Ruby Rose

Ruby Arc-Rose was a Huntress from the Island of Patch in the Kingdom of Vale. Ruby was born to Taiyang Xiao Long and Summer Rose, and was the younger half sister of Yang Xiao Long.

Early Life
Ruby Rose was born on the island of Patch to Taiyang Xiao Long and Summer Rose on October 31st. Ruby was raised in her parent's cabin on the island along with her older half-sister Yang (though they would not learn they were half-sisters until years later). Ruby and Yang were also frequently visited by their uncle (though he was technically only Yang's uncle) Qrow Branwen, who Ruby formed an instant connection with, though he usually did not stay at their home long.

At an early age Ruby decided that she wanted to be a Huntress when she grew up, as her parents and (honorary) uncle were huntsmen and the fairy tales that Yang read to her told stories of heroes that inspired her.

Summer's Death & Aftermath
When Ruby was six years old, her mother went on a mission that she never returned from. While Ruby was initially confused on why her mother never returned, after a few weeks in became clear that Summer was not going to return and likely died on her mission. While Ruby was too young to properly understand what happened, she was still distraught by the notion that her mother was never coming back.

Taiyang Xiao Long
Taiyang Xiao Long was Ruby's father. The two had a loving father-daughter relationship. When Ruby was six years old, her mother Summer died which caused Taiyang to shut down in depression. As a result of this, Taiyang began neglecting Ruby and Yang, and he threw himself into his work at Signal Academy. When Ruby was seven years old, Yang took her to find Yang's birth mother which nearly got them killed by a group of Beowolves. The sisters were saved by their Uncle Qrow who brought them back home. This incident caused Taiyang to snap out of his depression and take an active part in his daughter's lives again.

Taiyang once again became a loving father, though Ruby would describe as being slightly overprotective of her. A testament to this was that Taiyang had a habit of grilling Ruby's male friends as to the nature of their friendship. Taiyang was also somewhat apprehensive about Ruby's want to be a huntress, though he supported her efforts.

Taiyang was one of Ruby's teachers at Signal Academy. While Ruby was initially somewhat embarrassed about this, she took solace that Taiyang didn't treat her any differently than any of his other students in class.

After the "From Dust Till Dawn" robbery, Taiyang reprimanded Ruby for endangering herself and others by getting involved. At the same time, Taiyang showed pride in Ruby for successfully defeating criminals and standing up for those who couldn't defend themselves, noting that her actions were the same that he and her mother would have done were they in her place. Taiyang also learned that because of her involvement in the robbery, that she would be allowed to attend Beacon Academy two years early. Taiyang was apprehensive of Ruby being sent to Beacon early but felt that she was in good hands and was capable enough to succeed there.

While in Beacon Academy, Ruby often called and wrote home to check up on her father as well as to pass on messages to her old friends at Signal. During Ruby and Yang’s second semester at Beacon, Taiyang sent Zwei for them to take care of while he left Patch for a mission.

During the Vytal Festival Tournament, Taiyang was busy with a mission and thus was unable to watch the tournament in person, however he watched Team RWBY's matches from his scroll. When the Battle of Beacon occured, Taiyang abandoned his mission to help his daughters in Vale, but was too late to reach the city. After the Fall of Beacon, Taiyang watched over Ruby as she recovered from her coma. Taiyang was at Ruby's bedside when she awoke and he explained some of the details of the situation in Vale and Beacon. Despite this, Taiyang was apprehensive to divulge some information (mainly pertaining to Ruby's silver eyes) out of fear that she would endanger herself. Taiyang continued watching over Ruby after she recovered.

Months later, Ruby left Patch with the remaining members of Team JNPR to stop another attack on Haven Academy. Ruby decided to leave a note behind for her father rather than explain the situation in person out of fear that Taiyang would stop her from leaving. When Taiyang found the note, he attempted to run after her but she had already left and he was stuck looking after Yang. Taiyang later tasked Qrow with tailing Ruby in order to make sure that she was safe while he continued watch after Yang.

After Yang recovered and left to find her mother and reunite with Ruby, Taiyang decided to let Ruby continue her mission as he felt she was old enough to look after herself and would have her friends, Qrow, and Yang to watch after her.

About a year later, Taiyang watched Team Ruby's broadcast from Atlas. Taiyang was distraught after the broadcast shut off, as it was the only time he was able to see Ruby after about two years of traveling.

Months later, Taiyang saw his daughters again when they returned to Vale to protect the Relic of Choice. While there Taiyang got to properly meet Ruby's teammates, friends, and allies including her boyfriend Oscar Pine. While Taiyang was initially apprehensive of the relationship (both because of his overprotective nature and Oscar being the host of Ozpin's spirit), he later approved of the relationship as he thought that Oscar brought Ruby genuine happiness and though they were a cute couple. Taiyang later assisted Ruby's group against a Grimm invasion, though he got injured in the process. Ruby's group soon left to fight Salem in the Land of Darkness. Before leaving, Ruby promised her father that she would stay safe and return to Patch.

After the end of the war, Ruby returned to patch to meet with her father. The nations of the world held a festival in honor of Ruby's group on the island of Vytal and Taiyang was in attendance. Sometime after this, Taiyang comforted Ruby after Oscar broke up with her when he fully merged with Ozpin. While Taiyang offered to let Ruby stay with him back at Patch, she declined and instead decided to share an apartment with her best friend Jaune Arc. A few months later, Ruby informed Taiyang that she and Jaune had started a relationship. After getting to know Jaune better, Taiyang approved of the relationship (which was helped by Taiyang being friends with Jaune's father Nicholas during his time at Beacon). Four years later, Jaune asked Taiyang for his blessing to marry Ruby which he agreed to. Taiyang was present at the marriage and was also present for the birth of Ruby and Jaune's children. One of Ruby's children was named after Taiyang.

Summer Rose
Summer was Ruby's mother. Ruby loved her mother, though Summer died when she was six years old. Ruby was devastated by the news, though she had trouble fully comprehending what death meant. Summer served as partial inspiration for her goals of being a huntress.

As Ruby grew older, she continuously made visits to Summer's grave and often spoke to the gravestone as a way to process her own feelings about the events of her life.

One of Ruby's children was named after Summer.

Yang Xiao Long
Yang was Ruby's older half-sister and her teammate on Team RWBY. The two cared about each other immensely, and the two initially were unaware that they only half-sisters. As a child, Yang used to read Ruby fairy tales, which would later influence Ruby to want to be a huntress.

After their mother passed and Taiyang shut down emotionally, Yang began caring for Ruby. When Ruby was seven and Yang was nine, Yang took Ruby to find her biological mother, Raven. During the journey, the sisters were attacked by a pack of Beowolves, but were saved by their uncle Qrow. Yang grew a guilt complex regarding the incident, and became somewhat overprotective of Ruby as a means of making up for the incident.

Ruby and Yang both attended Signal Academy, though Yang was two grades above Ruby. Yang encouraged Ruby to come out of her shell and make friends. Yang also defended Ruby against bullies. Yang also began realizing that both her and their father's overprotectiveness was impacting Ruby's social skills. Ruby was proud of Yang's acceptance to Beacon Academy, though she was secretly worried about being left alone at Signal.

During the break between school years (and before Yang left Patch for Beacon), Ruby found Yang in a ruined nightclub after she got in a large fight there. Yang explained the situation to Ruby, who reprimanded her for being so reckless. Ruby later defended Yang against their father, who was incensed that Yang had gotten in a fight with known criminals and caused untold amounts of property damage.

Following the Dust 'Till Dawn robbery, Yang was happy that Ruby had taken it upon herself to defend the store against criminals and was impressed that she held her own against Roman Torchwick. Yang was also excited that Ruby was being admitted into Beacon early as a result of her intervention. Yang also listened to and gave advice to Ruby regarding her fears about being seen differently for being admitted early.

Blake Belladonna
Blake Belladonna is Ruby's sister-in-law and teammate on Team RWBY.

Sunny Xiao Long-Belladonna
Sunny Xiao Long-Belladonna was Ruby's niece.

Qrow Branwen
Qrow Branwen was Ruby's (honorary) uncle and mentor.

Jaune Arc
Jaune Arc was Ruby's husband and teammate on Team RNJR.

Weiss Schnee
Weiss Schnee was Ruby's partner, best friend, and teammate on Team RWBY.

Nora Valkyrie
Nora was Ruby's friend and teammate on Team RNJR.