Ruby Hale

"Your work is sloppy and incomplete, and you've been trained to do better, which is why you don't skip class." "Does it matter? They took the beacon." "The beacon was a backup, a prop. You're my daughter, and a disappointment."

- Hale and Ruby

Ruby is daughter of General Hale, genetically engineered by HYDRA leader Daniel Whitehall with the hope of creating the perfect leader for the organization. Ruby has a mysterious obsession with Daisy Johnson.

Meeting the Struckers
"You hit your head on the kitchen counter. That's how you got it." "I remember the floor" "Black-and-white checkers. I was supposed to be watching you, so I got blamed. My father beat me in front of you and your mother."

- Werner von Strucker and Ruby As a child, Ruby had never known her real father and instead was raised by her mother Hale. In fact, Ruby was the result of Daniel Whitehall's works on enhanced humans, as the scientist had her mother inseminated with a genetically altered seed he created.

During her childhood, Ruby was taken to the home of HYDRA's leader, Baron Wolfgang von Strucker and was sent to play with Strucker's son, Werner von Strucker. During one day playing with Strucker, Ruby fell and hit her head on the kitchen counter, resulting in a scar on her forehead. Strucker was blamed for the incident as he was meant to be watching Ruby and was brutally beaten by his father in front of Ruby and Hale.

HYDRA Academy
To be added

General Hale's Advice


"Hey, Mom. Are you a good guy?" "Where'd that come from?" "You're off to a strategy meeting, right? How to stop S.H.I.E.L.D.? But up until recently, everyone rooted for them and thought that they were the good guys, so are you sure that you're not a bad guy?"

- Ruby and Hale

While sitting inside her bedroom listening to her music, Ruby was visited by General Hale who requested her turn off the music and listen to her. Once Ruby had sat up, Hale questioned her over skipping class the day before, with Ruby noting that she simply was not in the mood, noting that while her mother might expect more from her, Ruby confessed that she simply could not care less, to which Hale then threatened to take away her phone if she did not start obeying her. Once Ruby apologised, Hale then offered to bring her breakfast, which Ruby rudely refused. As Hale went to leave her room, Ruby then questioned if her mother was in fact a good person or not, noting it was not too long ago that it was S.H.I.E.L.D. who were considered to be heroes, and now Hale was hunting them down. Hale noted how obsessed Ruby had always been with Daisy Johnson and explained that her orders were to find and capture her, with Ruby questioning if she had been ordered to kill Johnson. Hale explained that these were her orders and even she had people she needed to answer to, promising that she was doing all of this for Ruby and all the other downtrodden citizens.

Maiming Yo-Yo Rodriguez


"Your orders?" "Kill them."

- Sleeper Mech and Ruby

When Ruby was informed that Piper had successfully tricked all the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. into coming to the St. Louis Aerospace Facility in order to investigate the Kree Orb, she led her own team of robotic soldiers to confront them. While Piper held her gun to some of the agents, Ruby and her soldiers stepped into the room and held their guns to them, while Piper insisted that General Hale had guaranteed the agents' survival. Ruby however quickly realised that Quake was not present in the room and therefore ordered her soldiers to kill all of the agents. Before the soldiers could open fire, Yo-Yo Rodriguez then used her own Inhuman power to disarm the soldiers before she and the other agents charged into battle against them. Ruby took a step back as she watched her soldiers fighting against the agents, with Alphonso Mackenzie eventually shooting one of them directly in the face and as a result discovered that they were in fact machines. Upon seeing Ruby's betrayal of her trust, Piper then chose to change sides and assisted the agents with getting the Kree Orb out of the facility while the other agents continued fighting the remaining robots. Ruby waited for the ideal moment as she watched Mackenzie and Rodriguez both getting held back by the soldiers, knowing that they would run to each other's aid in a moment. Once Rodriguez freed herself, Ruby then drew one of her Ring Blades and waited for Rodriguez to use her Inhuman power to save Mackenzie. Ruby threw her blade and successfully sliced through Rodriguez's arms, before catching the blade and watching while Rodriguez fell to the floor in shock while Mackenzie rushed to her aid and took her away in her arms to get medical treatment, with Ruby letting them go.

Confronted by Hale


"You promised me Daisy Johnson." "She didn't show up tonight." "Well, I think if I keep cutting her friends' arms off, she will."

- Ruby and Hale

With her mission to attack the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. complete, Ruby returned into the military base where she found Hale was waiting for her. While Ruby put away her mask and Ring Blades, she simply insisted that she had just forced S.H.I.E.L.D.'s hand, leading to Hale questioning if Ruby viewed this situation as nothing more than a joke, as Ruby claimed that the agents needed to get medical attention for all of Yo-Yo Rodriguez's horrific injuries they could then find and capture them. Although Hale insisted that they had already had them where they wanted them, Ruby noted that Quake had not been there, noting that Hale had promised that Ruby could capture Quake. Hale pointed out that Quake had not shown up to which Ruby claimed that if she had continued cutting off all her friend's arms then eventually she would appear. Hale furiously called all Ruby's work sloppy and incomplete, noting that the Kree Orb which was armed with a bomb was merely a prop before then claiming that Ruby was a disappointment to her as General Hale walked out and had her soldiers lock the door.

Reunion with Strucker
"Why are you here?" "I live here." "Why am I here" "You will get all of your questions answered, when you get them answered."

- Werner von Strucker and Ruby As had been instructed by General Hale, Ruby was sent to be seen by the newly arrived Werner von Strucker, who had been brought to their facility having been evicted from the mental hospital he was being treated at. Entering the cafe wearing her headphones, Ruby walked straight past Strucker who had sat down to eat breakfast. Ruby completely ignored Strucker while he demanded to know where he was, with Ruby instead grabbing some food and walking out.

While training on her punch bag, Ruby was found by Strucker, with Ruby finally acknowledging his presence as Strucker had mockingly expressed his own surprise that Ruby could talk at all. Strucker once again questioned where he was, with Ruby only telling him that it was a safe house, noting that she lived there. Strucker then questioned why he had been brought there, with Ruby simply claiming that his questions would eventually be answered by Hale when she arrived, with Ruby then throwing one of her Ring Blades at a target just behind Strucker, striking a direct hit on the target's bullseye. Walking closer to her, Strucker demonstrated his enhanced memory by asking Ruby if she still had the scar on her head, reminding her of how they used to play together as children and she once had fallen over and hit her head on the kitchen counter, resulting in Strucker's father, Baron Wolfgang von Strucker beating him as a punishment for not looking after her better. Noting that he was beaten in front of both Ruby and her mother, Strucker violently grabbed onto Ruby and held a blade to her throat, demanding to see Hale immediately, with Ruby offering no residence as this had all been a part of Hale's plan.

Eventually Hale arrived into the room where Strucker was still holding Ruby hostage, with Hale surrounded by her Sleeper Mechs for her protection. Hale ordered Strucker to let Ruby go, warning that their Mechs would kill him if he did not obey her. Hale then explained that since he had attacked Levi Van Kempen, the hospital had chosen to lobotomise him. Strucker then let Ruby go free as she watched Hale greeting him while Strucker insisted that he had wanted nothing to do with his father's legacy within HYDRA, despite Hale insisting that her operation did not actually have anything to do with HYDRA.

With Strucker still demanding an explanation, Hale informed him that he had gained if enhanced memories since being shocked by Lincoln Campbell while he was in the Memory Suppressing Machine, which had allowed Strucker to realise that Hale wanted his memories of his father's work within HYDRA. Although Strucker refused to help them and requested death, Hale refused to have him killed and instead had him sent back to his room, promising he could go free the next day. Once they were alone, Hale ordered Ruby to gain Strucker's trust by any means so they could learn all of the secrets he held.

Power of Seduction


"She's using me to get to you. Everything I did ignoring you, letting you touch me, taking me hostage that was all planned, the grand seduction of Werner Von Strucker. Gain his trust by any means necessary. You made the right decision. She doesn't care about you or me, she only wants what's in your head."

- Ruby to Werner von Strucker

Ruby then went to Werner von Strucker in his bedroom, finding him awaking from a nightmare in a cold sweat, as Strucker explained that he could remember all the pain inflicted upon him by Kebo, Grant Ward and his own father, Baron Wolfgang von Strucker. Ruby explained that she had never known her father but claimed that her mother was a tyrant, noting that Hale kept her locked inside the facility and had forced her to do things which she did not wish to do.

Sitting down beside Strucker, Ruby explained that her mother was using her to get to him, confessing that everything from ignoring him to allowing herself to be held hostage was all planned by Hale. Ruby told Strucker this was all done to seduce him and learn what secrets about HYDRA he remembered and could tell them, pointing out that not telling her would be the right decision as she claimed that Hale did not care about either of them, but was planning something worse than anything HYDRA or S.H.I.E.L.D. had intended, suggesting that there could still be a way to stop what she was planning.

Ruby went on to hint that the team that Hale was building could be taken away from her, suggesting that it could soon become their team once they had overthrown or killed Hale. Strucker still insisted however that he did not wish to be a part of any team and instead only wished to go away somewhere safe. Ruby however looked into Strucker's eyes and suggested the way to deal with his memories was to bury them under new, happier memories. Softly touching his skin, Ruby then invited Strucker to stay with her at their facility and consider her proposal, before walking out of the room.

Strucker's Acceptance
"Nice work. How did you convince him to stay?" "I told him the truth."

- Hale and Ruby The morning following their discussion about what his future could hold, Ruby went back to Werner von Strucker's room only to find it empty with no sign of Strucker. Fearing that he may have chosen to leave Blue Raven Ridge facility after all, Ruby then went looking for Strucker and soon found him having breakfast in the cafe. As Ruby came to speak with him, Strucker claimed he had considered what she said to him and decided that the future was theirs for the taking, which pleased Ruby to know that Strucker had fallen for her seduction scheme.

Ruby then took Strucker around the facility, where they soon came across scientists test the Absorbing Man's abilities and strength as he lifted weights while being monitored. Ruby noted Carl Creel was one of Wolfgang von Strucker's experiments at HYDRA, while also noting that Strucker did not need her to tell him all this as he could remember everything about all of his father's experiments, including granting Creel his abilities. As Strucker looked at Creel and walked around, Ruby was joined by Hale who asked how she had convinced him to stay, to which Ruby said she had only told him the truth.

Personality
"My mother, she's a tyrant. Keeps me locked up here, makes me do things that I don't wanna do."

- Ruby to Werner von Strucker Unlike any other normal teenage women, Ruby is in fact, being an assassin to her mother, she is cold, sadistic, cruel, ruthless, cunning, sociopathic, emotionless, unpredictable and highly intelligent in planning her tactics. Her cruelty is demonstrated when she shows completely no remorse when she maimed Yo-Yo Rodriguez's arms and simply used it to provide an opportunity.

Ruby shows an obsession towards the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Daisy Johnson. While the reason for it is unknown, her willingness to capture her is far greater than following her mother's orders and capturing the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. She also had no second thought in trying to kill the agents or injuring them, especially Yo-Yo Rodriguez in order to grab her attention. Ruby is also manipulative as she was able to tell Werner von Strucker "the truth" in order to convince him to join her and Hale.

Ruby has a strained relationship with her mother as she views her as a tyrant with intentions far worse than that of S.H.I.E.L.D. or HYDRA's, and stated to Werner that she keeps her locked up and forced her to do things she doesn't want to. After her mission at the St. Louis Aerospace Facility, she appeared emotionless when Hale declared her as a disappointment, showing that she has no interest in impressing her.

Abilities

 * Chakram Mastery: As her mother's assassin, Ruby is able to wield her ring blade with skill, predicting where Yo-Yo Rodriguez would be while using her speed, effectively cutting off her arms with extreme precision.
 * High-Level Intellect: Ruby appears to be highly intelligent and possesses a calculative mind which she demonstrates when she is able to persuade Werner von Strucker to join her by simply telling him the truth of her mother's orders to her.

Weapons

 * Ring Blades : Ruby used her vibranium chakram blade to slice off Yo-Yo Rodriguez's arms.

Other

 * Combat Armor: Ruby wears a black armor that includes a hood and a mask that conceals her identity.

Family

 * Hale - Mother
 * Daniel Whitehall - Designer

Allies

 * HYDRA
 * Wolfgang von Strucker †
 * Werner von Strucker
 * Absorbing Man/Carl Creel
 * Sleeper Mechs

Enemies

 * Steger
 * Glenn Talbot - Captive
 * S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Phil Coulson
 * Melinda May
 * Leo Fitz
 * Jemma Simmons
 * Alphonso Mackenzie - Attempted Victim
 * Yo-Yo Rodriguez
 * Daisy Johnson/Quake - Obsession
 * Piper - Situational Ally

Appearances
In chronological order:
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Season Five
 * All the Comforts of Home
 * Principia
 * The Devil Complex (mentioned)
 * Rise and Shine
 * Inside Voices

Behind the Scenes

 * Nikki Stanley and Thekla Hutyra were stunt doubles for Dove Cameron in the role of Ruby.