Amber was a character in RWBY and the previous Fall Maiden. She first appeared, in a comatose state, in the episode "Fall". She later appeared in a flashback sequence in "Beginning of the End".
In "Heroes and Monsters", she was killed when Cinder Fall shot her with an arrow to the chest.
Appearance
Amber had a light brown complexion, with shoulder-length, straight brown hair. She had a beauty mark below her left eye. She used to wear a long, green hooded cloak on top of an off-white blouse with a brown vest, corset and pants. She also had a gold bracer on her left arm, two gold bracelets on her right wrist and a pair of golden armored boots. She had a golden pauldron on her right shoulder as well as a shoulder strap with some pouches slung diagonally across her body.
After she was attacked, she was left with extensive facial scarring. When housed inside her life support pod, she was seen wearing a white tube top and a white skirt.
Personality
Not much is known about Amber's personality, but when she came across an illusion of a young girl crying she went to check on her offered an apple, showing her to be very kind.
Also, Qrow described her "inexperienced" implying her to be somewhat naive and easily fooled due to her kindness.
This is assessment is further given credence by that fact that she was easily fooled by Emerald's Illusion of a innocent little girl wounded in the roadside despite the obvious suspicious circumstances on why a child would be in the middle of nowhere despite the obvious dangers of the world.
However despite this Amber has also been shown to be cold and ruthless when pushed to the edge or when it is needed,as seen where she was fully prepared to kill Emerald after successfully disarming and throwing her off her feet.
Powers and Abilities
Maiden Powers
As the previous Fall Maiden, she was said to be able to wield vast amounts of power and strength. As the Fall Maiden, she gained the power to unlock the chamber of the Relic of Choice.
In her battle against Cinder Fall, Emerald Sustrai and Mercury Black, she displayed several astounding powers, including the ability to levitate in the air, create enormously powerful gusts of wind, telekinetically move leaves and freeze them solid to create deadly projectiles, manipulate the weather and bring lightning down upon her enemies, as well as shoot deadly fireballs. She does not apparently need Dust to perform these abilities. Her Aura also appears strong enough to repel attacks with no effort or gesture on her part, acting as a powerful force-field. When she uses her Maiden powers, her eyes appear to have a fiery glow.
According to Qrow Branwen in "A Much Needed Talk" however, Amber was still inexperienced in using her powers.
Weapon
She was also equipped with an extendable staff with two types of Dust crystals on either end, one red and one white. Amber used the staff to create both strong gusts of wind (with the white crystal) and blasts of fire (with the red crystal).
Other Skills
She also appeared to be quite skilled at hand-to-hand combat, as she briefly manages to hold her own against all three of her attackers at the same time in close quarters.
History
As a young girl, Amber received the powers of the Fall Maiden, either by being the last person in the thoughts of the previous Maiden or otherwise through a random selection if the last person the previous host thought of was ineligible for the title. As the new host, Amber was granted tremendous power and became the next in a line which has persisted for thousands of years.
Sometime after she received these powers, Amber was attacked by Cinder Fall, Emerald Sustrai and Mercury Black. Although Amber was able to hold out for some time, leading to a fierce and desperate battle, she was ultimately overpowered by her three attackers. With Amber defeated, Cinder then used a mysterious glove to somehow steal Amber's powers. However, before Cinder could steal all of Amber's powers, Qrow Branwen intervened to rescue her, severing the connection and driving off her assailants.
Amber on life-support
The aftermath of the attack left Amber in a comatose state, only kept alive through state-of-the-art medical equipment provided by Atlas and split her powers. She is kept on life support in a vast vault deep beneath Beacon Academy. Due to the unprecedented circumstances, what would happen if and when Amber died was uncertain. Amber's power could be transferred to her assailant as she might be in her final thoughts, or the sundered power might have sought to reunite with its other half.
In order to prevent this from happening, Ozpin, Qrow Branwen, Glynda Goodwitch and James Ironwood brought Pyrrha Nikos, whom they had chosen to be the next Fall Maiden, to the vault under Beacon where Amber was being kept stable. The four explained their plan to use experimental Atlesian technology to transfer Amber's Aura, and the powers that were tied to it, to Pyrrha. However, the procedure had no guarantee of success and also would have had unknown effects on Pyrrha herself, tying Amber's life inextricably to her own.
Death
In "Heroes and Monsters", with the city under attack, Pyrrha and Ozpin returned to the vault with Jaune in tow in order to begin the transfer process. As the process began, Amber stirred but was suddenly interrupted as an arrow from Cinder struck her in the clavicle, killing Amber and sending the remaining portion of her power to Cinder, completing her Fall Maiden powers.
Trivia
- In "It's Brawl in the Family", Qrow had mentioned "Autumn's condition". Autumn is the common name for Fall, as Fall is said in replacement for Autumn, albeit only in North America.
- Amber's concept art gives her height as 5'8", though it is not known if this was followed in the show itself.[1]
- Like many people in the world of Remnant, her name follows the Color Naming Rule. Amber is fossilized tree resin, and it typically takes on a brownish yellow-orange.
