RWBY Characters

The name of the show RWBY (pronounced “ruby”), is an acronym using the first letter of each of the four main characters.

R= Ruby Rose

W= Weiss Schnee

B= Blake Belladonna

Y = Yang Xiao Long

According to series creator Monty Oum, every character's name is tied to a specific color, and these colors give you a an idea of that character's personality. There will be other teams with their name combining to form acronyms that are also tied to a color. The team RWBY is composed of four female students from Beacon Academy. Each member is associated with a color and is named after a character or item in the fairy tale world.

Ruby is inspired by Red Riding Hood, Weiss by Snow White, Blake is by beauty and the Beast, Yang is a reference to Goldie Locks, etc. 

The title character, Ruby, is a 15-year-old girl who typically dresses in a red cloak and a black dress. She carries a scythe that can transform into a high caliber sniper rifle. She learned her fighting skills from her uncle Qrow Branwen at Signal.

Weiss is at 17 years of age and the second member of Team RWBY. She has long white hair and has a noticeable scar over her left eye, which she received from a fight with a white knight in the "White" trailer. Her weapon is a Dust powered rapier. The sheath can create more than one elemental change, using a dial like silver encasement just above the bottom of her sword. The Dust crystals encrusted in the encasement allow Weiss to change the power of her sword in battle.

Blake, the third member of Team RWBY, is a black-haired girl who uses a shinobigatana with a sharpened sheath that has a pistol in the hilt. Blake has a quiet nature and a love for books. She is a Faunus, a persecuted humanoid race with animal-like features, and was a member of a social rights advocacy group turned extremist paramilitary organization.

Yang is the fourth member of Team RWBY and Ruby's older half-sister. She has yellow-hair and wields twin shotgun gauntlets. Yang is the "big sister" of the group, caring deeply for her teammates. She is also very optimistic, never giving up in battle and hard times. However, she is very "hotheaded", and has anger management problems while in battle.