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— Professor Ozpin, "The Shining Beacon" "You have travelled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills. And, when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."

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RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") is an Animesque CGI animated series created by Monty Oum and produced by Rooster Teeth. It is also Rooster Teeth's first entirely original IP and has since expanded into a multi-media franchise.

Once Upon a Time, in a world known as Remnant, mankind was born and became the target of the "Creatures of Grimm": malevolent creatures that are attracted to negative emotions and who emerged from the darkness to attack humanity for reasons unknown. To fight back, mankind began harvesting a mysterious energy source known as "Dust" and used its power to not only drive back the Grimm but catalyze the growth of civilization across the planet.

In the present day, Huntsmennote the term itself is gender-neutral, but a feminine form "Huntress" exists are trained in special schools to harness the Dust and become protectors of the peace. One such trainee, an idealistic girl named Ruby Rose, is scouted by the elite Beacon Academy and allowed to skip two years' worth of training to attend. Once there, she is placed into a team with three other students: Yang Xiao Long, her boisterous big sister; Weiss Schnee, the proud heiress of the Schnee Dust Company; and Blake Belladonna, a mysterious and aloof girl. Though initial tensions are high, the forces of darkness are preparing to return and the four girls must learn to work together to survive.

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The four main characters were introduced one at a time in four trailers: Red (Ruby Rose), White (Weiss Schnee), Black (Blake Belladonna), and Yellow , (Yang Xiao Long), to much anticipation and speculation. On July 18th, 2013, the first episode premiered for the general population. The first season, or "volume", ran for sixteen episodes.note Due to the varying episode lengths, some were condensed for the DVD release, bringing the episode count to 10.

During volumes, new episodes are released weekly on Rooster Teeth's website (Saturdays for Rooster Teeth First members and a week later for normal account users), with episodes of a miniseries called World of Remnant dedicated to giving more information about Remnant sometimes being published in between episodes. The series is also being simulcasted on Crunchyroll , and the first six volumes are available on YouTube (1-5 on Rooster Teeth, 6 on Rooster Teeth Animation)note This stopped with subsequent volumes due to YouTube's ad-policy making it too financially draining to keep posting there. Home video releases are also available from Rooster Teeth's United States , and Australia/New Zealand online stores. A Japanese dub of the first four volumes was also produced by Warner Bros..

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Monty Oum's sudden death in early 2015, after only two volumes, left the future of the series in question until the creators confirmed they had the required information to continue and complete it. True to their word, on October 15th of that year, Rooster Teeth released the intro animation of Volume 3 , which premiered a week later. The series has run for seven completed volumes, and Volumes 8 and 9 have also been confirmed to be in development. Volume 8 is set to premiere November 7, 2020.

First Members see episodes 1 week before public release. As a courtesy, please do not trope them for 1 week until they have been released to the general public. Please only trope the episodes that have been released to the general public. For more information, please visit the RWBY Forum thread .

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"But perhaps victory is in the simpler things that you've long forgotten... things that require a smaller, more honest soul."

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First Members see episodes 1 week before public release. As a courtesy, please do not trope them for 1 week until they have been released to the general public. Please only trope the episodes that have been released to the general public. For more information, please visit the RWBY Forum thread .