Jaune Arc

Jaune Arc is the second in command of the Reborn and the absolute leader when Exter was arrested and taken to the Blackgate. His weapon of choice is the sword and shield of his family.

'''This Jaune Arc is a different one from RWBY as he is an alternative version of himself in the alternative universe where the Beacons of Darkness exist. '''

Appearance
Jaune is a tall young man with fair skin, blonde hair and dark-blue eyes. He is quite toned, having strong muscles in his arms, shoulders and upper chest.

Original
Jaune wears a black short-sleeved hoodie with detached reddish-orange sleeves and a dark brown image of the bunny rabbit Pumpkin Pete trimmed in white with cute black round eyes. Covering his hoodie while also hiding the Pumpkin Pete bunny rabbit symbol is a white diamond-shaped chest plate cut off above his lower abdomen, and placed over his shoulders are a pair of white spaulders with rerebraces set under them. Below, he wears blue jeans with a white patch placed on the left knee and black sneakers which have "left" and "right" written in black on the respective shoes' soles. Jaune has elbow guards with cords strung through them, and he wears black high tops.

He has two belts crisscrossing his waist, both different shades of brown, with a pair of small pouches on them. Jaune wears brown wrist-length gloves with exposed fingertips and small metal plates over the back. His sword is strapped to his left hip in a sheath that doubles as a collapsible shield.

After Betrayal
Jaune cuts his hair short and styles it to be somewhat spiky, and he gains a new outfit. The armor, which used to be simple and easily penetrable, was now bulkier, covered all of his vitals and had been polished. It now consisted of a chest plate, gauntlets, shoulder guards, greaves and boots.

Personality
Jaune begins as an outgoing, goofy and all-around friendly person. He treats people equally and has no problems expressing himself to strangers and bonds with them easily, showing a lot of confidence. When faced with entirely new social situations, Jaune's confidence leads to bold behavior. This can become out of hand and backfire when pursuing romance.

Jaune maintains his unselfish manner regardless of the situation, going as far as to defend Cardin Winchester, who had been blackmailing him and forcing him to do his work. A strong sense of integrity makes him willing to deliberately put himself in awkward situations, such as wearing a dress in public without a hint of embarrassment to uphold his family motto of not going back on one's word. During conversations, Jaune never contradicts himself, and while sometimes harsh, he is always honest with answers.

Jaune has shown to care for his friends and the people around him, being protective of them and having a sense of responsibility as team leader. He focuses only on his teammates' well-being physically, mentally and emotionally, disregarding his own to ensure theirs. He steps forward when others threaten his friends, and he has proven himself unwilling to do something that may hurt those he cares about.

At first, Jaune's family line leads to an obsession with being a hero. However, he was never formally trained like the rest of his family, causing him to lack self-esteem and assign a lot of importance to his image as a fighter. He values this image so much that he is willing to act dishonestly to achieve it- even using fake transcripts to be admitted to Beacon. The obsession makes him brash and headstrong in battle, jumping in without considering the risks and behaving predictably offensively.

However, following the Fall of Beacon, his personality changed completely. As he saw how everyone moved on, apparently with no problem after Pyrrha's got into a comma he became distant with everyone and blamed himself, thinking that happened because she fought alone and he was so weak that Pyrrha pushed him out of the way. Jaune becomes a bully in Beacon Academy, full of hatred anf thirst power, always picking on the ones weaker than him but actually respecting the stronger ones, except if they were CRDL in which case he was rude. After Cardin's incident and leaving CRDL with just three members, they invite Jaune to join their Team to be four bullies again but he rejects it as he consider them lowlives and unworthy of his time.

His thirst of power lead him to train alone with a video Pyrrha left for him and also try to find a new teacher, he tried with Gabriella as she was a pretty strong warrior but finally ended training with Exter who made him a lot more muscular and flexible and also a master with the sword and shield. Then he would train alone his skills with the battle axe.

He has become a lot more explosive and rude as he can be spotted almost always cursing and calling others by mean names, or even punching holes in the walls. His new girlfriend Amelie helps him come to term that he is strong enough to protect his new friends and loved ones and he finally reach a state of peace, somewhat going back to his initial personality but with the experience and behavior of his cold and calculating self.

Crocea Mors
aune has stated that it was passed down from his grandfather, who used it in the Great War. Both the sword and shield are shown to be incredibly durable, despite apparently being forged several generations prior to the present day.

The sword itself is a simple longsword with a blue handle and a golden cross-guard. Jaune can transform the sheath into a heater shield for combat. The shield is white with a gold trim, displaying Jaune's emblem in the center. The shield appears to deploy with significant force, enough for its tips to embed themselves in a wooden doorway

After Jaune met Exter and was offered an upgrade, it became heavier and with a more elaborate cross-guard and hilt. The shield is also accented with gold. Due to the modifications, the sheath now possesses the ability to become a wider blade for the sword by extending the sharpened edges of the shield. Doing so adds the weight of the shield behind Jaune's blows, increasing the force of his attacks.

Finally when the Reborn is created, his shield suffer even more modifications by Leo following Exter's blueprints. The shield has been upgraded with Dust capabilities. Whenever said Dust is activated, the emblem in the center of the shield glows the same color. The first upgrade used was Hard-Light Dust, which extends to the sides, making the shield wider, and thus increasing defensive range. Gravity Dust can also be released from the face of the shield to propel himself in a direction, break falls, blast enemies backwards, and even bounce on it. Combining the two allows Jaune to use his shield as a paraglider of sorts to further slow his fall.

Aura Amp
Allows him to amplify his own Aura and that of others, effectively increasing the effects of Aura. He first accidentally uses it in Forever Fall forest when his Aura shield is intensified to the point of Cardin hurting his hand after punching him. Jaune can also use his Semblance to accelerate the healing effects of Aura and intensify another person's Semblance.

Weaknesses
Jaune is prompt to recklessly charge enemies when engaging them in single combat.

His ties with his old teammates can create openings.