History Characters / ForgedDestinyFriendsAndAllies

* BladeOnAStick: Fights with a spear.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: All of Beacon's teachers are required to have: served for at least 15 years, a Level of at least 60, and a record of distinguished achievements. [[spoiler:And she proves her credentials in her fight against Watts]].

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The best Archer in the Mercenary's Guild [[spoiler:and the guild leader]].

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Quickly proves herself able to kick a ton of ass, and later reveals that she has the authority to match [[spoiler:being engaged to the crown prince of Mistral]].

* AssKickingEqualsAuthority: The strongest person in the Del'Ashari is the leader. Whether they want to be or not.

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Class: Sage

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!! Qrow Branwen
Class: Druid

Class: Elementalist

!! Ellayne [[spoiler:Rainart]]
Class: Fighter

!! Isaac Corvo
Class: Guardian

!! Sun Wukong
Class: Monk

Class: Swordmaster

[[center: [-[[Characters/ForgedDestiny Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/ForgedDestinyTheHunters The Hunters Guild]] ([[Characters/ForgedDestinyJauneArc Jaune Arc]]) | '''Friends and Allies''' | [[Characters/ForgedDestinyEnemies Enemies]]-]]]

** Played with. As Jaune and the rest of the Hunters Guild learn about Torchwick's history of conning students, they frequently wonder how Ozpin or any of the other teachers haven't caught on or done anything about it. [[spoiler:Later is revealed to be justified due to learning of Neo's Illusionist abilities making it easy to operate under false identities and frame others, as well as Ozpin being distracted by outside threats.]]

** In Book 6, with the whole plan [[spoiler:for a peace conference between Vale and Mistral]] not even considering the fact [[spoiler:that bringing an invading Mistral force into the heart of Vale territory is a prime opportunity for an attack.]]
** Holds it a few times in Book 7.

*** The second is a downplayed example. When [[spoiler:Jaune and Lisa]] go into hiding, Ozpin sends the rest of the Hunters to comb the city and ascertain their location using their Whisper Stones, but [[spoiler:Jaune's only viable hiding spot is in the Emerald Forest outside of Beacon, and, even if he were hiding in the city, he can't use his Whisper Stone in Vale lest he compromise his mission.]]
** Holds it again right at the beginning of Book 8 where [[spoiler: he refuses to fully equip the Hunters Guild and the rest of the forces in the assault against Raven and the Greycloaks with the full contents of the Beacon Vault]], siting the need for alternatives and precautions should the initial plan fail. This, despite the fact Salem is already known to [[ApocalypseHow turn whole kingdoms to barren wastelands]] and [[RocksfallEveryoneDies call meteors down on people]], and [[spoiler: Raven is the highest Leveled person in existence with an InfinityPlusOne swords, and can teleport anywhere to kill anyone at anytime.]] Needless to say if the initial assault fails no amount of equipment is going to make a difference later, and just puts both people and the world at greater risk because such tools are held back on some slim and poorly considered hope.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When one of the Hunters Guild, [[spoiler:Jaune]], is forced to go into hiding after the failed assassination attempt of [[spoiler:Lisa Lavender]], Ozpin devises a plan for the rest of the Hunters to comb the city of Vale using their Whisper Stones in order to establish communication with their missing member. While this plan is reasonably well thought out, it fails to account for [[spoiler:Jaune actually hiding in the Emerald Forest, which is directly adjacent to Beacon, and that he can't accept the Guild's transmissions when in the company of Lisa Lavender for fear of compromising his mission. This means that none of the guild members are at the Hunters Lodge when Jaune tries to contact them and he is unable to accept any of their calls while accompanying Lisa in Vale. This lack of communication almost lead to Jaune's death when he and Lisa are ambushed by a group of high level assassins after a New Dawn meeting.]]

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler:Refuses to hand over Jaune to the Nobles after he finds out the truth about his Class and instead falsifies documents stating that Jaune officially retired from Hero duty after the trek through Vacuo.]]

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: All of Beacon's teachers are required to have: served for at least 15 years, a Level of at least 60, and a record of distinguished achievements. [[spoiler:And she proves her credentials in her fight against Watts.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Shows up with Tsune to save Jaune, Coco, and the others inside Torchwick's guild before they can be killed by Watts.]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:He's normally quite calm and matter of fact in his instruction, but when war breaks out between Vale and Mistral, he snaps at the Beacon students for their vocal protestation to protect the invading Mistral forces as well as Vale's, and yells that if any student doesn't want to uphold the Grand Treaty in it's entirety then they can leave Beacon and never come back.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Shows up with Glynda to save Jaune, Coco, and the others inside Torchwick's guild before they can be killed by Watts.]]

* KungFuWizard: Knows that a Priest is [[SquishyWizard weak in close combat]] and [[ShootTheMedicFirst prone to being immediately targeted,]] and has learned basic martial arts in order to compensate (and is hinted to be standard practice for all healers).
* LightIsGood: She wields a variety of light based spells and healing magic, and is definitely one of the good guys. [[{{Sadist}} It's just that her interests are a little... disturbing.]]

* ReluctantRuler: [[spoiler:Absolutely did not want to be the guild leader of The Mercenary's Guild, but accepted it in the end.]]

* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:Took in Winter and Weiss after the deaths of their father, brother, and mother.]]

* ThinkingUpPortals: Like Glynda, he can also make a magic portal, [[spoiler:which is how he is able to send Penny to help Jaune and the others in time on the Fang.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Shares one with Weiss, as we later learn [[spoiler:that her mother's Sentinel, Watts, ended up murdering both her parents and younger brother, and attempted the same to her and Weiss, for the purpose of having her mother for himself.]]

* DrowningMySorrows: [[spoiler:Is last seen having several drinks, mourning the death of his best friend Viktor.]]

* AssholeVictim: He's so unpleasant from the moment he's introduced to [[spoiler:spitefully cursing Jaune and the others before Merlot kills him,]] that one doesn't feel too sorry for him.
* BigDamnHeroes: Has this as a skill, as his Passive -Vanguard- gives him a massive stat boost whenever an ally is moments away from being killed. However, it only briefly works, so he must quickly choose to either [[LightningBruiser attack the enemy or defend the ally while it's active]].

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:Gets torn in half by a Grimm transformed Merlot.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Played with. Kaedin describes his more admirable qualities, explains his [[AngerBornOfWorry harsh treatment of Jaune and the rest as concern over his Mage charge]], and [[spoiler:puts himself between them and a Grimm transformed Merlot several times before dying;]] however, [[InformedAttribute we never see any indication of this from Viktor himself]], and he also [[spoiler:curses Jaune and the others with his last breathe before dying.]] So it's left somewhat ambiguous if this is just the bias of an old friend or not.

* AngerBornOfWorry: Though it's more subtle than Yang, Qrow is also concerned about Ruby's tendency [[ChronicHeroSyndrome to jump into trouble in order to save people,]] and subsequently starts in on Jaune who he initially thinks is a bad influence on her.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Is quickly and anticlimactically killed by Raven in the latter half of Book 7.]]

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Is killed by Raven to show that there is no line she won't cross in her pursuit of power.]]

* TheAce: Is this due to being a Prestige class, and quickly establishes herself as one of the most powerful damage dealers in the story [[PlayingWithFire with her fire spells.]]

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Quickly proves herself able to kick a ton of ass, and later reveals that she has the authority to match [[spoiler:being engaged to the crown prince of Mistral.]]

* DoubleMeaning: Her last words to Jaune before the defense of [[spoiler:Stoneskeep]] take on an entirely new meaning once Cinder reveals [[spoiler:that she knew right from the start that Jaune wasn't a Knight.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Even as she lays dying, Cinder refuses to summon [[JerkassGenie Salem]] for a chance to fix her mistakes with a wish, knowing the cost would be too high.]]
* TheFatalist: [[spoiler:Admits to being this for her part in betraying Beacon and breaking the Grand Treaty, as she felt there was nothing she, as a member of the Hero Caste, could do in the face of Mistral's Nobles' greed and callousness. Though Jaune notes the [[CharmPerson Mistralian King's Charisma]] has a part in influencing her, she states that she may have been able to resist it had she believed herself able.]]

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Jaune apologizing for not being able to save Cinder even though she was his enemy brings a smile to her face as she dies wondering WhatCouldHaveBeen if she had met [[TheHero him]] sooner.]]

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Despite directly saving thousands of lives on multiple occasions and working tirelessly to establish peace, she doesn't believe that she deserves to be a Hero after [[spoiler:the king of Mistral betrays Vale and forces her to attack King Galan during the PeaceConference, shattering the [[FictionalGenevaConvention Grand Treaty]] and nearly sabotaging everything Cinder had worked so hard for.]]

* OneWomanArmy: Proves it [[spoiler:when she summons a Phoenix to destroy an invading horde of Grimm.]]
* PetTheDog: She does this after [[spoiler:Jaune is outed as a Blacksmith and is ostracized by the rest of the guild after an emotionally trying battle against Watts and Willow, Weiss' mother. While she does believe that what he did was ultimately foolhardy and will likely cause him great trouble in the future, she is able to understand the reasons why he did it in the first place, comparing it to how her own Prestige Class affects her own life, and thus she does respect that he was able to fight against his fate, even if only for a while. Sadly, as she sees it, YouCantFightFate, and while she does offer him a chance to at least live as a Hero in private by having him join her entourage due to her future position as Queen of Mistral, she can't change the system itself and ultimately he would only be able to live as a slightly more important NPC. While she is most likely this due to not being as emotionally tied to the situation as the Hunters are, she comes off much better by comparison due to her willingness to hear things out at the moment]]

* PoliticallyActivePrincess: [[spoiler:As the fiance to the prince of Mistral]], Cinder goes to great lengths to open diplomatic channels with Ozpin to ensure that the two of them have a chance to [[spoiler:negotiate an end to the Mistral-Vale War.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: As the [[spoiler:future Queen of Mistral]], Cinder spends a large amount of her time on missions to ensure the safety of her country, either through fighting hordes of Grimm or by opening diplomatic channels to ensure peaceful relations with other kingdoms. Her behavior stands in sharp contrast to the last [[spoiler:[[DirtyCoward Queen of Mistral.]]]]
* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler:What Mistral tries to paint Cinder as following the events of her death so as to save face, just as they did with [[FallenHero Tyrian.]] The King of Vale refuses to let such a thing stand and forces Mistral to accept War Guilt for their atrocities.]]
* SorryThatImDying: [[spoiler:After she [[TakingTheBullet shields the King of Mistral,]] Cinder apologizes to Jaune for everything that had gone wrong during the PeaceConference as well as her inability to resist the commands of her king.]]

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Protects her king with her own body when Jaune tries to run him through for his treachery.]]
* VillainRespect: [[spoiler:While not so much a villain as she is someone forced to fight against Jaune due to the orders of [[CharmPerson her King]], Cinder can't help but praise Jaune for both his determination and his ferocity and confesses that she admires him all the more for daring to fight against his destiny.]]

A Beacon student a year behind the Hunters, who Jaune meets just before her First Quest during initiation. She is the younger sister to [[spoiler:the King's Seneschal, Hazel Rainart.]]

* BreakoutCharacter: The author has stated that he has revised his plans for Ellayne so as to give her a more prominent role in the story due to her [[EnsembleDarkHorse unexpected popularity.]] See CanonCharacterAllAlong for one example of said revision.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: She seems to be [[spoiler:the younger sister of Hazel Rainart who died in canon while under Ozpin's supervision.]]

* DarkSecret: [[spoiler:She actually fails her First Quest, and isn't suppose to be in Beacon.]]

* {{Foil}}: To Jaune. Both are Heroes attending Beacon while [[DarkSecret hiding the fact they technically shouldn't be.]] But while Jaune is actually a Labour Caste member who defeated a Grimm too strong for initiates by seeking help, and thus passed the First Quest, Ellayne is a genuine Hero class [[spoiler:that was overwhelmed by several weak Grimm by being on her own, and thus failed the First Quest, but is let in anyway due to Jaune lying for her.]]
* TheGlomp: Gives one to Jaune at their second meeting for saving her life, [[spoiler:and lying so that she could stay in Beacon.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: Once he learns that negativity is what is required to summon Salem, [[spoiler:He freely walks into the Greycloaks' sacrificial pyre with a smile on his face and feelings of love for his king, country, soldiers, family, and friends in his heart. The positive emotions [[EmotionEater repel Salem]] and [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth put an end to the ritual]].]]

* MrExposition: Explains the history of Vacuo, as well as the Del'Ashari's tribal duty of [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow making sure it's secrets stay buried.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:Despite the hostile introduction his tribe had with the guild, and the prior bad experience he had with Roman, Neo, and Watts, he's willing to talk things out with Jaune and the others.]]

The horse that Jaune is always saddled with while at Beacon, despite the fact that she seems to [[HorsingAround do her best to make him suffer.]]

* CoolHorse: Faith is a black courser, a swift and strong horse typically used in war, and Jaune states that she is of prime pedigree seeing as she is of [[HeroAcademy Beacon.]] She is also fully capable of [[spoiler:crushing an enemy soldier's skull beneath her hooves given the slightest opportunity.]]
* EvilDetectingDog: A potential reason she is always [[spoiler:so hostile to Jaune as she does her utmost to dismount and harass him as long as he is wearing [[{{MacGuffin}} Salem's amulet]] but is very comforting and protective of him once said amulet is [[WhiteMagic purified.]]]]

* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:Is attacked and wounded by Cinder, and has to be rescued by Jaune.]]
* HandWave: Does this frequently in Book 7 for the decisions made in Book 6. [[spoiler: Also does this for Jaune's breaking the whole Caste system by entering Beacon as a Blacksmith, rendering the whole legal and social consequences sighted throughout the story moot.]]
* IdiotBall: Held this constantly [[spoiler:during the Vale-Mistral war.]]

* SlaveToPR: Averted one instance, and Invoked another. He let's the King of Mistral go with little more than a slap on the wrist [[spoiler:after Mistral blatantly disregards the Grand Treaty by burning villages down and slaughtering everyone, including an assassination attempt on himself]] under highly dubious reasoning, and despite the feelings of those affected. He then later defends his decisions as being incapable of performing any action that would cast doubt on his authority, such as [[spoiler:legitimizing Lisa despite her heritage or pardoning Hazel for failing to uphold his strict decrees.]] YMMV on how much sense or consistency he is as a character.

* GenreSavvy: She is well aware that healers are high priority targets and knows how to take care of herself in a fight.

* DemotedToExtra: While a regularly occurring character throughout RWBY, here he's only seen for the Vacuo Quest, and receives less characterization than some OCs.

** Holds it again right at the beginning of Book 8 where [[spoiler: he refuses to fully equip the Hunters Guild and the rest of the forces in the assault against Raven and the Greycloaks with the full contents of the Beacon Vault]], siting the need for alternatives and precautions should the initial plan fail. This, despite the fact Salem is already known to [[ApocalypseNow turn whole kingdoms to barren wastelands]] and [[RocksfallEveryoneDies call meteors down on people]], and [[spoiler: Raven is the highest Leveled person in existence with an InfinityPlusOne swords, and can teleport anywhere to kill anyone at anytime.]] Needless to say if the initial assault fails no amount of equipment is going to make a difference later, and just puts both people and the world at greater risk because such tools are held back on some slim and poorly considered hope.

* SlaveToPR: Is incapable of performing any action that would cast doubt on his authority, such as [[spoiler:legitimizing Lisa despite her heritage or pardoning Hazel for failing to uphold his strict decrees.]]

!Friends and Allies