Kora Dásos, a Huntress-in-training, has recently been accepted into Beacon, along with her friend Aquamarine Gale. Also arriving at Beacon are Midnight Moonsong and Shadow Silverspark, two girls from very different backgrounds who want nothing to do with one another. Aboard the airship taking them to Beacon, Kora runs into her old friend, and competitor, Pyrrha Nikos, who she is pleased to learn will also be going to Beacon. As the first day draws to a close, she meets Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long, two sisters who could not be more similar, yet different at the same time, Weiss Schnee, the heiress, Blake Belladonna, a quiet girl with a secret, and Jaune Arc, a boy who clearly has very little experience in battle, and with weapons, and with girls, when he so obviously has already developed a crush on Weiss.