Marrow Amin

**Marrow Amin** (マロウ・アミン, *Marō Amin*), is both the fictional character and tritagonist of the *Tales of RWBY* series created by Monty Oum and Yoshiharu Gotanda. He is a Canine Faunus, and the former rookie member of the Ace Operatives Specialists.

He was part of the Ace-Ops squad and the Atlesian Military, before defecting from the group after James' threat to destroy Mantle, though he later reconciles with his fellow teammates Elm and Harriet following Vine's sacrifice in order to save them.

"*I used to wear this rank with pride. Now I see it for what it really is: a collar.*"

—Marrow Amin, defecting from the Ace Operatives after denouncing James' threat to bomb Mantle.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Mick Lauer (English), Not Known (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Isralian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

### Appearance

Marrow is a young Faunus with long greenish-black hair tied in a bun and blue eyes. His trait is a dark gray canine tail.

Marrow wears an Atlesian Specialist uniform that consists of a white double-breasted coat with silver buttons, dark blue accents, collar, shoulder flaps with matching cuffs that have two silver buttons. The coat's tail splits, allowing Marrow's tail to move freely. He has a dark blue belt with a silver buckle around his waist with a dark blue pouch on the right side. He has a red ascot tied around his neck. Marrow wears a red shirt under his coat. He wears dark blue trousers tucked into his black knee-high boots.

* Hair Color: Greenish-Black
* Skin Color: Tan
* Eye Color: Light Blue
* Age: Mid-20s
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: 6'1" (1.85m)
* Weight: Not Known

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Happy Huntresses
	+ Fiona Thyme
	+ Joanna Greenleaf
	+ May Marigold
* Team RWBY
	+ Ruby Rose
	+ Blake Belladonna
	+ Yang Xiao Long
* Penny Polendina
* Qrow Branwen
* Winter Schnee

### Neutral

* Atlas
	+ James Ironwood
	+ Ace-Ops
		- Clover Ebi
		- **Marrow Amin**

## Abilities and Powers

Marrow is a skilled fighter as he is in the Atlesian Special Operatives unit, the most elite group of Huntsmen and Huntresses in Atlas. However, he is the rookie of the team.

### Combat Skills

#### Semblance

*Main article:* *Freeze*
The **Freeze**, Marrow's Semblance, allows allows him to stop an enemy's movements, as seen with how he froze two Centinels in place in "*Ace Operatives*", activating when he uses the command word "stay." This ability seems to have little to no limit in terms of numbers, as Marrow was able to freeze an entire crowd of people in the episode "*A Night Off*". However, he must remain pointing at the enemy to keep them in place, otherwise the command will wear off.

The major limitation of this Semblance is that it can only be used in a single direction: in other words, it cannot be used against two opponents coming from separate directions, as activating the Semblance will cancel any current usage. In a fight with multiple opponents in different directions, Marrow would need to constantly do and undo his "stay" commands, putting a severe strain on his stamina and Aura reserves.

### Weapons

*Main article:* *Fetch*
The **Fetch**, Marrow's weapon of choice, is an automatic rifle which doubles as a boomerang, which he uses as a ranged or melee weapon, as well as an improvised ski board when jumping off a Manta airship.

## Etymology

### Allusion

* Marrow alludes to the Aesop fable *The Dog and Its Reflection*.
	+ He is a dog Faunus.
	+ He is named Marrow, after a substance found inside of bones, which are associated with dogs.
	+ His surname, Amin, is an Arabic and Persian name that means "faithful, trustworthy". This further alludes to his inspiration as dogs are often seen as faithful animals.
	+ He uses a boomerang weapon called Fetch, alluding to the game of fetch one plays with a dog.
	+ His Semblance allows him to freeze enemies in place with a point or snap of his fingers. This seems to be inspired by dog commands, specifically stay.

### Color Naming Rule

* Marrow is a substance found inside of bones, which turns brown when cooked.
	+ It is also a white-fleshed green-skinned gourd, which is eaten as a vegetable, bringing green to mind.

## External links

* Marrow Amin *Heroes Wiki*
* Marrow Amin *RWBY Wiki*

## Notes & Trivia

### Character & Design

* Marrow was designed by concept artist Larissa Angus, who worked on *G.I. gen:LOCK*.
* Some concept art depicts Marrow with dog ears instead of a tail as his Faunus trait.
* According to Mick Lauer, Marrow's favorite foods are steak chili and animal crackers.
* During the *Official r/RWBY Ace-Op AMA*, Mick Lauer imagines Marrow unlocked his Semblance as a kid while being bullied for being a Faunus, "possibly discovering it or using it to hold back a bunch of bullies or something chasing him. Only to have one sneak up from behind him and womp him." However, this is clarified to be non-canon as Mick clarified by this point he had not known Marrow's backstory.