to wear. Jaune also shaved his beard completely, returning to being clean-shaven. Jaune's hair was still quite long, though some of his friends in the tribe tied it into a braid for him.

### Inner World

Having undergone a ritual with the Normani, Jaune entered his own soul landscape. Jaune wore white ceremonial robes, similar to that of a toga, that left the right half of his torso bare and he wore his hair down.

While inside, Jaune took various forms. Jaune's first form was when he was a young child around eight years old. Jaune's second form was him as a rabbit. Jaune later took the form during his time as the Black Knight. Jaune then took the form of him as the Grimm Knight. Finally, Jaune took a new form where his hair regained its original coloration and he wore new armor (this armor would be the inspiration for his final armor).

### Knight of the Sun #1

Having reached a new understanding of himself, Jaune had a sort of transformation, though he did not have much of a physical change. Jaune's hair returned to its original golden-blond coloration. In addition, having returned to Atlas proper, Jaune cut his hair back to a length similar to the second half of his first year at Beacon, also combing it so that it was no longer messy. Jaune's demeanor also changed to something like how it had been before the Fall of Beacon, though it was not quite the same.

Jaune wore an ornate, black arming doublet that had yellow lining and accents, black trousers, and black boots. Jaune wore a full set of silver-white armor. This armor consisted of a gorget, cuirass, large pauldrons, rerebraces, vambraces, gauntlets, faulds, tassets, cuisses, greaves, poleyns, and sabatons. Jaune's cuirass had ornate runic designs on the cuirass. Jaune wore a blue cloak over his armor like a cape that was connected via a gold chain. During the battle with the Grimmified Adam Taurus, Jaune's cloak and cuirass would be destroyed.

### Knight of the Sun #2

Jaune's outfit was virtually the same, though he wore a larger and warmer black cloak to further protect himself from the elements while in the Solitas Wastes. He also had yet to replace his cuirass.

### Atlas Fugitive

While on the run from the Atlas Military, Jaune cut his hair into a spiky faux-hawk. Jaune also tended to dye his hair crimson red and wear indigo eye contacts, similar to his pirate disguise.

Jaune wore casual clothes consisting of a dark red t-shirt, his cross necklace, a dark blue hooded jacket that he wore open and had the sleeves rolled back to his elbows, black leather fingerless gloves that ended as his wrists, two bracelets on his right wrist, tight, ripped black jeans, and combat boots. While he didn't always have his weapons on him, he sometimes kept his sword sheathed on his back.

### Winter Knight

While Jaune's hair was noticeably shorter than he would normally wear, he wore his hair down from his previous faux-hawk.

Jaune wore his Knight of the Sun armor, though he had finally gotten a replacement cuirass. He also wore a white, heavy-duty winter coat to protect himself from the elements better. Jaune also wore snow goggles, which he kept on his head when he wasn't using them. During the battle, Jaune threw off his coat but left his goggles on his head.

Jaune was forced to amputate his right arm from the shoulder down after it was damaged beyond all repair by the water from the Pool of Destruction that was used by Salem after her full power was unsealed. This damage could not be healed until much later because of its destructive nature.

### Hospital

Having awoken from his coma, Jaune's arm had undergone surgery both to fix the damage from the rough job Jaune had done and to put a port for his new cybernetic prosthetic. Jaune's hair had grown very long during this period to the point that it reached his mid-back and he had grown facial hair, though the hospital staff kept his new beard trim.

### Desert Knight

Jaune returned to being completely clean-shaven, though he kept his hair the same length. Jaune kept his hair in a braided ponytail that ended at his upper back. Jaune also had a cybernetic prosthetic attached to his right shoulder.

Jaune wore a black, long-sleeve tunic that reached to his upper thighs with gold accents, navy blue trousers, and black boots. Jaune wore incomplete silver-white armor with black accents. Jaune's armor consisted of a cuirass, a spaulder on his right side, a pauldron with an in-built rerebrace, a single vambrace and gauntlet on his left side, faulds, cuisses, greaves, and sabatons. Jaune also wore a white cloak with his emblem on it to protect his outfit from the desert sand, this cloak was angled more toward his right side acting as a sort of half cape.

### Knight of the Moon

Jaune cut his hair so that it was no longer long, but instead as short as how he wore it during his second year at Beacon. Unlike his second year, Jaune continued to properly comb his hair so that it was no longer messy with it being completely tame. Jaune finally regrew his arm back to its original state.

Jaune wore a royal blue, long-sleeve tunic with yellow lining and dark blue trousers. Jaune also wore silver-white armor with gold accents. The pieces were a cuirass, pauldrons with in-built rerebraces, gauntlets, faulds, greaves, and sabatons. Jaune wore a short, white waist cape that hung from his faulds.

During the battle in Yggdrasil, much of his armor would be destroyed.

### Knight King

Jaune wore a new outfit which was similar to a modernized gambeson that was directly inspired by the military uniforms of Vale during the Great War. The gambeson was navy blue with black, yellow, and white accents, had fur lining the collar and cuffs, and the lower portion of the outfit reached his angles, but was segmented in three ways at the waist to not hamper Jaune's movement. Jaune also wore dark blue trousers. The gambeson also had a black hood with white lining attached to the neck, which Jaune would occasionally wear up. Jaune also wears a short, blue cape that hangs from his shoulders and ends at his middle back with his personal crest on it. For ceremonial purposes, Jaune wore a furred, red mantle.

For armor, Jaune wears a silver cuirass, a gorget, shoulder pauldrons with in-built rerebraces, faulds, tassets, and gauntlets. On his left arm, he also wears a silver couter and vambrace. While obscured by his tunic, Jaune also wears silver cuisses, poleyns, greaves, and sabatons. He additionally has a helmet with horns like that of a dragon, though his friends jokingly say they are closer to the ears of a rabbit. Jaune's armor was both ornate and practical, having several runic symbols on them. Both of Jaune's gauntlets had the crests of his family houses, the Arc on the right gauntlet and the Pendragon on the left.

### King of Knights

After recovering from his injuries, Jaune allowed his hair to grow to his middle back, though he kept his hair in a ponytail tied with a blue ribbon. Even with the ponytail, Jaune's hair reached to his upper chest. Jaune had a very notable fringe that framed his face, though his bangs covered the right side of his face, covering his right eye completely and his ears were fully obscured. Despite its length, Jaune combed his hair neatly and properly. Jaune occasionally wore his hair in a bun, instead of a ponytail so that it fit in his helmet easier. Jaune occasionally let his hair down completely.

Jaune wore a variation of his previous gambeson which was very similar to his prior outfit, though he removed the hood and his new gambeson was a bit more ornate, yet still practical. Jaune's gambeson was also only segmented at the sides acting more like an in-built waist cape than his previous outfit. Jaune also changed his trousers to ones that were black with yellow accents and lining. Jaune wore black boots that reached up to just below his knees. Jaune also wore a red cloak with his personal emblem on it. Jaune would also wear King Arthur's crown, a relatively simple gold circlet with six prongs on the sides and with a cross hanging from the front which rested on his forehead that was designed to look like the Crown of Choice. This crown was small enough to fit under his helmet.

Jaune also changed his armor to something very similar to his armor as the Knight King, though it was altered slightly. Jaune's armor was silver-white with gold accents and consisted of a gorget, cuirass, plackart, shoulder pauldrons with in-built rerebraces, faulds, tassets, gauntlets, cuisses, poleyns, greaves, and sabatons. Unlike his previous outfit, Jaune wears couters and vambraces on both of his arms, though his left side is slightly more protected with some more reinforced plating. Jaune also had a retractable helmet that was shaped like a lion's head, complete with fur which acted as a mane. When retracted, the helmet seemed to completely disappear. Jaune's armor held the same runic designs and emblem placements that his previous armor had.

### Grand Marshal Outfit

Jaune's outfit as a Grand Marshal was a white dress shirt, a white, double-breasted military coat that reached his ankles with gray lining, a black duster coat that he wore over his military coat and was unbuttoned (Jaune also occasionally wore this coat as a sort of cape) a black tie, white gloves, a black belt, trousers that matched his coat, and black military boots that reached his knees.

### Formal Attire #4

Jaune wore a white dress shirt with a dark purple vest that almost looked black and a matching dress jacket. Jaune also wore black formal trousers and black dress shoes. Jaune also wore a white neckerchief, white gloves with ornate designs on them, and a gold necklace with rubies in them. Jaune also wore a black cloak over his outfit which almost seemed to be made out of Grimm essence as it seemed to be shadowy and it almost seemed to move on its own.

### Wedding Suit

Jaune’s wedding suit consists of white pants, a blue shirt with vertical white stripes, a white vest with blue buttons and black lining, a royal blue tie, and a long white coat with blue lining and blue insides.

### Casual Outfit #5

Jaune wore a white sweater with a blue vest and black pants with matching shoes. Jaune also wore a brown trench coat open.

### Epilogue

Jaune looked near identical in most respects, though he had grown a full but neatly trimmed beard at the insistence of Ruby and Weiss. During battle, Jaune switched out his ponytail for a bun and he occasionally let his hair down completely.

Jaune wore an ornate arming doublet that was colored black with yellow accents. He also wore black trousers with yellow accents and lining. Over his doublet, he wore a blue tailcoat jacket with yellow accents and the Arc Crest on his right lapel and the Pendragon Crest on the left, his emblem on the back. Jaune also wore white gloves with ornate designs on them. Jaune wore black boots that reached up to just below his knees. Jaune wore King Arthur's crown almost at all times. Overall, this outfit is like what a warrior king would wear and is heavily inspired by King Arthur. Jaune also wore a red cloak with his personal emblem on it. When in battle, Jaune simply used his previous armor, wearing it over his new clothes.

## Attributes

### Stats

\*denotes use of Semblance

\*\*Although a higher letter rank usually means that that stat is better, Jaune's luck stat works differently. Jaune's luck is incalculable but it goes both ways, being either unfathomably good or unfathomably bad with no way to control it. Jaune's luck is simultaneously abysmal and superb and so earns the rank EX.

### Combat

When Jaune started at Beacon he was not a particularly good fighter and could be considered rather bad by hunter standards. This is because Jaune only received light training and barely knew the basics of fighting from what he was taught by his grandfather. The only experience Jaune had fighting was small or low-level Grimm in the forests around Domremy and during his travels to Vale proper. While a much better combatant than civilians or most criminals, when compared to his fellow hunters-in-training he was much weaker in terms of skill and experience. As a result, Jaune was typically at the bottom of the class rankings when it came to combat. To make up for these failings, Jaune would use a more pragmatic style of fighting such as taking cheap shots, throwing dirt in his opponent's eye, and using the environment around him. Jaune would also focus on defense, tanking hits with his shield, armor, and massive aura reserves, and then counter-attacking. Jaune's tactical thinking and leadership skills also served to bolster his lackluster combat skills. Jaune would improve as he was being trained by Pyrrha and later by Qrow and Ozpin. During this training, Jaune displayed an unnatural amount of growth and rate of learning. What took most people years to learn and hone, only took Jaune months or even weeks to do. Jaune also showed the capability to mimic some techniques just by watching them a couple of times.

By Beacon's second year, Jaune was a much better combatant to the point of being in the top third of fighters in his year. By Jaune's third year, he was solidly in the top twenty fighters in the entire school. In his fourth year, Jaune was solidly in the top ten (constantly oscillating between third and eighth). While many of his peers tend to have flashy fighting styles, Jaune prefers a more utilitarian approach to combat. Where others do complex maneuvers and techniques, Jaune prefers to use simple but effective attacks and counters. Jaune progressed so much that in a battle of pure skill (discounting semblances), Jaune could keep up with Pyrrha for a good while and could salvage a win if he tried hard enough. Jaune was strong and skilled enough to beat most professional huntsmen without much issue.

While Jaune still primarily fights using a defensive style, he is also capable of fighting much more aggressively. Despite his size and armor, Jaune is much faster than he looks. Additionally, while he typically doesn't use acrobatics much he is still very agile and can give most professional gymnasts a run for their money. In terms of raw strength, he is the third strongest amongst the teams (only Nora and Yang being stronger). Jaune's strength is so great that he must take care when doing things that require precision, otherwise, he may accidentally break them. Jaune also has the most endurance and stamina among his friends. Nora once described his fighting style as somewhere between "a paladin and a rogue", using role-playing games as an example. When fighting in a group Jaune often functions as the group's tank or support, though if needed he can also act as a DPS. He also has enough options that he can give decent ranged support, though it is not his main method of fighting, and he tends to stick to other aspects of combat. While Jaune favored fighting with his shield he can fight without it if needed. Under the tutelage of Pyrrha, Ozpin, Qrow, his parents, and his uncles, Jaune became a very skilled swordsman. In his hands, a longsword can function as a spear, shield, war hammer, or even a long-range weapon and a shield can be a lethal weapon (he once decapitated an Ursa Major just using the bottom edge of his shield). Jaune's defenses were almost absolute with few things being able to penetrate them. Jaune's massive reserves of stamina also served him well as he could fight for hours without getting tired.

After the Fall of Beacon, Jaune seemed to focus more on aggression and less on defense. He stopped using his shield as much in favor of using his sword or spear. Rather than fighting strategically, Jaune would just attack with reckless abandon tanking any hits with his aura and armor and then wailing on his opponent. This was reckless and could easily backfire, though Jaune didn't care. His aura also stopped functioning properly. This did backfire during his fight with Cinder which led to him being soundly defeated, the only reason he didn't die is because Cinder thought sparring him would be crueler and lead to him suffering more. After recovering from his injuries, Jaune would return to fighting defensively and smartly.

Jaune typically fought with a mixture of both aggression and defense, depending on the situation. Jaune's original primary combat technique was generally to defend against an assault with his near-impenetrable defenses, before unleashing attacks that vanquished enemies in brutal yet effective strikes in as few moves as possible. Jaune's typical move set was to unleash a powerful attack that instantly defeated his opponent with a single move, before transitioning to whatever style works best to defeat his enemy quickly. Jaune also fought pragmatically having no shame about using tricks, using dirty tactics, or taking any opportunity to beat his opponent. All of Jaune's attacks were meant to end fights quickly something that matched his personal philosophies.

Jaune is admittedly rather bad at being stealthy. He could be extraordinarily clumsy at times and wasn't suited to it. Despite this Blake and Ren made a point of teaching him to be stealthy just as an additional skill that can be useful, and he had to master it as part of his training. It was not his preferred method of fighting and even with his training in it, he should focus on other pursuits of fighting. Jaune does have the capability of being a stealth archer because of his bow.

Jaune was briefly an Atlesian Specialist and so has the requisite training in all areas for the position. Jaune was one of their top agents, often serving as a Black-ops agent alongside the rest of his team and RWBY's.

Jaune developed a skill set that allowed him to fight giant opponents extremely effectively. Even when fighting colossal Grimm, massive mechs, or other super-giant enemies, Jaune would be able to dominate the fight and win. While Jaune was uniquely specialized to fight these opponents due to his experience, that did not mean that Jaune was unable to fight significantly smaller enemies just as well or even better. Jaune also had a skill set that allowed him to fight groups of weaker enemies as large as small armies without faltering.

Jaune also had a skillset that allowed him immense ability to kill other people. Despite Jaune's hatred of killing, Jaune's skillset and equipment had many specializations that made it very easy to kill his enemies efficiently yet mercifully. Jaune hated that he was so good at it, but knew it was needed and he would rather take that burden himself than make anyone else have to.

While Jaune was primarily a swordsman, being considered one of the best swordsmen to ever live, he gradually began to favor the lance more and more. Jaune used his swords and lances about equally as he grew more experienced, typically beginning with his lance before transitioning to his sword. Jaune was also skilled with other knightly weapons, though he still preferred his swords and lances. Jaune was also a very skilled martial artist, often using that skill in his fighting.

As an adult, Jaune is one of the greatest warriors in the world. Not many people can actually beat him in a fight (most of those people are his friends or those with immense power). Jaune has been able to fight Primordial Grimm and win (though often either extremely tired or extensively injured, usually both). Jaune is also capable of fighting massive hordes of Grimm, vast armies of people, and a variety of truly gargantuan beasts and defeating them on his own. Jaune had directly been declared a one-man army and compared to a god of war in a human's body. Jaune was virtually invincible on the battlefield, not in that he was untouchable but in that he was unstoppable. Jaune was someone that a normal opponent could never hope to last long against, let alone defeat.

Jaune is a versatile fighter who can take on many different roles depending on the situation. Whether he needs to focus on attacking, defending, being agile, supporting, or using ranged options he can do it all extremely well. Jaune's powerful semblance and variety of weaponry allow him to control the battlefield and take on almost any role that is needed. Jaune is considered a jack of all trades, though there are certain trades he is better at. Jaune's friends might surpass him in some of the skills he has, but he has many skills and abilities and he can outcompete them in some of them.

Unlike most hunters who typically only have a single main weapon with the possibility of using a backup, Jaune uses a variety of weapons for different situations.

### Abilities

#### Physical Abilities

**Superhuman Strength**: Even discounting his use of aura, Jaune has shown on several occasions that he possesses strength that is simply unfeasible for normal people to possess. Even when he was a young teenager and skinny enough that it looked like a light breeze could knock him down, he had shown repeatedly that he had the strength of a very powerful, grown man. Jaune's strength was so great that he had trouble controlling it when he was younger. Part of the reason that Jaune started working as a blacksmith was that he kept needing new training swords after he broke all the ones he found. As Jaune grew older, his strength only increased. By the time he was in Beacon, he was noted to be one of the physically strongest first-year students. The only people that were stronger were Yang, Nora, and Cardin. Jaune's strength only grew more and more as he continued maturing, training, and getting a handle on his powers. Jaune could lift and throw cars or giant Grimm without breaking a sweat, dent steel and shatter concrete with a single strike, or even crush a man's skull with a single hand. Jaune's grip strength was also known to be extremely strong with him being able to crush metal objects with a single hand. Jaune has performed a variety of strength feats which include breaking the neck of a Branwen tribe member who had full aura with a passive flick of his wrist, not even using aura to do it, ripping a Beowolf in half with his bare hands, tearing off a Troll's arm and beating it to death with it, cutting through marble columns with his sword, throwing spears, axes, and knives with enough power to puncture steel or with enough force to essentially act as missiles, punching a Grimm Dragon so hard in the head that it's eye exploded, forcefully opening the jaw of a Sand Sea Dragon, wielding massive weapons like the King Nuckleavee's halberd, Marmyadose, and Areadbhar without any problems, and blocking attacks from giants like the Jotunns, the King Nuckleavee, and mechs. Whenever Jaune struck whether with a weapon or just his fist, a gust of wind followed his strike. With enough strength, even this wind was powerful enough to harm anyone who was in its way. This strength also extends to other facets such as his legs, which makes him extremely fast and able to leap great lengths and heights. Jaune's great strength lends itself well to his use of extremely heavy weapons which should not be feasible for the average person to use in the way that he does. Jaune has been stated to naturally have the strength of twelve fully-trained huntsmen and he is considered one of the strongest people alive.

**Superhuman Speed**: Jaune was incredibly fast despite his size and what his heavy equipment would suggest. While Jaune is the self-professed slowest member of Team RRAYNBOW, he is by no means slow by any measure of the word. Even without aura, Jaune could move at extremely fast speeds that were hard to keep track of. With his aura and especially his semblance he could move at speeds faster than motor vehicles, leave behind afterimages from his pure speed, and move faster than the naked eye could perceive. Jaune might not be the fastest, but his speed is great enough that few people could hope to beat him.

**Superhuman Reflexes**: Jaune's reflexes were incredibly keen to a great amount. While initially his reflexes were simply average, experience and training have honed them into something incredible. Jaune has dodged point-blank automatic gunfire, caught arrows, knives, and bullets out of midair, and deflected hundreds of projectiles in seconds. Jaune instinctively reacts to most stimuli at speeds much faster than most people, possibly having a reaction speed that is 20x greater than normal humans.

**Superhuman Agility**: Despite his size and use of armor, Jaune was immensely agile and nimble. Jaune was naturally flexible and years of dance and gymnastics only honed his agility. While Jaune's primary fighting style initially didn't make much use of his agility, he began making much more use of it. Jaune could do feats that would make even trained gymnasts balk, even with his armor. Jaune has been able to leap several stories high and leap the length of a football field with little trouble and has cleared lakes and large rivers just by jumping across them. Jaune has even run up and across walls with little thought even when put under immense stress, as well as leap between two surfaces in a manner similar to wall-jumping.

**Superhuman Durability**: Jaune was well known for his extreme durability. Jaune's defenses were almost unbreakable and only the most powerful of attacks could break through them. Even incredibly powerful attacks wouldn't do much lasting damage and the attacks that did harm him greatly wouldn't keep him down for long. Jaune's aura and semblance only made his durability greater, to the point he was virtually invincible.

* **Absurd Pain Tolerance**: Jaune has an absurd amount of pain tolerance that is hard to consider. Even when put in immense agony, Jaune will soldier on and give no outward signs of feeling any pain aside from a wince, grunt, or gasping breath. Jaune feels pain as anyone else can and doesn't enjoy it, but his tolerance toward it is something to behold. Some people have posited that Jaune must have damaged nerves of some kind to be able to stomach so much pain, but when checked they were completely normal. Jaune has been impaled, burned, crushed, bitten, amputated, nearly bisected, and eviscerated but continued like it was nothing. Along with his regenerative healing factor, Jaune's pain tolerance makes it so that he can keep fighting even after taking what should be mortal wounds, being able to keep up the fight far longer than anyone reasonably should. Even if most of his body is disabled, as long as Jaune is still conscious and can draw breath, he will refuse to give up and keep fighting.

**Superhuman Endurance**: Jaune seemingly had a never ending amount of stamina and endurance. While he was never a hyperactive child, he was a very energetic one who almost never got tired (much to the exacerbation of his parents and older siblings). This lent itself well to life as a hunter, as Jaune could fight for hours without getting tired. Even when carrying extremely heavily items and armor, Jaune could continue moving without rest as though he was unencumbered. Jaune easily had the most stamina of anyone in his group, with the others being completely shocked at how much he could do before he even started sweating. Even Pyrrha and Nora's training routines were something that Jaune could handle with no problem when others considered their training to be the worst kind of torture.

**Superhuman Senses**: Jaune possessed superhuman senses. Despite how powerful and sensitive they were, they were not easily overpowered and Jaune was resistant to certain phenomena meant to overtax the senses.

* **Superhuman Vision**: Jaune had great vision as a result of both his aura and his draconic heritage. Jaune could see up to 600 kilometers away and possessed perfect night vision. Jaune's vision was perfect without flaws, allowing him to see without it being blurred and Jaune could tell apart even the most minor details just by looking at it.
* **Superhuman Hearing**: Jaune's ears were very powerful and had a substantially wider hearing range than most humans. Jaune could pick up on higher-frequency sounds and lower-frequency sounds than most people would think possible.
* **Superhuman Smell**: Jaune had a very powerful sense of smell. Jaune could smell things up to several miles away and he could tell apart even the tiniest of detail between smells. Jaune was also receptive to certain pheromones and odors that were released.
* **Superhuman Taste**
* **Superhuman Touch**
* **Superhuman Equilibrium**: Despite how clumsy he could be, Jaune had incredible balance that had been honed through years of dance and gymnastics. Jaune could find balance incredibly well and manage himself. The only real obstacle for his sense of balance was his motion sickness, though Qrow managed to "help" Jaune get past this issue.
* **Extrasensory Perception**: Aura users gain a sort of "sixth sense" that alerts them to nearby danger and the general direction that it is occurring in. It also makes them more perceptive of their general area. This consumes no aura to use.
* **Sensing/Identifying Aura**: With sufficient training and meditation, aura users can sense the auras of other people. As long as that person is not actively suppressing their aura, then they can be sensed. Those skilled enough can even sense those without unlocked auras, simply feeling the faint signatures that they give off. The most skilled in aura sensing can identify a person just by their unique aura signature and even read that aura to gain basic information about a person (such as identity, age, mood, and temperament) simply by sensing them. Jaune has mastered this ability, though it took him a very long time to even get the basics. Jaune's semblance allows him to fully understand a person just by sensing them. This consumes no aura to use.

**Regenerative Healing Factor**: Jaune possessed an extremely potent healing factor that was second only to Salem. All aura users had a healing factor that was much faster than a non-aura user, however, even by those standards, Jaune's was truly exceptional. Jaune could heal minor wounds instantaneously, moderate wounds within minutes or even seconds, major wounds in hours, and could heal from wounds that would be fatal to anyone else. Jaune could even regenerate lost limbs and organs, though this took time if he didn’t force it. Jaune's healing factor doesn't even allow him to keep any scars or scratches as they are automatically dealt with so that no marks are left on his skin. The deadlier the injury the more time and energy it would take to heal from, and grave injuries could leave him incapacitated for months even if his body healed. Jaune would still heal even while comatose, but it was much slower and could take months for him to make a full recovery. Jaune's healing factor does not grant him immortality as he can be killed if he takes too much damage before his healing factor kicks in, if his brain is destroyed, or if his head is completely severed from his body. Any other injury, including destroying his heart, Jaune possessed the capability of recovering from. Although destroying his heart can kill him, Jaune can focus his healing on that injury to heal it to non-fatal levels before he loses consciousness, assuring his survival at the very least. Jaune's healing factor is naturally extremely potent, but his semblance amplified it to new levels passively, and when focused on healing it makes healing from injuries trivial. Jaune has been cut in half and had large holes cut through his body, but been able to heal from it. The amount of aura consumed depends on the injury being healed from as little as a single unit to as much as his entire supply. Jaune's Grimm abilities enhanced this even more.

* **Enhanced Immune System**: Aura users have enhanced immune systems that make them very resistant to all diseases. Jaune in particular has a very good immune system that fights off illness quickly, to the point that he doesn't even remember when the last time he was sick was. Jaune's semblance allows him to fight off all diseases in seconds.
* **Contaminant Resistance**: Aura users are naturally more resistant to contaminants like poisons or radiation. Certain contaminants are made to counteract Aura, though Jaune's semblance allows him to fight those contaminants more easily than others. This does include alcohol and narcotics, though Jaune can choose to give alcohol or certain drugs a pass to affect his body (though he already has a massive tolerance even without his immunity). The amount of aura consumed depends on how much damage the contaminant is doing and the type of damage it is doing. After taking Fafnir's draconic element, Jaune became completely immune to venoms and poisons.
* **Climate Protection**: Aura users are much more resilient when it comes to extreme temperatures and harsh climates. While they still feel heat and cold, it does make it much easier to function and mute that feeling. This consumes no aura to use.
* **Fatigue Resistance**: Aura users do not tire as quickly as others. Jaune's immense aura reserves and natural endurance make it so that he can fight for days without feeling any drop in energy. After an aura user reaches a point where they should feel fatigue, they use their aura to keep them going at the cost of draining their aiura slowly to do so.
* **Decelerated Aging**: The physical aspects of aging are muted allowing most aura users to appear younger than they really are. With Jaune's massive reserves, he will always look young to the point that he could be well into his sixties and still look no more than 25 years old. Jaune's semblance only adds to this, to the point that his aging might be slowed down so that he could live for centuries while still looking like a man in his 20s or 30s. This consumes no aura to use and is a passive effect.

#### Mental Abilities

**Gifted Intellect**: While he would not consider himself a genius, Jaune was an incredibly intelligent person. Jaune was very culturally minded and had many skills relating to Arts and Humanities and had a natural talent for mathematics despite his dislike for it. Jaune was also incredibly gifted at learning combat skills, and reasoning, and was an incredible strategist and tactician, with Ozpin considering him one of the best he had ever known. With the sheer amount of subjects that Jaune had competency in, he could be considered a polymath. Jaune did have some things that held his intelligence back and in some matters, he could appear quite ignorant or even idiotic at times. Weiss once stated that Jaune was both "one of the smartest people she had ever met and one of the stupidest people she had ever met". Jaune is not the smartest person in the group or even on his team, but his intelligence is respected and he is considered extremely intelligent.

* **Adaptability**: Jaune could adapt to his situations and surroundings incredibly quickly. While Jaune might be caught off guard when his situations change, he can find a way to adapt to his new situations without faltering for long. This is not foolproof and certain situations have shocked Jaune so much that he is completely knocked off guard with no hope of recovery. This ability to adapt allowed Jaune to face various circumstances that most couldn't cope with, but he could either get through with little effort or hold on until he got help.
* **Creative Thinking**: Outside of Jaune's ability to use logic, he was a very creative thinker. Jaune was able to come up with ideas and solutions that others didn't both because of his naturally creative sensibilities and the vast amount of ideas he simply came up with trying to find the right plan. On the surface some these ideas can seem stupid (and a lot of them were somewhat idiotic), but Jaune has actually used them to some success. Jaune's plans might be barebones at times and his bizarre lines of thinking can simply come off as unusable, but he has used them to outperform others and come up with solutions that others simply haven't conceived of yet.
* **Fast Learner**: Jaune was an incredibly fast learner to the point that it was considered absurd. When Jaune put his mind to it, he could learn things extremely quickly in nearly all fields. Despite being almost entirely self-trained when he went into Beacon, under the tutelage of his friends Jaune reached the level of an average huntsman-in-training in months when others had been spending their entire lives getting to that level. Although Jaune might not retain all the information he learned, he could pick it up extremely quickly that others could scarcely understand.
* **Fast Processing Speed**: Jaune had an incredibly fast mental processing speed. Jaune joked to think a mile a minute and this was not very far off from the truth. While his thoughts were focused, he processed information extremely quickly and he could simply just think faster. This played a part in Jaune's immensely fast reaction time which allowed him to come up with dozens of plans in seconds and react to things the instant they happened. Jaune could even use his aura and semblance to reinforce his brain and speed up his mental processing to absurdly fast levels if he really needed to (though this came at the cost of immense pain and risking him losing consciousness when he was done).
* **Exceptional Memory**: Jaune's memory was incredibly keen with him being able to remember even the most minute details for great periods of time. Jaune once claimed that he could remember everything he had ever heard, though this was an exaggeration on his part. Jaune's memory was almost photographic, but not quite that level as he could forget things, especially things he didn't consider important. Qrow once said that Jaune's mind was like a supercomputer or memory bank.
* **Observation and Perception**: Jaune possessed great observation skills and perceptive abilities. These skills tied into Jaune's superhuman senses which allowed him to easily observe the area around him and the phenomena therein. Jaune's observational skills allowed him to be acutely aware of nearly anything in his general area, even the smallest of details he would percieve While most things would most likely be forgotten or ignored for being unimportant, Jaune will still be aware of the subtle changes. This is a boon for battle as it allows Jaune to be very aware of his surroundings and his opponent at all times. Jaune can pick up the smallest of tells and can counter most attempts of stealth by noticing the subtle shifts in the environment and he knows the best way to use his environment to his advantage. Certain things are outside his ability of observation, it is possible for him to inadvertently look over something by deeming it as unimportant, and certain semblances can negate his observational abilities. Jaune's observational skills did not apply to everything and he had aspects he was almost completely blind to (such as social situations and especially romance) and he could simply just perceive things wrong through not getting a full picture and making a conclusion that wasn't supported by facts.
* **Logical Reasoning**: Jaune possessed great skills in logical reasoning. These abilities complimented his intuition and observational skills, allowing him to logically make inferences and deductions about what to do next or what others were planning on doing. While Jaune has made poor judgment calls or come up with the wrong solution, his deductive and abductive reasoning was very strong and he was usually right about the inferences he came up with. This was perfect for his role as the tactician and strategist as it allowed him to find the best solution to a problem using logic. While sharp to begin with, Jaune's experience only honed this ability further and he was able to use his aura to reinforce his brain processes, making it so that his brain processed information faster so he could make more deductions and do them quicker. Jaune can come up with hundreds of possibilities in seconds, find the solution to his problem that gives the greatest chance of victory, and then follow that plan.
* **Strong Intuition**: Jaune possessed an incredibly keen sense of intuition. Jaune could safely intuit his way around most aspects of life without pre-planning. Despite vastly preferring making strategies before he gets into situations, Jaune was able to get through most situations by the seat of his pants just by following his instincts. Jaune's sharp instincts allowed him to almost automatically know the best way forward to achieve his goals and he instinctively had a gut feeling that allowed him to progress in new situations and locations, and knew when things were favorable or unfavorable for him without having a good picture of things. In battle, Jaune had an instinctive knowledge of what moves would give him the best chance of victory. Jaune's intuition also gives him an out against things like Presence Concealment, as he would instinctively know that something was wrong so he would be on guard. Jaune's intuition only heightened through his training, experience, and aura sense. Jaune's reflexes, deductive abilities, and strategic mind allowed him to truly take advantage of his instincts both in battle and in daily life.

**Strong Sense of Empathy**: Jaune had an incredible amount of empathy for others. Jaune could understand what people were going through and this allowed him to guide them through their issues or relate to them. This sense of empathy also allowed Jaune to understand what others were thinking and why they felt that way. While Jaune could use this to manipulate others, he would feel terrible for doing it and instead use this empathy to genuinely help others. This strong sense of empathy was part of the reason that others trusted Jaune so much as they knew that he would try to understand them and show them genuine compassion for it. Jaune was simply naturally predisposed to feel sympathy for others, empathize with them, and show them compassion so they get help. Even with how empathetic he could be, Jaune did have his limits and there were simply some things and emotions he just couldn't understand.

**Mimicry**: Jaune had a natural form of lesser mimicry, a unique ability that few people had. Simply by watching a technique a couple of times, Jaune could begin to replicate it to a certain extent. Unlike true mimicry, Jaune could not perfectly copy a technique by watching it once, only getting a good idea of how to do it by watching it several times. This means that Jaune learns things incredibly quickly but not perfectly, necessitating an immense amount of training to get it right and a mentor to guide him correctly so he doesn't learn bad habits or do it wrong which would cost him in the long run. There were many moves that Jaune was unable to copy because of their complexity or just not being compatible. Even if Jaune could not perform something he memorized, he could still use it to his advantage. Jaune could memorize his opponents' or allies' techniques, weaknesses, and advantages and plan around or with them. This lent very well to his image training ability, allowing him to accurately predict what his opponents or allies would likely do and make extremely accurate plans with that knowledge.

#### Social Abilities

**Immense Charisma**: Jaune naturally had an immense level of charisma. Despite how dorky and awkward he could seem, Jaune had a natural ability to make others take note of him. Jaune's friends stated that he just had a sort of likeability to him that people took note of. While there were plenty of people who didn't like him or flat-out hated him, there were more who couldn't help but like him a little bit and respected him. Jaune's charisma was not superficial and he was a generally earnest man who spoke from his heart.

**Leadership**: Jaune was a natural leader. Jaune could garner loyalty from people through his natural charisma, strategic mind, and ability to befriend others. Jaune's strategic skills and creative thinking allowed him to guide others in battle and others put their trust in him that he would guide them effectively. Jaune's ability to lead stretched from a small team like a standard Huntsman unit all the way to an army. Jaune typically led from the front alongside those whom he led and often spent his time with them, whether it was an army or a small group he would get to know them.

#### Spiritual Abilities

**Indomitable Will**: Jaune's will is extraordinarily strong. Even in the worst of situations, Jaune refuses to waver from his course nor do his beliefs buckle. Jaune's will is so great that he can resist mind control and force himself to ignore illusions. He may be tempted for a few seconds but will double his efforts to continue onwards. Even when taking wounds that should immobilize or even kill anyone who was inflicted with them, Jaune would simply will himself to continue despite them. While Jaune can not ignore death, his sheer will is so strong that he can force himself to through anything without yielding. Jaune's will is so great that his friends believe that he can force himself to do anything once he sets his mind on it.

**Immense Courage**: Jaune possessed immense courage. Although Jaune did feel fear, he never let it control him and acted despite whatever terror he could be faced with. Even with all the anxieties he felt and the frightening situations that he got into, Jaune didn't let it get to him and pushed through them as though they didn't affect him. Jaune's courage was so great that others thought he didn't feel fear, though he informed them otherwise.

**Pure of Heart**: Jaune was a rare person who was Pure of Heart. This meant that Jaune was someone who was completely sure of their path, goals, and identity and unable to be turned away from them. This played into Jaune's indomitable will and meant that he could not be corrupted by anything and access to select magic, abilities, and techniques that only someone who is pure of heart could do.

**Force Start**: Force Start is a rare ability that only the most determined and willful of people can achieve. Force Start makes it so that if Jaune were to run out of Aura, he could forcefully regen his aura to usable levels once more without having to wait for it to naturally regen. After most people run out of aura, they must wait a long time before they can regenerate it to usable levels. Jaune can instantly use it by simply willing it to spark. It is extremely hard to do, but Jaune fits the criteria for it. Jaune's semblance allows him to abuse this ability by forcefully starting a spark of aura, and then using his semblance to refill his aura to great levels.

##### Aura

Jaune has one of the largest supplies of aura in human history, especially for one who is not a silver-eyed warrior. Ozpin has postulated that Jaune might have the largest natural reserves of aura in history. Both the Arc and Pendragon families are well known for their large supplies of aura, and Jaune is no exception his natural reserves are so large that they eclipse most huntsman. By the time that Jaune reached Beacon, he had ten times the amount of aura that the average fully realized huntsman had and his reserves only grew with time and maturation. During Jaune’s revenge quest, his aura dropped in both quality and quantity and he had trouble using it, though it was still more than most aura users. After Jaune’s return to form, it returned to great levels that were almost 50x a normal huntsman. After Jaune became pure of heart, his aura reserves went through the roof and he was estimated to be at about 100x the average huntsman. Jaune’s aura also became so pure that it qualified as a form of holy magic. Using his semblance, Jaune could amplify his aura and its output to immense levels. While Jaune mostly used at a frame of about 10 to 50x his normal output, he also occasionally went up to 100x his normal output. The highest that Jaune has ever gone was about 10,000,000x of his normal output which is an amount of aura that can be used to obliterate nearly anything in his way. Jaune’s semblance essentially turned him into a living aura battery.

A consequence of having such a large aura is that Jaune's ability to control his aura is significantly harder than those of other people's. While his semblance, meditation, training, and tutoring from both Ren and Ozpin have aided him immensely, full aura control is very difficult and something that quite a long time to get a grasp on. Jaune eventually mastered Aura Control to the point of being the third best at it in the group, with only Oscar (who as a reincarnation of Ozma has had millennia of experience) and Ren (who was so good at aura control that he could replicate magic despite having no magical potential himself).

Those who specialize in sensing auras were also able to sense him from great distances, until he had proper aura control Jaune was unable to properly hide his aura signature so he would be detected. This made stealth against those who can masterfully sense aura impossible. To get around this predicament, Jaune used aura blockers to restrain his aura levels to a level that couldn't be easily sensed, however that did weaken his aura substantially. While working with Atlas Black-Ops, his armor automatically suppressed his aura reserves without compromising his aura. As Jaune got to control his aura, he eventually made it so that he could hide his signature so well that it was like he didn't exist. While most people can hide their levels such that those sensing would think they didn't have their aura unlocked, Jaune's control was so masterful that he could completely hide his aura signature without it being able to be sensed. Jaune's unique aura signature is compared to that of a brilliant and powerful star that could never be quenched.

Aura is also not foolproof as it has to be consciously used to work and certain items and magical abilities can be used to bypass aura in its entirety. Some beings (such as the Maidens) are simply so strong that aura possesses no way of actually defending against their attacks. Jaune has taken hits that would have broken through a person's aura without yielding, though Jaune has managed to keep his aura up with his massive reserves.

The strength of Jaune's aura was noted to be very high. Jaune's aura was notably very pure and powerful, having one of the strongest and most puriful in all of Beacon, even during his first year. After the Fall of Beacon, Jaune's aura lost much of this purity and his aura stopped functioning correctly. Jaune had to force his aura to begin working and was significantly weaker than it once was. After Jaune's recovering, it returned to functioning as it once had. After Jaune became pure of heart, Jaune's aura became so strong and pure that it essentially acting as a sort of holy magic within itself and harmed Grimm almost like the light of a Silver-Eyed Warrior.

###### Semblance

Jaune's semblance is Aura Manipulation, though it was originally Aura Amplification and had also temporarily been Aura Drain. It is an "Effect" type semblance and it has gone through a variety of classifications. It was originally a B-Rank, though it eventually evolved into an A-Rank, later becoming an S-rank, and is currently considered an EX-rank Semblance. Its ranking is not just because of its pure power, but also because of its versatility.

Aura Amplification allowed Jaune to boost his own aura or the aura of others. It is very similar in theory to Aura Transference, though there is much more to it than that. While Jaune can use his semblance to transfer his aura, its main purpose is to amplify its effects. This could be to strengthen the powers that aura naturally gives a person (such as reinforcement, shielding, or healing), boost the generation of aura, and strengthen the soul, especially against corruption or other such effects. This boost acted more as a multiplier than anything else, as the amplification greatly enhanced it far beyond what aura could normally do (such as boosting a healing factor to the point that it can almost be considered to be regeneration). A side effect of his semblance is that it allowed him to understand aura greatly and achieve masterful aura control very quickly. While Jaune usually had trouble with his aura control, his semblance allowed him to understand it much faster than he did previously and even allowed him to master aura use which was a feat that few could do.

When used on others, Jaune can overcharge them. This has the effect of giving them more aura than they naturally have which allows them to continue performing as though they were continuously being boosted for as long as they have not used up all of the excess aura. This would also boost their semblances to much greater heights than they were naturally capable of. Additionally, Jaune learned that if he uses his semblance on someone while they use their semblance, theirs has a greater chance to evolve or even mutate entirely. It also strengthens their aura allowing them to grow their reserves and strengthen the aura they already had. When used on someone who doesn't have their aura unlocked, the only thing that Jaune's semblance can do is heal them. It isn't as fast as when an awakened person is healed, but it is still very potent and almost miraculous in its use. The more that Jaune puts into someone, the faster they heal. The sensations that one feels when the semblance is used on them depend on the person, their feelings, and their relationship with Jaune. Some feel immense comfort, some feel protection, others feel love, a few feel pleasure from it, and many other sensations occur. Anyone who has their aura boosted too much feels immense pain like a hot iron being shoved through their spine and burning their nervous system.

When used on himself, it allows Jaune to amplify his own aura for high performance. All of Jaune's abilities are passively boosted to a greater extent just by having this semblance. When used actively on himself, it can act as a multiplier or as a sort of "Aura Burst", being a sort of supercharged version of Reinforcement. Jaune's aura shield can become impenetrable, his strength allows him to compete with the combined power of Yang and Nora (not accounting for them using their semblances at full power), move as fast as the lower levels of Ruby's semblance, boost his senses to great degrees, supercharge dust to levels that rival maidens and true magic users, allows him to heal nearly any wound such that it was like it never occurred in the first place, and fire massive beams of energy that can obliterate nearly anything in it's way. Jaune could also allow it to rapidly regenerate his aura at extremely high speeds, essentially turning himself into an infinite aura battery. This does have a problem as while it doesn't damage his soul, his body can not handle that much aura flooding it. Going too long while boosting himself will cause him immense pain and agony, and it could permanently damage his aura circuits or prove to be fatal. Through training and discovering secrets about his heritage, Jaune's physiology became superhuman as a baseline. This allowed him to take more punishment from this technique, though it did not remove the drawbacks only pushing the threshold further back. At his peak, Jaune can safely amplify his aura output at 100x its natural output for 25% of his aura. The most that Jaune has ever done was 10,000 times his natural output which required him to constantly boost himself high above his natural levels and let it all release at once. This destroyed Jaune's body and left him out of commission for a time, with the only thing that prevented him from dying or being permanently crippled being his healing factor. Jaune could theoretically boost himself to an infinite degree, but he would assuredly die if he did so.

When used at lower levels, the part of his body Jaune uses it on faintly glows. The glow becomes much more intense the higher level that Jaune takes it, such that Jaune can use it as a makeshift flashlight by focusing his enhanced aura. When using it on himself at high levels, Jaune's eyes glow with energy, his hair moves as though the wind is blowing it, and his aura becomes visible in a wild way that is comparable to a golden flame. The more Jaune uses it on himself the larger and more powerful his aura becomes, with it enveloping him completely. At a certain level, sparks of electricity appeared around his body, though they seemed to be cosmetic only. At its highest, Jaune's semblance affected the area around him, with the ground trembling, his surroundings (such as the ground or weaker objects) being demolished, and gravity seemed to alter (smaller objects began floating). When used at higher than 100x, the weather itself seemed to change around him and shockwaves could be felt from his movements. Jaune describes the sensation of using his semblance on himself as having a jolt of electricity go through his entire system. Like with others, if Jaune used his semblance on himself too much it felt like torture and as though his nerves were being burned from the inside out and like the sun was melting him.

Jaune's semblance would evolve the ability to turn into an area of effect. This area amplifies anyone who is near Jaune, but it is not as potent as him personally amplifying them. This method also drains his aura faster and he cannot control who gets amplified as anyone in the area of effect will reap the benefits. Jaune later learned to project his aura at a distance so he didn’t need to be near someone to amplify them, though it required more concentration, could be easily stopped, and wasn’t as cost-efficient.

Jaune's semblance would mutate after the Fall of Beacon due to his rage and quest for vengeance. Jaune was unable to amplify or heal anyone with his semblance, only being able to amplify himself. He also gained the ability to steal the aura of others to take for himself, though this was not permanent and the excess aura would eventually be expended. During this time Jaune's semblance became Aura Drain. While this did not permanently take aura from others, Jaune did negate many people's effectiveness in battle and he even channeled it through his weapons so that every strike stole aura. Anyone who has their aura siphoned away feels an extreme sense of dread and the feeling of something integral to their soul being ripped out of them.

Jaune would eventually return to his original self and his semblance once again mutated into something new, Aura Manipulation. This allowed Jaune to use both aspects of Semblance whenever he wished. While he primarily used the Aura Amplification part of Aura Manipulation, he was known to have continued to use Aura Drain for certain situations. Jaune also learned a way to weaponize Aura Amplification by flooding someone with so much aura that their nodes and channels become damaged. This has a very severe effect on a person (potentially making it so that they can't use aura ever again or killing them), so he refrains from using it unless he has no other option.

Jaune's semblance causes him to have direct relations to a person's soul which has a number of side effects. Jaune can "read" a person's soul so to speak while he is amplifying them. This allows him to understand their thoughts, their personality, and reach an understanding of who they are as a person in almost all respects. It also allows Jaune to view their memories as long as he is connected to them. It is essentially like a level of aura sensing that is taken to another level that few people are able to replicate unless they have a semblance that allows them to achieve that effect.

Jaune later learned that he could use inferior versions of semblances that his friends had because of his semblance. As the transfer of aura forces him to make contact with another person's soul with his own, part of it rubs off. As a result, there is a bleeding effect where his soul attains some of the ability of others. While Semblances are tailored to the individual, there is nothing stopping someone from having the semblance of someone else. Jaune's copies are almost always worse in all ways, and some reject being used by him outright. The more he amplifies his friends, however, the more the fragment of their power increases. Jaune learned he could amplify the fragments of others' semblances to make them fit for him or even approach the level the original had. Because he is copying it directly from their soul, Jaune automatically understands how to use their semblance. This is similar to an ability the Silver Eyes have, though unlike those Jaune doesn't perfectly recreate the semblance and he might not be able to use the semblance in question.

Jaune's copied semblances that he can use with some regularity and with minimal issues are:

* **Righteous Path**: Righteous Path is the semblance of Charles Arc. It doubles Jaune's physical parameters as long as he is doing something righteous as defined by his personal morality and the code of chivalry. At the same time doing something that breaks his morality or the tenant of the code, causes him to grow weaker. As Charles was the person who unlocked Jaune's aura, Jaune's version of his grandfather's semblance is identical to the original. It was a passive semblance that cost no aura to use. The activation of this semblance is heralded by Jaune faintly glowing in radiant colors.
* **Weapon Master**: Weapon Master is the semblance of Lancelot Arc. It allows Jaune to be able to use any weapon he gets his hands on with competency. Unlike his father who can make a weapon out of anything he touches and gains mastery of that weapon (even if it's something as simple as a tree branch), Jaune can only use this semblance on something that is meant to be a weapon and only gains competency. Jaune eventually got it to a level equal to his father. Like his father, Jaune does not consider Weapon Master a substitute for real training with a weapon. It was a completely passive semblance that did not cost any aura to use.
* **Hope Raiser**: Hope Raiser is the semblance of Genevieve Pendragon-Arc. When active, it creates an area of affect that causes the people inside of it to begin feeling positive emotions. It is very useful for tense situations and is a boon for fighting the Grimm. Jaune's version is not as cost-effective as his mother's original. The amount of aura used depended on how long he used it and how far extended the range.
* **Diamond Body**: Diamond Body is the semblance of Roland Arc. It allows Jaune to become completely invincible aside from a single weak point for about 10 minutes, unlike his uncle's hour. Jaune also has a different weak spot than his uncle, Jaune's being the part of his back between his shoulder blades, while his uncle's weak point is the soles of his feet. It costs a substantial amount of aura to activate.
* **Sun Boost**: Sun Boost in the semblance of Gawain Pendragon. It is a passive semblance that causes Jaune to grow stronger while the sun is up, with him gaining as much as a two-fold increase at noon. Jaune's boost is weaker than Gawain who gets a three-fold boost at noon and is near invincible as well. As a passive semblance, it costs no aura to use.
* **Abyss Walker:** Abyss Walker is the semblance of Agravain Pendragon. It allows Jaune to become one with the shadows. Jaune can travel between shadows extremely quickly and cannot be harmed while inside a shadow. If the shadow is illuminated by light, he will simply pop out of the shadow. It slowly drained his aura to be inside of a shadow.
* **Ultra Hand**: Ultra Hand is the Semblance of Gaheris Pendragon. It allows Jaune to create a phantasmal hand from his right arm which can be used for a variety of purposes. This hand can either be used as a long arm to grapple with people, as a sort of grappling hook, or even as a familiar attacking beside him. The amount of aura consumed expended on how he summoned his aura arm.
* **Fair Unknown**: Fair Unknown is the Semblance of Gareth Pendragon. It allows Jaune to disguise himself at will in practically all aspects. It is essentially like placing a powerful illusion over oneself that hides their true appearance. It drained a lot of Jaune’s aura once activated.
* **Polarity**: Polarity is the semblance of Pyrrha Nikos. Polarity allowed Jaune to control any magnetic material at will, though this took concentration. Unlike Pyrrha who used her semblance subtly for the most part, Jaune uses Polarity as unsubtly as he can. Jaune also initially had to touch the object he was trying to use it on before he could use Polarity on it, unlike Pyrrha. Jaune eventually managed to develop his use of this ability to the point that it matched Pyrrha's ability fully. The amount of aura consumed depended on that object and how many Jaune was manipulating, from as little as a few units to his entire supply.
* **High Voltage**: High Voltage is the semblance of Nora Valkyrie. High Voltage allows Jaune to absorb electricity and channel it directly into his muscles to give him a boost of strength. Unlike Nora, Jaune's version of High Voltage does not let him produce electricity nor does it dull the pain of being shocked. It was a passive semblance that cost no aura to use.
* **Tranquility**: Tranquility is the semblance of Ren Lie. Tranquility allowed Jaune to mask his emotions and even eliminate them. Unlike Ren, Jaune can only mask his own emotions and he cannot sense the emotions of others (though his Grimm abilities made this point moot). Through repeated exposure to Ren's semblance, Jaune later developed his version to be similar in power to the original. The amount of aura consumed depended on how long he had it activated, the distance he was covering, and how many people he was masking.
* **Petal Burst**: Petal Burst is the semblance of Ruby Rose. Petal Burst allowed Jaune to turn himself into white and yellow rose petals and dash in any direction. Unlike Ruby, Jaune's version of Petal Burst is not as powerful and he cannot fly or teleport with it. His body is also not developed to handle using Petal Burst so it is very strenuous to use. It also wreaks havoc on his motion sickness, even after he had gotten over it. The amount of aura it consumed depended on how long it was activated.
* **Glyphs**: Glyphs are the semblance of the Schnee family. Glyphs gave Jaune an array of abilities, almost like magic, though his glyphs were much more limited than what the Schnees could do. While Jaune is capable of using the Glyphs as shields and platforms, for propulsion, and to manipulate dust, he cannot use more advanced Glyphs like time dilation or summoning. Jaune’s glyphs were rather cost-effective.
* **Shadow**: Shadow is the semblance of Blake Belladonna. Shadow allows Jaune to create a temporary clone of himself to take a hit for him. Unlike Blake, Jaune's clones only last for about two seconds and he cannot use dust to give them any special effects. It did not consume much aura to use.
* **Burn:** Burn is the semblance of Yang Xiao Long. Burn allows Jaune to absorb kinetic energy and redirect it to bolster his strength. Jaune's version is not as effective as Yang's as some of the kinetic energy was lost in the transfer, and it does not involve fire or any other cosmetic changes to his body. It cost no aura to use, though it necessitated being hit first which did cost aura depending on the hit.
* **Rewind**: Rewind is the semblance of Oscar Pine. Rewind allowed Jaune to rewind a target's time. Jaune has a shorter time limit than Oscar does and it is easier for people or Grimm to break out of this effect. The amount of aura consumed depended on how long he rewound time and how many targets he was hitting.
* **Time Alter**: Time Alter is the semblance of Zoroaster Ozpin. Time Alter allowed Jaune to control his own innate time, allowing him to either speed up or slow himself down. Unlike Ozpin who can quadruple his speed and slow himself down up to three times, Jaune can only do each twice as any more would either tear his body apart or stop his heart completely, though he has been known to use his regeneration to get around that issue. Jaune also cannot extend his time control into a field of effect as Ozpin could. It took a substantial amount of aura to use and had a high physical cost.
* **Misfortune**: Misfortune was the semblance of Qrow Branwen. Jaune lacked the extreme self-doubt about the semblance that warped how it worked. While Jaune could use it passively for disastrous results for everyone in his immediate area, Jaune used it for its intended purpose of inflicting bad luck on a single target like a curse. Jaune could only affect one person at a time. It costs a minimal amount of aura per target.
* **Telekinesis**: Telekinesis was the semblance of Glynda Goodwitch.
* **Via Sun**: Via Sun is the semblance of Sun Wukong. Jaune could create several aura clones of himself, though he could only create three at max and he would have to focus to keep them up.

#### Supernatural Abilities

**Luck**: Jaune has extremely strange luck. No one is sure if he is fortunate or unfortunate as he always seems to find himself in precarious or otherwise horrible situations, but almost always escapes them with nary a scratch. He is a magnet for trouble and things will often go wrong for him, but good things do happen to him frequently as well. Unlike Qrow or Clover who both have semblances that affect luck/probability, Jaune's luck is totally natural. Qrow has christened Jaune as either being "the luckiest unlucky bastard on Remnant" or "the unluckiest lucky bastard on Remnant". Jaune originally believed that the grail might have something to do with it, but it was completely coincidental.

**Grimm Abilities:** After he was captured by Cinder, Jaune was forcefully injected with Grimm essence which transformed him. As a descendant of Salem, Jaune is a monarch class and is known as the "King of Grimm". This form gave him many powerful abilities from all Grimm as well as allowing him to directly command and summon them. Jaune originally hated his transformation and viewed it as a curse. After some time Jaune learned to control and accept this part of him. Jaune can switch between his human and Grimm forms at will, though he retains many of the abilities.

* **Emotion Sensing**: Jaune can sense the emotions of those around him, especially negative emotions. Unless someone has a way to suppress their emotions, then they would be unable to hide from Jaune.
* **Stage 1**: Jaune's first Grimm form which kept him relatively human. While Jaune's eyes changed color and his abilities were increased, he otherwise remained the same.
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Strength**
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Speed**
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Durability**
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Agility**
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Senses**
	+ **Evil Eye**: Jaune's right eye posses an ability known as the "Evil Eye". Jaune can fire a beam of pure magical energy from his right eye. Jaune loses all vision in this eye while using the technique and his eye begins bleeding, but the laser is powerful enough to melt metal and cut through stone. It is possible that this ability is related to him losing his eye and later regaining it from turning into a Grimm hybrid.
* **Stage 2**: The second stage increased Jaune's abilities and physical changes. It also emphasized Jaune's Strigoi origin.
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Strength**
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Speed**
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Durability**
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Agility**
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Senses**
	+ **Evil Eye**
	+ **Fangs**: Jaune automatically grows a set of vampiric fangs as his canines elongate. These can be used to puncture holes into someone and drink their blood.
		- **Hematophagy**: Jaune can consume blood to heal or satiate himself. Blood type also became irrelevant to him as he became both a universal donor and a universal recipient.
	+ **Hemokinesis**: Jaune is capable of manipulating blood, whether it be his own or the spilled blood of someone else. Jaune can even use spilled blood to create constructs like weapons. Jaune is unable to manipulate the blood within someone or the blood inside his own body, it must be spilled first.
	+ **Hypnosis**: Jaune is capable of hypnotizing people through his powers. The person that is affected is completely under his thrall unless he lets them go or they have enough willpower to resist his control. Jaune needs to directly look them in the eye and it takes a few seconds to take hold. Jaune rarely makes use of this ability because of the power it has over people and the implications it has.
	+ **Illusion Casting**:
	+ **Grimm Essence Manipulation**
		- **Tendrils**
		- **Smoke**
		- **Corruption**
* **Stage 3**
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Strength**
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Speed**
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Durability**
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Agility**
	+ **Enhanced Superhuman Senses**
	+ **Evil Eye**
	+ **Emotion Sensing**:
	+ **Extended Limbs**
	+ **Fangs**
		- **Hematophagy**: Jaune can consume blood to heal or satiate himself. Blood type also became irrelevant to him as he became both a universal donor and a universal recipient.
	+ **Hemokinesis**: Jaune is capable of manipulating blood, whether it be his own or the spilled blood of someone else. Jaune can even use spilled blood to create constructs like weapons. Jaune is unable to manipulate the blood within someone or the blood inside his own body, it must be spilled first.
	+ **Illusion Casting**
	+ **Hypnosis**:
	+ **Grimm Essence Manipulation**
		- **Tendrils**
		- **Smoke**
		- **Corruption**
	+ **Negative Emotion Consumption**: Jaune could "feed" off of negative emotions while in this form. The more fear, hatred, envy, and other negative emotions were felt, the stronger that Jaune became. If these emotions were directed at him, he became even stronger. Jaune could not feed off his own negative emotions.
	+ **Control of Grimm Population**: Jaune has direct control over Grimm in his surrounding area. As long as they are not being controlled by someone else or have reached a certain power level/age then they have no choice but to answer to his commands.
* **Stage 4**
	+ **Super Enhanced Superhuman Strength**
	+ **Super Enhanced Superhuman Speed**
	+ **Super Enhanced Superhuman Durability**
	+ **Super Enhanced Superhuman Agility**
	+ **Super Enhanced Superhuman Senses**
	+ **Evil Eye**
	+ **Emotion Sensing**:
	+ **Control of Grimm Population**
	+ **Bone Armor**: Jaune's arms, chest, legs, and the left side of his face were protected by a bone-like piece of armor similar to other Grimm. Despite being similar to bone in appearance, it was much more durable than that material.
	+ **Fangs**: Jaune's mouth changed such that his teeth turned into fangs. These fangs allowed Jaune to rip and tear like a beast, allowing him to bite out parts of people's bodies and even puncture armor.
		- **Hematophagy**: Jaune can consume blood to heal or satiate himself. Blood type also became irrelevant to him as he became both a universal donor and a universal recipient.
		- **Venom**: Jaune is capable of secreting venom from his fangs. This venom can be deadly in high enough doses, but otherwise just acts as a muscle relaxant that completely halts someone.
	+ **Claws**: Jaune's nails sharpened into extremely sharp claws. These claws were sharp enough to cut metal and he could even climb surfaces by puncturing into a flat surface.
	+ **Horns**: Jaune grew two horns on his forehead. Jaune could use them offensively to gore his enemies with a headbutt.
	+ **Wings**: Jaune had two black wings similar to a Nevermore's wings which allowed him to fly.
	+ **Extended Limbs**: Jaune could extend his limbs a certain distance and strike with them.
	+ **Willpower Drain**: Jaune is capable of draining the willpower of people much like the Apathy can. A weakened version of it can be done through an area of effect or it can be focused on a specific target or targets.
	+ **Hemokinesis**: Jaune is capable of manipulating blood, whether it be his own or the spilled blood of someone else. Jaune can even use spilled blood to create constructs like weapons. Jaune is unable to manipulate the blood within someone or the blood inside his own body, it must be spilled first.
	+ **Grimm Essence Manipulation**
		- **Tendrils**
		- **Smoke**
		- **Stingers**
		- **Corruption**
* **Stage 5**: At this stage, Jaune became a massive Grimm monster that was vaguely humanoid. While he was extremely powerful while in the form, Jaune became much more beastial and wasn't able to control it at first. Jaune had truly become a Grimm while in this form and essentially went on a rampage whenever he used it. Through immense training and meditation, Jaune finally managed to control this form, though his beast-like visage and behavior remained.
	+ **Immensely Enhanced Superhuman Strength**
	+ **Immensely Enhanced Superhuman Speed**
	+ **Immensely Enhanced Superhuman Durability**
	+ **Immensely Enhanced Superhuman Agility**
	+ **Immensely Enhanced Superhuman Senses**
	+ **Evil Eye**
	+ **Emotion Sensing**:
	+ **Control of Grimm Population**
	+ **Bone Armor**: Jaune's body was covered in bone-like armor which mimicked the armor he wore previously. Despite being similar to bone in appearance, it was much more durable than that material.
		- **Bone Spikes**: Parts of the bone armor were spiked which could be used both offensively and defensively.
	+ **Fangs**: Jaune's mouth changed with his mouth getting larger and him growing more sharp teeth, giving him a maw full of fangs. These fangs allowed Jaune to rip and tear like a beast, allowing him to bite out parts of people's bodies and even puncture armor and he could easily bite off a person's head if he were ever so inclined.
		- **Hematophagy**:
		- **Venom**:
	+ **Claws**: Jaune's nails sharpened into extremely sharp claws. These claws were sharp enough to cut steel and he could even climb surfaces by puncturing into a flat surface.
	+ **Horns**: Jaune had many horns on his head in the shape of a crown, along with two large horns on his forehead. Jaune could use them offensively to gore his enemies with a headbutt.
	+ **Wings**: Jaune had two massive black wings similar to a Nevermore's wings which allowed him to fly.
	+ **Extended Limbs**: Jaune could extend his limbs a certain distance and strike with them.
	+ **Sonic Roar**: Jaune could unleash an extremely loud roar that functioned as a sonic attack. While not very deadly it was very good at disorienting opponents, could shatter glass, and could even rupture eardrums.
	+ **Willpower Drain**: Jaune is capable of draining the willpower of people much like the Apathy can. A weakened version of it can be done through an area of effect or it can be focused on a specific target or targets.
	+ **Hemokinesis**: Jaune is capable of manipulating blood, whether it be his own or the spilled blood of someone else. Jaune can even use spilled blood to create constructs like weapons. Jaune is unable to manipulate the blood within someone or the blood inside his own body, it must be spilled first.
	+ **Grimm Essence Manipulation**
		- **Tendrils**
		- **Smoke**
		- **Stingers**
		- **Corruption**
* **King of Grimm**: Owing to his unique origin as a descendant of Salem, Jaune had his own final transformation that few others could possess. Jaune became extremely powerful while in the form, though he became something that was otherworldly and almost divine in visage. While not as powerful as the God of Darkness, Salem, or Weiss, Jaune in this form could be classed as a divine being, though admittedly at the lower edge of that tier.
	+ **Divine Strength**
	+ **Divine Speed**
	+ **Divine Durability**
	+ **Divine Agility**
	+ **Divine Senses**
	+ **Evil Eye**
	+ **Emotion Sensing**:
	+ **Control of Grimm Population**
	+ **Grimm Summoning**
	+ **Willpower Drain**: Jaune is capable of draining the willpower of people much like the Apathy can. A weakened version of it can be done through an area of effect or it can be focused on a specific target or targets.
	+ **Hemokinesis**: Jaune is capable of manipulating blood, whether it be his own or the spilled blood of someone else. Jaune can even use spilled blood to create constructs like weapons. Jaune is unable to manipulate the blood within someone or the blood inside his own body, it must be spilled first.
	+ **Illusion Casting**
	+ **Hypnosis**:
	+ **Grimm Essence Manipulation**
		- **Tendrils**
		- **Smoke**
		- **Corruption**
	+ **Shapeshifting**: In this form, Jaune is in reality sentient Grimm Essence that can take whatever form that he wishes, and his "true" form is just a shadowy liquid-like substance. Because of this, Jaune can take whatever form he so desires with the only limit being his imagination. All parts of his body are completely malleable and change on his whim. While Jaune prefers to stay in a sort of humanoid form, he can take whatever form he wants without having to worry about it.
		- **Beowulf**
		- **Grimm Dragon**
		- **Nosferatu**
		- **Ursa**
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor**: As he is essentially just sentient and morphing Grimm Essence, Jaune will instantly heal from whatever injury he is dealt. Jaune might actually be immortal while in this form and no attack could ever actually come close to doing damage to him, unless it was something of a similar class to him and it has been stated that there is no such thing as complete immortality. Jaune seems to still feel pain in this form, but it either does not bother him or he actually enjoys the sensation while in this form.

### Skills

#### Physical Skills

**Master Swordsman**: Jaune is considered one of the best swordsmen of his generation, if not history. Despite his setbacks in his youth, Jaune became reasonably adept with swords within months and under the tutelage of Shiro Musashi, became a true master. By the time Jaune had reached 20, he was considered one of the foremost swordsmen on Remnant. Jaune has learned multiple disciplines of sword fighting from multiple people, he combined these methods of swordsmanship into a single style he uses himself. Jaune primarily studied Valean and Atlesian schools of swordsmanship, though he also incorporated Mistralian and Vaucoan forms and used his dance knowledge in his personal style. Jaune could fight defensively or offensively with a sword and had a range of movement options. Jaune's primary technique was very utilitarian with no flashy movements and the only intent being to end fights as soon as possible. Although Jaune preferred being practical when fighting, he could also be very flashy when he wanted and has incorporated tricks and even dancing into his swordplay. There was always an element of grace to his swordplay, even as Jaune fought wildly. Beyond its use as combat, Jaune treated swordsmanship as an art to be mastered and considered his blade to be an extension of himself. Jaune was capable of dual-wielding blades, launching gusts of powerful wind with every strike, could chop hails of bullets in half with his speed and accuracy, could deflect hundreds of fast-moving projectiles without breaking a sweat, could do a quickdraw similar in principle to Iaido, could unleash a flurry of hundreds of sword strikes near instantly, and perform moves that should not be possible. In his hands, a sword can function as a spear, shield, war hammer, or even a long-range weapon. Jaune’s speed with a sword was immense, to the point that he could strike so fast that it was invisible to the naked eye and unleash strikes that were nearly at the same instant. Jaune has also thrown swords like javelins or throwing knives to powerful effect. Jaune has regularly cut Grimm and people in half without breaking a sweat, cutting through their entire bodies like a hot knife through butter. Jaune has even cut through aura with his pure skill, speed, and power. A testament to this was his killing of Lucius Tiberius, whom he killed by slicing in half diagonally, cutting through his aura, armor, and his enhanced body with a single stroke. While Jaune cannot reach true enlightenment, Ren has stated that when watching Jaune practice the sword he has achieved absolute clarity of mind and does not need to think when using a sword. Swordsmanship is as natural to Jaune as breathing and so his movements are almost pure instinct and without thought, something only the best swordsman could ever achieve. While Jaune was not the best swordsman in the world and certainly not the best swordsman in history, he was considered a true master of the sword with few rivals and was truly in the upper echelon of swordsmen. Jaune later wrote a book about how to be a proficient swordsman and taught his school of swordsmanship to his children.

**Master Spearman**: Jaune is very skilled with a variety of spears and other polearms. While not originally his weapon of choice, Jaune has trained his ability to use polearms and is quite capable. Jaune's skill with polearms only grew with experience and he was very well known for his ability to wield polearms in a variety of different ways. Jaune could throw spears such that they acted almost like missiles, could unleash a barrage of stabs almost instantaneously, could cut things in half with his lance, block hails of bullets and other projectiles by spinning his lance, could shatter metal by swinging a polearm like a bat, could also use his spear for a variety of acrobatic maneuvers like vaulting, and could even dual-wield spears with almost no drop in ability. While a polearm is generally used at a certain range, Jaune has shown the ability to fight close to his enemies and never falter. Jaune began favoring spears more and more as he grew older, and he began using spears as much as he did swords. While swords were still his passion, he was still considered a master of the spear.

**Master Shieldmanship**: Jaune was very skilled with the shield, being able to use it in a variety of ways both for defense and for offense. Jaune was skilled enough with a shield to block and deflect nearly any attack that was used against him no matter how powerful or fast. Beyond defense, Jaune also uses his shield as a weapon in his offhand, crushing and bludgeoning anyone who comes into range. Jaune has even decapitated people and Grimm with his shield using its bottom edge. Jaune has also thrown his shield like a discus with amazing results despite how difficult it was and how unsuited the shape of his shield was.

**Master Knife Fighter**: Jaune was very skilled with a variety of knives and daggers. Jaune has learned a variety of different ways to fight with knives and is skilled at using them as melee weapons or by throwing them. Jaune's skill with knives was immense and nearly to the level of his swordplay. Knives were not Jaune's primary weapon, but he did use them to augment his fighting style and could fight with them as his main weapon if he didn't have access to another. Jaune could throw dozens if not hundreds of knives and daggers at once all with the speed and strength to puncture through solid steel as though it were tissue paper. Jaune was also able to cut people and Grimm in half with Carnwennan with little trouble and with almost no real effort, even cutting through aura.

**Master Archer**: Jaune is a very capable archer. Jaune was taught by his grandfather while hunting and he later learned to apply his skills to fighting. Jaune is not as good an archer as people like Ren or Cinder, but he is certainly no slouch and he comes close. Ren personally trained Jaune in archery for huntsmen, helping correct his form until he mastered it. Jaune could fire three arrows at the same time with minimal loss of power and accuracy. In addition to regular or dust arrows, Jaune has used energy arrows made from his aura. This allows Jaune to rapid-fire small, not very powerful arrows or let loose massive bolts that take a lot of aura to create. Jaune can fire hundreds of aura arrows at the same time, making the bow more like artillery than its intended purpose. Jaune is also capable of mounted archery.

**Master Marksman**: Through the years, Jaune has become a very skilled marksman when it comes to firearms. Jaune's original experience was limited only to the hunting guns he used with his grandfather, so he wasn't particularly impressive by huntsman standards. Ruby made sure that he learned how to fire and properly maintain a variety of firearms to a great extent, becoming exceptional even by the standards of a huntsman. Jaune has shown proficiency with a variety of firearms including revolvers, semi-automatic pistols, rifles, and shotguns. Jaune has also been shown to competently use Milo, Stormflower, Magnhild, and Crescent Rose. Jaune had been shown to land shots that were almost impossible and use very advanced techniques.

**Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant**: Beyond his skill with weapons, Jaune has learned a few unarmed martial arts. While not exceptional, he is knowledgeable enough to find a mixed style that for him and his experience, speed, and strength mean that few could outclass him unless they specialized in it. Jaune used mixed martial arts using elements from boxing, wrestling, Pankration, Savate, Krav Maga, and Bajiquan. Beyond this, Jaune also had a habit of employing professional wrestling moves and using his dance knowledge, particularly breakdancing, in his fighting style. Jaune learned from his grandfather, father, Ren, Yang, and Qrow, as well as in the Specialist Program. Jaune rarely chooses to fight without a weapon in hand, but he is capable of hand-to-hand combat when need be and he often adds punches, kicks, and even headbutts to his fighting style even with a weapon. While not nearly as good as people like Yang, Ren, or Mercury, Jaune was no slouch when it came down to it. Jaune mostly relies on hard and powerful strikes and grappling.

**Master Equestrian**: Jaune was a very skilled equestrian being able to ride nearly any kind of animal, even beyond horses. While Jaune favors horses the most he has also ridden other animals meant for transport like oxen or camels, to giant jackalopes like Juniper, and even Grimm. Jaune was able to gain the trust of animals quickly and could use them for various types of transport quite well.

**Skilled Axe User**: While not his favorite weapon, Jaune was very proficient in the use of axes. Jaune's ability to use the axe exceeded the ability of most and he could easily kill massive Grimm with his axe. Jaune has even shown proficiency in throwing axes that were as large as he was, killing multiple Grimm with a single thrown axe.

**Skilled Hammer User**: Jaune has shown proficiency in the use of hammers and other bludgeons, though they were not his favorite weapons. While not as skilled as Nora, Jaune could use Magnhild almost as well as she could and has been able to shatter through even the strongest materials with his own hammer.

**Skilled Flail User**: Jaune has proven dexterous enough to use various flails and whips without much trouble. Beyond his aura whips, Jaune has also used Luna Mortem with immense skill as though it was just an extension of himself. Jaune's skill with a whip seems to be limited to his aura whips and Luna Mortem, the first as it was literally part of him and the second as his bloodline made him uniquely suited to use it. Using any other whip makes Jaune's ability drastically go down, but he is not incompetent when using such weapons.

**Skilled Swimmer**: Jaune was quite skilled at swimming being able to swim without problems even when being encumbered by armor and weaponry. Jaune was good enough to keep up with and even beat other skilled swimmers while wearing full plate armor. Jaune might have been the second-best swimmer in the group, with only Pyrrha besting him. Jaune has been able to swim against strong currents with great success and his stamina allowed him to do so for long periods. Jaune was also skilled at diving and could hold his breath for at least 30 minutes and his superhuman physiology and aura allowed him to endure heavy pressure and harsh temperatures.

**Skilled Acrobat**: Jaune is a very capable acrobat, though his usual fighting style doesn't typically make use of it. While not as agile as the rest of the group, Jaune is still very acrobatic and is capable of complex maneuvers. Jaune had attended gymnastics courses with his sister Olivia as she didn't want to learn them alone. As Jaune grew older, Jaune began making use of his acrobatic skills more, but mostly for evasion rather than attacking. Jaune is easily capable of performing various things like flips, rolls, and springs and has been able to do multiple somersaults even when wearing heavy armor with barely any effort. Jaune has been able to do as many as 12 flips in a single leap. Jaune was also noted to be quite skilled at freerunning and parkour, being able to traverse dense environments on foot very quickly. Even when wearing a full set of armor and being encumbered by his equipment, Jaune showcases agility that would make even a professional gymnast balk. Jaune can traverse through cities and forests in minutes through a mixture of his enhanced physical abilities and simple ability to run through them.

* **Skilled Climber**: Jaune had exceptional skill with climbing and scaling objects. Even without his use of aura to cling to surfaces, Jaune has repeatedly shown the ability climb up buildings, trees, and other such fixtures without any trouble, even while he was wearing heavy armor or had many weapons on his person. Jaune's ability to climb was not as good as Blake or Sun's ability, but he came close and he could scale almost anything even if it was difficult to get a proper hand or foot hold.

**Sleight of Hand**: Jaune learned a variety of tricks involving sleight of hand. While initially they were just novelty tricks to entertain, Jaune was capable of using them for other purposes. Qrow taught Jaune a few useful tricks like pickpocketing.

* **Lockpicking**
* **Pickpocketing**

**Baseball**: One of Jaune's favorite sports was baseball and he was quite good at it. During the baseball game between the academies during the Vytal Festival, Jaune was Beacon's star player both in terms of pitching and batting.

#### Mental Skills

**Master Tactician/Strategist**: Arguably Jaune's greatest asset is not his martial ability, but his mind. Jaune is a very quick thinker and can come up with several plans to ensure victory. Jaune prefers to go into a situation with several plans already thought of, but he is also good at coming up with ideas on the fly. Jaune aced the leadership and theoretical portions of Beacon's academia and was at the top of the class when it came to those matters. Jaune has served as an advisor to James Ironwood and later of Winter Schnee. who valued his judgment on these matters. Jaune's ability has translated to military operations to the point that he was named Grand Marshal of the United Vytal Army, the second highest rank that one can attain, with Jaune's authority only being superseded by Winter. Ozpin considered Jaune to be one of the greatest tacticians and strategists he had ever known.

**Skilled Dust User**: While not a master, Jaune did know how to use dust effectively. Jaune's knowledge of dust manipulation allowed him to effectively use it in many forms. Jaune's semblance allowed him to super-enhance the dust he used for great effect, to the point that he could rival the Maiden's in output with enough dust and amplification. Jaune became very adept with using dust as time went on, though nowhere near the level of someone like Weiss.

**History Knowledge**: Jaune had an enjoyment of history and studied it in his off time, thanks to his family history. While not a historian, Jaune did have an interest in it and was one of the more historically conscious members of the group after Blake and Weiss. Sometime after Salem's defeat, Jaune got a bachelor's degree in medieval history from Beacon. Jaune claimed to have considered going for his master's as well but was too busy with his other responsibilities to continue on that path.

**Cultural Knowledge**: Jaune had a love of learning about other cultures and peoples and always made a point of talking to locals when he traveled. As a result, Jaune was very culturally minded and quickly got a grasp of different traditions, social mores, and even local myths, legends, and fairy tales. While not as aware as people like Weiss, Ren, or even Blake, Jaune was still quite culturally aware. Jaune was more concerned with everyday life and stories than things like high society.

**Medical Knowledge**: Despite having a semblance that can be used for healing, Jaune also learned first-aid as an additional skill and took a few medical classes while at Beacon and Atlas. This skill also helped focus his semblance healing to a better degree which made it more useful. Jaune's medical knowledge also gave him knowledge of anatomy which also assisted him in combat by knowing vulnerable points and which areas were ideal for attacks. Jaune is a very capable medic and has a license to work as one after passing Tsune's course in Beacon. While Jaune is a good medic and his semblance is very useful, he is not a doctor and is no substitute for one.

**Legal Knowledge**: While not a lawyer, Jaune did know his fair share of Valean Law and the laws stipulated in the Vytal Organization. While all huntsmen are required to have some knowledge of laws, Jaune's interest in history gave him more incentive to learn about the law and he had a great amount of legal knowledge which was frequently very beneficial. Jaune frequently used his legal knowledge to find loopholes around certain problems and to defend himself for some of his less-than-legal actions. Jaune joked that he learned what the laws were so that he could break them more easily. Jaune had the third most amount of legal knowledge after Weiss and Blake.

**Mathematics**: While Jaune wouldn't call himself a mathematician and he honestly disliked math, he was very good at it. Jaune could run calculations in his head very quickly and accurately, with his mind being like a calculator. Beyond helping him keep track of logistics and making use of it during fights to keep track of accurate angles of attack, distances, and other relevant information. Jaune's math skills also allowed him to be a very talented artillery commander.

* **Money Management**: Jaune was very skilled at managing money. Jaune knew how to give wages how to get the most out of his earnings and when to save his money. Jaune could also manage the finances of others whether it be his team or running the logistics of an army. It was not something he enjoyed, but it was a necessary thing to know and he tried his best at it.

**Farming Knowledge**: Jaune was mostly raised on a farm and often helped out the rest of his family and the other farmers there. Jaune knew a lot about farming, ranching, and gardening. While not applicable to his chosen profession, Jaune could do rather well with a farm and had a habit of talking shop with farmers when doing missions in rural areas. Jaune also frequently discussed farming with Oscar and Caramel. This also allowed him to identify various types of plant life which helped with his survival skills.

**Philosophy**: Jaune had an interest in philosophy because of his religious beliefs. While not as much as a philosopher as Ren, Jaune did muse on philosophical topics and was very willing to discuss his beliefs and musing with others (usually with Ozpin or Ren). Jaune was mostly familiar with Valean philosophy as well as the philosophical works of the Graecians, though he also took an interest in Mistralian philosophies after Ren introduced them to him as well as taking such philosophies from his training, especially after his sword training with Shiro Musashi.

**Puzzle and Riddles**: Jaune had an appreciation for puzzles, riddles, and other brain teasers. Beyond being able to solve them quickly and do them well, Jaune was also able to issue his own which were noted to be quite hard to solve. While they didn't always pop up, Jaune was usually the one to solve whatever puzzles that came up. This also allowed Jaune to solve crack codes and ciphers.

**Detective Work**: While not an exceptional detective, Jaune had skill in investigation and detective work. Jaune was mostly an amature at this work, but it was something he had competency of. Jaune's skill of observation allowed him to find clues and information rather quickly and his wealth of knowledge, creative thinking, and fast thought process allowed him to find the truth of matters quite well. Jaune was not as good a detective as people like Qrow, Ren, or Blake but was still skilled.

**Psychological Warfare**: Jaune knew how to manipulate his opponents during fights, being able to take advantage of their mental states and decrease their morale. Jaune mostly used these skills by taunting his enemies so that they made sloppy mistakes while enraged or ramping up his more intimidating features to scare them into submission. Jaune was not very happy with using these skills, but he had them and used them when he felt he needed to.

#### Social Skills

**Skilled Diplomat**: Jaune is a skilled diplomat and prefers to talk things through without violence whenever he can. Jaune is capable of talking down conflicts at different scales whether at a personal level or national. Jaune finds diplomacy to be one of the most effective tools that a huntsman can ever use and so values the skill immensely.

**Skilled Orator**: Jaune was a rather skilled orator, despite his moments of social awkwardness. Jaune frequently had to give speeches and he delivered them very well. Jaune's skill at oration also translated to him being a very good storyteller.

**Multilingual**: Jaune is capable of speaking a multitude of different languages. Jaune is fluent in Common (English), Standard Valean (French), Cymru (Welsh), Hibernian (Irish), Lombardian (Italian), Standard Mantlese (German), Old Sanusan (Latin), Graecean (Greek), and Standard Mistrali (Japanese). Although not a spoken language, Jaune was fluent in both Standard Vytalean Sign Language (ASL) and Valean Sign Language (French Sign Language). Jaune was conversational in Castillian (Spanish), based on some classes he took in high school. While living with the Normani, Jaune learned to speak their language (Icelandic) in limited quantities. While in Vacuo, Sun taught Jaune and the rest of the group some Standard Vacuoan (Arabic), while not fluent he knew enough to get by.

**Deception**: Jaune is relatively skilled at deception. While Jaune disliked lying, he was surprisingly good at making up things on the spot and being able to play it off as the truth. A big part of this is that Jaune allows others to make up their own interpretations of the truth and feeds into it. Jaune's skill at deception only increased with time and training. It is less that Jaune is good at lying (which he would honestly say that he isn't), but he does have skill in distorting the truth in ways that aren't technically lying but achieve the same effect.

**Skilled Negotiator**: Jaune was very skilled at negotiating with others. Jaune could find solutions to problems between two quarreling groups that satisfied both parties reasonably well. Jaune's methods weren't foolproof but he could negotiate with other people very well.

* **Bargaining**: Leading from his negotiating, Jaune was a consummate haggler and would angle bargains whenever he could get one. If there was a chance that Jaune could make a deal that benefited him without it being unfair to the other party, he would take it.

**Skilled Teacher**: Jaune had great teaching skills. Jaune was generally very patient with those he was teaching and made sure that they understood what he was talking about. Jaune could teach many kinds of students and always tried his best to reach them and was noted to be one of the better teachers at Beacon. This also spread to his training others in combat being very fair at most times, while not being afraid to be strict when he needed to be.

#### Artistic Skills

**Master Dancer**: Jaune is a talented dancer, having learned a variety of different styles with the prompting of his mother and sisters. Whether it is casual dancing, formal dancing, clubbing, breakdancing, or even ballet, Jaune will draw eyes as one of the best dancers in the room. Jaune has beaten Yang, Ren, Mercury, and Weiss in dance battles, though they were very difficult affairs. Jaune claimed to be the Lord of Dance, though he was extremely drunk when he made that declaration.

**Skilled Actor**: Jaune was a moderately skilled actor who could give a good performance. While not great or immensely talented, Jaune was not a bad actor and he generally did pretty well at the very least and he could be very convincing when he needed to be. Jaune admitted that he could never be a professional actor, but his skills were serviceable for his needs.

* **Voice Acting**: Jaune is a rather talented voice actor having a surprisingly high range. Probably the best example of this ability was in Amazonia when Jaune disguised himself as a woman. Jaune's voice was so convincing that no one was able to tell that he was actually a man. Jaune is also capable of ventriloquism or throwing his voice.
* **Disguises**: Jaune was surprisingly good at using disguises. This was not out of some inborn talent or even because he wanted to be, he simply often drew the short end of the straw and frequently found himself in situations where he needed to use disguises. Jaune's sisters habit of playing dress up with him also probably played a part in it.

**Skilled Musician**: Jaune was a skilled musician having talents in writing and performing music. Jaune was by no means exceptional and not a real professional, but he did have a great natural talent for music. Jaune wrote music, was a multi-instrumentalist, and he was a good singer. Jaune wrote some music and lyrics in his spare time and was a bit of a poet. Jaune's sisters, Nora, Ruby, and Yang gave less than stellar reviews about his original work, though Weiss, Ren, Blake, and Pyrrha seemed to like it and everyone agreed that Jaune did have great skill in performing music if not writing.

* **Multi-Instrumentalist**: Jaune could play several instruments. Jaune's favorite instruments were the guitar and fiddle/violin and they were the ones he was best at. Jaune was also good with the piano, organ, bass guitar, and a variety of flutes (including panpipes and ocarinas). Jaune was also a competent drummer, at least enough to teach Sun the basics. Jaune was better at playing the violin and piano than Weiss, despite her having the best masters as her teacher, something that infuriated her to no end.
* **Skilled Singer**: Jaune was a very good singer, but his nerves tended to get in the way of it and he wasn't very confident in his voice. Jaune's friends and family helped him find more confidence in his singing voice and he had a rather good range. Jaune usually sang in a heldentenor, but he occasionally strayed into a baritone. Jaune was the second-best singer in the group after Weiss.

**Skilled Artist**: Jaune was a somewhat skilled artist, being able to draw rather well. While not an amazing artist, Jaune was very good at drawing and painting. Jaune found it to be relaxing and good as a sort of meditation. Jaune would never be able to be a professional with his level of skill, but it was very good for someone who did not dedicate himself to the craft. Jaune also had talents in woodcarving and whittling and was known to occasionally handcraft small trinkets both to pass time and to give gifts to his loved ones. Jaune also had skills in needle and textile arts like sewing, embroidery, quilting, and knitting. Jaune also had an interest in photography and was a member of Beacon’s photography club and was a photographer for the student paper. Jaune has also displayed the ability to make jewelry such as bracelets or necklaces. Jaune also seemed to have an eye for women's fashion and interior decorating. Jaune had no skill with pottery or ceramics and admitted to being terrible at creating them and in fact seemed to have much more talent in destroying them. A running gag throughout the series is that whenever Jaune comes into contact with a pot, it will inevitably find a way to break, even if he hadn't touched it. Jaune was not as good at drawing as Blake, as good at painting as Ren, or as good at photography as Velvet but Jaune was no slouch and was still good at them.

* **Cartography**: Jaune had some knowledge of creating maps using his survival skills and his drawing skills. Jaune's maps were effective, if somewhat crude in make. Jaune was nowhere near a professional, but his maps were serviceable and better than anyone else's attempts in the group. Jaune developed this skill with his grandfather.

**Skilled Writer**: Jaune was a good writer who edited for a few published works (mostly Coral and Blake's "literature") and even wrote his own books. While they weren't perfect, Jaune's books sold quite well. Jaune's skill at writing was rather mixed when it came to poetry and prose works. Jaune was not as good a writer as Blake, Ren, or Weiss but he was not half-bad.

**Skilled Blacksmith**: Jaune apprenticed under a blacksmith in his youth and specialized in making blades (such as knives, daggers, swords, polearms, and axes), shields, and armor pieces. While not exceptional, he is licensed and is very competent at the job. Jaune made most of his equipment himself and knew how to maintain them as well. He has no real skill with firearms or mecha-shifts (those being more in the realm of a gunsmith and engineer respectively), beyond what he had been taught to take care of his equipment. Jaune was the second-best blacksmith in the group, after Ruby.

#### Miscellaneous Skills

**Master Survivalist**: Jaune was taught survival skills by his grandfather during their frequent camping trips when he was younger. Jaune took these lessons to heart and continued to practice them as he got older. His time at Beacon helped bring these lessons higher, as did his partnership with Qrow. After the Fall of Beacon, these skills were immensely useful. He also tempered them while working as an Atlas Specialist. Jaune is capable of crafting, camping, hunting, fishing, foraging, building shelters, and other related skills. Jaune had an uncanny sense of direction which allowed him to instinctively know what direction he was facing. Jaune has been able to survive being lost in woodlands, mountains, deserted islands, tundra & taigas, and deserts with next to no supplies and still manage to thrive, relatively speaking.

* **Skilled Hunter**: Jaune was a very skilled hunter. Jaune could expertely track, stalk, trap, and kill prey effortlessly without spooking it and without causing too much pain or damage. Jaune also knew how to skin, dress, and prepare the game he caught and stated he didn't even really need to think while doing it, it all being ingrained into his instincts.
* **Skilled Fisher**: Jaune was an extremely skilled fisherman. Jaune absolutely loved fishing and stated that it was one of his favorite ways to pass the time. Jaune found fishing to be immensely relaxing and he just really liked doing it. Jaune could fish with a fishing rod, spears, bows and arrows, nets, traps, or even just use his bare hands to pluck fish from water.

**Stealth**: While not his specialty, Jaune has shown the capability to use stealth as he has been trained by Ren, Blake, from Anne Greene’s class in Beacon, and in the Specialist Program. While not the best fit for stealth, he is capable enough to meet the standards of Atlas Black Ops with little difficulty which is an extremely high bar. Jaune was able to completely disguise his presence such that he couldn’t be sensed, something that was very hard to do.

**Espionage & Counter-Espionage**: As part of his training at Beacon and in the Specialist Program, Jaune learned many skills for espionage and counter-espionage. Jaune was somewhat adept at gathering information covertly in many different forms as well as stopping others from learning information. Jaune also knew various codes and ciphers, as well as how to break them. Jaune was also a rather skilled interrogator. While at one point Jaune did use torture, he stopped that both for moral reasons and because of his perception of it lacking success. Jaune instead used his affable nature and skills at comforting others to subtly coax others into giving information freely. Jaune was also trained in how to resist torture and not give up any information.

**Homemaking**: Jaune has a variety of skills related to homemaking. Jaune was jokingly called "the ultimate househusband." While Jaune naturally took to most of these skills, they mostly developed because his sisters tended to dump their chores on him. As such, Jaune is very skilled at cooking, housekeeping, laundry, gardening, landscaping, plumbing, carpentry, and sewing amongst others. Jaune was also an exceptionally good handyman having been taught by his father and grandfather how to handle most repairs by himself. Jaune was stated to be rather fussy when it came to keeping things clean and often lightly chastised his friends and family when they made too much of a mess while cleaning up after them.

* **Master Chef**: Jaune is an amazingly talented chef who can make delicious meals that are so good that a few have claimed that he ranks up with some of the best chefs on Remnant. Jaune shares the role of team chef with Ren and the two consider themselves rivals when it comes to cooking, with Ren being one of the few people who can give Jaune a run for his money. Even with scrounging up materials in the wild and just using a campfire, Jaune could make a hearty meal that anyone can enjoy. Jaune specializes in making both Valean and Atlesian food, but he has also learned to make some food from Mistral, Vacuo, and Menagerie to broaden his horizons. Jaune is also a very talented baker, being able to make a variety of baked goods and confections. Jaune is easily the best baker of the group, though Ruby is better at baking cookies than he is and Ren can make better pancakes. Jaune's immense skill with cooking is natural, though his experience and practice have brought it to great levels.
* **Serving**: Jaune was a more than passable butler and servant. After losing a bet to Weiss, she insisted that Jaune learn how to act like a proper butler did (although she initially had him wearing a Valean Maid's uniform). Despite his being very exasperated by her, he agreed and followed her instructions to be a "proper" butler. Jaune also did play the part of a butler at the café he worked at, though it didn't really count. This came in handy for disguises and Jaune had to act as a butler toward his friends a couple of times because he lost bets to them.

**Massages**: Jaune was very good at giving massages, as attested to by his sisters and teammates. Jaune had enough skill to be a professional masseur, but he had no interest in such a thing. Jaune's friends and family stated that he had "magic hands" and his massages always seemed to melt away the tension that they felt. Jaune and Ren were about tied when it came to giving massages.

**Driving**: Jaune can drive a car, truck, motorcycle, or other motor vehicle reasonably well. While Jaune prefers riding horses to driving, he is good enough that he has no issues and no one else has issues if he drives. Jaune is the second choice to drive anything as he has the second most experience after Yang (also because they were the only two to actually have driver's licenses). Jaune could drive a stick shift but found it very annoying, vastly preferring automatics. While not a mechanic, Jaune could do basic maintenance of vehicles.

**Piloting**: As part of his Specialist training, Jaune had to learn how to pilot aircrafts. It is not Jaune's favorite method of travel, though he has shown competency in it. Despite his competency, he is one of the last people to be told to pilot anything as most of his friends have better ability in the field.

**Chess Grandmaster**: Jaune is a registered member of the Vytal Chess Foundation and received the title of Grandmaster. Jaune was good enough at chess to beat fellow grandmasters Charles Arc, Glynda Goodwitch, James Ironwood, and Weiss Schnee, though he has never been able to beat Professor Ozpin or Oscar (however both admitted that Jaune was probably one of the hardest opponents either had ever faced).

### Techniques

#### Physical Techniques

**Afterimage**: Jaune was capable of moving so fast that he left afterimages behind. While these afterimages can't actually do anything, it is useful for leaving one behind so the opponent is briefly distracted or confused, either allowing Jaune to evade attacks or distract his opponent long enough for him to attack them. Jaune has been able to move fast enough to leave four afterimages behind.

**Arc de Triomphe**

**Air Slam**: Jaune leaps into the air and slams into the ground usually striking with his weapon all the while. This causes an immense amount of damage and causes a shockwave, but is easy to predict.

* **Ultimate Chokeslam**: Jaune grabs his opponent by the throat and leaps high into the air before slamming his opponent into the ground, keeping his grip firm and using all his body weight to make it even harsher on his opponent while using their body to break his fall.

**Air Superiority**: Jaune uses his strength to launch his opponent into the air and then leaps after them. While they are in the air, Jaune unleashes a barrage of strikes: slashing them eight times with his sword, punching and kicking them higher into the air, slashing them five more times, slamming them back to the ground with his sword, and finally stabbing them from above with the full weight of his sword.

**Boomerang Blade**: Jaune throws his sword as though it were a boomerang to attack multiple enemies. While a risky move, Jaune has made use of it and he later acquired Pyrrha's Polarity which meant he could use it safely.

**Earth Splitter**: Jaune focuses a great amount of his aura before slamming his weapon into the ground. This attack causes shockwaves that harm anyone hit by them and cleaves the ground in front of him in two.

* **Earthquake**: Charging his aura in his fist, Jaune then slams it into the ground. Beyond the powerful shockwaves, the force caused the ground far from Jaune to protrude upwards and hit anything that was standing where he was aiming it.
* **Shockwave Slash**: Jaune charges his aura for a second before slashing his weapon across the ground, causing a shockwave that travels across the ground in a line and harms anyone hit by it.

**Exploding Strike**: Jaune charges his aura in his weapon for a while before unleashing an extremely powerful attack. This attack is extremely powerful but is very telegraphed and somewhat slow to perform. If it hits it will do immense damage.

* **Maximum Punch**: Jaune charges all of his aura into his fist and then strikes, unleashing a massively powerful attack that obliterates anything that is hit by it. Using his semblance can enhance to strike to an extreme amount, though Jaune's arm would almost certainly be shattered by the impact. Jaune can do a similar attack with the only difference being that it's a kick instead of a punch.

**Hundred Slash**: Using a slashing weapon, Jaune unleashes a barrage of rapid-fire slashes in a matter of seconds. These slashes are unfocused and mostly meant to be a volley of attacks of a varying amount of lethality. Unlike his more focused Nine Slash, it is meant to be a quantity-over-quality approach.

* **Infinite Slash**: Jaune channels his aura within him before he uses his immense speed to slash around his body in an instant. While to the naked eye, Jaune did not move an inch, in reality he did hundreds of attacks in the span of a second. It is immensely tiring to do, and Jaune spent years refining it.
* **Nine Slashes**: During Jaune's time studying under Shiro Musashi, he witnessed her duel against Kojiro Sasaki in which Sasaki used his technique "Tsubame Gaeshi". Inspired, Jaune attempted to replicate it but found he would never be able to due to lacking Kojiro's mindset. Instead, Jaune decided to do the next best thing and create his own version. Jaune's attack is "Nine Slashes" which involves him using his super speed to unleash nine slashes nearly instantly. These nine slashes are each targeted toward a vital spot and meant to instantly kill or subdue an opponent. Unlike his unfocused Hundred Slash, the Nine Slashes technique is extremely focused and does immense damage being a quality-over-quantity approach.

**Hundred Stab**: Using a stabbing weapon, Jaune unleashes a barrage of rapid-fire stabs in a matter of seconds. These stabs are unfocused and mostly meant to be a volley of attack with a varying amount of lethality.

* **Focused Hundred Stab**: Jaune created a variant of Hundred Stab wherein he uses his super speed to unleash multiple stabs in nearly a single instant. Unlike a regular Hundred Stab, it is a focused attack that are targeted at vital spots. Despite the name, it is not actually a hundred stab being closer to twelve.

**Quickdraw**: Jaune channels his aura for a moment and then unleashes an extremely powerful attack immediately after drawing his sword from its scabbard, in a matter similar to iaido. This also applies to his pistols, which he can draw and fire extremely quickly, while also being accurate.

**Shield Charge**: Deploying his shield, Jaune charges forward like a battering ram. This allows him to bash and trample over everything in his way. It relied on Jaune's superhuman strength and speed, but it was very easy to predict and he could not change direction once he started.

**Spin Attack**: Jaune charges his energy for a second before spinning in a circle, slashing his opponents all the while. It is good for when surrounded by multiple opponents.

* **Tornado Attack**: Rather than spinning once, Jaune continues spinning essentially becoming a human top that slashes anything that comes near him. Jaune often ends this attack by slamming his weapon into the ground which causes a shockwave from the force it generates. It is very easy to get dizzy when performing the technique but it is very good for crowd control.
* **Lift Off**: Jaune performs his spin attack but launches himself into the air while doing it.

**Rising Uppercut**: Jaune unleashes a massive spinning uppercut that sends both him and his opponent flying into the air.

* **Upper Slash**: Jaune essentially performs an uppercut, but instead of using his fist he uses his sword.

**Stinger**: Jaune thrusts forward with a massive and powerful stab. While it is an attack that is easy to predict, it is extremely lethal and once it lands it can do immense amounts of damage.

**Supreme Counter**: Jaune waits for an opponent to attack him. Once it is done, Jaune either dodges, blocks or parries the attack away and prepares to counterattack. Jaune then rapidly slashes his opponent nine times before putting all his power in a final powerful slash that sends them flying away.

**Wind Strike**: Jaune was capable of striking hard enough to cause powerful gusts of wind through sheer force. While not the most powerful of attacks, it was rather useful in a pinch.

* **Razor Wind**: Jaune could use a variant of Wind Strike where he released blasts of razor wind with bladed weapons. This cost nothing Jaune's stamina and was a useful ranged attack when Jaune had no other option.

#### Mental Techniques

**Image Training**: Image Training was a technique that allowed one to "train" inside their mindscape. The way it worked was imagining a scenario such as a fight and running through what happens inside the mind. This uses the information about the hypothetical and everything and everyone involved in it. Jaune was able to use this technique to picture everything he knew about his opponents and foresee how a fight would go between them. This allowed Jaune to come up with strategies to fight them based on the reasoning he made in his mind. This is not perfect as it requires the knowledge that Jaune has of someone and is based on what he thinks they would do, so it can lead him astray if he thinks wrong. Jaune was capable of using a version of it during battles that essentially allowed him to predict his opponents' moves based on logical reasoning before they did them. This also allows Jaune to run simulations in his head about his allies and friends, and predict how battles will occur. As long as Jaune can imagine it, he will have a decent simulation of how it goes on.

#### Aura Arts

**Aura Attacks**: The ability to use aura for offensive possibilities.

* **Aura Beam**: Jaune can fire a continuous beam of pure aura from either his body or focused through an object, though it costs a great amount of aura to initiate and it quickly burns through his aura to do so. Jaune also managed to concentrate it on a specific body part or through his weapons for better control. Jaune primarily channeled the beam through his swords. The power, size, and range of the energy beam depended on how much aura he put into the technique. Using his semblance, Jaune could fire massive beams that could obliterate fortresses or even cities.
* **Aura Blade**: Jaune can envelop part of his body or an item he is holding with aura that sharpens to the point of being a blade. Jaune's blades were sharp and only added to the sharpness of any existing blade it was used on. Jaune used this to turn his hands or feet into emergency blades, turn mundane objects into viable weapons, or to super-enhance his bladed weapons to extreme sharpness. Jaune could also use this to create bigger blades by extending the length of an existing blade artificially. The more energy that Jaune used to create these blades the sharper the edge was or the larger it could be.
	+ **Aura Chainsaw**: A variant on Aura Blade that allows Jaune to envelop something with aura in a fashion similar to that of a chainsaw. It is very good for making massive wounds and for repeatedly tearing away at a target. The more energy that Jaune used to create this chainsaw, the sharper and faster it became to the point that it could easily carve through almost anything.
* **Aura Blast**: Jaune could fire a concentrated blast of pure aura from his body or weapon, though it costs quite a bit of aura and great control to do so. Jaune later managed to control the output so that he could be more economical while using it. Jaune also managed to concentrate it into a specific body part for better control. The power, size, and range of the blast depended on how much energy he put into the attack.
	+ **Aura Explosion**: Jaune is capable of releasing his aura from his entire body in a massive and unfocused explosion. Jaune charges the aura inside of his body for a while before releasing it in an attack that is useful both for offense and defense. How much aura it uses and how destructive it is, depends on how much aura Jaune charges. With Jaune's semblance, he can charge massive explosions that can obliterate everything in his general area.
	+ **Aura Wave**: Jaune performs a wave motion with his arm or a weapon which releases a blast of aura in a wavy arc-like fashion. It was somewhat similar to an Aura Slash but was more related to an Aura Blast.
* **Aura Bolt**: A smaller bolt of Aura that does some damage and is relatively economical to use. Jaune can manipulate the direction of these bolts even in midair. Jaune can fire it from his body (typically throwing it from his hand) or from a weapon. Jaune was limited by only having two arms so he could only fire two shots at once, though he later learned to launch a barrage of Aura Bolts one after another. The power, size, and range of the bolt depended on how much energy he put into the attack.
	+ **Aura Cannon**: Aura Cannon was a variant of Aura Bolt, acting as a charged shot. It was much more powerful, but the projectile was slower and it took time to charge. Jaune can manipulate the direction of the balls even in midair. Jaune can fire it from his body (typically throwing it from his hand) or from a weapon. Jaune was limited by only having two arms so he could only fire two shots at once, though he later learned to launch a barrage of Aura Cannons one after another. Jaune could also use both hands to charge an even more powerful one. The power, size, and range of the ball depended on how much energy he put into the attack and how much he charged it.
	+ **Aura Pulse**: Aura Pulse was a variant of Aura Bolt that was also similar to Aura Bomb. It was a slow-moving Aura Bolt that exploded whenever it hit something. Jaune can manipulate the direction of these pulses even in midair. Jaune can fire it from his body (typically throwing it from his hand) or from a weapon. Jaune was limited by only having two arms so he could only fire two shots at once, though he later learned to launch a barrage of Aura Pulses one after another. Jaune could create as many pulses as long as he had the aura to afford it. The power, size, and range of the ball depended on how much energy he put into the attack.
* **Aura Bomb**: Jaune could create orbs of aura that exploded after some time. They were similar to Aura Bolts, but they exploded after some time. Jaune can manipulate the direction of these bolts even in midair. Jaune can fire it from his body (typically throwing it from his hand) or from a weapon. Jaune was limited by only having two arms so he could only fire two shots at once, though he later learned to launch a barrage of Aura Bombs one after another. The power and area of effect of the bomb depended on how much energy he put into the attack.
* **Aura Disk**: Jaune could create disks of aura that bounced off surfaces until they eventually dissipated. Jaune can manipulate the direction of these disks even in midair. Jaune can fire it from his body (typically throwing it from his hand) or from a weapon. Jaune was limited by only having two arms so he could only fire two shots at once, though he later learned to launch a barrage of Aura Disks one after another. Jaune could create as many disks as long as he had the aura to afford it. The size and lasting power of the disk depended on the amount of energy he put into it.
	+ **Aura Razor Disk**: Jaune later developed a razor disk variant. While no longer able to bounce, it was much more lethal. Jaune can fire it from his body (typically throwing it from his hand) or from a weapon. Jaune was limited by only having two arms so he could only fire two shots at once, though he later learned to launch a barrage of Aura Disks one after another. Jaune could create as many disks as long as he had the aura to afford it. The razor disk's size, lasting power, and sharpness depended on the amount of energy he put into it.
* **Aura Impact**: Jaune could create a shockwave from any impact he made. This shockwave sent anything within the radius of the impact into the air and did damage to anything in that radius. Jaune could also use it to cushion any damage he would ordinarily take from falling. The amount of aura consumed depended on the impact (such as how long he was falling or how hard he was striking) and how big he wanted the shockwave to be.
	+ **Aura Strike**: Jaune could use a variant of his Aura Impact with his strikes. Whether Jaune punched, kicked, or otherwise hit something then he could use his aura to explode with that strike. This caused much more damage than a regular strike and also left a shockwave. It could also be used with a sort of time lag so that the aura strike to its effect sometime after the strike is completed. This makes it so that whatever strike Jaune made left two impacts instead of a single one. How powerful Aura Strike is depends on how much aura he uses for it.
* **Aura Slash**: When using a bladed weapon, Jaune is capable of firing a slash of energy from the blade that goes for a fair bit of distance. Jaune has mastered this such that Jaune could launch barrages of slashes without yielding. The power, sharpness, size, and range of the slash depended on how much energy Jaune put into it.
* **Aura Tether**: Aura Tether was a whip or tendril made out of pure aura. Jaune could use it as a whip, grappling hook, bola, or tether. This meant that Jaune could use it to attack, traverse, tie up enemies, or tie things together. Jaune could create up to five tethers per arm. Jaune could also shoot the tethers out or plant them between objects. The size, length, and strength of the tether depended on how much aura he put into it.
	+ **Aura Threads**: Jaune could use a variant of Aura Tether in the form of wires or threads that came from his fingertips. These threads could be used to hold things together or temporarily stitch them, though they could also be used as razor-sharp garrote wire. The length, strength, and sharpness depended on how much aura he put into it. Jaune can freely manipulate these wires as he wishes.

**Aura Constructs**: Jaune can create limited constructs made from his aura. Jaune typically creates items that he is familiar with such as blades or shields. As Jaune is a certified blacksmith, he is quite capable of making use of this ability.

* **Aura Arrow**: Jaune can create arrows made of pure aura. Jaune has shown immense proficiency in this being able to create and fire a barrage of energy arrows all at once or even massive bolts of aura. Jaune later developed a way to fire massive bolts of aura that turned into many smaller arrows. Jaune has also shown the ability to manipulate the direction of these arrows even in midair and has developed a homing variant of his arrows and even made an exploding variant. The size, number, power, and attributes of the arrows depend on how much energy he put into them.
* **Aura Axe**: Jaune could create axes made out of pure aura. While useful in a pinch, they were inherently inferior to a real axe and could only have a few uses before they faded. Jaune could use them as melee weapons or throwing weapons. The strength, size, and properties of the axe depended on how much aura he put into creating it.
* **Aura Bullet**: Jaune can create bullets out of his aura. While Jaune can simply fire them from his fingertips, he can also load them into a gun or just manifest them into the chamber and use them like regular bullets. Jaune can manipulate the direction of these bullets even in midair. Jaune typically shot them by making a finger gun sign but, he could also spread his fingers out to shoot from all of them similar in theory to a duck foot pistol. From firing them from his fingertips, he could spin them as though they were rifled shots. Jaune could also rapidly fire the bullets and he later developed tracking variants of his aura bullets. The size, power, number, and properties of the bullet depended on how much aura he put into them.
* **Aura Dagger**: Jaune could create daggers and knives made out of pure aura. While useful in a pinch, they were inherently inferior to a real dagger and could only have a few uses before they faded. Jaune could create many knives to use as melee weapons or throw them. The size, strength, number, and properties of the knives depended on the amount of energy he put into making them.
* **Aura Club**: Jaune could create any number of blunt weapons (hammers, maces, clubs, etc.) made out of pure aura. While useful in a pinch, they were inherently inferior to a real weapon and could only have a few uses before they faded. Jaune could use them as melee weapons or throwing weapons. The strength, size, and properties of the cudgel depended on how much aura he put into creating it.
* **Aura Shield**: Jaune can create shields out of aura. While initially very fragile, Jaune learned to create very powerful shields of various shapes and sizes. Jaune's greatest shield is a massive flower-shaped one with seven layers that are each as durable as a fortress wall, though it takes an immense amount of aura to use and he has to constantly supply aura to keep it up. Jaune can also create dome shields to protect a certain area. The amount of aura that it takes depends on the type of shield he makes, the size, how many he makes, and how long he holds it up. A simple round shield takes barely any energy, whilst his ultimate shield can swiftly eat up his entire supply.
* **Aura Spear**: Jaune could create many different types of spears from his aura. While useful in a pinch, they were inherently inferior to a real spear and could only have a few uses before they faded. Jaune could use them as melee weapons or throwing weapons. The strength, size, and properties of the spear depended on how much aura he put into creating it.
* **Aura Sword**: Jaune could create many different types of swords from his aura. While useful in a pinch, they were inherently inferior to a real sword and could only have a few uses before they faded. Jaune could use them as melee weapons or throwing weapons. The strength, size, and properties of the sword depended on how much aura he put into creating it.

**Aura Suppression**: Aura Suppression is the ability to suppress one's own aura so that it cannot be sensed. Jaune was originally unable to do so but after several years of practice managed to reach mastery over it. Jaune was capable of suppressing his aura to the point that he had no sensible signature which was only something that only the dead usually had. This consumes no aura to use.

**Awakening**: Awakening refers to the ability to unlock the auras of others. It takes a substantial amount of aura to do this, especially if the person who is being awakened has a lot of aura. With Jaune's aura reserves, he could awaken dozens of if not a hundred people without a second thought or a hint of fatigue. Jaune's chant when unlocking someone's aura is "For it is in righteousness that we achieve strength. Through this, we become a bulwark to protect the innocent and rise to heroism. Blessed with valor and unhindered by hate, I release your soul, and by my spirit, empower thee."

**Locking**: Locking is the ability to lock someone's aura. Using this technique locks someone's aura nodes so they can no longer use aura unless they have it unlocked once more. It is a dangerous technique that is only used on dangerous criminals.

**Reinforcement:** Reinforcement is the ability to use aura to strengthen, or reinforce, something. Jaune is capable of using reinforcement on himself or on objects and even organisms that he is touching. This allows Jaune to bring the best qualities of something and magnify them, pushing them to their limits. While it does use aura to do it, it does not consume any aura to perform. Reinforcement is one of the most important skills that a huntsman has and is simple in theory, though mastery of it is extremely difficult to achieve. At low to moderate levels of reinforcement, it was mostly harmless, though at higher levels it could have disastrous consequences if done wrong. Basic reinforcement simply involves pushing one's aura into an object or body part in low amounts, though higher levels require knowledge of the inner workings of the item being reinforced and careful use of aura being pushed into it. At a certain level, Reinforcement also allows one to harm spiritual or spectral bodies due to its use of immense auric energy, the very essence of the soul. Jaune is very skilled with all forms of Reinforcement and he is very efficient in its use. Additionally, his semblance allows him to reinforce things to immense levels that others could only dream of.

* **Body Reinforcement:** The practice of reinforcing one's own body. Reinforcement allows someone to magnify their natural abilities, and how much they were boosted by depended on how much aura was used to do it. Masters of Body Reinforcement have been able to reinforce their bodies passively, so their natural limits are ignored at all times. This works to increase strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, reflexes, and the senses. While it can be used on the entire body all at once, it can be focused on a particular body part to enhance it immensely (such as focusing on one arm for added strength or focusing on the eyes so that one can see kilometers away or see in the dark). Jaune is particularly good at reinforcement and has a masterful control of it, though he had extreme difficulties originally especially when it came to conserving aura while using it. Jaune has reached a point where he is always passively reinforcing himself on some level and his semblance allows him to push his body to immense levels of output that others could never hope to reach.
* **Item Reinforcement**: Jaune can channel his aura into an item that he is touching to make it even better than it was before. It is primarily used on weaponry so that said weapon does more damage, is more durable, and can make use of aura attacks. There are also more mundane uses such as using aura to make food more nourishing and flavorful or making the edge of a knife sharper. It is hard to master and doing it wrong can damage to item being reinforced, possibly destroying it outright. Reinforcement can also be used to "scan" an object to analyze it and find any deformities, which can then be fixed (i.e. scanning a broken computer to find what's wrong and then using reinforcement to get it working again). Jaune could also use this to reinforce organisms like animals or even people, though this was much harder than reinforcing a non-living object and if done wrong could be fatal. Jaune is also very skilled at Item Reinforcement and his semblance allows him to boost items to an extreme extent such that even the most mundane of items can become weapons of destruction, though they would almost assuredly be destroyed as a result.

**Shielding:** One of the primary uses of Aura is the ability to create a shield that surrounds the body. It is one of the first things that aura users learn. It must be actively called upon to be used, though some aura users are so advanced that they always have their shields up. Calling a shield or simply having it up does not consume any aura, though getting hit does and those who are skilled at it can limit the aura loss of injuries to a great extent (such that a hit that could take half the aura of a novice, only takes 20% of an expert). The amount of aura consumed depends on the hit and some hits can simply break through the shield. Jaune instinctively knew how to shield himself with his aura, though he took a while to master it. Jaune eventually reached the level of always having a passive aura shield. Jaune's shield is much more durable than most people's aura shields and it can take a great amount of damage before breaking. Jaune's semblance allows his shield to become ultra-powerful such that he is almost invincible.

**Surface Walk**: Using Aura, Jaune could cling to nearly any surface as though it was flat ground. It was a very advanced technique and it took a long time for Jaune to master. As Jaune has mastered it, he doesn't need to think about using it consciously. Jaune can even use it to walk on water. No matter how wild or stormy the waves are, Jaune can walk on them as though it were solid ground. Jaune can turn off this ability should he need to swim. It costs a minimal amount of aura to use.

**Willpower**: Willpower is the ability to exert one's own will on others. The most common application of this is for intimidation, by exerting their will on someone they subject them to an immense amount of pressure that will either cause that person to back down or fail, in some extreme cases it has caused people to faint. It can be bolstered by someone's killing intent or bloodlust. It can also be used to get someone to do what the user wants them to do, though it can be resisted and is not mind control. Despite its usefulness and his skill with it, Jaune dislikes this ability. Jaune believes that goes against everything that a huntsman should be as it relies on fear and intimidation to work. This consumes no aura to use or keep up, it is simply overwhelming others with the feeling of one's aura. The more aura they have, the more their will is exerted.

### Other

**Wealth**: Jaune comes from two old and well-off families: the Arcs and the Pendragons. As a result, Jaune grew up rather wealthy, though his family was not fond of showing it off and Jaune was encouraged to provide for himself by finding his own employment. Jaune treated his family's coffers as something to use for emergencies, rather than everyday use. Jaune also took Fafnir's treasure horde which gave him an immense amount of wealth that he couldn't even spend a fraction of in a single lifetime if he tried. After Jaune married both Ruby and Weiss, his wealth only grew but his attitude toward it stayed the same.

### Weaknesses

#### Physical

**Anti-Grimm Paraphernalia**: As a consequence of being part Grimm, Jaune is weak to anything that is specifically designed to kill Grimm. This includes silver, mythril, holy light, and other such items. This weakness was almost non existent when Jaune was in human form and later his pure aura allowed him to resist these effects for the most part. While Jaune can still be hurt by these effects, it is not nearly as bad as a regular Grimm and he will quickly recover from it.

**Food Intake**: Jaune required a massive amount of nourishment to sustain himself. Jaune didn't eat as much as Nora, but it was still often joked that he had a black hole for a stomach. Jaune needs to eat almost three times as much as the average person, though he could use his aura to mitigate this somewhat. Jaune's Grimm form allows him to sustain himself on blood instead of food and any type of blood will suffice.

**Sickly Constitution (Formerly)**: Jaune was born with a very weak constitution that made him nearly die soon after birth. Jaune was completely healed of his illness a few days after his birth,

**Motion Sickness** **(Formerly)**: Jaune used to suffer from motion sickness, something that has plagued the Arc family for generations. While not debilitating, it was a source of derision from others and a personal annoyance. For whatever reason it only ever occurred when Jaune was using aerial transport and was drastically lessened on naval transport and non-existent when it came automobiles. Through training and exposure (Qrow strapping him to a machine that spun for hours), Jaune eventually conquered his motion sickness.

**Lack of Training & Experience (Formerly)**: When Jaune first came to Beacon he lacked the proper training and experience that a typical student was expected to have. While he had the knowledge and body of a great huntsman, his combat skills left much to be desired and he only ever fought low-level Grimm like Beowolves and Ursai. While his mind and dirty fighting style helped make up for this lack of skill, it was something that kept him toward the bottom of the class when it came to combat. With training from his friends, Jaune developed extraordinarily fast matching most of his peers in months when they had been training for years.

#### Mental

**Stubbornness**: A consequence of his indomitable will was that it could easily be turned into stubbornness. Jaune could be set in his ways and remain obstinate despite evidence that should make him reconsider things. While not always a problem and it is often a strength, it can easily be used as a mark against him and can be taken advantage of.

**Self-Sacrificial Tendencies**

**Lack of Self-worth**

**Imposter Syndrome**

**Social Awkwardness**: Jaune was notoriously socially awkward. Although Jaune enjoyed meeting new people and making friends, he had a bad habit of putting his foot in his mouth and could be utterly clueless in conversation at times. While Jaune got most social clues, he sometimes missed them completely. Jaune was not totally useless in conversation and was very sociable, sometimes he botched communication hard. It lessened as Jaune grew older, but it still occurred at times.

**Bad Temper (Formerly)**: While Jaune was normally a very patient person, certain things inflamed his temper and got him to rage. While it would take a lot to get over this line, when it did Jaune lost almost all control over himself. Jaune's rages could get so bad that he was almost like a human Grimm in some cases and was basically feral. Through time, effort, therapy, and meditation, Jaune managed to get over this temper and become a much more patient person.

**Emotional & Mental Instability (Formerly)**

* **Mephistopheles (Formerly)**: Following his experimentation and torture by Salem's Cabal, Jaune was plagued by the existence of Mephistopheles, the manifestation of all of Jaune's worst qualities and his Grimm side. Jaune wasn't sure if Mephistopheles actually originated from the repressed desires and feelings he had, or was a wholly artificial construct meant to drive him mad, though he preferred to think of him as the former. Mephistopheles pushed Jaune toward his worst impulses and preyed on his insecurities in an attempt to drive him insane so he would lose sight of his identity to become nothing but a body for Mephistopheles to control. Jaune eventually defeated Mephistopheles and rid himself of his existence completely.

**Insomnia (Formerly)**: Jaune used to suffer from insomnia. The constant stress and nightmares that Jaune had made it so that he had long periods where he was completely unable to sleep. Jaune eventually got over his insomnia for the most part, though he still suffered from night terrors at times.

## Paraphernalia

### Weapons

#### Current

**Excalibur**: Excalibur was Jaune's personal sword which he forged it from the remains of Cortain, Joyeuse, Radiance, Caliburn, and Caledfwlch with the help of Ruby. It was a rather large longsword with a white steel blade with runic designs in the shape of five crosses that was meant for slashing, cutting, and thrusting, a large and ornate golden crossguard with an inscription reading "If ye be worthy, useth me in defense of the innocent," a few dust crystals embedded within it, and hooked quillions that allowed it to hook weapons and shields or trip opponents, a long blue leather wrapped grip that was large enough for two hands, and a golden scent stopper pommel that could be used as a striking weapon. Excalibur was able to use fire, ice, lightning, wind, and gravity dust and the runes on the blade changed color to indicate its use. This dust allowed it to use elemental attacks such as setting his sword on fire, launch fire attacks, freeze things or create ice constructs, channel electricity and act as a taser, fire large gusts of wind, create tornadoes, launch razor wind, envelop the blade with wind to turn it invisible, use the gravity dust to hit harder or fly back to his hands when it was separated from him, or combine the dust effects for different uses. Having been made from Mythril it was especially effective against the Grimm due to it negating their healing abilities and ability to kill most Grimm in a few slashes. Excalibur was incredibly sharp to the point that it could carve through nearly anything and it was immensely durable, being one of the few swords capable of withstanding Jaune's full power even as he used the full brunt of his Semblance. Excalibur was highly conductive for his aura and semblance, allowing him to launch long ranged aura attacks by swinging its blade. Jaune frequently used it with his shield/scabbard, Pridwen, though he was also capable using it on it's own, or dual wielding it with Gram, Carnwennan, or one of his pistols.

**Gram**: Gram was a sword created from the remains of Crocea Mors and Tenebris. It was a rather large longsword with a black steel blade with runic designs that was meant meant for slashing, cutting, and thrusting, a large black crossguard with a few dust crystals embedded within it and hooked quillions that allowed it to hook weapons and shields or trip opponents, a long black leather wrapped grip that was large enough for two hands, and a black scent stopper pommel that could be used as a striking weapon. Gram was able to use fire, ice, lightning, wind, and gravity dust and the runes on the blade changed color to indicate its use. This dust allowed it to use elemental attacks such as setting his sword on fire, launch fire attacks, freeze things or create ice constructs, channel electricity and act as a taser, fire large gusts of wind, create tornadoes, launch razor wind, envelop the blade with wind to turn it invisible, use the gravity dust to hit harder or fly back to his hands when it was separated from him, or combine the dust effects for different uses. Having been made from Anra steel, it was especially effective against Humans and Faunus because of its ability to negate aura. Gram was incredibly sharp to the point that it could carve through nearly anything and it was immensely durable, being one of the few swords capable of withstanding Jaune's full power even as he used the full brunt of his Semblance. Because of its composition, Jaune could not use his aura techniques on the sword and he only drew it from it's scabbard when he had no choice but to kill. Jaune frequently used it with his shield/scabbard, Pridwen, though he was also capable using it on it's own, or dual wielding it with Excalibur, Carnwennan, or one of his pistols.

**Rhongomyniad**: Rhongomyniad is a mecha-shift lance that originally belonged to Arthur Pendragon and was passed down to Jaune by his mother, who also used it. Rhongomyniad was very heavy and best suited for either being used with two hands or on horseback, though Jaune could swing or throw it with a single hand as though it weighed nothing. It could shift between a compact form, javelin, short spear, and a lance and it had dust slots for fire, ice, lightning, wind, and gravity dust. This dust allowed it to use elemental attacks such as setting the spearhead on fire, launch fire attacks similar to a flamethrower, freeze things or create ice constructs, channel electricity and act as a taser, fire large gusts of wind, create tornadoes, launch razor wind, use the gravity dust to hit harder or fly back to his hands when it was separated from him, or combine the dust effects for different uses. The spearhead of Rhongomyniad was incredibly sharp to the point that it could carve and pierce through nearly anything and it was immensely durable, being one of the few weapons capable of withstanding Jaune's full power even as he used the full brunt of his Semblance. Rhongomyniad was highly conductive for his aura and semblance, allowing him to launch long ranged aura attacks by swinging its blade. Jaune would later incorporate some of the remains of Pyrrha's weapon, Milo. This made it somewhat heavier and gave it cosmetic changes. Jaune frequently used it on it's own, but he could also use it with his shield/scabbard, Pridwen.

**Carnwennan**: Carnwennan is a large dagger that originally belonged to Artorius Arc. Though it is a dagger, it is closer to a short sword in most respects. It was incredibly sharp and durable. It had gravity dust in the hilt which allowed it to return to Jaune's hands when it was separated from him.

**Failnaut**: Failnaught was a mecha-shift bow that Jaune used as a long-ranged weapon. It was originally his great-grandfather's, though Jaune ended up taking it as his own as he wanted an additional long-range weapon. It has a very high tensile strength and requires an immense amount of strength to pull back, such that ordinary people can not use it. When not in use, Failnaught can shift into a smaller easier-to-carry form. Jaune carries a variety of arrows on a quiver by his side including regular, silver, fire, ice, and gravity, though he most often simply uses his aura to construct arrows of a variety of types.

**Lux et Umbra**: Lux et Umbra are a pair of heavily modified Atlesian Magnums that Ruby made for Jaune. They have inscriptions on each pistol: one for Weiss and the God of Light (Lux) and the other for Ruby and the God of Darkness (Umbra). They have 15 shots each and fire normal ballistic rounds, stun rounds, dust rounds, silver bullets, and quicksilver bullets. Lux et Umbra are extremely powerful and are meant to be able to take down massive Grimm or armored opponents. Jaune joked that they put the "cannon" in the word "hand cannon" They are only usable by aura users as their recoil and weight are too much for most people to handle with two hands, let alone dual-wielding. Anyone unprepared to use them is liable to break their wrists firing them. They were designed for mid-to-low range and had high rates of fire while maintaining their strength.

**Boot Knife**: Jaune hid a knife strapped to his leg, and later hidden in his right boot. While not a particularly effective weapon, it was something that he kept for emergencies or surprise. The knife itself was a slender dagger with an ornate hilt meant to mimic a cross used by the church.

**Throwing Knives**: Jaune has an assortment of different throwing knives that he can make use of. Blake was the one to teach Jaune how to use them, and he always carried a few on his person. Jaune had regular throwing knives, silver ones to use against Grimm similar to the Church's Blessed Throwing Swords, and some that were covered in a non-lethal poison that would subdue enemies instantly. Jaune sometimes used the ice dust within his gauntlets to create ice daggers which functioned as throwing knives.

**Grenades**: Jaune carried a variety of bombs and grenades for different purposes and situations. Jaune typically had a few hidden on his person.

* **Dust Grenades**: Jaune carried grenades filled with different dust types including fire, ice, earth, plant, wind, lightning, and gravity.
* **Flashbangs**
* **Disc Grenade**: Disc Grenades are specialized forms of grenades that are filled with Hard Light dust to act as portable shields.
* **Tear Gas**
* **Smoke Grenades**

#### Former

**Cortain**: Cortain was the personal sword of Tristan Arc. It was a standard bastard sword with a white blade meant for both slashing and thrusting, blue leather wrapped grip that was large enough for two hands, and a gold crossguard and pommel. The crossguard was rather large and somewhat ornate, having hooked quillions that allowed it to hook weapons and shields or trip opponents. The pommel was a scent stopper pommel and could be used as a striking weapon. It was a standard bastard sword, that it was extremely durable and immensely sharp. Jaune most often used Cortain alongside his shield/scabbard Pridwen. Pridwen had a mode that allowed it to combine with Cortain when sheathed to become a sort of greatsword. Beyond being heavier and having a wider blade, the greatsword mode could use dust. It had access to fire, ice, wind, lightning, gravity, and hard-light dust. This dust allowed it to use elemental attacks such as setting his sword on fire, launch fire attacks, or act as a sort of flamethrower, freeze things or create ice constructs, channel electricity and act as a taser, fire large gusts of wind, create tornadoes, launch razor wind, or envelop itself to turn the sword invisible. The gravity dust allowed it to hit harder and the hard-light dust allowed Jaune to create an even bigger blade or turn it into an axe. Cortain would be destroyed during the Fall of Beacon, during Jaune's fight against Cinder. Jaune overused his Semblance while reinforcing his sword, allowing him to launch a devastating attack on Cinder, but causing the blade to completely shatter beyond repair as a result. Jaune later used it to create Excalibur.

**Crocea Mors**: Crocea Mors was the personal sword of Julius Arc. It was a standard bastard sword though it was made of an alloy of Anra steel that made it extremely durable and it could negate the use of aura. After reuniting with his family, Jaune's father gave it to him to use for missions. Because of its immense danger, Jaune rarely drew it unless he had no choice but to kill. It became Jaune's primary weapon after the Fall of Beacon, due to him no longer caring about killing. It would be shattered during Jaune's battle with Cinder at Haven. Jaune would keep it on him as he wished to one day repair it, though he felt he had tainted it with his lust for revenge and thus needed to prove he was worthy of it. Despite his actions to atone, Jaune never thought it was enough. Jaune rarely used it as a makeshift dagger. Jaune later used it to create Gram.

**Revolver**: Jaune was given a revolver by Roman Torchwick when the latter realized that Jaune didn't have a ranged weapon. It was a completely normal revolver, though it was meant for killing Grimm rather than people. It could fire normal bullets or dust rounds. Jaune eventually discarded it in favor of Épine Dorée and Noire Aquilae.

**Épine Dorée & Noire Aquilae**: Épine Dorée and Noire Aquilae were a pair of custom revolvers that he made with Ruby. They were both incredibly large ten-shot revolvers and were both extraordinarily powerful, being meant to kill high-tier Grimm. They could fire normal bullets, stun rounds, dust rounds, silver bullets, and quicksilver rounds. They were for mid-to-low range and had slow rates of fire but were very powerful, being more like cannons than revolvers and the recoil they had could easily snap someone's wrist if they weren't careful (the fact that Jaune can dual wield them is a testament to his strength and skill). Jaune lost Épine Dorée during the Fall of Beacon, but he still had Noire Aquilae. Jaune would lose Noire Aquilae when he was stranded in the Solitas Wastes.

**Milo & Akouo**: Milo and Akouo were the sword and shield of Pyrrha Nikos. Team JNPR would train with each other's weapons in case they were ever in a situation where that would be necessary. As Milo & Akouo were the weapons that were most similar to Jaune's own weapons, he was somewhat adept with them. Milo & Akouo were destroyed during the Fall of Beacon, and Jaune would find the remains. Jaune attempted to give the weapons back to Pyrrha's mother, but she told him to keep them. Jaune would use Milo to reinforce Rhongomyniad and Akouo to reinforce Pridwen.

**Magnhild**: Magnhild was the maul/grenade launcher of Nora Valkyrie. Team JNPR would train with each other's weapons in case they were ever in a situation where that would be necessary. Jaune was not particularly skillful with Magnhild, but he was also not terrible with it.

**Stormflower**: Stormflower were the dual machine pistols of Ren Lie. Team JNPR would train with each other's weapons in case they were ever in a situation where that would be necessary. Stormflower were relatively simple to use, so Jaune was somewhat adept with them though nowhere near as skilled as Ren was.

**Crescent Rose**: Crescent Rose was the scythe/sniper rifle of Ruby Rose. Ruby insisted on teaching Jaune how to use it, to which Jaune agreed. Jaune was competent with Crescent Rose in rifle mode, but utterly horrible with it in scythe mode. Ruby was a taskmaster however, and so Jaune learned enough to be adept with it in rifle mode and somewhat competent with it in scythe mode (though he uses it in a substantially different way than how Ruby uses it).

**Myrtenaster**: Myrtenaster was the rapier of Weiss Schnee. Weiss insisted on teaching Jaune how to use it, to which Jaune agreed. While Jaune initially had some trouble as he was used to bastard swords and longswords, Weiss was a very strict mentor who forced Jaune to train until he reached a level she was content with (which concerning her perfectionist tendencies was a very high bar). Jaune could not use the dust the same way as Weiss could due to his lack of glyphs.

**Gambol Shroud**: Gambol Shroud was the the katana/pistol/cleaver/kusarigama of Blake Belladonna. Blake and Jaune practiced with each other's weapons just for familiarity's sake. While Jaune was somewhat skilled with the sword portion and adequate with the pistol and cleaver, Jaune was terrible with the kusarigama and could not use the mecha-shift very much.

**Ember Celica**: Jaune once "borrowed" Ember Celica for Halloween. Jaune had no idea how to use them and they completely threw off his ability to fight when he was prompted by Yang. Yang has since taught Jaune how to use them, but it is not his specialty and he prefers other weapons.

**Valean Pistols**: While investigating the criminal gangs of Vale and later Mystral, Jaune used a pair of regular Valean pistols rather than his normal firearms as they were all too powerful to use effectively without collateral damage.

**Brownsteel**: Brownsteel was Jaune's sword which he used after Crocea Mors was broken. It was a normal, if very durable brown steel longsword. During the Battle at Argus, Jaune swung it too hard while fighting a horde of Grimm and accidentally shattered it to pieces. He began using Durandal afterward.

**Cutlasses**: While disguised as a pirate, Jaune made use of a pair of cutlasses. They were nothing special, but most of his equipment was too recognizable for him to use so he needed something else.

**Sawn-Off Shotgun**: While disguised as a pirate, Jaune made use of a sawn-off shotgun. It was nothing special, but most of his equipment was too recognizable for him to use so he needed something else.

**Makeshift Bow & Arrows**: While Jaune and Weiss were stranded at sea, Jaune crafted two bows (one for him and one for Weiss) and several arrows. While not powerful, they were good for hunting and fending off any dangerous animals that threatened them. After getting picked up by their friends, the bows were immediately discarded.

**Durandal**: Durandal was the sword of Roland Arc, Jaune's uncle. After Roland's death, Jaune picked up the sword himself. It had dust capabilities, mostly fire, ice, lightning, wind, and earth. It was an especially heavy sword (about 10 pounds) and was long enough (5 feet long) to warrant being used with two hands, though Jaune swung it with one without any difficulties. It was extraordinarily durable, such that Jaune likely couldn't destroy it even if he tried. It was briefly lost in the Solitas Wastes after Jaune's battle with the Giant Ice Wyrm, though he later recovered it. Jaune eventually retired it in favor of Caliburn. It would later be claimed by Jaune's son, Aurum.

**Hauteclere**: Hauteclere was the silver sword of Roland Arc, Jaune's uncle. After Roland's death, Jaune picked up the sword to avenge Roland's death at the hands of the Grimm. Jaune continued to use it until he started using Joyeuse and he briefly used it in the interim between Joyeuse's destruction and his recipience of Radiance. Jaune's daughter Juniper would make use of it.

**Joyeuse**: Joyeuse was the silver sword of Charles Arc, Jaune's grandfather. It was a large longsword (being about 4 feet long and weighing in at about 8 pounds) that was infused with fire, ice, wind, and light dust. Joyeuse was flame-bladed which allowed it to leave harsher wounds and for added cutting ability. It was meant for slashing and cutting, though it could also be used for thrusting. It would be melted to slag during Salem's resurrection when it was exposed to the Pools of Destruction. Jaune later used it to create Excalibur.

**Chainsaw Sword**: The Chainsaw Sword was Jaune's primary weapon as part of Atlesian Black-Ops. It was a large chainsaw sword that shredded through aura. While not Jaune's favorite weapon, he was quite good at using it. It broke during the mutiny against Ironwood.

**Atlesian Magnum**: As part of the Atlesian Black Ops, Jaune was trained in the use of standard Atlesian Magnums which he made extensive use of. Jaune liked them enough that he stopped using revolvers in his armory to instead use heavily modified Atlesian Magnums.

**Battle Rifle**: As part of black-ops, Jaune made extensive use of a battle rifle. While Jaune had proficiency with it, he was not very partial towards it as he preferred more powerful guns with lower rates of fire.

**Plasma Rifle**: As part of black-ops, Jaune made use of a plasma rifle. Rather than shoot normal bullets, it instead fired hyper-accelerated dust rounds that were much like plasma bolts.

**Balmung**: Balmung was the sword of Nicholas Schnee. It was a massive zweihander with dust capabilities, including fire and wind. During the Battle at Schnee Manor, Jaune "borrowed" (stole) Balmung as he had not brought any of his weapons. Jaune would return it to Weiss after the battle was over, though she was not nearly as adept at using it as him. Jaune helped train Weiss to use it as she was not familiar with how to use greatswords. Weiss would later give it to their son, Siegfried.

**Radiance**: Radiance was the sword of Michael Arc and later Jeanne Arc. It is one of the most sacred weapons to the Arcs and has been passed down the Arc family for generations. Many Arcs made use of the sword during quests of great importance. Jaune was given this blade by his father because of the severity of his mission which was considered important enough to warrant its use, as well as to replace Joyeuse. Radiance is a cross between a longsword and an estoc and is about five feet long with a somewhat thin blade. Radiance is preferably used for thrusting and piercing, though it can be used for slashing and cutting as well. It has five crosses on the blade. It was made of Mythril which made it extremely effective against the Grimm, killing them with a single strike and negating their healing factor. During the Battle in Yggdrasil, it was shattered in half. Jaune would later use it along with Cortain, Joyeuse, and Caliburn to create Excalibur.

### Equipment

#### Current

**Pridwen**: Pridwen was the shield of Artorius Arc, though it had been passed down the Arc family for centuries. It is one of the first mecha-shifts to have ever been created. It could switch between a scabbard and a heater shield, though it was made from unknown materials that made it virtually indestructible. The edges of the shield were also somewhat sharp which could be used offensively. During the time of Julius Arc, it was upgraded to be able to extend sharpened edges while in scabbard mode to act as a wider and heavier blade. While it did not give extra length, the extra weight and width gave attacks more force. Jaune himself would upgrade the shield to have dust capabilities. Any type of dust was compatible, though Jaune mostly made use of gravity and hard light while in shield mode, with fire, ice, wind, and lightning being added while in greatsword mode. The gravity and hard-light dust applications also allowed it to function as a glider. Using both the hard-light dust and the greatsword mode could turn it into an axe, and the gravity dust made it hit even harder. Jaune has also used the shield as a makeshift surf/snowboard, though it was never designed for such a purpose. After the Fall of Beacon, Jaune upgraded the shield with the remains of Akouo, Pyrrha's shield, and slightly changed the design on the front. Jaune also changed the design on the front to his personal crest. The abilities of the shield are as follows:

* **Shapeshifting**: Pridwen could shift forms from a scabbard, shield, and greatsword. Although not intended for that purpose, it could also be used as a board for sledding or surfing.
* **Dust Components**
	+ **Fire**
	+ **Ice**
	+ **Lightning**
	+ **Wind**
	+ **Gravity**
	+ **Hard Light**: Pridwen could emit Hard Light dust for a variety of purposes.

**King of Knights Armor**: The King of Knights Armor is a suit of armor that Jaune made with the help of Ruby, Weiss, and Oscar. It is made from the best of modern materials. It is possibly the greatest suit of armor ever devised. Despite being a full suit of armor, it weighed next to nothing and didn't hamper Jaune's agility.

* **Hookshot**: Inside of both of Jaune's gauntlets is a device known as a hookshot. It fires a chain with a hook on the end that functions like a grappling hook, allowing Jaune to tether to an object and then zip up to it. It can also be used as a weapon, though it was not meant to be one and is not very useful in that way.
* **Hidden Blade**: Both of Jaune's gauntlets have hidden blades in the wrists coming from the bottom. They are both about the size of daggers when they are fully extended. Jaune also has smaller blades in his boots.
* **Hidden Gun**: Both of Jaune's gauntlets have in-built pistols. They are not very powerful but are useful for surprise or as a last resort. They can fire specialized rounds and darts for a variety of effects.
* **Dust Components**: Jaune's armor has a variety of uses for dust.
	+ **Dust-Weaving**: The robes and cloaks that Jaune wore with the armor were woven with dust. They had fire, water, wind, ice, and lightning dust which not only gave them elemental effects but also protected them from those elements.
	+ **Hard-Light Shield**: Jaune's left gauntlet contained a hard-light shield. It could shift sizes from a buckler, heater shield, and kite shield depending on the purpose. Jaune could fire the shield like a projectile.
	+ **Tasers**: Both of Jaune's gauntlets contain slots for lightning dust which allows them to act as tasers He could channel the electricity within himself to use Nora's semblance.
	+ **Gravity Core**: Jaune's armor has a gravity dust core that makes it weightless to use and can even allow Jaune to float for a few moments. Jaune's gauntlets and boots contained Gravity Cores that allowed him to hit harder than he normally could.
* **Camouflage**: Jaune's armor can camouflage itself with its surroundings.
	+ **Aura Dampeners**: Jaune's armor automatically dampens his aura signatures so that he can't be detected by those who are skilled at sensing aura. This does not lower his aura at all.
* **In-Built Scroll**: The helmet acts essentially like Jaune's scroll allowing him to make calls, and keep track of aura levels, amongst other features. It takes the shape of a Heads-Up Display in his armor.
* **Sensors**: The helmet has a variety of sensors that allow Jaune to keep track of relevant information.
* **Flashlights**: The helmet had in-built flashlights so that Jaune could light up areas.
* **Rebreather**: Jaune's helmet had an in-built rebreather that allowed him to swim without worrying about running out of oxygen. It also functioned as a gas mask.

**Hunting Knife**: Jaune carried his grandfather's hunting knife with him. It was slightly smaller than a Bowie Knife and was used for skinning and dressing game. The handle was made from a deer's antler. While it could be used as a weapon, it was not meant to and it has too much sentimental value for Jaune to use it as such.

**First-Aid Kit**: Jaune carries a first-aid kit with him with a variety of objects such as bandages, gauze, thread, needles, anti-septic, and more.

**Canteen**: Jaune carries a canteen with him that is filled with water.

**Prydwen**: A massive floating warship that was more like a fortress that is collectively owned by the Protectors of Remnant and used as their mobile base of operations. It was designed by Pietro and Penelope Polendina using Atlas resources. It functioned as both a flying ship and a naval one. After the war with Salem, it became a floating base that travels the globe, much like Amity Arena though only a few people have access to it, Jaune being one of them. Jaune has a device that can teleport him onto the Prydwen with a push of a button. It has enough room to host several armies, enough resources and supplies to last a century without resupply, and enough firepower to dwarf the Atlas Army 10 times.

#### Former

**1st Year Armor**: Jaune's first armor was cheap stuff he hastily made while training. The armor consisted of a cuirass, spaulders, couters, and plates on his gloves. Jaune donned this armor because it would help him function as the group's tank and allow him to conserve Aura by allowing weak attacks to glance off the armor.

**2nd Year Armor**: Jaune's new armor was proper armor he got from a blacksmith in Argus, he helped make it. It consisted of a cuirass, a single spaulder on his left arm, couters, vambraces, and plating on his gloves.

**3rd Year Armor**: Jaune's armor was similar to his earlier armor but was upgraded to be more defensive. It was made by him and Ruby. It was comprised of a cuirass, two spaulders, couters, vambraces, and plating on his gloves. Additionally, he had leather grieves. The cuirass protected more of his abdomen than the previous set.

**4th Year Armor**

**Black Knight Armor**

**White Knight Armor**:

**Tactical Armor**

**Prosthetic Arm**

## Relationships

### Organizations

#### Knights of the Round Table

The Knights of the Round Table is one of the most prestigious knight orders in Vale. The Round Table was founded by both Charles d'Valois and Artorius Arc. Every member of the Round Table is considered equal no matter their status, power, or wealth. It was the inspiration for the councils that were used in Arcadia and later in the rest of Remnant's governments.

#### Twelve Paladins

The Twelve Paladins are the most prestigious knight order on Remnant. It was formed by Jaune's grandfather, Charles Arc, and only allows the twelve greatest living knights to join. It takes rigorous examination and trials to be considered a candidate. Only twelve paladins are ever allowed to be active at one time, if all slots are filled and someone wishes to join they must both complete the standard trials and best the lowest ranking Paladin to take their place. Following the death or abdication of the Knight Commander of Vale, the highest ranking Paladin will take their place.

Jaune became a Paladin after completing the trails, he was the last Paladin to be inducted by his grandfather before his passing. Jaune took great honor in being a member of the Paladins. Jaune would eventually become the Highest-ranking member of the Paladins, though in his case it was due to the low number of members and the passing of several members that ranked higher.

#### Church of the Brothers

The Church of the Brothers is the largest religious organization in Remnant. While there have been quite a few rough spots and even moments of enmity between the Arc family and the church, the Arcs have historically been major members and supporters of the church. Jaune was no exception to this and while not as devout as some of his other family, was more religious than the average person.

Jaune himself would run afoul of the church as they had been infiltrated by some of Salem's agents. Jaune at one point was nearly burned at the stake but managed to escape. Jaune would help weed out the influence of Salem's cult and remain a steadfast member of the congregation.

Jaune was declared a living saint (the first time someone has ever been named as such), being named one of the Patron Saints of Vale and the Patron Saint of Knights. Jaune was deeply honored by the declaration and is proud of it.

#### Knight Templars

The Templar Knights are the knight order run by the Church of the Brothers. Jaune was inducted as a member of the Templars, though it was mostly honorary.

### Family

#### Lancelot Arc

Lancelot was Jaune's father, mentor, and idol. Lancelot taught Jaune about the history of the Arcs and even used his own exploits as bedtime stories. When it became clear that the stories were inspiring Jaune to be a huntsman, Lancelot stopped telling him them. This failed and Jaune began asking his father to train him, which Lancelot denied him at every turn.

While Jaune held a bit of a grudge against his father for not training him and actively stopping him from learning, Jaune still loved his father. Jaune grew to have a bit of a complex about his relationship with his father and believed that Lancelot thought he was an embarrassment which was the reason that he wasn't trained. The truth was that Lancelot wanted Jaune to be safe and away from the duty of a huntsman. Lancelot knew that Jaune would be very capable as one, but also felt that his son would die young because of the occupation.

During the summer break after the first year at Beacon, Jaune returned home and was met by his family. After a few tense days, Jaune and Lancelot would end up having an explosive argument. This culminated in a duel between them over whether Jaune would continue being a hunter or not.

While Jaune had no chance of even getting close to winning, he fought extremely hard and refused to stop fighting. It got to the point that Lancelot was considering giving up just to get Jaune to stop fighting. Jaune eventually reached a point where he physically could not fight anymore and so was defeated. Lancelot realized that Jaune would never stop and he genuinely wanted to be a huntsman above anything else. Seeing that he had no other choice, Lancelot then decided to begin teaching Jaune and became his knight mentor.

#### Genevieve Arc

Genevieve was Jaune's mother and one of his mentors. Jaune was always very close to his mother and was noted to be a complete "momma's boy", though he protested being labeled as such. Genevieve taught Jaune about the history of the Pendragons and used some of her own exploits as bedtime stories, though she stopped as she realized that it was only making him want to be a huntsman more and more.

While Jaune loved his mother very much, he was somewhat resentful about how overprotective she could be and that she prohibited him from following his dreams.

During the summer break after the first year at Beacon, Jaune returned home and was met by his family.

Genevieve would help teach Jaune how to fight and was one of his mentors. While she had been mostly retired for years, she had kept her training regiment up and was still one of the most skilled huntresses on Remnant. Genevieve taught Jaune the Pendragon style fencing technique amongst other things.

#### Lavender Arc

Lavender is Jaune's youngest (and favorite) sister. Lavender was probably the sister that Jaune was closest to. Like Jaune, Lavender was very sickly as a baby, to the point that she was unlikely to survive. A distraught Jaune unknowingly used his powers to heal Lavender. Though she would remain frail and somewhat sickly, she did manage to live and be able to have a normal life. Lavender would also become very attached to Jaune as a result of this. Jaune doted on Lavender the most of his sisters. Lavender idolized Jaune when she was younger and continued to do so as she got older. When Lavender was very young she had declared that she and Jaune were going to be married, as she did not understand the different types of love or what marriage was. While she knows better now, her siblings (sans Jaune) still tend to tease her about the incident and jokingly call her a "Bro-Con".

Lavender was deeply unhappy when Jaune ran away from home to join Beacon and missed him greatly. She was shocked to see him at the Vytal Festival but cheered him on. When Jaune returned home over the summer break, Lavender gave Jaune the cold shoulder for leaving but quickly forgave him.

Humorously, Lavender is somewhat apprehensive of the idea of Jaune dating, mostly because she fears that his partner will take him away from her. Likewise, Jaune is intensely protective of Lavender, including her love life. When Lavender showed signs of having a crush on Oscar, Jaune simply put on a serene smile and looked at Oscar with unemotive eyes. Jaune later took Oscar aside and told him that he was okay with the idea of him dating his sister (mainly because he trusted him and thought of him as like a little brother), but also threatened to castrate him if he ever broke her heart.

While Jaune could be somewhat overprotective of Lavender, he also related to her because of how the rest of the family treated him. The two bonded over their shared illnesses, even if Jaune hadn't been sick since infancy.

#### Morgan Fey-Arc

Morgan is Jaune's half-sister through their father, and their relationship has shifted from vitriolic friends, bitter enemies, and cautious allies, to becoming like true brother and sister. Jaune was originally unaware of their relationship but was drawn to her by something that he couldn't explain. While Jaune was often teased for having a crush on her, Jaune often clarified that wasn't the feeling he had. Morgan did know they were related the entire time, but she pretended otherwise. Morgan initially hated and resented Jaune because he had a happy childhood and a loving family, while she only had an abusive mother and her father didn't even know she existed. She was even more furious when she learned that Jaune ran away from his family despite their love, though she hid her disdain from everyone.

As time went on Morgan's resentment for Jaune died down and she grew to like him, though she remained loyal to Salem. While they were friends, they were somewhat vitriolic and belligerent towards one another often trading barbs and insults in a jokey manner. Those unaware of their relationship often assumed they were either dating or were exes because of the way they acted toward one another.

During the Fall of Beacon, Morgan revealed her true nature as Jaune's half-sister and attempted to convince Jaune to join her and Salem. Jaune rejected her offer and later sought vengeance against her for her part in the destruction of Beacon. Despite his wish for vengeance, Jaune was conflicted about killing his half-sister and didn't know if he could go through with it. Morgan also began having regrets over her part in the Fall of Beacon as it had led to the death of many of her friends.

When Jaune was captured by Cinder and injected with Grimm essence by Dr. Merlot, Morgan helped Jaune adjust to his transformation and was designated to be his handler until he could regain his sanity. The few moments that Jaune had of lucidity were with Morgan, and he began seeing a more positive side of her that made it harder for him to consider killing her.

During Jaune's fight with his friends, Morgan secretly helps them subdue him as well as help Jaune regain his humanity. Morgan fled soon after, but Jaune thanked her for helping him.

Certain members of Salem's Cabal (namely Cinder, Watts, and Tyrian) seemed to suggest that Morgan had unnatural feelings for her half-brother, though Morgan denied them and they may have simply been trying to get a rise out of her. Gilly Rais also did not trust Morgan, apparently seeing her as a rival. There were signs of such an attraction, but they were minor, and considering them as such might be considered a reach.

Morgan would eventually betray Salem and join the Protectors of Remnant, though she was distrusted because of her past actions. Jaune was one of the few people to give Morgan the benefit of the doubt. Morgan tended to spend most of her time with him and they gradually became close friends and even began seeing each other as brother and sister. Jaune would introduce Morgan to the rest of their family who would accept her.

### Teammates

#### Ren Lie

Ren Lie was one of Jaune's teammates, one of his closest friends, his honorary brother, and somewhat of a rival. Jaune met Ren and Nora while taking part in the Beacon admittance exams. Jaune befriended the two extremely quickly and they often spent the intervening time between the exam and the start of the semester hanging out with them.

Throughout the years, Jaune and Ren became extremely close such that they are brothers in all but blood. They are some of the closest friends between the members of the group. Despite this, they consider themselves rivals in the arts. Their supposed rivalry involved things like cooking, homemaking, music, writing, and drawing, and is very lighthearted. While they claimed to be eternal rivals, in reality, they mostly just compared their works to one another and critiqued them. It was less of a rivalry but more of two collaborators working together at some points.

### Protectors of Remnant

#### Oscar Pine

Oscar Pine was Jaune's brother-in-law, squire, and one of his closest friends. Jaune met the Pine twins while on a mission with Qrow when their village was attacked. Jaune saved both of them from an Ursa. Jaune and Qrow would rest at the Pine homestead for a few days, during that time, Jaune would spend a lot of time with the twins. Jaune began training Oscar how to fight. Whenever Jaune was in the area on missions, he would check by the Pine house and would train them both.

Later when Oscar was possessed by Ozpin, he and Caramel left to find Ruby's group. Oscar was shocked to see Jaune act so depressed and angry. Oscar initially attempted to help Jaune through his issues, though Jaune was initially somewhat antagonistic to Oscar's efforts.

#### Caramel Pine

Caramel Pine was Oscar's twin sister. Jaune met the Pine twins while on a mission with Qrow when their village was attacked. Jaune saved both of them from an Ursa. Jaune and Qrow would rest at the Pine homestead for a few days, during that time, Jaune would spend a lot of time with the twins. When Jaune began teaching Oscar how to fight, he also asked Caramel if she wanted to learn as well. While Caramel didn't have an interest in being a huntress, Jaune did teach her basic self-defense skills. Caramel would grow to have a crush on Jaune, though he wasn't aware of it. Whenever Jaune was in the area on missions, he would check by the Pine house and would train them both.

When Oscar was possessed by Ozpin, Caramel went with him to find Ruby's group. Caramel was shocked to see Jaune act so depressed and angry. Caramel often attempted to help Jaune through his issues, to mixed success (sometimes he would humor her, and other times he would lightly tell her to stop).

### Friends

#### Hazel Sciurus

Hazel was Jaune's closest childhood friend. Hazel helped Jaune with his training in all the ways that she could. Jaune also frequently defended her from those who tried to bully her for being a Faunus. Hazel grew to have feelings for Jaune, but he never caught on to them. Eventually, their separation caused whatever feelings both of them had to fade, though they remained close friends.

### Allies

#### Amber Browne

Jaune was called in by Ozpin to use his semblance to revive Amber. While the attempt was successful, Amber's mind and soul were somewhat fractured.

#### Gillian Asturias

Jaune and Gillian have very similar semblances: Aura Manipulation and Aura Syphoning. This generated an interest in one another when they first heard about each other, but the moment they met they both felt an irrational dislike for one another. The second they saw one another, they both knew that they would never get along. It was a true case of hate at first sight and they almost immediately devolved into petty bickering. For an odd reason, everyone is convinced that they secretly like each other. Both protest that interpretation of their relationship and claim that they really do just hate each other, but no one is convinced.

They would be trapped in the Vacuo Wastes together for a brief period. While they bickered the entire time, they did genuinely forge a bond with one another. They slowly began to see each other as allies but were still annoyed by all the insinuations others would make about them. After Jax was killed by Lucius Tiberius, Jaune helped defend Gillian and also helped her grieve. Having begun working together, they consider each other to be very good friends but they still argue constantly. Everyone is still convinced that they either do like each other or date previously, which still pisses them off.

### Mentors

#### Qrow Branwen

Qrow was Jaune's mentor during his time working for Ozpin. The two met when Ruby introduced them to one another during Jaune's first year at Beacon. Later, when Jaune and his friends became agents for Ozpin, Qrow began training them in the physical matters of being hunters such as combat, survival, and other such matters. In particular, Jaune and Qrow developed a good relationship and worked quite well with one another. To the point that Jaune became Qrow's apprentice. Jaune often trained with Qrow and the two developed a mentor-student relationship, though it was often beleaguered and the two bickered constantly. For all the insults and snark they level at each other, it's clear they care for one another and they work well with one another. Yang once told Jaune that, while he would never admit it, Qrow considers Jaune to be the son he never had. They later became drinking buddies, until Qrow decided to stick to sobriety.

#### Zoroaster Ozpin

Ozpin was the Headmaster of Beacon Academy. Jaune held immense respect for him, though he was unsure why his father was always so hostile to him. Ozpin later revealed that he knew about Jaune's fake transcripts but let him in any way because he had both the potential and spirit of a hero. During Jaune's second year, Ozpin began personally training Jaune and his friends as they decided to join in his war against Salem. Ozpin trained Jaune in combat, particularly in swordplay, spearmanship, and aura use. Ozpin also revealed his nature as Ozma and told Jaune that he planned on having Jaune be his next host, though he would only do so if Jaune was okay with it. Jaune ultimately assented to the decision and began receiving extra training to prepare for that event if it ever came to pass.

Ultimately, Jaune would not be the next host for Ozma, as his spirit became lost in anger and hate. After the two reunited (with Ozpin being in the body of Oscar Pine), Ozpin attempted to help Jaune process his feelings and stop being so self-destructive.

### Beacon Staff

#### Mae Tsune

Mae Tsune was the head nurse of Beacon. Like every other student (and staff member), Jaune was terrified of her because of her sadistic inclinations. That said, with the many injuries that Jaune accumulated throughout his school career, Jaune spent a lot of time in her clinic. Tsune joked that Jaune had spent so much time there that she had a bed reserved for him. Jaune would learn first aid and other medicinal skills from her class. Jaune was Tsune's favorite student and in turn, despite his fear of her, Jaune considered Tsune to be one of his favorite teachers.

### Enemies

#### Gilly Rais

Gilly was Jaune's cousin, later becoming one of his enemies. Gilly's family, the Rais, were one of the wealthiest in the Gallian Valley and were historically friends of the Arc family, with them living in Domremy. Gilly's mother was Jaune's paternal aunt, Marie Arc. After Gilly's parents died, Gilly was sent to live with Jaune's family. Gilly was severely depressed and traumatized by the loss of her parents, and Jaune often attempted to cheer her up. Gilly would latch on hard to Jaune as a coping mechanism, gradually falling in love with him despite being relatives. Gilly began believing that she and Jaune were meant to be together and that they would be the perfect lady and knight.

Gilly would leave Domremy to attend a combat school in Mistral, having been sent there at the behest of her grandfather, something that she begrudgingly agreed to. Jaune was somewhat jealous that Gilly would be attending combat school, but Gilly promised to secretly send him copies of lessons so that he could keep up. Gilly was also sent copies of her transcripts to Jaune so that he could forge a letter of recommendation to get into Beacon.

Gilly and Jaune's childhood friend, Kristoff Prelati, would approach Gilly one day and would indoctrinate her into Salem's Cabal. Salem promised Gilly that her new world would be one where the tragic loss of her parents would never happen to anyone ever again and that she would be able to be with her beloved cousin without any judgement.

Jaune and Gilly would begin coming to blows because they were on opposing sides. Jaune was torn between feeling sad about Gilly joining Salem, being disgusted that she felt that way about him, and angry that she would join Salem's Cabal for such a stupid reason. In turn, Gilly became more and more obsessed with Jaune.

Along with Kristoff, Gilly would begin human sacrifices and mass transmutations of people into Grimm. Jaune ultimately killed Gilly by impaling her through the chest with his sword. Despite killing her, Gilly's last words were to express her love for him. Jaune immediately had a breakdown and fell into a depression for several days. Although Jaune knew that he had no other choice, killing Gilly was one of his biggest regrets. It also lead to Jaune's brutal killing of Kristoff both because of his volatile emotional state and wish for vengeance.

#### Kristoff Prelati

Kristoff Prelati was one Jaune's childhood friends, later becoming on of his enemies. Jaune and Kristoff grew up together and were fast friends, though they began to shift away from one another as they grew older. Jaune's wish to be a huntsman and Kristoff's path through the church began to subtly drive them away from one another. Additionally, Kristoff was secretly very jealous of Jaune for a variety of reasons including his lineage, wealth, popularity, relationship with Hazel, and his sisters as well as his cousin Gilly Rais. Kristoff eventually went on a mission to Vacuo where he was found by Salem's Cabal and joined them. Kristoff also began manipulating Gilly to join Salem.

Jaune and Kristoff would come to blows as they were on opposing sides. Although Kristoff initially portrayed himself as affable, he eventually let his true feelings toward Jaune out. Along with Gilly, Kristoff would begin human sacrifices and mass transmutations of people into Grimm. After he killed Gilly, an emotionally and mentally damaged Jaune hunted Kristoff down and executed him brutally by overloading him with his semblance. Jaune would eventually come regret the downfall of his relationship with Kristoff and the manner how he killed him, though he did not feel bad about doing the act himself.

#### Cinder Fall

Jaune held Cinder in immense contempt and she was the person that Jaune hated most in the world and considered his worst enemy. Cinder did not view Jaune in the same light, as she personally had more enmity with Ruby. That said, Cinder enjoyed torturing Jaune and causing him both mental and physical anguish. Cinder found Jaune's suffering to be intoxicating and wished to cause him as much pain as she could until he broke. Whenever they fought, Cinder deliberately fought in ways to cause Jaune as much damage as possible while keeping him alive. Cinder also took every moment she could to verbally abuse and psychologically torment him. Cinder almost seemed to be genuinely aroused by Jaune's suffering and hatred toward her, and some of her comments indicate that she found it to be a great high. Why Cinder found Jaune's suffering in particular so appealing wasn't clear, though it was possible because of her distaste for nobles and his idealistic nature and morality being everything she hated. Whereas Cinder simply wanted to kill Ruby brutally for everything she caused her and for being in her way, Cinder wanted to keep Jaune alive until he was broken physically, mentally, and spiritually.

During their final battle, Jaune had let go of his hatred for her and instead viewed her with pity. This enraged Cinder immensely and she attempted to kill him immediately for "looking down on her." While the battle was difficult, Jaune ultimately killed Cinder by impaling her through the heart. Part of Jaune was satisfied with avenging Pyrrha and for getting rid of a violent monster, but part of him still pitied her for never choosing to do the right thing and instead being irredeemable. Jaune consciously chose to help make Cinder's death swift and merciful despite everything she had done.

#### Tyrian Callows

Jaune and Tyrian are both enemies. Tyrian was fascinated by Jaune for several reasons such as his descent from Salem, because their semblances are both opposites (Aura Amplification vs Aura Disruption), and he sensed the hidden bloodlust within Jaune. Jaune instinctively hated Tyrian and was rather disturbed by him.

When Tyrian had kidnapped Weiss, Jaune fought against him. During the fight, Jaune managed to destroy Tyrian's mechanical tail and slit his throat, but Tyrian immediately recovered and he retaliated by carving through Jaune's chest and ripping his heart out. Jaune's healing factor made sure he didn't die, but he was knocked out of the fight and Tyrian succeeded in his mission. As Jaune fell into unconsciousness, he swore to defeat Tyrian next time.

During the final battle against Tyrian, Jaune was joined by Qrow, Ruby, and Yang. Each of the four took part in defeating Tyrian, who had at this point become a Grimm monstrosity. Jaune's most notable contributions during the fight were cutting off Tyrian's tail, stabbing him in the heart, and slitting his throat, the last of which allowed Qrow to get the killing blow.

## Trivia

### In-Universe

* Jaune's personal emblem is a white heater shield with a stylized, red Latin cross in the middle with fleur-de-lis in the corners between the cross limbs. Overlaid on the cross is an image of a grail with the Arc crest in the center. At the sides of the shield are a golden dragon on the left and a lion on the right.
	+ The stylized, red Latin cross is a variation of the Cross of George Arc, founder of the Arc family, and a symbol associated with knighthood. Jaune's cross is different as it is changed to a Latin cross rather than his ancestor's Greek cross and is stylized toward the end of the arms. The cross represents Jaune's piety and dedication to righteousness.
	+ The fleur-de-lis is a symbol of the Gallian River Valley and represents purity.
	+ The grail is representative of the Holy Grail, an object that is very meaningful for Jaune.
	+ The Arc family crest (two golden crescent moons creating the shape of a rainbow) was Jaune's original emblem before he made his own. It represents creativity and grace.
	+ The golden dragon is the Pendragon family crest ( a golden dragon rearing on its hind legs and breathing flames). It represents strength, valor, and honor.
	+ The lion is a symbol that represents courage, nobility, and strength.
* Aside from these emblems Jaune is associated with a variety of different objects and motifs.
	+ Jaune has been associated with several animals throughout the series including rabbits, dogs, wolves, bears, boars, lions, seals, eagles, and dragons.
	+ Jaune is associated with flowers such as roses and lilies.
	+ Jaune is also associated with the sun and the moon.
* Like all of his full-blooded siblings, Jaune is named after a color of the rainbow, his being yellow.
* Jaune was named under the traditional Arc naming conventions: given name, middle name chosen by his father, middle name chosen by his mother, mother's family name, father's family name, and d'Valois.
	+ Jaune's given name was a reference both to his ancestor, Jeanne Arc, and to his vibrant golden hair (jaune being the Gallian word for yellow).
	+ Jaune's first middle name, Galahad, was the name of his paternal great grandfather (his father's mother's father), Galahad Benwick, and he shares this name with his father.
	+ Jaune's second middle name, Arthur, was the name of his maternal great great grandfather, Arthur Pendragon. In a round about sense, Jaune is also technically named after his ancestor Artorius Arc, as Arthur is a modernized version of Artorius and Arthur himself was named that to honor Artorius.
	+ Pendragon is his mother's maiden name and under Arc tradition, Jaune also inherited it as an additional middle name. It means "head dragon" or "head warrior" and was originally a title held by one of his ancestors. Said ancestor would be so entwined with the name that it was adopted by his descendants as their clan name.
	+ Arc is his father's surname and comes from the Arcades, a mountain range in Vale that is in Arcadia. In subsequent years it also became associated with the word "arc-en-ciel" which is the Gallian word for rainbow.
	+ The name d'Valois is an archaic version of the words "of Vale" in Common Valean and is a name that all of the founding houses of Vale maintain.

* Jaune was named under the traditional Arc naming conventions: given name, a middle name chosen by his father, a middle name chosen by his mother, his mother's family name, his father's family name, and d'Valois.
	+ Jaune's given name was a reference both to his ancestor, Jeanne Arc and to his vibrant golden hair (jaune being the Gallian word for yellow).
	+ Jaune's first middle name, Galahad, was the name of his paternal great-grandfather (his father's mother's father), Galahad Benwick, and he shares this name with his father.
	+ Jaune's second middle name, Arthur, was the name of his maternal great-great-grandfather, Arthur Pendragon. In a roundabout sense, Jaune is also technically named after his ancestor Artorius Arc, as Arthur is a modernized version of Artorius, and Arthur himself was named that to honor Artorius.
	+ Pendragon is his mother's maiden name and under Arc tradition, Jaune also inherited it as an additional middle name. It means "head dragon" or "head warrior" and was originally a title held by one of his ancestors. Said ancestor would be so entwined with the name that it was adopted by his descendants as their clan name.
	+ Arc is his father's surname and comes from the Arcades, a mountain range in Vale that is in Arcadia. In subsequent years it also became associated with the word "arc-en-ciel" which is the Gallian word for rainbow.
	+ The name d'Valois is an archaic version of the words "of Vale" in Common Valean and is a name that all of the founding houses of Vale maintain.

* Jaune inherited the sobriquets "Knight of the Sun" and "Knight of Maidens" from his uncle, Gawain.
* Jaune had a Gallian (French) accent when he was younger. While it has since disappeared when he speaks Common, it is still apparent when he speaks other languages. Jaune sometimes reverts to using his accent while with his family or other people from the Gallian River Valley and traces of it could be heard when he spoke.
* Jaune is banned from playing strategy games with his friends (such as Remnant the Game).
* Jaune's favorite spot at Beacon was the statue of Richter Arc and he often went there to think, typically by speaking to the statue.
* Jaune preferred cold weather to hot weather both due to loving the feeling of the cool air and because he could always add more layers to feel warm, while there would eventually be a limit of layers he could remove to be cool. Jaune didn't hate warm weather by any means but he would rather be cold.
* Jaune was the moderator of Team RRAYNBOW's group chat. Nora and Ruby compared his method of running the server to a dictator ruling with an iron fist. Jaune did not appreciate the insinuation that making his friends follow the basic rules he made to be anything close to tyrannical.

### Out of Universe

* Jaune alludes to a variety of different historical, mythological, and literary characters. Jaune shares these allusions with many other characters in the series. The people Jaune alludes to are:
	+ Joan of Arc
		- Jaune shares this allusion with his ancestor Jeanne Arc.
		- Team JNPR's theme of gender-flipped, cross-dressers is fulfilled as while leading the French Armies in the Hundred Years War, Joan of Arc dressed in male clothing (though she was openly a woman and still considered herself such). Much like Joan, while Jaune has cross-dressed on several occasions and is comfortable in women's clothing, he is still openly a male.
		- Jaune's initial status as a (mostly) non-combatant but effective combat leader is also something taken from Joan of Arc.
		- Jaune's rivalry with Cardin alludes to the fact that Henry Beaufort, the Cardinal of Winchester, was the man who presided over Joan of Arc's trial and execution (though most of the fault lies with Pierre Cauchon).
		- Jaune's sainthood and piety come from Joan.
		- Jaune being chaste and "innocent" (when compared to most of his friends) is partially a reference to Joan who was a maiden her entire life.
	+ Gaius Julius Caesar
		- Jaune shares this allusion with his ancestor Julius Arc.
		- Much of Jaune's military and tactical brilliance alludes to Caesar.
		- Jaune's status as a noble who lived much of his life with "commoners" also alludes to Caesar.
		- Jaune's more populist philosophies and political leanings also stem from Caesar, as does his popularity with the common people.
		- Jaune's leadership style of fighting with his men comes from Caesar.
	+ King Arthur
		- Jaune shares this allusion with his ancestors Artorius Arc and Arthur Pendragon. This trio takes different aspects of the King Arthur legend and the various ways that it has developed
			* Artorius takes on the initial aspect as the Celtic warlord who helped unite Britain and as such is the closest to a "real" King Arthur, if such a thing ever existed.
			* Arthur takes the aspect of the the ideal king and general who was beloved by his people but ultimately betrayed by those close to him.
			* Jaune takes the more fantastical elements of the legend and his equipment.
		- Much of Jaune's equipment is taken from Arthurian lore. This includes many of his swords, his shield, his airship, and even his mount.
	+ Galahad
		- Jaune's allusion to Galahad is shared with his son, Argent.
		- Jaune's connection to the Holy Grail is reference to Galahad being the prophesied Grail Knight.
		- Jaune being the son of Lancelot is also taken from Galahad.
		- Much of Jaune's piety is taken from Galahad.
		- Jaune being chaste and "innocent" (when compared to most of his friends) is partially a reference to Galahad who was renown for his purity and chastity (in some versions even gaining strength from it) which remained until he arose to heaven.
	+ Percival
		- Jaune's allusion to Percival is shared with his ancestor, Percival Arc.
		- Jaune's use of the Spear of Destiny is taken from Percival who uses the spear in Richard Wagner's *Parsifal*.
		- Jaune's connection to the Holy Grail also comes from Percival being one of the Grail Knights.
		- On a more comedic note, Jaune being a so called "himbo" is taken from Percival who is often depicted as naïve, innocent, and almost foolish though not in a negative sense and he still portrayed as a capable knight in Arthurian legend.
		- Much of Jaune's piety is taken from Percival.
		- Jaune being chaste and "innocent" (when compared to most of his friends) is partially a reference to Percival who is often described as being a virgin and pure during the Grail Quest, with some versions of the legend stating he died pure. Other versions contradict this by giving him a wife and at least one child, though his purity in relation to the Grail Quest is still maintained by his marriage occurring afterwards.
	+ Gawain
		- Jaune's allusion is shared with his uncle Gawain.
		- Jaune takes on Gawain's association with the Sun.
		- In some German legends, Gawain was the one who found the Holy Grail.
	+ Sir Balin le Savage
		- Jaune's allusion to Sir Balin is in his occasional acts of savagery which Balin was also known to commit.
	+ Sigurd/Siegfried
		- Jaune technically shares his allusion to Sigurd/Siegfried with Nicholas Schnee and Siegfried Schnee, though he draws more so from Sigurd of the *Volsunga Saga* and Wagner's Siegfried in *Der Ring des Nibelungen* than the other two who derive more from the *Nibelungenlied*, *Der Rosengarten zu Worms**,*** and *Thidreksaga*.
	+ Cu Chulainn
		- Jaune shares his allusion to Cu Chulainn with Setanta Ulster, Yang Xiao Long, and Qrow Branwen.
	+ Prince Charming
		- Prince Charming is shared with Rhodes Eisen and Ferdinand Henri.
		- Jaune allusion to Prince Charming is in reference to his relationship with Cinder and Weiss.
* Jaune also interpolates aspects of various characters from a variety of different media including:
	+ Link from the Legend of Zelda.
	+ Cloud from Final Fantasy VII.
	+ Shulk from Xenoblade Chronicles.
	+ Dante and Nero from Devil May Cry.
	+ The Belmont Clan, Alucard, and Jonathan Morris from Castlevania.
	+ Steve Rogers/Captain America, Peter Parker/Spider-Man, and Matt Murdock/Daredevil from Marvel Comics.
	+ Dick Grayson/Robin I/Nightwing from DC.
	+ Shirou Emiya, Artoria Pendragon, Proto Arthur, Gilgamesh, Jeanne d'Arc, Sieg, Siegfried, Sigurd, and many other characters from the Fate series.
	+ Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd from Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
	+ Leon S. Kennedy from Resident Evil.
	+ Thorfinn, Askeladd, and Canute from Vinland Saga.
	+ Ky Kiske and Leo Whitefang from Guilty Gear.
	+ Ragna the Bloodedge and Jin Kisiragi from Blazblue.
	+ Gohan and Future Trunks from Dragon Ball.
	+ Naked Snake/Big Boss/John, Solid Snake/David, Raiden/Jack, and Punished Snake/Venom Snake from Metal Gear.
	+ Vash the Stampeed from Trigun.
* Were Jaune a real person, he would be a Frenchman of Welsh, English, Irish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Greek descent. Jaune would also be a devout Roman Catholic.
* Like the rest of his family, much of Jaune's story draws from Christian and Medieval European Mythology (particularly French, German, Norse, and British mythology).
* Jaune's personal emblem is based on medieval heraldry.
* While in RWBY, Jaune was meant to be an audience surrogate, in this mess of a project that aspect of his character is drastically lessened (as Ruby can fill that role through having skipped a few grades). Instead, Jaune is meant to be a send-up to the heroes of chivalric romances (noble knight of royal blood who embodies the seven virtues and lives by the code of chivalry), the role of a warrior prince, and the popular perception of a paladin-type character.
* Jaune's relationship with Sebile was based off the trope of courtly love.