Yang Xiao Long

Yang Xiao Long is one of the main RWBY characters, she's the older half sister of Ruby Rose and the daughter of Taiyang Xiao Long and Raven Brawen, the niece of Qrow Brawen and the stepdaughter of Summer Rose. Yang is Blake's girlfriend who started a polyamorous relationship with Sora.

Yang Xiao Long

Age: 17 (volume 1-2) 18 (volume 3-5) 19 (volume 6-7)

Gender: Female

Hair color: Blonde

Eye color: Lilac (normal) Red (angry/Semblance)

Weapons: Ember Celica, Prosthetic Arm

Semblance: Burn

Aura color: Yellow

Birthday: June 28th

Sizes: B90-W56-H82

Height: 173 cm

Weight: 56 kg

Species: Human

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Family: Taiyang Xiao Long (father)

Raven Brawen (mother)

Summer Rose (stepmother)

Qrow Brawen (uncle)

Ruby Rose (younger half-sister)

Blake Belladonna (Girlfriend)

Sora (Boyfriend)

Background of Yang Xiao Long: Yang is depicted to have an extensive past with Ruby Rose, her younger half-sister and close friend. Ruby mentions that Yang used to read bedtime stories to her when they were young.

Yang was raised alongside Ruby on the island of Patch, off the west coast of Vale. Their father was a Huntsman who taught at Signal Academy and a former member of a team consisting of Summer Rose, Qrow Branwen and Raven Branwen - the last of whom disappeared shortly after her birth. Following this, Yang's father became romantically involved with Summer, who took the role of Yang's surrogate mother and gave her a sister two years later in Ruby.

However, Summer would frequently embark on Huntress missions all over the kingdoms, and early in Yang's childhood she was killed during one. Yang's father, distraught at losing yet another love, "shut down"; it was then that Yang found out Summer Rose wasn't her biological mother, and that the woman who'd given birth to her had also abandoned her shortly thereafter. Motivated to find out why her mother left her, Yang attempted to follow up on what she thought was a clue to her whereabouts, and one day waited until her father left the house and traveled to that location herself, wheeling Ruby in a wagon and walking until she was bruised and tired.

Upon arriving at the building, Yang and Ruby were attacked and almost killed by three Beowolves; their uncle, Qrow, thankfully appearing just in time to save them. Yang was ashamed of her stubborn, brash actions, aware that she had almost gotten her younger sister killed, and resolved to continue searching for her mother while helping raise Ruby, but also to not allow that search to consume her. After meeting Sora, Yang started to developed feelings for him, (in Volume 9 Yang and Blake decided to confess to each other and began fall in love with that kind of relationship with Sora, then began as an polyamorous couple). She's always call Sora a cute boy when he met her sister, Ruby at Beacon Academy in Volume 1-3.

Powers/Abilities:

* **Aura:** Aura is the manifestation of one's soul, and can be used for wide range of abilities. The specific abilities and their strengths differs from individual to individual and are dependent on the number of factors, such as experience, training and innate skill.
	+ **Defense:** Aura is mainly used for defense purposes, blocking physical damage from enemy attacks until the user's aura runs out. While it blocks out damage, it doesn't block sensations like pain or heat.
	+ **Offence:** It can cause shock waves of force propelling.
	+ **Unlock Aura:** One's Aura can be used to unlock the aura abilities of someone else.
	+ **Healing:** It can heal minor wounds.
* **Semblance:** A manifestation of a person's innate, personal abilities, which is different for every person who has one.

**Burn:** Yang has the ability to absorb energy from the damage she has taken, and redirect it twice as hard at her opponent, effectively making her stronger with each hit she takes. She can save up the energy to use later for an even more devastating attack. Her ability also causes her eyes to change color from lilac to red, which is a "side-effect" of her Semblance, though it does occasionally happen outside of combat. When using her Semblance, she draws power from her hair. However, Yang's Semblance does not grant her invincibility and she does take damage from her opponents, as shown when Adam Taurus cuts her right arm off with Wilt and Blush. Although a powerful Semblance, Yang is unable to power it up without taking damage first, and fighters well-versed in dodging attacks can potentially bypass it entirely, rendering the added power useless. In early volumes her anger also caused her to unintentionally activate her Semblance, even if she is not in battle, though after the Fall of Beacon this is no longer an issue.

Allusion: Yang Xiao Long alludes to Goldilocks.

ENG VA: Barbara Dunkelman

JPN VA: Ami Koshimizu.