Ruby Rose

Ruby Rose (ルビー・ローズ, Rubī Rōzu), is the fictional character and one of the main protagonists of the RWBY series. She is a former student of Beacon Academy. Ruby's weapon of choice is her High-Caliber Sniper-Scythe (HCSS) known as Crescent Rose.

She first appeared in the "Red" Trailer visiting the grave of her deceased mother, Summer Rose. After an invitation from Headmaster Ozpin following an altercation with Roman Torchwick, Ruby attends Beacon Academy in order to become a Huntress. During her time at Beacon, she becomes the leader of Team RWBY, consisting of Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and her adoptive half-sister, Yang Xiao Long. However, following the Fall of Beacon, Ruby travels to Haven Academy as a member of Team RNJR with the remaining members of Team JNPR. After the Battle of Haven, Team RWBY is reunited.

"We've all lost something, and I've seen what loss can do to people. But if we gave up every time we lost, then we'd never be able to move forward."
 * —Ruby, in her letter to Yang.

Appearance & Biography

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Appearance
Ruby is a fair skinned young girl with silver eyes and black hair that fades to dark red at the tips cut in an asymmetrical bob.

Original (Volumes 1–3)
She wears a long sleeved thick black blouse with a high collar and red trim on the sleeves, a black waist cincher with red lacing up the front, and a black skirt with red trim. She also wears a pair of thick black stockings and black combat boots with red laces, red trim around the top and red soles.

Her outfit is topped by a red hooded cloak fastened to her shoulders by cross-shaped pins. Her emblem appears as a large silver brooch and is pinned to a wide black belt slung around her hips on an angle, which also carries bullets and a pouch.

In the "Red" Trailer, Ruby's cloak is fastened at her throat and a large silver cross is pinned to her belt in place of her emblem.

Pajamas
During her time at Beacon, Ruby's pajamas consist of a black tank top featuring a heart-shaped Beowolf design on the chest and long white pants decorated with pink roses. She also wears a black sleeping mask decorated with triangular red eyes reminiscent of the Beowolves in the "Red" Trailer.

At her home in Patch, Ruby's pajamas are a matching dark-gray long-sleeved shirt and pants with faded-red polka dots and a white lining at the front and the collar.

Alternate Outfit (Slayer)
During the events of "A Minor Hiccup" and "Painting the Town...", Ruby wears an alternate outfit codenamed "Slayer".

This outfit consists of a long-sleeve, light gray shirt with black belted cuffs near the ends of the sleeves. Over top of the gray shirt is a black pinafore with two vertical lines of red stitching that resemble the lacing on a corset. She wears a red skirt with a large black print of her emblem on the side and matching black tulle underneath.

Her stockings and shoes remain the same as her Original outfit, though the boots lack the red trim that decorated the top. A few pieces of metal arranged in an abstract shape are attached to the shoulder of her left sleeve, and her cloak's hood has been wrapped around her neck in a scarf-like fashion, while the rest hangs down like normal.

Dance Outfit
During the Beacon Dance, Ruby wears a short, red, sleeveless dress with a thick black sash around the waist and black trim along the bottom. The bodice of the dress is split vertically to the sash and laced with black lacing. The yoke of the dress is translucent mesh with an opaque collar and hem, as well as opaque lines connecting the collar to her shoulders. She also wears black stockings and pumps.

Uniform
Ruby wears the same uniform as every other girl attending Beacon, consisting of brown shoes, red tartan skirt, white blouse with maroon trim and thin red bow, a brown vest with gold buttons, and maroon blazer with gold trim, alongside full-length black stockings. However, she also wears her red cloak pinned to her blazer.

Post-Timeskip (Volume 4–Current)
After the timeskip following the Fall of Beacon, her new design sports a white high-neck décolletage blouse with brown studded wristbands on the arms. Her outfit retains the use of a black skirt with red tulle underneath, somewhat similar to her Original outfit, but her waist cincher has been replaced with an overbust corset with red strip holding it in place. A black belt bordered in red holds the magnetic clip for Crescent Rose and its ammunition. She also has brown straps on her blouse that allow her to wear a small brown backpack.

In lieu of her usual full black stockings, Ruby wears thigh-high stockings reaching to a few inches below the hem of her skirt, decorated by an image of a long-stemmed rose. Her red-soled black boots contain four straps and buckles apiece.

Her cloak has a singular clip on the right shoulder in the shape of her emblem, replacing the cross-shaped clips from her original attire. Both the cloak and the stockings show tears from hard wear.

Her hair has also grown slightly longer, maintaining the color gradation from black at the roots to red at the tips.


 * Hair Color: Black and Red
 * Skin Color: Pale White
 * Eye Color: Silver
 * Birthday: October 31st
 * Age: 15 (Volumes 1–3), 16 (Volume 4)
 * Height: 5'2" (1.57 meters)
 * Weight: Not Known

Background
Ruby is the daughter of Summer Rose and is close friends with adoptive older sister Yang Xiao Long, with whom she was raised on the island of Patch. Every night before bed, Yang would read her sister stories of great heroes in childhood fairy tales, which would inspire Ruby to become a Huntress.

Summer went missing when Ruby was very young. Yang has said that, whilst Ruby was "really torn up" by her mother's disappearance, she thinks her younger sister was too young to really understand what was happening.

Shortly after Summer went missing, Yang brought Ruby with her to an abandoned building in order to find clues about the whereabouts of Yang's mother, Raven Branwen. Ruby and Yang were almost killed by Beowolves during the search, but were saved by their uncle Qrow Branwen. This event also apparently had a strong effect on Ruby's motivations to become a Huntress.

Before going to Beacon Academy, Ruby studied at Signal Academy, where she built and learned to use her high-caliber sniper scythe, Crescent Rose, under the tutelage of her uncle Qrow.

Personality
Ever since she was little, Ruby has had a romanticized view of the Huntsman profession. She is quick to reveal she wanted to become a Huntress in order to be like the great heroes in fairy tales, and she has described being one as far more "romantic" than being a police officer. Her mentality is described as "I don't have time for my emotions. I've gotta make sure that everybody else is okay." She has also shown a distinct lack of ability picking up social cues due to being a very open and honest person. This results in her lacking inability to pick up Weiss' sarcasm in the "The Shining Beacon" and her struggling to act formally in "It's Brawl in the Family".

Although Ruby has no trouble interacting with friends, she does have trouble actually making them, and once admits that seeing new weapons "is like meeting new people, but better". This could have been a result of her having been accepted two years earlier to Beacon Academy, which forces her to leave her friends at Signal behind, as well as interact with people that are both older and more experienced than she is. Regardless, both she and Jaune Arc toast to being socially awkward during the Beacon Dance.

In the second chapter of the manga, it is revealed that Ruby has had a fear of large crowds, as shown when she freezes up during a sparring match against Cardin Winchester. However, she manages to work through that fear with some encouragement from her teammates long enough to win the spar, and by the Vytal Festival, she has overcome them entirely.

Ruby also has a really sweet tooth, preferring only five sugars in her coffee and scarfing down a large plate of cookies in "Ruby Rose". She is even seen with a plate of cookies in "Jaunedice", while her friends are eating more nutritious meals. This is shown again in "Alone Together", where Ruby rejoices and accepts coffee after learning Weiss put "blasphemous amounts of cream and sugar" in it.

In combat or dangerous situations, she is shown to be quite impulsive and battle eager, such as when she attacks a Death Stalker on sight before learning of its high resistance to bullets and blades. This trait contrasts with her adaptability, for she is quite capable of forming attack plans with others in order to take down stronger foes, such as the Nevermore in "Players and Pieces" and Roman in the Atlesian Paladin-290 in "Painting the Town...". After her discussion with Ozpin in "The Badge and The Burden, Pt.2", Ruby begins to take her role as leader of Team RWBY seriously. However, future instances of recklessness are when none of her teammates are near her, such as in the "Battle of Beacon" when she goes alone to engage Roman and Neopolitan, who both outnumbered and outmatched her.

Since Volume 4, Ruby has been shown to be ruthless at times when it comes to protecting her loved ones, such as when she nonchalantly cuts off Tyrian Callows' stinger after he manages to injure and poison her uncle, Qrow Branwen. This is most likely a side effect of traumas stemmed from the Fall of Beacon.

In Volume 6, Ruby further develops as a leader whenever she and her friends find themselves in trouble. This is evident when she directs the group when they are attacked on the Argus Limited and when she stands up to Qrow after he turns down Jaune's proposed idea of stealing a military airship to get to Atlas. Ruby's leadership starts after Ozpin loses everyone's trust and her uncle falls into depression, leaving her to take charge of the group.

Friends/Allies

 * Signal Academy
 * Beacon Academy
 * Ozpin
 * Glynda Goodwitch
 * Team RWBY
 * Weiss Schnee
 * Blake Belladonna
 * Team JNPR
 * Jaune Arc
 * Nora Valkyrie
 * Pyrrha Nikos
 * Lie Ren
 * Team CRDL
 * Cardin Winchester
 * Team SSSN
 * Sun Wukong
 * Team CFVY
 * Velvet Scarlatina
 * Atlesian Military
 * James Ironwood
 * Winter Schnee
 * Penny Polendina
 * Oscar Pine

Family

 * Taiyang Xiao Long (Adoptive father)
 * Summer Rose (Mother; Deceased)
 * Unnamed Father (Deceased)
 * Yang Xiao Long (Adoptive Half-sister)
 * Qrow Branwen (Honorary Uncle)
 * Zwei (Pet)

Neutral

 * Team STRQ
 * Raven Branwen

Enemies

 * Salem's Faction
 * Salem
 * Tyrian Callows
 * Hazel Rainart
 * Cinder's Faction
 * Cinder Fall
 * Emerald Sustrai
 * Mercury Black
 * Roman Torchwick

Powers and Abilities
In order to become a Huntress, Ruby trained at Signal Academy, where her skills and abilities far surpassed her peers. Wielding a dangerous weapon like Crescent Rose required strength, balance, and adaptability, all of which she demonstrated the night she stopped the robbery of a Dust shop in Vale. This led Ozpin to accept her into Beacon Academy two years before the usual age of admittance.

While at Beacon, Ruby developed skills as a decisive leader, being able to formulate and execute plans with others in order to take down tougher foes, such as the giant Nevermore encountered during initiation, and later in coordinated attacks against Roman in an Atlesian Paladin-290.

Ruby's sense of balance stands out, particularly in precarious situations like perching on a taut ribbon in "Players and Pieces" or running off an exploding airship in "Heroes and Monsters".

Ruby's fighting style relies heavily on her creative uses of and methods for achieving momentum, relying on a combination of her Semblance and Crescent Rose's recoil to allow her to achieve massive impact force, as well as creating slipstreams and even small whirlwinds using her Semblance.

Silver Eyes
Through the heritage of her mother, Summer, Ruby comes from a line of legendary warriors who possessed powerful abilities related to their Silver Eyes, said to be an extremely rare trait. Upon seeing Pyrrha Nikos die in "End of the Beginning", Ruby accidentally uses this power in her grief and petrifies the Wyvern. However, she has no memory of doing this other than her head hurting. Later in the episode, Qrow describes a fairy tale about warriors with Silver Eyes who are so powerful that even the Grimm fear them.

In "The Next Step", it is revealed that Ruby's powers injured Cinder Fall greatly, causing her to lose her left eye and arm, and making it difficult for her to speak for a period of time. Salem states that this is due to Cinder's possession of the Fall Maiden powers but does not explain why this is the case. However, when Ruby uses her powers once again in "The More the Merrier", Raven Branwen, who possesses the Spring Maiden powers, is not affected despite being in the vicinity, indicating that the Maiden powers themselves do not cause an individual to be affected by Silver Eye powers. This indicates that the reason Cinder is affected because of her usage of the Grimm, through a Grimm beetle glove and a Grimm arm.

In "Alone in the Woods", Ruby has managed to activate her power intentionally after Maria Calavera tells her to concentrate on her loved ones, turning a group of Apathy to dust.

Semblance
Ruby's Semblance allows her to dash with unnatural speed in whatever direction she chooses at the cost of Aura. This happens so fast she sometimes gives off the illusion of teleporting.

She has displayed the ability to use this Semblance midair, as well as to create powerful whirlwinds that can suck in and knock away objects and foes caught by it.

During the "Volume 4 Character Short", she displayed much greater control over her Semblance, using it to repeatedly change directions in mid-air and attack at high speed. She also exhibited the ability to seemingly dematerialize into three separate clusters of petals which then flowed around an opponent before reforming. The exact mechanics of this ability are not yet clear.

She also increases her ability to pick up and carry someone, as her joint attack with Nora Valkyrie on the Geist was a vast improvement over the time she carried Penny Polendina. Another amped ability is her encircling of air, which she previously used successfully against Team JNPR and unsuccessfully against Mercury Black. Previously it was smaller, but she is now capable of enveloping her enemy in a tornado-like rush of air.

Notably, whenever she uses this Semblance, she leaves a trail of rose petals in her wake that dissipate over time. It is unknown what causes this, but these rose petals are not merely symbolic and can be perceived by others. Weiss once waved her hands to brush them away, and Ozpin comments on witnesses who reported rose petals left behind in a dance club.

Strength level

 * Her attacks can knock people through several buildings.
 * Can swing a heavy scythe around with ease.
 * Effortlessly cuts through a wooden scaffold filled with crates.
 * Took out 12 men with a single bullet-jump.
 * Incapacitated about 20 beowulfs with a single kick.
 * Knocked a small Nevermore out of the air with a backhand.
 * Sliced through a Grimm made of solid stone.
 * Sliced through Tyrian's tail.

Speed

 * Her semblance gave her enough speed to create a vortex.
 * Covered 50-60 feet in fraction of a second to catch Weiss.
 * Can leap several dozens of feet into the air instantly.

Durability

 * Survived a several hundred foot free fall after getting hit into a tree by the thrown of body of Jaune.

Skill

 * She can keep up in battle with Cinder Fall.
 * She can fight off against hordes of Grimm.
 * Held her own against Roman Torchwick and Neopolitan simultaneously.
 * Defeated Cinder Fall and took her left eye and left arm.

Weaknesses
Ruby is heavily reliant on Crescent Rose. In contrast to her sister, her hand-to-hand capabilities are rather poor, making her easy to be taken down by mere grunts. Without her weapon, there is not much she can do in a fight, and her best bet is to run away with her speed. Her cape, on occasion, has been exploited and used against her, notably during the Beacon initiation when a Nevermore Grimm had pinned her cape down to the ground with it's feather-spears. In "Lighting the Fire" Ruby is shown to be slightly improving in hand-to-hand combat under the tutelage of Professor Ozpin through Oscar Pine. Until she was guided by Maria, Ruby was using the power of her silver eyes in reaction to the death of a close friend or a loved one being in danger, without control on her part. Also, she is vulnerable to attack from behind, as shown when she is knocked out by Emerald Sustrai during the Battle of Haven.

Weapons

 * Main article: Crescent Rose

Ruby is a self-admitted dork when it comes to weapons, which shows in her complex design and craftsmanship of Crescent Rose, her High-Caliber Sniper-Scythe which she designed herself at Signal, as well as her eye for detail when observing other people's weapons and tools.

This weapon can transform between a scythe and a sniper rifle and can fire Dust rounds in either form with massive force, as demonstrated in the "Red" Trailer when she used a Gravity Dust magazine. Rather than compensate for it, Ruby harnesses the recoil to enhance her mobility in combat, firing shots to propel herself short distances, simultaneously attacking and evading an opponent.

It is also capable of using Fire and Lightning Dust.

Ozpin has noted upon meeting Ruby that he has only ever seen one other scythe wielder as skilled with such a dangerous weapon; that person is none other than Qrow, Ruby's teacher and uncle. According to Ruby, prior to learning under Qrow she was "completely garbage", although it is unclear if that only applies to her scythe skills.

Despite showing a preference for engaging enemies in close combat, Ruby does possess enough accuracy to land headshots against Grimm, but notably needs to stand still to do so consistently, usually by anchoring her scythe to the ground to act as a monopod. As of Volume 4, the scope on Crescent Rose has a small crack.

Crescent Rose's blade can also bend back slightly, though this is only shown when Ruby rushes forward, and the tip of the scythe hits something. Ruby takes advantage of this spear-like form to pin a Nuckelavee's arm to the ground.

Past
Ruby is the daughter of Summer Rose, as well as the adoptive daughter of Taiyang Xiao Long, and the adoptive younger half-sister of Yang Xiao Long, with whom she was raised on the island of Patch.

When she was very young, Yang would read her fairy tales every night before bed, filled with the deeds of great heroes; this would later inspire Ruby to become a Huntress.

One day, Summer went missing while on a mission. Yang said that, although Ruby was "really torn up" by the incident, she was too young to really understand what was happening.

Shortly after Summer's disappearance, Yang brought Ruby with her to an abandoned building in order to find clues about the whereabouts of Yang's mother, Raven Branwen. During the search, they were almost killed by Beowolves but were saved by their uncle Qrow Branwen, which only fueled her desire to become a Huntress.

To achieve this, she studied at Signal Academy, where she built and learned to use her high-caliber sniper scythe, Crescent Rose, under the tutelage of her uncle Qrow.

Volume 5 Yang Character Short
Ruby trains with Yang to improve her hand-to-hand combat skills. Ruby complains about the training, but Yang insists. Ruby tries to fight Yang but is easily overpowered and is forced to escape into the bushes with her Semblance. As she wakes up, she spots an Ursa that fought her sister. It tries to attack her, but Yang manages to take the blow and finish off the Ursa, telling Ruby that she will always have her back.

"Red" Trailer
Ruby Rose is seen visiting an altar by a cliffside in a snow-laden forest, whose inscription reads: "Summer Rose / Thus Kindly I Scatter", which is a reference to the poem The Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore.

On her way back, she was confronted by a pack of Beowolves, which she quickly slew before going on her way.

"Yellow" Trailer
While in Vale, Ruby unexpectedly encounters her sister, Yang, outside of a club. Yang is somewhat reluctant to discuss what she is doing there, claiming that it is a "long story".

Dust Shop Robbery
Ruby becomes inadvertently involved in the affairs of the criminal Roman Torchwick when she interferes with his attempted robbery of the Dust store From Dust Till Dawn.

After quickly dispatching all his armed henchmen, Ruby gives chase to Roman as he flees to a nearby rooftop. There, she finds herself out of her depth when Roman's Bullhead arrives to pick him up. It was only the intervention of Glynda that prevented Ruby from being harmed when Roman detonated a Dust crystal at her feet with a shot from Melodic Cudgel.

The pilot of the Bullhead, Cinder Fall, swaps places with Roman in order to cover their escape. After trading several blows, Cinder successfully distracts Glynda by forcing her to save Ruby from harm, giving Roman enough time to fly away.

Unhappy with that turn of events, Glynda briefly scolds Ruby in a remote location for her foolhardy risk-taking behavior, before admitting she was brought here for another reason. That reason was to meet Professor Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon Academy where Glynda taught, who has seen Ruby's actions on camera and has a couple of questions for her.

After being briefly distracted by Ruby's unusual eye color, Ozpin questions her skills with the scythe and quickly draws out her association with Qrow and Signal Academy, as well as her dream to join Beacon in order to become a huntress. Impressed by the girl's ambitions and values, he exercises his authority as the headmaster to accept her into the school two years early, much to the delight of Ruby's sister, Yang.

Welcome to Beacon
After arriving at Beacon, Yang separates from her sister after meeting some of her friends, leaving Ruby to her own devices. She immediately gets herself in trouble by falling on a luggage trolley belonging to Weiss.

Dismayed at the possibility of damage to her supply of Dust, Weiss immediately begins to berate Ruby, but in the process shakes enough Dust into the air that it makes Ruby sneeze, detonating the drifting Dust in a flash of fire, electricity, and ice. Before their conversation escalates into a full-blown argument, they are interrupted by Blake Belladonna, who infuriates Weiss by mentioning the less-than-savory reputation of her family company, the Schnee Dust Company. Eventually, Blake and Weiss depart, leaving a depressed Ruby alone.

She isn't alone for long though, as she is helped to her feet by Jaune, who she previously saw being sick on the airship carrying them to Beacon. Despite a few rocky moments, during which they exchange unflattering nicknames, the two strike up a friendship and part ways on amiable terms when they reach Beacon's Amphitheater.

There, Ruby attempts to explain her day's misadventures to a disbelieving Yang. Ruby is interrupted from her explanation by Weiss, who scares Ruby into Yang's arms and makes her realize Ruby's tale was completely true. Ruby tries to make peace with Weiss to no avail before they get distracted by a speech from the headmaster and subsequently go their separate ways.

That night in the Academy's ballroom, Ruby attempts to write a letter to her friends at Signal Academy about her day. However, Yang, eager to help her sister make friends, interrupts and drags her over to Blake to formally introduce herself.

The two strike up a conversation about books and Ruby's dreams for her future before Weiss arrives and starts berating everyone over the amount of noise they're causing. A dismayed Blake blows out her candles, leaving the quartet in the dark.

Beacon Academy Initiation
The morning of their second day at Beacon, Yang notes that Ruby was "awfully chipper" and Ruby explains that she was happy that she was no longer going to have to struggle socially but could let Crescent Rose speak for her. It is clear that Ruby does not like the thought of making friends and wants to stick with Yang, even joining her team if necessary. She becomes angry when Yang suggests that making friends would help her "break out of her shell" and grow up emotionally.

On the Beacon Cliff, Ruby reacts with dismay when the class is informed by Glynda that they would be sorted into teams by the Academy faculty and not by their own choice. Ozpin makes this worse by stating that their partner for the rest of their time at Beacon was down to a combination of chance and their judgment.

After being launched into the Emerald Forest, Ruby searches unsuccessfully for Yang before finally coming across Weiss, who promptly walks away and leaves Ruby behind. Although initially dismayed, Ruby is determined to make the team-up work and is overjoyed when Weiss returns to her after initially storming away.

Ruby starts attempting to impress Weiss first with her speed and then with her ability as a fighter when they encounter a pack of Beowolves. However, Ruby jumps in front of Weiss to attack the lead Beowolf, causing Weiss to hastily redirect the fire-based attack she was about to use on the Grimm, starting a small forest fire. Ruby gets frustrated at their having to flee the resulting fire and Weiss accuses Ruby of being "the strongest child to sneak her way" into Beacon, an accusation that clearly infuriates Ruby.

During their journey through the forest (during which they get hopelessly lost), the two argue repeatedly. Weiss accuses Ruby of being childish, irresponsible, and by far her inferior. Ruby counters that Weiss is bossy and clearly thinks that she is perfect, an accusation that clearly bites deeply.

Finally, Ruby somehow talks Weiss into a scheme that leads to the two dangling from a giant Nevermore high over the ruined temple at the north of the forest that was their objective. Ruby jumps off of the Grimm, leaving a furious Weiss still dangling from the creature.

Ruby is inadvertently saved from a painful landing in front of Yang and Blake when Jaune, who had been flung into the air by a Death Stalker, strikes her in mid-air knocking them both into the trees. After recovering, Ruby sees the Death Stalker attacking Pyrrha and Ruby runs to her aid.

However, the giant scorpion-like Grimm is able to resist both Crescent Rose's blade and its rifle fire with no apparent damage. Ruby flees but is trapped when the Nevermore pins her cape to the ground with a barrage of spear-like feathers. She is only saved from being killed by the Death Stalker's sting when Weiss traps the creature's tail in ice.

Weiss, now more upset than angry, repeats her charge that Ruby is immature and reckless but acknowledges that her own acerbic personality is not helping matters. She offers to act nicer if Ruby stops showing off. Ruby responds that she merely wanted to prove to Weiss that she can take care of herself.

Weiss' response, "You're fine", is an enormous relief to Ruby. She then has an emotional reunion with Yang before she collects the White Knight relic from the temple, completing the first part of the initiation test. She supports Weiss' declaration that they needed to make haste back to the cliffs to finish the test rather than "dilly-dally" around, fighting the Grimm.

Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, Jaune, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos and Lie Ren flee deeper into the abandoned temple buildings and are finally trapped between the Nevermore and the Death Stalker on a bridge across a seemingly bottomless abyss.

After she, Weiss, Blake and Yang make a few futile attempts to kill the Nevermore, Ruby comes up with a plan to combine the various skills and abilities of all four girls. Yang and Weiss cooperate to freeze the Nevermore's tail to the ground. Blake and Yang create an enormous slingshot from the ribbon of Gambol Shroud. Weiss uses a glyph to launch Ruby from it, pinning the Nevermore's neck to the cliff with Crescent Rose's blade and ascends the cliff, aided by her weapon's recoil and Weiss' powers. Finally, at the top of the cliff, a final shot from Crescent Rose beheads the Nevermore.

That evening, back in the amphitheater, Professor Ozpin announces that Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang, having all selected a White Knight relic, would henceforth work together as Team RWBY. Much to Ruby's shock, Weiss' disbelief and Yang's joy, Ruby is named team leader.

Manga
The manga opens with the events of the "Red" Trailer. These are revealed to be a flashback, as the scene transitions from Ruby standing next to her mother's memorial, to her waiting for the remaining members of Team RWBY to show up near Beacon Academy.

Once everyone comes, the team heads to the cafeteria, where they chat about the nature and uses of Dust, before being interrupted by Cardin Winchester throwing Jaune Arc into their table. Cardin then begins antagonizing Ruby, who stepped in to defend Jaune, before they are interrupted by Professor Glynda Goodwitch.

Glynda decides to resolve the situation through a public sparring match, which ends up being spectated by numerous students, as well as Professor Ozpin. Ruby initially freezes up due to the large audience present and the threat of Cardin's weapon, but is brought to her senses by Weiss Schnee.

During the fight, Ruby reminisces on the time she was saved by her Uncle Qrow. The spar ends with Ruby as the winner and, in honor of her uncle, opts to don her cloak along with her school uniform from now on.

Start of Classes
The next morning, Ruby, taking her role as team leader most seriously, rallies her team with a whistle to the task of unpacking and decorating their dormitory room. After getting the room in order and creating bunk beds to save space, Weiss realizes their first class begins in five minutes, causing Team RWBY and Team JNPR to engage in a sprint across the courtyard to class, watched by a dismayed Glynda and an amused Ozpin.

Ruby pays little attention to the opening lecture of the Grimm Studies class, taught by Peter Port, after it becomes clear that the teacher just wishes to boast of his heroic past. Ruby's lackadaisical attitude enrages Weiss, who inadvertently volunteers to demonstrate the skills a Huntress needs by fighting a Boarbatusk Professor Port has brought along for the occasion.

Weiss struggles against the Grimm boar, primarily because she keeps pausing to berate Ruby for distracting her and telling her what to do, despite Ruby actively trying to give her advice and encouragement.

Ruby confronts her teammate after the fight, demanding an explanation. Weiss rages at Ruby and tells her she is unfit to be a leader in terms of her youth and lack of skill.

A dismayed Ruby crosses paths with Ozpin, who informs her he has made more mistakes than anyone else on Remnant but that he does not believe that making Ruby team leader is one of them. Ozpin counsels Ruby that being a leader is a badge and a burden she must bear always and that she needs to prove herself worthy of it. She cannot expect to lead if she does not show herself worthy of being followed.

That night, Ruby falls asleep while studying and, Weiss wakes her up, impressed by her work ethic. Weiss informs Ruby of her intent to be the best teammate she can be and gives Ruby a coffee and a tip on her studies as peace offerings. Before leaving, she confesses she always wanted a bunk bed.

As classes progress for a few weeks, Ruby watches a fight between Jaune and Cardin. After the match, Glynda announces the Vytal Festival, and Ruby is excited to fight teams from other schools. Ruby later joins Team JNPR for a meal and questions if Jaune is okay after his humiliating defeat at the hands of the bully, Cardin.

One night, Ruby runs into Jaune outside his room, thinking he locked himself from it. Jaune admits to Ruby his problems with Cardin and Pyrrha, but Ruby gives him some advice about being a leader and how as a leader, Jaune needs to put his team before himself and how he is not allowed to fail because of it. She believes that Jaune could be a great leader and leaves Jaune in the hall to think about it.

The next day, Ruby and her team go on a field trip to Forever Fall to collect red sap from the local trees. Everything goes well until an Ursa attacks Jaune and Cardin. Ruby orders Yang and Blake to get Glynda while Weiss, Pyrrha and herself go to save Jaune.

Pyrrha tells them to wait as Jaune fights the Ursa, helping him slightly with her Semblance. Ruby asks what Pyrrha did, and Pyrrha explains she has the power of polarity, which Ruby mistakes as the power to control poles. Weiss promptly corrects her that it means controlling magnetism. The three then leave Cardin and Jaune alone and walk back to rejoin the groups.

Team Divided
In order to prepare for the upcoming Vytal Festival, Weiss convinces the team to head to the docks to see the other teams. While there, the team investigates a robbery at a Dust shop.

Weiss and Blake begin to fight about the White Fang's possible involvement in the robbery, but Ruby sides with Blake that it probably wasn't them and wonders if it was Roman as the Vale Police Department never caught him from the robbery at From Dust Till Dawn. Just then, Sun Wukong runs off a nearby boat, and the group gives chase at Weiss' insistence. During the chase, Weiss knocks over a girl named Penny.

As they talk, Ruby calls her a friend before leaving around the corner. As Team RWBY talks about the strange girl, Penny appears in front of them and asks Ruby if she really meant they are friends. Despite everyone signaling to Ruby not to say yes, she does anyway, and Penny is overjoyed.

The meeting turns sour when Weiss and Blake begin fighting over the White Fang and Faunus in general, forcing Ruby and Yang to watch them fight well into the night. However, when Blake accidentally admits her previous affiliation with the White Fang and runs off, Ruby tries and fails to stop her.

The team searches for Blake later in the weekend. Ruby and Yang shout for Blake while Weiss walks and does nothing. Shortly after Penny appears, Yang and Weiss leave her alone with Ruby, much to Ruby's annoyance. Ruby and Penny spend the rest of the day talking, mostly on Blake and friendship. During the night, the two girls hear and follow an explosion.

After seeing Roman caused it, Ruby calls herself out to him from a rooftop, and he shoots Ruby while she is distracted. Despite Ruby's fear for Penny's well being, Penny goes on to fight. After Roman escapes, Team RWBY is reunited, and Ruby notices Penny's absence.

Beginning the Second Semester
Before the second semester beings, Ruby compiles a large binder of ideas for how she and her team can have the best day ever. She then meets them in the dining hall and begins to explain to them her idea, despite Nora and Yang flinging food at each other. This eventually escalates into a full-scale food fight between Ruby's team and JNPR.

Ruby leads her team into the charge, but eventually, everyone on her team is incapacitated. As a final attack, Ruby uses her Semblance to create a wind vortex that sucks up all the loose food, plates, and soda in the dining hall and dashes past JNPR, forcing them against the back wall. She then jumps out of the way as they are hit with the airborne food and soda, covering them entirely. As Glynda barges into the room and sets everything right, Ruby is seen laughing with everyone else.

Ruby plays a board game with her teammates, but she and Weiss lose to her sister. After Sun arrives and introduces them to his friend, Neptune Vasilias, Blake leaves. Later that day, Ruby returns to her dorm with Yang and Weiss. After Weiss stops Blake from leaving, pointing out her recent behavior, Ruby asks Blake if she still is thinking about Roman. Blake answers affirmatively and states she has also thought of the White Fang, and the discussion continues on about how nobody knows what is going on.

After a lengthy conversation, Ruby formulates a plan for the four to take down the enemies that are conspiring against them, and all agree. As she begins to formulate a plan, Ruby suddenly remembers leaving her board game in the library and rushes out to get it, but she bumps into Emerald Sustrai and Mercury Black.

She also meets Cinder again, although she is not aware she fought her during the From Dust Till Dawn robbery. Ruby then redirects them to where they are supposed to go. Cinder thanks her and says they will meet again. Ruby agrees and shouts, "Welcome to Beacon!"

RWBY Investigations
Following Peter Port's class, Ruby is with her team in their dorm, changing their clothes into their alternate outfits. After going over their plans, the team leader is surprised by Sun, who agrees alone to join them, but Ruby tells him she doesn't want to get friends involved. He objects, having Neptune join him as well. After pairing Neptune with Yang and Sun with Blake, Ruby heads out with Weiss. She pulls away Weiss after rejecting her idea of working with Neptune.

The pair is then seen talking about the Cross Continental Transmit System center when they bump into Penny. When Ruby asks Penny where she's been, she runs away, and Ruby goes after her, leaving Weiss alone but not before telling her that they would meet up later.

After running around with Penny and asking her several questions, they are spotted by two Atlas Soldiers, prompting Penny to run away with Ruby running behind her. Ruby aids her by cutting off a scaffolding, causing boxes to fall, blocking the soldiers' passageway. Using her speed, Ruby grabs Penny in flight but soon loses control, crashing to the floor, dropping Penny, and causing Ruby herself to land on the street.

Before she is hit by an oncoming truck, Penny saves her in the nick of time and stops the truck with her bare hands, lifting it up, visibly shocking Ruby. Penny runs away again. After catching up to her once more, Ruby again asks Penny what is wrong. She tells Penny that she can trust her and assures her that they are friends. Penny then reveals to Ruby her metallic hands and that she isn't a normal girl, leaving Ruby surprised once again.

After learning about Penny's true self, Ruby surprises her by saying that it matters not to her if she is a robot because all that matters is that she has a heart and soul, something she herself can feel. Penny hugs Ruby in joy and then hides her in a garbage dump after hearing the two Atlas soldiers.

Sometime later, Ruby responds to Blake's distress call, pointing out how she would not miss the fight with the Atlesian Paladin-290. She then joins her team in a fight against Roman, who was piloting the large robot. After a long fight, the robot is destroyed by Yang, resulting in the escape of their enemies. After Weiss makes a small joke, Ruby snickers, although Yang and Blake weren't too pleased with the joke.

Aftermath and The Dance
Ruby is seen with her team observing a fight between Pyrrha and Team CRDL, where Pyrrha emerges victorious. When Mercury decides to challenge Pyrrha immediately afterwards, Ruby offers praise in regards to his skills to Emerald.

Later that day, Ruby and her team show concern for Blake, who hasn't slept in days, has barely eaten and has allowed her grades to drop significantly. When her team attempts to help her, Blake brushes them off and leaves, telling them that she will be in the library. Ruby, Yang, and Weiss then stare in shock as Jaune shows up at their dorm, attempting to invite Weiss to the dance, only to get shot down.

A depressed Ruby is seen sitting on a chair, whilst her teammates prepare for the dance. When Weiss asks Ruby which tablecloth they should use, the team leader asks if both are the same, with Weiss answering on why she even asked. When Yang asks Ruby what's wrong, Ruby says that she has no more ideas on how to get Blake to come to the dance, Yang reassures her and Weiss that Blake is going.

The next day, an embarrassed Ruby enters the ballroom, with Yang commenting on how beautiful she is. She complains about the shoes, and how it's possible for Weiss to fight in such footwear.

Following this, with Weiss and Yang heading their way to have fun, Ruby has a small conversation with Ozpin, who points out that one can never spend all their time on the battlefield, and that both dancing and fighting are exactly the same, and that she should take the time to have fun. He comments that as time goes on friendships can be tested, but it's opportunities at events like these which can strengthen those bonds, and why they are remembered.

Ruby is seen alone drinking from a cup and is later joined by Jaune, who adds on how both of them are alone. When Jaune asks about Weiss, she informs him that she came alone, which upsets him, knowing she had asked Neptune to the dance. She is then seen talking with her sister, who headlocks her, only to tell her to try and have fun.

Ruby later notices Cinder sneaking around and decides to follow her. After giving chase and seeing what she did to several guards, Ruby confronts her in a small fight, but Cinder escapes, leaving her alone in the Cross Continental Transmit System, as James Ironwood arrives.

The Mountain Glenn Mission
Ruby arrives at Ozpin's office, where the headmaster, Ironwood and Glynda are waiting for her. They then begin to talk about the events of the previous night, in which Ruby recollects the events of Cinder, however, she points out that she doesn't recognize the assailant due to her mask, but brought up her abilities. Glynda notes the glass-based abilities described by Ruby were similar to the woman she fought when they first met Ruby.

After Ironwood praises Ruby for her actions, Ozpin asks Ruby to keep their conversation secret, which she agrees to. She is then confronted by her team upon her arrival to her dorm room, to which she eventually tells them of the events last night. While Weiss believed her actions to have been rather risky, Blake says that Ruby handled it right, as Yang tries to comfort her sister by telling her that everything would be alright. In an effort to cheer her up, Yang reveals to Ruby a package delivered to them from their father.

After opening up the package and revealing to be their dog Zwei, Ruby is overjoyed, along with Yang, and her partner Weiss, who was skeptical at first, while Blake hid up on top of Ruby's bed. After Glynda calls all first-year students to the assembly hall, Ruby heads over with her team, where Ozpin gives a speech on how eighty years to the day the biggest war ended.

Following the speech, Ruby and her team head to a selection of missions called Search & Destroy and all choose Quadrant 5, to clear out Grimm, but are unable to, due to it being unavailable for first-year students. However, Ozpin, after pointing out some of Ruby's past actions, along with her team, he bends the rules and enlists them in their selection.

Following a short conversation with Team CFVY'S Velvet Scarlatina, Ruby presses on how they never backed down from a challenge, and that they can't do it now. Blake agrees, and Ruby brings up that it won't be just them, but also that they will fight alongside a genuine Huntsman. Unfortunately, Ruby and her team are left in utter shock upon seeing that Bartholomew Oobleck was the one joining them.

As the team still remains in shock upon Oobleck being their shadowing Huntsman, he informs them of their mission and then rushes off to the ship. At that moment, Team JNPR meets up with Team RWBY, who begins talking about their mission to Quadrant 5, just as Sun and Neptune arrive, in which also talk about their job. After Oobleck calls for the team, Sun, Neptune and Team JNPR give Yang and her team a sympathetic look and then part ways.

Once aboard the ship. Oobleck tells Weiss that despite being intellectual, he has had his share of "tussles" as a Huntsmen, which Ruby mistakes for truffles and brussels sprouts. Oobleck brings up on how the southeast quadrant of Vale is the site of the kingdom's greatest failure, where Ruby answers Mountain Glenn, as Yang adds on to it with it being an expansion having been overrun by the creatures of Grimm and was fenced off the rest of the city.

Once they arrive, after discovering that Ruby had brought the dog, something which Oobleck is grateful for, they are ordered to dispatch a group of Beowolves, which they do for the rest of the day.

Later, Ruby accompanies Oobleck to scout the perimeter as her team sets up camp. When they reach the edge of the destroyed city, she notices Grimm in the distance, which Oobleck tells her are Goliaths. When she wants to attack them, Oobleck says her sniper rifle would just agitate them.

The two then get into another discussion, where Ruby asks Oobleck why he became a Huntsmen. He tells her he chose his career to save people, and when he looks at the ruins of the city, he looks and wonders about the people that could have been saved.

Around nighttime, the two return to the campsite and Ruby volunteers to take night watch. When heading out, Yang asks Ruby if Oobleck asked for the reason Ruby became a Huntress, and Ruby says she was not asked and heads out. As her team lays in their beds behind her, Ruby keeps watch with Zwei as Beowolves are heard in the distance, and Ruby comforts her dog.

Ruby falls asleep as Yang takes watch and is awoken when Zwei runs out, prompting her to go after him without alerting her team. After catching up to her pet, she hears two White Fang members and follows them to their base. Ruby attempts to return to her team and alert them, but the street caves in, and she falls through. Zwei returns to the team and alerts them of Ruby's misfortune. Ruby lands in what appears to be an underground village, is confronted by the two same guards she saw earlier and fails to fight back before being knocked out. The guards bring her to Roman.

When asked how she found them, she uses her Semblance to escape but fails when Roman uses his weapon's hook to grapple her. Explosions occur in the distance, and it is revealed to be Oobleck and the rest of her team. Using an open opportunity, Ruby jumps on Roman, covers his eyes with his own hat and begins to run, managing to evade the shots being fired at her. She is cornered by four White Fang members, but Yang saves her. She jumps into Yang's arms and tells her team of the White Fang's actions. Roman and the White Fang flee on a train. Given no other choice, Ruby and the others board the train.

They discover several bombs on the train and that they are set so each car would detach from the train and explode to create holes in the ceiling of the tunnel for the Grimm to enter. After they take out several henchmen atop the train, Ruby and Oobleck work together to eliminate the Atlesian Paladin-290s and try to reach the front car.

However, as they reach the front car and rejoin with the rest of the team, they realize the train's about to reach the end of the tunnel, with no way to stop it. Weiss encompasses the group in a barrier of ice before the train collides and burst upward into the center of Vale. Recovering from the crash, Ruby hears the city's emergency sirens blare as a horde of Grimm emerges and terrorizes the city from within.

Team RWBY regroups at the center plaza as they are surrounded by Grimm from all sides. Each team member engages the Grimm, with Ruby, at one point, anchoring her Crescent Rose into the ground and spin-stomping attacking Grimm from around her. Eventually, Oobleck joins the fight, with Teams JNPR and CFVY, Sun, Neptune, Emerald, Mercury, the Atlesian Forces and other Beacon Professors arriving to contain the swarm of Grimm.

After securing the breach in the city and disposing of the invading Grimm, Team RWBY return to Beacon to assess the events of the past two days, though Ruby is still concerned about being unable to resolve all the lingering questions and mysteries surrounding their investigation thus far. With dawn rising, she suggests the team gets some sleep, and all agree.

Vytal Festival Tournament
Shortly before the Vytal Festival tournament begins, Ruby returns to the cliffside forest to visit Summer Rose's grave. She talks about her surrogate father, Taiyang Xiao Long, how he has started to go on missions again and that she thinks he misses adventuring with her. She also talks about how Yang is on her team at Beacon, and how she's become a great fighter.

She speaks about her new teammates, Weiss and Blake; how she's made many new friends and met some odd teachers; and how she'd stopped some bad guys - pausing to remark on the similarity between mother and daughter. She also wonders momentarily why Ozpin let her into Beacon and how he reminds her of her uncle Qrow. She then gets called away by Taiyang, who is about to leave on another mission. She joins him and he drops her off at Vale, where the tournament is due to begin.

At the enormous floating stadium Amity Colosseum, Team RWBY's first match in the tournament is with Team ABRN of Haven Academy. After an action-packed match, Team RWBY emerges victorious, and the team heads to the Beacon fairgrounds to get a meal. There, they meet Emerald, who returns Ruby's wallet, claiming that she had dropped it. Emerald praises Team RWBY's performance, much to Ruby's delight.

RWBY ends up eating at a noodle store run by the Shopkeep, where Ruby orders a huge bowl. There they are joined by JNPR, before the latter head off to their next match in the tournament. Ruby and her team follow JNPR over to the stadium, taking their place at the spectator stands to cheer their friends on.

During the match between Team JNPR and Team BRNZ, she cheers Jaune on. After the match between Team SSSN and Team NDGO, she is relieved that SSSN won. As Team RWBY leaves the stadium, Ruby bumps into Weiss as the latter sees Winter Schnee's airship arriving at Beacon.

Weiss takes off after her sister's ship, and Ruby hurries after her. Ruby and Weiss meet Winter at Beacon's courtyard. After Winter declines to answer a couple of Weiss' questions yet asks of her sister's well-being, Winter thanks Ruby for taking an interest in a friendship with Weiss. Ruby notices the formalities in the sisters' speaking, and she stops herself from being too informal. This leads to pauses as she searches for words and a loss of balance as she tries to curtsy. She bids the sisters well and heads off just when Qrow arrives at Beacon.

As Qrow and Winter fight, Weiss tells Ruby that a crazy person is attacking her sister. When she realizes he is her uncle, she disregards Weiss' claim and instantly cheers on her family member. Ruby leaps onto Qrow's arm after his fight and repeatedly asks if he missed her. He says "nope" before affectionately messing with her hair. Ozpin calls Qrow to his office, and Qrow wishes Ruby well with a wink and a fist bump. Weiss notes how similar Ruby is to her uncle. Ruby says Weiss is only mad because of how well Qrow did against her sister, and Weiss calls the match a draw at best.

Ruby, Yang and their uncle are later in Team RWBY's dorm taking turns playing a two-player fighting game. Ruby asks why Qrow is at Beacon when his mission was supposed to take longer. He tells Ruby and Yang of his most recent mission as well as Team STRQ, of which he used to belong. While he admires their actions as huntresses, he also reminds them that his nieces and their friends cannot stop all crime in Vale.

Ruby finds Penny after the latter's victory against Team CRDL's Russel Thrush and Sky Lark. She is introduced to Penny's acquaintance, Ciel Soleil, who already knows much about Ruby. Penny asks Ciel for a minute to talk with Ruby, and Ciel obliges. Ruby asks if Ciel knows Penny is a robot, and Penny denies the claim. She reasons that General Ironwood does not want anyone to find out. She recalls getting a magnet stuck to her head, but she was able to cover it. The two laugh over the situation.

Penny tells Ruby she has a plan to stay at Beacon, though Ironwood and her father are likely not to allow her. Ciel calls Penny to leave, and Ruby goes to the stands to watch Weiss and Yang fight Flynt Coal and Neon Katt of Team FNKI. After Weiss and Yang win and the former is charred, Ruby and Blake come to her side and congratulate them.

As Yang is chosen at random to fight Mercury in the singles round, Ruby, Weiss and Blake cheer her on from the stands. Ruby tells her sister to break a leg, wishing her well. Yang wins the fight. However, after the fight, Ruby and everyone watching see Yang break Mercury's leg, apparently without provocation. Ruby and her team are speechless, unaware that Yang actually saw Mercury attacking her first.

Ruby is later seen comforting Yang along with Weiss and Blake in their dorm. Ironwood is with them and states no matter what really happened previously, Yang was seen attacking an innocent student without provocation and is therefore disqualified. Despite the popular belief, Ruby is still quick to rally at her sister's side along with Weiss.

After leaving Yang alone in their dorm, the three meet JNPR outside their dorm. Ruby informs them that Mercury, along with his own team, rushed back to Mistral to meet up with family and will be therefore unreachable. Ruby supports Pyrrha and wishes her good luck in the singles rounds. Ruby later meets Velvet at the airship docks. Velvet states her concern for Yang as well and dislikes ill news towards her, which Ruby appreciates. She also tells Ruby that Coco experienced the same sort of hallucination in her match against Emerald and Mercury. Ruby was off-put by this information and begins to suspect.

Ruby then gets a seat in Amity Colosseum before the match starts, but then is agape when she spots Emerald seated across the arena. Which contradicts to the information she was given. Ruby then leaves the Colosseum grandstands. Mercury then emerges before her. Who, much to Ruby's surprise, looks completely unscathed. She is later horrified when she hears Professor Port announce the next match, Pyrrha against Penny. Mercury reveals he knows Penny's secret and acknowledges the havoc that will be caused due to Pyrrha's semblance. Beginning to catch on to the ruse, Ruby reaches to draw her weapon, only to find she did not bring it. Mercury takes a fighting stance, leaving Ruby to face him alone.

While Pyrrha and Penny's match progresses, Ruby becomes ensnared in a losing conflict against Mercury and does her best to escape and warn her friends. Ruby is too late in getting back to the grandstands, falling to her knees and crying when seeing Penny torn apart before Pyrrha and an international audience. Ruby breaks down in tears when she sees Penny's dismembered remains in the arena.

The Battle of Beacon
Initially frozen with shock and horror, she later sees Pyrrha and Jaune in danger. In response, she grabs one of Penny's swords and stabs the Grimm in an effort to defend the two. When Pyrrha apologizes, Ruby comes to terms with the ordeal and states that it is not her fault, but that of the conspirators causing the chaos. After receiving help from the other students, she requests Sun's Scroll to retrieve her weapon.

When Port and Oobleck intervene, Ruby initially protests on them having to evacuate the stadium when the Griffon arrive, but she is swayed by their reasoning that they have to survive to tell history.

Once the group gathers, Ruby agrees with Jaune and Sun to defend Vale, heading to Beacon in an Air Bus. However, once she sees Ironwood's craft fall from the sky, she returns to Amity by herself, to propel herself on a locker, all the way to Roman's stolen airship.

Jumping onto the deck, Ruby watches as the Wyvern and several Griffon pass by her. One Griffon lands in front of her, and she defeats it, but it leaves her a little bit exhausted. Suddenly, Neopolitan appears behind Ruby and snaps a picture with her Scroll, sending it to Roman and prompting him to go and fight Ruby.

Getting overpowered by the duo, Ruby asks why they are letting the Grimm destroy everything, becoming shocked when she learns that is their plan. Roman and Neo overpower Ruby again, and she ends up hanging onto Crescent Rose on the edge of the airship. As Neo points her blade at her, Ruby notices a button on the umbrella and quickly pushes it, sending her opponent flying into a horde of Griffon. Ruby angrily proclaims that she and her allies will stop their enemies and charges at Roman. However, he counters her attack and beats her with his cane, proclaiming that he will survive while heroes like her will die. He is suddenly eaten alive by a Griffon, much to Ruby's horror.

As the monster moves to attack her, she dodges and kicks it into the hull of the ship. As the aircraft begins to fall, Ruby dashes to Crescent Rose and jumps off the ship. Firing bullets to slow her descent, she lands safely onto Beacon's landing pad and watches as the airship crashes into Vale.

Ruby later regroups with Weiss, Sun, Blake, Yang, Nora and Ren, and is devastated to see that Yang's right arm has been cut off. After realizing Jaune and Pyrrha are still missing, she declares that she will bring them back, with Weiss accompanying her.

As they arrive at the tower, they receive a call from Jaune asking them to save Pyrrha. After defeating the surrounding Grimm, Weiss propels her onto the walls of the tower so that she can save Pyrrha. Unfortunately, Ruby arrives too late, watching in horror as Cinder kills Pyrrha. She breaks down in despair and unleashes a power that engulfs both the Dragon and Cinder in a blinding light. Ruby falls unconscious moments later and was rescued by Qrow afterwards.

A New Team and a New Journey
She later wakes up in her home, under the care of her father, before Qrow steps in to explain what transpired. He tells her she froze the Dragon to the tower using a power that is indicated by her silver eyes – a rare trait that she shared with her mother. Ruby learns that she comes from a line of legendary warriors that Grimm fear. When Ruby wants to help Qrow in completing Ozpin's work, he tells Ruby to recover first.

Later, she visits Yang's room, where she learns that her team has been divided, as Weiss has returned to Atlas with her father and Blake fled. She is shocked and saddened by the news, even more so at how dispirited her older sister has become. Before leaving her broken sibling, she sadly relayed that she still loved her, but receives no reply.

In the following winter, Ruby leaves her home without telling her father, having written a letter to him to explain her departure. Reuniting with Jaune, Nora and Ren, she journeys with them to Haven Academy in Mistral. Along the way, the four of them stop at Summer's Gravestone, where Ruby pays her respects to her mother once again, before departing on their great journey.

During the Timeskip
Several months after her departure, Ruby comes across a village under attack from hordes of Grimm. She quickly moves into the village and makes short work of the Grimm attackers, slaying a fearsome Grimm known as a Beringel. Nearby, Jaune, Ren and Nora see smoke and contact her by Scroll before rushing over to assist. Without waiting for them to arrive, Ruby eagerly continues her fight in the village alone.

Journey to Haven
Sometime after that, Ruby manages to find her way to Mistral with the others. They help a village by hunting down and killing a Geist that had been plaguing them for weeks, in exchange for new armor for Jaune and a modified Crocea Mors. Upon seeing the logo on Jaune's hood, Ruby bursts into laughter as she sees it's a "cute little bunny rabbit". As they head for the next village with high spirits, Ruby becomes somber at the mention of the Schnee Dust Company.

Sometime later, Ruby has a strange dream where she hears Pyrrha's voice and wakes up startled. When she and her team arrive at Shion, they are shocked to find the town destroyed and its villagers dead. They learn from a dying Huntsman that the village was attacked by bandits, and the panic attracted local Grimm. Ruby tries to comfort a distraught Jaune, but he is devastated at another loss of life. Later, Ruby has the same dream again and wakes up in the middle of the night hearing Pyrrha's voice. Upon seeing Jaune's sleeping bag empty, she discovers him training using a training video made by Pyrrha. After watching Jaune train once and listening to Pyrrha's message to him, Ruby quietly slips away back to camp.

Ruby and her friends then travel to Higanbana after she has trouble pronouncing its name. They continue in high spirits, unaware that her uncle Qrow has protected them from a Grimm attack. That night, Ruby and her team make it to town and rest at the inn, and Qrow watches them from a nearby tavern.

Team RNJR sets out again to continue its journey to Haven. The team comes across Oniyuri, an incomplete village that was a failed attempt by people in Mistral to break away from the Kingdom. Ruby and company continue on, but are ambushed by Tyrian Callows, who declares his intention to take Ruby and overwhelms Team RNJR. Ruby's Aura is depleted and she is incapacitated, but before Tyrian can land a critical strike on her, Qrow appears and blocks the attack.

Ruby learns from her uncle that Tyrian is working for Salem, and the two men begin to fight each other. Team RNJR tries to help, but Qrow orders them to stay back. Ruby gets atop a roof and unsuccessfully fires at Tyrian from a distance. She decides to join in once the two fall into a building. Qrow shouts at her to stay back, but she does not listen. Just as a wooden beam is about to fall on her, Qrow saves her but gets grazed by Tyrian's stinger. Ruby quickly retaliates by cutting off the Faunus' tail, crippling him. After Tyrian quickly retreats, Ruby tends to her uncle.

That night, Ruby and her friends learn from Qrow about the four Maidens, the deity brothers who created Remnant and the four relics that are hidden within the four academies. Afterwards, Ruby asks her uncle as to why he was following her team discreetly and not joining them. He answers that he did not want his Semblance of misfortune to harm her.

The following morning, Ruby is horrified that Qrow had been poisoned by Tyrian. A makeshift stretcher is used to carry Qrow while they all continue on in the hopes of finding help for him. However, they are forced to make a difficult choice when encountering a fork in the road. Team RNJR splits. Ren and Nora take the mountainous path toward Mistral while Ruby and Jaune carry Qrow through onto a level path that leads to a destroyed city. They both walk over the same symbol that was seen on the ground at Shion.

Ruby and Jaune are unable to locate medical supplies in Kuroyuri, and Ruby apologizes to Jaune for getting him, Ren and Nora involved in the journey. When their companions rejoin them, they are confronted by the Nuckelavee. Ruby helps bring the fight to an end by pinning one of the Nuckelavee's arms with her scythe, and once Ren slays it, the smoke that results from its disintegration catches the attention of pilots from Mistral who were on patrol. The pilots transport them to the City of Mistral, where Qrow receives medical attention, the group finds a place to stay and Ruby writes a letter to Yang.

In Mistral
Ruby, along with Qrow and the rest of Team RNJR, meets Professor Leonardo Lionheart, headmaster of Haven Academy. She learns of the connection between the Maidens and the Relics through the conversation about the Spring Maiden likely being with Yang's mother, Raven. Unable to go after her due to Lionheart's resistance, the group is left with no other choice but to wait.

Later, she and the rest of her team meet Oscar Pine, who introduces himself as also being Professor Ozpin. Oscar gives Ozpin control of his body and the former headmaster reveals the true nature of his being as a soul and memories transferred into Oscar after a long line of succession. Ozpin plans to train Ruby and the rest of her team, citing Ruby's poor hand-to-hand combat skills, so they can best ensure the safety of the Relic of Knowledge.

Ruby, Oscar, and the rest of Team RNJR train outside. Ruby spars Oscar in hand-to-hand combat and wins because he never engaged his Aura. When Ozpin controls Oscar's body, however, he easily bests Ruby after she uses incorrect footing. After the spar, Team RNJR discusses with Oscar about Aura and Semblance. When Jaune laments that he has not discovered his powers yet, Ruby encourages him and Oscar, saying that they will find their Semblances in time.

One night, Ruby finds Oscar training by himself with Ozpin's cane in the training room. She compliments him on his improvement and believes that he will be ready for combat soon. However, Oscar states that he is scared of fighting, and even yells at Ruby for being calm with all of the chaos that is surrounding her. She is taken back by his burst of anger, but she calmly tells him how she came to lose Penny and Pyrrha and the circumstances of their deaths. Ruby admits she is scared, but her biggest fear is that Salem will kill not only her opponents but innocent bystanders as well. She states that she has to keep moving forward because she knows that Penny and Pyrrha would have done the same if she was the one to lose her life. Going back upstairs, Ruby acknowledges Oscar for his perseverance and bravery.

On a later day, Team RNJR prepare a dinner for the Huntsmen Qrow is searching for. When she heads for the house entrance upon her uncle's return, she is shocked to find Yang and Weiss with him. As her older sister approaches her, Ruby tries to apologize for leaving her back in Patch. However, Yang cuts her off with a hug and tearfully says "I love you", which Ruby responds back. The sisters then invite Weiss to join in, and the girls share a heartfelt reunion.

Ruby then has a ramen dinner with all of her friends and they go over past events. She compliments Ren for being "out of control" during the battle with the Nuckelavee, and later is in awe of Yang's new robotic arm. Then they all have a talk with Ozpin, where it is revealed that he gave the Branwen twins the ability to turn into birds and he was the wizard who gave the first Maidens their magic. In the end, Ruby is worried that Yang is going to leave because Ozpin was keeping his secrets, but is later relieved when her sister decides to stay due to her own influence.

Waking up early the next morning, Ruby has coffee with Weiss and Yang and laments that Blake is not with them. She shows great concern for her sister when the latter states she does not care for their teammate anymore. Later, Ruby finds Yang consolidating with Weiss and is relieved to see her sister has calmed down.

Ruby later talks to Ozpin and Qrow alone about her worries for the Relic of Choice, as Cinder is the Fall Maiden who can access the Relic. She is assured by Ozpin that Salem does not have that Relic, as he has made it more difficult to find in Beacon. Ruby then asks about his cane, and she learns that although it is not a Relic, it is still special to him. After Qrow receives a call from Lionheart, Ruby is delighted to hear that there is a raiding party ready to find the Spring Maiden and rushes to fetch the others.

The Battle of Haven
On the night of the full moon, Ruby and her allies travel to Haven to meet with Lionheart and unexpectedly encounter Raven. After hearing from her that no one can defeat Salem, Ruby argues with her, reasoning that they have achieved impossible feats because they worked together. She then extends her hand and asks Raven to join them, but the response she receives is a surprise attack from Cinder through the bandit's portal. Soon after, the heroes find themselves surrounded by Salem's followers and learn that both Lionheart and Raven have sided with them.

When Jaune moves in to fight Cinder, Ruby rushes to help him but is stopped by Emerald. As the two battle, Ruby asks Emerald why she is serving Salem, only to find that Emerald does not care about Salem but owes Cinder everything. Upon seeing Jaune and Cinder about to collide, Ruby remembers Pyrrha's death and cries out, unleashing her silver-eyed powers once more. However, Emerald knocks Ruby out and cuts her powers short.

When she regains consciousness, Ruby finds Weiss incapacitated and treated by Jaune. Upon seeing her other comrades in trouble, she directs Jaune to keep treating Weiss, Nora to cover for them, and Ren to help Oscar and Qrow against Lionheart and Hazel Rainart. Ruby then rushes to Yang's side and prepares to fight with her against Emerald and Mercury. Ruby fights Mercury and eventually headbutts him, telling him that she will do whatever it takes to shut him up. As the battle progresses, she finds that her allies are tired and worn out, but is later surprised when she hears the airships of the Mistral police outside. Remembering about the Relic, she orders Yang to head for the vault.

As the battle rages on, Ruby and Weiss are shocked to find Blake and reunited with them after she stomps on Hazel. After stopping Lionheart from firing his Dust projectiles and causing him to flee, Ruby directs her teammates for their coordinated attacks. Eventually, she pleads for Emerald, Mercury and Hazel to stop fighting as they are all worn out from the battle. When Yang returns with the Relic, Ruby is relieved. But when Emerald breaks down at Cinder's apparent demise, the heroes are caught in an illusion confronting a giant Salem. This leaves Ruby utterly terrified, and Ozpin later confirms that it was an illusion of their true enemy.

After the battle, Ruby collapses from exhaustion and later asks Blake what she was doing in Haven. With all four of them all together once again, the girls shares a hug of reunion as Team RWBY is reformed.

Canon

 * Ruby Rose vs. Beowolves (Won)
 * Ruby Rose vs. Roman Torchwick and Henchmen (Won)
 * Ruby Rose and Glynda Goodwitch vs. Roman Torchwick and Cinder Fall (Draw)
 * Ruby Rose and Weiss Schnee vs. Beowolves (Draw)
 * Team RWBY vs. Nevermore (Won)
 * Ruby and Penny Polendina vs. Roman Torchwick and White Fang (Won)
 * Team RWBY vs. Team JNPR (Won)
 * Team RWBY, Sun Wukong, and Neptune Vasilias vs. Roman Torchwick (Draw)
 * Ruby Rose vs. Cinder Fall (Draw)
 * Team RWBY vs. Grimm (Won)
 * Team RWBY and Dr. Oobleck vs. White Fang (Won)
 * Huntsmen vs. Grimm (Won)
 * Team RWBY vs. Team ABRN (Won)
 * Ruby Rose vs. Mercury Black (Fled)
 * Students vs. Nevermore (Won)
 * Ruby Rose vs. Neopolitan and Roman Torchwick (Won)
 * Ruby Rose vs. Grimm (Won)
 * Team RNJR vs. Geist (Won)
 * Team RNJR and Qrow Branwen vs. Tyrian Callows (Won)
 * Team RNJR vs. Nuckelavee (Won)
 * Ruby Rose vs. Emerald Sustrai (Knocked Out)
 * Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long vs. Emerald Sustrai and Mercury Black (Interrupted)
 * Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and Blake Belladonna vs. Hazel Rainart, Emerald, and Mercury (Won)

Non-Canon

 * Ruby vs. Cardin Winchester (Won)

Canon

 * Dust Store Robbery
 * Beacon Academy Initiation
 * Vale Port Heist
 * Beacon Dance
 * 40th Vytal Festival
 * Battle of Beacon
 * Battle of Haven

Theme songs

 * "Red" Trailer: "Red Like Roses" - Casey Lee Williams.

Etymology

 * Ruby alludes to the fairy tale character Little Red Riding Hood, particularly on her minor associations with Beowolves.
 * This allusion has affected her appearance, causing her to almost constantly wear a red hooded cape.
 * In the "Red" Trailer, she fights a large pack of Beowolves, a reference to Little Red Riding Hood coming face to face with a wolf in the story.
 * In her Pajama outfit in "The Shining Beacon, Pt.2", her top features a cartoonish heart-shaped face of a Beowolf, and wears a sleep mask similar to the eyes of the black Beowolves in her trailer.
 * When Ruby hits her head on a tree in "Players and Pieces", the circling cartoonish images resemble black wolves with red eyes.
 * In RWBY Chibi, Episode 12 Team RWBY perform Little Red Riding Hood for Team JNPR, with Ruby obviously playing Little Red.
 * Beowolf figures are displayed in Ruby's bedroom shelves in Patch.
 * Her name alludes to a type of gemstone that is often found in red. Furthermore, "Ruby" is the name of an actual shade of red. Meanwhile, her surname, "Rose", alludes to another shade of red and a type of flower that is also found most often in red.

Notes & Trivia

 * Ruby's alternate outfit, "Slayer", appears to be somewhat based on the early sketch shown in the second production diary.
 * Early designs for Ruby were set aside and later used for Miltia Malachite, one of Yang's foes in the "Yellow" Trailer.
 * Despite sharing similar emblems and a red-and-black color scheme, Monty confirmed that Ruby and Adam Taurus are not related to each other and that their emblems differ from each other in terms of "scatter and wilt".
 * Ruby shares her emblem design with her mother.
 * Though on the show both emblems are shown as gray due to being carved in either metal or stone, Ruby's is seen to be red on other RWBY media.
 * The reason Ruby is the adoptive daughter Taiyang Xiao Long remains unknown.
 * Monty has confirmed that Ruby is left-handed. However, she is seen wielding her weapon with her right hand just as easily, implying trained ambidexterity. Monty has stated that it is "common to switch both hands while fighting, especially to make it interesting." In "No Safe Haven" Ruby is seen writing a letter with her right hand.
 * Although Ruby is often depicted to favor sweets like cookies, her favorite food is actually strawberries.
 * Ruby, alongside Nora and Jaune, is one of the few characters who owns an object for sale at the Rooster Teeth store – which includes her Rose Pajama Pants and (now discontinued from the Rooster Teeth Store) her Beacon Academy backpack.
 * Ruby is the only character to appear in more than one trailer, appearing in both "Red" and "Yellow" trailers.
 * At the RTX Australia 2016 RWBY Panel, Ruby's Skype username was RlyRlyKoolKid.
 * In the teaser trailer of Camp Camp, another animated series produced by Rooster Teeth, a figurine of Ruby was briefly seen in the cubicle belonging to "Maggie".