Ruby Rose
Ruby Rose first appears in Volume 1, Episode 1, Ruby Rose, as well as the Red Trailer. She has black hair with red streaks and silver eyes. She's female with a red skirt to clip her scythe, Crescent Rose, that can also be used as a gun. Her ability is splitting herself into rose petals and able to change back. Her doing this is usually used as an attack against the evil Grimm. She skipped 2 years of her old school and was accepted into Beacon Academy. Thus, making her leader of the famous team, Team RWBY, the R representing her name, Ruby.
Yang Xiao Long
Yang Xiao Long first appears in Volume 1, Episode 1, Ruby Rose, as well as the Yellow Trailer. She is a female with long, blonde hair. She wears a brown belt to hold ammo for her weapon, her gauntlets, called Ember Celica, that can shoot, and a dark orange scarf. She wears a brown shirt that shows her belly button and has points at the end, and gloves with no parts to protect her fingers. She's very powerful when she's angry, and her eyes turn from purple to red when she is. She's Ruby Rose's big sister and is apart of her team, Team RWBY, the Y representing her name, Yang.
Weiss Schnee
Weiss Schnee first appears in Volume 1, Episode 2 The Shining Beacon, as well as the White Trailer. She is a female with white hair, put into a long ponytail, and white/gray eyes (She's not blind). She wears a long, white skirt and her weapon is a sword, called Myrtenaster, that can change elements due to dust. She can make what looks like to be snowflake designs in the air to use as little walls and platforms to use to attack. She was mean and rude to Ruby in the beginning, and has been bossy, but she tries to change throughout the volumes. She has a sister who's important, but we haven't been told why, and a dad who owns a dust company called the Schnee Company World Headquarters.
Blake Belladonna
Blake Belladonna first appears in Volume 1, Episode 2, The Shining Beacon, as well as the Black Trailer. She is a female with long, wavy black hair, and from them, are black cat ears. She is apart of Team RWBY, the B standing for her name. Blake first appears in Volume 1, Sometimes, Blake will have a ribbon wrapped around them to hide them from the public. Hiding her ears from the public is something she has to do, but I’ll talk about that when I talk about the White Fang, which she was apart of. She wears purple makeup on the top of her eye, that goes with her gold eyes. She wears a white undershirt and a black shirt over it, cut so it hangs right to her belly button, and it has no sleeves. Although, she does have some black sleeves that are disconnected, and are just put on, like Rey from Star Wars. She has some sort of cloth wrapped around her wrists and under her sleeves. Blake is a serious character, and she’s always reading, but she seemed weird in the first volume, until you get to know her. Her weapon of choice is a chain scythe, which is the top part of a scythe connected to another by chains. Blake calls it Gambol Shroud.