Talk:Gambol Shroud/@comment-27613193-20160131043608/@comment-26397825-20160131044114

Aura does protect clothes, otherwise every time someone got into a fight they'd need an entirely new wardrobe. Ruby's cloak didn't rip when she tried to free it from the Nevermore feather in Initiation because it was protected by aura. Weiss's clothing, despite being scuffed and dirty from the lava plume in the fight against Flynt, wasn't burnt to a crisp because she had aura to protect it. Her aura bottomed out which led to her becoming all ashen, but it protected her clothes from being destroyed by the giant plume of lava.

The only time we have seen clothes not being protected by aura is Mercury's pants, and that was so we could have the big 'he's got prosthetics!' reveal.