RWBY VELLA’S ALLUSION
Next for my Team SLVR allusion analysis series is Vella Moisia, a very interesting character I would say. Vella alludes to Vellamo, the Finnish goddess of the sea. She oversees the ocean and represents beauty & grace.
Vellamo wears a blue dress made of sea foam. Vella’s semblance allows her to project blue glyphs that can attract to each other. She can wrap glyphs around her waist like a dress.
Her weapon is a bladed bow that fires bullets. It is named "Chatareus", derived from the scientific name of the largescale archerfish, "Toxotes chatareus". This is a nod to Vellamo, who blessed fisherman who journeyed her waters. The archerfish was specifally chosen because the weapon is part bow, making Vella an "archer".
Vella’s name is derived from Vellamo, as well as being a shortening of the word "Velloa" which means "wave/water movement/billows". Her last name, Moisia, means "extraordinary, wonderful", which could reference Vellamo’s beauty. Vellamo could walk on water. In the Viridian Trailer, Vella is fighting on frozen water. At the end, she slowly walks away into the frozen waves, with wave sounds accompanying her in the background.
Vella has a moon shot in her Trailer. She has a theme of water & waves, which are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon. This ties her into Team SLVR’s moon theme.
And that’s about it. Vella’s beauty & grace merges with her combat abilities to create a unique fighting style, making for an amazing Viridian Trailer.

















