A fifteen-year-old girl with exceptional combat skills is hand-picked by a famous headmaster to join his elite school for training Huntsmen and Huntresses.

And so the adventure begins.

Professor Ozpin welcomes the new students to his school and Ruby, Yang, Weiss and Blake find themselves all in the same room together for the very first time.

The first episode of the new volume kicks off with a splash as Teams RWBY and JNPR take over the hall for a food fight.

While Professors Ozpin and Goodwitch discuss General Ironwood's fleet of ships, Team RWBY play board games in the library. Meanwhile, Haven Academy's students have started to arrive...

Combat training sees Team CRDL take on Pyrrha Nikos while the villains take an interest in her abilities. Meanwhile, Jaune struggles to convince Weiss to take his feelings seriously. And on top of that, Blake is becoming increasingly tired.

While the teachers assess the threat they're facing, Team RWBY receive a surprise package from Ruby and Yang's father. Meanwhile, Team CFVY finally return home from their mission and Team RWBY is horrified to learn which teacher will be escorting them for their first field trip.

Weiss, Blake and Yang discuss their motivations for becoming huntresses. While everyone sleeps, Ruby discovers a White Fang patrol but gets captured while trying to follow them.

Starting the last episode ends, Ruby follows Weiss as she races across Vale to greet a woman who turns out to be Weiss's older sister, Winter. As the sisters begin their journey back to the school, they're interrupted when a drunkard picks a fight with Winter. He turns out to be Ruby's uncle, Qrow. Awesome fight and property damage ensue, until it's broken up when Ironwood shows up followed by Ozpin and Glynda.

Later, Qrow, Ironwood, Glynda, and Ozpin have a meeting where a lot of harsh words ensue.

We open to Pyrrha getting her world rocked as Ozpin and co. tell her the secret history of Remnant. Later we start the opening of the singles matches with Yang vs. Mercury.

War breaks out with battles occurring on the tournament field, the city and the school. Formerly adversarial tournament teams unite to fight the Grimm together while Ruby goes after a rogue airship that has turned on the rest of the fleet. Cinder's virus makes things worse by turning the robotic Atlesian army against both the city and its defenders.

And then the Grimm Dragon appears...