Aura

**Aura** is the manifestation of one's soul in both Earth and Remnant, where it can be used for a wide range of abilities. The specific abilities and their strengths differ from individual to individual and are dependent on a number of factors, such as experience, training and innate skill.

It is predominantly used for protection from harm. Some people develop an active power called a Semblance.

## Description

Aura is an ability that all those with a soul can use, at least with enough practice. Because Aura is the manifestation of the soul, it can appear very differently depending on who is using it. For example, the color of Aura differs from person to person:

It is mentioned that anything with a soul has an Aura, including Humans, Faunus, Mobians, and animals and artificial beings such as Benson despite being a machine he has an Aura. can generate an Aura. The Creatures of Grimm, being soulless, are the only known form of life that does not have Aura.

Skilled users of Aura can create their own barriers or even increase their own abilities in some way. Weapons and armor can also act as a conduit for Aura, allowing for an even wider range of offensive and defensive capabilities.

It has been shown that the strength of an Aura degrades with continual use. This limits the applications of Aura in combat as, with time or heavy use, a person's Aura will decay to the point where they are left weakened or even incapacitated. Aura being completely depleted is visually represented as a colored sheen glowing along the length of a person's body or with colored particles flying off the body, indicating that they can now be physically injured. Aura flickering means it is close to being depleted.

Aura can be recharged and the time it requires to recharge is varies between each person.

Aura also can vary between individuals in terms of innate quantity of energy that can be used, with Pyrrha noting during the Beacon initiation that Jaune possesses an extraordinarily large reserve of Aura despite his complete lack of familiarity with the concept up until that point.

Similarly, one's Aura regeneration rate is dependent on the individual, varying per person.

The powers of a Maiden or an Elemental are said to be tied to Aura, until the death of the individual, which causes the power to separate from their Aura.

## Abilities

Aura is a necessary energy source for all Huntsmen, being a powerful ally in battle. It is also required in order to trigger the use of Dust. Aura, as demonstrated by various characters, can be used in the following techniques.

* **Defense**: While users of Aura will not be hurt as long as their Aura is up, they can still feel sensations such as pain and heat. It requires training to always subconsciously have a cloak of Aura on.
* **Offense**:
* **Unlocking Aura**:

* **Healing**: It also seems that those with a strong enough Aura can heal minor wounds. However, it appears that the healing is automatic and not caused at will.
* **Dust usage**: To use the power of Dust, humans, Faunus and Mobians must use their Aura to trigger it. The user's Aura allows them harness Dust and utilize their elemental power.
* **Extrasensory perception**:
* **Climate protection**:
* **Sensing Aura**:
* **Identifying Aura**:

Other specific abilities, known as Semblances, appear to be unique to certain individuals, for the inhabitants of is much more diverse with unique abilities than their Remnant counterparts. According to research, Semblance is the projection of Aura into a more tangible form. It is learned that the first step in training is learning to activate their Aura after which they can attempt to learn and develop a Semblance. Semblances are reliant on a person's Aura pool to be used, in which they are unusable if a person's Aura is depleted.

## Activation

appears that Aura is able to manifest in different ways when in use and takes on the color of one's inner energy. It appears as a slight glow around the body. It has been stated that the activation of an Aura requires training and willpower, though someone with considerable training can unlock the Aura of another person.

## Depletion

It has been shown that the strength of an Aura degrades with continual use. Extreme use of Aura, whether for offensive purposes, such as using a Semblance, or defensive purposes, like absorbing blows will eventually cause a person's Aura will decay to the point where they are left weakened or even incapacitated from exhaustion. When an aura is completely depleted, it is visually represented as a colored sheen running through the body of the individual or with glowing particles flying off the body, indicating that they can now be mortally injured. In the case of individuals with Semblances, they will be unable to access their abilities. Some Semblances are so powerful that using them will quickly drain their Aura. When the aura of a Maiden is depleted, they appear vunerable to having their abilities stolen, as shown how Cinder first broke Amber's aura before using the glove on her to sap her abilities.

Aura flickering means it is close to being depleted or the absorbed strike was particularly strong.

## Trivia

* It has yet to be confirmed of the connections between GF-007 earth and Remnant of the shared abilities.

* It can be compared to the real-life principle of Chi/Ki or Chakra, as used in other forms of media.
* Miles Luna stated that he got the Aura monitor from the shield system in the *Halo* series. When one's Aura is low, the bar flashes red. The same goes for the shield used by the Spartans. Aura was also adapted in *RWBY: Grimm Eclipse,* albeit, slightly changed.
	+ The effect of Aura and the Halo shield are also very similar visually.
* It has been stated by Kerry Shawcross that it is possible to increase the amount of Aura someone has but that it is impractical. He further stated that most users of Aura train to use it more efficiently rather than simply trying to get "a bigger gauge".

* The color of someone's Aura and Semblance can differ from each other:
	+ Pyrrha's Aura was red while her Polarity Semblance's color was black.
	+ Elm's Aura is brown while her Aura Roots are light green.
	+ Harriet's Aura is pink while the lightning-like energy from her Super-Speed is yellow.
	+ Vine's Aura was light blue while his Aura Vines were light yellow in color.

* While all characters in *RWBY* have color associations, their associations and color can differ. For example, while the colors of Ruby and Yang are red and yellow respectively, Weiss and Blake have blue and purple auras, despite their representative colors being white and black accordingly.