Blake Belladonna

"Real freedom means respecting others' as much as you value your own."

- Blake Belladonna

Blake Belladonna is the deuteragonist of Argent RWBY. She is a Huntress and a former student at the now-defunct Beacon Academy. Her weapon of choice is a High-Frequency Dust Katana (HFDK) named Twilight Edge.

Blake is a former member of the Valerian branch of the White Fang, where she was mentored and taught by Adam Taurus. During an assault on a Schnee Dust Company freight train, she deserted the White Fang. Blake enrolled at Beacon Academy, where she became a member of Team RWBY alongside Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long.

Blake is the daughter of Ghira Belladonna, the current Chairman of Meridea, and his wife, Kali Belladonna.

Appearance
Blake is a young woman with pale skin and amber eyes. She has wavy black hair and some bangs that cover her forehead. As a faunus, she has a pair of cat ears on her head.

Volumes 1-3
During her attendance at Beacon Academy,

Equipment and Abilities
Blake shows high agility, speed, and endurance, able to fight multiple enemies whilst maintaining her speed with minimal fatigue. She is highly proficient in handling Gambol Shroud and can wield her weapon at speeds that are almost impossible to follow with the untrained eye. She can even deflect oncoming gunfire using her blade.

Blake possesses heightened reflexes, able to dodge point-blank strikes from opponents using her Semblance. She can use her Aura to extend her jumps, granting her the ability to leap great distances.

As a faunus, Blake has night vision, allowing her to see in low light environments. However, it is not perfect, as she can neither see fine details nor rich colors, leaving her vision blurred in the dark.

Gambol Shroud
Blake's first weapon was Gambol Shroud, a weapon capable of shifting into three different forms. When sheathed, the weapon could make use of the extra weight to cleave opponents in two. When unsheathed, Blake could use Gambol Shroud dual-handed. It also had the ability to transform into a gun.

During the Battle of Haven, Gambol Shroud was destroyed by Adam Taurus in combat. The blade was completely shattered, and the pieces were too small to be reattached.

After arriving at Atlas, Blake was gifted with a new custom weapon named Twilight Edge.

Twilight Edge
Twilight Edge serves as Blake's primary weapon of choice following the Battle of Argus, replacing her old weapon. Resembling a more traditional katana, Twilight Edge forgoes its predecessor's more complicated shifting capabilities for high-frequency technology. It sports a longer blade and a pronounced curve.

Semblance
Blake's Semblance, Harmonic Shadow allows her to create shadow clones of herself. These clones push her in her desired direction and can be used to distract and disorient opponents.

Blake can also use Dust to give her clones additional abilities.

Evolved
After an evolution, the range of Blake's Semblance grew larger,