Glynda Goodwitch

"Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses it is your duty to uphold it."

- Glynda Goodwitch

Glynda Goodwitch is a character in the world of RWBY and a staff member at Beacon Academy. She was introduced in the first episode in which she saved Ruby from an attack by Crimson. She is the first known Huntress in the series.

Appearance
Glynda appears to be a middle-aged woman that has very light blonde hair tied back in a bun with a curl hanging down the right side of her face. Her eyes are emerald green and she wears thin rectangular glasses. She has teal, hanging earrings with a small bead identical to her earrings on her collar. Glynda wears a white long-sleeved suit that exposes part of her chest, and puffy sleeves that tighten near the wrist before spreading back out near her hands. Her lower body has a black business skirt with buttons up the front of it and lighter black-brown stockings. She wears black boots with brown heels, and wears a torn cape that is purple inside and black on the outside, decorated by a row of diamond-shaped brown beads going horizontally across her cape. Above this line of beads appears an emblem of a tiara that is her personal symbol, which is seemingly analogous to Ruby's rose and Weiss' snowflake.

When not in use, Glynda's weapon appears to be kept in a sheath at the top of her right boot. At all others time, she is constantly seen wielding a holographic tablet to keep tabs on people.

Personality
It seems that Glynda has a very stern and sharp personality: one that does not tolerate mischief or getting into dangerous situations. This is apparent when she is berating Ruby Rose for fighting Roman Torchwick and his group. She does, however, admit that Ruby might have done the right thing. Otherwise, she is mainly seen as cool and business-like. Even her fighting is very systematic.

Glynda seems to be a very judgemental person who assesses others based on her own personal impressions rather than actual data. For example, she assumes that Lie Ren will not enjoy being paired with Nora Valkyrie, seemingly unaware that the two have evidently been friends since childhood. Similarly, she tells Ozpin that, irrespective of the information in Jaune Arc's transcripts, she felt he was not ready for the challenge of the Beacon Academy Initiation.

Abilities & Powers
Glynda is seen using a weapon that is either a riding crop or possibly some kind of wand in her fight against Crimson. Using this weapon, Glynda can generate a wide variety of techniques through the use of Dust, including weather manipulation and object manipulation. It also is shown being used to create an energy shield to protect Ruby from the explosion of a Dust crystal.

Stylistically, some of Glynda's combat abilities strongly resemble those of Weiss Schnee. It is possible that both are followers of a particular style or tradition of Dust usage.

Trivia

 * Her name may be a reference to Glinda, the Good Witch of the South from the novel "The Wizard of Oz."
 * Glynda's cape is emblazoned with a crown symbol. In episode 9, Glynda was seen as a silhouette alongside Ozpin in the ending credits. The background to the credits shows her emblem to be a deep purple tiara.
 * In her render picture, the crown on the back of her cape is not present.
 * She is one of the few characters whose (apparent) color is not obviously alluded to or referenced in her name.
 * Glynda is currently the only known female staff member at Beacon Academy.
 * Glynda was the first Beacon staff member to be introduced.