Yang Xiao Long (Imperial Order)

Yang Xiao Long is a human female born on the Outer Rim world of Remnant. She is the only daughter of Taiyang Xiao Long and Raven Branwen. She is also the niece of Qrow Branwen, and the step-sister of Ruby Rose and Z'iji Xiao Long. Summer Rose, H'ijia Visla, and Obi-Wan Kenobi are her step-mothers and step-father, respectively.

Yang is part of the new generation of Jedi on Remnant, and wields a yellow-bladed lightsaber, while not replacing Ember Celica.

Before Invasion of Remnant
Before the Invasion of Remnant, Yang Xiao Long, Ruby Rose and a few others were accepted into Beacon Academy after they had passed their initiation.

This section is covered by the events of RWBY Volume One.

Imprisonment
After witnessing the destruction of Beacon Academy tower and being captured by imperial clone troopers during a training session outside of Beacon somewhere, Yang and her fellow students are placed into cells within the academy and gets annoyed about it.

A visitor
Later Yang overhears a conversation between Pyrrha and Anakin Skywalker, a Jedi Knight who snuck into the academy to gather information about the Empire's presence of Remnant. She and Pyrrha then attempted to convince the Jedi Knight to free them so they could help fight against the Empire's troops but were denied, saying that the academy would be bombarded again.

While Anakin was telling her young sister, Ruby, about the Jedi Order and what they stood for, Yang was asleep along with the rest of Team RWBY but were awakened when an imperial shock trooper saw the Jedi and attempted to defeat him but was killed. He then told Yang and the others that he would return to release them before running off as the prison's alarm went off, and the guards were mobilizing to search for him.

A little while later after Skywalker left, Yang and her teammates questioned about his lightsaber and where he went. She then saw the shock troopers still searching each and every area of the prison.

Released
After being released from her cell, Yang and her teammates rushed to a location that she and the other students and staff were to meet Skywalker. Upon getting to the location, she and the others saw Vale engulfed in battle. The imperial star destroyers in the sky, crashing into the city while some crashed outside of the city limits.

Skywalker then joined them and told them that they could get their weapons from the prison's armoury to go and help the Alliance forces in the city, or that they could instead find a place to hide within the city limits and wait until the battle was over. Only some of the large group walked away while the majority of them stayed, deciding to use what they learned so far to fight against the Empire for the first time. Yang and her teammates then go and get their weapons while Skywalker waits for them.

Once retrieving their weapons and being all geared up for battle, Yang, the students and staff were told the plan that was given to Skywalker by his master, Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Appearances

 * RWBY: Arrival of the Imperial Order

Notes and references
