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Trifa is a character in RWBY first introduced in "Alone Together". She was a member of the White Fang, serving as an enforcer and a part of Yuma's small group of White Fang agents tasked with covert missions.
Appearance[]
Trifa is a young girl with gray-blue eyes and medium length gray-blue hair covering her right eye. She has pale skin and pronounced gray veins on her chest and arms. These lead to her gray hands, where her spinnerets are located.
She wears a black and dark gray uniform with gold buttons and zipper like the rest of her enforcers, but unlike her male teammates, her front zipper is left open, revealing her upper chest.
Trifa is a spider Faunus, which is considered a rare type.[1] Her biology takes form in the spinnerets on the palms of her hands, which give her the ability to shoot webbing.
Personality[]
Trifa appears to be extremely devoted to her White Fang faction, and heavily believes in their cause. Her mannerism is serious and professional, as seen on the mission she had been sent on to capture Blake Belladonna.
Powers and Abilities[]
Trifa's webbing trapping Blake
Trifa is a skilled Faunus working with Yuma as an enforcer, tasked with covert missions for Corsac and Fennec.
She wields a knife for combat. Her full level of skill is unknown, having been quickly disarmed by Sun. Then getting defeated because of Blake grabbing her from behind and knocking her out in one blow.
Her Faunus biology gives her spinnerets on the palms of her hands which gives her the ability to shoot out webbing to trap her enemies. She used it to quickly immobilize Blake, but she managed to free herself quite quickly.
Trivia[]
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- Her name possibly comes from argiope trifasciata, a species of spiders. Her name is of Persian origin and means "moonlight", bringing to mind light grays of the Moon.
Character & Design[]
- Trifa is the second Arachnid Faunus seen in the series after Tyrian Callows and followed by Mina Lavender.
References[]
- ↑ Volume 5 Directors' Commentary Chapter 8