Marrow Amin

**Marrow Amin** is the former rookie member of the Ace OperativesSpecialists. He first appeared in "The Greatest Kingdom" of Volume 7. His weapon of choice is Fetch.

## Marrow Amin

### Nickname

Wags (by Robyn)

Dog Boy (by Gea)

## Professional Status

### Previous Affiliation

* Atlesian Military
* Ironwood's Group

## 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.

## Personality

Marrow is described as mischievous in personality, having been kicked out of an undisclosed place at least three times in the past. As the novice member of the Ace-Ops, he is also the most naive and childish of the group, having to be 'babysat' by Harriet Bree.

A large aspect of Marrow's motivation to have become a Huntsman in the past was that many said he couldn't. However, beating those odds, Marrow was able to rise to the top of the ranks, becoming an Ace-Op. He is extremely appreciative and humbled by James Ironwood for being brought in as a part of the most elite group of Huntsmen in Atlas, being well aware of the social and racial tensions between Atlas and Faunus and how rare it is for his kind to be placed in such a role.

Marrow is unable to hide his emotions, in part due to his tail which often gives his true feelings away, and as such tends to try and hide his emotions by putting up a tough act or by using humor to misdirect them. Marrow is well-versed in the issues with abuse of the Faunus in Atlas, but is not "looking to solve systemic societal issues." He is shown to have a snarky streak, especially when dealing with the Happy Huntresses or Ruby's Group, quickly becoming tired of their naive attitude. Additionally, Marrow is shown to be easily startled, nervously correcting himself after angering Yang Xiao Long, or recoiling and grabbing his tail protectively after Weiss Schnee accidentally startled him while fighting Grimm.

Marrow appears to be extremely loyal to Ironwood, defending his actions from May Marigold. Despite having a negative outlook on the Happy Huntresses, Marrow is not heartless, showing horror and fear over Tyrian Callows' massacre at Robyn Hill's election party, later being regretful he couldn't stop it. He is shown to take his job seriously, quickly becoming annoyed at other's immaturity despite his own naivety.

Similar to Blake Belladonna, Marrow's Faunus trait gives him other aspects of a dog, such as wagging his tail. Another example of that side was shown in "Sparks" when he begged to Jaune Arc to give him his coffee by staring at him with a pleading expression, exactly like a dog does when begging for its owner to give it food and his tail reacting and giving away his emotions.

However, after Ironwood declares martial law, Marrow begins to show discomfort with his current position and the orders he is given. In "Gravity", Marrow has a look of sorrow after being ordered by Ironwood to arrest Team RWBBY, especially after making a close connection with Gea, and it's in stark contrast to the rest of the Ace-Ops' look of determination. Marrow is noticeably shown to have the most hesitance to fight and hurt them, having attempted to stop his teammates and Team RWBBY from fighting each other, and later attempted to talk down Weiss from fighting him and "let it go." Even after being berated by Harriet, Marrow still refused to use excessive force and stated he was trying to arrest them, not kill them. When Ironwood kills Sleet in "Divide", Marrow is shown in complete shock.

In "War", after Ren evolves his Semblance, he realizes that Marrow is the member of the Ace-Ops that is the most conflicted with the situation saying "In fact, you don't want to be a part of it at all anymore." However, he states that he has a job to do, implying that he is only doing it as a member of the military.

In "Witch", he is visibly upset at seeing Team FNKI on the frontlines, stating that they are "just kids". He also confronts Winter Schnee about her plan to detonate a bomb inside Monstra before Yang's team returns, asking her if she would proceed if Weiss was inside Monstra, and if she's willing to inform Weiss that she caused her friends' deaths.

By the time of "Risk", Marrow's discomfort reaches its breaking point when he refuses to keep going along with Ironwood's extreme plans, yelling that he believed in him but he has chosen to throw everything away. He then states that he used to wear his rank with pride but now he sees it as a collar.

## Powers and abilities

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.

### Weapon

Marrow's weapon of choice is **Fetch**, 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.

### Semblance

Marrow's Semblance, **Freeze**, 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.