History Webanimation / RWBY

In the present day, an idealistic girl named [[LittleRedFightingHood Ruby Rose]] (Creator/LindsayJones) joins the Huntsman school known as Beacon Academy, headed by the mysterious [[MentorArchetype Professor Ozpin]] (Creator/ShannonMcCormick). She is placed into a team with three other students: [[TeamMom Yang Xiao Long]] (Creator/BarbaraDunkelman), her boisterous half-sister; [[DeadpanSnarker Weiss Schnee]] (Creator/KaraEberle), the proud heiress of the [[MegaCorp Schnee Dust Company]]; and the [[BrokenBird secretive and aloof]] Blake Belladonna (Creator/ArrynZech). Though initial tensions are high, Team RWBY comes together to fight against Grimm and criminal gangs equipped with Dust. However, the forces of darkness are returning and the four girls must become not just Huntresses, but heroes, in order to save their world. However, they are forced to [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype question everything they know]] as they discover that the headmasters of the Huntsman Academies have their [[BenevolentConspiracy own secrets as well]].

After Monty Oum tragically [[DiedDuringProduction died during Volume 3's production]] in February 2015, the series' creative team announced they had the required information to carry on. True to their word, on October 15 of that year, Rooster Teeth released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18lGsn4TCaQ the intro animation of the volume]], which premiered a week later. The series finished releasing its ninth volume for streaming on Crunchyroll in April 2023; it was released on the Rooster Teeth website at the start of April 2024 after a one-year period of exclusivity. A tenth volume is in [[DevelopmentHell production limbo]] due to financial concerns in Rooster Teeth, with scripts being written in case a renewal is granted. However in 2024 with the [[https://deadline.com/2024/03/rooster-teeth-shut-down-warner-bros-discovery-roost-podcast-continue-1235847264/amp/ closure of Rooster Teeth]] and Warner Bros. looking into selling the IP, the fate of the series is up in the air.

After Monty Oum tragically [[DiedDuringProduction died during Volume 3's production]] in February 2015, the series' creative team announced they had the required information to carry on. True to their word, on October 15 of that year, Rooster Teeth released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18lGsn4TCaQ the intro animation of the volume]], which premiered a week later. The series finished releasing its ninth volume for streaming on Crunchyroll in April 2023; it was released on the Rooster Teeth website at the start of April 2024 after a one-year period of exclusivity. A tenth volume is in [[DevelopmentHell production limbo]] due to financial concerns in Rooster Teeth, with scripts being written in case a renewal is granted. However in 2024 with the [[https://deadline.com/2024/03/rooster-teeth-shut-down-warner-bros-discovery-roost-podcast-continue-1235847264/amp/ closure of Rooster Teeth]] and Warner Bros. planning to sell the IP, the fate of the series is up in the air.

After Monty Oum tragically [[DiedDuringProduction died during Volume 3's production]] in February 2015, the series' creative team announced they had the required information to carry on. True to their word, on October 15 of that year, Rooster Teeth released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18lGsn4TCaQ the intro animation of the volume]], which premiered a week later. The series finished releasing its ninth volume for streaming on Crunchyroll in April 2023; it was released on the Rooster Teeth website at the start of April 2024 after a one-year period of exclusivity. A tenth volume is in [[DevelopmentHell production limbo]] due to financial concerns in Rooster Teeth, with scripts being written in case a renewal is granted.

In the present day, an idealistic girl named [[LittleRedFightingHood Ruby Rose]] (Creator/LindsayJones) joins the Huntsman school known as Beacon Academy, headed by the mysterious [[MentorArchetype Professor Ozpin]] (Creator/ShannonMcCormick). She is placed into a team with three other students: [[TeamMom Yang Xiao Long]] (Creator/BarbaraDunkelman), her boisterous half-sister; [[DeadpanSnarker Weiss Schnee]] (Creator/KaraEberle), the proud heiress of the [[MegaCorp Schnee Dust Company]]; and the [[BrokenBird secretive and aloof]] [[LittleBitBeastly Blake Belladonna]] (Creator/ArrynZech). Though initial tensions are high, Team RWBY comes together to fight against Grimm and criminal gangs equipped with Dust. However, the forces of darkness are returning and the four girls must become not just Huntresses, but heroes, in order to save their world. However, they are forced to [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype question everything they know]] as they discover that the headmasters of the Huntsman Academies have their [[BenevolentConspiracy own secrets as well]].

In the present day, an idealistic girl named [[LittleRedFightingHood Ruby Rose]] (Creator/LindsayJones) joins the Huntsman school known as Beacon Academy, headed by the mysterious [[MentorArchetype Professor Ozpin]] (Creator/ShannonMcCormick). She is placed into a team with three other students: [[TeamMom Yang Xiao Long]] (Creator/BarbaraDunkelman), her boisterous half-sister; [[DeadpanSnarker Weiss Schnee]] (Creator/KaraEberle), the proud heiress of the [[MegaCorp Schnee Dust Company]]; and the secretive and aloof [[BrokenBird Blake Belladonna]] (Creator/ArrynZech). Though initial tensions are high, Team RWBY comes together to fight against Grimm and criminal gangs equipped with Dust. However, the forces of darkness are returning and the four girls must become not just Huntresses, but heroes, in order to save their world. However, they are forced to [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype question everything they know]] as they discover that the headmasters of the Huntsman Academies have their [[BenevolentConspiracy own secrets as well]].

In the present day, an idealistic girl named Ruby Rose (Creator/LindsayJones) joins the Huntsman school known as Beacon Academy, headed by the mysterious [[MentorArchetype Professor Ozpin]] (Creator/ShannonMcCormick). She is placed into a team with three other students: Yang Xiao Long (Creator/BarbaraDunkelman), her boisterous half-sister; Weiss Schnee (Creator/KaraEberle), the proud heiress of the [[MegaCorp Schnee Dust Company]]; and the secretive and aloof Blake Belladonna (Creator/ArrynZech). Though initial tensions are high, Team RWBY comes together to fight against Grimm and criminal gangs equipped with Dust. However, the forces of darkness are returning and the four girls must become not just Huntresses, but heroes, in order to save their world. However, they are forced to [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype question everything they know]] as they discover that the headmasters of the Huntsman Academies have their [[BenevolentConspiracy own secrets as well]].

After Monty Oum tragically [[DiedDuringProduction died during Volume 3's production]] in February 2015, the series' creative team announced they had the required information to carry on. True to their word, on October 15 of that year, Rooster Teeth released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18lGsn4TCaQ the intro animation of the volume]], which premiered a week later. The series finished releasing its ninth volume for streaming on Crunchyroll in April 2023; it will released on the Rooster Teeth website at the start of April 2024 after a one-year period of exclusivity. A tenth volume is in [[DevelopmentHell production limbo]] due to financial concerns in Rooster Teeth, with scripts being written in case a renewal is granted.

After Monty Oum tragically [[DiedDuringProduction died during Volume 3's production]] in February 2015, the series' creative team announced they had the required information to carry on. True to their word, on October 15 of that year, Rooster Teeth released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18lGsn4TCaQ the intro animation of the volume]], which premiered a week later. The series finished releasing its ninth volume for streaming on Crunchyroll in April 2023; it will release on the Rooster Teeth website in early 2024 after a one-year period of exclusivity. A tenth volume is in [[DevelopmentHell production limbo]] due to financial concerns in Rooster Teeth, with scripts being written in case a renewal is granted.

** [[CompletedFic/{{RWBY}} Completed Fic]]

After Monty Oum tragically [[DiedDuringProduction died during Volume 3's production]] in February 2015, the series' creative team announced they had the required information to carry on. True to their word, on October 15 of that year, Rooster Teeth released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18lGsn4TCaQ the intro animation of the volume]], which premiered a week later. The series finished releasing its ninth volume for streaming on Crunchyroll in April 2023; it will release on the Rooster Teeth website in early 2024 after a one-year period of exclusivity. A tenth volume is in production limbo due to financial concerns in Rooster Teeth, with scripts being written in case a renewal is granted.

[-Clockwise from bottom: [[TheParagon Ruby Rose]], [[RebelliousRebel Blake Belladonna]], [[BruiserWithASoftCentre Yang Xiao Long]], and [[DeadpanSnarker Weiss Schnee]].-]]]

After Monty Oum tragically [[DiedDuringProduction died during Volume 3's production]] in February 2015, the series' creative team announced they had the required information to carry on. True to their word, on October 15 of that year, Rooster Teeth released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18lGsn4TCaQ the intro animation of the volume]], which premiered a week later. The series finished releasing its ninth volume for streaming on Crunchyroll in April 2023; it will release on the Rooster Teeth website in early 2024 after a one-year period of exclusivity. A tenth volume is in development.

OnceUponATime, in a world known as Remnant, mankind became the target of the [[AnimalisticAbomination Creatures of Grimm]]: an endless horde of malevolent monsters that are attracted to the negative emotions of humanity. To fight back, mankind has trained warriors called Huntsmen to battle the Grimm using [[WeaponSpecialization unique weapons]], [[SoulPower soul-fueled]] force fields known as Aura, an [[ElementalPowers elemental]] mineral known as [[GreenRocks Dust]], and Semblances, Aura-based superpowers [[OnePersonOnePower distinct to every user]].

OnceUponATime, in a world known as Remnant, mankind became the target of the "[[AnimalisticAbomination Creatures of Grimm]]": malevolent creatures that are attracted to negative emotions and who emerged from the darkness to attack humanity for reasons unknown. To fight back, mankind has trained warriors called Huntsmen to battle the Grimm using [[WeaponSpecialization unique weapons]], [[SoulPower soul-fueled]] force fields known as Aura, an [[ElementalPowers elemental]] mineral known as "[[GreenRocks Dust]], and Semblances, Aura-based superpowers [[OnePersonOnePower distinct to every user]].

[-Clockwise from bottom: [[TheParagon Ruby Rose]], [[RebelliousRebel Blake Belladonna]], [[BruiserWithASoftCentre Yang Xiao Long]], and [[InternalReformist Weiss Schnee]].-]]]

OnceUponATime, in a world known as Remnant, mankind became the target of the "[[AnimalisticAbomination Creatures of Grimm]]": malevolent creatures that are attracted to negative emotions and who emerged from the darkness to attack humanity for reasons unknown. To fight back, mankind used a mysterious energy source known as "[[PowerCrystal Dust]]" to not only drive back the Grimm but catalyze the growth of civilization across the planet.

In the present day, Huntsmen[[note]]the term itself is gender-neutral, but a feminine form ("Huntress") exists[[/note]] are trained in special schools to harness the Dust and become protectors of the peace. One such trainee, an idealistic girl named Ruby Rose (Creator/LindsayJones), is scouted by the elite [[ExtranormalInstitute Beacon Academy]] and allowed to skip two years' worth of training to attend after its headmaster, Professor Ozpin (Creator/ShannonMcCormick), meets her and learns she stopped an attempted robbery by crime boss Roman Torchwick (Creator/GrayHaddock). Once there, she is placed into a team with three other students: Yang Xiao Long (Creator/BarbaraDunkelman), her boisterous big sister; Weiss Schnee (Creator/KaraEberle), the proud heiress of the [[MegaCorp Schnee Dust Company]]; and Blake Belladonna (Creator/ArrynZech), a mysterious and aloof girl. Though initial tensions are high, the forces of darkness are preparing to return and the four girls must learn to work together to survive. Eventually, they discover an even larger conspiracy by the villains and that the headmasters of the other Academies have their [[BenevolentConspiracy own secrets as well]].

[-Clockwise from bottom: [[TheParagon Ruby Rose]], [[RebelliousRebel Blake Belladonna]], [[BruiserWithASoftCentre Yang Xiao Long]], and [[InternalReformer Weiss Schnee]].-]]]

[-Clockwise from bottom: [[TheParagon Ruby Rose]], [[RebelliousRebel Blake Belladonna]], [[ShellShockedVeteran Yang Xiao Long]], and [[StraightMan Weiss Schnee]].-]]]

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