History Characters / ForgedDestinyJauneArc

* HurtingHero: Jaune, who is quite possibly the most heroic character in the setting, has been put through absolute ''hell'' over the course of the story. After all that he's been through,[[labelnote:List]]Frozen, bitten, mauled, beaten, shot, stabbed, crushed, drowned, burned, impaled, dumped, [[spoiler:expelled, rejected, ''killed'']], and tortured both physically and mentally [[/labelnote]] one can't help but think that he already would have thrown in the towel if it weren't for his [[{{Determinator}} insane amounts of Resilience and determination.]]

* HurtingHero: Jaune, who is quite possibly the most heroic character in the setting, has been put through absolute ''hell'' over the course of the story. After all that he's been through,[[labelnote:List]]Frozen, bitten, mauled, beaten, shot, stabbed, crushed, drowned, burned, impaled, dumped, [[spoiler:expelled, rejected, ''[[UpToEleven killed]]'']], and tortured both physically and mentally [[/labelnote]] one can't help but think that he already would have thrown in the towel if it weren't for his [[{{Determinator}} insane amounts of Resilience and determination.]]

!!!'''Class''': Blacksmith [[spoiler:'''Multi-Class''': Swordmaster]]

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!!!'''Class''': Blacksmith [[spoiler: '''Multi-Class''': Swordmaster]]

* TenMinuteRetirement: Jaune undergoes one when he is forced to [[spoiler:resign from Beacon after TheReveal.]] During this time, he returns home to Ansel, reunites with his family, and makes plans for what he wants to do with his life before [[spoiler:a contingent from Mistral arrives and informs him that they plan to burn down his village and that there is an army on its way to attack Vale.]]
* AbsurdCuttingPower: What [[ReforgedBlade Crocea Mors]] gains thanks to Jaune's [[spoiler:Swordmaster Passive and ]]Skills.

* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Jaune is prone to doling these out to [[TheCutie Ellayne.]]
* AffectionateNickname: "Strange Knight" by Blake since he always thinks the best of her and strives to do what is right, regardless of whether it will be rewarded or not. The "Strange" is due to how different he is when compared to Remnant's [[HolierThanThou traditional]] [[GoodIsNotNice Knights.]]
* ArmorPiercingAttack: One of Jaune's [[spoiler:Swordmaster]] Skills, Piercing Thrust, easily penetrates through magical shields and defenses. Another, Dividing Slash, cuts through both armor and weapons with ease but deals no extra damage to their wielder.

* ArtifactOfPower: [[spoiler:Jaune has reached such a high Level that he can effectively make these, either through the inscription of his own Runes, transferring existing Runes onto other objects, or by Purifying objects to make them ProtectiveCharms.]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Merging himself with the dungeon sword impaled through his chest restarts Jaune's heart and allows him to continue fighting. This means that, as he technically died a hero, Jaune's deal with Salem has run its course as he was both given the opportunity to become a hero and died while pursuing said goal.]]
* BadassBoast: Jaune gives a pretty effective one that crosses over with PreMortemOneLiner to [[spoiler:the soldiers that try to attack Ansel.]]
* BareHandedBladeBlock:
** Jaune stops a swung sword with a single hand [[spoiler: before then rapidly heating and cooling said sword to create an improvised grenade during the defense of Ansel.]] Justified as Jaune is at a much higher Level than the sword's user and his hand is still lightly cut.

* BarrierChangeBoss: [[spoiler:Jaune can instantly shift his Class between Blacksmith and Sword Master depending on which benefits him more in that moment.]]

* BloodKnight: Downplayed. Jaune doesn't seek out conflict but he does find satisfaction in besting skilled opponents, has a tendency to break into fits of MirthlessLaughter after, or even during, such battles, and his first kill filled him with a sense of [[spoiler:elation (and guilt at said elation)]]. Conversely, Jaune finds no pleasure in having to mow down waves of weaker enemies as he was forced to do in the defense of [[spoiler:Ansel.]]
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:Jaune's heart had already stopped beating before he fused himself with the dungeon sword, reviving himself as both a Blacksmith and a Swordmaster, a change that comes with an increased rate of stat growth and a wide variety of combat Skills.]]

* CharmPerson: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] A Knight's characteristic attribute, Charisma, allows them to more easily manipulate others, but Jaune's is abysmally low as a Blacksmith. He is able to mimic a high value by both [[TheHeart his understanding of people's motivations]] allowing him to convince them that helping him benefits their goals, and [[TheLeader always maintaining a level head and projecting an image of calm to those around him,]] [[IndyPloy often with a plan for them to rally behind.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The Rune of Cold Steel that Jaune extracted from the armor he gained from [[spoiler:Beacon's vault]]. Initially, it only provides a large boost to Jaune's Constitution and defense when welded onto his breastplate, but he eventually [[spoiler:welds the rune onto a pauldron he forges for [[FragileSpeedster Ruby]], effectively increasing her Constitution by a factor of six.]]

* CluelessChickMagnet: Over the course of the story, Jaune has earned the affections of ''at least'' three of his guildmates,[[labelnote:*]][[BetterAsFriends Pyrrha]], [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Ruby]], and [[AloofDarkHairedGirl Blake]][[/labelnote]] and the complete adoration of his apprentice, Ellayne, without even realizing he had done so. Once he returns to Ansel, his sisters note that he is attracting quite a lot of [[FemaleGaze female attention]] and that he's about to pop out of his tunic. Jaune notes that he did notice...[[ComicallyMissingThePoint that his tunic is too small.]]

* TheConfidant: Even more so than in canon. Ruby reveals a critical weakness about her class relying entirely on using a scythe after only briefly knowing him, Yang tells him about their family issues caused by Summer's obsession and death, Pyrrha admits her loneliness and despair due to her special class, Oscar easily shares his desire for adventure and heroism, and Blake gradually opens up more and more of herself [[spoiler:as they continue dating.]]
* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Jaune's always careful when using his active Skills in combat situations as they would give away his identity as a Blacksmith. He gets around this by either disguising his abilities as those of a Knight (Flaming Sword) or by killing his opponents right after using them. [[spoiler:The one time he fails to do so is against Cinder which clues her in that Jaune is [[SpottingTheThread not what he seems]].]]

* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Forty invading Mistralian soldiers vs a small town of NPC's led by a single Blacksmith.]] The invaders never knew what hit them.

* DashAttack: [[spoiler:Piercing Thrust allows Jaune to move forward at incredible speed to attack his opponent, irregardless of his Dexterity stat.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:Jaune, according to Salem, unintentionally made one with Salem prior to the story's start to gain his class changing amulet.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Jaune's defining attribute, possibly because of his Resilience. No matter the state (severe pain, injury, fatigue, fear) or the situation (underleveled, outnumbered, outclassed, being in the very presence of Salem herself), Jaune ''will'' continue on for as long as he must to attain victory and save his friends.
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: The only member of The Hunters guild that [[EldritchAbomination Salem]] readily converses with in an almost friendly manner, especially after she finds out he is [[{{MacGuffin}} the new wielder of the amulet.]] [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu She even jokingly asks if he has grown enticed by her visage.]]

** Blake gently cradled Jaune after he had been [[spoiler:impaled by Tyrian]] as he apologized for putting her through this and assured everyone else that he was content with his death. [[spoiler:Averted as Salem then heals him.]]
** [[spoiler:Jaune gently held Cinder at the end of Book 6 as she lay dying by his own hands after she intercepted the blow meant for the king of Mistral.]]
** [[spoiler:Jaune cradled Lisa while she slowly passed on due to the effects of her wish to Salem and apologized for both not being completely honest with her and for not being able to save her. Her last act is to offer him {{Forgiveness}}.]]

* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: [[spoiler: Jaune accidentally fatally wounded a member of the Soldier Caste with what was meant to be a deterring swing while he was trying to defend the prisoners said soldiers were attempting to unlawfully execute.]] [[AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe This is despite the fact that the Hunters have faced multiple enemies over the course of the story dozens of levels higher than themselves without such a severe disparity in strength and constitution ever being apparent.]]

* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler:Almost enters a HeroicBSOD after his true Class is revealed and he is abandoned by the rest of the members of the Hunters guild.]]
* TheFace: Among the Hunters, Jaune shares this role with Weiss. Jaune, having been raised in a family of Shopkeepers, is in charge of, and incredibly proficient at, negotiations. Over the course of the story, he advances from arranging better weapon and lodging prices for the rest of the Guild to [[spoiler:brokering a temporary alliance between warring armies and defusing a potential coup that would have hindered said alliance all in a matter of minutes.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: After he is critically injured by [[spoiler:Tyrian]], Jaune reassures those around him that he has made peace with his life, and that he will be content just to be remembered by others having saved the lives of his friends. [[spoiler: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] as Salem is forced to heal Jaune to repay him for getting her out of Tyrian's wish, which could have potentially bound her for decades.]]
* FamedInStory: [[spoiler:By Book 7, Jaune has become so famous due to both saving the king's life and gaining a second Class that the Royal court is concerned that he could begin a full-scale revolution were he to rebel against the crown.]]

** To Ruby. Both are individuals whose primary inspiration to become a Hero came from the idealized versions of them in stories but they follow different paths to pursue their ideals. But while Ruby [[ChronicHeroSyndrome puts the safety of others far above herself,]] and seems to pay no mind to the danger she finds herself in, even though [[FragileSpeedster her Constitution is so low that any error may mean her death,]] Jaune is constantly aware of his own mortality, which [[HadToBeSharp forces him to quickly adapt to situations]] [[MightyGlacier with any missteps on his part not becoming fatal mostly thanks to his high Constitution.]]
** To Pyrrha. Both left their homes to find a place they could start anew without any of the prejudices or expectations they were previously subject to. While Pyrrha is a high-level member of a Prestige class, Jaune is a low-level member of the Labour Caste. While Pyrrha is an incredibly skilled fighter [[TheChampion who is most effective when fighting alone,]] Jaune initially has no combat skills to speak of, [[TheLeader but excels when working closely with others.]] And while Pyrrha is satisfied [[BetterAsFriends to just be friends with the object of her affections,]] [[DoggedNiceGuy Jaune slowly and continually makes his feelings known to his crush]].
** To Blake. Both are people with troubled secrets that strive to overcome the prejudices of their inherent Classes but go about it in different ways. Blake is a relatively high leveled Hero with experience in multiple societies, but Jaune is a low level Blacksmith who is new to the larger world. Blake is openly an Assassin, known for their underhanded and backstabbing methods; Jaune tries to be a Knight, known for their honor and directness, but achieves this through deceit. Blake was an only child [[DarkAndTroubledPast whose parents died when she was young]] while Jaune grew up with a large and loving family. Blake is reserved and anti-social, while Jaune is socially awkward, yet outgoing. [[spoiler: This all ultimately culminates into them becoming a couple in the story.]]

* TheGlovesComeOff: Jaune fully cuts loose for the first time against [[spoiler:the Mistral soldiers sent to raze his town.]]

* GuileHero: What truly makes Jaune such an effective hero is his ability to come up with alternative ways around whatever problems he faces, be they letting Grimm bite him to stop their movements, [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer using his Blacksmith skills to break an enemy's weapon,]] or forging from unconventional sources of metal to level up faster. In addition, almost every opponent he has ever encountered has been defeated not through brute strength, but by exploitation of their [[FatalFlaw Fatal Flaws.]]

* HeelRealization: He undergoes one in Book 5. [[spoiler:He comes to realize exactly how much forcing Blake to keep secrets and lie on his behalf had been an abuse of their relationship and her trust in him. In addition, he comes to believe that many of his actions since coming to Beacon were based solely on rash, selfish, and deeply arrogant reasoning, even if some good ultimately resulted from them; [[UnreliableNarrator though whether this self-appraisal is accurate or a result of his inferiority issues is highly debatable.]]]]

* HeroicBSOD: Jaune enters a minor one when [[spoiler:Salem reveals to him that she is the creator of [[{{MacGuffin}} the amulet]] and that, by her placing it in his path and him wearing it, they have [[DealWithTheDevil a contract of sorts.]]]] When Blake tries to [[RousingSpeech rouse him from it, saying that he is stronger than Salem,]] Salem reveals [[spoiler:[[DarkAndTroubledPast that Blake is a kinslayer.]] [[TrueCompanions This prompts Jaune to stab Salem in the back.]]]]
* HeroicSafeMode: Mysteriously develops the ability to become detached from his negative emotions during a Grimm siege, [[spoiler:and again when watching a battle between Vale and Mistral's armies.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Due to not truly being a Hero Class, [[MyGreatestFailure and an early incident nearly killing Ruby,]] he has rather low self-esteem, and constantly worries that he's not good enough to be a Hero. This comes to a head in Book 5 after a series of traumatic events causes him to see almost all of his actions since coming to Beacon as being based solely on rash, selfish, and deeply arrogant reasoning, with only some good ultimately resulting from them.

* HorrifyingTheHorror: Jaune may be the first person in existence to [[spoiler:scare Salem thanks to his WhiteMagic.]]

* ImNotAHeroIm: Jaune's response to the [[spoiler:King of Vale.]]

* MagikarpPower: [[spoiler:Jaune's second Passive, Blade Bond, increases damage dealt in proportion to the length of time the same sword has been wielded. While this means that any new weapon would deal no additional damage at all, after using the same sword for almost a year and a half, à la TheseusShipParadox, Crocea Mors is able to slice through high-tier equipment with ease.]]
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Jaune is a Sword Master which can mean both a master swordsman or [[UltimateBlacksmith a master]] ''[[UltimateBlacksmith of]]'' [[UltimateBlacksmith swords.]]]]

** [[spoiler:Fully averted when he gains Sword Master as a Multi-Class.]]
* MirthlessLaughter: Jaune has a bit of a habit of laughing in relief after high stress situations, such as after the conflict with Watts or [[spoiler:the retreat of Salem after the fight with Watts and Willow.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A very literal example when [[spoiler:Jaune uses his Purify Object ability to cleanse his amulet of Salem's power, which apparently dismissed whatever influence she had over him while also getting rid of the amulet's ability to change his class title.]]

** Swords are primarily seen by others as melee weapons meant to be used to either stab or slash into one's opponents. Jaune [[spoiler:superheats and then rapidly cools them to make improvised ''grenades''.]]

* ObfuscatingInsanity: [[spoiler:Is forced to resort to this when imprisoned by the Greycloaks. Jaune realized that they were attempting to mentally break him by addicting him to the euphoria gained by LevelGrinding, and so played the part of an addict slowly slipping into madness. He does note, however, that the act isn't entirely false as he is suffering from constant pain due to his fever and infected wounds, with Levelling being the only process that brings him any sense of joy.]]

* OutsideTheBoxTactic: [[spoiler:In the climax of Book 6, Jaune encases himself in molten armor, granting him a jury rigged immunity to fire. This allows him, a lowly level 40 Blacksmith, to go toe to toe with Cinder, a much higher level Prestige class who can only use fire based spells.]]
* TheParagon: What Jaune is slowly developing into as the story goes on. Most prominently seen when his actions rally the rest of [[spoiler:Ansel against the Mistralians that seek to kill them.]]

* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Using the leverage he gained from saving [[spoiler:the kingdom]], he asks the king to spare [[spoiler:Hazel]]'s life. [[spoiler:The king agrees seeing as he didn't want to have Hazel executed in the first place and was only doing due to being a SlaveToPR.]]
* PreMortemOneLiner: Jaune gives a ''fantastic'' one to [[spoiler:the Mistral soldiers who seek to destroy his town and break the Grand Treaty.]]

* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:Jaune never told the rest of his Guild about his true class as he was scared how they would react and that they would treat him differently. When his secret is revealed, the rest of the guild not only reels from him not trusting them with the knowledge of his true class, but they also take the Dungeon drop from him (his only weapon), immediately push him to the center of their formation away from any potential fighting, and show no signs of reluctance in returning to Vale when the punishment there for Jaune's actions would either be incarceration or execution. Jaune was right in that they no longer treat him as a comrade to fight beside but rather as a member of the Needs Protection Caste (NPC).]]
* ProtectiveCharm: [[spoiler:[[{{MacGuffin}} Jaune's amulet]] after he [[WhiteMagic Purifies it of Salem's influence]] [[HolyBurnsEvil and imbues it with the ability to actively harm her and any other Demonic entities.]]]]

* ReasoningWithGod: Jaune to Salem in Book 4. He proposes that, as her presence naturally paralyzes those around her, her orders to [[spoiler:Tyrian]] to kill them would be unfulfilled as ''she'' would be the one responsible for their deaths, not her servant, and such an act would not prove said servant's worth. [[spoiler:Salem, however, sees right through it, and dismisses the argument, but then allows Jaune to choose three others to fight alongside Qrow anyway to ostensibly make things more interesting.]]
* ReforgedBlade: Being a Blacksmith, Jaune reforges Crocea Mors each time it is shattered to the exact same specifications as before, either by reusing the old steel or by using entirely new materials. Each new iteration still counts as the same blade [[spoiler:to Jaune's new Passive, Blade Bond, which increases damage dealt in proportion to the length of time he has been wielding his sword.]]
* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:Jaune and Blake,]] who start as strangers and acquaintances in Book 1, are friends with hints of mutual attraction in Book 2, and officially become a couple by the end of Book 3.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Jaune's class is finally revealed to the rest of the Hunters (and Sun) when he [[ProtectiveCharm Purifies his amulet to repel Salem,]] but in doing so purifies it of its Class concealing ability as well.]]
* RevivalLoophole: [[spoiler:Any wish made upon Salem ''must'' bring about the death of whoever asks for it, and Jaune's is no exception. The wish he unintentionally and unknowingly made granted him his amulet and his chance to become a hero, but also allowed for Salem to directly harm him as his death by the hands of the progenitor of all Grimm would still be a hero's death, and thus in accordance with his wish. Jaune's death at the hands of Cinder, however, was ''also'' a hero's death, and satisfied the terms of his agreement with Salem. His subsequent revival therefore robbed the Queen of the Grimm of any influence she may have had over him and put a permanent end to their contract.]]

* SecretKeeper: To Ellayne. [[spoiler:Having lied about the fact she failed her First Quest, and thus shouldn't be attending Beacon.]]

* SorryThatImDying: Jaune apologizes to Blake when he sees how afraid she is after he is lethally impaled by [[spoiler:Tyrian. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] as Salem heals him for his part in getting her out of Tyrian's wish.]]

* SpottingTheThread: Jaune correctly deduces that the pair of Night Guards that check in on him [[spoiler:and Lisa after a failed assassination attempt are either impostors or compromised, stating that they had to have either been directly outside on the street and immediately guessed the correct building and room number where the assault took place while only going off Lisa's scream, or were already aware of the assassination attempt to begin with.]]
* StrongerThanTheyLook: While Jaune's physique is certainly nothing to scoff at, his youth and Class above his head inadvertently informs everyone around him that he is almost certainly significantly weaker than any Soldier and entirely incomparable in terms of strength to a true Hero. [[spoiler:The group of Mistralian raiders who come to destroy Ansel make this assumption, and it proves to be the last mistake they ever make.]]

* SwordPlant: Jaune stabs his sword into the ground [[spoiler:right next to the head of [[ManipulativeBastard the King of Mistral]] after deciding not to kill him. [[DirtyCoward The coward still faints from fear.]]]]

* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Played with. Jaune becomes troubled after killing a Berserker pirate that attacked them on the way to Atlas, and appears to suffer [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone from the guilt of his first human kill,]] [[spoiler:but it turns out he was actually thrilled at his accomplishment, and is instead troubled [[BloodKnight by his lack of guilt.]]]]

* ThunderboltIron: [[spoiler:Forges a fallen meteor into a sword for Raven but conceals a small amount of the material on himself by using it to plate Blake's locket.]]

* TranquilFury: When a Mistrali commander informs him that [[spoiler:Mistral has no intention of honoring the peace treaty and that they intend to raze Ansel to the ground, Jaune, in a calm and controlled manner, burns the first of the soldiers alive, pulls a reforged Crocea Mors from their smoking corpse, [[BadassBoast and tells]] [[UnderestimatingBadassery the rest of the soldiers]] [[PreMortemOneLiner exactly how screwed they truly are.]]]]
* TranslatorMicrobes: [[spoiler:Runesight, a ''very'' high-level Blacksmith Skill, grants Jaune the ability to identify and understand Runes.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: What Jaune endures after [[spoiler:his Blacksmith class is revealed - he's rejected by his erstwhile friends in the Hunters, his relationship with Blake ends on acrimonious terms, and he's expelled after a thorough dressing-down from Ozpin]]. [[BreatherEpisode He is then able to return to his hometown and mentally recuperate while spending quality time with his family...]][[spoiler:before he is forced to slaughter a platoon of soldiers that tries to massacre his village and later kill the only woman who showed him any decency while he was at his lowest.]] [[HistoryRepeats He is then able to return to his hometown and mentally recuperate while spending quality time with his family...]][[spoiler:before he is forced to once more return to Vale and infiltrate a peaceful group of social reformists lest the king have them slaughtered en masse. He is attacked and heavily injured while protecting the leader of said reformists before they are both abducted with Jaune then subjected to a week long torture session before he is returned to Vale and forced to watch as the reformist leader he has befriended dies. He is so emotionally destitute by this point that he forgives the guild for their trespasses against him because he doesn't have the ability to continue begrudging them.]]
* UltimateBlacksmith: Jaune is the only known Blacksmith to have acquired [[FunctionalMagic Runesmithing]], and by Book 5 he may well be the highest level Blacksmith to ever exist. Jaune's own father, who himself is a high-level smith and who studied under his own father, an even higher level smith, states that Jaune's creations are easily the best in all of Remnant even when he makes them halfheartedly. [[spoiler:Raven kidnaps him for this very reason as she wants him to forge her an InfinityPlusOneSword.]]
* UnblockableAttack: [[spoiler:One of his Skills, presumably as a Sword Master, allows him to phase his sword in such a manner as to entirely bypass an opponent's defenses.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:A Mistralian Knight thinks Jaune is a helpless NPC before being bested and cooked alive in his own armor. A Bladedancer comrade of his does the same, and gets her leg sliced off for her trouble.]]

* UnstoppableRage: When [[spoiler:Corvo]] was forced to sacrifice himself, Jaune became so enraged that the forced suggestion he was under lost all effect. Jaune then [[spoiler:easily impaled the corrupt Lord Roux before pushing him into [[DeathByIrony the very same pyre in which he had been sacrificing his victims.]]]]
* WhatTheHellHero:

** Delivers another to the guild during their attempts at reconciliation midway through Book 7. [[spoiler:First, he confronts them on the discrimination they showed towards him after his class was revealed in the deserts of Vacuo wherein they took the dungeon sword from him and forced him to the center of their formation. He then continues to call them out by pointing out that they practically abandoned him once he was expelled from Beacon with no thought having been paid to the state he was in or how miserable he would be if he stayed as merely a Blacksmith.]] Jaune admits that he himself should have [[spoiler:revealed the truth of his Class to the rest of the guild]] before Vacuo, but that their actions still hurt.

* WhiteMagic: [[spoiler:Jaune's path has been encouraging him to develop this so as to combat [[EldritchAbomination Salem.]] His latest skill, Purify Object, not only removes curses but also imbues objects with the ability to resist and repel Demonic taint. Salem finds this out the hard way.]]
* WithAFootOnTheBus: [[spoiler:Jaune contemplates leaving Beacon and Vale entirely after his expulsion. While he knows he could take up the position Ozpin offered him as Beacon's blacksmith, he knows that he would never be happy there and instead contemplates joining a mercenary band or perhaps Cinder's entourage. He returns anyway after Mistral's betrayal forces his hand.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler:During an attack on New Dawn by Hero classes, Jaune struggles due to not wearing any armor, and needing to take hits to protect their leader that leaves him too injured to fight normally.]]
* WorkingThroughTheCold: [[spoiler:While held captive by Raven and the rest of her tribe, Jaune is forced to fight in a series of gladiatorial matches against a gauntlet of foes all while under the effects of a flu and an infected wound. This is an effort by Raven to force him to become addicted to LevelGrinding, something that Jaune [[ObfuscatingInsanity takes full advantage of.]]]]

** Jaune's Blacksmithing skills make this a valid combat tactic, allowing him to weaken the Berserker's ax, melt Glenn's spear, [[spoiler:[[GeometricMagic deface the runes on Watt's sword,]] and destroy Mistral's siege towers.]] He was also on the receiving end of this when Crocea Mors was destroyed during his confrontation with [[spoiler:Watts.]]
** [[spoiler:The Sword Master Class seems to be particularly geared to this with a lot of Jaune's Skills focused on destroying or disenchanting weapons and armor.]]

* MetaphoricallyTrue: According to Jaune's [[spoiler:Swordmaster Passive]], every sword that he has forged over the course of the story has been the same blade, Crocea Mors. While each blade has been ''named'' "Crocea Mors" and Jaune has made sure to forge it in the same model, none of them have been composed of the same materials nor have all of them even had pieces of the previous iterations used as components in their construction, making the claim that all of them are the same weapon only metaphorically true.

* MetaphoricallyTrue: According to Jaune's [[spoiler:Swordmaster Passive]], every sword that he has forged over the course of the story has been the same blade, Crocea Mors. While each blade has been ''named'' "Crocea Mors", none of them have been composed of the same materials nor have all of them even had pieces of the previous iterations used as components in their construction, making the claim that all of them are the same weapon decidedly false.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Jaune's class is finally revealed to the rest of the Hunters (and Sun) when he [[ProtectiveCharm Purifies his amulet to repel Salem,]] but in doing so purifies it of its Class concealing ability as well.]]

* TraumaCongaLine: What Jaune endures after [[spoiler:his Blacksmith class is revealed - he's rejected by his erstwhile friends in the Hunters, his relationship with Blake ends on acrimonious terms, and he's expelled after a thorough dressing-down from Ozpin]]. [[BreatherEpisode He is then able to return to his hometown and mentally recuperate while spending quality time with his family...]][[spoiler:before he is forced to slaughter a platoon of soldiers that tries to massacre his village and later kill the only woman who showed him any decency while he was at his lowest.]]

[[folder:Tropes #-I]]

The protagonist of the story. Jaune is a [[RPGMechanicsverse Blacksmith]], a member of the [[FantasticCasteSystem Labour Caste]], but he wants to be a Hero, a dream that became possible when he found [[McGuffin a magical pendant]] that changes the class above its user's head to "Knight". He is determined to become a true hero.
[[Characters/ForgedDestinyJaune Jaune Arc]]

* MagikarpPower: [[spoiler:Jaune's second Passive, Blade Bond, increases damage dealt in proportion to the length of time the same sword has been wielded. While this means that any new weapon would deal no additional damage at all, after using the same sword for almost a year and a half, à la TheseusShipParadox, Crocea Mors is able to slice through high-tier equipment with ease.]]