Blake Belladonna

**Overview**
History
Relationships

**Series 2:**

* 25 (Volume 1)

**Series 3:**

* 42 (Volume 1)

***Real freedom means respecting others' as much as you value your own.***
― Blake Belladonna

**Blake Belladonna** is the deuteragonist of *Argent RWBY*. She is a Huntress and a former student at the now-defunct Beacon Academy. Her weapon of choice is a High-Frequency Dust Katana (HFDK) named Twilight Edge.

Blake is a former member of the Valerian branch of the White Fang, where she was mentored and taught by Adam Taurus. Blake is a member of Team RWBY alongside Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long.

Blake is the daughter of Ghira Belladonna, the current Chairman of Meridea, and his wife, Kali Belladonna.

## Appearance

Blake is a young woman with pale skin and amber eyes. She has wavy black hair and bangs that cover her forehead. She also has a pair of cat ears on her head.

25 years later, Blake has trimmed her hair to a medium length, enough for it to rest in front of her shoulders. Her hair is parted loosely in a curtain style.

### Outfits

#### Volumes 4-5

To combat the scorching heat in her stay in Meridea, Blake regularly donned a *sugegasa*, a conical, pointed hat woven from grass. She repurposed her black ribbon as a chin strap for the hat.

Blake wears a loose fitting black off-shoulder crop top over a white sports bra. Her arm sleeve is shorter, only reaching to her elbow, and she continues wearing ribbons wrapped around her forearms.

## Equipment and Abilities

Blake shows high agility, speed, and endurance, able to fight multiple enemies whilst maintaining her speed with minimal fatigue. She is highly proficient in handling blades and can wield her weapons at speeds that are difficult to follow with the untrained eye. She can even deflect oncoming gunfire with her weapons for a short time.

With regards to unarmed martial arts, Blake shows a preference for kicking techniques, mainly from taekwondo, Muay Thai, and wushu. Although she does incorporate some moves when fighting with a weapon, Blake allows her full range of techniques to shine when fully unarmed.

Blake possesses heightened reflexes, able to dodge point-blank strikes from opponents using her Semblance. She can use her Aura to extend her jumps, granting her the ability to leap great distances.

As a faunus, Blake has night vision, allowing her to see in low light environments. However, it is not perfect. She can see neither fine details nor rich colors, leaving her vision blurred when in the dark.

### Weapons

#### Gambol Shroud

*Main article: Gambol Shroud*

Blake's first weapon was **Gambol Shroud**, a weapon capable of shifting into three different forms. When sheathed, the weapon could make use of the extra weight to cleave opponents in two. When unsheathed, Blake could use Gambol Shroud dual-handed. It also had the ability to transform into a semi-automatic pistol.

During the Battle of Argus, Gambol Shroud was destroyed by Adam Taurus in combat. The blade was completely shattered, and the pieces were too small to be reattached.

After arriving at Atlas, Blake was gifted with a new custom weapon named **Twilight Edge**.

#### Twilight Edge

*Main article: Twilight Edge*

**Twilight Edge** serves as Blake's primary weapon of choice following the Battle of Argus, replacing her old weapon. Resembling a more traditional katana, Twilight Edge forgoes its predecessor's more complicated shifting capabilities for high-frequency technology. It sports a longer blade and a pronounced curve. Like with its predecessor, the

### Semblance

*Main article: Harmonic Shadow*

Blake's Semblance, **Harmonic Shadow** allows her to create shadow clones of herself. These clones push her in her desired direction and can be used to distract and disorient opponents.

Blake can also use Dust to give her clones additional abilities.

#### Evolved

After an evolution, the range of Blake's Semblance grew larger,