Vine Zeki

**Vine Zeki** (ヴァイン・ゼキ, *Vain Zeki*), is both a fictional character and deuteragonist of the *Tales of RWBY* series created by Monty Oum and Yoshiharu Gotanda. He is a member of the Ace-Ops Specialists and was also a part of James' inner circle.

He and his squad team first arrived when they captured Ruby's Group as they arrived in Mantle.

"*We have all said some things we regret, but please, hear me out. I know you thought you were doing the right thing when you left with the Maiden power, but now that much darker and greater forces are here. Things have changed.*"

—Vine Zeki, to Lei Ren.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Todd Womack (English), Not Known (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), 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 (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 (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish)

### Biography

The Ace Ops don't really have a "partner" concept, but operatives Vine and Elm tend to pair up together. This may be due to the amazing synergy between their plant-like Semblances. Vine's ivy like arms, and Elm's root like feet give the duo the flexibility as well as the steadfastness to combat any situation.

### Appearance

Vine is a tall man with short shaved gray hair, deathly pale skin and light blue eyes. He has several tattoos, including a third eye tattoo along the centre of his forehead and chin. He wears an Atlesian Specialist uniform that consists of a white double-breasted, partially unbuttoned coat with a broad tail, navy blue accents, collar and shoulder flaps. A red sash running diagonally over his left shoulder meeting a second red sash around his waist under a large blue belt, and navy blue fingerless gloves that go up to his brachium.

He wears navy blue pants tucked into a pair of navy blue thigh-high boots with steel toe and heel plating, a small pouch on the sides and kneepad detailing. He wears beaded necklaces around his neck and beaded bracelets around his right arm alongside two silver bands, one small, one large on his left forearm.

* Hair Color: Gray
* Skin Color: Deathly Pale
* Eye Color: Light Blue
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: 6'6" (1.98m)
* Weight: Not Known

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Atlesian Military
	+ Caroline Cordovin
* James' Group
	+ James Ironwood
	+ Winter Schnee
	+ Ace-Ops
		- Clover Ebi
		- Elm Ederne
		- Harriet Bree
		- Marrow Amin

### Neutral

* Team RWBY
	+ Ruby Rose
	+ Weiss Schnee
	+ Yang Xiao Long
* Team JNR
	+ Jaune Arc
	+ Lei Ren
	+ Nora Valkyrie
* Ozpin's Group
	+ Qrow Branwen
	+ Oscar Pine
* Happy Huntresses
	+ Robyn Hill

## Powers and Abilities

Vine is a skilled fighter as he is in the Atlesian Special Operatives unit, the most elite group of Huntsmen and Huntresses in Remnant. He shows a restrained style when entering battle, along with the Ace-Ops, surprised by Team JNPR's headfirst approach.

Vine's fighting style is heavily dependent on his Semblance, but conversely affords him a fantastic degree of mobility and versatility. His agility and flexible fighting style allows him to maneuver gracefully around a battlefield, swinging and ascending on his Aura vines and maintaining a smooth, flowing combat style that is in line with his calm and quiet personality.

### Fighting Style

#### Semblance

*Main article:* *Aura Vines*
The **Aura Vines**, Vine's Semblance, allows him to generate Aura vines from his arms and legs, essentially extending the length of his limbs. He is seen using his Semblance to propel himself and grapple at other enemies, as well as using the extended limbs to punch at them from a distance.

Later during his battle against Blake and Yang, Vine displays the ability to freely alter the shape of his Aura Vines into claws, allowing him to grapple and capture a fully grown woman with ease using his new Aura Claws and he also displayed enhanced strength, as seen when he was able to easily throw large boulders at Yang and Blake without difficulty.

### Weapons

*Main article:* *Thorn*
The **Thorn** (ソーン, ), Vine's weapon of choice, was never seen being used on-screen for unknown reasons.

## Etymology

* A vine is a climbing or trailing woody-stemmed plant of the grape family.
* The name Zeki is a boy's name of Turkish origin meaning "clever" or "intelligent."
* Like other members of Ace-Ops, Vine likely alludes to Aesop's Fables, particularly *The Elm and The Vine*.

## External links

* Vine Zeki *Heroes Wiki*
* Vine Zeki *RWBY Wiki*