History Characters / RWBYScars

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Ruby's naivety has been toned down a bit, which makes her easier on the pick-up when it comes to things. For example, she's suspicious of Cinder and her teammates when she bumps into them in the hall.

* ChocolateBaby: Ruby is a mini clone of her mother with none of her father Taiyang. This is because [[spoiler:Tai is her step-father who has been raising her since she was a baby. The black haired Qrow is her biological father]].

* SweetTooth: Ruby likes her coffee ultra sweet. Her first meal at Beacon consisted of nothing but cookies, strawberries with cream, and cake.

* EyesAreUnbreakable: Downplayed. Her eye wasn't permanently damaged due to her injury, but it did receive some damage. She did have to wear an eye-patch while recovering. Even several years afterwards, Weiss still suffers from slight vision issues.

* SelfHarm: She always wears long sleeves because her arms are covered in self-injury scars. She also [[spoiler:stabbed herself in the eye, which is how she got her a scar]].

* HasTwoMommies: She grew up with her father and uncle

* PromotionToParent: After Summer died, Taiyang fell into a depression for several years. Yang had to take care of her sister despite only being ten herself. This is how she got into FightClubbing as a way to make money.

* StepfordSmiler: She hides her abandonment issues by seeming jovial.

** Pyrrha receives a massive angst upgrade after [[spoiler:the fall of Beacon]]. Her character does a 180 after all the trauma she received. There's no equivalent in canon because [[spoiler:she died in Volume 3]].

* SparedByTheAdaptation: She survives [[spoiler:Volume 3]], but she ends up mentally and physically scared.

* AlcoholicParent: She's been an alcoholic for at least thirty years (and her oldest is only in her late-twenties). She drinks to numb the pain of her abusive home life as well as [[spoiler:deal with her {{hallucinations}}]]. However, she [[spoiler:decides to quit after Weiss' InterruptedSuicide shows her the greater effects of her alcoholism]].

* PromotedToLoveInterest: Penny begins dating Ruby halfway through.

* MeaningfulRename: Cinder's name was originally [[spoiler:Chujo-hime]] and renamed herself after unlocking her semblance.

* BiTheWay: She's casually bisexual.

* HollywoodAtheist: Due to her childhood as a sickly orphan whose village was destroyed, Nora stopped believing in gods years ago.

* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: She has trouble remembering basic facts about her kids because she spends so little time with them.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: It's implied she used to be a SexSlave.
* MeaningfulRename: Cinder's name was originally [[spoiler:Chujo-hime]].

* PreciousPhoto: He carries around two cherished photos: one of a newborn Neo and another of his old team at Beacon's.

** He was once a bright-eyed hunter-in-training like Ruby, but after he was unjustly kicked out of Beacon and arrested for a crime he didn't commit, he lost his way. While in jail, he was asked to be involved in a crime and that's how he got involved with th illegal dust trade.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: The name "Willow" is semi-canon as it's appeared on an internal document for the series, but when ''Scars'' began Weiss' mother was unnamed in canon.

!!Sun Wukong

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* BigBrotherWorship: Weiss adores her older sister Winter in heavy part because Winter was the most affectionate member of her family growing up.

* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: Instead of being human, he's a fox Faunus.

* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: In canon, she's [[spoiler:a human (or at least, she was born one)]]. In ''Scars'', she's [[spoiler:the last remaining member of a humanoid precursor to Grimm]].

* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: She's a human-passing reptile Faunus (implied to be a chameleon Faunus), rather than a human.

* AscendedExtra: She's given more screentime and there's an entire chapter dedicated to her and Roman's backstory.

* DaddysLittleVillain: She's Roman's precious daughter and they work together alongside Cinder.

* {{Foil}}: To Summer. They're both huntress' who died on a mission. However, Eon feared her daughter and looked down upon her while Summer was very affectionate towards her.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Canon implies that she has naturally dark red/red-and-black hair. In ''Scars'', her hair is black and highlighted red.

* GradeSkipper: Ruby began Beacon two years earlier than the normal.

* MulticoloredHair: Ruby naturally has black hair with red tints, which she inherited from her mother.

* HalfIdenticalTwina: He looks like a male version of his twin Raven.

* ReligiousBruiser: She's devoutly Dustist. After her depression worsens in Volume 4, she becomes even more religious and begins wearing a jewel (akin to a rosary).

* AdaptationNameChange: It's implied her name is either "Neopolitan Torchwick" or "Neo Torchwick", instead of "Neo Politan"/"Neopolitan", but she's only refered to by her first name "Neo".

* AscendedExtra: She appears past Volume 3 when she decided to visit Taiyang and Yang to see how Yang's doing.

* TheBully: He bullies Jaune, but his bullying is less "comedic cartoony bullying" and more "realistic JerkJock bullying". He also attempts to bully Velvet, but Coco attacks him for hurting her girlfriend.

* TransTribulations: Ruby worries about people, including her father and friends when she came out, reacting negatively to her being trans, but everyone is fine with it. She has, however, been bullied in the past for being trans. She has been misgendered by at least two different characters.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Weiss had an ambiguous disorder until the writer clarified in comments that she has schizoaffective disorder (most likely the depressive type). Weiss' symptoms include poor self-esteem, occasional self-starvation, depression, SelfHarm (namely, cutting her arms), auditory and visual {{hallucinations}}, anhedonia (feeling empty), and [[DrivenToSuicide suicidal ideation]]. Weiss' illness has yet to be diagnosed in-universe due to Weiss not receiving psychiatric help.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He isn't as ''obviously'' cruel and manipulative as his canonical version. While he is aloof, it is shown that he cares for Weiss and every sketchy-seeming thing he does is actually for her own good. This includes [[spoiler:inadvertently coaxing Jacques into naming him heir, because he realizes Weiss would be better off elsewhere]]. On the other hand, he behaves in an ambiguous manner towards people ''besides'' Weiss.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He isn't as obviously cruel and manipulate as his canonical version. While he is aloof, it is shown that he cares for Weiss and every sketchy-seeming thing he does is actually for her own good. This includes [[spoiler:inadvertently coaxing Jacques into naming him heir, because he realizes Weiss would be better off elsewhere]]. On the other hand, he behaves in an ambiguous manner towards people ''besides'' Weiss.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: Yang originally slapped Weiss for being the reason Blake ran off after accidentally revealing her Faunus heritage. The writer regrettes writing that scene as is because it contradicted later revelations, so they retconned it. In the revised scene, Yang nearly attacks Weiss but is stopped by Ruby before she can get too rough.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: Yang originally slaps Weiss for being the reason Blake ran off after accidentally revealing her Faunus heritage. The writer regrets writing that scene as is, but it couldn't be removed because it was mentioned again elsewhere in the story.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: Yang slaps Weiss for being the reason Blake ran off after accidentally revealing her Faunus heritage. The writer regrets writing that scene as is, but it couldn't be removed because it was mentioned again elsewhere in the story.

* AdaptationalHeroism: He isn't as cruel and manipulate as his canonical version. While he is aloof, it is shown that he cares for Weiss and every sketchy-seeming thing he does is actually for her own good. This includes [[spoiler:inadvertently coaxing Jacques into naming him heir, because he realizes Weiss would be better off elsewhere]].

* AdaptationNameChange: It's implied her name is either "Neopolitan Torchwick" or "Neo Torchwick", instead of "Neo Politan", but she's only refered to by her first name "Neo".

!!Melanie and Miltiades Malachite

* AscendedExtra: In canon, they don't appear outside the "Yellow" trailer aside from a cameo in a Volume 2 episode. In ''Scars'', Yang comes across them when she goes to Junior's to drink in Volume 4.

* HollywoodAtheist: It's implied that she stopped believing in gods after Summer died.

* ParentalTitleCharacterization: She usually refers to her step-mom Summer as "Mom" and her deadbeat biological mother Raven [[CallingParentsByTheirName by name]]. When she calls Raven by a title, it's almost always "Mother".

* EvilFoil: To Ruby. They're both young women whose huntress mothers died when they were younger and they both have overprotective dads. Both Rubg and Neo also look near-identical to their mothers.

* ParentalNeglectful: It's implied that she wasn't the kindest towards Neo. She didn't like Neo's CreepyChild behavior.
* PosthumousParent: She died on a mission prior to the story.

* AscendedExtra: In canon, they don't appear outside the "Yellow" trailer aside from a cameo in a Volume 2 episode. In ''Scars'', Yang comes across them when she goes to Junior's to drink im Volume 4.

* AdaptationNameChange: It's implied her name is either "Neopolitan Torchwick" or "Neo Torchwick", but she's only refered to by her first name "Neo".

[[caption-width-right:350:Weiss talking to her hallucination, Mirror]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Pyrrha, after the Fall]]

* BabyOfTheBunch: Ruby is only fifteen at the start, making her two years younger than the rest of the first-years. She's also the most childish out of her team.

* TransTribulations: Ruby worries about people, including her father and friends when she came out, reacting negatively to her being trans but everyone is fine with it. She has, however, been bullied in the past for being trans and has been misgendered at least once.

* AcademicAlphaBitch:

* DefrostingTheIceQueen:

* EyesAreUmbreakable: Downplayed. Her eye wasn't permanently damaged due to her injury, but it did receive some damage. She did have to wear an eye-patch while recovering. Even several years afterwards, Weiss still suffers from slight vision issues.

* RichBitch:

* SpoiledBrat:
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: Zig-zagged. Weiss does come out of her shell and become more open, but she also frequently goes through periods of depression due to her untreated mental illness.
* TookALevelInNiceness: Weiss starts off standoffish and aloof but becomes more friendly and less bigoted as time goes on.