Ruby Rose

Maternal

* Carmine Rose (Grandfather)
* Briar Rose (Grandmother)

**Dame Ruby Garnet Rose** was a Valean Huntress and knight, one of the Heroes of Remnant, and a former officer in the United Vytal Army. In Ruby's later years, she became a professor at Beacon Academy and is honored as the greatest hero in Remnant's history. Ruby was responsible for defeating the Dread Witch, Salem, and for killing several of the Primordial Grimm.

Ruby was born in the village of Perrault to Taiyang Xiao Long and Summer Rose, both of whom were some of the most powerful and famous hunters alive. Ruby was also the younger half sister of Yang Xiao Long, from her father's previous marriage to Raven Branwen.

When Ruby was five years old, her mother passed away which resulted in her becoming immensely traumatized. Despite this, Ruby resolved to become a huntress like her mother.

## Biography

### Early Life

Ruby Rose was born on October 31st, 65 A.V.A. in Perrault to Summer Rose and Taiyang Xiao Long. Ruby was an unexpected pregnancy and her parents did not legally marry until she was three. Both her parents were hunters, though her father had semi-retired to be a teacher at the local combat school, Signal Academy. When Ruby was born both her parents began crying when they saw her eyes. The reason being that her having Silver Eyes marked her as a target of Salem and her followers because of the threat she could potentially pose to her and to the Grimm.

Ruby was raised in the family's cabin which was a fair bit away from the town itself alongside her older half-sister, Yang. The family were often visited by Qrow Branwen, Yang's uncle and thus Ruby's honorary uncle. Qrow was also an hunter and often told Ruby stories about his adventures. Ruby idolized her parents and her uncle and wanted to be a huntress just like them when she grew up, also being inspired by the various fairy tales and legends that her mother read to her.

Ruby would be diagnosed with Autism, manifesting in her having difficulties in social interactions (such as with noticing social cues and making friends) and having hyperfixations (particularly with weapons). Ruby did not properly understand what that meant and was scared, however his family helped her understand that it wasn't a bad thing and just meant that her brain worked differently. Ruby would have some struggles throughout her life coming to terms with her autism, especially with her difficulties in social situations.

Ruby originally went to a primary school in Cobbletown, though she had trouble making friends because she was shy and had trouble relating to others. Additionally, many of the other children usually passed up being friends with her in favor of Yang, with some even going so far as to use Ruby to get close to Yang. Ruby ended up developing a bit of a complex about this.

#### Summer's Death

One day when Ruby was five years old, she was awoken from sleep when she heard her parents arguing about something. She woke up Yang and the two went to investigate. They saw her parents intensely arguing, but could not understand what they were talking about with the words "Queen", "Silver-Eyes", and "Salem" sticking out in her mind. Ruby and Yang made themselves known and asked what was going on.

Summer said that she was going away on an important mission and would be gone for a while. Ruby had a bad feeling about the mission and expressed worry about Summer coming back. To assuage her fears, Summer promised her family that she would come back and then took her daughters back to bed, reading a bed time story for them.

Months would pass and Summer never returned home, despite everything telling her otherwise she still clung onto hope that her mother was still alive. Then one day her Uncle Qrow ran into the house covered in blood and dirt with his clothes torn. He was carrying only two things a torn and bloody, white cloak and a destroyed sword/rifle, both of which belonged to her mother. While Ruby initially did not understand what was going on, she quickly caught on when she saw her father, sister, and uncle all begin crying. Ruby did not fully understand the concept at death first, though her family explained it to her. Her mother had died during the mission.

## Personality

Ruby was an immensely kind and altruistic woman who from a young age wanted nothing more than to be a true hero like her late mother, doing her best to live up to those ideals. Ruby was a shy and introverted woman who did not do well with strangers, but was immensely kind and loyal to her friends and family. On the surface, Ruby appeared to be someone who was very casual and carefree, but she was able to be very serious and professional when the situation demanded it. Ruby was a very cheerful and exuberant person with those she knew and loved, though she was originally quite meek especially with strangers. As she matured and grew older, she began losing her meek traits to become a truly confident huntress. While confident, Ruby remained humble and generous. Ruby was known for being immensely courageous to point of recklessness and foolhardiness. Ruby seemed almost completely fearless when on the battlefield, though in truth she merely acted in spite of that fear. Ruby was born as someone who was pure of heart, someone who was completely sure of their path, goals, and identity and unable to be turned away from them. Ruby was someone who embodied heroism and purity itself.

While Ruby was initially a very shy and almost passive person, she did have an immense charisma that appeared when she felt she needed to take charge. People couldn't help but follow Ruby and what she said, with her giving off a feeling that causes others to trust her. While Ruby was socially awkward and could be a bit of a dork, it did not take away from her natural charm. As Ruby became more used to commanding and grew up, she lost much of her shyness and became very take charge and aggressive. Ruby had trouble making friends when she was younger due to her meekness and people finding her "weird" because of her interests. As she grew older and started growing out of her shell, she began making many true friendships that would last for years. Ruby was seen as someone who was inherently likable when someone got to know her.

Ruby could be easily embarrassed by things, especially being teased by her friends and family. Ruby had many adorable reactions to such situations which only caused her friends and family to tease her more. Despite this, Ruby did have a good sense of humor about herself. Ruby could be somewhat clumsy at times, though never in battle in which she was extremely graceful.

Ruby could be very mischievous, especially with her friends. Ruby was fond of pranking her sister, uncle, and some of her friends (mainly Weiss, Jaune, Nora, Oscar, and Caramel). Ruby was fond of telling jokes, though she absolutely hated the dad jokes her father made and the puns her sister made. Ruby had a habit of being very theatric to the point of being a little "chuuni", though she resented being called that.

Ruby had a few character tics. Ruby was a very casual and almost carefree person, and she had almost no knowledge of anything formal. Even the little knowledge she did have about being formal was mostly guess work from what she saw in TV, movies, and books. Ruby was only completely serious during life or death missions or when innocents were in danger. Ruby had a habit of rambling or going on massive tangents when speaking on topics that interested her or when embarrassed/nervous. Ruby had a habit of comparing her situations to her favorite media or using them as examples to explain her thought processes. Ruby tended to rub one of her arms and nervously laugh when nervous or embarrassed. When Ruby was stressed, she tended to bite her lower lip. When annoyed, her left eye tended to twitch. When Ruby was exasperated, she simply ruefully shook her head. Ruby would easily fangirl over things she thought were "cool" or "awesome". Ruby obsessively maintained her equipment, both because of her love of weapons and because it soothed her.

Ruby disliked swearing, chastising her friends and family for doing and almost never searing herself. The coarsest language she was usually willing to use were "hell", "crap", or "damn". Only the worst of situations would cause her to swear, and even then it tended to be quite light. Ruby instead made a habit of using minced oaths or replacements. Even as an adult, Ruby never swore.

Ruby was extremely idealistic and saw the best in everyone, even those who others thought didn't deserve it. Ozpin described Ruby as someone who had love for everyone in her heart, even the worst people in the world she had some manner of love for. Despite this, Ruby was not blind to the wrongs and injustice of the world. Ruby gave people the benefit of the doubt and believed that people were more than their worst actions. When Ruby was younger, she tried her best to save everyone and was almost unwilling to accept that not everyone could be saved. As she matured and grew more experienced, she realized that was the case, but still did everything in her power to save everyone. Ruby also began to see that there were some people who it was no longer worth it to get them to atone for their crimes, but she would still try to do things peacefully. If Ruby could end the situation without having to kill them she would do it, but she would do what was needed if there was no other choice. While Ruby initially had a black and white view of the world, she gradually began to see the world in grayscale.

Ruby loved helping people, though it was not a compulsion. Ruby loved helping people and would almost always do as she was asked without wish for reward, but there were situations that would cause her to focus on other matters. Ruby's dream was to save everyone, and while she would like to help everyone she met, she would typically rather fight Grimm or bandits than do more mundane activities. Ruby thought that saving others was the essence of a huntress and devoted herself to the task. Ruby thought this was what should be and so downplayed her altruism as "something anyone would do". Ruby's drive to save others was the cause of her semblance, it allowing her to be fast to save everyone in sight. It was simply in Ruby's nature to help others, even going as far trying to save criminals or "bad guys" because she thought it was the right things to do. Ruby might be seen as naïve or foolish for such ideals, but she felt strongly about it and would be convinced to quit. Ruby did not help people out of the expectation of a reward, and often tried to turn down rewards when she could.

A negative impact of her altruism was that Ruby was the type of person to disregard her own needs in order to cater to the needs of others, which often became self-destructive. Ruby's drive to save others was often a way to focus things other than her feelings and especially her grief. As much as Ruby was intrinsically someone who saved others, part of it was trying to emulate the perfect image of her mother in her head and her trying to distract herself from her problems. Ruby's many friends, family members, and mentors have tried to get her to focus on her own needs with some success, but she reverts to this line of thinking occasionally. Ruby was the type of person who wanted to take on everyone else's problems while ignoring her own, something that could easily back fire on her. Even when her friends offered her aid, Ruby was likely to hide her problems from them and reject their help so they would not be burdened by them, even though she burdened herself with their problems. Ruby frequently had to be reminded that it was not a bad thing to rely on her friends, so she shouldn't hide her problems from them. There have been times that people have tried to take advantage of Ruby's generosity, though she really didn't mind much unless they were trying to hurt others.

Ruby was a nurturing person and would do anything for her loved ones. While she could be immature and childish, even somewhat as an adult, Ruby could also be mature when she was needed. Despite being seen as everyone's little sister, Ruby was the leader of the group and respected as such. Ruby took her role as leader seriously and so she attempted to make schedules for the group and do everything she felt a leader should be. While Ruby could be commanding when she needed to be, she was usually more easy going and let her teammates do what they wanted as long as it wasn't wrong or didn't get in the way of accomplishing the mission. Most of Ruby's orders could be seen more so as suggestions than actual orders.

## Appearance

### Physical Appearance

#### General

Ruby is a woman of mixed Mistrali and Valean origin with black hair that fades to red at the tips, silver eyes, and pair skin. Ruby was somewhat short and lean, though she did have her share of muscle. By the time she fully matured, Ruby stood at 5'6" and weighed 165 lbs. Ruby was somewhat petite, though she had toned muscles beneath a layer of feminine softness. Ruby was at peak human fitness, something required by her job. Ruby's physique was something meant for speed, though she was plenty strong as well. Ruby was noted to have very powerful and muscular legs and thighs. Ruby was a Wolf Faunus and her traits were her ears, tail, and fangs. Ruby had a pair of black wolf ears that faded to red at the tips, a black wolf tail that also faded to red at the tip, and elongated canines. As a Demi-God, Ruby can take whatever form she wishes and no longer ages. As a general rule, she generally prefers taking the form of her in her twenties.

When Ruby was younger, she was considered incredibly cute and adorable, though as she grew older she was considered more beautiful. Even as a child, Ruby was joked to be the cutest thing in existence. Even in her mid-to-late teens, Ruby was considered incredibly cute. While Ruby was a bit of a tomboy, she was still adorable and very pretty. After she became a Demi-Goddess, her beauty became inhuman because of her new transformation. Ruby became known as one of the most beautiful women in the world, and while somewhat embarrassed by it, she also found it flattering. Ruby had a bit of a complex about being seen as attractive, especially when she compared herself to her sister. While differently beautiful, Ruby was just as beautiful as her sister.

Ruby had thick and wavy black hair that turned red at the ends, and it was soft and somewhat fluffy. The fur on her ears and tail were similarly soft and fluffy and had the same color. Ruby typically wore her hair somewhat short, though it got somewhat longer as she grew older. Ruby's hair was quite messy and she had a left part. Ruby's bangs completely framed her face and hid her ears from view. During certain moments, Ruby's bangs fell and completely covered the upper half of her face and obscured her eyes from view. Unlike her father or sister, Ruby lacked the Xiao Long ahoge.

Ruby's most captivating feature were her eyes. Ruby's eyes were very large and expressive, being considered extremely beautiful. Ruby's silver eyes were extremely rare and Jaune considered her eyes to be the most beautiful he had ever seen. Ruby's eyes almost reflected light and they shone brightly with kindness, compassion, and goodness. Ruby's eyes were very emotive and often betrayed her thought process. Ruby's eyes were almost always soft and welcoming, though they could be sharp and fierce in bad situations. Ruby was rarely angry, though her eyes glowed during these moments. Ruby had long and thick eyelashes and her eyebrows were low-arched and somewhat rounded.

Ruby had a cherubic face that was round and perfectly symmetrical. Ruby had high cheek bones, dimples on her cheeks, and a small, straight, and sharp nose. Ruby had a small and rounded chin, that emphasized her youth. Ruby had soft and light pink lips, though they were somewhat thin. Ruby's body was perfectly proportioned and she had especially long and muscular legs, though the rest of her body had it's share of muscle. Ruby had small hands with long and slender fingers. Ruby had smooth and soft skin that was very fair. While Ruby had pale skin, she did not sunburn easily, instead gracefully tanning. Ruby had a somewhat large bust (though not as large as her sisters), a narrow waist, and large hips. Ruby's thighs and legs were apparently her "sexiest" feature and she took pride in them. Ruby apparently had the third best behind of team RWBY and was tied with Nora during an informal poll in Beacon.

When Ruby was younger, she had a high-pitched voice that was somewhat squeaky. It was very youthful, though it deepened as she grew older. While not very deep, it was still a smooth voice that was very comforting and soothing. Ruby could be authoritative when she needed to be, though she preferred to be more casual. Ruby could occasionally let out extremely high pitched noises that only animals and certain Faunus could hear, sometimes accidently hurting her own ears with her volume.

### Childhood

As a child, Ruby was quite small. Ruby's hair was longer than it would be when she became a teenager.
Ruby wore black shoes, a black skirt, white tank top, a red sleeveless hoodie, and a red cape.

### Signal Battle Outfit

Ruby wore a black long-sleeved blouse with a high collar and red trim on the sleeves, over which is a black waist cincher with red lacing up the front, and a matching skirt with red lining. She also wore a pair of thick black stockings and black combat boots with red laces, red trims around the top, and red soles. Additionally, Ruby wore a red hooded cloak fastened at her throat. On her belt is a a large silver cross, a pocket, and a row of bullets.

### Beacon Battle Outfit

Ruby's Beacon outfit was near identical to her Signal one, though she fastened the hood at her shoulders with cross-shaped pins and replaced the cross on her belt with a silver version of her emblem.

### Beacon Pajamas

During her time at Beacon, Ruby's pajamas consist of a black tank top featuring a heart-shaped Beowolf design on the chest and long white pants decorated with pink roses. She also wears a black sleeping mask decorated with triangular red eyes.

### Beacon School Uniform

Ruby wore a modified version of the female Beacon Uniform. It consisted of of brown shoes, red tartan skirt, white blouse with maroon trim and thin red bow, a brown vest with gold buttons and maroon blazer with gold trim, alongside full-length black stockings. The modification she made was that she added her cloak.

### Slayer Outfit

While investigating the White Fang, Ruby chose to wear a different outfit (having been inspired by Blake donning a disguise). Ruby wore long-sleeve, light gray shirt with black belted cuffs near the ends of the sleeves. Over top of the gray shirt is a black pinafore with two vertical lines of red stitching that resemble the lacing on a corset. She wears a red skirt with a large black print of her emblem on the side and matching black tulle underneath. Her stockings and shoes remain the same as her original outfit, though the boots lack the red trim that decorated the top. A few pieces of metal arranged in the shape of a rose are attached to the shoulder of her left sleeve, and her cloak's hood has been wrapped around her neck in a scarf-like fashion, while the rest hangs down like normal.

### Prom Dress

During the dance, Ruby wore a short, red, sleeveless dress with a thick black sash around the waist and black trim along the bottom. The bodice of the dress is split vertically to the sash and laced with black lacing. The yoke of the dress is transparent mesh with an opaque collar and hem, as well as opaque lines connecting the collar to her shoulders. She also wore black stockings and pumps.

### Patch Pajamas

At her home in Patch, Ruby's pajamas are a matching dark-gray long-sleeved shirt and pants with faded-red polka dots and a white lining at the front and the collar.

#### Second Year Outfit

Ruby's second year outfit is rather different from her original one. Ruby began wearing a white high-neck décolletage blouse with brown studded wristbands on the arms. Her outfit retains the use of a black skirt with red tulle underneath, somewhat similar to her original outfit, but her waist cincher has been replaced with an overbust corset with red strip holding it in place. A black belt bordered in red holds the magnetic clip for Crescent Rose and its ammunition. She also has brown straps on her blouse that allow her to wear a small brown backpack. In lieu of her usual full black stockings, Ruby wears thigh-high stockings reaching to a few inches below the hem of her skirt, decorated by an image of a long-stemmed rose. Her red-soled black boots contain four straps and buckles apiece. Her cloak has a singular clip on the right shoulder in the shape of her emblem, replacing the cross-shaped clips from her original attire.

#### Third Year Outfit

Ruby's new outfit consists of a black red lined lace-up corset with four buckles hanging loose over a mesh sleeveless top over a white low cut long-sleeved blouse, as well as a black choker around her neck. She wears a red pleated skirt that is split at the side with a small brown belted strap across the gap, and bright red shorts under it. On her arms, she wears black bracers with large brown buckled straps around the wrist as well as black fingerless gloves. Around her waist, she now has a brown belt with several bullets with a buckle of her emblem on it alongside a pouch on the right side with a Zwei based emblem and she wears black, thigh-high steel-toe boots with red soles and heels, a single buckled strap, rear seam and a large brown buckled strap with attached pouches near the top, over a pair of brown mesh tights. In addition, her old cape is replaced with a new one.

#### Fourth Year Outfit

While in her third year, Ruby changed her outfit for the new climate. Ruby's new outfit consisted of black, laced-up boots that reached her calves with red soles, strings, and heels, knee-high stockings, a black skirt with red trim, a brown belt with several bullets with a buckle of her emblem on it, a black blouse with white stripes, her cloak, black bracers that reach her elbows, and reddish-black gloves.

#### Anima Outfit

While in Anima, Ruby changed her outfit to something similar to her Beacon Battle Outfit and seonc year outfit Outfit. It consists of black, laced-up boots with red lining on top and red soles that end just under her knees, full black stockings, a black skirt with red tulle underneath, a black waist cincher with red lacing up the front, a black belt bordered in red holds the magnetic clip for Crescent Rose and its ammunition, a black, long-sleeved blouse, and red gloves.

#### Atlas Outfit

Ruby's outfit in Atlas consists of black combat boots with red laces, red trims around the top, and red soles, thigh-high stockings, a black skirt with red tulle underneath, a black corset with red trim, a white blouse, black gloves, a black belt bordered in red holds the magnetic clip for Crescent Rose and its ammunition, and a red rose that she wears in her hair.

#### Wedding Dress

Ruby's wedding dress consists of a white dress with a slit on the side, white stockings with blue lining, a cyan ribbon on her side, chest, and hair, a white shawl on her shoulders, white gloves with black lining, a white choker, and a tiara.

#### Casual Attire #2

Ruby's casual outfit consists of a red hoodie, black shorts, full, black stockings and red shoes.

## Paraphernalia

### Weapons

#### Current

* **Crescent Rose MK. II**
	+ **Scythe**
	+ **Sword**
	+ **Lance**
	+ **Rifle**
* **Florent**
* **Scythe of Slaying**
* **Scattering Thorn**
* **P.E.N.N.Y.**
* **Floating Array**

#### Former

* **Crescent Rose**
* **Spear of Destiny**

## Relationships

### Family

#### Taiyang Xiao Long

Taiyang Xiao Long was Ruby's father. The two had a loving father-daughter relationship. When Ruby was six years old, her mother Summer died which caused Taiyang to shut down in depression. As a result of this, Taiyang began neglecting Ruby and Yang, and he threw himself into his work at Signal Academy. When Ruby was seven years old, Yang took her to find Yang's birth mother which nearly got them killed by a group of Beowolves. The sisters were saved by their Uncle Qrow who brought them back home. This incident caused Taiyang to snap out of his depression and take an active part in his daughter's lives again.

Taiyang once again became a loving father, though Ruby would describe as being slightly overprotective of her. A testament to this was that Taiyang had a habit of grilling Ruby's male friends as to the nature of their friendship. Taiyang was also somewhat apprehensive about Ruby's want to be a huntress, though he supported her efforts.

Taiyang was one of Ruby's teachers at Signal Academy. While Ruby was initially somewhat embarrassed about this, she took solace that Taiyang didn't treat her any differently than any of his other students in class.

After the "From Dust Till Dawn" robbery, Taiyang reprimanded Ruby for endangering herself and others by getting involved. At the same time, Taiyang showed pride in Ruby for successfully defeating criminals and standing up for those who couldn't defend themselves, noting that her actions were the same that he and her mother would have done were they in her place. Taiyang also learned that because of her involvement in the robbery, that she would be allowed to attend Beacon Academy two years early. Taiyang was apprehensive of Ruby being sent to Beacon early but felt that she was in good hands and was capable enough to succeed there.

While in Beacon Academy, Ruby often called and wrote home to check up on her father as well as to pass on messages to her old friends at Signal. During Ruby and Yang’s second semester at Beacon, Taiyang sent Zwei for them to take care of while he left Patch for a mission.

During the Vytal Festival Tournament, Taiyang was busy with a mission and thus was unable to watch the tournament in person, however he watched Team RWBY's matches from his scroll. When the Battle of Beacon occurred, Taiyang abandoned his mission to help his daughters in Vale, but was too late to reach the city. After the Fall of Beacon, Taiyang watched over Ruby as she recovered from her coma. Taiyang was at Ruby's bedside when she awoke and he explained some of the details of the situation in Vale and Beacon. Despite this, Taiyang was apprehensive to divulge some information (mainly pertaining to Ruby's silver eyes) out of fear that she would endanger herself. Taiyang continued watching over Ruby after she recovered.

Months later, Ruby left Patch with the remaining members of Team JNPR to stop another attack on Haven Academy. Ruby decided to leave a note behind for her father rather than explain the situation in person out of fear that Taiyang would stop her from leaving. When Taiyang found the note, he attempted to run after her but she had already left and he was stuck looking after Yang. Taiyang later tasked Qrow with tailing Ruby in order to make sure that she was safe while he continued watch after Yang.

After Yang recovered and left to find her mother and reunite with Ruby, Taiyang decided to let Ruby continue her mission as he felt she was old enough to look after herself and would have her friends, Qrow, and Yang to watch after her.

About a year later, Taiyang watched Team Ruby's broadcast from Atlas. Taiyang was distraught after the broadcast shut off, as it was the only time he was able to see Ruby after about two years of traveling.

Months later, Taiyang saw his daughters again when they returned to Vale to protect the Relic of Choice. While there Taiyang got to properly meet Ruby's teammates, friends, and allies including her boyfriend Oscar Pine. While Taiyang was initially apprehensive of the relationship (both because of his overprotective nature and Oscar being the host of Ozpin's spirit), he later approved of the relationship as he thought that Oscar brought Ruby genuine happiness and though they were a cute couple. Taiyang later assisted Ruby's group against a Grimm invasion, though he got injured in the process. Ruby's group soon left to fight Salem in the Land of Darkness. Before leaving, Ruby promised her father that she would stay safe and return to Patch.

After the end of the war, Ruby returned to patch to meet with her father. The nations of the world held a festival in honor of Ruby's group on the island of Vytal and Taiyang was in attendance. Sometime after this, Taiyang comforted Ruby after Oscar broke up with her when he fully merged with Ozpin. While Taiyang offered to let Ruby stay with him back at Patch, she declined and instead decided to share an apartment with her best friend Jaune Arc. A few months later, Ruby informed Taiyang that she and Jaune had started a relationship. After getting to know Jaune better, Taiyang approved of the relationship (which was helped by Taiyang being friends with Jaune's father Nicholas during his time at Beacon). Four years later, Jaune asked Taiyang for his blessing to marry Ruby which he agreed to. Taiyang was present at the marriage and was also present for the birth of Ruby and Jaune's children. One of Ruby's children was named after Taiyang.

#### Summer Rose

Summer was Ruby's mother. Ruby loved her mother, though Summer died when she was six years old. Ruby was devastated by the news, though she had trouble fully comprehending what death meant. Summer served as partial inspiration for her goals of being a huntress.

As Ruby grew older, she continuously made visits to Summer's grave and often spoke to the gravestone as a way to process her own feelings about the events of her life.

One of Ruby's children was named after Summer.

#### Yang Xiao Long

Yang was Ruby's older half-sister and her teammate on Team RWBY. The two cared about each other immensely, and the two initially were unaware that they only half-sisters. As a child, Yang used to read Ruby fairy tales, which would later influence Ruby to want to be a huntress.

After their mother passed and Taiyang shut down emotionally, Yang began caring for Ruby. When Ruby was seven and Yang was nine, Yang took Ruby to find her biological mother, Raven. During the journey, the sisters were attacked by a pack of Beowolves, but were saved by their uncle Qrow. Yang grew a guilt complex regarding the incident, and became somewhat overprotective of Ruby as a means of making up for the incident.

Ruby and Yang both attended Signal Academy, though Yang was two grades above Ruby. Yang encouraged Ruby to come out of her shell and make friends. Yang also defended Ruby against bullies. Yang also began realizing that both her and their father's overprotectiveness was impacting Ruby's social skills. Ruby was proud of Yang's acceptance to Beacon Academy, though she was secretly worried about being left alone at Signal.

While Ruby always loved and admired her sister, she also had some minor resentment over her confidence and ease in social interactions. Ruby deeply believed that Yang was almost perfect and felt that she couldn't compare. Ruby knew she was being silly and that things weren't like that but she couldn't help how she felt. Ruby would have a talk with Yang that led to Ruby putting these feelings behind her.

During the break between school years (and before Yang left Patch for Beacon), Ruby found Yang in a ruined nightclub after she got in a large fight there. Yang explained the situation to Ruby, who reprimanded her for being so reckless. Ruby later defended Yang against their father, who was incensed that Yang had gotten in a fight with known criminals and caused untold amounts of property damage.

Following the Dust 'Till Dawn robbery, Yang was happy that Ruby had taken it upon herself to defend the store against criminals and was impressed that she held her own against Roman Torchwick. Yang was also excited that Ruby was being admitted into Beacon early as a result of her intervention. Yang also listened to and gave advice to Ruby regarding her fears about being seen differently for being admitted early.

#### Blake Belladonna

Blake Belladonna is Ruby's sister-in-law and teammate on Team RWBY.

#### Sunny Xiao Long-Belladonna

Sunny Xiao Long-Belladonna was Ruby's niece.

#### Qrow Branwen

Qrow Branwen was Ruby's (honorary) uncle and mentor.

#### Jaune Arc

Jaune Arc was Ruby's husband and teammate on Team RNJR.

### Teammates

#### Weiss Schnee

Weiss Schnee was Ruby's partner, best friend, and teammate on Team RWBY.

### Nora Valkyrie

Nora was Ruby's friend and teammate on Team RNJR.