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Mercury, I will seriously pay you to shut up.
~ Emerald to Mercury.
I don’t care about Salem! But I owe Cinder everything. You want to fight her that bad? Be my guest.
~ Emerald to Ruby before creating an illusion of Cinder.
I think you're wrong, by the way. I highly doubt you're in the same place you started. I-I mean, yeah, you guys have been getting your asses kicked, some of that my fault, but, like, you're at war. You're gonna take hits. …Look, I'm just gonna be super pissed if you all finally decide to give up the moment I switch sides.
~ Emerald to Ruby and her friends, signalling her redemption and turn to heroism.

Emerald Sustrai is a major character in the American web cartoon series RWBY. She was one of Cinder Fall's two right-hands alongside her former partner, Mercury Black. Although still associated in part with Cinder, she is now a member of Ruby Rose's group against both Salem and James Ironwood.

She is voiced by Katie Newville.

Personality[]

Emerald pretends to be affable and kind, striking up conversations and complimenting people while feigning friendship and niceness. However, in reality, she is very wrathful and stern, and despises people who are "so happy all the time". She is easily annoyed, and can be angered by anything from Mercury's antics to her enemies simply existing.

On top of this, Emerald is fiercely loyal to Cinder, claiming that she is the only one worthy of such. She is obsessed with Cinder and is defensive of her to a fault, and gets especially wrathful and violent if someone insults or tries to hurt her, never really realizing that Cinder sees her only as a mere pawn.

After Cinder's presumed death, Emerald sinks into mourning and despair, and feels all purpose has been drained from her life. When Salem reveals that Cinder is still alive, Emerald is upset that she has been cast out and feels lost without her. Despite all of this, Tyrian encourages her to continue serving Salem, telling her that if she does not enjoy the chaos and misery she brings (with or without Cinder), then she does not belong, advice Emerald seemed to take into consideration.

Powers and Abilities[]

Emerald's weapons can take two main forms - primarily, they act as a pair of dual-wielded pistols, but they can also be converted into a pair of kama, the blades of which can detach and be swung from chains as kusarigama. Emerald seems to be quite adept with her weapons, demonstrating skilled swordsmanship and marksmanship, using both of her weapon forms to fend off the Grimm single-handedly in the episode "Breach". She later demonstrated the ability to ensnare opponents in her chains and reel them in, even from a great distance.

Emerald is stated by Mercury to be a master thief, and she has proven that she is adept at pickpocketing, with one victim being Roman Torchwick, stealing his lighter to show him that she was a capable thief after he mocked her. As seen in her fight with Coco Adel, her stealth abilities allow her to move silently and attack from an enemy's blind spot.

Emerald is also shown to have impressive reflexes, allowing her to avoid Tukson lunging at her and dodge Coco's rapid gunfire with ease.

Semblance[]

Emerald's Semblance is individual mental hallucinations - the ability to modify the sensory information in a person's head while their brain is processing it. She can make one (or more) see and hear things that aren't necessarily there. In other words, instead of generating an illusion that everyone nearby can see, she causes her target to hallucinate.

This power was pivotal in Cinder Falls's plot to rig the Vytal Festival and incite anger and distrust towards Beacon Academy. After Yang Xiao Long's victory against Mercury in the singles battle, she made Yang see a hallucination of Mercury getting up and attacking her, prompting Yang to counterattack by supposedly breaking his leg. However, in reality, Mercury had not attacked at all, making Yang's counter seem, to everybody watching, like an unprovoked attack in cold blooded spite. The resulting anger, outcry, shock and distrust from the masses of watchers stirred the Grimm wandering Mountain Glenn, as the Goliaths turned their attention to Vale.

Before this her power had been used to lead Amber into a trap to steal her maiden powers, where Emerald made Amber see a crying child on the road, prompting the maiden to lower her guard; and also in her and Mercury's fight against Coco and Yatsuhashi Daichi of Team CFVY. She used her power to hide herself and Mercury from the eyes of her opponents. After Emerald pulled Coco into the canopy section of the arena, Emerald tricked her again by making her see Yatsuhashi come up to her, seemingly victorious, only to have his knock out announced and broadcasted in the other section of the ring. Emerald then seized the opportunity to attack a bewildered Coco and knock her out as well, winning the doubles match.

Emerald's semblance was also the main reason Cinder first scouted her, having witnessed Emerald use her power to trick a jewel merchant, in order to steal one of his rings - the merchant just smiled at her, as she took the ring right before his eyes.

Her power is however shown to have its limits. Whilst she seems capable of controlling a single mind, controlling any more than that seems to tax her own head severely. After playing an illusion on two medics who came to pick up Mercury so they would not see his mechanical legs, she is shown to have a considerable headache. Manipulating multiple minds appears to have a severe effect on her mind, shown when she creates a massive illusion of Salem after the Battle of Haven, which everyone present can see. The fact that it was out of despair of Cinder's apparent death suggests that her emotional state can also affect the illusions she creates.

RWBY Chibi[]

Main article: Emerald Sustrai (RWBY Chibi)

Quotes[]

Hmm... Options are nice.
~ Emerald, contemplating about Tukson's book selections.
Spare us the thought of you procreating...
~ Emerald, to Roman Torchwick.
I'm fine. Just watch where you're going.
~ Emerald, to Ruby Rose after meeting each other for the first time.
Just enough to make it look like she's untouchable. She doesn't broadcast her power, so it puts her opponent at a disadvantage.
~ Emerald, on Pyrrha Nikos' fighting abilities.
It appears all the dancers have partners.
~ Emerald, to Cinder Fall.
My teammates are all kind of... Introverted. Really socially awkward.
~ Emerald talking about Mercury.
Well, if Mercury and I see you down the line, don't think we'll go easy on ya.
~ Emerald to Weiss Schnee and Yang Xiao Long.
I just... how can they be so happy all the time!?
~ Emerald talking about Team RWBY.
It's the heiress and the bimbo.
~ Emerald, referring to Weiss and Yang.
I'll try not to get blood on it.
~ Emerald, after Coco compliments her outfit.
I won't be the one bleeding.
~ Emerald, to Yatsuhashi.
Ugh, headache. One mind I can handle, but two is a stretch.
~ Emerald, on the limitations of her Semblance.
It's almost sad...
~ Emerald, apparently overwhelmed by the destruction she is witnessing.
She wants to know... What about the girl?
~ Emerald, asking on Cinder's behalf what will happen to Ruby.
You wanna get to them? You're going to have to get through all of us.
~ Emerald, to Yang.
It's not over! Cinder will come back, she'll have the Relic, and she'll stop all of you! She won't let us down.
~ Emerald to everyone about Cinder.

Trivia[]

  • The name "Emerald" is a word meaning a gemstone that is most often found in green colors. It appears that Emerald's appearance also resembles that of Cleopatra, who was supposedly cursed by an emerald.
  • "Sustrai" (capitalized) is the Basque word for "thief" while "sustrai" (not capitalized) means "roots" or "undercurrent". It may also comes from the Spanish word "sustraer" which means "to steal" or "rob".
  • Emerald's emblem is a stylized depiction of a cut emerald. This emblem appears on the back of her white top.
  • The basis of Emerald's character, is based off of the main character from Aladdin This is obvious from her name making allusion to the phrase "diamond in the rough", which is spoken in the Disney adaptation of the tale.
    • Also, in the episode "Best Day Ever", Roman refers to Emerald as a "street rat", a term used to describe the title character of Aladdin.
  • In the Japanese dubbed version, Emerald is voiced by Marina Inoue, who also voiced Dark Tohka in Date A Live and Whitley Schnee also in the Japanese dub of RWBY.
  • In the 2019 film adaptation of Stephen King's Doctor Sleep, Abra Stone is a huge fan of RWBY not only having a poster in her room but a figurine of Emerald by her bed. When Rose the Hat enters into Abra's mind, Abra briefly takes Emerald's form, her hair being the prominent feature. Ironically, Emerald's semblance is illusions.

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