Blake Belladonna

• Volume 1-3
• Volume 4-6
• Volume 7-9

“	There's too much wrong in this world to just stand by and do nothing. Inequality, corruption... Someone has to stop it.	„
	~ Blake Belladonna

“	Humans didn't do this. We did this. Faunus. We did this to ourselves. We're just as capable of hate and violence as the humans but I don't think any of us would jump at the chance to point that out. So why are we letting Adam do it for us? By doing nothing and staying silent, we let others speak and act in our place. And if we're not proud of the choices they make, then we have no one to blame but ourselves!	„
	~ Blake, to the Faunus of Menagerie

“	A simple life wouldn’t be my life! My family, my friends, my culture. I belong to them, just as much as they belong to me. To give that all away wouldn’t be simplicity, it would be betrayal. I am a Huntress!	„
	~ Blake, talking to an illusion of her past self

Summary

Blake Belladonna is one of the main characters and the third character introduced in RWBY. A young woman with long black hair, amber-colored eyes and a black ribbon resembling animal ears on her head, she wields the Gambol Shroud, a katana with a sharpened sheath that has a pistol in the hilt attached to a long ribbon which she uses in the style of kusarigama. In battle, her Semblance allows her to create a shadow of herself, an empty copy that distracts or takes hits from enemies for her while she moves in a different direction. Blake has a quiet nature and a love for books. She is a Faunus (a humanoid race with animal-like features) and a former member of the White Fang, a social rights advocacy group turned extremist paramilitary organization. However, she left in disgust of their violence and joined Beacon Academy to become a Huntress. Blake keeps her Faunus identity a secret by concealing her cat ears because she feels that she is not ready for the attention it would give her if the secret got out and doesn't want to face the discrimination other Faunus receive from humanity.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 8-B, higher with Gravity Dust | 8-B, higher with Gravity Dust | 8-A, higher with Gravity Dust | 8-A, higher with Gravity Dust

Key: Beacon | Post-Beacon/Haven | Post-Haven | Atlas/Ever After

Name: Blake Belladonna

Origin: RWBY

Gender: Female

Age: 17 | 18 | 19

Classification: Faunus (Cat), Huntress-in-Training, Member of Team RWBY, Former White Fang Member | Huntress

Powers and Abilities:

• Beacon Arc
• Post Beacon Onwards

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Aura (Able to use her Aura for numerous purposes), Forcefield Creation (Aura can be used as a full-body forcefield), Statistics Amplification (Can use Aura to enhance her striking power), Enhanced Senses (Can use her Aura to sharpen her senses. Being a Faunus gives her enhanced hearing and grants her night vision), Regeneration (Low), Extrasensory Perception (Her Aura allows her to sense things around her), Acrobatics, Weapon Mastery (Expert blade-wielder and markswoman), Accelerated Development (Training [Physical Statistics and Abilities; Even Huntsmen in Training are able to rapidly develop in short periods of time, becoming significantly stronger and faster and evolving their abilities through short periods of training]), Stunning, Darkness Manipulation, Duplication (Via Semblance), Energy Projection, Dust Manipulation (Can enhance both her attacks and Semblance with Dust, which include Fire, Ice, Gravity, and Earth Manipulation), Flash-Freezing (Via Ice Dust), Resistance to Extreme Heat and Cold (Aura protects the user from sub-zero temperatures, allowing them to be encased in ice without being cold, walk through a blizzard in casual clothing, and traverse the kingdom of Atlas, which resides in Remnant's North Pole, without wearing any protective gear, as well as extreme heat up to and including the heat of flames,, being blasted with steam being struck by lighting for an extended period of time, and being submerged in lava without being burned)

All previous plus Enhanced Duplication (Her Semblance now produces solid copies, allowing her to either use them as decoys or fight together), and Healing (Can both heal and restore her Aura using various items)

Attack Potency: City Block level (Equal to her teammates and should be comparable to Sun, Traded blows with Roman Torchwick), higher with Gravity Dust (Attacks enhanced by Gravity Dust are significantly stronger than the user's normal attacks and are capable of shattering Ice Dust constructs, A Gravity Dust-enhanced attack shattered an Ice Dust construct and sent Roman Torchwick flying) | City Block level (Damaged the Sea Feilong alongside Post-Beacon Sun, which was this powerful. Scales to Post-Beacon Weiss, who performed this feat), higher with Gravity Dust | Multi-City Block level (Should be comparable to other members of JNPR and RWBY. Fought against the Sphinx, killing it alongside her team and Qrow Branwen), higher with Gravity Dust | Multi-City Block level (Has gotten stronger than before, even getting improved weapons from Atlas as a result. She and her teammates bested the Ace-Ops, considered the best team in Atlas.), higher with Gravity Dust

Speed: Hypersonic Reactions and Combat Speed (Comparable to Yang Xiao Long, and had her speed complimented by Sun Wukong. Can react to the Spider Droid's bullets and dodge Roman's explosive slugs, as well as evade missiles) | Massively Hypersonic Reactions and Combat Speed (Moved this fast while dodging the Sea Feilongs's lightning breath. Comparable to, if not faster than Post-Beacon Sun, who could intercept the same attack) | Relativistic Reactions and Combat Speed (Kept up with Adam Taurus) | FTL Reactions and Combat Speed (Kept up with the Ace Ops)

Lifting Strength: Class M (Comparable to Lie Ren, who halted the force of a King Taijutu with his bare hands) | Class M (Stronger than before) | At least Class M | Class G (Assisted in restraining Maiden Penny Polendina alongside the rest of Team RWBY, Team JNPR, and Emerald)

Striking Strength: City Block level | City Block level | Multi-City Block level | Multi-City Block level

Durability: City Block level (Survived an explosive from Roman Torchwick's gun, which can shoot shells that can knock Ruby Rose out cold), higher with Aura (Allows her to take hits from characters stronger than her and acts as a 'health bar' that lets her take multiple hits from characters of similar stature) and Ice Dust (Roman couldn't break her Ice Dust constructs) | City Block level, higher with Aura and Ice Dust | Multi-City Block level, higher with Aura and Ice Dust | Multi-City Block level (Should be comparable to Weiss, who survived an attack from Cinder without Aura), higher with Aura and Ice Dust

Stamina: Superhuman (Hunted Grimm alongside the rest of Team RWBY for an entire day. Lasted a decent length of time against Adam in her second fight with him, and has engaged in a number of intense fights that lasted minutes without getting visibly tired) | Superhuman (In Atlas, she and her team fought on and off for three days straight with minimal rest)

Range: Extended Melee Range with Gambol Shroud in katana mode; Several Meters in chain form, Hundreds of Meters in pistol mode, and with Blade Beam.

Standard Equipment:

Standard Equipment Optional Equipment Gambol Shroud 1/3 Gambol Shroud: Blake's weapon is the Gambol Shroud, a set of two swords consisting of a katana, used as a primary sword, and a large cleaver, which is used as a sheathe. The essence of the two weapon components is that they fit together as one, but come apart to be two, so that they are compact for easier carrying. The katana also has a compact, striker fired pistol built into its hilt, allowing it to be used as a ranged weapon or for the recoil to be used to swing or anchor the blade. When in pistol form, Blake wraps a black ribbon tied to her right arm around Gambol Shroud's trigger, allowing her to freely swing it around in a way similar to a kusarigama. In this form, her fighting style is somewhat similar to that of Ruby Rose, as both girls use the recoil from the firearm to increase the velocity of their weapon. The ribbon has been shown to be very strong, durable and elastic, as it has been reliably used as both a slingshot and a grappling hook. However, at the end of Volume 6, it was destroyed by Adam Taurus. Dust Abilities: Specialized Dust cartridges can be inserted into Gambol Shroud to modify the effects of her bullets, giving them elemental properties based on the type of Dust being used. This Dust can also alter Blake's Semblance, changing her Shadows into more than just mere afterimages, in a manner not dissimilar to Weiss Schnee's weapon, Myrtenaster. The form her Shadows take on depends on the element of Blake's choosing, significantly increasing her Semblance's tactical applications. Fire Dust: Changes Blake's Shadow into a fire bomb that explodes violently when it detonates, damaging enemies. Earth Dust: Changes Blake's Shadow into a stone statue, which can be used as cover and defense from attacks, or to create a small earthquake that knocks back and stuns enemies. Ice Dust: Changes Blake's Shadow into an ice sculpture, which with correct timing can trap enemy weapons inside, or freeze them entirely if they are close enough. Violet Dust: Changes Blake's Shadow into a dark haze, lingering longer than her normal clones and blocking people's vision. Shadow Strike: Blake dashes at the enemy, slashing them and creating clones that deal followup slashes, up to five times in a row. Blade Beam: Blake launches a horizontal beam from her sword that passes through and stuns enemies. She can fire up to three of these beams from her sword simultaneously. Chocolate Bar: A milk-chocolate treat that slightly restores health. Yakisoba: A tasty stir-fried noodle dish that greatly restores health. Energy Boost Small: A small boost of energy that restores half of the user's Aura. Energy Boost Large: A large boost of energy that fully restores the user's Aura. Wonder Potion Small: A small potion that slightly restores health and restores half of the user's Aura. Wonder Potion Large: A large potion that greatly restores health and fully restores the user's Aura. Revive Ring: A ring that automatically restores the user and their allies to their full health and aura when brought to the brink of defeat.

Intelligence: Gifted (Having been a member of the White Fang at a young age, Blake is very skilled in multiple forms of combat, mostly using Gambol Shroud in slashing through hordes of enemies with startling speed and deflecting incoming gunfire with the sword and sheathe alone. She is also well adept in using her weapon as a conduit for her Aura: generating shockwaves with her swings to augment her blows. She can use her weapon in gun and sickle mode to their fullest effect in tandem with her combat skills against multiple Grimm and enemies, as well as her Semblance to trick her opponents, like she did against Roman Torchwick by combining her Semblance with multiple Dust ammunition and pinned him down.

Due to her former status as a White Fang member, she is skilled in espionage and trickery, which she has used on various missions. She also has extensive book knowledge from her reading and studying. After the Fall of Beacon, Blake has developed leadership skills, inspiring the Faunus in Menagerie to stand against Adam Taurus)

Weaknesses: Continual use of her Aura will cause it to decay to the point where she can be left open to more significant damage. Aura's durability is cumulative; it will deplete with each attack she takes and can be brought down by characters of similar strength. Semblances drain Aura by a small amount and without them they cannot be used until it is recharged. Constant exposure to extreme temperature can drain the user's Aura. Afraid of dogs.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

• Blake's Semblance
• Ice Dust
• Fire Dust
• Blade Beam

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• Shadow: Blake's Semblance allows her to create Shadow-clones. These clones can be used by Blake to either distract, shield, or hide herself from the enemy for a brief amount of time. These copies are not just illusions and have some substance to them, as Blake has demonstrated the ability to jump off of them and use them to exert force on herself as a means of reaching greater heights. It is unknown exactly how long a shadow copy can appear for or how far away from Blake they can exist. So far, they have only appeared in Blake's immediate area, normally right next to her.
  • Shadow+: Thanks to the probability-manipulating Semblance of Mikado Lem, Blake's Semblance evolved further, allowing her to create up to two full, solid, physical copies of herself capable of fighting alongside her. Creating two clones at once does not expend any more Aura than a normal clone previously required.

Gallery

Blake Belladonna in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Blake in the Manga

Blake Belladonna in RWBY: Amity Arena

Blake in the Bilibili Mobile Game

Blake in RWBY: Combat Ready

Notable Matchups

Victories:

Suzaku Kururugi (Code Geass) Suzaku's Profile (Starting distance was 10 meters, speed was equalized, both characters have prior knowledge, Lancelot Suzaku and Post-Haven Blake used)

Setsuna Tokage (Lizardy) (My Hero Academia) Lizardy's Profile (Speed was equalized and Post-Beacon Blake used)

Losses:

Inconclusive:

Discussions

Discussion threads involving Blake Belladonna