

There, she finds herself out of her depth when Roman's Bullhead arrives to pick him up. Ruby becomes inadvertently involved in the affairs of the criminal Roman Torchwick when she interferes with his attempted robbery of the Dust store From Dust Till Dawn.Īfter quickly defeating all of his armed henchmen, Ruby gives chase to Roman as he flees to a nearby rooftop. Yang is somewhat reluctant to discuss what she is doing there, claiming that it is a "long story". While in Vale, Ruby unexpectedly encounters her sister, Yang, outside of a club. On her way back, she is confronted by a pack of Beowolves, which she quickly kills before continuing on her way. Ruby Rose is seen visiting an altar by a cliffside in a snow-laden forest, whose inscription reads: "Summer Rose / Thus Kindly I Scatter", which is a reference to the poem The Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore. It tries to attack her, but Yang manages to take the blow and finish off the Ursa, telling Ruby that she will always have her back. As she wakes up, she spots an Ursa that fought her sister. Ruby tries to fight Yang but is easily overpowered and is forced to escape into the bushes with her Semblance. Ruby complains about the training, but Yang insists. Ruby trains with Yang to improve her hand-to-hand combat skills. To achieve this, she studied at Signal Academy, where she built and learned to use her high-caliber sniper scythe, Crescent Rose, under the tutelage of her uncle Qrow. During the search, they were almost killed by Beowolves but were saved by their uncle, Qrow Branwen, which only fueled Ruby's desire to become a Huntress.

Shortly after Summer's disappearance, Yang brought Ruby with her to an abandoned building in order to find clues about the whereabouts of Yang's mother, Raven Branwen. Yang said that, although Ruby was "really torn up" by the incident, she was too young to really understand what had happened.

One day, Summer went missing while on a mission. When she was very young, Yang would read Ruby fairy tales every night before bed, filled with the deeds of great heroes this would later inspire Ruby to become a Huntress. Ruby is the daughter of Summer Rose and Taiyang Xiao Long, as well as the younger half-sister of Yang Xiao Long, with whom she was raised on the island of Patch.
