| “ | Every time we succeed, the rules change. Things merge, and twist, and shift beneath our feet. Canon changes. History is rewritten. Rules break. Fairy tales becomes reality, and reality becomes fairy tales. So how do we get ahead of any of this?! We thought it was truth. Then we thought it was fear. How many more times can we be wrong? Cut out all the rules, all the history, all the canon - what makes these stories last? How many rings were forged, or how many dragons flew? How many wives the Pirate King slew, or the names of the swords that clashed against the Lich-Lord? Whether Grass is strong against Electricity with a Weather Boost?! No. You don't remember the rules, though the rules gave you stakes. What you remember is how those stories made you feel. What it was like to be a girl, too young, taking on a wild new world of monsters, magic and mayhem - a grand adventure that became all too real... you remember how much you wanted to be special, how you would give your life to do the right thing - the truth and the fear and the love you found in those stories. So how do we get ahead of any of this?! You try to be like Superman. You love them for the good you saw in them. The good you see in them. And you strive to step up into the place they left in the world. You make a new story... and hope it is worthy of the place of the old. | „ |
| ~ Ruby |
| “ | From the warrior queen who gave us shelter. From the exiled prince from beyond the stars. From the dark knight, who is his own worst enemy. It's a story. We're in a story. We're their fairy tales, and they're ours. And what's a tale without a journey to the underworld? We will last. Our story will last. We will find a way out of this. | „ |
| ~ Ruby |
Ruby Rose is the main protagonist of the 2023 comic book crossover series DC/RWBY. She is a young Huntress hailing from the world of Remnant who is transported to the DC Universe after their realities begin merging together. She is the leader of Team RWBY.
Biography
Ruby was born to Taiyang Xiao Long and Summer Rose on the island of Patch in the Kingdom of Vale. She was Taiyang's second child after her half-sister, Yang Xiao Long. She was also born with Silver Eyes, a trait passed down from her mother that would become influential later in her life. When she was still a baby, her mother, a Huntress, set off on a mission and never returned. Taiyang was forced to raise the two girls on his own, though he occasionally had assistance from Yang's uncle and his former teammate Qrow Branwen, who became an honorary uncle of sorts for Ruby. Ruby grew up wanting to become a Huntress like her mother, going to schools, learning how to fight the monstrous Creatures of Grimm, and learning how to use her Semblance, a special power connected to her soul that allowed her to travel at superhuman speeds and turn into a mass of rose petals. She mastered a custom-built scythe/sniper rifle hybrid she named Crescent Rose. After foiling a robbery in Vale, she was accepted early into the prestigious Beacon Academy. After an initiation, she was made the leader of Team RWBY, consisting of herself, Yang, Blake Belladonna, and Weiss Schnee. They battled Grimm until an ancient evil called Salem, who sought revenge on their headmaster Professor Ozpin, destroyed their school. The team then devoted themselves to defeating Salem and ending her Grimm scourge on the world.
One day, Ruby and her team find themselves transported to another world. They are confused at first, and decide to lay low. They find that Grimm have also arrived in this world, and fight them off. They soon are intrigued by a strange man they come across who dresses like a bat and inflicts fear onto people. Additionally, the people in the city start displaying superhuman powers out of nowhere. Team RWBY ambush the Batman, and he holds them off. During the fight, Team RWBY's outfits change to appear like those of superheroes. Soon, the two sides realize that they are on the same side. Batman takes them to the Batcave where they meet Nightwing, Batgirl, Alfred, and Catwoman. They realize that Remnant and the DC universe are merging together. People are developing Semblances, including Batman, and all the technology in the world is becoming reliant on Remnant's energy source of Dust. They track the Grimm coming from Arkham Asylum, where the inmates have been unleashed by the Joker. The Joker uses his newfound Semblance to merge with a powerful Nuckelavee Grimm. Batman stays to fight as Team RWBY are forced to retreat.
As they discuss what to do with Batman, Catwoman, and Nightwing, the three superheroes develop Semblances, and Team RWBY realize that they are the ones spreading Semblances to people. They feel the need to flee to ensure that they do not hasten the merging of Remnant and the DC universe, and call upon the aid of John Constantine and Zatanna Zatara to transport them to Themyscira, home of the Amazons. They are welcomed in by Wonder Woman, who provides them shelter and rest. At the Themysciran library, the heroes realize that their worlds have touched before, and that stories from the DC universe are fairy tales in Remnant and vice versa. Ruby is described as the inspiration for the story of "Little Red Riding Hood". As they are learning, they are suddenly attacked by Cheetah, leading an army of Grimm. She impales Yang with a spear, but Wonder Woman is able to use her newfound healing Semblance to heal her. The team defeat Cheetah and use the Lasso of Truth on her, which ends her connection with the Grimm and forces her to reveal that the Grimm follow Team RWBY. While they research how to use the Lasso to purge other people using the Grimm, Team RWBY are quarantined to prevent them from spreading more Semblances.
However, that night, the team are abducted by Lex Luthor, who brings them to Metropolis, where Superman is fighting Grimm. He reveals that he made a deal with Salem to begin merging their worlds together. He had hoped that, by doing so, he would grant everyone in the world superpowered Semblances, provide them with Grimm to fight, and create a world where no one relied on superheroes anymore and instead were their own supporters. Team RWBY chastise him for his thoughtlessness, though he refuses to admit fault. Suddenly, Superman is possessed by a Chill Grimm. Lex flees as the possessed Superman battles Team RWBY.
Lois Lane arrives, and the Chill senses Superman's love for her and transfers to her. However, the love between Superman and Lois is so strong that the Chill keeps travelling between the two, and Ruby is able to kill it as it transfers. Superman takes the Team to the Fortress of Solitude, where they try to figure out what emotion is needed to sever possession or links with the Grimm. They decide they need to go back to Gotham and hold back the Grimm pouring from Arkham, and Superman takes them there. There, they find Luthor preaching his deeds to a crowd. However, they see that he still wants to reign as a ruler over him and reject him. As he turns to leave and return to Salem, Batgirl uses her Semblance to shut off his power armor and render him helpless. Team RWBY trap him, then head for Arkham.
They fight Grimm off on the way inside, and are forced to take down Batgirl and Nightwing when they are possessed by Chills. They realize that, although Lex Luthor was the one that initiated the merge of the worlds, the first one to bond with a Grimm is the one controlling them: the Joker, now fully merged with the Nuckelavee to become the "Boogeyman". Additionally, Batman has become possessed by a Chill, but has merged with it to become a evil version of himself. This Dark Batman has a new outlook on the world, seeing it as rotten and ruined, and begins trapping everyone he believes is responsible for Gotham's state in a twisted, destroyed Arkham. He traps Team RWBY, who fight through the Grimm tide. When Batman himself arrives, Ruby realizes that he needs to battle for his own soul, just as the Boogeyman returns. As Batman and the Boogeyman fight, Ruby and her team hold off the Grimm. Ruby recognizes the relationship Batman and the Joker share. To influence them to snap back to their true selves, she waits until the Boogeyman readies a stabbing attack, then jumps in front of Batman and is stabbed along with him. This action brings out the fears of both individuals: Batman fears that he has taken a life, and the Joker fears that he has killed his obsession, Batman. This fear makes the two snap back to their senses and purge the Grimm from within, returning to normal. With the Nuckelavee gone, the Grimm under its control begin to fade, and in turn Remnant's reach over the DC Earth fades as well. Wonder Woman uses her Semblance to quickly heal Batman and Ruby. The other DC heroes come to inform Team RWBY that things are returning to normal, and that they are helping the people around the world who have lost their Semblances. Wonder Woman uses the last of her Semblance to heal the rift between worlds, allowing Team RWBY to return to Remnant. They thank their newfound friends and return to their world victorious.
Powers and Abilities
Ruby is a master combatant, especially with her scythe Crescent Rose. She is capable of advanced martial arts, blade mastery, acrobatics, and defenses with it equipped. She is also a master marksman, able to snipe from close and long range.
Ruby's Semblance allows her to travel at extreme speeds, as well as transform into a burst of rose petals. She also possesses an Aura, an extension of her soul that acts as a natural defense, though it can be overtaxed.
While in the DC universe, Ruby and her team spread Remnant's influence to those they come across; most notably, inadvertently giving people Semblances, attracting Grimm, and making machinery become reliant on Dust instead of electricity. Because of this, Team RWBY try to avoid people native to the DC universe for fear of what they might cause.
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